Jane Bell
@janebella.bsky.social
I'm mature, trans, feminine in most contexts, and I don't give in to age. I like disco, history, art, science, hiking. I was a long-time electronics/software maven, so I'm inclined to comment on tech.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
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December 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The exclusion of trans people from public and academic spaces, removal of protections by human rights institutions, dehumanising language used by state news media, judicial tolerance of trans directed hate crime, withdrawal of medical care: all of this is very familiar to genocide scholars.
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I'm privileged to call Robin a friend, and as such, have seen behind the curtains with what went on with Monkey Cage. When BBC bosses say they don't recognise his version of events, I was being told of them by Robin in real time. This stuff has been going on for YEARS.
I'm heartbroken for him.
I'm heartbroken for him.
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm privileged to call Robin a friend, and as such, have seen behind the curtains with what went on with Monkey Cage. When BBC bosses say they don't recognise his version of events, I was being told of them by Robin in real time. This stuff has been going on for YEARS.
I'm heartbroken for him.
I'm heartbroken for him.
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You know, infuriating and a shameful betrayal though the BBC and other media's misreporting of the Sandie Peggie judgment is, it also doesn't really matter.
What matters is the judgment which lawyers will read, use to advise their clients, and inclusion will be the winner.
What matters is the judgment which lawyers will read, use to advise their clients, and inclusion will be the winner.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
You know, infuriating and a shameful betrayal though the BBC and other media's misreporting of the Sandie Peggie judgment is, it also doesn't really matter.
What matters is the judgment which lawyers will read, use to advise their clients, and inclusion will be the winner.
What matters is the judgment which lawyers will read, use to advise their clients, and inclusion will be the winner.
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SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
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This entire article is just the views of Naomi Cunningham and her organisation Sex Matters dressed up as though it were some sort of actual news piece. Without even a semblance of attempted balance. From the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sandie Peggie lawyer says Scottish government is in denial
Lawyer Naomi Cunningham says the Supreme Court judgment is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This entire article is just the views of Naomi Cunningham and her organisation Sex Matters dressed up as though it were some sort of actual news piece. Without even a semblance of attempted balance. From the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Footage of a big lumbering bloke aggressively sticking a phone in someone's face at the Spiked Battle of Ideas in October 2024.
While calling the 17 year-old in question a "disgusting, sissy porn watching scumbag".
But sure, doesn't qualify as harassment.
While calling the 17 year-old in question a "disgusting, sissy porn watching scumbag".
But sure, doesn't qualify as harassment.
RELEASED! Infamous Incel Graham Linehan calls a child a s**** porn watching scumbag.
YouTube video by The Great Tarquini
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November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Footage of a big lumbering bloke aggressively sticking a phone in someone's face at the Spiked Battle of Ideas in October 2024.
While calling the 17 year-old in question a "disgusting, sissy porn watching scumbag".
But sure, doesn't qualify as harassment.
While calling the 17 year-old in question a "disgusting, sissy porn watching scumbag".
But sure, doesn't qualify as harassment.
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Farage is a nasty antisemite.
Colour me shocked.
See the Guardian CAN do investigative journalism, it just chooses to take all the output of 'gender-critical' transphobes and contrived authority actions like Cass at face value.
archive.is/TO3cm
Colour me shocked.
See the Guardian CAN do investigative journalism, it just chooses to take all the output of 'gender-critical' transphobes and contrived authority actions like Cass at face value.
archive.is/TO3cm
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Farage is a nasty antisemite.
Colour me shocked.
See the Guardian CAN do investigative journalism, it just chooses to take all the output of 'gender-critical' transphobes and contrived authority actions like Cass at face value.
archive.is/TO3cm
Colour me shocked.
See the Guardian CAN do investigative journalism, it just chooses to take all the output of 'gender-critical' transphobes and contrived authority actions like Cass at face value.
archive.is/TO3cm
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the lesson media people should take from the BBC blow up last week is that no matter how transphobic your editorial bent is, it will never ever ever satisfy the fascists
"One irony of this situation is that while those on the British left tend to defend the BBC on principle, they are often exasperated by its deference to the right-wing press..."
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
Exactly.
"The Plan to Bring Down a Giant." www.cjr.org/the_media_to... in Columbia Journalism Review.
Recommended.
The Plan to Bring Down a Giant: How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
How right-wing forces struck a coordinated blow to the BBC.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
the lesson media people should take from the BBC blow up last week is that no matter how transphobic your editorial bent is, it will never ever ever satisfy the fascists
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The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
The BBC must stop attacking trans people | Good Law Project
The right wing accusations of ‘pro-trans’ bias are back to front. It’s time for the BBC to live up to its duty to be impartial on trans issues.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
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@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@alastaircampbell.bsky.social speaks openly about SENIOR members of the BBC being “so far over in the JK Rowling (read: ‘gender critical’ obsessive transphobe) camp”
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
Let’s just stop and think about this for a moment…
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The complaints were about her altering an actual quote live on air because she didn't agree with it because of her ideology, but say it was her face if that makes you feel better
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The complaints were about her altering an actual quote live on air because she didn't agree with it because of her ideology, but say it was her face if that makes you feel better
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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To be filed under: 'If you believe this you'll believe anything." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
EHRC guidance will help businesses comply with the law on sex and gender | Letter
Letter: Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, says its updated code of practice will balance the rights of service users and protect all from discrimination
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
To be filed under: 'If you believe this you'll believe anything." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Have you been affected by Virgin Active’s ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms?
