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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Nov 11
🏳️‍🌈 We started @WeAreQueerAF.com as a response to the bad practices we saw while working in gay media and mainstream media newsrooms.

This is how we're modelling the change we want to see, changing the media and helping thousands understand the LGBTQIA+ news 🧵👇
We started QueerAF in response to bad practises we saw in gay and mainstream media newsrooms. This is what we're doing differently.
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Read the story by @vic-parsons.bsky.social here:

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December 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike.

"It is a dangerous strategy, but one that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine." 🧵
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December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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This isn't a criticism of the hunger strikers: it's a reflection of genuine fear that unless Labour has plans to add a 'Cat and Mouse Act' amendment to its Crime and Policing Bill, ministers are likely to let people die.

We have to raise public awareness for the demand that the state blinks first.
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Kevin Blowe of @netpol.org told QueerAF that hunger strikes are a “very dangerous strategy”.

“It becomes a game of chicken between those people who are wondering how far they're prepared to push a hunger strike and how far the government is prepared to do nothing."
Screenshot of text in QueerAf article. Text that reads: The decision to go on hunger strike is, according to Kevin Blowe of the Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol), a “very dangerous strategy”. “It becomes a game of chicken between those people who are wondering how far they're prepared to push a hunger strike and how far the government is prepared to do nothing,” Blowe tells QueerAF. It’s “who blinks first”, he adds. “From the state's point of view, they're the ones that have got the power in this relationship. I don't know if anybody really knows what this government is capable of, in terms of how trenchant it's likely to be.”
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Women's Organisations "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Women's Orgs "pressured" to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats
Two culturally significant women's organisations have reversed long-standing trans inclusive approaches, citing "reference to legal challenge" in communications
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December 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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A queer activist is at the centre of one of the largest coordinated prison hunger strikes in the UK in over 40 years - and the British government is yet to acknowledge it.

Let’s look at what’s taking place with @vic-parsons.bsky.social ky.social 🧵

CW: Descriptions of starvation
Screenshot of QueerAf article with headline reading: Queer activist among eight people on hunger strike for Palestine in UK prisons
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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When we understand that our history is diverse, it changes our outlook. I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncover history lessons we were denied

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/what-queer-theory-can-tell-us-about-palestinian-statehood/
What queer theory can tell us about Palestinian statehood
I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncover history lessons we were denied.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Instead of waiting for the ‘right time’, let's use the agency and self-determination we do have

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/stop-waiting-for-the-right-time-to-transition-a-lesson-from-king-arthur/
Stop waiting for the 'right time' to transition - a lesson from King Arthur
Instead of waiting for the ‘right time’, let's use the agency and self-determination we do have
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December 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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"if changes must be forced on organisations that have been happily trans inclusive for decades, 'then it's clear this is the result of a handful of extremists imposing their views on groups'."

First few paras; I thought this was about Trump's America.
But seems that transphobia is trans-Atlantic.
December 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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jun-orphancross.bsky.social
The UK is steadily heading down a bad bad road.
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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ICYMI: Top court rules all EU countries must recognise same-sex marriages that were registered in the EU - even if that country does not allow them to take place.

A striking rebuke to Poland 👏
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December 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Don't believe the rhetoric that all is 'lost' since the Supreme Court ruling.

Here Noah McGarrity writes about where they're finding hope, and fuel for the fight back ✊

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong
We’re constantly being told what to think by the papers, but are we listening?
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December 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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As Starmer recently shared his shock that his niece faced a homophobic attack, we share how unshocked the queer community is amid rising hate crime

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/keir-starmer-shocked-his-anti-lgbtqia-rhetoric-is-creating-anti-lgbtqia-sentiment/
Starmer "furious" at homophobic attack on his family, as if his party has nothing to do with it
Since a homophobic attack on his niece, his party has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and the UK has fallen steeply in human rights rankings
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December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The etymology of ‘queer’ is a pretty good analogy for why queer people seek comfort and community away from the mainstream. Noah McGarrity explains why 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong
We’re constantly being told what to think by the papers, but are we listening?
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December 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Women's Organisations "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/organisations-pressured-and-forced-to-exclude-trans-people-amid-legal-threats/
Women's Orgs "pressured" and forced to exclude Trans+ people, amid legal threats
Two culturally significant women's organisations have reversed long-standing trans inclusive approaches, citing "reference to legal challenge" in communications
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December 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Queer activist among eight people on hunger strike for Palestine in UK prisons 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/queer-activist-among-eight-people-on-hunger-strike-for-palestine-in-uk-prisons/
Queer activist among eight people on hunger strike for Palestine in UK prisons
One of the most significant prison strikes for four decades is underway, after queer activist Amu Gib refused food on Nov 2nd 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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One of the most significant hunger strikes in four decades is happening right now in UK prisons - and it was begun by queer activists 🧵
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December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Two of the UK’s most culturally significant women’s organisations - Women's Institute and Girl Guiding - have been "pressured" to exclude Trans+ people 🧵
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December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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A queer activist is among eight people on hunger strike for Palestine in UK prisons.

Tomorrow’s @wearequeeraf.com's newsletter brings you a time-sensitive exclusive from @vic-parsons.bsky.social 👇

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December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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If two of the most prominent women’s charities feel they have no choice but to reverse trans-inclusive approaches, what does that mean for the rest of the sector?

Get @jamiewareham.co.uk analysis with response from @transactualuk.bsky.social in tomorrow's newsletter👇
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December 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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If they had won the propaganda wouldn't be necessary
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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In the US, Sulzberger’s nyt has been declaring victory over trans ppl for more than year. Bullshit.

The paper that enabled Trump’s racist and misogynistic destruction of American democracy has revealed its lack of morals and principles. Readers see that. We won’t be defeated by media bigots
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Since a homophobic attack on his niece, his party has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and the UK has fallen steeply in human rights rankings

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/keir-starmer-shocked-his-anti-lgbtqia-rhetoric-is-creating-anti-lgbtqia-sentiment/
Starmer "furious" at homophobic attack on his family, as if his party has nothing to do with it
Since a homophobic attack on his niece, his party has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and the UK has fallen steeply in human rights rankings
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December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Magnificent!
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When we invest in Trans+ creatives, we get award-winning storytelling 🏳️‍⚧️

🤩 Six of our Trans+ producers won gold at @weareaudiouk.bsky.social’s Audio Production Awards for the @wearequeeraf.com podcast with @transhistoryweek.com 🧵
QueerAf design that reads: Six Trans+ audio producers awarded Gold in prestigious audio industry awards. The Audio Production Awards judges recognised season five of the QueerAF podcast with Trans History Week for developing new talent, at an awards ceremony celebrating the very best productions and producers in the UK industry. The Trans+ creatives' images are overlayed on the design.
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong
We’re constantly being told what to think by the papers, but are we listening?
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Keir Starmer says he had “uncontainable fury” about his niece’s homophobic attack in 2022.

Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵

From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
QueerAF newsletter screenshot showing headline that reads: Starmer "furious". His anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric is creating anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiment. Picture of Starmer on the right.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM