Ross Mac
@rossmac.bsky.social
He / him, cishet, ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Uncool dad, nerd, probably autistic.
All views are my own.
Uncool dad, nerd, probably autistic.
All views are my own.
📢 Live (and FREE!) at 12:45pm TODAY!: Queering James, a conversation between authors Gareth Russell and Dr Steven Veerapen
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www.youtube.com/live/5MYqY08...
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www.youtube.com/live/5MYqY08...
Queering James
In this event historian and broadcaster Gareth Russell will speak about his new book Queen James (2025). He will be joined by James scholar and academic Dr Steven Veerapen (University of Strathclyde) ...
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July 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢 Live (and FREE!) at 12:45pm TODAY!: Queering James, a conversation between authors Gareth Russell and Dr Steven Veerapen
🖼️🎨🏳️🌈
www.youtube.com/live/5MYqY08...
🖼️🎨🏳️🌈
www.youtube.com/live/5MYqY08...
📢 This Tuesday, the sold out lecture on Queering James with Gareth Russell will be livestreamed, with FREE tickets available from the National Galleries Scotland website. I may even see if I can preview our next video in the pride series! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖼️🎨 www.nationalgalleries.org/event/queeri...
Queering James (online) | National Galleries of Scotland
This is the online streamed version of the live event. Ticketholders will be sent a joining link before the event to either watch the event live or view the recording later. In this event historian an...
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June 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
📢 This Tuesday, the sold out lecture on Queering James with Gareth Russell will be livestreamed, with FREE tickets available from the National Galleries Scotland website. I may even see if I can preview our next video in the pride series! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🖼️🎨 www.nationalgalleries.org/event/queeri...
A beautiful video released by my work today! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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The Art of Defiance: Queer Scotland
YouTube video by nationalgalleries
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June 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A beautiful video released by my work today! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
youtu.be/HKBCxUmPBho?...
youtu.be/HKBCxUmPBho?...
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Graham Linehan's biggest SELF OWN yet (yes, really)
YouTube video by Katy Montgomerie
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May 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Sign the Petition
Overturn the UK's New Legal Definition of a Woman
www.change.org
May 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Trans women's topless protest outside the Scottish Parliament today, that's at least four different protests around the UK today.
Topless trans protest outside Scottish Parliament a 'public act of grief, resistance and solidarity'
Trans women staged a topless protest outside of the Scottish parliament to condemn the UK Supreme Court's ruling on the definition of 'sex'.
www.thepinknews.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trans women's topless protest outside the Scottish Parliament today, that's at least four different protests around the UK today.
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NEW: A group of trans women have staged a topless protest outside the Scottish Parliament to denounce the recent UK Supreme Court ruling 👇
The action called on the Scottish Government to appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights
#transrights #suprmemcourt #holryood #edinburgh
The action called on the Scottish Government to appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights
#transrights #suprmemcourt #holryood #edinburgh
May 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
NEW: A group of trans women have staged a topless protest outside the Scottish Parliament to denounce the recent UK Supreme Court ruling 👇
The action called on the Scottish Government to appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights
#transrights #suprmemcourt #holryood #edinburgh
The action called on the Scottish Government to appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights
#transrights #suprmemcourt #holryood #edinburgh
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The culture war against the LGBTQIA+ community shows why #IDAHOBIT is needed more than ever.
Scottish Greens will always stand with those fighting against hate and discrimination. 🏳️🌈🏴
Scottish Greens will always stand with those fighting against hate and discrimination. 🏳️🌈🏴
May 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The culture war against the LGBTQIA+ community shows why #IDAHOBIT is needed more than ever.
Scottish Greens will always stand with those fighting against hate and discrimination. 🏳️🌈🏴
Scottish Greens will always stand with those fighting against hate and discrimination. 🏳️🌈🏴
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Our safehouse for homeless and vulnerable trans people in Scotland took another application today.
I fear the demand is going to quickly outstrip supply in the next 6 months - which means we have 6 months to raise £5000: which would triple our current provision.
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I fear the demand is going to quickly outstrip supply in the next 6 months - which means we have 6 months to raise £5000: which would triple our current provision.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our safehouse for homeless and vulnerable trans people in Scotland took another application today.
I fear the demand is going to quickly outstrip supply in the next 6 months - which means we have 6 months to raise £5000: which would triple our current provision.
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I fear the demand is going to quickly outstrip supply in the next 6 months - which means we have 6 months to raise £5000: which would triple our current provision.
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Basic biology.
Checkmate, Christo-Fascists
Checkmate, Christo-Fascists
May 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Basic biology.
Checkmate, Christo-Fascists
Checkmate, Christo-Fascists
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Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
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10 years ago the UK could boast about being the top ranked country in Europe for LGBT+ rights.
But Tory and Labour governments have undermined that position through their long campaign of misinformation and demonisation.
Scotland must always stand for equality, not hate.
But Tory and Labour governments have undermined that position through their long campaign of misinformation and demonisation.
