Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
Still all the things I was over at the Other Place. And still angry.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
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Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
· Apr 16
It's not a good time to be the socialist parent of a disabled trans person,tbh.
The UK is a bit shit right now...
The UK is a bit shit right now...
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Spotted this morning - an Englishman flying a Reform flag in his remote Scottish island garden. The only way to get here is by a small boat ... a masterclass in missing the point and our values.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Spotted this morning - an Englishman flying a Reform flag in his remote Scottish island garden. The only way to get here is by a small boat ... a masterclass in missing the point and our values.
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All you need to know.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
All you need to know.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
Sonia Sodha, Emily Maitlis, Helen Joyce and Hannah Barnes have all had their say in the media in the last 24 hours.
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How else could you brag about taking away healthcare from trans kids, some of whom we *know* killed themselves as a result?
This will be their legacy, no matter what they tell themselves while alive.
Trans people will make sure of it.
This will be their legacy, no matter what they tell themselves while alive.
Trans people will make sure of it.
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
How else could you brag about taking away healthcare from trans kids, some of whom we *know* killed themselves as a result?
This will be their legacy, no matter what they tell themselves while alive.
Trans people will make sure of it.
This will be their legacy, no matter what they tell themselves while alive.
Trans people will make sure of it.
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Was having a conversation recently about these people and how they have to believe they are right. They truly believe history will laud. They couldn't do what they do if they believed anything else.
I came across a clip from yesterday from LBC of John Sopel and Emily Maitlis talking to Shelagh Fogarty about what's happening at the BBC and they all conceded the complainant DID have a point about the BBC's pro-trans bias and it was just three people being transphobic for a couple of minutes.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Was having a conversation recently about these people and how they have to believe they are right. They truly believe history will laud. They couldn't do what they do if they believed anything else.
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My goodness. If you are interested in the ongoing implosion of #YourParty, you REALLY need to read this full statement by Driscoll.
"The role of holding donations was thrust upon us. The company we are responsible for has repeatedly been used without our agreement."
😬
"The role of holding donations was thrust upon us. The company we are responsible for has repeatedly been used without our agreement."
😬
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My goodness. If you are interested in the ongoing implosion of #YourParty, you REALLY need to read this full statement by Driscoll.
"The role of holding donations was thrust upon us. The company we are responsible for has repeatedly been used without our agreement."
😬
"The role of holding donations was thrust upon us. The company we are responsible for has repeatedly been used without our agreement."
😬
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I do love the pointed understatement of “with Tory links” being used to describe a man who was Theresa May’s Director of Communications
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I do love the pointed understatement of “with Tory links” being used to describe a man who was Theresa May’s Director of Communications
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In 1996 I did a little in internship at BBC Westminster. At the time, Robbie Gibb was one of the producers there. Even in that period, he was self evidently a pro-Tory apparatchik, who made no attempt to hide his agenda from his colleagues or even from the little work experience kid.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
In 1996 I did a little in internship at BBC Westminster. At the time, Robbie Gibb was one of the producers there. Even in that period, he was self evidently a pro-Tory apparatchik, who made no attempt to hide his agenda from his colleagues or even from the little work experience kid.
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How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?
Zero.
Zero.
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Nobody cares that Paul Givan ordered schools to (illegally) discriminate against trans kids.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Nobody cares that Paul Givan ordered schools to (illegally) discriminate against trans kids.
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As someone who reads multi-agency safeguarding reports for a living: parents do NOT always know best 💀
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As someone who reads multi-agency safeguarding reports for a living: parents do NOT always know best 💀
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"Take the phone away" is the first item on the list of action recommended by anti-trans parents' orgs.
Do you not think it's bizarre to have strangers on the internet decide they know better than Brianna's own loved ones on what is or isn't insulting to her memory?
I've got no time for Rosie Duffield, but she turned up at a drop-in event in Parliament and that's been the limit of her involvement.
I've got no time for Rosie Duffield, but she turned up at a drop-in event in Parliament and that's been the limit of her involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"Take the phone away" is the first item on the list of action recommended by anti-trans parents' orgs.
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A key part of 'gender critical' conversion therapy is cutting trans children off from their social media and support network.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A key part of 'gender critical' conversion therapy is cutting trans children off from their social media and support network.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
Survivors of the Bayswater Support Group experienced it. Leelah Alcorn went through it.
I think this might be another reason why I find the phone campaign so awful.
