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🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Trans man (He/Him)
🧠 Neurodivergent
🐕 Dog person
🌱 Enjoyer of nature
💚 Green Party member
😊 Happily transitioned
😓 Sadly subject of political football
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🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Trans man (He/Him)
🧠 Neurodivergent
🐕 Dog person
🌱 Enjoyer of nature
💚 Green Party member
😊 Happily transitioned
😓 Sadly subject of political football
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TL;DR: NHS England refused FOI requests about the Cass Review. The ICO said they can’t call them vexatious—but let them claim the info doesn’t exist. E A Lee says that’s not credible. Tribunal decision pending.
#FreeTheTransphobicFiles
#FreeTheTransphobicFiles
1/🧵 Here is my submission to the First-Tier Tribunal for the missing Cass Review papers.
In summary, we think that Baroness Cass, or other unidentified officials, have purported to wield unbridled powers of censorship, despite there being no lawful basis of it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
In summary, we think that Baroness Cass, or other unidentified officials, have purported to wield unbridled powers of censorship, despite there being no lawful basis of it.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lee v IC NHSE Reply v5
Appeal No. FT/EA/2025/0212 IN THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL (GENERAL REGULATORY CHAMBER) (INFORMATION RIGHTS) BETWEEN :- E A LEE Appellant - and - THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER First Respondent - and - ...
docs.google.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
TL;DR: NHS England refused FOI requests about the Cass Review. The ICO said they can’t call them vexatious—but let them claim the info doesn’t exist. E A Lee says that’s not credible. Tribunal decision pending.
#FreeTheTransphobicFiles
#FreeTheTransphobicFiles
I went to trans pride for the first time this year. Honestly, way out of my comfort zone.
People involved were lovely but I was terrified of being photographed and of the people *not* involved.
I spent the whole time head down on the sidelines.
I’ve been reflecting on the experience since… 1/4
People involved were lovely but I was terrified of being photographed and of the people *not* involved.
I spent the whole time head down on the sidelines.
I’ve been reflecting on the experience since… 1/4
July 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I went to trans pride for the first time this year. Honestly, way out of my comfort zone.
People involved were lovely but I was terrified of being photographed and of the people *not* involved.
I spent the whole time head down on the sidelines.
I’ve been reflecting on the experience since… 1/4
People involved were lovely but I was terrified of being photographed and of the people *not* involved.
I spent the whole time head down on the sidelines.
I’ve been reflecting on the experience since… 1/4
You’d think a decade into transition I’d know what was going on…
Is it only once you’ve got a GRC that GPs stop outing you in referral letters with *completely irrelevant* trans related stuff or…?
I mean come on, sorry Mike but I really don’t think the doc snipping off a mole needs to know.
Is it only once you’ve got a GRC that GPs stop outing you in referral letters with *completely irrelevant* trans related stuff or…?
I mean come on, sorry Mike but I really don’t think the doc snipping off a mole needs to know.
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
You’d think a decade into transition I’d know what was going on…
Is it only once you’ve got a GRC that GPs stop outing you in referral letters with *completely irrelevant* trans related stuff or…?
I mean come on, sorry Mike but I really don’t think the doc snipping off a mole needs to know.
Is it only once you’ve got a GRC that GPs stop outing you in referral letters with *completely irrelevant* trans related stuff or…?
I mean come on, sorry Mike but I really don’t think the doc snipping off a mole needs to know.
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If you take heroin your GP will help you with blood tests. But if you follow international healthcare protocols and take eg puberty blockers NHS England has told your GP not to help you monitor hormone levels with blood tests. Gender affirming care is, apparently, worse than heroin.
July 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
If you take heroin your GP will help you with blood tests. But if you follow international healthcare protocols and take eg puberty blockers NHS England has told your GP not to help you monitor hormone levels with blood tests. Gender affirming care is, apparently, worse than heroin.
