If we actually did have a world beating national press, maybe their commitment to rigorous, forensic journalism would go a little further than 'breathlessly repeating myths their mates said bc of vibes'. That clip of the Private Eye podcast presenters sneering at the marathon thing has stuck with me

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 4h ago

One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26

Here's a handy tip for free - you are not a trans ally if you think trans people are only due equality in certain circumstances.

As a hon. lawyer for another progressive religious organisation, we have had to grapple with these issues & I am glad my views about what is, and is not, permitted have been broadly endorsed by the Quakers. I also see they ended up doing the same thing as me of having to survey the toilets... 🙄

Ruth Pearce@notrightruth.bsky.social · yesterday

UK Quakers commit to continued, explicit trans inclusion. "...toilet facilities labelled with a 'female' sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience."

Here's a post of all the things I do for money (which also helps to fund BISH). Training, teaching, resources, supervision. All with transparent pricing, solidarity fees available and also an end of summer sale on the Big BISH Download. www.patreon.com/BISHuk/posts...?

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I need 3 cats named Jesus, Mary, and Joseph some I can exclaim "Jesus, Mary and Joseph, who shat on the kitchen rug!?"

Their theological commitments are solid, for sure, but also if you want to know why quakers might stand with the queers and the trannies and the outsiders, you could do worse than remember that the British crown refused to recognize Quaker marriages for many decades.

Marcus 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · yesterday

The Quakers have always been real. They protested against slavery in 1688.

I actually don't think it matters what the point was. Justice should be seen to be done.

UK Quakers commit to continued, explicit trans inclusion. "...toilet facilities labelled with a 'female' sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience."

Quakers reaffirm commitment to trans inclusion in the wake of EHRC Code of Practice

Quakers in Britain has refreshed and reaffirmed its commitment to providing trans-inclusive facilities across its buildings.

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I have another example of Transphobia can kill/cause serious harm Went to A&E for an infection and because I am trans and have had bottom surgery. They refused me care. Expecting me to drive 2 hours to my surgery team for URGENT care. Something that A&E should give. My GP had to step in and help me

Oh, this is interesting. As in, the end of the beginning of the Gender Critical hate cult, interesting…

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈@sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2d ago

jon ronson has written a book about men who go crazy online and he's dedicated an entire chapter to graham linehan. graham is not going to like the observer review.

Undiagnosed neurodivergent people who have internalised ableist narratives and think special pleading for *their* “genuine” kid’s needs will do anything but fuck us all over are a danger to themselves and the rest of us. This (excellent) thread gives the quoted poster too much grace:

Annalee@flowerhorne.com · 3d ago

Oh hi it's me, a "relatively mild case," which is to say I didn't get diagnosed until college and was forced to develop coping skills due to persistent institutional bullying that nearly killed me But do say more about the risk of throwing some ADHD people under the bus.

Alex Massie conjured up a figure of aroudn 450 trans women convicted rapists over the space of a decade in a piece he did for the Times and got away with it despite that number being larger than the total number of trans women in the British prison system altogether (most of them not for rape).

flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d ago

The major story of the last decade is the resurgence of overt racist hatred and fascism, on a specific platform of removing the civil rights of citizens, and deporting them where possible. The British press has - at best - used this opportunity to hammer the fuck out of everyone it’s always despised

Comedian and poet Robin Ince has become our first patron! Ince, who was for many years co-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, stepped down last autumn saying he had been targeted by BBC figures over his support for the trans community. Read more: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/08...

Someone pointed out that the internet's most rabid terfs were frothing at the mouth re. the pile on of Dr Jason Arday. Good that after all their attempts to obfuscate and do damage control, Nathan just lays it out there

You'd have to be quite dim to look at the recent output of Kathleen Stock et al and think that they're centre-left types with some "valid concerns" about gender identity. There's a consistently harsh and reactionary view of human experience which turns people into "problems"

Philippa East (Author)@philippaeast.bsky.social · last wk.

There seems to be a concerted effort right now to undermine the diagnosis/concept of ADHD and/or autism. It’s probably been going on for awhile, but I’ve really seen it take hold lately, and it’s really concerning. A lot of parallel to the undermining of gender identity and trans healthcare, too.

Harrowing account, and yet not particularly surprising. Before I published my Cass review paper I had to warn my employer that they might be getting negative emails about me, and I know many scientists are facing the same issues.

Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · 6d ago

Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end) #gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...

Periodic reminder that Kathleen Stock unapologetically crowdfunded for neo-Nazi bullies in their calamitous libel case against me.

Omar Khan@omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 6d ago

Imagine crowd funding to support two people who lost a libel case when a judge concluded actually yes your friends are antisemities as a matter of fact (see below) and then still thinking you are entitled to speak about how racism is exaggerated I mean I guess you're at least consistently wrong

Thank you, Graeme Reid (UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel... @iesogi.bsky.social

UK: Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts

GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today warned that the UK’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions, and Associations, in force as of 5 August, may place transgender and gender-divers...

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Sex Matters say they work to “protect everybody’s human rights”, but they’ve been attacking trans people. We think they're breaking charity law, so we've made a complaint to the Charity Commission. Take action 👇 https://goodlaw.social/anrx

Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate

The anti-trans pressure group Sex Matters are running a campaign of hate, spewing abuse online and in the media – and putting trans people in danger. Sex Matters say they work to “protect everybody’s ...

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After Stock professed extremist ideology twice this past week (e.g. disabled women are faking; autistic people and people with ADHD are 'unsuited' for academia) and being billed as an expert during the Arday plagiarism scandal, I forgot until now that Stock was involved in her own plagiarism scandal

Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end) #gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...

To the End - Gaslighting Part Two | Robin Ince

Where were we? Are yes, we’d just got to here. This was when I would start having people come up to me after gigs and say, who is that perso

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We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇

Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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The smug arseholes @privateeyenews.bsky.social have deleted their disgusting video… …but it was still up last night. They don’t want adverse comments, they were gleeful when it was just bullying.

Glennyrodge@glennyrodge.bsky.social · last wk.

So, this post has just been deleted. FYI, it shows Adam MacQueen, Helen Lewis and Matt Muir on a Private Eye podcast having a jolly wheeze ripping Jason Arday’s character to pieces. I wonder why its been deleted 🤔 bsky.app/profile/glen...

Since Helen Dale has piled on to Jason Arday for being a fabulist (and indulged in some oh so subtle innuendo) I am just going to say that I think she should be quiet on this one.

Look, if Professor Arday didn't want the Private Eye to join in with his ultimately fatal hounding, he should simply have sexually assaulted multiple female colleagues over several years and also written for them a bit, possibly about how LGBT+ people are naughty x

It is in fact about ethics in journalism, and I for one would like to see some

Jason Arday didn’t deserve this. The lie that this is about truth or academic standards is bullshit. The Cass report is based on the transphobic “research” which has since been found to be unethical and based in academic misconduct. That has barely been reported. It’s racism. He was targeted.

rod liddle did a lot worse than plagiarise and he was celebrated across the british press

Perhaps we ought to take a moment to reflect on how many white male cishet privately educated non disabled men have been given jobs and promoted without question based on fabricated CVs, unfounded self-confidence and an embellished life story & whether we’ve even heard of them.

I genuinely don't know how Britain can move forward as a society with our toxic press culture dragging us down at every step, poisoning everything.