Aida
@aidap.bsky.social
Your local angry transmom and a former Bristolian. Now a girl of Valencia 🥳 I usually follow back if you've engaged with my shitposting, more so if you are trans or trans adjacent :P https://www.instagram.com/aidaa.paul/
Look how simple those questions are and it all falls apart. Now look at the questions media outlets usually opt to ask, instead.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 8h agoEHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...
He could have said “no, we’re not going down such a terrible road, ruining innocent people’s lives and becoming a fascist state.” Instead he’s chosen to burn our human rights and even kept Phillipson on. He’s fascist scum and deserves everything we can throw at him. Show the bastard no mercy.
Woke up motivated and writing chapter 0 of "Signal Redirect". I have long wanted to fill the cyberpunk genre gap, as I cannot find the book that scratches my itch, so I'll write my own. And yes, it will include blackjack and strippers 😅
![Screenshot of a dark-themed webpage showing 'Chapter 0' of a cyberpunk story. It opens with a quoted grid post dated 02/08 from a user called Zirael announcing a new poem, 'Signal Redirect,' with a tongue-in-cheek fiction disclaimer. The poem fragment reads: 'I built this identity on sharp edges. / Political warfare. Corporate sovereignty. Divine mandate. / Removed obstacles. Consolidated power. Proved worth through service. / Now processing: What's left when you stop fighting? / Who is Zirael when the targeting overlay goes dark?' followed by a notice '[RECORD INCOMPLETE — NODE PURGED 02/09]' and the closing lines 'Signal rerouting. Destination pending. / But for once, not ending.' Below, first-person prose narration: Junior Agent 556 examines a box of personal effects — an engagement ring, a camera etched 'San Mara, 2109,' a custom gun, a paper book, and handwritten notes on paper embossed with the ViriiSoma Pharmaceuticals (VS) logo. A bored executive assigns the agent to locate and capture a missing asset connected to Director 729. The narrator notes the VS logo is on everything they own, and the chapter ends mid-sentence describing the surveillance-heavy city of Withmore, where 'you are never alone.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ou4uojvs5kkkr6ma2bnleouw/bafkreibbibmxd2swgcilixuwqsr4qfnhfdyyqg62wrn5xfz2uajdalcwoe)
Politicians and charities won’t save us. it’s up to us now. Here's what has been done so far and what you can do next. Fight for total trans liberation. xoxo BASH BACK (Thread)
As a human rights law academic, I'm ashamed of this country today and I'm ashamed of our supposed equality commission.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 19h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
We will not comply with the EHRC 'guidance', and neither should you. Take action for trans liberation.
THREAD 🧵🧵🧵🧵 Two of the main lies in the Cass Review used to justify the puberty-blocker ban; 1. The lie that puberty-blockers have a long-term negative effect on bone density. 2. The lie that puberty-blockers have a negative effect on cognitive ability. Both have been shown to be false; 1/4
I have not written any serious code by hand for... 3 years now - starting with copilot, LLMs do it for me. If it disappeared tomorrow, I would just go back to writing code by hand, and likely have a junior hired to assist so I can focus on arch instead. Productivity would slump, but work goes on.
Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 18h agoMy answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.
Finished the whole set and honestly this was more fun than it had any right to be. Somewhere between 8 and 19 it stopped being about books and took a bit of a wild ride 😅 So if you like tangents, the thread delivers. If you like answers to the actual questions… the image has those 😅🧵
Aida@aidap.bsky.social · 2d agoYeah, alright I'll join in, lets see how far we will go :P
The EHRC guidance slipped its way into law by default overnight. Do not self-police and do not let toilet weirdos and changing room weirdos dictate how you go about your life.
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to stand still and take it, we're supporting a legal challenge led by a trans person and a trans inclusive organisation. But we can only do this together. Will you join us?👇 goodlaw.social/ldco
The EHRC's new Code of Practice comes into effect today. Here's what you need to know. transactual.org.uk/know-your-ri...
We judge on your actions. You have been judged to need more piss bottles in your life, those will be arriving in due time. Remember that EHRC and stephnenson's doorstep is a gender neutral pisser.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 19h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
Good morning. Welcome to the UK, where our equalities watchdog has a handy guide on how to hatecrime people you don’t like the look of in public toilets and the Tories are standing a Neo-Nazi local government candidate who was jailed for antisemitic harassment.
The unworkable EHRC Code comes into effect today - A reminder to all my lovely trans+ fam… It’s designed for organisations, not you! It does NOT make it a criminal offence for you to carry on using whichever loo best suits you/ your needs. If someone complains, that’s the orgs problem, not yours!
Today’s the day that the EHRC code of practice comes into effect, containing Labour’s Bathroom Ban. It is designed to scare service providers into enforcing a ban on trans people using toilets and changing rooms the Labour government knows it cannot enforce itself. #BogOff
So I just ordered 3 unlimited data simcards for la familia. This is actual price, 5g and all the fun stuff included like free calls, including international, roaming even in the UK and so on (a bit limited but still v. good). 15e/month all said and done. God I love it here 😅
I’ve written to the Mayor of London: “I urge you now to work with councils across London to support their efforts to make sure the (EHRC) guidance cannot be used to diminish the everyday rights of 🏳️⚧️ trans Londoners and to seek the wider adoption of these approaches across our city.” [1/3]
![Letter to the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.
Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Code of Practice for Service
providers, Public Functions and Associations
I am writing following our conversation at Mayor’s Question Time (12 June 2026) where I raised concerns about the distress and anxiety trans Londoners tell me they are feeling following the publication of the revised Code of Practice for service providers and associations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
You told me that your “priority is to ensure London remains a city where everyone, regardless of gender identity, can thrive, feel safe and belong.” [1]
You'll be aware that this week, on 5 August 2026, the Government's updated EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect, following an order from the Minister for Women and Equalities.