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So write to your MP! Template here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If your MP is useless / you don't want to write to them, there's this open letter you can sign instead (you can sign the open letter if you HAVE written to your MP, too).
forms.gle/NYBxTEogn6Q9...
Feel free to share both.
3/🧵
If your MP is useless / you don't want to write to them, there's this open letter you can sign instead (you can sign the open letter if you HAVE written to your MP, too).
forms.gle/NYBxTEogn6Q9...
Feel free to share both.
3/🧵
An Open Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities re the EHRC Code of Practice and Human Rights Risks
The Minister for Women and Equalities will soon be called upon to approve a new Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), f...
forms.gle
July 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
So write to your MP! Template here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If your MP is useless / you don't want to write to them, there's this open letter you can sign instead (you can sign the open letter if you HAVE written to your MP, too).
forms.gle/NYBxTEogn6Q9...
Feel free to share both.
3/🧵
If your MP is useless / you don't want to write to them, there's this open letter you can sign instead (you can sign the open letter if you HAVE written to your MP, too).
forms.gle/NYBxTEogn6Q9...
Feel free to share both.
3/🧵
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🚨 I've drafted a template MP letter to call on the Minister for Women & Equalities to reject any new EHRC Code unless & until the serious statements of alarm & condemnation from multiple international human rights bodies have been fully acknowledged & resolved.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1/🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1/🧵
MPs must call on the Minister for Women and Equalities to reject the EHRC's new Code
The Minister for Women and Equalities will soon be called upon to approve a new Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), f...
docs.google.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨 I've drafted a template MP letter to call on the Minister for Women & Equalities to reject any new EHRC Code unless & until the serious statements of alarm & condemnation from multiple international human rights bodies have been fully acknowledged & resolved.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1/🧵
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1/🧵
Just thinking of the EHRC guidance again… would it not be discriminatory against people who don’t subscribe to GC ideology (as equally protected), bc the guidance assumes everyone subscribes to GCism (eg., by saying knowledge that someone is trans changes ‘perceived sex’ to sex assigned at birth)?
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Just thinking of the EHRC guidance again… would it not be discriminatory against people who don’t subscribe to GC ideology (as equally protected), bc the guidance assumes everyone subscribes to GCism (eg., by saying knowledge that someone is trans changes ‘perceived sex’ to sex assigned at birth)?
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🦋 GIRES needs your help.
We’re raising £10,000 to keep GIRES going — and protect decades of trans research, resources & community knowledge.
We need your help to make sure we can continue to support the trans community
👉 Donate now: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
#SaveGIRES #TransSupport
We’re raising £10,000 to keep GIRES going — and protect decades of trans research, resources & community knowledge.
We need your help to make sure we can continue to support the trans community
👉 Donate now: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
#SaveGIRES #TransSupport
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🦋 GIRES needs your help.
We’re raising £10,000 to keep GIRES going — and protect decades of trans research, resources & community knowledge.
We need your help to make sure we can continue to support the trans community
👉 Donate now: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
#SaveGIRES #TransSupport
We’re raising £10,000 to keep GIRES going — and protect decades of trans research, resources & community knowledge.
We need your help to make sure we can continue to support the trans community
👉 Donate now: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
#SaveGIRES #TransSupport
Neurodivergent ppl, how do you manage this deep crippling feeling of burnout that comes with attempting to juggle even just essential work and the emotional burden of existing as a trans person rn?
I’m slacking *so much* with work bc of it all and I’m afraid there’s only so much they’ll tolerate.
I’m slacking *so much* with work bc of it all and I’m afraid there’s only so much they’ll tolerate.
July 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Neurodivergent ppl, how do you manage this deep crippling feeling of burnout that comes with attempting to juggle even just essential work and the emotional burden of existing as a trans person rn?
I’m slacking *so much* with work bc of it all and I’m afraid there’s only so much they’ll tolerate.
I’m slacking *so much* with work bc of it all and I’m afraid there’s only so much they’ll tolerate.
