David, The King of Kemptown
@davidbtn2.bsky.social
Welsh, Brightonian, London librarian (and writer). The G & Q in LGBTQ+ (he/him) and the first King of Kemptown 🤴
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In love with this evocative photo of outside the Atlantic House Bar in Provincetown, 1993.
The flirty, babbling chatter. The muted beats of the club. The smell of the heat of a warm summer's night. That little guy in the black vest with his cute porn star tache 💕
Credit: David Jarrett
The flirty, babbling chatter. The muted beats of the club. The smell of the heat of a warm summer's night. That little guy in the black vest with his cute porn star tache 💕
Credit: David Jarrett
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@chazzersmurf.bsky.social have you seen this? 😂🥰
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
@chazzersmurf.bsky.social have you seen this? 😂🥰
Watching Starmer being interviewed on Channel 4 News and honestly, if you plopped Sunak into that seat you’d have exactly the same answers.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Watching Starmer being interviewed on Channel 4 News and honestly, if you plopped Sunak into that seat you’d have exactly the same answers.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
What an appalling betrayal of those people who voted for ‘change’.
You were lied to.
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I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
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Leading anti-trans writer Kathleen Stock (whom Rowling is “proud” to call her friend), now comes out with this gem on abortion. Who could have foreseen that TERFs would attack bodily autonomy? All of us did. All of us.
Transphobia rots your brain.
Transphobia rots your brain.
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 12:03 PM
Leading anti-trans writer Kathleen Stock (whom Rowling is “proud” to call her friend), now comes out with this gem on abortion. Who could have foreseen that TERFs would attack bodily autonomy? All of us did. All of us.
Transphobia rots your brain.
Transphobia rots your brain.
No one's asked the key question, how would this be enforced?
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
This new campaign wants women-only carriages on London’s tube
A petition in favour of the idea has gained more than 7,800 signatures.
www.timeout.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
No one's asked the key question, how would this be enforced?
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
There'd either have to be a security person on each tube, in which case there's no need to segregate as there'd be security.
Or it'd rely on peer pressure, in which case, as above.
Signs don't stop abuse
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Spotted in the park earlier, what do we think it is?
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Spotted in the park earlier, what do we think it is?
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
(Btw, i know it’s a bird you smartasses 😂)
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This (from @anniarbour.bsky.social) is a lovely read, and I had no idea about Tip / Queen Ozma.
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
The Wonderful Queerness of Oz
Follow the sparkly road from Ozma to Wicked
anniarbour.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This (from @anniarbour.bsky.social) is a lovely read, and I had no idea about Tip / Queen Ozma.
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
While she doesn't feature in this story, maybe it's quite fitting that 'Wicked: For Good' is released on the day we remember the trans people we've lost 💕
anniarbour.substack.com/p/the-wonder...
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
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Oeddech chi’n gwybod bod modd danfon pecynnau prawf HIV yn syth at eich drws yng Nghymru?
Nid yw profi am HIV erioed wedi bod mor hawdd. Mae am ddim, yn gyfrinachol a gellir ei wneud gartref. #WythnosProfiHIVCymru
Nid yw profi am HIV erioed wedi bod mor hawdd. Mae am ddim, yn gyfrinachol a gellir ei wneud gartref. #WythnosProfiHIVCymru
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Oeddech chi’n gwybod bod modd danfon pecynnau prawf HIV yn syth at eich drws yng Nghymru?
Nid yw profi am HIV erioed wedi bod mor hawdd. Mae am ddim, yn gyfrinachol a gellir ei wneud gartref. #WythnosProfiHIVCymru
Nid yw profi am HIV erioed wedi bod mor hawdd. Mae am ddim, yn gyfrinachol a gellir ei wneud gartref. #WythnosProfiHIVCymru
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"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
This is lovely 🥹
I know there's been a lot of cynicism round the marketing of this movie but I think it's rare to see the stars of a movie get so invested in what they've done and the positive impact it has 💕
youtu.be/RcVHn1RvP40?...
I know there's been a lot of cynicism round the marketing of this movie but I think it's rare to see the stars of a movie get so invested in what they've done and the positive impact it has 💕
youtu.be/RcVHn1RvP40?...
Cynthia Erivo surprises her old school with a tear-jerking performance
YouTube video by BBC Radio 1
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is lovely 🥹
I know there's been a lot of cynicism round the marketing of this movie but I think it's rare to see the stars of a movie get so invested in what they've done and the positive impact it has 💕
youtu.be/RcVHn1RvP40?...
