Richard Matley
@richardmatley.bsky.social
He/him 🏳️🌈 #LGBWithTheT.
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🎬 NEW VIDEO 🎬
I made the pilgrimage down to Cornwall at the weekend for the final English HST. I wasn't actually planning on physically being on the last one, but a series of events led to me being on it!
This is a proper feel good video, give it a watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBR...
I made the pilgrimage down to Cornwall at the weekend for the final English HST. I wasn't actually planning on physically being on the last one, but a series of events led to me being on it!
This is a proper feel good video, give it a watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBR...
The REAL final HST in England wasn't what anyone expected!
YouTube video by JenOnTheMove
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🎬 NEW VIDEO 🎬
I made the pilgrimage down to Cornwall at the weekend for the final English HST. I wasn't actually planning on physically being on the last one, but a series of events led to me being on it!
This is a proper feel good video, give it a watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBR...
I made the pilgrimage down to Cornwall at the weekend for the final English HST. I wasn't actually planning on physically being on the last one, but a series of events led to me being on it!
This is a proper feel good video, give it a watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXBR...
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This @uklabourparty.bsky.social government has adopted the #Tory view that the only “contributions to society” that count are monetary ones. Culture, diversity, social support don’t count anymore. Sad.
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This @uklabourparty.bsky.social government has adopted the #Tory view that the only “contributions to society” that count are monetary ones. Culture, diversity, social support don’t count anymore. Sad.
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Immaturity masquerading as strength is the defining personal characteristic of our age.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Immaturity masquerading as strength is the defining personal characteristic of our age.
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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It’s totally devastating that some groups and orgs have been pushed into such a position. Excluding our trans siblings is a backwards step. One day we will look back at this period in time and realise, what many of us know already. It’s utterly shameful and wrong.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It’s totally devastating that some groups and orgs have been pushed into such a position. Excluding our trans siblings is a backwards step. One day we will look back at this period in time and realise, what many of us know already. It’s utterly shameful and wrong.
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The Government sees it as a “moral duty” to cut disability benefits.
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Government sees it as a “moral duty” to cut disability benefits.
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
I see it as a moral duty to call them ableist pieces of shit who want to kill disabled people.
The real moral duty should be to end poverty and tax the rich
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Those who think “cis” is a slur are likely the same people who object to calling heterosexual folk “straight.” When you’re used to your identity being assumed and celebrated in society, people pointing it out to you can feel oppressive. But labeling reality isn’t oppression — it’s just description.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Those who think “cis” is a slur are likely the same people who object to calling heterosexual folk “straight.” When you’re used to your identity being assumed and celebrated in society, people pointing it out to you can feel oppressive. But labeling reality isn’t oppression — it’s just description.
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Migrants moving to your local area is not a “legitimate reason” for racism.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Migrants moving to your local area is not a “legitimate reason” for racism.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
LGBT folk being more visible in schools is not a “legitimate reason” for homo/transphobia.
Women not wanting to date you is not a “legitimate reason” for misogyny.
There’s no “legitimate reason” for bigotry.
Just saying.
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People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
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Also, if allies do not understand the importance of advocating for healthcare, recognition, and safety for trans people, they do not fundamentally understand bodily or personal autonomy - and that is going to be a flaw in all organising.
People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Also, if allies do not understand the importance of advocating for healthcare, recognition, and safety for trans people, they do not fundamentally understand bodily or personal autonomy - and that is going to be a flaw in all organising.
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Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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We need strategies other than 'wait for the next election and it'll be grand,' but I'm damned if I know what those are either.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We need strategies other than 'wait for the next election and it'll be grand,' but I'm damned if I know what those are either.
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Disabled folk don’t just deserve survival.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Disabled folk don’t just deserve survival.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Trans folk endure political violence that negates their identities, strips away their healthcare and excludes them from public life. They’re trashed as an “ideology.” But they’re people. They deserve to live in a world that unconditionally nurtures their existence.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Trans folk endure political violence that negates their identities, strips away their healthcare and excludes them from public life. They’re trashed as an “ideology.” But they’re people. They deserve to live in a world that unconditionally nurtures their existence.
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Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...
World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
theconversation.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Every TERF is like 'birds and bees, it's easy, folks' and (almost) every scientist actually working on questions of sex is like 'oof guys, what can I tell you, I have been working on this question for 52 years, and frankly, I know less and less every year' theconversation.com/world-athlet...
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Disabled folk don’t just deserve survival.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Disabled folk don’t just deserve survival.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
They deserve love, support, compassion, respect…
And to have the means and ability to live the best quality of life possible for them, in their circumstances.
