C M
@dorkphoenix.bsky.social
Geek, gamer, Warhammer fan, Trekkie. Ridiculously bisexual. Non-binary and pronoun indifferent, just be polite.
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The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
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bsky team: everything about this site is public, it's so great and we're extra smart for making it that way =)
jay: bans the shit out link for pointing out she follows jonathan chait
jay: bans the shit out link for pointing out she follows jonathan chait
October 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
bsky team: everything about this site is public, it's so great and we're extra smart for making it that way =)
jay: bans the shit out link for pointing out she follows jonathan chait
jay: bans the shit out link for pointing out she follows jonathan chait
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The eliminationist ‘gender critical’ transphobe lobby are trying to stop trans people from changing their passport & drivers licence sex markers with a doctors letter.
In getting the digital data classified as ‘unreliable’ they’re trying to force politicians hands in closing this route for ID! 😖
In getting the digital data classified as ‘unreliable’ they’re trying to force politicians hands in closing this route for ID! 😖
‘Gender critical’ transphobes are lobbying to have all the data - and by extension, the DOCUMENTS - that trans people can currently get their gender marker changed on and used for identification (passports/ drivers license etc) - considered UNRELIABLE DATA! 😖😤
👉🏻 tacc.org.uk/2025/08/12/m...
👉🏻 tacc.org.uk/2025/08/12/m...
August 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The eliminationist ‘gender critical’ transphobe lobby are trying to stop trans people from changing their passport & drivers licence sex markers with a doctors letter.
In getting the digital data classified as ‘unreliable’ they’re trying to force politicians hands in closing this route for ID! 😖
In getting the digital data classified as ‘unreliable’ they’re trying to force politicians hands in closing this route for ID! 😖
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The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
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I really wanted this piece to focus on the queer authors who are giving up a rare opportunity for positive mainstream publicity by withdrawing from the Polari prizes, rather than focusing on John Boyne and the specifics of his transphobia.
Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF.
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — Assigned
A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...
www.assignedmedia.org
August 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I really wanted this piece to focus on the queer authors who are giving up a rare opportunity for positive mainstream publicity by withdrawing from the Polari prizes, rather than focusing on John Boyne and the specifics of his transphobia.
Proton VPN sees 1400% spike in signups as UK ID law comes into force (mashable.com/article/prot...)
UK government:
UK government:
Surprised Pikachu GIF
ALT: Surprised Pikachu GIF
media.tenor.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Proton VPN sees 1400% spike in signups as UK ID law comes into force (mashable.com/article/prot...)
UK government:
UK government:
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Do you remember when Baroness Falkner said 81% of people thought favorable of the EHRC.
Looks like she may have made it up
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/81_t...
Guess the W&E committee should be made aware
Looks like she may have made it up
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/81_t...
Guess the W&E committee should be made aware
81% "thought positively" about the EHRC? - a Freedom of Information request to Equality and Human Rights Commission
On 11 June 2025, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission gave evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee, stating.
"But people who thought positively about us were in the reg...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Do you remember when Baroness Falkner said 81% of people thought favorable of the EHRC.
Looks like she may have made it up
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/81_t...
Guess the W&E committee should be made aware
Looks like she may have made it up
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/81_t...
Guess the W&E committee should be made aware
What movie did you see way too young?
My brain at 12 simply couldn't process the ending.
My brain at 12 simply couldn't process the ending.
July 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What movie did you see way too young?
My brain at 12 simply couldn't process the ending.
My brain at 12 simply couldn't process the ending.
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Once again begging TERFs to invoke their single collective braincell and realise that Parkrun is literally FOR EVERYONE and has NO CATEGORIES as well as NO PODIUMS and NO PRIZES.
Also begging these UKarens to get a fucking hobby, as they clearly have literally nothing going on in their lives.
Also begging these UKarens to get a fucking hobby, as they clearly have literally nothing going on in their lives.
July 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Once again begging TERFs to invoke their single collective braincell and realise that Parkrun is literally FOR EVERYONE and has NO CATEGORIES as well as NO PODIUMS and NO PRIZES.
Also begging these UKarens to get a fucking hobby, as they clearly have literally nothing going on in their lives.
Also begging these UKarens to get a fucking hobby, as they clearly have literally nothing going on in their lives.
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The British government is ALL IN on trans genocide
"Maya Forstater, the chief executive of gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters, said Starmer’s comment was an “important intervention from the prime minister”
AT THE HAGUE!
www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/30/k...
"Maya Forstater, the chief executive of gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters, said Starmer’s comment was an “important intervention from the prime minister”
AT THE HAGUE!
www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/30/k...
Starmer says trans bans must be implemented 'as soon as possible'
Keir Starmer has ordered that public bodies to enforce the Supreme Court's controversial gender ruling "as soon as possible".
www.thepinknews.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The British government is ALL IN on trans genocide
"Maya Forstater, the chief executive of gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters, said Starmer’s comment was an “important intervention from the prime minister”
AT THE HAGUE!
www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/30/k...
"Maya Forstater, the chief executive of gender-critical campaign group Sex Matters, said Starmer’s comment was an “important intervention from the prime minister”
AT THE HAGUE!
www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/30/k...
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One of JK Rowling's TERF friends was just arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman and a 10 year old child. She threatened to post pictures of them on Facebook calling them pedophiles for being at a LGBTQ event.
We told you this would happen.
We told you this would happen.
June 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One of JK Rowling's TERF friends was just arrested for assaulting a pregnant woman and a 10 year old child. She threatened to post pictures of them on Facebook calling them pedophiles for being at a LGBTQ event.