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
goodlawproject.org/about/contac...
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
goodlawproject.org/about/contac...
Contact | Good Law Project
Get in touch using the form below.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Have you been affected by Virgin Active’s ban on trans people in bathrooms and changing rooms?
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
goodlawproject.org/about/contac...
We want to hear from you.
If you’re a trans or gender diverse member of Virgin Active, tell us about your experiences here:
goodlawproject.org/about/contac...
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“We do not believe the EHRC has provided satisfactory responses to questions around how they expect businesses to implement such stringent expectations.”
Nearly 50 backbenchers have written to Peter Kyle warn about the EHRC’s upcoming guidance:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 50 backbenchers have written to Peter Kyle warn about the EHRC’s upcoming guidance:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Dozens of Labour MPs warn of chaos for firms over gender recognition advice
Nearly 50 backbenchers write to business secretary over potential costs and legal ‘minefield’ of upcoming guidance
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“We do not believe the EHRC has provided satisfactory responses to questions around how they expect businesses to implement such stringent expectations.”
Nearly 50 backbenchers have written to Peter Kyle warn about the EHRC’s upcoming guidance:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nearly 50 backbenchers have written to Peter Kyle warn about the EHRC’s upcoming guidance:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Emma Ellingsen makes history as first trans woman to compete on Strictly in Norway
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Trans model makes history on Strictly's Norwegian version
Emma Ellingsen has made history as the first trans woman to compete on Norway’s version of Strictly Come Dancing, Shall we Dance?
www.thepinknews.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Emma Ellingsen makes history as first trans woman to compete on Strictly in Norway
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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If Labour doesn't intend to adhere to its human rights obligations anyway, there's little point in us being signatories to the ECHR. Better, more honest, for Mahmood to join Reform in campaigning to leave it.
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If Labour doesn't intend to adhere to its human rights obligations anyway, there's little point in us being signatories to the ECHR. Better, more honest, for Mahmood to join Reform in campaigning to leave it.
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People had to complain to get Polanski an interview.
Weird nobody has to beg the BBC to give Farage airtime.
I mean, it's not actually weird. We all know what it is and why it happens.
Weird nobody has to beg the BBC to give Farage airtime.
I mean, it's not actually weird. We all know what it is and why it happens.
BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview
www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview
ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…
www.thenational.scot
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
People had to complain to get Polanski an interview.
Weird nobody has to beg the BBC to give Farage airtime.
I mean, it's not actually weird. We all know what it is and why it happens.
Weird nobody has to beg the BBC to give Farage airtime.
I mean, it's not actually weird. We all know what it is and why it happens.
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BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview
www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview
ZACK Polanski will be interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg after the BBC received complaints from the public for the lack of coverage of the Green Party…
www.thenational.scot
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BBC caves to complaints and agrees to major Zack Polanski interview
www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
www.thenational.scot/news/2554271...
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Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.
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I looked in vain for a snappy soundbite from @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social about how the police shouldn't be arresting people for this stuff. But, of course, he's fine with incitement to violence - just so long as it's against trans people. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police arrest man filmed at far-right rally allegedly calling for Keir Starmer to be shot
Video from ‘unite the kingdom’ rally captured man saying ‘someone needs to shoot Keir Starmer’
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I looked in vain for a snappy soundbite from @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social about how the police shouldn't be arresting people for this stuff. But, of course, he's fine with incitement to violence - just so long as it's against trans people. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
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Cis people:
Over 2 days the media has widely reported a rally of 100,000 fascists but did not report Trans Pride London which was also attended by 100,000 people.
This should tell you that UK mainstream media is dangerously biased against trans people & it’s reporting about us totally unreliable.
Over 2 days the media has widely reported a rally of 100,000 fascists but did not report Trans Pride London which was also attended by 100,000 people.
This should tell you that UK mainstream media is dangerously biased against trans people & it’s reporting about us totally unreliable.
September 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Cis people:
Over 2 days the media has widely reported a rally of 100,000 fascists but did not report Trans Pride London which was also attended by 100,000 people.
This should tell you that UK mainstream media is dangerously biased against trans people & it’s reporting about us totally unreliable.
Over 2 days the media has widely reported a rally of 100,000 fascists but did not report Trans Pride London which was also attended by 100,000 people.
This should tell you that UK mainstream media is dangerously biased against trans people & it’s reporting about us totally unreliable.
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I think today has demonstrated that, if anyone thinks the media is not the driving force behind the rise of fascism in the UK, they are either dishonest and culpable themselves or total deludinoids.
100,000 trans people: crickets
100,000 fascists: max publicity.
100,000 trans people: crickets
100,000 fascists: max publicity.
September 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I think today has demonstrated that, if anyone thinks the media is not the driving force behind the rise of fascism in the UK, they are either dishonest and culpable themselves or total deludinoids.
100,000 trans people: crickets
100,000 fascists: max publicity.
100,000 trans people: crickets
100,000 fascists: max publicity.