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amirtalai.bsky.social
"A tell-tale trend of being a lesbian [in the 20s] was wearing a monocle, so women wanting to signal and attract same-sex mates would wear one proudly along with a tuxe and cropped hair style."
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a cartoon character is smiling and saying `` a what now '' .
Alt: a cartoon character is smiling and saying `` a what now '' .
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August 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
vix90.bsky.social
Next stage of welfare reform bill in the UK will be voted on TOMORROW - please contact your MPs ASAP to tell them to oppose the bill. Use this form by #TakingThePIP to generate one in seconds: takingthepip.co.uk/write-to-you... keep up the pressure! 🙏
Write To Your MP - Taking The PIP #TakingThePIP
Use our simple tool to contact your MP about the UK Government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits. Stand up for disabled people’s rights.
takingthepip.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
#BinUCBill

From Taking The PIP

We need everyone to write to their MP ahead of the 3rd reading of the Universal Credit bill

There is a link here for you to use to generate a letter to your MP
takingthepip.co.uk/write-to-you...
Image is on a black background. In white text it says #TakingThePIP Everyone! We need to go again! We need You to tell your MP to vote against the welfare bill on Wednesday. These cuts will hit those the most unable to work and in need of support. Click the link below to generate a letter to your MP
July 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
Maybe 5-10 years ago a trans symbol for a toilet could have clumsily signalled trans inclusion but now it just says trans segregation dont do this shit
ashleynova.space Ashley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · Jul 7
Spotted at Durham University...
A toilet sign with the transgender symbol.
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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skullsandsheets.bsky.social
A Charles Rennie Mackintosh inspired Mari
2 maris hold a bunch of roses in a circluar design with ribbons forming shapes and halos around the horse skulls with leaf design
July 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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lissajostewart.bsky.social
Parents will really be shocked when you’re diagnosed with ADHD or autism, and just ignore the fact that Mom can’t have a linear conversation to save her life and Dad has an encyclopedic knowledge of grass because his main special interest is Lawn™️
July 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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zarahsultana.bsky.social
I know where I stand. I stand with Palestine Action.
July 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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natashadevon.bsky.social
They’re didnt talk to disabled people or groups that represent them before making the welfare reform bill, they’re clearly not talking to young people about their mental health before making unevidenced proclamations about them. Just who are the government actually talking to?
July 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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sam-b13.bsky.social
The OP has turned off quote posts and comments. I don’t disagree about Labour here but without context it makes Reform and the Tories look good. Remember they only voted against the bill because it doesn’t strip enough away from the disabled. Not because they seek to protect us. Context matters.
An image showing how parties voted in the Welfare Bill. Green - no Red - yes Yellow - no vote. Note that Reform and the Tories didn’t vote for it because they said it didn’t go far enough in cost savings.
July 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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channel4news.bsky.social
Welfare reform bill vote: what does it mean

www.channel4.com/news/welfare...
Welfare reform bill vote: what does it mean
More on tonight's vote on the Government's welfare reform and what it means from our Political Editor, Gary Gibbon.
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July 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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rethinkcharity.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: Despite strong opposition, this vote confirms that the government is pushing ahead with some reforms to disability benefits.

After some last-minute concessions, the detail of what exactly is in those reforms is currently unclear.

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#PIP #WelfareReformBill
MPs have voted in favour of the welfare reform bill. The bill will be discussed further in parliament soon.
July 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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stellacreasy.bsky.social
The legal advice is clear the welfare reform bill - even amended - would breach our commitments to uphold international laws on disability discrimination. Today I asked the Government to commit to address this risk.
June 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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felixffern.bsky.social
The benefits cuts bill was voted through.

Timms confirmed that the claim they'll remove the PIP part of the bill (i.e. the 4 points criteria), that they only said to win votes, may never happen.

This bill doesn't just impact PIP, but also UC and ESA.

This country has become utter garbage.
July 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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marvscott69.bsky.social
‘We’ll hound you out of office’:

Disabled people’s protest warns Labour

MPs will vote on Tuesday on Labour’s vicious ‘welfare reform’ bill

socialistworker.co.uk/labour/well-...
‘We’ll hound you out of office’: Disabled people’s protest warns Labour
Hundreds of people gathered in the sweltering heat at Parliament Square on Monday against Labour plans to cut disabled people's benefits
socialistworker.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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russellfernley.bsky.social
I agree with RL-B:
16:114 今91 41m ago 15.29 BST • 1 new update Labour's Rebecca Long Bailey says there are 'endless' alternative ways of raising money, such as wealth tax Rebecca Long-Bailey, who was runner up in the leadership contest won by Keir Starmer, She says countries are judged by how they treat the most vulnerable. 4 We all know the famous quote, 'The true measure of any society can be found by how it treats its most vulnerable members.' It's a litmus test, really, for the morality and integrity of our country's values. Sadly, in recent years, the United Nations has already twice reported on the conditions for disabled people in the UK, finding that there were grave and systematic violations of human rights, and sadly, the bill as it stands today will worsen this situation. She says the welfare system needs reform. But these proposals have not been subject to proper consultation, she says. And she says there are alternative ways of finding the money. • The sad thing is, is that there are alternatives: introduce higher taxes on extreme wealth; end the stealth subsidies for banks; tax gambling fairly and properly. The list of alternatives is endless. She ends uro no ministers to woull hack
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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roseschmits.bsky.social
No dignity in segregation
scottishtrans.bsky.social Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · Jun 30
Its the final day to complete the EHRC's consultation on their draft code of practice. If you want to fill it in and share your voice in support of trans inclusion, today’s your last chance!

