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Today is #IntersexAwarenessDay and the 30th anniversary of the first major public intersex demonstration in North America.

November 18 - We will be at Queen Mary to celebrate #LGBTQSTEMDay! Free tickets: link.outsavvy.com/lgbtqstemday26 feat: @jazzywildheart.bsky.social @joshlukedavis.com

“The Tories haven’t changed since the days of Section 28: to them, LGBTQIA+ identities are ‘political’, while straight and cis ones are not.” @sophieperryportfolio.com

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The Mayor of London faces pressure over Harry Potter-themed Christmas lights on Oxford Street, as author JK Rowling funds legal challenges over ‘sex-based rights’.

@kaylees.site I’m glad you choose my town, to open your UK headquarters in 😊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

It's exhausting to think that some people will literally spend hundreds of thousands of pounds just to hurt others. The funding for any legal case should be completely transparent. These people are setting up companies solely to hide the money trail.

I made a little template for use by cool small businesses! Enjoy!

This is how you show love to everyone 🌈❤️

Dolly Parton lived with a gay man for years. She was a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ folks and a philanthropic champion of childhood literacy and education, vaccines, and the black people in her community. "We don't know what her politics were"? Please. She lived them. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/a...

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Tapping the sign.

Over the past eight years, 11 countries and dozens of states worldwide have outlawed conversion practices. The UK is one of the few Western European nations yet to introduce a ban.

New education guidance leans heavily on the Cass Review – which saw it rule out 98% of evidence proving gender affirming care helps Trans+ youth

Today I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.

The Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales has today released a statement about the EHRC Draft Code of Practice. Mae Mainc Esgobion yr Eglwys yng Nghymru wedi cyhoeddi datganiad heddiw ynglyn â Chôd Ymarfer Drafft yr EHRC. www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-... #ChurchInWales

Really important article on what is happening in our schools

“We need a full, trans-inclusive ban and, more than ever, we must be vigilant in holding our elected leaders to account.” The British government talks about defending the “dignity” of LGBT folk but its actions obstructing transition care and segregating trans people reveal how hollow its words are.

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

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2026. Resources for LGBTQIA+ ecologists. A collection of websites and literature for LGBTQIA+ ecologists and allies. www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/reso... by @britishecologicalsociety.org

Well, The Guild is terrible at social video shoutouts, but pretty good at acting. Cut them some slack and get over to watchtheguild.com and sign up for our July 20th Kickstarter please!

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A 19-year-old Reform council leader is facing a code of conduct complaint for saying Trans+ books should be removed from libraries Source: https://tinyurl.com/3dz7cnaa

JULY 20th! ITS HAPPENING! The Guild Reunion Movie Kickstarter goes LIVE! Please repost to help us reach all the Guildies who want to support! And sign up on the website! We're making a movie!!!!

If you want to actively do something which has a chance of improving trans human rights, be in Westminster on Thursday 25th June. Sign up here 👇

In just a decade, the UK has fallen from 1st to 22nd on LGBTQIA+ rights rankings amid a barrage of anti-Trans+ rhetoric

NHS England excluded 97% of studies on puberty blockers before concluding there was "insufficient evidence". When the evidence is ignored, we need to be louder 👇

My statement on the EHRC Code of Practice

Last year, over 100K people took to the streets of London to show solidarity and call for the rights of Trans+ people 🏳️‍⚧️

We need just 50 new members this Pride month to help sustain our independent newsroom and grow our capacity 🌈 💪 Help us fight back:

By the end of Pride Month, the EHRC Code of Practice, which recommends segregation for Trans+ people in many public spaces, could be in force. What’s the most effective way to fight back? Support independent queer journalism 🏳️‍🌈 www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/

Nearly 100 cross-party MPs have signed an early day motion calling for the EHRC's Code of Practice to be rejected.

Remember to email your MP if you haven’t already, and thank your MP if they’ve already signed: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

The actions build on a growing pattern of anti-Pride policies being rolled out across the country  More 👉 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-the-lgbtqia-news-can-mps-stop-the-code-of-practice-that-recommends-segregating-trans-people/#%F0%9F%8F%B3%EF%B8%8F%E2%80%8D%F0%9F%8C%88-reform-councils

Stories of our joy are powerful - let's use them to fight back www.wearequeeraf.com/stories-of-o...

Can MPs overturn the EHRC Code of Practice? Nearly 100 MPs sign a motion calling for it to be disapproved www.wearequeeraf.com... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Literacy is the GOP's worst nightmare.

Redditors, forum-goers, discord… people? You know what to do: please spread the word! Again, thanks so much to all the beta testers 🙏 🙏 🙏 I hope you love this 💜

@kaylee@mas.to after recommending Wipr to a member of staff at school, they came back with this “I can’t use a device without Wipr on it - the developer should be made a saint!” 🥰

Yeah, well *I'm* fed up with politicians who took until 2026 to realize an energy system which relies on constant extraction of resources sets you up for this very thing to happen one day. Alternatives are here! We've been talking about them for decades now! It's not that complicated!

If JK Rowling really cared about the lives and safety of women, she’d have given at least a fraction as much of her time, focus, and money to Endometriosis research and treatment as she has going full-tilt against trans rights.

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Stay woke! 🖖🏼

RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

To any Democrat who ever said about any issue, "Maybe if we agree with Republicans just this far, they'll stop there," remember that you were wrong, it was obvious at the time, and you really should never believe that again about any issue, ever.

AOC with the zinger of the week.