Virginia Maine 🏳️⚧️
@virginiamaine.bsky.social
Co-founder of Transpilot.org an online platform promoting equality and inclusion. Advocate for Trans, Nonbinary and Intersex people.
Human Rights are a non zero sum game. Allowing others equal rights does not diminish my rights.
Human Rights are a non zero sum game. Allowing others equal rights does not diminish my rights.
Spray painted on the wall at the Brussels' Court of Justice.
Where are trans, nonbinary and intersex people not under threat?
Where are trans, nonbinary and intersex people not under threat?
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Spray painted on the wall at the Brussels' Court of Justice.
Where are trans, nonbinary and intersex people not under threat?
Where are trans, nonbinary and intersex people not under threat?
How can someone say they want to keep a space only for a single biological sex not be anti-trans? The proof of their intention would be to ask if they would allow hypermasculine trans men into that space.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How can someone say they want to keep a space only for a single biological sex not be anti-trans? The proof of their intention would be to ask if they would allow hypermasculine trans men into that space.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Did anyone anticipate a time that the news headline of the day would place the US President, the Gaza Conflict and Trans Issues side by side as reasons for the resignation of the BBC's Director General and CEO of News?
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Did anyone anticipate a time that the news headline of the day would place the US President, the Gaza Conflict and Trans Issues side by side as reasons for the resignation of the BBC's Director General and CEO of News?
Let's please also acknowledge Rosalind Franklin, the brilliant chemist who carried out the bulk of the X-Ray crystallography which provided the data from which Crick and Watson deduced the DNA structure.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
James Watson, who co-discovered DNA double helix, dies at 97
Scientist helped break new ground in study of genetics, but later caused outcry with promotion of racist ideas.
www.aljazeera.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Let's please also acknowledge Rosalind Franklin, the brilliant chemist who carried out the bulk of the X-Ray crystallography which provided the data from which Crick and Watson deduced the DNA structure.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
As UK gender critical groups gather to tear themselves and each other apart, there is a broader 'silver lining'.
A year ago few people had really engaged with a trans person. Now they cannot miss us and mostly they see an unjustly victimised minority of decent people trying to live peaceful lives.
A year ago few people had really engaged with a trans person. Now they cannot miss us and mostly they see an unjustly victimised minority of decent people trying to live peaceful lives.
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
As UK gender critical groups gather to tear themselves and each other apart, there is a broader 'silver lining'.
A year ago few people had really engaged with a trans person. Now they cannot miss us and mostly they see an unjustly victimised minority of decent people trying to live peaceful lives.
A year ago few people had really engaged with a trans person. Now they cannot miss us and mostly they see an unjustly victimised minority of decent people trying to live peaceful lives.
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The job adverts for EHRC Commissioners (4 posts) are finally out.
Deadline: 1st December.
If you, or anyone you know, feels brave enough to apply, please do consider putting in an application!
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9026?b...
Deadline: 1st December.
If you, or anyone you know, feels brave enough to apply, please do consider putting in an application!
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9026?b...
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The job adverts for EHRC Commissioners (4 posts) are finally out.
Deadline: 1st December.
If you, or anyone you know, feels brave enough to apply, please do consider putting in an application!
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9026?b...
Deadline: 1st December.
If you, or anyone you know, feels brave enough to apply, please do consider putting in an application!
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9026?b...
I can't help feeling that this has become something other than the good news story that trans people first imagined.
Naming Caitlyn Jenner one of their women of the year in 2015 stirred up the transphobes. Now they have 10 reasons to get madder than ever
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/prot...
Naming Caitlyn Jenner one of their women of the year in 2015 stirred up the transphobes. Now they have 10 reasons to get madder than ever
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/prot...
The Dolls: ‘What we really crave is to work, love and exist with dignity’
As trans rights face increasing threat in the UK, Glamour honours nine of the community's most ground-breaking voices at this year's Women of the Year Awards. From fashion and music to charity and act...
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I can't help feeling that this has become something other than the good news story that trans people first imagined.
Naming Caitlyn Jenner one of their women of the year in 2015 stirred up the transphobes. Now they have 10 reasons to get madder than ever
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/prot...
Naming Caitlyn Jenner one of their women of the year in 2015 stirred up the transphobes. Now they have 10 reasons to get madder than ever
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/prot...
"69 months!"
"No Skipper 6 to 9 months."
The delay in part has been that the EHRC did not accompany its guidance with an equality impact statement as it must.
It then produced one in just a few days. Perhaps, a few days was too hasty for such a complex issue.
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
"No Skipper 6 to 9 months."
The delay in part has been that the EHRC did not accompany its guidance with an equality impact statement as it must.
It then produced one in just a few days. Perhaps, a few days was too hasty for such a complex issue.
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
Rules forcing trans people to use birth-sex facilities delayed
The Equality and Human Rights Commission set out statutory guidance on how gyms, clubs and hospitals must judge single-sex spaces based on biology
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"69 months!"
"No Skipper 6 to 9 months."
The delay in part has been that the EHRC did not accompany its guidance with an equality impact statement as it must.
It then produced one in just a few days. Perhaps, a few days was too hasty for such a complex issue.
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
"No Skipper 6 to 9 months."
The delay in part has been that the EHRC did not accompany its guidance with an equality impact statement as it must.
It then produced one in just a few days. Perhaps, a few days was too hasty for such a complex issue.
www.thetimes.com/article/d7cd...
Unable to provide a clear path for gender transition, which has resulted in a 30+ year waiting list in England, the NHS is now investigating a 'detransition' pathway for all those it has spectacularly failed.
The consultation can be accessed using this link.
tracking.vuelio.co.uk/tracking/cli...
The consultation can be accessed using this link.
tracking.vuelio.co.uk/tracking/cli...
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Unable to provide a clear path for gender transition, which has resulted in a 30+ year waiting list in England, the NHS is now investigating a 'detransition' pathway for all those it has spectacularly failed.
The consultation can be accessed using this link.
tracking.vuelio.co.uk/tracking/cli...
The consultation can be accessed using this link.
tracking.vuelio.co.uk/tracking/cli...
The anti-trans rhetoric is relentless. In a letter to The Guardian, Baroness Faulkner has again asserted that the EHRC guidance brings clarity.
That guidance has been deleted from the EHRC website, a move that caused confusion NOT clarity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That guidance has been deleted from the EHRC website, a move that caused confusion NOT clarity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
EHRC guidance will help businesses comply with the law on sex and gender | Letter
Letter: Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, says its updated code of practice will balance the rights of service users and protect all from discrimination
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The anti-trans rhetoric is relentless. In a letter to The Guardian, Baroness Faulkner has again asserted that the EHRC guidance brings clarity.
That guidance has been deleted from the EHRC website, a move that caused confusion NOT clarity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That guidance has been deleted from the EHRC website, a move that caused confusion NOT clarity.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Liberal Democrats throw trans and nonbinary people under the bus just weeks after voting to respect their affirmed genders
www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
Prue Bray: I am so angry I almost can’t type
We are in the middle of elections for internal roles in the Federal party, and I am one of the candidates for President. Voting opens tomorrow. So, this morning, I sat down to write a piece about why ...
www.libdemvoice.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Liberal Democrats throw trans and nonbinary people under the bus just weeks after voting to respect their affirmed genders
www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
www.libdemvoice.org/prue-bray-i-...
New substack post: Gender recognition certificates granted in the UK 2004 to April 2025 (most recent data)
open.substack.com/pub/ginimain...
open.substack.com/pub/ginimain...
UK Gender Recognition Certificates.
How many certificates have been granted?
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New substack post: Gender recognition certificates granted in the UK 2004 to April 2025 (most recent data)
open.substack.com/pub/ginimain...
open.substack.com/pub/ginimain...
We must press our elected representatives to act.
Legislation by stealth is not democracy.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission must be transparent about its motives, consultation process and aims.
www.instagram.com/p/DOD0uCaDa1...
Legislation by stealth is not democracy.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission must be transparent about its motives, consultation process and aims.
www.instagram.com/p/DOD0uCaDa1...
September 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We must press our elected representatives to act.
Legislation by stealth is not democracy.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission must be transparent about its motives, consultation process and aims.
www.instagram.com/p/DOD0uCaDa1...
Legislation by stealth is not democracy.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission must be transparent about its motives, consultation process and aims.
www.instagram.com/p/DOD0uCaDa1...
