Lena Midnight
@lenamidnight.bsky.social
Literature loving atheist. Pretends to play cricket once a year. Tall, trans, hard left/green, ex-physicist, cat owned. She/her 🏳️⚧️
A 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!!
In addition to removing their latest report into the links between ‘gender critical’ transphobes and the far-right anti-rights movement @amnestyuk.bsky.social ALSO deleted this previous report to appease billionaire bigots! 😣 But you can read it here… 👉🏻 drive.google.com/file/d/1PSsa...
@amnestyuk.bsky.social We would like to remind you of your 'About us' page: "We believe in world where everyone enjoys their rights freely, is treated fairly, and lives without fear." If you no longer stand by this principle, maybe you should retract that also. www.amnesty.org.uk/about/who-we...
@amnestyuk.bsky.social are now bending the knee to the anti-rights movement. Congratulations on adding yourselves to your own retracted report. You have opened the door to further SLAPPs from any organisations that do not agree with you. www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
This is deeply worrying and would amount to no less than trying to proscribe trans people for acts of self defence against a regime on the attack.
Tomorrow, Lord Walney, who was responsible in part for the proscription of Palestine Action, will publish an article in The Times arguing that BASH BACK be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. We will not be intimidated. Neither should you. xoxo BASH BACK
Tomorrow, Lord Walney, who was responsible in part for the proscription of Palestine Action, will publish an article in The Times arguing that BASH BACK be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. We will not be intimidated. Neither should you. xoxo BASH BACK
Still the same government then, palming deceit off as their truth
The official government response to London Trans Prides message to Andy Burnham from the end of various articles: A Government spokesperson said: ‘The Government is committed to protecting the rights, dignity and safety of all LGBT+ people. 🧵 (me- this is simply insulting)
The continued absence of reporting on yesterday's Trans Pride march by the Guardian is disgraceful. No surprise as it fits with its inclination to post transphobic articles. Anyone still subscribing to them should think again, the editorial bias is clear, it's independence a lie.
Trans pride London shows the country isn't Transphobic. No matter how much money the far right has, the people stand together in love & solidarity.
150,000 march through London in world’s largest trans pride, organisers say
Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and fears that trans people are being excluded from society.
thenational.scot
PSA:
Meanwhile, Burnham in today's Mirror is stating "No one should be written off" It's not taking long to see there are clear exceptions to that statement...
150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
Theres a lot of loud hateful voices, but days like this prove there's way more of us than them. Here are messages from Trans+ Pride to the community and allies 🏳️⚧️
Look, there’s a lot to dispute here, but I am quite concerned that JK Rowling appears to think “pantomime” and “crow’s” are adjectives.
Others have said this but this is the exact same argument around trans healthcare right now - some people (Hilary Cass) saying that you can't prove that affirmation doesn't cause trans people to continue to be trans and therefore we should try conversion therapy on kids
I’m sorry what
There's a long history of bigots inventing words / phrases to redefine their bigtory. Scepticism implies honest inquiry and I guarantee that the vast majority of transphobes who say "consult a biology textbook" have learned everything they know about trans people from other transphobes online. 1/
I'm not saying she's necessarily the stupidest person of all time, but she's definitely the person with the biggest ever gap between how clever they think they are, and how stupid they actually are.
Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate @goodlawproject.org have identified 46 examples, including harassment and discrimination, which they think break charity law. Email the Charity Commission and the culture minister now, and make sure they stop charities spreading hate.
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 ...
action.goodlawproject.org
🚨 Bridget Phillipson remains as the Minister for Women and Equalities After FWS Phillipson publicly stated that trans women should use men's toilets. She recently signed into force harmful & discriminatory statutory guidance which will devastate trans lives. Suggests no change re. trans rights.
And so begins the populist bandwagon for political gain that leaves any sense of long term care for anything or indeed anyone in the bin. Greed from the oil companies matched by greed for power by those in power.
I ask Sadiq Khan about new oil and gas on Thursday: he refuses to answer properly. By the afternoon: we find out he's a Labour Lord. 48 hours later: we find out Labour are pushing ahead with this climate crime. We cannot trust Labour to tackle the climate crisis.
This is going to turn into a handy list of transphobic MPs to campaign against isn't it? edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Amnesty International UK report on the anti-rights movement in the UK - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House expresses extreme concern at Amnesty International UK's report entitled A Growing Threat: the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK, published on 8 July; condemns its depiction and listing of...
edm.parliament.uk
This is absolutely absurd. Scottish transphobes post worse about trans people, including Heather, all the time and the police sit on their hands. JKR posted an upskirt photo of a trans person, a clear crime, just this week. No action. Talk about two tier policing. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Aberdeen University worker charged over Ann Widdecombe death comments
Police Scotland had initially said there was no criminality but have now confirmed a 50-year-old has been arrested and charged.
bbc.com
Leaving the fundraiser for the 78 children who will be forcibly detransitioned by Sussex NHS ICB on 31st July here for all those cancelling their @amnestyuk.bsky.social donations. Follow @transmammabear.bsky.social for updates gofund.me/91da2f27d
Donate to Emergency Support for WellBN Families, organized by Wellbn Families Fund
Families of trans children urgently need help before a 31 July 2026 NHS med… Wellbn Families Fund needs your support for Emergency Support for WellBN Families
gofund.me
We need your help! We’re carrying a giant quilt through London with London Trans+ Pride on Saturday July 25th, and we need volunteers to join us in making a big, beautiful statement of trans community and strength. Volunteer 💪 🏳️⚧️ https://goodlawproject.org/campaign/the-trans-unity-quilt/
Today the Parliamentary scrutiny period for the draft Code of Practice ends. It still requires a commencement order to come into force. It does not happen automatically today. Labour could still, in theory, choose not to do this.
An exercise in why it's always best to read beyond the headline
The absolute cruelty wrought by the EHRC, Judiciary and the Labour government has set human rights back decades. As bigots celebrate in FWS those of us on the frontlines are left to ponder our next steps in a country becoming increasingly as hostile as Mother Russia www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans inmates leaving women's prisons following court ruling
John Swinney confirms he will not appeal the judgement that prisoners should be housed according to biological sex.
bbc.co.uk
No listened to voices, no choices, no freedoms. Governing bodies simply willing to go along with whatever their monied overlords desires are regardless of the horrors inflicted on those they should really serve.