I know there's been a lot of cynicism round the marketing of this movie but I think it's rare to see the stars of a movie get so invested in what they've done and the positive impact it has 💕
youtu.be/RcVHn1RvP40?...
Would Maya promote a similar website about gay people, or black people, or Muslims, or Jews?
Given the intersectionality of discrimination that pervades across gender critic ideology, who knows? 🤷♂️
Given the intersectionality of discrimination that pervades across gender critic ideology, who knows? 🤷♂️
Maya in 1933: "I met the publisher responsible for Der Stürmer and its publication of Jewish crimes.
They told me how they they didn't want Jewish crimes recorded as German crime so they set up the publication to ensure accuracy to the Volksgemeinschaft."
They told me how they they didn't want Jewish crimes recorded as German crime so they set up the publication to ensure accuracy to the Volksgemeinschaft."
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Would Maya promote a similar website about gay people, or black people, or Muslims, or Jews?
Given the intersectionality of discrimination that pervades across gender critic ideology, who knows? 🤷♂️
Given the intersectionality of discrimination that pervades across gender critic ideology, who knows? 🤷♂️
There are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
There are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
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A female reporter asks Trump about Epstein. He says, “Quiet, piggy.”
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
November 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A female reporter asks Trump about Epstein. He says, “Quiet, piggy.”
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
When Khashoggi’s murder is brought up in his meeting with the Saudi Prince who had him killed (according to the CIA), Trump says, “Things happen.”
You have a monster at the helm, America. You are in terrible danger.
With Twitter being down (among many other sites), should we prepare up for an influx of hate here while those angry people panic to find somewhere to express their rage?
a woman in a black dress is standing next to a lamp and a lampshade .
ALT: a woman in a black dress is standing next to a lamp and a lampshade .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
With Twitter being down (among many other sites), should we prepare up for an influx of hate here while those angry people panic to find somewhere to express their rage?
Almost a year since my GP referred me to the MSK team and I've just been told I have at least another 5 months wait to see the Pain Management Team having been referred by the physio 1 month ago.
In 2023, I waited 6 months for something similar.
But the waiting lists are down?
In 2023, I waited 6 months for something similar.
But the waiting lists are down?
November 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Almost a year since my GP referred me to the MSK team and I've just been told I have at least another 5 months wait to see the Pain Management Team having been referred by the physio 1 month ago.
In 2023, I waited 6 months for something similar.
But the waiting lists are down?
In 2023, I waited 6 months for something similar.
But the waiting lists are down?
Hyperbole appears to be another common trait among the GC.
O'Hanlon: I'm baffled / he's confrontational
Linehan: SMEARS!
And the thing is, these people NEVER go out of their way to talk about him, they merely answer questions from desperate hacks looking for a story.
They need to say 'no comment'
O'Hanlon: I'm baffled / he's confrontational
Linehan: SMEARS!
And the thing is, these people NEVER go out of their way to talk about him, they merely answer questions from desperate hacks looking for a story.
They need to say 'no comment'
Graham Linehan in the papers again crying someone else he used to be friends with hates him [Telegraph]
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Hyperbole appears to be another common trait among the GC.
O'Hanlon: I'm baffled / he's confrontational
Linehan: SMEARS!
And the thing is, these people NEVER go out of their way to talk about him, they merely answer questions from desperate hacks looking for a story.
They need to say 'no comment'
O'Hanlon: I'm baffled / he's confrontational
Linehan: SMEARS!
And the thing is, these people NEVER go out of their way to talk about him, they merely answer questions from desperate hacks looking for a story.
They need to say 'no comment'
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
(Btw Andy’s has become my last saved meme for next time 😂)
(Btw Andy’s has become my last saved meme for next time 😂)
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
(Btw Andy’s has become my last saved meme for next time 😂)
(Btw Andy’s has become my last saved meme for next time 😂)
Who’d have thought Ruby Wax would be the calm one? 💕
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Who’d have thought Ruby Wax would be the calm one? 💕
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a child?
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a child?
Any decent person should be fearful of support from the likes of Robinson. It’s at this point that you should know you’ve crossed the line into deplorable.
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Any decent person should be fearful of support from the likes of Robinson. It’s at this point that you should know you’ve crossed the line into deplorable.