Revd Stephanie πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

Revd Stephanie πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

@stephminster.bsky.social

"A woman who wears her spleen on her sleeve." Chaplain, Feminist, Lefty and Proud πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ She/her.

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Horrible and also no surprise. The problem is that members of these anti-trans hate groups don't actually believe that being trans is a real thing - because most of them have never knowingly got to know a trans person. So they honestly believe that trans women are men pretending to be women 1/

TACC@tacc.org.uk

The EHRC FOI release reveals a disturbing pattern: trans people β€” especially trans women β€” are repeatedly framed as inherently dangerous, deceptive, or a safeguarding risk. The EHRC didn’t challenge this once. tacc.org.uk/2025/07/13/t...

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Replying to @aendra.com

Oh, and by the way, given I know a lot of my followers haven't been watching this story? That trans doctor the Daily Mail article is fixated on? Did absolutely nothing wrong. Cleared of every charge. Was just living her life, forced to flee the country by NHS bigots and the British media. Yeah.

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Here is the BMA saying "we were worried about the FWS case, warned you about the potential health risks associated with the proposed Code of Practice, and now you have gone ahead and implemented policies that will cause serious harm to trans patients and staff' www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

bma.org.ukSTATEMENT: NHS guidance on the provision of single-sex services and facilitiesThe BMA has responded to the NHS Guidance on single-sex services and facilities

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Chris Bogle@chrisbogle.bsky.social

1. The independent Taskforce β€” commissioned by NHS England, backed by government β€” concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

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Essential grim reading from one of my favourite posters. You cannot ask people to support political parties that want to erase their existence. And if you are in such a political party, I hope you're trying really hard to make them stay their hand. You'd better be *really* unpopular with them..

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social

It is incredibly telling, to me at least, how Cameron and May were more progressive on trans rights, and yet even those areas of recognition are being rolled back/completely destroyed by Labour, yet trans and non-binary individuals are ignored, talked over, and told to shut up and support Labour.

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Replying to @alicemydaughter.bsky.social

β€œthis government wants trans people and their families to feel safe and accepted in our society.” I think I can speak for most trans people and their families when I say, they don’t and increasingly they aren’t, precisely because of Labour’s decisions. How can they believe this stuff they type?

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I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:

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Still gathering signatures, still reaching new people, still receiving largely positive feedback and messages of support. Lots more to do of course but some meaningful activities planned. Compassionate cis women in the UK please keep signing, everyone self, please keep sharing notinourname.org.uk

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Revd Stephanie πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ reposted

As a society we must do a better job of listening to disabled people. As the incomparable Alice Wong used to say… we’re oracles. We can offer a window into what comes next for you and your loved ones. We have wisdom to share. We also know how to fight systems of oppression.

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if you think the way PBS is framing this issue (see QT below) is a joke, please read & share my latest essay, which flips that framing, exposing its many flaws: juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...

juliaserano.medium.comOn Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Adsand more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses
PBS News@pbsnews.org

An increasing number of Democratic officials in red and blue states are distancing themselves from their party's unflinching support for the transgender community's policy priorities, such as allowing athletes to compete on teams that match their gender identity. https://to.pbs.org/4xO5rWu

If you believe there are reasonable concerns about trans women in sports, PLEASE read this article and the thread I just reposted. If you're otherwise supportive of trans rights but think this is the one area you have to give ground on, you're being deceived. www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-w...

transresearch.org.auTrans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?Research suggests trans women have minimal to no performance advantage over cisgender women.

There's this too, which includes the fact that every single U.S. state that's passed laws banning trans athletes has gone on to pass further anti-trans laws, and 27 out of 29 have banned gender-affirming care for trans youth. It's never really about sport. juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people...

juliaserano.medium.comTrans People and Sports: Everything You Need to KnowI have been writing about transgender people and issues for over twenty years now. For most of that time, I never felt the need to pen a…

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When disabled people oppose Assisted Dying, it’s almost never from a religious point of view. It’s not because we’re anti-choice or that we want to force people to suffer. We oppose it because society devalues disabled lives and uses these programs in an unethical manner. They become eugenics. 🧡

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Replying to @kirstimiller30.bsky.social

Like so many of the drums people bang in the name ofΒ β€˜protecting’ women it is deeply misogynistic – predicated on the idea that women are, by default and without exception, inferior athletes.

transresearch.org.auTrans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?Research suggests trans women have minimal to no performance advantage over cisgender women.

And if pointing out that it's transphobic doesn't stop someone using it, remind them that the British Medical Association described the concept of "biological sex" as "scientifically illiterate".

Valerie Valkyrie@beezygrey.bsky.social

Something simple trans allies can do, online & in person, is refuse to accept this framing. Stop using the language of our oppressors! Call out other cis people who use these slurs that dehumanize us! We are all biological. Android bodies don't exist. And we are the gender we say we are.

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"You cannot separate the art from the artist when the art is literally bankrolling the artist's hate campaign" - @jessiegender.bsky.social 100% this. Rowling is an enemy to all us trans folk who just want to live our lives in peace. You cannot claim to be my ally & still support her trash.

in less than 9 minutes @jessiegender.bsky.social summarizes my feelings on the Hairy Poophands reference in Lanterns β€” from the shattering of immersion to the fact that both are WB properties and they're probs using the one to launder the other

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I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists but it is too easy for them to get parroted by the mainstream media. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

bylinetimes.comThe Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason ArdayThe media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network

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Transphobes keep asserting that trans rights and women's rights are fundamentally at odds. Further demanding that single sex spaces "remain" only based upon sex assigned at birth, despite the fact that this has never been the case and trans people have been using toilets for decades. 1/🧡

Revd Stephanie πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ reposted

These words of encouragement are from across the UK to the trans+ community, written with care, compassion and the hope that love will always be louder than hate. If you want to help us spread love, not hate, sign our letter: Women in support of the trans+ community. #WithTheT

Absolute clusterfuck of an interview, confirming the new guidance to be an unenforceable pile of shite. Cis people: if a bigot is kicking off at someone they think is trans in the ladies, your response every single time is "She looks like a woman to me, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

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Absolute clusterfuck of an interview, confirming the new guidance to be an unenforceable pile of shite. Cis people: if a bigot is kicking off at someone they think is trans in the ladies, your response every single time is "She looks like a woman to me, I have no idea what you're talking about."

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social

EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

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The reason that Mary Ann Stephenson can go on TV and essentially admit that enforcing a ban on trans people using the toilet of their choice is unworkable is because it's not about enforcing a ban, it's about creating a climate of fear around trans people. www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

channel4.comEHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rulesWe spoke to Mary Ann Stephenson, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Revd Stephanie πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ reposted

We understand that today will be difficult for members of the Trans+ community and their loved ones as a result of the EHRC Code of Practice becoming law. Our service is free, confidential, and available to all. From 10am to 10pm, you are welcome to contact us on phone, chat, or email.

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The Dutch equivalent of Cass, (except it’s a proper scientific review not pseudoscientific drivel like Cass) has wholeheartedly endorsed puberty-blockers and full gender affirming care for young trans people.

erininthemorning.comLandmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding TreatmentThe review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

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Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

churchinwales.org.ukStatement of the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales on the publication of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice - Church in Wales

Revd Stephanie πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ reposted

@neunion.bsky.social what are you doing about this? In Sept your members will be *forced* to harm trans children. In many cases that harm is going to be very significant & very stressful, & many teachers could be forced to carry high levels of guilt & stress. Especially when (& I mean β€œwhen”)… 1/3

Cal Horton (they/them)@fiercemum.bsky.social

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2