Sam Hope (they/them)
@samrhope.bsky.social
Writer, trainer, nerd, gobby, neurodivergent, trans, vaguely hippy, too old and disabled to be patient with both sidesers, appeasers and moderates.
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1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans.
This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
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This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
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New Poll: Most Americans Oppose Bans On Gender Affirming Care For Trans Youth
A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey poll reveals that most Americans oppose bans on trans care for youth, with LGBTQ+ people overwhelmingly opposing such bans.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans.
This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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This appears on my Facebook page every year and while I don't actively use it, this is definitely worth a repost here 💕
September 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This appears on my Facebook page every year and while I don't actively use it, this is definitely worth a repost here 💕
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Important counter-point to the idea that trans people have to die young: we don't.
I am aware of my singular good fortune in that not only am I av76 year old trans woman, but that a significant chunk of the trans peer group I knew in my 20s are still here as well.
September 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Important counter-point to the idea that trans people have to die young: we don't.
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My brilliant friend Ruth wrote this incredible essay about grief and the ways that trans people are failed by institutions and the ways in which we must - must! - resist doom to create something better. We find solace and solidarity and help and hope in community 🏳️⚧️
New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING.
It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.
It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment.
It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.
Reject Trans Doom-Posting
This week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo…
ruthpearce.net
September 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My brilliant friend Ruth wrote this incredible essay about grief and the ways that trans people are failed by institutions and the ways in which we must - must! - resist doom to create something better. We find solace and solidarity and help and hope in community 🏳️⚧️
Oooh Queer Maker's Market in Nottingham 11/12 Oct please signal boost
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September 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Oooh Queer Maker's Market in Nottingham 11/12 Oct please signal boost
IG post here: www.instagram.com/p/DPBj3vvAoL...
and trader application form here: forms.gle/fWxcuFbdZWEW...
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and trader application form here: forms.gle/fWxcuFbdZWEW...
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We are especially interested at the moment in hearing from men and women, ideally stealth, whose employers are asking them to use the wrong toilets.
We're collecting data and stories on what the appalling Supreme Court decision means for trans and gender non conforming people. Lawyers will review all responses - please share your story because if we don't know we can't act.
(And please share with friends.) goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...
(And please share with friends.) goodlawproject.org/about/trans-...
The Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act – what has it done to you? | Good Law Project
Use the form to securely share your experience with us.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We are especially interested at the moment in hearing from men and women, ideally stealth, whose employers are asking them to use the wrong toilets.
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Israel has announced Gaza's survivors will be driven into a concentration camp.
They will be left with a choice: leave Gaza, or die.
No genocide was so documented or confessed to as it actually happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/gaza-will-...
They will be left with a choice: leave Gaza, or die.
No genocide was so documented or confessed to as it actually happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/gaza-will-...
Gaza will be concentration camp, declares Netanyahu
His colleague, meanwhile, says Gaza will be destroyed. Genocide in plain sight
www.owenjones.news
May 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Israel has announced Gaza's survivors will be driven into a concentration camp.
They will be left with a choice: leave Gaza, or die.
No genocide was so documented or confessed to as it actually happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/gaza-will-...
They will be left with a choice: leave Gaza, or die.
No genocide was so documented or confessed to as it actually happened 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/gaza-will-...
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I'm not convinced that Julie Bindel is best advised when she pushes lesbian triumphalism in the pages of the Daily Mail. Currently they indulge her because of her transphobia but sooner or later that will change.
May 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm not convinced that Julie Bindel is best advised when she pushes lesbian triumphalism in the pages of the Daily Mail. Currently they indulge her because of her transphobia but sooner or later that will change.
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Keep up pressure on your MPs by writing to them, meeting with them and telling them the EHRC have got it wrong.
Why?
Because it’s working:
Why?
Because it’s working:
May 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Keep up pressure on your MPs by writing to them, meeting with them and telling them the EHRC have got it wrong.
Why?
Because it’s working:
Why?
Because it’s working:
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Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
Wow, so I now have proof Access to Work gaslit me, intentionally or not.
Spent last week so stressed it caused a fibro flare, doubted myself, cried, lost work time.
They've also cut my support hours and nearly halved the rate of pay, meaning I have to pay the difference out of pocket.