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Okay folks! We’ve a real opportunity here. This petition is at 78,000 (ends 28 July!). With a good push, we can get it over the line.
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
Petition: Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
Introduce a law to legally protect the right of those aged 18 and over to transition using NHS services. This should specifically cover physical transition, including hormone treatment and surgery, as...
petition.parliament.uk
July 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Okay folks! We’ve a real opportunity here. This petition is at 78,000 (ends 28 July!). With a good push, we can get it over the line.
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
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This is how section 28 started.
"The new Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is under fire after claiming to have removed transgender books from a library’s children’s section"
Link - Via Kent Online
archive.is/uWMCg
"The new Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is under fire after claiming to have removed transgender books from a library’s children’s section"
Link - Via Kent Online
archive.is/uWMCg
July 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is how section 28 started.
"The new Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is under fire after claiming to have removed transgender books from a library’s children’s section"
Link - Via Kent Online
archive.is/uWMCg
"The new Reform UK leadership at Kent County Council (KCC) is under fire after claiming to have removed transgender books from a library’s children’s section"
Link - Via Kent Online
archive.is/uWMCg
Submitted the EHRC consultation with 12 minutes to spare 😭
Fuck me I need a holiday. That was brutal.
I think I was polite enough. Ish.
Probably came off to them as dramatic but of course it would when *that’s* their proposal.
Teeny little jab right at the end but it’s true so 💁♂️
Fuck me I need a holiday. That was brutal.
I think I was polite enough. Ish.
Probably came off to them as dramatic but of course it would when *that’s* their proposal.
Teeny little jab right at the end but it’s true so 💁♂️
June 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Submitted the EHRC consultation with 12 minutes to spare 😭
Fuck me I need a holiday. That was brutal.
I think I was polite enough. Ish.
Probably came off to them as dramatic but of course it would when *that’s* their proposal.
Teeny little jab right at the end but it’s true so 💁♂️
Fuck me I need a holiday. That was brutal.
I think I was polite enough. Ish.
Probably came off to them as dramatic but of course it would when *that’s* their proposal.
Teeny little jab right at the end but it’s true so 💁♂️
FUCK I’ve written too much
I thought I was finally done with this bullshit 😭
I thought I was finally done with this bullshit 😭
June 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
FUCK I’ve written too much
I thought I was finally done with this bullshit 😭
I thought I was finally done with this bullshit 😭
Would it be a bad idea to put “(i.e., scientific illiteracy and transphobia)” after all references to ‘GC’ ideology in my EHRC responses?
Obviously I don’t want them to just bin the response I’ve spent 2 full days on. But also fuck them and fuck GC transphobes.
Obviously I don’t want them to just bin the response I’ve spent 2 full days on. But also fuck them and fuck GC transphobes.
June 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Would it be a bad idea to put “(i.e., scientific illiteracy and transphobia)” after all references to ‘GC’ ideology in my EHRC responses?
Obviously I don’t want them to just bin the response I’ve spent 2 full days on. But also fuck them and fuck GC transphobes.
Obviously I don’t want them to just bin the response I’ve spent 2 full days on. But also fuck them and fuck GC transphobes.
I’ve lost two work days to this fucking consultation and still haven’t finished.
June 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I’ve lost two work days to this fucking consultation and still haven’t finished.
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If you want to flood the Committees with requests to scrutinise Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson on trans rights, do it now!
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
June 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you want to flood the Committees with requests to scrutinise Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson on trans rights, do it now!
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
She is due to be appointed the new chair of the EHRC
The pre-appointment scrutiny session is tomorrow (see thread below).
Another template letter here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Just thinking back on someone I mistakenly put trust into irl who turned out to be deep terf (+xenophobic, misogynist, ableist).
Early on she said to me “I’m very open minded”.
Is this like the bigot version of “I’m a nice guy”?
I think I’m “open minded” but I’ve never felt like I had to say it.
Early on she said to me “I’m very open minded”.