We told you this would happen.
We told you this would happen.
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i for one am excited that elon musk is going to rewrite all of human knowledge and add the missing bits. think how much we will learn
June 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
i for one am excited that elon musk is going to rewrite all of human knowledge and add the missing bits. think how much we will learn
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"I disagree profoundly with her on this subject. She says things that are inflammatory, contemptuous and mocking. They add to a terribly distressing time for trans people": Stephen Fry.
He echoes what so many who once admired her now recognise: that JK Rowling is toxic - and unwell.
He echoes what so many who once admired her now recognise: that JK Rowling is toxic - and unwell.
June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I disagree profoundly with her on this subject. She says things that are inflammatory, contemptuous and mocking. They add to a terribly distressing time for trans people": Stephen Fry.
He echoes what so many who once admired her now recognise: that JK Rowling is toxic - and unwell.
He echoes what so many who once admired her now recognise: that JK Rowling is toxic - and unwell.
So, I didn't post this when it happened, but I got a #MagicTheGathering #FinalFantasy collectors booster box. I pulled a surge foil, alt art Cloud, Ex-Soldier. The price on the day was £125. Now, a couple of weeks later, there are two on cardmarket by UK sellers... one at £1500, the other £2000. Wtf
June 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
So, I didn't post this when it happened, but I got a #MagicTheGathering #FinalFantasy collectors booster box. I pulled a surge foil, alt art Cloud, Ex-Soldier. The price on the day was £125. Now, a couple of weeks later, there are two on cardmarket by UK sellers... one at £1500, the other £2000. Wtf
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When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
Why These Trans Teens and Their Families Risked Everything to Get Gender-Affirming Care
It’s as simple as love.
www.teenvogue.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
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If this moral panic doesn't break soon, the British press will have published more stories about trans people than there are trans people in the UK. Without talking to a single trans person.
In the 8 years between 2017 and 2024, The Mail, Telegraph, Guardian, Observer, Mirror, Express, and Star have printed a total of 10, 430 articles about trans people.
Ten thousand, four hundred and thirty.
Ten thousand, four hundred and thirty.
May 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If this moral panic doesn't break soon, the British press will have published more stories about trans people than there are trans people in the UK. Without talking to a single trans person.
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"Why can't trans and non-binary people just go do their own thing and leave us alone?"
*Trans and non-binary people go and do their own thing*
"LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING!"
*Trans and non-binary people go and do their own thing*
"LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING!"
May 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Why can't trans and non-binary people just go do their own thing and leave us alone?"
*Trans and non-binary people go and do their own thing*
"LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING!"
*Trans and non-binary people go and do their own thing*
"LOOK WHAT THEY ARE DOING!"
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MP's "fear" delay in EHRC guidance! Any delay is like a person on death row getting at least a hope of a reprieve, for UK trans people. The UK is the worst place in the world now for trans people save places where we are criminalised. Shame on you Baroness.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
MPs fear UK equality watchdog may take months to sign off gender guidance
Exclusive: EHRC insiders believe process could drag on until after its chair is replaced in November
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
MP's "fear" delay in EHRC guidance! Any delay is like a person on death row getting at least a hope of a reprieve, for UK trans people. The UK is the worst place in the world now for trans people save places where we are criminalised. Shame on you Baroness.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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they ban us from sports as precedent
they ban us from bathrooms so we can’t be in public
they classify our existence as porn and then make porn a crime
they allow employers to discriminate against us
they make our healthcare illegal to force destransition us
WHEN WILL YOU FIGHT TO HELP US?
they ban us from bathrooms so we can’t be in public
they classify our existence as porn and then make porn a crime
they allow employers to discriminate against us
they make our healthcare illegal to force destransition us
WHEN WILL YOU FIGHT TO HELP US?
May 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
they ban us from sports as precedent
they ban us from bathrooms so we can’t be in public
they classify our existence as porn and then make porn a crime
they allow employers to discriminate against us
they make our healthcare illegal to force destransition us
WHEN WILL YOU FIGHT TO HELP US?
they ban us from bathrooms so we can’t be in public
they classify our existence as porn and then make porn a crime
they allow employers to discriminate against us
they make our healthcare illegal to force destransition us
WHEN WILL YOU FIGHT TO HELP US?
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Things you won't read about in The Times. Or hear broadcast from Her Majesty's yacht. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts warn of legal uncertainty and rights implications following UK Supreme Court ruling
GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today expressed concern about the implications of the recent UK Supreme Court judgment interpreting the definition of “woman” under the Equality A...
www.ohchr.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Things you won't read about in The Times. Or hear broadcast from Her Majesty's yacht. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Finally home from a busy day! I had the privilege to chair a Parliamentary briefing of trans legal experts - with a great turnout!
May 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Finally home from a busy day! I had the privilege to chair a Parliamentary briefing of trans legal experts - with a great turnout!
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EHRC have announced that their consultation on their Statutory Code of Practice opens on 19th May and will run for 6 weeks.
TransActual and our partners in the LGBTQ+ sector are working some guidance to support you to respond.
TransActual and our partners in the LGBTQ+ sector are working some guidance to support you to respond.
May 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
EHRC have announced that their consultation on their Statutory Code of Practice opens on 19th May and will run for 6 weeks.
TransActual and our partners in the LGBTQ+ sector are working some guidance to support you to respond.
TransActual and our partners in the LGBTQ+ sector are working some guidance to support you to respond.