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Closing this account. I am safe but I have concerns about someone (it's not my abusive ex). Anyone who knows me has other means of contacting me, so use those.

As of lunchtime today this EDM has now been signed by 89 MPs, including my own @grahamleadbitter.bsky.social so thank you for him for doing that. But we've still got another five hundred plus to get on board so contact your MP today.

Heather Paterson@heatherpaterson.co.uk · 3mo ago

Email your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240 equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

The idea we must exclude trans women from women's spaces Because A Survivor's Trauma Could Be Triggered is a massive fucking strawman, not just because trauma responses are a bad basis for legislation, but because it relies on the ignoring of survivors' actual collective voice and priorities. 1/-

“Some women might not be comfortable sharing spaces with trans women!” We settled the question of whether a majority’s personal feelings or beliefs should inhibit a minority’s rights when equality laws were introduced. And the answer is: no, that doesn’t get to happen. They have to deal with it

happy pride

Ragnarok Lobster@amagire.bsky.social · 3y ago

Black lives matter. No human being is illegal. Abolish the police. Happy Pride.🧱

On Saturday evening as 10,000 music fans moved around the city - PSNI and Home Office Border Enforcement were witnessed waiting to snatch unsuspecting people based on racial profiling, in Grand Central Station, Belfast. This is what a hard border on our supposedly 'shared island' looks like.

End Deportations Belfast@enddbelfast.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Police and UK Home Office personnel conducted hard border operations at Belfast’s Grand Central station yesterday. Our statement.

Ahead of the @greenpartyni.org's annual conference today, Mal O'Hara has spoken about growing up gay in Belfast, how a trip to an IRA bombing site ‘altered’ his politics, and the type of union he could ‘buy into’ in the event of a border poll www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic...

Mal O’Hara on how trip to IRA bombing site ‘altered’ his politics... and type of union he could ‘buy into’ in border poll

The party’s NI leader talks about growing up gay, finding freedom in England, the rise of Zack Polanski, and where he stands on a border poll

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Women Help Women is a global telehealth service that supports self-managed abortion by providing abortion pills, mailed in discreet packaging to avoid theft by government operatives, and information about how to use them: womenhelp.org/en/ Please retweet profusely.

NPR@npr.org · 4mo ago

Just in: A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the U.S. by blocking the mailing of mifepristone.

I read that only a third of cancer patients in NI start treatment within 62 days of a GP red flag (target: 95%). In the rest of the UK it's two thirds. And that new cancer jab's not here yet. NI really is a second-class part of the UK and that should never happen with fucking cancer of all things.

What we see here is something very common: that people treated by the media - inc the BBC - as neutral, dispassionate and reliable are actually deeply embedded in capitalism and all its myths. They are as partisan as anyone else. They sound neutral because what they say aligns with "common sense".

paulusthewoodgnome@paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Remember this post the next time you see this former director of The Institute for fiscal studies (IFS) being interviewed as a neutral analyst* on Newsnight/Channel 4 News. *Matthew Goodwin was engaged as a neutral academic for years by the BBC before it acknowledged his right-wing ideological bias

A few weeks ago Sinclair stood with self proclaimed neo Nazis in Bristol who waved the Union flag while chanting HH and throwing Nazi salutes. A few days later he went on to meet with Ayran Front in secret and used his platform to promote their group. Is that the "culture" people don't like?

Today, Sinclair posted a video of himself harassing a BBC videographer capturing footage of the graffiti which appeared in east Belfast after Union flags were taken down. According to him the flags were taken down because migrants who are being "brought" here don't like "our culture".

Claire Mullaly@clairemullaly.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Exactly how close is Sinclair to police? Far-right activist Mark ‘Freedom Dad’ Sinclair, an anti-immigration campaigner & convicted UVF bank robber, took to social media at the weekend to allege that council workers had “sneaked in the dead of night” and removed Union flags & “Jesus Saves" flags.'

Excellent history of trans healthcare, while I didn't go through the UK system, there are echoes of what I experienced at the time. Warning for jumpscare appearance of John Randell,a name that will send shivers down the spine of any trans person of a certain age

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 6mo ago

Our current Trans+ healthcare was not built to help trans people, but to limit the number who can medically transition, and to give power over this to cis people

So this👇 A narrative has been made that trans people, particularly trans women, are ‘dangerous’ and need to be restricted from taking part in society. But this ‘crusade’ to remove trans people will not change the risks women face. If anything, it gives an excuse to control women even more.

