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ICYMI: Woman loses discrimination case against her former employer over its toilet policy for transgender staff.
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICYMI: Woman loses discrimination case against her former employer over its toilet policy for transgender staff.
“What was supposed to be narrowly focused on the definition of a woman, in the eyes of the Equality Act, has become a tool for anti-Trans+ campaigners to push a hateful narrative that seeks to force Trans+ people out of society” - @jamiewareham.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“What was supposed to be narrowly focused on the definition of a woman, in the eyes of the Equality Act, has become a tool for anti-Trans+ campaigners to push a hateful narrative that seeks to force Trans+ people out of society” - @jamiewareham.co.uk
"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike.
"It is a dangerous strategy, but one that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine." 🧵
"It is a dangerous strategy, but one that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine." 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike.
"It is a dangerous strategy, but one that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine." 🧵
"It is a dangerous strategy, but one that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine." 🧵
5/ Our analysis @jamiewareham.co.uk 🗣️
"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike. It may be a dangerous strategy, but that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine.
"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike. It may be a dangerous strategy, but that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine.
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
5/ Our analysis @jamiewareham.co.uk 🗣️
"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike. It may be a dangerous strategy, but that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine.
"It’s unsurprising that queer activists in the British imperial core are among those on hunger strike. It may be a dangerous strategy, but that reflects the strength of queer and Trans+ solidarity with Palestine.
Kevin Blowe of @netpol.org told QueerAF that hunger strikes are a “very dangerous strategy”.
“It becomes a game of chicken between those people who are wondering how far they're prepared to push a hunger strike and how far the government is prepared to do nothing."
“It becomes a game of chicken between those people who are wondering how far they're prepared to push a hunger strike and how far the government is prepared to do nothing."
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Kevin Blowe of @netpol.org told QueerAF that hunger strikes are a “very dangerous strategy”.
“It becomes a game of chicken between those people who are wondering how far they're prepared to push a hunger strike and how far the government is prepared to do nothing."
“It becomes a game of chicken between those people who are wondering how far they're prepared to push a hunger strike and how far the government is prepared to do nothing."
3/ What has been the response?
Deputy Leader of Green Party @mothinali.bsky.social is so far the only politician to have visited the strikers.
He said “their cheekbones were sticking out, their eyes had sunken in - they looked visibly frail."
Deputy Leader of Green Party @mothinali.bsky.social is so far the only politician to have visited the strikers.
He said “their cheekbones were sticking out, their eyes had sunken in - they looked visibly frail."
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
3/ What has been the response?
Deputy Leader of Green Party @mothinali.bsky.social is so far the only politician to have visited the strikers.
He said “their cheekbones were sticking out, their eyes had sunken in - they looked visibly frail."
Deputy Leader of Green Party @mothinali.bsky.social is so far the only politician to have visited the strikers.
He said “their cheekbones were sticking out, their eyes had sunken in - they looked visibly frail."
Gib has been on remand since 3 July and spent their 30th birthday inside HMP Bronzefield.
In a recorded message they said: “It’s not my birthday; it’s the 707th day of a genocide against Palestine.”
In a recorded message they said: “It’s not my birthday; it’s the 707th day of a genocide against Palestine.”
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gib has been on remand since 3 July and spent their 30th birthday inside HMP Bronzefield.
In a recorded message they said: “It’s not my birthday; it’s the 707th day of a genocide against Palestine.”
In a recorded message they said: “It’s not my birthday; it’s the 707th day of a genocide against Palestine.”
They also call for an end to censorship of their communications, de-proscribing Palestine Action and immediate bail.
So far, government has ignored all demands.
So far, government has ignored all demands.
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
They also call for an end to censorship of their communications, de-proscribing Palestine Action and immediate bail.
So far, government has ignored all demands.
So far, government has ignored all demands.
A queer activist is at the centre of one of the largest coordinated prison hunger strikes in the UK in over 40 years - and the British government is yet to acknowledge it.
Let’s look at what’s taking place with @vic-parsons.bsky.social ky.social 🧵
CW: Descriptions of starvation
Let’s look at what’s taking place with @vic-parsons.bsky.social ky.social 🧵
CW: Descriptions of starvation
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A queer activist is at the centre of one of the largest coordinated prison hunger strikes in the UK in over 40 years - and the British government is yet to acknowledge it.
Let’s look at what’s taking place with @vic-parsons.bsky.social ky.social 🧵
CW: Descriptions of starvation
Let’s look at what’s taking place with @vic-parsons.bsky.social ky.social 🧵
CW: Descriptions of starvation
ICYMI: Top court rules all EU countries must recognise same-sex marriages that were registered in the EU - even if that country does not allow them to take place.
