Leah Rose
@leah-rose-wales.bsky.social
Proud supporter of Welsh independence. She/her
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🏴 Plaid Cymru WIN Caerphilly
💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
🏴 Plaid Cymru WIN Caerphilly
💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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💚 Plaid Cymru yn ENNILL Caerffili.
Llongyfarchiadau Lindsay Whittle - the new Member of the Senedd for Caerphilly.
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Lemkin Institute release, Statement on the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission: Violation of the Paris Principles and erosion of protections for transgender and intersex people.
Read it here ✊🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
bit.ly/EHRCUK
Read it here ✊🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
bit.ly/EHRCUK
bit.ly
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lemkin Institute release, Statement on the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission: Violation of the Paris Principles and erosion of protections for transgender and intersex people.
Read it here ✊🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
bit.ly/EHRCUK
Read it here ✊🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
bit.ly/EHRCUK
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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Broadly, I don't actually wish ill on my enemies. I wish them love and joy and healing. I do not personally seek revenge. Even for the people who have really, really hurt me. I just want the harm to stop. I want the people I love to be safe.
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Broadly, I don't actually wish ill on my enemies. I wish them love and joy and healing. I do not personally seek revenge. Even for the people who have really, really hurt me. I just want the harm to stop. I want the people I love to be safe.
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1/🧵 NHS England, Information Commissioner's Office and their legal teams failed to submit a Response today about the whereabouts of the Cass Review papers. It's truly shocking they missed the deadline.
July 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
1/🧵 NHS England, Information Commissioner's Office and their legal teams failed to submit a Response today about the whereabouts of the Cass Review papers. It's truly shocking they missed the deadline.
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For those of you (understandably) scared of how Parliamentary debate on trans healthcare might go, here’s how the recent self ID debate went.
I’ve good reason to think we can make this happen again.
Let’s get this over the line 🤗: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
bsky.app/profile/phil...
I’ve good reason to think we can make this happen again.
Let’s get this over the line 🤗: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
bsky.app/profile/phil...
July 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
For those of you (understandably) scared of how Parliamentary debate on trans healthcare might go, here’s how the recent self ID debate went.
I’ve good reason to think we can make this happen again.
Let’s get this over the line 🤗: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
bsky.app/profile/phil...
I’ve good reason to think we can make this happen again.
Let’s get this over the line 🤗: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
bsky.app/profile/phil...
This is only going to save the government around £6 for every person in the UK. It could kill 365,000 people. Completely indefensible and morally bankrupt
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
UK pledge to global vaccine effort falls £400m to £1.25bn amid raft of aid cuts
Campaigners warn reduction could cost lives – even if Britain remains of the largest donors to the international Gavi alliance
www.independent.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is only going to save the government around £6 for every person in the UK. It could kill 365,000 people. Completely indefensible and morally bankrupt
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Judgement Day for the EHRC: How the equality watchdog turned into a toxic culture war campaign group
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iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...
Judgement Day for the EHRC
How the equality watchdog turned into a culture war campaign group
iandunt.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Judgement Day for the EHRC: How the equality watchdog turned into a toxic culture war campaign group
iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...
iandunt.substack.com/p/judgement-...
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No trans person, or any other person for that matter, is just going to "accept a reduction in their rights"
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
June 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
No trans person, or any other person for that matter, is just going to "accept a reduction in their rights"
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Absolutely get fucked you rancid cis supremacist
Finally the Labour Party does something to tackle child poverty. This is good, but universal free school meals are the way to go. Wales already does this for primary school kids. England should follow us
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Free school meal rule change to make 500,000 more pupils eligible
Charities have broadly welcomed the plans, saying they hope it is a sign of more to come.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Finally the Labour Party does something to tackle child poverty. This is good, but universal free school meals are the way to go. Wales already does this for primary school kids. England should follow us
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Protest works
Pushback works
Love wins eventually
Do not stop now. This is the start ✊🏳️⚧️❤️
Pushback works
Love wins eventually
Do not stop now. This is the start ✊🏳️⚧️❤️
They're walking this back. And they're walking it back because in the sober light of day they strongly suspect the EHRC guidance is unlawful - and if they follow it they will get sued. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Holyrood bosses 'will not police' trans toilet ruling, MSPs told
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body said it will not monitor the use of facilities
www.scotsman.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protest works
Pushback works
Love wins eventually
Do not stop now. This is the start ✊🏳️⚧️❤️
Pushback works
Love wins eventually
Do not stop now. This is the start ✊🏳️⚧️❤️
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Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
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Labour party: As a government, we're very glad that the Supreme Court ruling has given clarity to the law.
Also Labour party: The law is is now so unclear that we're cancelling our women's conference.
Also Labour party: The law is is now so unclear that we're cancelling our women's conference.
May 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Labour party: As a government, we're very glad that the Supreme Court ruling has given clarity to the law.
Also Labour party: The law is is now so unclear that we're cancelling our women's conference.
Also Labour party: The law is is now so unclear that we're cancelling our women's conference.
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Kind of amazing how nakedly dishonest are Wes Streeting's lot when it comes to suppressing data on young people taking their own lives in consequence of the withdrawal of gender affirming care. 🤯🧵
May 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Kind of amazing how nakedly dishonest are Wes Streeting's lot when it comes to suppressing data on young people taking their own lives in consequence of the withdrawal of gender affirming care. 🤯🧵
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NEW: The Cass Review into UK trans healthcare is 'deeply flawed', containing biased research, outdated data, and manipulated evidence, an international team of experts has said
Read more on this story: www.thenational.scot/news/2516682...
Read more on this story: www.thenational.scot/news/2516682...
May 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW: The Cass Review into UK trans healthcare is 'deeply flawed', containing biased research, outdated data, and manipulated evidence, an international team of experts has said
Read more on this story: www.thenational.scot/news/2516682...
Read more on this story: www.thenational.scot/news/2516682...
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Very pleased to say, we've at last managed to get up some practical guidance on what the For (Some) Women Scotland decision means.
Tl;dr it's absolutely *not* what the bigots in Government or the bigots leading the misnamed EHRC are telling you. goodlaw.social/1c68df
Tl;dr it's absolutely *not* what the bigots in Government or the bigots leading the misnamed EHRC are telling you. goodlaw.social/1c68df
Trans inclusion after the Supreme Court decision: FAQs | Good Law Project
Guidance for this time of uncertainty
goodlaw.social
May 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Very pleased to say, we've at last managed to get up some practical guidance on what the For (Some) Women Scotland decision means.
Tl;dr it's absolutely *not* what the bigots in Government or the bigots leading the misnamed EHRC are telling you. goodlaw.social/1c68df
Tl;dr it's absolutely *not* what the bigots in Government or the bigots leading the misnamed EHRC are telling you. goodlaw.social/1c68df
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"Gender neutral toilets are available on floor 1 and 15 of our London office." I am somehow reminded of the bit in "Hidden Figures" where the brilliant Black mathematician is forced to run across campus on her break to get to a bathroom she is allowed to use...
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May 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Gender neutral toilets are available on floor 1 and 15 of our London office." I am somehow reminded of the bit in "Hidden Figures" where the brilliant Black mathematician is forced to run across campus on her break to get to a bathroom she is allowed to use...
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In these times of hostility against LGBTQ+ people, let's remember that it doesn't have to be this way.
Just nine years ago, this was the position. I was there, and it felt like an astonishing celebration of progress.
We got there before. We can get back there again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...
Just nine years ago, this was the position. I was there, and it felt like an astonishing celebration of progress.
We got there before. We can get back there again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...
Party leader consensus at LGBTI hustings
The five Scottish party leaders talk gender-neutral passports and combating bullying at the LGBTI election hustings.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In these times of hostility against LGBTQ+ people, let's remember that it doesn't have to be this way.
Just nine years ago, this was the position. I was there, and it felt like an astonishing celebration of progress.
We got there before. We can get back there again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...
Just nine years ago, this was the position. I was there, and it felt like an astonishing celebration of progress.
We got there before. We can get back there again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...