Spent last week so stressed it caused a fibro flare, doubted myself, cried, lost work time.
They've also cut my support hours and nearly halved the rate of pay, meaning I have to pay the difference out of pocket.
May 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Wow, so I now have proof Access to Work gaslit me, intentionally or not.
Spent last week so stressed it caused a fibro flare, doubted myself, cried, lost work time.
They've also cut my support hours and nearly halved the rate of pay, meaning I have to pay the difference out of pocket.
Spent last week so stressed it caused a fibro flare, doubted myself, cried, lost work time.
They've also cut my support hours and nearly halved the rate of pay, meaning I have to pay the difference out of pocket.
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transrescue.org/asylum-for-t...
Trans Rescue have put out a reality check for Brits and Americans thinking of seeking asylum and advice about moving somewhere less hostile
Trans Rescue have put out a reality check for Brits and Americans thinking of seeking asylum and advice about moving somewhere less hostile
Asylum For Trans Brits And Americans: We Need To Talk - Trans Rescue
If you are a British or American trans person, things are not looking good. For Brits there’s a horrifyingly speedy descent into a TERF utopia after the UK Supreme Court sided with transphobes, while ...
transrescue.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
transrescue.org/asylum-for-t...
Trans Rescue have put out a reality check for Brits and Americans thinking of seeking asylum and advice about moving somewhere less hostile
Trans Rescue have put out a reality check for Brits and Americans thinking of seeking asylum and advice about moving somewhere less hostile
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Press release: 141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations call for transphobic political parties to be banned from Pride events
Press release: 141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations call for transphobic political parties to be banned from Pride events
141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations have signed an open letter calling for the organisers of Pride events to take a stand against transphobia by barring all political parties advocating for ...
transsafety.network
May 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Press release: 141 LGBTQ+, feminist and allied organisations call for transphobic political parties to be banned from Pride events
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Ruth Pearce on the puniness of recent policy-driven ‘evidence’ production, however scary and ascendant these moves might appear right now, in the face of the sheer unstoppable reality that trans people are out and proud and not going away. We are our own evidence…
New essay! In the wake of the Supreme Court judgement, I reflect on woke ideology, standards of evidence, rampant lesbianism, and why the transphobes cannot possibly ever win.
It’s a long hard revolution
Lesbian conspiracies in Lausanne On the evening of Tuesday 15th April 2025, I was widely perceived to be a British lesbian, both legally and socially. By 11am the following day, that was no longer …
ruthpearce.net
May 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Ruth Pearce on the puniness of recent policy-driven ‘evidence’ production, however scary and ascendant these moves might appear right now, in the face of the sheer unstoppable reality that trans people are out and proud and not going away. We are our own evidence…
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As part of this auction for trans rights I'm selling off handwritten copy of my poem Jesus At The Gay Bar.
I promise to use nice paper and a fountain pen and my best handwriting and everything.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I promise to use nice paper and a fountain pen and my best handwriting and everything.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Signed & Handwritten Poem, Jesus at the Gay Bar
Auction item 'Signed & Handwritten Poem, Jesus at the Gay Bar' hosted online at 32auctions.
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May 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
As part of this auction for trans rights I'm selling off handwritten copy of my poem Jesus At The Gay Bar.
I promise to use nice paper and a fountain pen and my best handwriting and everything.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
I promise to use nice paper and a fountain pen and my best handwriting and everything.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
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I take issue with a lot of stuff George Takei has said but this I'm okay with.
“1 in 31 children will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder by age 8.” That’s not an epidemic, it’s a data point that RFK Jr. and others have twisted into a movement of misinformation.
April 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I take issue with a lot of stuff George Takei has said but this I'm okay with.
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“You don’t like AI therapists because they’re a threat to your income”
No, I don’t like AI therapists because they are harmful!
No, I don’t like AI therapists because they are harmful!
April 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“You don’t like AI therapists because they’re a threat to your income”
No, I don’t like AI therapists because they are harmful!
No, I don’t like AI therapists because they are harmful!