TACC@tacc.org.uk · 6mo ago

They claim to defend women’s rights. Mostly, it’s legal letters telling experts they’re wrong. What have women got from it? tacc.org.uk/2026/03/13/w...

the state of israel, like apartheid south africa, like the jim crow south, like nazi germany, has determined that crimes against a certain type of person, no matter how heinous, aren't crimes because the victims are not people. there is no "but them first" defense of israel that can stand up to it

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 6mo ago

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee.

I'm always saying that people in Great Britain need to pay more attention to NI for exactly this reason: sooner or later our problems always become your problems, either in the imitative sense (the Ulsterisation of Britain), or e.g. that you literally have Arlene "cash for ash" Foster in the Lords.

This is framed as a normal thing to say, and her credibility on financial matters simply assumed (even though her time in government saddled us with RHI debt), but saying "we need to tax the rich more" is explicitly framed as extremist, absurd, not serious.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Brexiter Arlene Foster who now sits in the House of Lords wants to cut welfare support and spend the money on defence instead Brexit costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax income every year,if we didn't have Foster's Brexit we could keep supporting those in need while also ramping up defence spending

For people who've added me on Dreamwidth: I posted an update.

Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives. If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜

I wanted to set up new accounts, but then life took multiple very bad turns (as in, three fifths of my family have either been in hospital recently or, in my case, are waiting for a bed) so at this point having inadvertently doxxed myself is the least of my worries.

Gonna have to stop using this account and scrap this and all related usernames elsewhere because I am a fucking idiot and have left myself unsafe. If you're a mutual and want to keep in touch please add me @turnedtofire on Instagram and I'll share any new username I make there. 1/

Hearing aids are also much more effective if you start using them sooner rather than later, and deafness, if you’re not part of the Deaf community, is isolating. (Which may help explain the dementia business, but the isolation is miserable even if it doesn’t affect you that way).

Ira Hyman@irahyman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What if there is a tech device that will substantially decrease your risk of dementia? My new blog post. And yes, I have started using this device. (Hearing aids. Hearing loss is strongly associated with dementia risk. Hearing aids solve things.) www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ment...

Being autistic and asexual can mean constantly being told you're “missing out” on something essential to being human. But what if we flipped that narrative? What if it’s not about “lacking”

Naturalisation will give you Irish citizenship, a condition of which is you must >continue< to live in Ireland for a certain length of time. However an Irish passport gives you EU citizenship & the right to travel in the EU. www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-becom...

Become an Irish citizen by naturalisation - Immigration Service Delivery

Please click the following link to read a version of this page As Gaeilge. In This Section What is citizenship by naturalisation? Who is eligible for citizenship by naturalisation? Adult who h...

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Right now British citizens have the right to live & work in Ireland & apply for naturalisation. Domicile is based on the Common Travel Agreement. Given volumes of UK LGBTQ ppl reconnoitring & moving here, it’s important to sort out your plans: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/governmen...

If you are LGBTQ or an Ally, UK Labour hates you. Find a centre, or left wing, party instead. This is a very clear message to Queer ppl from Labour’s front bench. Nasty.

You shouldn’t need an insider at Meta to get your Instagram account reinstated. Free speech and access to essential health information shouldn't hinge on who you know. It’s time for Meta to prove their commitment to fairness and transparency. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of “Content

BY RINDALA ALAJAJI | September 17, 2025This is the second installment in a blog series documenting EFF's findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here. During

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Heading out to get my COVID shot but I'll be back in an hour & happy to answer more #ChoicesAnthology questions, so make sure to leave them in the replies of the original post!

Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦@diannalgunn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

IT'S #CHOICESANTHOLOGY RELEASE DAY!!! To celebrate, I'm hosting an AMA here ALL DAY Ask your questions about the anthology itself, reproductive rights, and writing/editing generally & I'll pop in every 30 minutes to share answers And be sure to grab the book! books2read.com/u/3JYo9Q

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