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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧

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Autistic & Cis Gay & British - therefore I love Doctor Who, Drag Race, Madonna, Pet Shop Boys, Kylie Minogue & LGBTQ+ culture. Avid Gaymer. Anything is better than the Tories, except Reform obvs. And Starmer. Urgh, everything is shit.

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James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 6h ago

Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.

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Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 10h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Quote from Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson: 'At the EHRC we want a society where everyone’s rights are respected and realised, so that we can all live well together. Our statutory guidance will help services across the country comply with the Equality Act, protecting service users from discrimination and harassment while reducing the risk of the provider being subject to litigation. As Britain’s equality regulator, our work doesn’t end upon publication of this guidance. We monitor compliance with the law and take enforcement action where proportionate and necessary, in line with our well-established regulatory model and decision-making framework.'
Matt@itsmattagain.bsky.social · 10h ago

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.

Dr Phoenix CS Andrews@thatdocphoenix.com · 11h ago

Do try to remember that the EHRC guidance only affects service providers and not employment, so if you work somewhere where there are toilets or changing rooms for employees that aren’t open to the public then your employers are wrong if they try to stop you from using facilities for your gender

Aidan Comerford@aidancomerford.bsky.social · yesterday

The "gender critical" movement are not appealing their loss in their fight to stop the puberty blocker trial. The "irreversible harm" James is talking about here is people being trans. That's it. Helen Joyce said it clearly, even if trans people say they are happy they consider them to be "harmed."

Tweet by James Esses Puberty Blockers Trial Update It is with a heavy heart that I announce that we will not be appealing in our failed judicial review to stop the puberty blockers trial. We looked at every possible angle for appeal but do not believe the merits are there, given how extremely high thresholds involved. Make no mistake, the High Court judgment does not negate the irreversible harm that will be caused to children who take part in this trial. Thank you to everyone who supported us during this campaign and I’m sorry to not bring better news. I will continue to do whatever I can to stop this trial taking place and will be working with colleagues on alternative strategies over the coming weeks.
Snigdha@snig.bsky.social · 2d ago

Your reminder Rod Liddle not only said he couldn't have become a teacher because he "could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids" in The Spectator, but he also wrote laws banning child pornography are "absurd" in The Guardian. Abhorrent.

SPECTATOR > Magazine > Issue: "Why I went east" > Columns Rod Liddle A teenage girl, a maths teacher and a righteous tabloid fury 27 Sep 2012, 12:00am From magazine issue: Why I went east THE SPECTATOR I never found out because the one thing stopping me from being a teacher was that I could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids. It seemed to me virtually impossible not to, and I was convinced that I'd be right in there, on day one. We're talking secondary school level here, by the way and even then I don't think I'd have dabbled much below year ten, as it is now called. I just thought we ought to clear that up early on. At my old comprehensive school a few teachers were known to be schtupping the pupils; one of them, a female teacher who was extremely foxy in a Pot Noodle scuzzy kind of way she copped off with some fifth-form lad, and another teacher (a man with a guitar and aGuardian Should it really be a crime to look at child pornography? Rod Liddle Tue 14 Jan 2003 04.12 EST f →18 years old I wanted to look at some pictures of child pornography from the internet this week and then tell you all about them, but I couldn'tHow absurd the law is. But at least it is an appropriate reflection of our collective neurosis and confusion about paedophilia generally. The one laudable and necessary aim - to protect children from abuse - has become warped by our consuming, obsessive hatred for those who find children sexually attractive. There is no causal link between viewing child porn and abusing children. And even if there were, it would not be sufficient, within the philosophy of our judicial system, to simply assume that an unpleasant penchant for the former