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The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today
Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today
www.newscientist.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Margaret Killjoy’s beautifully imagined coming-of-age fantasy explores acceptance, community, gender, power, & resistance through the story of a young trans protagonist who, with her coven, faces an unnerving threat to the natural world.
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Margaret Killjoy’s beautifully imagined coming-of-age fantasy explores acceptance, community, gender, power, & resistance through the story of a young trans protagonist who, with her coven, faces an unnerving threat to the natural world.
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This fall brings not just one but two exhibitions about Ursula and her work.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This fall brings not just one but two exhibitions about Ursula and her work.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
In Portland, A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 31st at Oregon Contemporary.
In London, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin opens October 10th at the AA Gallery.
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🤝 Join us to show that women’s voices will not be misused to spread hate.
✍️ Sign the letter - Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community, at: change.org/nion_women
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen #NotInOurName #HumanRights #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT
✍️ Sign the letter - Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community, at: change.org/nion_women
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen #NotInOurName #HumanRights #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT
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September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🤝 Join us to show that women’s voices will not be misused to spread hate.
✍️ Sign the letter - Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community, at: change.org/nion_women
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen #NotInOurName #HumanRights #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT
✍️ Sign the letter - Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community, at: change.org/nion_women
#WhyWeSigned #NIONWomen #NotInOurName #HumanRights #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT
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📣 This is why women from all walks of life are speaking out. We know scapegoating when we see it - and we will not stay silent.
🚫 We see rhetoric of ‘protecting women’ being used time and again to target minorities, and we won’t stand by and let marginalised people be attacked in our name.
🚫 We see rhetoric of ‘protecting women’ being used time and again to target minorities, and we won’t stand by and let marginalised people be attacked in our name.
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📣 This is why women from all walks of life are speaking out. We know scapegoating when we see it - and we will not stay silent.
🚫 We see rhetoric of ‘protecting women’ being used time and again to target minorities, and we won’t stand by and let marginalised people be attacked in our name.
🚫 We see rhetoric of ‘protecting women’ being used time and again to target minorities, and we won’t stand by and let marginalised people be attacked in our name.
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🖨️ Please help us spread the word to more women - Download, print, and display our poster where women will see it: linktr.ee/nionwomen
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Love #Kindness #HumanRights #Diversity #Equality #Inclusion #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT #JoinUs
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Love #Kindness #HumanRights #Diversity #Equality #Inclusion #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT #JoinUs
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We are a group of women who actively reject the discrimination and exclusion of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people. Follow us here...
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September 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🖨️ Please help us spread the word to more women - Download, print, and display our poster where women will see it: linktr.ee/nionwomen
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Love #Kindness #HumanRights #Diversity #Equality #Inclusion #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT #JoinUs
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Love #Kindness #HumanRights #Diversity #Equality #Inclusion #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #TransAlly #WithTheT #JoinUs
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The statement in the image is one line taken from our letter - 'Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community'.
If you agree, read and sign our letter and stand alongside 42K+ other likeminded women in the UK who refuse to be used as cover for discrimination:
👉 change.org/nion_women
If you agree, read and sign our letter and stand alongside 42K+ other likeminded women in the UK who refuse to be used as cover for discrimination:
👉 change.org/nion_women
September 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The statement in the image is one line taken from our letter - 'Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community'.
If you agree, read and sign our letter and stand alongside 42K+ other likeminded women in the UK who refuse to be used as cover for discrimination:
👉 change.org/nion_women
If you agree, read and sign our letter and stand alongside 42K+ other likeminded women in the UK who refuse to be used as cover for discrimination:
👉 change.org/nion_women
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Politicians are using fear about trans+ people to distract from the systemic issues that actually harm women — underfunded services, economic and health inequalities, and male violence (predominantly perpetrated by men that women already know).
Don't approve? Sign our letter 👉 change.org/nion_women
Don't approve? Sign our letter 👉 change.org/nion_women
September 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Politicians are using fear about trans+ people to distract from the systemic issues that actually harm women — underfunded services, economic and health inequalities, and male violence (predominantly perpetrated by men that women already know).
Don't approve? Sign our letter 👉 change.org/nion_women
Don't approve? Sign our letter 👉 change.org/nion_women
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“all these things, actual material things we should be worried about are not the problems of, or caused by trans people”.
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for echoing the sentiment of our open letter: chng.it/Fp54zPQ4tF
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for echoing the sentiment of our open letter: chng.it/Fp54zPQ4tF
September 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“all these things, actual material things we should be worried about are not the problems of, or caused by trans people”.
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for echoing the sentiment of our open letter: chng.it/Fp54zPQ4tF
Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social for echoing the sentiment of our open letter: chng.it/Fp54zPQ4tF
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✨ We’ve Moved! ✨
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
✨ We’ve Moved! ✨
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
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✨ We’ve Moved! ✨
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
✨ We’ve Moved! ✨
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community.
🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk
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We need this message to reach every MP and every community. Please share this thread widely, organisations have spoken, now individuals must be heard too. Together, we can push for accountability and stop rights being stripped without debate.
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We need this message to reach every MP and every community. Please share this thread widely, organisations have spoken, now individuals must be heard too. Together, we can push for accountability and stop rights being stripped without debate.
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Keir Starmer’s new director of communications isn’t just the founder of Portland Communications – which represented Qatar, Russia and Kazakhstan – he’s also come straight from the board of the anti-trans charity Sex Matters.
The government is heading in a dark direction.
The government is heading in a dark direction.
September 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Keir Starmer’s new director of communications isn’t just the founder of Portland Communications – which represented Qatar, Russia and Kazakhstan – he’s also come straight from the board of the anti-trans charity Sex Matters.
The government is heading in a dark direction.
The government is heading in a dark direction.
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Over 80 trans+ and LGBTQ+ rights orgs have signed a joint letter to MPs demanding full Parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s new Code of Practice. If passed unchecked, it risks huge harm to rights and protections. Read our full statement here:
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Over 80 trans+ and LGBTQ+ rights orgs have signed a joint letter to MPs demanding full Parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s new Code of Practice. If passed unchecked, it risks huge harm to rights and protections. Read our full statement here:
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
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Trans, intersex and non-binary people seeking asylum already face huge risks. The EHRC draft Code could make it worse.
We joined 40+ orgs calling on the government to protect trans people’s rights.
Read the joint statement: https://bit.ly/3Gvl9QP
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
We joined 40+ orgs calling on the government to protect trans people’s rights.
Read the joint statement: https://bit.ly/3Gvl9QP
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Trans, intersex and non-binary people seeking asylum already face huge risks. The EHRC draft Code could make it worse.
We joined 40+ orgs calling on the government to protect trans people’s rights.
Read the joint statement: https://bit.ly/3Gvl9QP
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
We joined 40+ orgs calling on the government to protect trans people’s rights.
Read the joint statement: https://bit.ly/3Gvl9QP
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Well, Yvette, maybe refugees are applying for family reunification as soon as they can because 1) they've spent ages waiting for status and miss their kids; 2) it takes ages for reunification applications to be approved; and 3) their kids are ineligible once they turn 18 www.gov.uk/government/s...
Strengthening border security and reforms to the asylum system
Home Secretary statement on actions the government is taking with France to strengthen border security and reforms to the asylum system.
www.gov.uk
September 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Well, Yvette, maybe refugees are applying for family reunification as soon as they can because 1) they've spent ages waiting for status and miss their kids; 2) it takes ages for reunification applications to be approved; and 3) their kids are ineligible once they turn 18 www.gov.uk/government/s...
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52 years after #Chile coup.
This year's theme is the fight for Truth, Justice and Memory, a demand by the Chilean people for the heinous crimes committed following the coup in 1973 and during the 2019 social unrest.
✊Join us Sat 13th Sept 1pm @ Nursery Street Pocket Park Sheffield
This year's theme is the fight for Truth, Justice and Memory, a demand by the Chilean people for the heinous crimes committed following the coup in 1973 and during the 2019 social unrest.
✊Join us Sat 13th Sept 1pm @ Nursery Street Pocket Park Sheffield
September 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
52 years after #Chile coup.
This year's theme is the fight for Truth, Justice and Memory, a demand by the Chilean people for the heinous crimes committed following the coup in 1973 and during the 2019 social unrest.
✊Join us Sat 13th Sept 1pm @ Nursery Street Pocket Park Sheffield
This year's theme is the fight for Truth, Justice and Memory, a demand by the Chilean people for the heinous crimes committed following the coup in 1973 and during the 2019 social unrest.
✊Join us Sat 13th Sept 1pm @ Nursery Street Pocket Park Sheffield
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‘Section 28 2.0’: New “transphobic” curriculum restricts teachers from encouraging Trans+ pupils to understand their identity 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/
RSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculum
It has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community
www.wearequeeraf.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
‘Section 28 2.0’: New “transphobic” curriculum restricts teachers from encouraging Trans+ pupils to understand their identity 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-new-transphobic-curriculum-restricts-teachers-from-encouraging-trans-pupils-to-understand-their-identity/
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Welcome to the Department of Trans Kids!
"If the Department for Education won't serve us, then we will take it over and serve ourselves."
"If the Department for Education won't serve us, then we will take it over and serve ourselves."
Welcome to the Department of Trans Kids! | Trans Kids Deserve Better
transkidsdeservebetter.org
August 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Welcome to the Department of Trans Kids!
"If the Department for Education won't serve us, then we will take it over and serve ourselves."
"If the Department for Education won't serve us, then we will take it over and serve ourselves."
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We need free speech, and gender-criticals have the right to express their views. But when does this expression become harassment, bullying or discrimination?
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
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When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down.
With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar Standards Board.
https://goodlaw.social/blei
When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down.
With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar Standards Board.
https://goodlaw.social/blei
‘I knew it wouldn’t end’: Trans journalist files complaint with barrister regulator
When a journalist who writes and campaigns on trans rights caught the attention of a gender-critical barrister, her life was turned upside down. With her support, we’ve filed a complaint with the Bar ...
goodlaw.social
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We need free speech, and gender-criticals have the right to express their views. But when does this expression become harassment, bullying or discrimination?
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
Thanks to everyone who spoke to me for this piece, particularly the trans journalist and campaigner, who has been through a lot.
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In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting-again-taught-me-as-a-transgender-muslim/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting-again-taught-me-as-a-transgender-muslim/
What fasting again taught me as a transgender Muslim
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim
writes on being trans and Muslim
www.wearequeeraf.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting-again-taught-me-as-a-transgender-muslim/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting-again-taught-me-as-a-transgender-muslim/
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There is power is community.
Come & hear what Beth Winter & I found, after hosting three community assemblies in the #valleys
Report launch - Weds 3rd Sept, 6 - 8, @ClwbYBont in Pontypridd
#Cymunedoli #CommunityWealthBuilding #AlternativesToCapitalism #RealIndependence
Come & hear what Beth Winter & I found, after hosting three community assemblies in the #valleys
Report launch - Weds 3rd Sept, 6 - 8, @ClwbYBont in Pontypridd
#Cymunedoli #CommunityWealthBuilding #AlternativesToCapitalism #RealIndependence
August 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
There is power is community.
Come & hear what Beth Winter & I found, after hosting three community assemblies in the #valleys
Report launch - Weds 3rd Sept, 6 - 8, @ClwbYBont in Pontypridd
#Cymunedoli #CommunityWealthBuilding #AlternativesToCapitalism #RealIndependence
Come & hear what Beth Winter & I found, after hosting three community assemblies in the #valleys
Report launch - Weds 3rd Sept, 6 - 8, @ClwbYBont in Pontypridd
#Cymunedoli #CommunityWealthBuilding #AlternativesToCapitalism #RealIndependence