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Over 80 trans+ and LGBTQ+ rights orgs have signed a joint letter to MPs demanding full Parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s new Code of Practice. If passed unchecked, it risks huge harm to rights and protections. Read our full statement here:
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Over 80 trans+ and LGBTQ+ rights orgs have signed a joint letter to MPs demanding full Parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s new Code of Practice. If passed unchecked, it risks huge harm to rights and protections. Read our full statement here:
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
tacc.org.uk/2025/09/01/j...
Chp.1 notes extreme feminists define women as those born with female sex organs and have been oppressed throughout life.
My transition was delayed 40 years due to societal not patriarchal oppression. I then lost my job, now face a gender pay gap and am excluded by much of society. Oppressed enough?
My transition was delayed 40 years due to societal not patriarchal oppression. I then lost my job, now face a gender pay gap and am excluded by much of society. Oppressed enough?
February 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Chp.1 notes extreme feminists define women as those born with female sex organs and have been oppressed throughout life.
My transition was delayed 40 years due to societal not patriarchal oppression. I then lost my job, now face a gender pay gap and am excluded by much of society. Oppressed enough?
My transition was delayed 40 years due to societal not patriarchal oppression. I then lost my job, now face a gender pay gap and am excluded by much of society. Oppressed enough?
When George Orwell wrote 1984, or Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 did they really conceive their allegories would become manifest as one reality in the land of the free?
And yes I have quite the library of 'banned' books.
And yes I have quite the library of 'banned' books.
February 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
When George Orwell wrote 1984, or Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 did they really conceive their allegories would become manifest as one reality in the land of the free?
And yes I have quite the library of 'banned' books.
And yes I have quite the library of 'banned' books.
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I feel like a lot of people, myself included, are struggling to act not only because we’re spread thin but also because we’re not too sure how to best use our particular set of skills to make an impact.
February 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I feel like a lot of people, myself included, are struggling to act not only because we’re spread thin but also because we’re not too sure how to best use our particular set of skills to make an impact.
"The media loves to divide women into virgins and vamps, angels or whores. Let's not encourage them.”
- Gillian Anderson 'The Fall'
- Gillian Anderson 'The Fall'
February 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"The media loves to divide women into virgins and vamps, angels or whores. Let's not encourage them.”
- Gillian Anderson 'The Fall'
- Gillian Anderson 'The Fall'
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan was a song of hope to me for many years, the notion that one day even the most mundane person (me) could attain a dream.
I will be briefly in Paris soon, the wind will not be warm and it won't be a sports car but I am going to be driven through the streets 🏳️⚧️ and proud
I will be briefly in Paris soon, the wind will not be warm and it won't be a sports car but I am going to be driven through the streets 🏳️⚧️ and proud
February 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Ballad of Lucy Jordan was a song of hope to me for many years, the notion that one day even the most mundane person (me) could attain a dream.
I will be briefly in Paris soon, the wind will not be warm and it won't be a sports car but I am going to be driven through the streets 🏳️⚧️ and proud
I will be briefly in Paris soon, the wind will not be warm and it won't be a sports car but I am going to be driven through the streets 🏳️⚧️ and proud
Reposted by Virginia Maine 🏳️⚧️
There’s the following from a 1998 Telegraph editorial. I wonder how Streeting feels reading that now and why it’s any better if it said trans instead?
“the homosexual condition itself is usually an unhappy one, and one that no loving parent would wish on his child”
gtmediawatch.org/1958/05/01/g...
“the homosexual condition itself is usually an unhappy one, and one that no loving parent would wish on his child”
gtmediawatch.org/1958/05/01/g...
GAY TIMES, August 1998
Terry Sanderson’s autobiography “The Reluctant Gay Activist” is now available on Amazon Our famous victory in the Commons on June 22nd was long overdue [Note: MPs reduced the homosexual age of con…
gtmediawatch.org
February 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There’s the following from a 1998 Telegraph editorial. I wonder how Streeting feels reading that now and why it’s any better if it said trans instead?
“the homosexual condition itself is usually an unhappy one, and one that no loving parent would wish on his child”
gtmediawatch.org/1958/05/01/g...
“the homosexual condition itself is usually an unhappy one, and one that no loving parent would wish on his child”
gtmediawatch.org/1958/05/01/g...
Reposted by Virginia Maine 🏳️⚧️
Reposted by Virginia Maine 🏳️⚧️