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There should be more funding in education against transphobic bullying and trans safe spaces in schools in Brianna’s name. But with slow push to bring back section 28 they stuck the response to her murder onto a school policy they had planned already
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There should be more funding in education against transphobic bullying and trans safe spaces in schools in Brianna’s name. But with slow push to bring back section 28 they stuck the response to her murder onto a school policy they had planned already
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This from @bearlypolitics.co.uk is a ferocious take on the whole BBC story. All journalists and politicians should read it, and the govt should do something about it.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
The Beeb Bleeds, the Telegraph Cheers, and Trump Claps From the Balcony
The people who always hated public broadcasting finally smell blood - and the BBC seems too tired and compromised to fight back.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This from @bearlypolitics.co.uk is a ferocious take on the whole BBC story. All journalists and politicians should read it, and the govt should do something about it.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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I can't adequately express my fury and disgust at Maitliss, Barnes et al.
Staggering arrogance, personal prejudice and there being nobody at the BBC prepared to challenge their errors led them to do the opposite of journalism.
As a consequence, children in despair took their own lives.
Staggering arrogance, personal prejudice and there being nobody at the BBC prepared to challenge their errors led them to do the opposite of journalism.
As a consequence, children in despair took their own lives.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I can't adequately express my fury and disgust at Maitliss, Barnes et al.
Staggering arrogance, personal prejudice and there being nobody at the BBC prepared to challenge their errors led them to do the opposite of journalism.
As a consequence, children in despair took their own lives.
Staggering arrogance, personal prejudice and there being nobody at the BBC prepared to challenge their errors led them to do the opposite of journalism.
As a consequence, children in despair took their own lives.
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whatthetrans.com/trans-allies...
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
Trans Allies Systematically Intimidated Inside Tavistock – What The Trans!?
whatthetrans.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
whatthetrans.com/trans-allies...
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
The narrative put forward by Maitliss is the one you're likely to have heard.
But that isn't what really happened.
The kids lost their care. Some took their own lives. Nobody was 'saved'.
There is no 'trans ideology', just people who needed help.
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At this point I do sincerely believe this anti phone and social media drive is rooted in the "social contagion" idea of being trans. They do not think she died because she used her phone, they think she died because people in her phone convinced her she was a girl.
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
At this point I do sincerely believe this anti phone and social media drive is rooted in the "social contagion" idea of being trans. They do not think she died because she used her phone, they think she died because people in her phone convinced her she was a girl.
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Canada was officially declared “measles-free” 27 years ago, but no more. The rising number of measles outbreaks is a symptom of a deeper issue: declining trust in public messaging about science and health, which has led to decreased vaccination rates. buff.ly/V7RPaXR
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Canada was officially declared “measles-free” 27 years ago, but no more. The rising number of measles outbreaks is a symptom of a deeper issue: declining trust in public messaging about science and health, which has led to decreased vaccination rates. buff.ly/V7RPaXR
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Neurodivergence is being mocked your whole life for being "weird" because you're different, then after years of social trauma finally learning to embrace your differences only to be told "everyone is like that, you're not special" 😒🤦♀️
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Neurodivergence is being mocked your whole life for being "weird" because you're different, then after years of social trauma finally learning to embrace your differences only to be told "everyone is like that, you're not special" 😒🤦♀️
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Nadia Whittome rightly blames JKR and Musk for transphobia – but Labour is to blame too
“there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative”
“there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative”
Nadia Whittome rightly blames Rowling and Musk for transphobia - but Labour is to blame too
Queer MP Nadia Whittome slams Labour party and billionaire backers of anti-trans campaigns for fuelling transphobia
www.thecanary.co
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Nadia Whittome rightly blames JKR and Musk for transphobia – but Labour is to blame too
“there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative”
“there are external forces funded by big money from Elon Musk to JK Rowling, but the Government isn’t standing up against that with a compassionate alternative”
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Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
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There are young Trans+ people on suicide watch today because of what this woman has done
"Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy” - Gustave M. Gilbert
"Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy” - Gustave M. Gilbert
For years, I’ve known that Maitlis was a key player in the institutional and orchestrated attacks on Trans+ youth
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity
The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
There are young Trans+ people on suicide watch today because of what this woman has done
"Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy” - Gustave M. Gilbert
"Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy” - Gustave M. Gilbert
Seen this @crisisincarnate.bsky.social ? Are you not proud we can win without resorting to cheating?
Of course, having your elderly mother on the team for 70s/80s TV questions helps!
Of course, having your elderly mother on the team for 70s/80s TV questions helps!
'Massive whodunnit' after pub quiz team banned for cheating
'Massive whodunnit' after pub quiz team banned for cheating
A pub landlord bans a quiz team after its members were caught using their smartwatches to cheat.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Seen this @crisisincarnate.bsky.social ? Are you not proud we can win without resorting to cheating?
Of course, having your elderly mother on the team for 70s/80s TV questions helps!
Of course, having your elderly mother on the team for 70s/80s TV questions helps!