A striking rebuke to Poland 👏
A striking rebuke to Poland 👏
December 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
ICYMI: Top court rules all EU countries must recognise same-sex marriages that were registered in the EU - even if that country does not allow them to take place.
A striking rebuke to Poland 👏
A striking rebuke to Poland 👏
Puberty blocker clinical trial for Trans+ youth “is not about the safety of these medications.
"It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome," says @transactualuk.bsky.social Health Director Chay Brown👇
"It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome," says @transactualuk.bsky.social Health Director Chay Brown👇
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Puberty blocker clinical trial for Trans+ youth “is not about the safety of these medications.
"It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome," says @transactualuk.bsky.social Health Director Chay Brown👇
"It is the result of an ideological view at the very top of the NHS that being trans is a ‘less desirable outcome," says @transactualuk.bsky.social Health Director Chay Brown👇
From @jamiewareham.co.uk 🗣
“I'm incredibly proud QueerAF and Trans+ History Week were recognised for a show mentoring Trans+ creatives to create nuanced, inspiring documentaries on millennia-old gender diversity, shutting down the pernicious lie that being Transgender is a modern 'trend'.”
“I'm incredibly proud QueerAF and Trans+ History Week were recognised for a show mentoring Trans+ creatives to create nuanced, inspiring documentaries on millennia-old gender diversity, shutting down the pernicious lie that being Transgender is a modern 'trend'.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
From @jamiewareham.co.uk 🗣
“I'm incredibly proud QueerAF and Trans+ History Week were recognised for a show mentoring Trans+ creatives to create nuanced, inspiring documentaries on millennia-old gender diversity, shutting down the pernicious lie that being Transgender is a modern 'trend'.”
“I'm incredibly proud QueerAF and Trans+ History Week were recognised for a show mentoring Trans+ creatives to create nuanced, inspiring documentaries on millennia-old gender diversity, shutting down the pernicious lie that being Transgender is a modern 'trend'.”
1/ What the judges said 💬
“This entry stood out because of the creativity the team invested in the production and its real-world impact.
"It showed how creative excellence and structural inclusion can co-exist to produce important and enduring work.”
“This entry stood out because of the creativity the team invested in the production and its real-world impact.
"It showed how creative excellence and structural inclusion can co-exist to produce important and enduring work.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
1/ What the judges said 💬
“This entry stood out because of the creativity the team invested in the production and its real-world impact.
"It showed how creative excellence and structural inclusion can co-exist to produce important and enduring work.”
“This entry stood out because of the creativity the team invested in the production and its real-world impact.
"It showed how creative excellence and structural inclusion can co-exist to produce important and enduring work.”
When we invest in Trans+ creatives, we get award-winning storytelling 🏳️⚧️
🤩 Six of our Trans+ producers won gold at @weareaudiouk.bsky.social’s Audio Production Awards for the @wearequeeraf.com podcast with @transhistoryweek.com 🧵
🤩 Six of our Trans+ producers won gold at @weareaudiouk.bsky.social’s Audio Production Awards for the @wearequeeraf.com podcast with @transhistoryweek.com 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
When we invest in Trans+ creatives, we get award-winning storytelling 🏳️⚧️
🤩 Six of our Trans+ producers won gold at @weareaudiouk.bsky.social’s Audio Production Awards for the @wearequeeraf.com podcast with @transhistoryweek.com 🧵
🤩 Six of our Trans+ producers won gold at @weareaudiouk.bsky.social’s Audio Production Awards for the @wearequeeraf.com podcast with @transhistoryweek.com 🧵
3/ @jamiewareham.co.uk’s take 💬
“We all have a story like that which Starmer's family faced, from horrific attacks to more common daily homophobia. Kids have thrown rocks at me, and giggled about the f*g walking down the high street.
“We all have a story like that which Starmer's family faced, from horrific attacks to more common daily homophobia. Kids have thrown rocks at me, and giggled about the f*g walking down the high street.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
3/ @jamiewareham.co.uk’s take 💬
“We all have a story like that which Starmer's family faced, from horrific attacks to more common daily homophobia. Kids have thrown rocks at me, and giggled about the f*g walking down the high street.
“We all have a story like that which Starmer's family faced, from horrific attacks to more common daily homophobia. Kids have thrown rocks at me, and giggled about the f*g walking down the high street.
All of this has coincided with a steep decline in the UK’s human rights position on LGBTQIA+ equality.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
All of this has coincided with a steep decline in the UK’s human rights position on LGBTQIA+ equality.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
We’ve fallen from #1 to #22 in less than a decade - now ranked alongside countries like Hungary and Russia where rights are being stripped back.