This should be the bare minimum.
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“What we all need to remember is that transgender identity is nothing new. It’s not an ideology or a trend, we have always existed in different ways, on every continent, in every culture, throughout time… trans people have never stopped and will never stop existing.”
We must nurture trans lives.
We must nurture trans lives.
Munroe Bergdorf: “Gender Affirming Care Is The Reason I’m Still Here. It’s Also Under Greater Threat Than Ever”
“Gender affirming care isn’t the controversial, understudied or farfetched luxury it’s painted as by those invested in a relentlessly anti-trans agenda,” writes Munroe Bergdorf. “For those who are wai...
www.vogue.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“What we all need to remember is that transgender identity is nothing new. It’s not an ideology or a trend, we have always existed in different ways, on every continent, in every culture, throughout time… trans people have never stopped and will never stop existing.”
We must nurture trans lives.
We must nurture trans lives.
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Yes, disabled people deserve nice things too.
They deserve hobbies, social lies, things that bring a bit of joy to life.
Maybe the use money they’ve earned through employment to buy it.
Maybe they spend their benefits on it.
Either way, it’s their money and their right.
They deserve hobbies, social lies, things that bring a bit of joy to life.
Maybe the use money they’ve earned through employment to buy it.
Maybe they spend their benefits on it.
Either way, it’s their money and their right.
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Yes, disabled people deserve nice things too.
They deserve hobbies, social lies, things that bring a bit of joy to life.
Maybe the use money they’ve earned through employment to buy it.
Maybe they spend their benefits on it.
Either way, it’s their money and their right.
They deserve hobbies, social lies, things that bring a bit of joy to life.
Maybe the use money they’ve earned through employment to buy it.
Maybe they spend their benefits on it.
Either way, it’s their money and their right.
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Disabled people don't need to be "inspirational" or "strong" to deserve support and respect.
There should be no hierarchy, no superiority...
All humans are worthy of support and compassion.
There should be no hierarchy, no superiority...
All humans are worthy of support and compassion.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Disabled people don't need to be "inspirational" or "strong" to deserve support and respect.
There should be no hierarchy, no superiority...
All humans are worthy of support and compassion.
There should be no hierarchy, no superiority...
All humans are worthy of support and compassion.
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Look out for this later #histSTM
(And on Franklin, about whom lots of myths are circulating today, read this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
(And on Franklin, about whom lots of myths are circulating today, read this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Look out for this later #histSTM
(And on Franklin, about whom lots of myths are circulating today, read this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
(And on Franklin, about whom lots of myths are circulating today, read this: www.nature.com/articles/d41...)
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Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Disability benefits here in the UK are less than most people believe.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
They're harder to get than most people believe.
Fraud is lower than most people believe.
The evidence you need to get them is more than most people believe.
The Government and media rely on this collective ignorance.
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Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Worth pointing out the biggest supporters of trans people (which is who bigots mean by “gender ideology”) are bisexual & lesbian women. All the public “concerns” about trans people (phase, indoctrination, regret, etc) are recycled forms of homophobia. This is why LGB solidarity with the T is strong.
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If we only associate “worth” with someone’s ability to “contribute”, then we very quickly get into fascist and eugenicist rhetoric… even if the intention is not that.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If we only associate “worth” with someone’s ability to “contribute”, then we very quickly get into fascist and eugenicist rhetoric… even if the intention is not that.
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Abolish the death penalty.
Oh my God
"Boyd asks for the barest form of mercy: to die by firing
squad, which would kill him in seconds, rather than by a
torturous suffocation lasting up to four minutes. The Constitution would grant him that grace. My colleagues do not."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
"Boyd asks for the barest form of mercy: to die by firing
squad, which would kill him in seconds, rather than by a
torturous suffocation lasting up to four minutes. The Constitution would grant him that grace. My colleagues do not."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
www.supremecourt.gov
October 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Abolish the death penalty.
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Imploring certain Americans to get a bit of perspective about the Revolutionary War.
You can be entirely in favour of US independence and still recognise that Farmer George was not Adolf Hitler. And neither was Lord North.
You can be entirely in favour of US independence and still recognise that Farmer George was not Adolf Hitler. And neither was Lord North.
October 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Imploring certain Americans to get a bit of perspective about the Revolutionary War.
You can be entirely in favour of US independence and still recognise that Farmer George was not Adolf Hitler. And neither was Lord North.
You can be entirely in favour of US independence and still recognise that Farmer George was not Adolf Hitler. And neither was Lord North.