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Addy Berry, PhD

@addyberry.bsky.social

Researcher, illustrator, overthinker & undersleeper in Manchester | Views my own | Research interests include healthcare, mental health, justice, gender, sex, family, community, SW, BDSM, autism, intersex | Wrote a book about intersex & ageing, coming soon

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Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · last wk.

"What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority" great piece from Allison Morris in the Belfast Telegraph. Please support Allison as she will no doubt be targeted now. Archive link below. archive.ph/oQ2Cs

What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority Belfast Telegraph27 Jul 2026ALLISON MORRIS I’ve thought long and hard about commenting on the controversy over the cancellation of the Women’s Rights Network (WRN) event at Féile an Phobail — not because I don’t have an opinion, but because it is a debate that attracts the most toxic elements. WRN NI was not a group I was familiar with beforehand, so I did some research. No speakers were listed in the Féile programme for the planned event, which in itself is odd as there are for almost every other of the 90-plus debates and discussions. The group has since announced who its speakers were to be in a series of online posts. My research took me down quite the rabbit hole — a who’s who of the anti-trans movement not just on this island but Europe-wide. I don’t pretend to understand their motivation. In fact, I remain baffled as to why in one of the most dangerous places for women to live in Europe, the group — which has spoken out about femicide before — is obsessing about a small minority instead of the actual dangers we face from domestic violence and femicide. I have worked for decades covering violence against women and girls in all the distressing forms that takes. I know the names of every woman and child murdered in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years without even having to look them up. Not a single one was caused by a trans woman — I checked the list twice just to be sure. None of them were murdered in a public toilet either, which having looked at the online posts of WRN and their many affiliates, is apparently the most dangerous place on earth for women, with trans predators lurking in every cubicle. Apart from the absurdity of much of the group’s argument regarding the perceived dangers of trans women, the claim that women are being silenced by Féile is the most disingenuous of them all.
Addy Berry, PhD@addyberry.bsky.social · 2w ago

The FRC announced their plans to do exactly this on YouTube almost a decade ago but it seems like trans people were the only ones who watched it. They announced their plans and they’ve been wildly successful.

Emma Evans@trance.bsky.social · 2w ago

TERFs have been doing this for awhile. The Queer community is made up of MANY different communities and the best way to destroy any community is to try to create division and discord from within. As Ben Franklin said, we hang together or they're surely hang us all separately.

Addy Berry, PhD@addyberry.bsky.social · 2w ago

3.7k likes. So wild. How is Elliot Page making decisions about his own life and his own body taking anything from anyone else? Did a fortune teller tell you you were destined to be betrothed? Maybe go see a different fortune teller, that one is bad.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · 3w ago

JK Rowling has used her wealth to stoke the fires of a worldwide pogrom against trans people to where she's silenced a Holocaust scholar after JK engaged in Holocaust denial & now done the same to Amnesty International for their warning about trans eradication, but keep buying your Harry Potter crap

Astrid@astridsramblings.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sometimes you’re going to lose in the short term, but - with the EHRC code due to pass on Thursday - I don’t think anyone can say we lost quietly 164 MPs praying against government policy is huge, especially for a motion led by a backbencher, and the labour rebellion is dozens and dozens and dozens

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance@transsolidarity.bsky.social · 4w ago

EDM 240, against the EHRC’s harmful guidance, has reached 164 signatures including dozens of Labour MPs. Hear from some of them here: www.itv.com/news/2026-07...

Itv news Your Area V Categories V Trans people at risk of 'enforced segregation' under new guidelines, says MP POLITICS | LGBT+ | EQUALITY | GENDER Monday 6 July 2026 at 7:37pm
Senthorun S. Raj@senthorun.bsky.social · last mo.

“Trans rights are under attack in the UK. It’s a vicious assault from people who are trying to make the trans community disappear, cutting off their access to work, sport, bathrooms, life-saving healthcare and their human rights.” Sign and share the petition: goodlawproject.org/campaign/tra... 🏳️‍⚧️

Stop the UK’s attack on trans people | Good Law Project

The Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act without hearing a single trans voice – and the aftermath has been devastating. We’re fighting back to defend the human rights of all

goodlawproject.org

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · last mo.

July is a pivotal moment. Up and down the country, hundreds of thousands of people are marching for trans rights, choosing joy, choosing solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people https://goodlaw.social/z073

Addy Berry, PhD@addyberry.bsky.social · last mo.

An excellent night out with the Boss surrounded by love and like-minded folk 💕 We heard so much from the right in recent years about being in a bubble whenever we disagreed with them about anything, meanwhile it was often their bubbles we grew up in. Our bubbles are so necessary 🙏🏻💖💕✨ #bubble

Two beautiful women in an elevator, one bring transgender and intersex
Andy Heppelle🇺🇸🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇬🇱🇺🇳🏳️‍⚧️@andyheppelle.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Well worth a watch - Post Traumatic Slave Disorder - Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary and how we got here. I’m hopeful that enough of us care enough to build a better future that fulfills the promise of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and U.S. Bill of Rights🇺🇸 - youtu.be/BGjSday7f_8

Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Disorder

YouTube video by Terrance Carney

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Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last mo.

This is a Refugee Tax. It was originally proposed by the Tories, and the only reason asylum seekers could be claimed to 'owe' any money is because they are banned from working. Another cruel Labour policy - that must be reversed on day one by Andy Burnham. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Refugees will be told to repay £10,000 under new asylum rules

Ministers will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws.

bbc.co.uk

The Verge@theverge.com · last mo.

This week, eight Texas activists were sentenced to between 30 and 100 years in prison — one for attempted murder, but most for supposedly belonging to an insurrectionary “Antifa cell,” including one sentenced to 30 years in part for moving a box of zines. Read more from @gabydvj.bsky.social:

Charlie Kirk’s legacy is a 30-year sentence for moving zines

Judges handed down harsh sentences connected to a shooting at an ICE facility — but some of the defendants weren’t even there.

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Wendy Lyon@wendylyon.eurosky.social · last mo.

Hillary Cass was also there, which should be noted whenever Irish politicians cite the Cass Review as any kind of authority on trans healthcare #speirghorm

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last mo.

Kate Forbes has shared a stage with hard-right politicians and influencers at an 'anti-woke' conference in London. The former SNP deputy first minister spoke at the event co-founded by Jordan Peterson and attended by far-right European parties 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...