Labour has introduced new relationships and sex education guidance - what’s been deemed ‘Section 28, 2.0’ because it restricts schools from using materials that “encourage pupils to question their gender”.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Labour has introduced new relationships and sex education guidance - what’s been deemed ‘Section 28, 2.0’ because it restricts schools from using materials that “encourage pupils to question their gender”.
1/ What happened?
Speaking on the Man Made podcast, the PM shared that he was absolutely furious to have learned that his niece and her wife were beaten up in 2022 for holding hands.
He said he thought "we had moved on from that".
Speaking on the Man Made podcast, the PM shared that he was absolutely furious to have learned that his niece and her wife were beaten up in 2022 for holding hands.
He said he thought "we had moved on from that".
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
1/ What happened?
Speaking on the Man Made podcast, the PM shared that he was absolutely furious to have learned that his niece and her wife were beaten up in 2022 for holding hands.
He said he thought "we had moved on from that".
Speaking on the Man Made podcast, the PM shared that he was absolutely furious to have learned that his niece and her wife were beaten up in 2022 for holding hands.
He said he thought "we had moved on from that".
Keir Starmer says he had “uncontainable fury” about his niece’s homophobic attack in 2022.
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Keir Starmer says he had “uncontainable fury” about his niece’s homophobic attack in 2022.
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
Here’s a look at his party’s anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and policies since 🧵
From op-ed by @jamiewareham.co.uk
3/ Our take @jamiewareham.co.uk
While the leak received widespread coverage, Phillipson’s pushback barely registered in the wider press. That imbalance matters.
While the leak received widespread coverage, Phillipson’s pushback barely registered in the wider press. That imbalance matters.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
3/ Our take @jamiewareham.co.uk
While the leak received widespread coverage, Phillipson’s pushback barely registered in the wider press. That imbalance matters.
While the leak received widespread coverage, Phillipson’s pushback barely registered in the wider press. That imbalance matters.
Leaked EHRC guidance has been branded “a licence to discriminate based on looks, plain and simple,” a spokesperson for @transactualuk.bsky.social says 🧵
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Leaked EHRC guidance has been branded “a licence to discriminate based on looks, plain and simple,” a spokesperson for @transactualuk.bsky.social says 🧵
Trump’s push to dismantle Trans+ healthcare rests on a report claiming to be evidence-based.
But @transvestigations.bsky.social reveals its authors were right-wing anti-trans advocates.
Here’s everything else you might have missed this week in Trump’s rapidly shifting United States 🧵
But @transvestigations.bsky.social reveals its authors were right-wing anti-trans advocates.
Here’s everything else you might have missed this week in Trump’s rapidly shifting United States 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump’s push to dismantle Trans+ healthcare rests on a report claiming to be evidence-based.
But @transvestigations.bsky.social reveals its authors were right-wing anti-trans advocates.
Here’s everything else you might have missed this week in Trump’s rapidly shifting United States 🧵
But @transvestigations.bsky.social reveals its authors were right-wing anti-trans advocates.
Here’s everything else you might have missed this week in Trump’s rapidly shifting United States 🧵
Other bathroom bills have increased violence, especially for women. North Carolina repealed theirs after the law was found to make women more likely to be the victim of harassment.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Other bathroom bills have increased violence, especially for women. North Carolina repealed theirs after the law was found to make women more likely to be the victim of harassment.
3 / What else is inside the document:
The guidance also seeks to undermine gender recognition certificates by claiming no official UK document can reliably prove sex.
It suggests providers might need “proportionate” checks, without defining what that means.
The guidance also seeks to undermine gender recognition certificates by claiming no official UK document can reliably prove sex.
It suggests providers might need “proportionate” checks, without defining what that means.
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
3 / What else is inside the document:
The guidance also seeks to undermine gender recognition certificates by claiming no official UK document can reliably prove sex.
It suggests providers might need “proportionate” checks, without defining what that means.
The guidance also seeks to undermine gender recognition certificates by claiming no official UK document can reliably prove sex.
It suggests providers might need “proportionate” checks, without defining what that means.
Leaked EHRC guidance says no official UK document - not even a Gender Recognition Certificate - can reliably prove someone’s sex.
Here’s what else we learned about the draft code’s “trans-exclusive” approach 🧵
Here’s what else we learned about the draft code’s “trans-exclusive” approach 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Leaked EHRC guidance says no official UK document - not even a Gender Recognition Certificate - can reliably prove someone’s sex.
Here’s what else we learned about the draft code’s “trans-exclusive” approach 🧵
Here’s what else we learned about the draft code’s “trans-exclusive” approach 🧵