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The inability to hold down regular paid work, for whatever reason that may be, does not show that you contribute nothing or that you don't care about others beyond yourself
It never did
It never will
That is a toxic myth that needs to die
It is NOT fair
It is NOT true
It is NOT realistic
It never did
It never will
That is a toxic myth that needs to die
It is NOT fair
It is NOT true
It is NOT realistic
April 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The inability to hold down regular paid work, for whatever reason that may be, does not show that you contribute nothing or that you don't care about others beyond yourself
It never did
It never will
That is a toxic myth that needs to die
It is NOT fair
It is NOT true
It is NOT realistic
It never did
It never will
That is a toxic myth that needs to die
It is NOT fair
It is NOT true
It is NOT realistic
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THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.)
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Monstrous Regiment (Signed 1st edition)
Auction item 'Monstrous Regiment (Signed 1st edition)' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
THE BIGGEST NEWS! Rob and I are offering up a hand-signed hardback, first edition/first printing copy of Monstrous Regiment straight from the Pratchett archives. Those who know the story will know why it’s a pertinent one for this cause. (More pics to come.)
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
Access to Work could almost be seen as some sort of genius satire.
I can't even describe the ways they actively make themselves inaccessible.
Now having a fibro flare thanks to their nonsense
I can't even describe the ways they actively make themselves inaccessible.
Now having a fibro flare thanks to their nonsense
April 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Access to Work could almost be seen as some sort of genius satire.
I can't even describe the ways they actively make themselves inaccessible.
Now having a fibro flare thanks to their nonsense
I can't even describe the ways they actively make themselves inaccessible.
Now having a fibro flare thanks to their nonsense
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If you still vote for, or are a member of the UK Labour Party after reading this, you have no morals, empathy or awareness of the Holocaust*.
What a nasty bunch the fundamentalists of the English Labour Party are. Solidarity to UK Queer, & especially trans, people.
What a nasty bunch the fundamentalists of the English Labour Party are. Solidarity to UK Queer, & especially trans, people.
Labour minister says Tories should 'apologise' for pro-trans stance under Theresa May
Labour’s health and social care minister, Karin Smyth, has called on the Conservatives to apologise for the party’s pro-trans stance.
www.thepinknews.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If you still vote for, or are a member of the UK Labour Party after reading this, you have no morals, empathy or awareness of the Holocaust*.
What a nasty bunch the fundamentalists of the English Labour Party are. Solidarity to UK Queer, & especially trans, people.
What a nasty bunch the fundamentalists of the English Labour Party are. Solidarity to UK Queer, & especially trans, people.
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👨⚖️ The UK Supreme Court just redefined what a lesbian is
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![Perhaps most concerningly, the Supreme Court adopts extremely transphobic rhetoric concerning transfeminine lesbians.
The Court concludes that a lesbian “must be a [AFAB] female who is sexually oriented towards (or attracted to) [AFAB] females”. The Court concludes that female here cannot include trans women, as the “concept of sexual orientation” would be “rendered meaningless”, and in its opinion, wrongly affect the composition of lesbians as a group.
The Court claims this would lead to an “inevitable loss of autonomy and dignity for lesbians”. It points to evidence from gender-critical groups like the LGB Alliance and The Lesbian Project to make this argument. They claim the inclusion of trans women is having a ‘chilling effect on lesbians’ to associate in lesbian-only spaces. The vast majority of lesbians reject this claim.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7aox3qj5gv2bqvlclpwcw5u/bafkreicrxzlblscgchacobotqqxbvfhiyclwilbbzjs363mwf65meyssly@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
👨⚖️ The UK Supreme Court just redefined what a lesbian is
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Gonna be honest, pretty fucking exhausted by constantly having to protest for my right to be legally recognised as existing.
Cis allies, please get out and protest.
Your voice and opinions given more weight than ours.
And I'd like to just be able to have a nice weekend relaxing lol
Cis allies, please get out and protest.
Your voice and opinions given more weight than ours.
And I'd like to just be able to have a nice weekend relaxing lol
April 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Gonna be honest, pretty fucking exhausted by constantly having to protest for my right to be legally recognised as existing.
Cis allies, please get out and protest.
Your voice and opinions given more weight than ours.
And I'd like to just be able to have a nice weekend relaxing lol
Cis allies, please get out and protest.
Your voice and opinions given more weight than ours.
And I'd like to just be able to have a nice weekend relaxing lol
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