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Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year.
Statements in the images.
Statements in the images.
May 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year.
Statements in the images.
Statements in the images.
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When people say you should hear both sides of the argument, well these are both sides:
May 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
When people say you should hear both sides of the argument, well these are both sides:
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1/🧵 Many new archive finds. The UK considered in 2002 to use a remedial order under the Human Rights Act to bring the law into compliance with Goodwin & “I”.
The government opted for primary legislation because of the “complex knock-on effect”.
The government opted for primary legislation because of the “complex knock-on effect”.
May 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
1/🧵 Many new archive finds. The UK considered in 2002 to use a remedial order under the Human Rights Act to bring the law into compliance with Goodwin & “I”.
The government opted for primary legislation because of the “complex knock-on effect”.
The government opted for primary legislation because of the “complex knock-on effect”.
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The EHRC shocked a UN discrimination expert by stating what the intent behind using "biological sex" is back in 2023
Of course they didn't define it - just as the Supreme Court didn't - because it is meaningless other than as a "get out of jail free" card for discriminating against trans people
Of course they didn't define it - just as the Supreme Court didn't - because it is meaningless other than as a "get out of jail free" card for discriminating against trans people
![21. The Independent Expert was particularly alarmed by a 3 April 2023 letter from the Equalities and
Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to the Minister for Equalities, by which it advised that defining the
term “sex” as “biological sex” under the Equality Act would “bring greater legal clarity” to the
implementation of the Act. In contrast, the Scotland Committee of the EHRC had itself on 28 February
2023 expressed concerns it did “not consider sufficient evidence has been presented to justify amending
the definition of legal sex in the EqA [Equality Act] 2010 to biological sex at this time”, noting that “the
Board should consider the risk to our perceived political independence if we are perceived to be aligning
with Government in the absence of robust evidence. This is a potential existential risk that such a
perception could risk the Commission’s existence going forward.” Additionally, the committee indicated
there had been no clear demonstration of a legal need or legitimate aim, even though “changing the
definition of sex could diminish trans people’s rights; for example, legal colleagues advised that, if the
proposed change were implemented, obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate would no longer change
a person’s sex in discrimination law. The Committee considered the Commission should be advancing the
rights of minorities and not potentially diminishing rights for some groups.”
22. In a meeting with the EHRC on 4 May 2023, the Independent Expert was shocked to hear that the
EHRC offered that advice without itself having any definition of ‘biological sex’; UK law provides no
such definition either. The EHRC however specifically conceded that, in the context of the letter, the
intended meaning of the term “biological sex” is to define women as “women who are not trans.” As one](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pipsd3tlfy2fvzrg6rjedqgn/bafkreihs73eod2rmi3otdukcbhzlzhfy4hmysr4vc3qdkvilw5ugbjyuze@jpeg)
May 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The EHRC shocked a UN discrimination expert by stating what the intent behind using "biological sex" is back in 2023
Of course they didn't define it - just as the Supreme Court didn't - because it is meaningless other than as a "get out of jail free" card for discriminating against trans people
Of course they didn't define it - just as the Supreme Court didn't - because it is meaningless other than as a "get out of jail free" card for discriminating against trans people
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It's quite simple.
You cannot say you oppose Israel's plan for the mass ethnic cleansing of Gaza if you keep providing them with the weapons they need to carry it out.
The government’s refusal to end all arms sales to Israel is becoming more egregious by the day.
You cannot say you oppose Israel's plan for the mass ethnic cleansing of Gaza if you keep providing them with the weapons they need to carry it out.
The government’s refusal to end all arms sales to Israel is becoming more egregious by the day.
May 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's quite simple.
You cannot say you oppose Israel's plan for the mass ethnic cleansing of Gaza if you keep providing them with the weapons they need to carry it out.
The government’s refusal to end all arms sales to Israel is becoming more egregious by the day.
You cannot say you oppose Israel's plan for the mass ethnic cleansing of Gaza if you keep providing them with the weapons they need to carry it out.
The government’s refusal to end all arms sales to Israel is becoming more egregious by the day.