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outwith stan ~ occasional gamer 🎮 ~ plant papa 🪴 ~ he/they member of the alphabet mafia 🏳️‍🌈 📍Eastern Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I am super honoured to have worked with @linuskarp.bsky.social and @suddenlyjoseph.bsky.social on this timely, brave, and important story about an attack, the ways in which the LGBTQ community are being let down, and why joy is the ultimate response to intolerance www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what...

An unprovoked attack left me feeling unsafe in the city I call home

Linus Karp thought London was a beacon of tolerance, but an assault in broad daylight left him reeling

telegraph.co.uk

there’s something about taking photos of hotel en-suites that can feel so personal

The far right have started calling Manchester Mincechester because our mayor is a lesbian. They really can't make their minds up about cities. Surely they cannot be dangerous crime ridden Sharia law hotspots AND pits of homosexuality degeneracy at the same time. Pick a fucking conspiracy theory.

Genuinely formative news clip when I was a teenager and knew nothing about trans women except the crass jokes rampant in British comedy. A wee “oh yeah, why do we make a spectacle of this?” lightbulb moment.

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · 4mo ago

the best way to describe my feelings about people occasionally assuming I'm a trans woman is this Lady Gaga interview where she told Anderson Cooper she doesn't give a fuck because it doesn't matter

Anderson Cooper:There was that rumour that you had a male appendage,

Lady Gaga: Maybe I do.
Would it be so terrible?
My fans don't care and neither do l.

Many parts of southern England recorded 0mm of rainfall in July, a first since records began in 1871. No sign of meaningful rainfall in the next 2 weeks either as high pressure re-builds, the drought continues. 📷 Blackheath, London

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actually so dark outside from the rain i’m debating whether or not to put the (big) light on cba