Trans led organisations, such as Trans Actual, have maintained that the Code remains unworkable; it does not protect trans people, it does not help service providers and it does not respect the UK’s human rights obligations. [2]
Despite cross party condemnation, with 166 MPs signing Early Day Motion (EDM) 240,
tabled by Nadia Whittome MP, in an effort to halt this discriminatory guidance, there has
been no debate in Parliament.
The government's own Equality Impact Assessment admits that this code of practice would have wide-ranging negative impacts on Trans people and that Trans women could face a "disproportionate risk of violence and sexual assault.” [3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y72k4zijlsi47z7wk262cv24/bafkreifzyqhohvnimtn7f55trm54cbxvwqcjjxkmdfuq74twtvtyacufaq)
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I would like to know what work you and your Deputy Mayors have been doing, since we spoke about this in June, to prepare for the changes coming into effect on 5 August.
Londoners need to know how you intend to uphold the rights of trans people and support service providers to remain trans inclusive.
As an elected London politician, I am particularly concerned because London has the highest proportion of people in England whose gender identity differs from their sex
assigned at birth. [4] These are people in our community, work colleagues, neighbours, friends and family members, who should be able to participate in public life without fear of being outed, harassed or discriminated against at work or in public when using a toilet or changing room.
Lambeth Council recently announced that it would challenge the implementation of the
Draft Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations. Councillors backed a motion condemning the draft code as “incoherent and self-contradictory, discriminatory, and impossible to implement in a reasonable and proportionate manner.” [5]
The motion called on the council to protect LGBTQIA+ workers and service users by
refusing to implement the guidelines should legal advice confirm that such a move would be lawful.
When we spoke at MQT in June, you said “the GLA will continue to work closely with
boroughs, service providers, community organisations and partners to ensure our services remain welcoming, safe and appropriate.” [6]
I urge you now to work with councils across London to support their efforts to make sure
the guidance cannot be used to diminish the everyday rights of trans Londoners and to
seek the wider adoption of these approaches across our city.
This is about Trans people's right to exist in society free from abuse, discrimination and
segregation, with the autonomy to be who they know themselves to be.
Yours sincerely,
Caroline Russell AM
Leader of the Green Group on the London Assembly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y72k4zijlsi47z7wk262cv24/bafkreifwtum3lzri5qtxr2t6626xrghonytnxiodbgdnsxjvqya3jwxbmy)
The Code is unworkable, but most importantly, it's unjust and discriminatory. 😣 Some useful suggestions on this site - what to say if "challenged" in a public loo. They can also be adapted for use if you see someone targeted - to support them as an active bystander. goodweeplace.com/guidance
Good Wee Place
goodweeplace.com
Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk · yesterdayA message to trans + people in the UK. Carry on using the facilities you feel most comfortable in from tomorrow. Your comfort matters. Your right to exist in public life matters. The guidance is completely unworkable and it will fail!!
Still having joy with this, Q8 in particular, which I answered lightly and have not stopped thinking about since. Because the honest version of the answer is: a teacher once took that book off me and underlined the sex and violence scenes. In ink. In my copy. She ended up fired 😅 Wild and real🧵
Aida@aidap.bsky.social · 2d ago8. Oh "The Last Wish" by Sapkowski when I was like 9. All the violence and sex is what I blame for the way I turned out 🤣
Here's a piece from me about the decision against Sex Matters on Friday, and its wider implications 👇
Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org · 2d agoAnti-trans activists lost twice in one day, after the High Court rejected a challenge to police guidance. @jessothomson.co.uk argues that the ruling raises important questions for trans human rights: https://goodlaw.social/0kp3
I will admit, this was funnier to answer than I thought, and 10 is ok score. Downside of this type of posts is that no one will then read the answers, but I enjoyed the introspection still, and some clear patterns it highlighted I wasn't completely aware of 😅
Aida@aidap.bsky.social · 2d agoYeah, alright I'll join in, lets see how far we will go :P
Anybody with any experience of being alive will recognize "absence of evidence is itself evidence of presence" as one of the hallmarks of conspiracism
Stéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@stephaniejane.bsky.social · 2d agoAhhhh, so that’s Roisín Michaux. She searched for months trying to dig up the dirt on trans women, supposedly, being sexual predators, but couldn’t find any. Cue ‘Principal Skinner’ meme.
🚨🚨🚨 Mass lobby sign ups have just opened. Click here to sign up, invite your MP, and join us to show that we aren’t going away. Wednesday 9th September, just after Parliament returns, 1-5pm: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...
Mass Lobby for Trans Equality - 9th September 2026
The law around trans equality is fundamentally broken. Government inaction is hanging trans people and organisations out to dry - with a confusing mess of challenging rules and lawfare.
transsolidarityalliance.com
"you are welcome to ask us any questions... NOT LIKE THIS!!!!"
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2d agoYou can leave them questions and as soon as they appear they are being deleted because they are all defending trans people and slabbering about the GCs
Yeah, alright I'll join in, lets see how far we will go :P
Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago1 like = 1 book question 📚💙
One of the many reasons the judicial review to block the PATHWAYS trial failed, in a digestible form. 😅
Ashleeee 🌊🪭@reactiveashley.cat · 2d ago3/ The presumption referred to in the judgment is statutory. This is very much analogous to a scenario where someone opposes planning permission, but somehow argues that the developer will regret building a house and therefore interim relief should be granted.
