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Did #ReformLtd tell a big bad porkie? Why, yes, it seems they did. But it supports #Starmer and his #transphobic stance. ReformLtd take this further, as they have also been making comment about removing women’s autonomy, and declaring same sex marriages invalid. #Labour meanwhile in the form of Bridget Phillipson [IIRC] recently made serious comment that women in the UK should be ‘breeding more’.
Who will be next when Labour/ReformLtd have vanished any rights or equality for trans people, gay people, women, immigrants, persons of colour?
#transrights
Reform councillor’s boast about removing ‘trans-ideological’ books from children’s library sections falls flat | Reform UK | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2025/

The Guardian · Reform councillor’s boast about removing ‘trans-ideological’ books from children’s library sections falls flatBy Peter Walker
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@nach Even my politest way to explain things to them has been called " #transphobic " or " #homophobic ". With @janw I was talking in #satire, calling myself an imaginary #trans-lesbian for what I'm sure that I'm this for 110% ... If you cannot see the satire, the irony here, then I'm sorry. Or the video with #TuckerCarlson #DonaldTrump with the F18 fighter and 77 seconds being shown on the display while a woman called "Anti Vaxx" was saying "Nice!" when the "Goblinslayer" said "I do not care!" ...

These people are unhappy and cannot see the joke here, not me.

"When the author of a book states that all sales of those books will contribute to an anti-trans fund, the only way we can choose not to participate is by not selling the books any longer. "

- #SanFrancisco bookstore #Booksmith on why they've stopped selling titles by #transphobic author #JKRowling.

nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-cu

NBC News · San Francisco bookstore stops selling J.K. Rowling titles due to 'Harry Potter' author's anti-trans viewsBy Jo Yurcaba

#Pope #Francis was NOT an #ally to the #LGBTQ community. He was a homophobe and transphobe. Just like the #Church itself is #homophobic and #transphobic.

👎 He spoke out against #marriage equality multiple times and used his influence to stop change for the better
👎 He fearmongered against "gender ideology" and gender-affirming surgery. (Ironic cuz the Church is BUILT on #gender-based dogmatism)
👎 He suggested "psychiatric treatment" for young gays
👎 He fearmongered against a "#gay lobby"

Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in #NaziGermany

The forgotten Olympic history of #TransAthletes.

by Alex Abad-Santos
Updated Aug 1, 2024

Excerpt: "Outside of the [Olympic] Games, trans people face so much backlash, often for simply existing. The conversation around sports is particularly fraught, from children’s athletics right up through the pros. Despite the International Olympic Committee vowing to be more inclusive, the future for trans athletes is unclear.

"It all raises the question: How did we get to this point, and did it always have to be this way?

"The answers found in historian and journalist #MichaelWaters’s The Other Olympians: #Fascism, #Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports might be surprising. Waters’s book traces the emergence of #ZdeněkKoubek, a track and field star representing the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia who, at 21, won two medals — a gold in the 800m and a bronze in the long jump — at the 1934 Women’s World Games. (The Women’s World Games was the precursor to women competing at the Olympics). In 1935, Koubek announced that he would be living life as a man and swiftly became an international celebrity.

"Perhaps the most intriguing facet to Koubek’s story was in the public response. Koubek was more welcomed and celebrated than we might imagine. There was an open-mindedness and empathy to the reception of Koubek and his gender identity and expression in the 1930s.

"Waters also pinpoints where and when that changed, specifically at the #1936Olympics in #Nazi Germany. Armed with a propensity for #eugenics, #GenderAnxiety, and a startling lack of scientific evidence, a small set of Nazi officials influenced the International Olympic Committee into #GenderSurveillance and #TransPanic — stuff that eerily mirrors the #transphobic attacks that athletes, cis and trans alike, face today."

Read more:
vox.com/culture/364032/trans-a
#TransgenderAthletes #SexTesting
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Vox · Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi GermanyBy Alex Abad-Santos

#LinkedIn's verification through #ClearMe is still fucking #transphobic. All of my documents are updated, and I'm still completely unable to verify on LinkedIn. It's to the point where it asks for a selfie then immediately says "we can't verify your information" without even asking for an ID again.

They also have no customer support
anything that I can find. Just a bullshit company. Browsing the web, it seems that any name change just completely breaks their system. Dozens of married women have just had to cancel their membership altogether because the company wouldn't do anything about it.

How incompetent can you be?

Hey, hi, hello!

Just a quick reminder that I have many #trans mutuals and followers and that I will *aggressively* work to ensure my posts (and their accompanying threads) are a safe place for them.

So if you roll up to my virtual house with with #transphobic nonsense, I will block you and report you to your server. And if you decide to come back under another account, we'll move on to public shaming.

DO NOT come for my friends because I do not play nice.

And a very good morning to everyone else :blobfoxheartcute: