Luke Trinder
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Uxorious Luke. Other loves include theatre, body neutrality, the gym, and building communities.
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Saying trans people threaten the concept of sexual orientation is like saying mashed potatoes threaten the concept of dinner
![Perhaps most concerningly, the Supreme Court adopts extremely transphobic rhetoric concerning transfeminine lesbians.
The Court concludes that a lesbian “must be a [AFAB] female who is sexually oriented towards (or attracted to) [AFAB] females”. The Court concludes that female here cannot include trans women, as the “concept of sexual orientation” would be “rendered meaningless”, and in its opinion, wrongly affect the composition of lesbians as a group.
The Court claims this would lead to an “inevitable loss of autonomy and dignity for lesbians”. It points to evidence from gender-critical groups like the LGB Alliance and The Lesbian Project to make this argument. They claim the inclusion of trans women is having a ‘chilling effect on lesbians’ to associate in lesbian-only spaces. The vast majority of lesbians reject this claim.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:i7aox3qj5gv2bqvlclpwcw5u/bafkreicrxzlblscgchacobotqqxbvfhiyclwilbbzjs363mwf65meyssly@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Saying trans people threaten the concept of sexual orientation is like saying mashed potatoes threaten the concept of dinner
This is a pretty cool thing
With Heidi Alexander replacing Louise Haigh as transport secretary, the cabinet is now 100% state school educated for the first time in history.
(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
(Sir Keir Starmer's school was a selective state school when he joined, then became private two years into his time there.)
November 29, 2024 at 3:03 PM
This is a pretty cool thing
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This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
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November 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”
Visited the gods last night to see Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre!My favourite scene was when his mother re-birthed her son by climbing him and left him in a foetal position with afterbirth. Clearly this is hard to explain 😅 Also some excellent heated arguments!
November 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Visited the gods last night to see Oedipus at Wyndham’s Theatre!My favourite scene was when his mother re-birthed her son by climbing him and left him in a foetal position with afterbirth. Clearly this is hard to explain 😅 Also some excellent heated arguments!