Just attended a Council of Europe session with the European Commissioner of Human Rights. Lots of food for thought.

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Still no room for any Lib Dem then, especially since today is the first Lib Dem opposition day in the Commons.

"And now you can't even block me on Twitter..."

So this is presumably what Elon means by "free speech". Utterly awful.

We've written, with 100+ others, to Wes Streeting to express our lack of confidence in the Cass Review and our concerns over the DHSC's implementation of it. Full letter at: transactual.org.uk/wp-content/upl… #Trans #TransHealth #Transgender #Nonbinary

When are they going to ban under twenty fives joining the army because their brains aren't fully formed yet... Because this is what they've just done to Trans adults in Scotland...

Good summation of how the Christian right sold its soul to worship Trump.

In the face of continued violence and a worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Calum Miller has called on the government to cease all arms exports to Israel.

We know people are really worried about the news that Chalmers GIC paused referrals for surgeries undertaken in England (masculinising top surgery, vaginoplasty, phalloplasty/metoidioplasty) for all patients, and all surgical referrals for patients aged 18-24. So are we.

As we say in the letter, we don’t understand on what grounds these decisions were taken. We don’t know of any change to clinical guidance that would mean that 18-24 year olds should be treated differently to other adult patients.

Tomorrow I am starting something new - bookclub. First topic , the American election. Join me us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

It is wrong to ban UNWRA’s work. There should be consequences for breaching international law. Ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich are purposefully inciting settler violence against Palestinians and they must be sanctioned by the UK Government.

Let's get this straight, James here is beating up and complaining about an advert for a skincare brand, E45, who has released a new advert called “transitioning skin”. The ad features trans people in their own PRIVATE bathrooms who are saying... “this is my space…where I can

🚨 Fantastic news Cambridge University is to REJOIN Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme! Following a vote by members, they have also agreed to apologise to the LGBTQ+ community for the way in which they ended the previous membership. 😊 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊

This is part of the ongoing attempt to make absolutely anything said about trans people controversial, in turn trying to remove trans people from media and society entirely.

I have exodused - new link here bsky.app/profile/helenb… If this platform significantly improves, I may come back. Until then, this account will remain dormant. It was fun, most of the time. It is no longer.