Emma
@thearidesbikes.bsky.social
Cyclist, kayaker, triathlete, wild camper, immigrant, flaming liberal. 🏳️⚧️
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Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Transgender guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’
Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behavi...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
'Section 28 2.0' RSE consultation featured four explicitly anti-trans groups, FOI reveals
An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, if you want to know whether someone is a decent human being, look at their position on trans people’s access to equality and health care. It’s that simple. These people all fail that test.
They all need to go - Starmer, Mahmood, Phillipson, Reeves, Streeting.
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
At the risk of sounding like a stuck record, if you want to know whether someone is a decent human being, look at their position on trans people’s access to equality and health care. It’s that simple. These people all fail that test.
If you want to know whether someone respects human rights, ask them where they stand on trans rights.
Scratch a transphobe, find a xenophobe.
Scratch a transphobe, find a xenophobe.
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you want to know whether someone respects human rights, ask them where they stand on trans rights.
Scratch a transphobe, find a xenophobe.
Scratch a transphobe, find a xenophobe.
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Is the Telegraph finally acknowledging that Thatcher wrecked British society?
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Is the Telegraph finally acknowledging that Thatcher wrecked British society?
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
In the midst of the continual meddling of Trump into foreign countries’ governments, I recall the outcry in 2016 when Obama politely said that he preferred that the UK remain in the EU.
I believe that Starmer would have the support of most UK people if he told Trump firmly to back off the BBC.
I believe that Starmer would have the support of most UK people if he told Trump firmly to back off the BBC.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In the midst of the continual meddling of Trump into foreign countries’ governments, I recall the outcry in 2016 when Obama politely said that he preferred that the UK remain in the EU.
I believe that Starmer would have the support of most UK people if he told Trump firmly to back off the BBC.
I believe that Starmer would have the support of most UK people if he told Trump firmly to back off the BBC.
This is an astonishing analysis of the perfidity of the authors of the puberty blocker ban.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
It’s also worth remembering that puberty blockers are themselves a compromise solution to ensure that trans kids get time to think and be sure. They’re safe and reversible.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
It’s also worth remembering that puberty blockers are themselves a compromise solution to ensure that trans kids get time to think and be sure. They’re safe and reversible.
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Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted
skywriter.blue
November 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is an astonishing analysis of the perfidity of the authors of the puberty blocker ban.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
It’s also worth remembering that puberty blockers are themselves a compromise solution to ensure that trans kids get time to think and be sure. They’re safe and reversible.
skywriter.blue/pages/did:pl...
It’s also worth remembering that puberty blockers are themselves a compromise solution to ensure that trans kids get time to think and be sure. They’re safe and reversible.
The face of polite transphobia.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The face of polite transphobia.
The new right wants to burn the BBC because it’s the one news outlet they can’t buy. Although I detest the “it’s not perfect but” milquetoast defence, the BBC with all its imperfections is worth defending as a bulwark against the far-right takeover of the media. Please will the government step up.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The new right wants to burn the BBC because it’s the one news outlet they can’t buy. Although I detest the “it’s not perfect but” milquetoast defence, the BBC with all its imperfections is worth defending as a bulwark against the far-right takeover of the media. Please will the government step up.
And yet the BBC is apparently too pro-trans. OK.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
And yet the BBC is apparently too pro-trans. OK.
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Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel on The News Agents podcast taking credit for getting the GIDS Tavistock clinic closed down.
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel on The News Agents podcast taking credit for getting the GIDS Tavistock clinic closed down.
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
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So now we have a confession that that the so-called ‘investigation’ into the Tavistock was nothing more than a way to get it shut down.
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So now we have a confession that that the so-called ‘investigation’ into the Tavistock was nothing more than a way to get it shut down.
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Trans kids have died since then, because they can no longer get the healthcare they need.
This is on you @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Once Coe was IOC President this was inevitable, sadly.
The Olympics had allowed trans women to compete since the 2004 games.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Once Coe was IOC President this was inevitable, sadly.
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The Olympics had allowed trans women to compete since the 2004 games.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Olympics had allowed trans women to compete since the 2004 games.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
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iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
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JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
www.mirror.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
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Another amazing article worth a read and share!
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
Cyclists have just proven that including trans women isn’t hard
Cycling UK have gravely misjudged the people they claimed to represent.
metro.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Another amazing article worth a read and share!
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
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As the judicial system continues to create incredibly specific carve-outs for trans people where laws and civil rights and common decency no longer apply, I want you to think very quickly and concisely about what the regime's endgame is here. Yeah, it's that. That thought you don't want to say.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
As the judicial system continues to create incredibly specific carve-outs for trans people where laws and civil rights and common decency no longer apply, I want you to think very quickly and concisely about what the regime's endgame is here. Yeah, it's that. That thought you don't want to say.
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someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
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This Christmas, deck the halls and protect the dolls 💖
Fight hate and spread hope with our Christmas cards this holiday season!
https://glp.teemill.com/collection/christmas-cards/
Fight hate and spread hope with our Christmas cards this holiday season!
https://glp.teemill.com/collection/christmas-cards/
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This Christmas, deck the halls and protect the dolls 💖
Fight hate and spread hope with our Christmas cards this holiday season!
https://glp.teemill.com/collection/christmas-cards/
Fight hate and spread hope with our Christmas cards this holiday season!
https://glp.teemill.com/collection/christmas-cards/
Nah, it’s men that spoil the workplace. Fragile egos and testosterone get in the way of collaboration and inclusivity.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Nah, it’s men that spoil the workplace. Fragile egos and testosterone get in the way of collaboration and inclusivity.
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"Several winners of Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling prize have declined their nominations following the charity’s decision to exclude trans women and non-binary people from the award."
www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling...
www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling...
Cycling UK’s exclusion of trans women from award prompts winners to withdraw in protest | BikeRadar
The cycling charity’s 100 Women in Cycling prize doesn’t include trans women, following legal advice, which has led to a backlash from the winners
www.bikeradar.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Several winners of Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling prize have declined their nominations following the charity’s decision to exclude trans women and non-binary people from the award."
www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling...
www.bikeradar.com/news/cycling...
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the minutes of the October meeting between WellBN and SussexICB are chilling. Andrew Dodson from the Sussex side just openly saying patients will be “deprescribed,” that they’ll have no choice and won’t be allowed to talk to the team taking their healthcare away
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
the minutes of the October meeting between WellBN and SussexICB are chilling. Andrew Dodson from the Sussex side just openly saying patients will be “deprescribed,” that they’ll have no choice and won’t be allowed to talk to the team taking their healthcare away
