Fiona MacCarthy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇮🇪
@fiona-the-celt.bsky.social
Lover of life, travel and learning. Originated from Waterford, Ireland, then life & work in RSA, DRC, Zambia, Nigeria. Now living by River Tyne, NE England
a future pm? No, never, if uk wakes up
Nigel Farage, "At Michael Barrymore's house they removed all the ashtrays, on the basis that they chuck all the fags in the pool."
December 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
a future pm? No, never, if uk wakes up
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Dear businesses,
If you get a threatening letter from anti-trans lobby group ‘Sex Matters’ trying to scare you into banning trans people under threat of legal action - ignore them!
Time and again they get embarrassed in court while cos-playing at being ‘experts’!
You don’t want to foot the bill!😬
If you get a threatening letter from anti-trans lobby group ‘Sex Matters’ trying to scare you into banning trans people under threat of legal action - ignore them!
Time and again they get embarrassed in court while cos-playing at being ‘experts’!
You don’t want to foot the bill!😬
Remember when Helen Joyce was called out as "not an expert" by Australian courts - Now Maya Forstater has been told the same in the Peggie judgment! 👏👏👏
The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”
This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”
This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Dear businesses,
If you get a threatening letter from anti-trans lobby group ‘Sex Matters’ trying to scare you into banning trans people under threat of legal action - ignore them!
Time and again they get embarrassed in court while cos-playing at being ‘experts’!
You don’t want to foot the bill!😬
If you get a threatening letter from anti-trans lobby group ‘Sex Matters’ trying to scare you into banning trans people under threat of legal action - ignore them!
Time and again they get embarrassed in court while cos-playing at being ‘experts’!
You don’t want to foot the bill!😬
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The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
Since the supreme court decision, organisations have faced lobbying and legal threats. But trans people are protected by discrimination law too, says Jess O’Thomson of the Good Law Project
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
Excellent analysis of yesterday's tribunal decision which has been misrepresented in most of the media
If you’re tired of explaining yourself and the misreporting of the Peggie tribunal to your lazy and ignorant friends save your energy and send them this.
open.substack.com/pub/ajustsoc...
open.substack.com/pub/ajustsoc...
When the Law Said No: How Gender Critical Arguments Failed in Court
A plain English guide to what the Peggie judgment actually decided
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Excellent analysis of yesterday's tribunal decision which has been misrepresented in most of the media
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What are the main points to emerge from the Sandie Peggie hearing? A brief expert blog from a specialist KC... goodlaw.social/5o6l
Sandie Peggie: Tribunal rules that employers do not have to exclude trans people | Good Law Project
One of the first cases that follows the Supreme Court’s decision on the definition of sex under the Equality Act has found that the court didn’t decide which changing room a trans person should use.
goodlaw.social
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What are the main points to emerge from the Sandie Peggie hearing? A brief expert blog from a specialist KC... goodlaw.social/5o6l
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I may not be the most festive person going, but know it can be a tough time for many people. If you can help support organisations supporting others please do, and, if you need support, hopefully some organisations below can help.
This is far from comprehensive so please do add more at the end. 👇
This is far from comprehensive so please do add more at the end. 👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I may not be the most festive person going, but know it can be a tough time for many people. If you can help support organisations supporting others please do, and, if you need support, hopefully some organisations below can help.
This is far from comprehensive so please do add more at the end. 👇
This is far from comprehensive so please do add more at the end. 👇
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If you like cycle and near one of these advents I am sure they would love to see you ❤️ www.cyclingweekly.com/news/this-is...
'This is an issue for everyone' – cyclists urged to join solidarity rides with trans community after exclusion from Cycling UK list
Three rides will take place in Bristol, Edinburgh and London on 14 December
www.cyclingweekly.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you like cycle and near one of these advents I am sure they would love to see you ❤️ www.cyclingweekly.com/news/this-is...
Zack snookers another fool
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Zack snookers another fool
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Kudos for these women for standing up and doing the right thing but they're trying to ban trans women from e-sports now? Absolutely ridiculous.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
www.out.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Kudos for these women for standing up and doing the right thing but they're trying to ban trans women from e-sports now? Absolutely ridiculous.
Sadly: True
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sadly: True
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Quality assessment of changing covid flu in uk
The PCR positivity map is out, and positivity in England, adjusted for non-reporting, is steady at 3.27%.
In Scotland it's up slightly to 2.99%.
There are clear hotspots across the map.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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In Scotland it's up slightly to 2.99%.
There are clear hotspots across the map.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
1/15
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Quality assessment of changing covid flu in uk
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When an organisation gets those letters claiming that Transphobia “is the law of the land” you can just reply with the polite version of this meme:
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When an organisation gets those letters claiming that Transphobia “is the law of the land” you can just reply with the polite version of this meme:
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You should read this blog for some (very brief) legal analysis on why women's organisations can and should continue to be inclusive 👇
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive:
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
https://goodlaw.social/cpfx
Excluding trans people won’t stop you getting sued | Good Law Project
Girl Guiding and the Women’s Institute have announced that they will now exclude trans women and girls after legal threats – but organisations can and should remain inclusive.
goodlaw.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
You should read this blog for some (very brief) legal analysis on why women's organisations can and should continue to be inclusive 👇
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I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.
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Starting to see a narrative (again) that it was "asking for self id" that brought the backlash against trans folk.
I disagree, and there are a few reasons why. 1/n
I disagree, and there are a few reasons why. 1/n
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Starting to see a narrative (again) that it was "asking for self id" that brought the backlash against trans folk.
I disagree, and there are a few reasons why. 1/n
I disagree, and there are a few reasons why. 1/n
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Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
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Anyone have access?
November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Anyone have access?
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You overestimate his importance. Trump only pardons useful €€€ or pretty ppl.
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You overestimate his importance. Trump only pardons useful €€€ or pretty ppl.
USA slant, and also applies increasingly to UK
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
USA slant, and also applies increasingly to UK
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This is not just a shocking statistic. It is the lived reality of women across Britain. Each number represents a life lost, a family broken, a community grieving.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
This is not just a shocking statistic. It is the lived reality of women across Britain. Each number represents a life lost, a family broken, a community grieving.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
When we hear this, our anger should be directed where it belongs - at the systems that fail to keep women safe - not at trans people.
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It's only a short step from saying "no child is born in the wrong body" to "no one is born in the wrong body". And the phrase itself is a vicious parody of how trans people understand themselves to be.
Kemi Badenoch demands end of puberty blocker trial and claims ‘no child is born in the wrong body’
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Kemi Badenoch calls on Wes Streeting to halt puberty blocker trial
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch criticised the NHS's puberty blockers trial and said there is "no child is born in the wrong body".
www.thepinknews.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's only a short step from saying "no child is born in the wrong body" to "no one is born in the wrong body". And the phrase itself is a vicious parody of how trans people understand themselves to be.