Michael Baggs
@michaelbaggs.bsky.social
Queer journalist
Current: The News Agents
Prev: PinkNews, BBC
Current: The News Agents
Prev: PinkNews, BBC
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Michael Baggs
@michaelbaggs.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Anyway, since we’re starting over, this is me:
- Queer journalist
- Six years at the BBC
- 18 months at PinkNews
- Passionate about LGBTQ+ rights, trans rights, women’s rights, BLM
- History of anxiety/depression
- Very tattooed
- Grew up in haunted house
- X-Men obsessed
- Pop music obsessed
- Queer journalist
- Six years at the BBC
- 18 months at PinkNews
- Passionate about LGBTQ+ rights, trans rights, women’s rights, BLM
- History of anxiety/depression
- Very tattooed
- Grew up in haunted house
- X-Men obsessed
- Pop music obsessed
Not ‘gay as in happy’ but gay as in ‘there’s prep wedged in the charging port of my work laptop’
April 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Not ‘gay as in happy’ but gay as in ‘there’s prep wedged in the charging port of my work laptop’
My husband can’t do impressions and I love that for him
April 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My husband can’t do impressions and I love that for him
There must be laws about letting a company as incapable as Evri / Hermes to continue operating 😬
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
There must be laws about letting a company as incapable as Evri / Hermes to continue operating 😬
Me leaving the afters:
March 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Me leaving the afters:
The Spectator is a deeply unserious publication
March 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The Spectator is a deeply unserious publication
March 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
On top of EVERYTHING else in the world I now have to deal with a fucking ghost in my flat. Are you kidding me?
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On top of EVERYTHING else in the world I now have to deal with a fucking ghost in my flat. Are you kidding me?
We need a new series of Sex Box and we need it now
January 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We need a new series of Sex Box and we need it now
Angel of My Dreams is now the most streamed Little Mix solo single on Spotify and honestly I think that’s beautiful
January 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Angel of My Dreams is now the most streamed Little Mix solo single on Spotify and honestly I think that’s beautiful
What the fucking FUCK
January 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What the fucking FUCK
Never underestimate the determination of gays who want to party on New Years Day
January 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Never underestimate the determination of gays who want to party on New Years Day
Babe, wake up and get back on Twitter for a few hours, it’s all gone to shit for Elon. The racist MAGA crowd are tearing him to shreds, he’s calling Americans unskilled and dumb, pretending to be a man called ‘Adrian’ and taking blue ticks away from big-name Republican supporters who call him out
December 28, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Babe, wake up and get back on Twitter for a few hours, it’s all gone to shit for Elon. The racist MAGA crowd are tearing him to shreds, he’s calling Americans unskilled and dumb, pretending to be a man called ‘Adrian’ and taking blue ticks away from big-name Republican supporters who call him out
Wallace & Gromit / Gavin & Stacy is for Reform UK voters I’m sorry I don’t make the rules 🤷
December 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Wallace & Gromit / Gavin & Stacy is for Reform UK voters I’m sorry I don’t make the rules 🤷
Nope, I see nothing troubling about the toilet in this Welsh pub, nothing at all. No privacy concerns whatsoever
December 25, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Nope, I see nothing troubling about the toilet in this Welsh pub, nothing at all. No privacy concerns whatsoever
This tattoo won’t make sense for another 11 months after today
December 25, 2024 at 10:03 AM
This tattoo won’t make sense for another 11 months after today
Ah yeah, this would be why. Living outside of London is feral
December 24, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Ah yeah, this would be why. Living outside of London is feral
Someone please remind me why I live in London and not here in Wales
December 24, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Someone please remind me why I live in London and not here in Wales
OK serious question but why can trains keep selling tickets when every seat has been sold leaving people standing all the way down the length of a train. How is this safe and why not do it on coaches or planes if it is 🤷
December 22, 2024 at 1:14 PM
OK serious question but why can trains keep selling tickets when every seat has been sold leaving people standing all the way down the length of a train. How is this safe and why not do it on coaches or planes if it is 🤷
Reposted by Michael Baggs
“One by one, the judge found them all guilty of either rape or sexual assault.
“Gisele Pelicot was looking at each man as the sentence was handed down"
“Gisele Pelicot was looking at each man as the sentence was handed down"
Gisèle Pelicot trial: ‘She looked at every guilty man as he was sentenced’
A court in Avignon, France, has found 51 men guilty of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault of Gisèle Pelicot, including her husband, in a case that has shocked the world.
articles.globalplayer.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
“One by one, the judge found them all guilty of either rape or sexual assault.
“Gisele Pelicot was looking at each man as the sentence was handed down"
“Gisele Pelicot was looking at each man as the sentence was handed down"
Every workplace would improve staff morale enormously by installing soft lighting in the office toilets. This is the hill I will die on. This is my Roman Empire
December 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Every workplace would improve staff morale enormously by installing soft lighting in the office toilets. This is the hill I will die on. This is my Roman Empire
The details of the workplace culture at PinkNews, reported by the Evening Standard here, are scarily familiar & deeply triggering. It has been 10 months since I was forced out of my role there - I’m glad all this is coming out, but it still feels so fucking fresh
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/pi...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/pi...
PinkNews: Inside the scandal tearing the LGBTQ publisher apart
The LGBTQ+ site is reeling from multiple allegations of sexual misconduct
www.standard.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 9:48 AM
The details of the workplace culture at PinkNews, reported by the Evening Standard here, are scarily familiar & deeply triggering. It has been 10 months since I was forced out of my role there - I’m glad all this is coming out, but it still feels so fucking fresh
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/pi...
www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/pi...
Look, I’m not saying that a senior reporter at The Sun would make up quotes, but there is literally no trace of any of the three “furious” people named in this piece online - apart from this piece, and the GBNews (lol) rewrite
December 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Look, I’m not saying that a senior reporter at The Sun would make up quotes, but there is literally no trace of any of the three “furious” people named in this piece online - apart from this piece, and the GBNews (lol) rewrite
I wish I had a byline on this, because honestly it is my greatest contribution to human society and culture
December 14, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I wish I had a byline on this, because honestly it is my greatest contribution to human society and culture