🏳️⚧️Catherine of Leeds
@leedscat.bsky.social
Older woman determined to age disgracefully and love life all the way ❤️❤️❤️ Active supporter of Trans Rights
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Erasmus+ show what happens when opportunity is made accessible rather than exclusive. Rejoining the programme would change lives and strengthen the diverse future of European innovation.
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Erasmus+ show what happens when opportunity is made accessible rather than exclusive. Rejoining the programme would change lives and strengthen the diverse future of European innovation.
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The government’s proposals to remove our human right to a fair trial be jury, that was established by Magna Carta, is being taken away by the dishonest use of pretext politics. The problem is not jury trials it is other, fixable, problems with the court/remand system.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The government’s proposals to remove our human right to a fair trial be jury, that was established by Magna Carta, is being taken away by the dishonest use of pretext politics. The problem is not jury trials it is other, fixable, problems with the court/remand system.
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Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Disabled people were one of the first groups targeted by the Nazis.
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
They coined the term “useless eaters”.
They tested the gas chambers on us.
They knew most people wouldn’t fight to save our lives.
That’s why the President using the R slur is so dangerous.
We’re not expendable
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A few of these I didn't know about. Good for them.
“They’re Not Living A Lie”: 20 Celeb Parents Who Supported Or Condemned Their Trans Kids
www.boredpanda.com/t...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.boredpanda.com/t...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
“They’re Not Living A Lie”: 20 Celeb Parents Who Supported Or Condemned Their Trans Kids
“Fame can make it exponentially harder for a parent to prioritize their child's emotional needs,” a celebrity life coach told Bored Panda. Celebrities, Entertainment
www.boredpanda.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A few of these I didn't know about. Good for them.
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To all YourParty members:
Transphobia is not socialism. A transphobe cannot be a socialist whatever they claim.
Socialism is about centring & supporting the most marginalised & oppressed. RN that is trans people.
Transphobes are not socialists, they are fascists. This handy graphic helps…
Transphobia is not socialism. A transphobe cannot be a socialist whatever they claim.
Socialism is about centring & supporting the most marginalised & oppressed. RN that is trans people.
Transphobes are not socialists, they are fascists. This handy graphic helps…
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
To all YourParty members:
Transphobia is not socialism. A transphobe cannot be a socialist whatever they claim.
Socialism is about centring & supporting the most marginalised & oppressed. RN that is trans people.
Transphobes are not socialists, they are fascists. This handy graphic helps…
Transphobia is not socialism. A transphobe cannot be a socialist whatever they claim.
Socialism is about centring & supporting the most marginalised & oppressed. RN that is trans people.
Transphobes are not socialists, they are fascists. This handy graphic helps…
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I’ve just helped launch @transparentaction.bsky.social
to challenge the dominant anti-trans voices platformed in uk mainstream media.
A first step can simply be to read, sign and share our pledge,
anonymously if needed.
We’ll never share your personal details without permission.
to challenge the dominant anti-trans voices platformed in uk mainstream media.
A first step can simply be to read, sign and share our pledge,
anonymously if needed.
We’ll never share your personal details without permission.
Transparent Action
Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children ...
tinyurl.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I’ve just helped launch @transparentaction.bsky.social
to challenge the dominant anti-trans voices platformed in uk mainstream media.
A first step can simply be to read, sign and share our pledge,
anonymously if needed.
We’ll never share your personal details without permission.
to challenge the dominant anti-trans voices platformed in uk mainstream media.
A first step can simply be to read, sign and share our pledge,
anonymously if needed.
We’ll never share your personal details without permission.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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Maybe not a classic Christmas gift but an “extraordinary” one. It could:
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Maybe not a classic Christmas gift but an “extraordinary” one. It could:
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
-change a GC mind
-bring a parent and child closer
-even reconnect them
-encourage a trans person to come out to a parent
-or seek safety abroad
These things have happened. Readers have told me.
What better gift to give?
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Trump thinks something magically happens to trans women during hormonal transition to make us even more superhuman & powerful than we were pre-transition & this is why men like Trump & women like Kathleen Stock think we need to be put down.
The trans truth is the polar-opposite
The trans truth is the polar-opposite
November 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Trump thinks something magically happens to trans women during hormonal transition to make us even more superhuman & powerful than we were pre-transition & this is why men like Trump & women like Kathleen Stock think we need to be put down.
The trans truth is the polar-opposite
The trans truth is the polar-opposite
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Superb letter from the wonderful folks at TACC.
In response to the laughable fiction presented in the letter sent by Sex Matters to BBC Board members, we have sent a rebuttal letter to clarify the real facts, rather than their Orwellian tale.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Superb letter from the wonderful folks at TACC.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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i think if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social implements that ehrc guidance it might be the start of the end for 'gender critical'.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
i think if @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social implements that ehrc guidance it might be the start of the end for 'gender critical'.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
that guidance is going to negatively impact cisgender women more frequently than it harms trans women simply by dint of there being more cisgender women in the country.
The article talks about identifying trans women with interrogation and some being barred if they do t look/sound right. Any woman could fail such a test. This is absolutely disgusting.
The EHRC want to exclude women from femal single-sex spaces based on how "female" they look.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The article talks about identifying trans women with interrogation and some being barred if they do t look/sound right. Any woman could fail such a test. This is absolutely disgusting.
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
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I don’t know why he’s surprised. I have been saying this for a while.
I knew they would start defending it.
Because after 10 years I know they have no low they can’t go to.
I knew they would start defending it.
Because after 10 years I know they have no low they can’t go to.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I don’t know why he’s surprised. I have been saying this for a while.
I knew they would start defending it.
Because after 10 years I know they have no low they can’t go to.
I knew they would start defending it.
Because after 10 years I know they have no low they can’t go to.
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If billionaires, city bankers, and exploitative corporations dramatically increase their wealth and profits at a time of practically zero economic growth, and the government vehemently resists progressive wealth redistribution policies, what happens to the living standards of the ordinary majority?
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If billionaires, city bankers, and exploitative corporations dramatically increase their wealth and profits at a time of practically zero economic growth, and the government vehemently resists progressive wealth redistribution policies, what happens to the living standards of the ordinary majority?
I guess the full plans are now public!
Next week, Labour will propose to harvest a kidney from asylum seekers.
("He has TWO, the greedy grasping so-and-so.")
("He has TWO, the greedy grasping so-and-so.")
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I guess the full plans are now public!
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“Dehumanising migrants is not going to solve any self-inflicted crisis the government claims we are experiencing, it will only stoke more tensions. We are no longer seeing people as humans, but as holders of wealth we can sell to pay for our own mistakes.”
Racism, not immigration, is the problem.
Racism, not immigration, is the problem.
Taking jewellery from asylum seekers is more government cruelty
We are no longer seeing people as humans, but as holders of wealth we can sell to pay for our own mistakes.
metro.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Dehumanising migrants is not going to solve any self-inflicted crisis the government claims we are experiencing, it will only stoke more tensions. We are no longer seeing people as humans, but as holders of wealth we can sell to pay for our own mistakes.”
Racism, not immigration, is the problem.
Racism, not immigration, is the problem.
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Great interview with Russell Tovey - and really delighted to say welcome to @greenparty.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’
One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a geek
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Great interview with Russell Tovey - and really delighted to say welcome to @greenparty.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...