Scotland must always stand for equality, not hate.
NEW: The UK has fallen to its lowest ever ranking on the European Rainbow Index of LGBT+ equality laws
UK hits bottom of European rankings for LGBT+ protections
www.thenational.scot
May 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
10 years ago the UK could boast about being the top ranked country in Europe for LGBT+ rights.
But Tory and Labour governments have undermined that position through their long campaign of misinformation and demonisation.
Scotland must always stand for equality, not hate.
But Tory and Labour governments have undermined that position through their long campaign of misinformation and demonisation.
Scotland must always stand for equality, not hate.
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Just gauging interest: Would any trans person (and their friends and allies) like a holiday in Scotland this summer?
I'm thinking of laying on a weekend of wild swimming, games and good food (FOR FREE!)
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I'm thinking of laying on a weekend of wild swimming, games and good food (FOR FREE!)
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May 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Just gauging interest: Would any trans person (and their friends and allies) like a holiday in Scotland this summer?
I'm thinking of laying on a weekend of wild swimming, games and good food (FOR FREE!)
1/3
I'm thinking of laying on a weekend of wild swimming, games and good food (FOR FREE!)
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It doesn't end with trans people; it never did. www.attitude.co.uk/news/reform-...
Reform UK moving 'at speed' to ban rainbow flags in council buildings
However, Union Jack and St George's flags will be allowed to fly atop council buildings, as per the new rules
www.attitude.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
It doesn't end with trans people; it never did. www.attitude.co.uk/news/reform-...
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May 3, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Heads-up: if you signed the music industry open letter supporting trans people, linehan has posted your name and job title on his substack and is posting some signatories’ twitter handles on X to target harassment.
May 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Heads-up: if you signed the music industry open letter supporting trans people, linehan has posted your name and job title on his substack and is posting some signatories’ twitter handles on X to target harassment.
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My trans child (adult) and their girlfriend (also trans) have just been threatened by a man carrying a gun in his waistband outside their local pub. Police have been called, but they’re understandably terrified and upset. This is not ok.
May 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My trans child (adult) and their girlfriend (also trans) have just been threatened by a man carrying a gun in his waistband outside their local pub. Police have been called, but they’re understandably terrified and upset. This is not ok.
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This is how i learned De Niro has a trans daughter ~
Airyn De Niro Is Ready to Be Seen on Her Own Terms
www.them.us/story/airyn-...
Airyn De Niro Is Ready to Be Seen on Her Own Terms
www.them.us/story/airyn-...
![Airyn says. “I was always told I was too much of something or not enough of something growing up: Too big, not skinny enough. Not Black enough, not white enough. Too feminine, not masculine enough. It was never just, ‘You’re just right, just the way you are.’”
While Airyn has been femme-presenting since middle school, her decision to begin hormone therapy last November was borne out of a desire to maintain that femininity as she got older (“Who wants to be an old man?” she asks). After seeing successful trans women open up about their transitions, Airyn dared to imagine a similar future for herself despite feeling like a self-proclaimed “late bloomer.”
“Trans women being honest and open, especially [in] public spaces like social media and getting to see them in their success… I’m like, you know what? Maybe it's not too late for me,” she says of her internal process. “Maybe I can start.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mjbn64fshkrr6fr5uzeqzrs/bafkreiewypaab4ksaceoichu2tycuc4lgwvi63jdlt32ao4ybw2hlpsusm@jpeg)
April 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is how i learned De Niro has a trans daughter ~
Airyn De Niro Is Ready to Be Seen on Her Own Terms
www.them.us/story/airyn-...
Airyn De Niro Is Ready to Be Seen on Her Own Terms
www.them.us/story/airyn-...
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PCS, one of the biggest unions in the UK, has says the hateful EHRC guidance is "clearly not fit for purpose and is damaging in its advice and will be impossible to implement"
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
PCS response to Supreme Court judgment on the Equality Act 2010
PCS is carefully assessing the Supreme Court's recent judgment regarding the legal definition of sex within the framework of the Equality Act 2010. The court ruled that the terms "woman," "man," and "...
www.pcs.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
PCS, one of the biggest unions in the UK, has says the hateful EHRC guidance is "clearly not fit for purpose and is damaging in its advice and will be impossible to implement"
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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This is a genuinely good idea.
Cis people having trans people’s backs and showing service providers how bad for business transphobia is:
Cis people having trans people’s backs and showing service providers how bad for business transphobia is:
THE CHAFF PROJECT
Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great!
How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public.
Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.
Hi! Are you cis in the UK and you'd like to support trans rights? Great!
How: buy a trans flag pin and wear it in public.
Why: chaff is an overwhelming amount of false positives so that when a missile gets close to the plane, it hits the chaff and not the plane.
April 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is a genuinely good idea.
Cis people having trans people’s backs and showing service providers how bad for business transphobia is:
Cis people having trans people’s backs and showing service providers how bad for business transphobia is: