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Rebecca 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

@sageofpsych.bsky.social

Psychology Student. I post about my course work and learnings. And I also post about university of life stuff. She/Her.

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Aliza Adi (she/her)@alizaadi.bsky.social · 3w ago

“To every trans kid/person, You are a part of MY community & tribe” “You belong. You’re loved. You’re seen. You’re perfect as you are. & you will always be protected by me” - Natasha Cloud

'To Every Trans Kid/Person': WNBA Star Speaks Out After Confrontation With Former NBA Player

Cloud’s post arrives after her heated exchange with Enes Kanter Freedom, whose anti-trans activism has reportedly been dismissed as a “publicity stunt” by the WNBA.

huffpost.com

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · last mo.

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools. Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power. Those physicals, Maria explains, are usually perfunctory: “Like, Are you walking normally? Are you lightheaded? I have never had to take any clothes off. I’ve never felt uncomfortable or violated.” If IL26-638 were to pass and Maria were still in school, she says she would likely drop out of her team. (We’re withholding Maria’s real name to protect her privacy.) “I honestly don’t know if I would be able to do these tests,” she adds. “It would also make me question, If I do it, are all my teammates going to too? Or would I just play with the three or four girls who are willing to or have access to do it?”
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2mo ago

"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.
Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden@sandraduffy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If anyone's wondering why their Irish moots have exploded in the past half hour: County Mayo, the perennial underdogs rumoured/known to be under a curse for many years, have just won the All-Ireland Gaelic Football final for the first time in 75 years. Everyone is delighted for them.

Caroline Debenham 🏳️‍⚧️@carolinedebenh1.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

11 years of gender self-ID in Ireland. No issues. And yet, in the UK we get segregation.

Denise Breen 🖖@denisebreen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today is the 11th anniversary of the Gender Recognition Act here in Ireland. I will always celebrate this day as the State finally recognized my gender. Decades of campaigning led to the Act. I owe a debt to those who went before me We were the 4th country in the world to bring in such legislation

Photo of the front page of the Gender Recognition Act 2015
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Dr Panti Bliss-Cabrera@pantibliss.bsky.social · last yr.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Brendan McNally@brendanmcn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My name is Brendan McNally, and I am the brother of a woman murdered in Northern Ireland. Thank you to Rosa the socialist feminist movement, Unite and all the organisers for giving me the opportunity to speak this afternoon. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

“A scourge upon this society”: Brother of Natalie McNally addresses Belfast rally against femicide

The number of femicides in Northern Ireland since 2020 reached 30 last month, following the murder of 28-year-old Amy Doherty in Derry

irishnews.com

Aidan Comerford@aidancomerford.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I should also say, that even before this appointment, Stonewall have presided over the biggest rollback of gay rights in the UK in all our lifetimes. The Green Party have shown that Stonewall's "throw trans people under the bus to save gay rights" strategy was always a crock of shit.

Aidan Comerford@aidancomerford.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Praising JK Rowling when asked a question on trans rights is akin to praising Anita Bryant when asked a question gay rights. No money to Stonewall. No Stonewall at Pride. They are already experiencing a funding crisis, and this chairwoman appointment should be their last. Traitors.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Drilling for more oil & gas in the North Sea won't lower bills, it won't make us more energy independent and it won't insulate us from price shocks. A Labour backslide on this would be a huge betrayal. Double down on renewables. Insulate every home. Lower bills, permanently.

typwritre Monky@tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The safest way for trans people to get HRT is whichever available method minimizes contact with gender clinics, actually. DIY networks put in the work to make sure the provided supplies are what they say they are.

Kirsti Miller@kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 7mo ago

This is the 12th Olympics that trans women have been eligible to compete in since 2003. So far we have never seen a trans woman winter Olympian. No trans women qualified in Milano Cortina they couldn't even beat Lindsey Vonn who qualified with a completely torn ACL. How?

Sooz Kempner@soozuk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.