We've created a full guide w/ Mermaids & TransActual, on our website - www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...
Graphic with a purple background. In a bright green text box at the top it says "The EHRC's Consultation on their draft Code of Practice closes today!". Underneath are three drawings of placards, they say "Trans people belong", "Inclusion not Exclusion" and "No segregation! Trans Liberation". The Scottish Trans and Equality Network logos are at the bottom.
June 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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daniellismore.bsky.social
Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/shou...
Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women
Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
The clock is ticking, you only have a few hours left to respond. ⏰
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June 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
vix90.bsky.social
I've just had my PIP assessment back, and I am on the enhanced rate for BOTH daily living and mobility. My daily living has scores comprising of 1s, 2s, and 0s. Next reassessment in 2028... & it looks like absolutely nothing has changed, and the concessions mean nothing @alicemlabour.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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litespell.bsky.social
The Welfare Reform Bill is not about Reform. The only 'moral imperative' here, is to take care of the most vulnerable in our society. All else, is immoral smoke & dissembling.
Starmer’s disability benefit concessions are not enough, says rebel Labour whip
Exclusive: Vicky Foxcroft, who resigned as whip over welfare bill, urges ministers to work with affected people on changes
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June 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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🔺NEW: Welfare reform bill will push 150,000 into poverty — follow live

Government is attempting to face down a rebellion by Labour MPs over plans to overhaul the welfare system ahead of Tuesday vote

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Welfare reform: bill will push 150,000 into poverty — follow live
Welfare reform: bill will push 150,000 into poverty — follow live
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June 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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richardwingfield.bsky.social
Even with the tweaks, Labour's welfare cuts will push 150,000 more people into poverty. Disability groups across the UK are calling for the government to cancel these cruel cuts, as are the Lib Dems. There's still time for Labour to pull the Bill and go back to the drawing board on welfare reform.
adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Jun 30
Keir Starmer's revised welfare cuts will put 150,000 more people into poverty, according to the Government's own analysis.

Only down 100,000 from the 250,000 previously estimated
June 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
vix90.bsky.social
The EHRC consultation CLOSES TONIGHT at 23:59. Less than 8 hours away.

Guidance and link here (even if you just click through and don't write anything, please respond):
transactual.org.uk/equality-act...

Whether or not you are trans, please respond! 🏳️‍⚧️🙏✨️
Responding to the EHRC public consultation on the updated Code of Practice. – TransActual
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June 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
Along with our friends at @transactualuk.bsky.social, @transsafety.network, @scottishtrans.bsky.social and @networkgender.bsky.social - we are urging the Council of Europe to investigate and report on the state of trans human rights in the UK.

Read more 🗞️

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Transgender campaigners call for European rights body to report on UK
Alliance of groups wants Council of Europe to investigate implementation of supreme court ruling on biological sex
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June 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
Our joint letter to the Council of Europe, asking them to urgently conduct a report into trans human rights in the UK.

Sent alongside:

@transactualuk.bsky.social
@lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
@scottishtrans.bsky.social
@transsafety.network
@networkgender.bsky.social
To the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, The undersigned are organisations which advocate for the human rights of trans people in the United Kingdom. We are writing to express our grave concerns about the developing situation regarding trans people's human rights in this country and to ask the Committee to take action. Following a decision of the UK Supreme Court in April, the Equality and Human Rights Commission - the UK's National Human Rights Institution - has issued an interim update which encourages and in some cases mandates the exclusion of trans people from single-sex spaces and services, in violation of their human rights. This has been followed by draft guidance which seeks to make such an approach statutory. The EHRC has made clear that it is not seeking input on its legal approach, only on how this approach is best communicated. The draft guidance, if it were to become law, would impose an obligation on employers and service providers to implement a bathroom ban on trans people using toilet and changing facilities in line with their acquired sex, instead requiring in practice that they use only gender neutral facilities. Such gender neutral facilities are frequently unavailable, and mandating their usage may require trans people to out themselves. The guidance would also prohibit associations for women and lesbians operating on a basis which would allow trans women to participate, even if the association desires to do so. This would also be true for men's organisations wanting to include trans men. This draft guidance is being consulted on in the wider context following For Women Scotland, in which government ministers and public bodies have made comments about trans people's rights. The UK Minister for Women and Equalities has stated that trans people are required to use the toilets associated with their sex as recorded at birth, even where their change in sex is recognised by a Gender Recognition Cer… In Christine Goodwin v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that refusing to legally recognise the lived sex of trans people and placing them into an 'intermediate zone' where they are not quite one sex or the other was a violation of their right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the Convention. This protection was reaffirmed by the Court in the very recent decision of T.H. It is a core principle of the Convention that rights must be practical and effective, not theoretical and illusory. We believe that in the UK, trans people are being returned to this 'intermediate zone', placing the State - once again - in violation of its positive obligations under the Convention. The legal recognition afforded by Gender Recognition Certificates is now illusory, and inapplicable to practical lived realities of trans people in this country. We ask that the Council of Europe take immediate action to protect the human rights of trans people in the UK. We ask that you conduct a report into the state of trans human rights in the UK. We note that the situation is urgent and that without intervention, it seems likely to further deteriorate. Kind regards, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance TransActual Equality Network and Scottish Trans Trans Safety Network Feminist Gender Equality Network
June 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM