A Mere Solicitor
@ameresolicitor.bsky.social
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Just a lawyer, cross about injustice and the world burning. Typos, terrible jokes, and pointing out the law. Anon as thoughts my own.
Just a lawyer, cross about injustice and the world burning. Typos, terrible jokes, and pointing out the law. Anon as thoughts my own.
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I’m unfollowing accounts posting Boomer Facebook style “repost if you agree” photos with “inspiring” messages without ALT text especially when they’re AI.
The point of this site is saying things.
Say something cool.
Say something uncool..
Say anything at all…
The point of this site is saying things.
Say something cool.
Say something uncool..
Say anything at all…
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Sorry lads, I was just trying to melt the ankle bracelet with my soldering iron out of curiosity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Jair Bolsonaro arrested after tampering with ankle tag ‘out of curiosity’
Brazilian ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody over fears he was going to abscond
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sorry lads, I was just trying to melt the ankle bracelet with my soldering iron out of curiosity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The extent to which we can reach parents and stop them from cooperating with this is gonna be crucial. Any trans kid engaging with the NHS *at all* will be harmed more than they would be by simply leaving their dysphoria untreated (and way way more than DIY on the quiet).
This is in addition to some awful physical tests, an abusive assessment and approval process, awful coercion, terrible and abusive power dynamics, it is just so bad.
Why is anyone who claims to care about trans kids defending this?
Why is anyone who claims to care about trans kids defending this?
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The extent to which we can reach parents and stop them from cooperating with this is gonna be crucial. Any trans kid engaging with the NHS *at all* will be harmed more than they would be by simply leaving their dysphoria untreated (and way way more than DIY on the quiet).
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There is no context in which grown cisgender adults questioning Trans+ kids and teenagers about their sexual experiences or body parts is acceptable
It’s profoundly inappropriate - and frankly, creepy as fuck
Systemic clinical malpractice is the standard within NHS cis-controlled Trans+ healthcare
It’s profoundly inappropriate - and frankly, creepy as fuck
Systemic clinical malpractice is the standard within NHS cis-controlled Trans+ healthcare
"Body Image Scale – Gender Spectrum (BIS-GS) (a horrific tool that asks children to assess how much they hate all their body parts); the ALSPAC Romantic Relations (which in spite of its name asks totally irrelevant and intrusive questions about the sex life of those aged 12-17).
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
There is no context in which grown cisgender adults questioning Trans+ kids and teenagers about their sexual experiences or body parts is acceptable
It’s profoundly inappropriate - and frankly, creepy as fuck
Systemic clinical malpractice is the standard within NHS cis-controlled Trans+ healthcare
It’s profoundly inappropriate - and frankly, creepy as fuck
Systemic clinical malpractice is the standard within NHS cis-controlled Trans+ healthcare
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This amazing queer/trans web series starring some of my friends (including Long Away's amazing @griffinkelly.bsky.social) is doing a funding campaign! It's about a bunch of queer idiots, so it's intensely relatable to me, haha. Consider supporting if you're able! seedandspark.com/fund/unsmall
UnSmall - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
UnSmall is a heartfelt dramedy that will leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside. This piece is explores insecurity, gender confusion, residual trauma and other hilarious, lighthearted topics.
seedandspark.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This amazing queer/trans web series starring some of my friends (including Long Away's amazing @griffinkelly.bsky.social) is doing a funding campaign! It's about a bunch of queer idiots, so it's intensely relatable to me, haha. Consider supporting if you're able! seedandspark.com/fund/unsmall
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In this episode @goingmedieval.bsky.social joins me to talk about Lily Allen’s West End Girl. We talk about the themes, and resulting discourses, emerging from this cultural artefact. Is it an album about an open relationship gone wrong, or something else? soundcloud.com/culturesexre...
Cultural Artefact 1 - Lily Allen West End Girl
In this episode Dr Eleanor Janega joins me to talk about Lily Allen’s West End Girl. We talk about the themes, and resulting discourses, emerging from this cultural artefact. Is it an album about an o
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November 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In this episode @goingmedieval.bsky.social joins me to talk about Lily Allen’s West End Girl. We talk about the themes, and resulting discourses, emerging from this cultural artefact. Is it an album about an open relationship gone wrong, or something else? soundcloud.com/culturesexre...
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I hadn't quite appreciated that every senior researcher involved in the NHS puberty blocker trial has direct ties to SEGM, a designated hate group. We have an anti-Trans, USA hard right backed group pulling the strings behind the UK NHS puberty blocker trial. It is rotten to its core. Zero Trust.
The puberty blocker trial is about to start according to the BBC, led by Dr Emily Simonoff. The same Dr who spoke at a symposium organised by Segm, a group designated an anti trans hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre /1
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C3-Konferenzzeitplan – 21st international Congress of the ESCAP 2025
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November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I hadn't quite appreciated that every senior researcher involved in the NHS puberty blocker trial has direct ties to SEGM, a designated hate group. We have an anti-Trans, USA hard right backed group pulling the strings behind the UK NHS puberty blocker trial. It is rotten to its core. Zero Trust.
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Nothing to see here, just @thetimes.com having to apologise for calling an anti-trans group anti-trans.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
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Not to be confused with Transtrender.
Transgender Trend is an anti-trans[2][3][4][5] British pressure group, which describes itself as a group of parents, professionals and academics who are concerned about the number of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria. [6] [7] It was founded in 2015 by Stephanie Davies-Arai.[1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t6ndneremtkumxvhxpwwmax5/bafkreidtijkk72ofrpxz3wq7n5nkhmfsiwnpnp7stkyv67bpxlwphkfxx4@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Nothing to see here, just @thetimes.com having to apologise for calling an anti-trans group anti-trans.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
The British media's complicity in instigating and prolonging moral panics targeting vulnerable minorities will be studied for years to come.
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Would be great to spread this far and wide so we make as much money as possible in COLCHESTER tomorrow
This SUNDAY - COLCHESTER!!
A solo show for @samaritans.bsky.social
Tickets here
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A solo show for @samaritans.bsky.social
Tickets here
www.redlionbooks.co.uk/product/poet...
Tell your friends
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Would be great to spread this far and wide so we make as much money as possible in COLCHESTER tomorrow
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Some leaked (not verified) info on the puberty blocker trial linked here. In my own thread I will briefly highlight the two key measures they are prioritising. A short thread 1
A Substacker named Ben Ryan tweeted that "the long-awaited UK puberty blocker clinical trial protocol is out."
Shortly thereafter he deleted the post. I can't find a public version of the protocol but here's what I was able to salvage from the screenshot + post.
[A THREAD]
Shortly thereafter he deleted the post. I can't find a public version of the protocol but here's what I was able to salvage from the screenshot + post.
[A THREAD]
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some leaked (not verified) info on the puberty blocker trial linked here. In my own thread I will briefly highlight the two key measures they are prioritising. A short thread 1
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Those of you who know my work know that misgendering on death certificates has been a preoccupation of mine for several years now. I have been really concerned to hear that even though we now have specific guidance on the issue, there are some Coroners who have not been following it.
The tendency of Coroners to ignore guidance from the Chief Coroner, the reality of trans existence, and the wishes of bereaved parents, and express their own views in the death certificate, is both contemptible and unlawful.
We have a legal team ready to go; we will challenge it in the High Court.
We have a legal team ready to go; we will challenge it in the High Court.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Those of you who know my work know that misgendering on death certificates has been a preoccupation of mine for several years now. I have been really concerned to hear that even though we now have specific guidance on the issue, there are some Coroners who have not been following it.
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hello! I am looking for a talented artist to create a beautiful vector of an adult human butthole for a very important critical project that is going to shape the world!
must be ONLY the hole and it MUST be constructed of the wonderful folds and wrinkles that make each hole unique 😡
must be ONLY the hole and it MUST be constructed of the wonderful folds and wrinkles that make each hole unique 😡
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
hello! I am looking for a talented artist to create a beautiful vector of an adult human butthole for a very important critical project that is going to shape the world!
must be ONLY the hole and it MUST be constructed of the wonderful folds and wrinkles that make each hole unique 😡
must be ONLY the hole and it MUST be constructed of the wonderful folds and wrinkles that make each hole unique 😡
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🏳️⚧️ Last night, as vigils marking Trans Day Of Remembrance were held across Scotland, The Herald gave an award to For Women Scotland naming them Campaigners of the Year.
These awards were sponsored by ScottishPower, a company who regularly champions diversity.
These awards were sponsored by ScottishPower, a company who regularly champions diversity.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🏳️⚧️ Last night, as vigils marking Trans Day Of Remembrance were held across Scotland, The Herald gave an award to For Women Scotland naming them Campaigners of the Year.
These awards were sponsored by ScottishPower, a company who regularly champions diversity.
These awards were sponsored by ScottishPower, a company who regularly champions diversity.
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Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
The reality is that actual LGBTQIA+ networks are full of people fighting this anti trans campaign because it’s wrong.
Obviously, there’s self interest, but that comes long after the injustice…
…I’m not hearing arguments for Vichy assimilationism like the quoted tweet:
Obviously, there’s self interest, but that comes long after the injustice…
…I’m not hearing arguments for Vichy assimilationism like the quoted tweet:
Who does this …reptile… think she is speaking for anyone else?
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The reality is that actual LGBTQIA+ networks are full of people fighting this anti trans campaign because it’s wrong.
Obviously, there’s self interest, but that comes long after the injustice…
…I’m not hearing arguments for Vichy assimilationism like the quoted tweet:
Obviously, there’s self interest, but that comes long after the injustice…
…I’m not hearing arguments for Vichy assimilationism like the quoted tweet:
That BBC report yesterday?
Co-byline Ewan Somerville formerly of The Telegraph.
Notable for his transphobic moral panic pieces over the course of several years…
…moved to the BBC over a year ago.
Co-byline Ewan Somerville formerly of The Telegraph.
Notable for his transphobic moral panic pieces over the course of several years…
…moved to the BBC over a year ago.
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
That BBC report yesterday?
Co-byline Ewan Somerville formerly of The Telegraph.
Notable for his transphobic moral panic pieces over the course of several years…
…moved to the BBC over a year ago.
Co-byline Ewan Somerville formerly of The Telegraph.
Notable for his transphobic moral panic pieces over the course of several years…
…moved to the BBC over a year ago.
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In response to the laughable fiction presented in the letter sent by Sex Matters to BBC Board members, we have sent a rebuttal letter to clarify the real facts, rather than their Orwellian tale.
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In response to the laughable fiction presented in the letter sent by Sex Matters to BBC Board members, we have sent a rebuttal letter to clarify the real facts, rather than their Orwellian tale.
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This is a dark and dangerous path.
The government has said it won’t be rushed, and I sincerely hope this means that Ministers will reject any EHRC guidance that further harms trans people.
Parliament should instead make clear in legislation that “single-sex spaces” are to be trans-inclusive.
The government has said it won’t be rushed, and I sincerely hope this means that Ministers will reject any EHRC guidance that further harms trans people.
Parliament should instead make clear in legislation that “single-sex spaces” are to be trans-inclusive.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is a dark and dangerous path.
The government has said it won’t be rushed, and I sincerely hope this means that Ministers will reject any EHRC guidance that further harms trans people.
Parliament should instead make clear in legislation that “single-sex spaces” are to be trans-inclusive.
The government has said it won’t be rushed, and I sincerely hope this means that Ministers will reject any EHRC guidance that further harms trans people.
Parliament should instead make clear in legislation that “single-sex spaces” are to be trans-inclusive.
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Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Transgender guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’
Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behavi...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The draft EHRC Code of Practice, as reported in the Times, now admits that there is no way to enforce the anti-trans bathroom ban other than based on policing the appearance and gender presentation of all service users.
#EHRC #TransRights #ScrapTheBathroomBan #Trans #Nonbinary #EqualityAct
#EHRC #TransRights #ScrapTheBathroomBan #Trans #Nonbinary #EqualityAct
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The draft EHRC Code of Practice, as reported in the Times, now admits that there is no way to enforce the anti-trans bathroom ban other than based on policing the appearance and gender presentation of all service users.
#EHRC #TransRights #ScrapTheBathroomBan #Trans #Nonbinary #EqualityAct
#EHRC #TransRights #ScrapTheBathroomBan #Trans #Nonbinary #EqualityAct
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the first time kim jong-il ever played golf, at the age of 52, at a 7,700-yard course he'd had built in pyongyang, his score was recorded as 38 under par, including 11 holes-in-one.
this is less embarrassing than making your ai tell everyone how fit you are.
this is less embarrassing than making your ai tell everyone how fit you are.
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
the first time kim jong-il ever played golf, at the age of 52, at a 7,700-yard course he'd had built in pyongyang, his score was recorded as 38 under par, including 11 holes-in-one.
this is less embarrassing than making your ai tell everyone how fit you are.
this is less embarrassing than making your ai tell everyone how fit you are.
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1/🧵 According to the leak reported by The Times, the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice states that there is no document in this country that proves biological sex, and that trans people may refuse to disclose anything.
I regard this as another success of my legal action.
I regard this as another success of my legal action.
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
1/🧵 According to the leak reported by The Times, the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice states that there is no document in this country that proves biological sex, and that trans people may refuse to disclose anything.
I regard this as another success of my legal action.
I regard this as another success of my legal action.
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When Labour got into power into power I wasn't overly optimistic that they would be "better" on migrants rights, trans and non-binary rights, human rights etc, but even I didn't expect them to be so much worse than the last government on all of them. 1/
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
When Labour got into power into power I wasn't overly optimistic that they would be "better" on migrants rights, trans and non-binary rights, human rights etc, but even I didn't expect them to be so much worse than the last government on all of them. 1/
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i think if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social implements that ehrc guidance it might be the start of the end for 'gender critical'.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
i think if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social implements that ehrc guidance it might be the start of the end for 'gender critical'.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
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I have also to say, again, shame on the UK Supreme Court. Whatever led us here, it is absolutely not its apolitical application of the law.
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I have also to say, again, shame on the UK Supreme Court. Whatever led us here, it is absolutely not its apolitical application of the law.
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."