Is this like the bigot version of “I’m a nice guy”?
I think I’m “open minded” but I’ve never felt like I had to say it.
June 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just thinking back on someone I mistakenly put trust into irl who turned out to be deep terf (+xenophobic, misogynist, ableist).
Early on she said to me “I’m very open minded”.
Is this like the bigot version of “I’m a nice guy”?
I think I’m “open minded” but I’ve never felt like I had to say it.
Early on she said to me “I’m very open minded”.
Is this like the bigot version of “I’m a nice guy”?
I think I’m “open minded” but I’ve never felt like I had to say it.
This whole fuckin consultation just falsely assumes that subscribing to GC ideology is the societal norm.
Many people continue to perceive trans men/women as men/women after knowing they’re trans. But this knowledge could still be defence against misogynous harassment against a trans woman?
Many people continue to perceive trans men/women as men/women after knowing they’re trans. But this knowledge could still be defence against misogynous harassment against a trans woman?
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This whole fuckin consultation just falsely assumes that subscribing to GC ideology is the societal norm.
Many people continue to perceive trans men/women as men/women after knowing they’re trans. But this knowledge could still be defence against misogynous harassment against a trans woman?
Many people continue to perceive trans men/women as men/women after knowing they’re trans. But this knowledge could still be defence against misogynous harassment against a trans woman?
I’m sorry but how the fuck do people do these consultations in half an hour? I’ve been at this all day and still only up to chapter 12.
June 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’m sorry but how the fuck do people do these consultations in half an hour? I’ve been at this all day and still only up to chapter 12.
I’m only on section 2.2 of the EHRC consultation… but just occurred to me - they say ask about birth sex in private to ‘avoid’ discrimination/harassment… but what if someone feels they have to ask somebody who turns out to be an insecure transphobe who gets offended by the association & lashes out?
June 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
I’m only on section 2.2 of the EHRC consultation… but just occurred to me - they say ask about birth sex in private to ‘avoid’ discrimination/harassment… but what if someone feels they have to ask somebody who turns out to be an insecure transphobe who gets offended by the association & lashes out?
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Just concluded my keynote at Pride In London's Human Rights Forum.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just concluded my keynote at Pride In London's Human Rights Forum.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
I still haven’t responded to the EHRC consultation. I’m so grateful that people have created guidance and explainers but my brain can’t even cope with deciding which of those to follow and the prospect of mentally aggregating information from each is overwhelming so I don’t even know where to start.
June 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I still haven’t responded to the EHRC consultation. I’m so grateful that people have created guidance and explainers but my brain can’t even cope with deciding which of those to follow and the prospect of mentally aggregating information from each is overwhelming so I don’t even know where to start.
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Get your cis friends to read this. It reveals how the anti-trans hate groups are really part of a web of extremist right-wing hate groups…
Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Get your cis friends to read this. It reveals how the anti-trans hate groups are really part of a web of extremist right-wing hate groups…
Got a reply from my MP re NC21 after 7+ weeks.
My email was more vulnerable, raw, honest about my experience than I would be with anyone in my daily life.
10 paras. One question.
What did I get back? 3 empty sentences expressing disagreement, no answer to my question, zero empathy.
What a dick.
My email was more vulnerable, raw, honest about my experience than I would be with anyone in my daily life.
10 paras. One question.
What did I get back? 3 empty sentences expressing disagreement, no answer to my question, zero empathy.
What a dick.
June 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Got a reply from my MP re NC21 after 7+ weeks.
My email was more vulnerable, raw, honest about my experience than I would be with anyone in my daily life.
10 paras. One question.
What did I get back? 3 empty sentences expressing disagreement, no answer to my question, zero empathy.
What a dick.
My email was more vulnerable, raw, honest about my experience than I would be with anyone in my daily life.
10 paras. One question.
What did I get back? 3 empty sentences expressing disagreement, no answer to my question, zero empathy.
What a dick.