I remember the time I went to the ER 3 months postpartum because I couldn’t stop vomiting and my chest felt tight. I kept telling them: this isn’t anxiety. Something is wrong.
The nurse glanced at my chart and said, “A lot of new moms feel overwhelmed.”
A resident came in, barely looked at me, and said, “It’s probably a panic attack. Try to relax.”
They left me in a hallway bed. No monitor. No urgency. Just that look that says you’re being dramatic.
I whispered, “I think I’m going to pass out.”
He laughed and said, “You’re safe here. You’re not dying.”
Ten minutes later I stood up and collapsed.
Suddenly there were doctors everywhere. Suddenly they checked my oxygen. Suddenly they rushed me to imaging.
CT scan: pulmonary embolism. Blood clots in my lungs.
The same doctor who told me to “relax” came back acting shocked.
He said, “Good thing you came in.”
I looked at him and thought: I didn’t just come in. I begged to be taken seriously.
Why am I telling you this?
Because if I didn’t collapse in front of them, I genuinely think I would’ve been sent home with “anxiety” and a pamphlet about breathing exercises
Where are the epstein files
*they don't exist*
Where are the epstein files
*they exist but they need redacted*
Where are the epstein files
*gives out a bunch of files*
*deletes some of them*
*stops giving them out*
Where are the epstein files
*starts killing people*
They fucking killed this little girl. They denied medical care to her and killed her. Abolish ICE and lock every guard in that concentration camp up in a cell UNDER the fucking prison.
The UK Is Now a “Country of Concern” for Trans People. That Should Alarm Everyone.
Something extraordinary has happened, and it has barely been absorbed by the public.
The United Kingdom has been formally criticised by the Council of Europe for an “appalling rise in transphobia and toxic anti-trans discourse” and placed alongside countries such as Poland, Hungary, Turkey and Russia as a country of concern for LGBTQIA+ people. This is not the assessment of activists on social media. It is the conclusion of Europe’s leading human rights body.
The Council of Europe’s resolution, debated and adopted in January, did not emerge from nowhere. It followed years of escalating hostile rhetoric in UK politics, media and public life, particularly aimed at trans people. British delegates attempted to dilute the findings during the debate and failed. The rebuke stood.
Adam Long of the National LGBT Federation described the situation plainly. The rise in anti-trans discourse in the UK is no longer marginal. It is visible, sustained and harmful. The Council’s decision reflects a recognition that this rhetoric is producing real-world consequences.
Ireland’s Transgender Equality Network chair, Sara Phillips, was equally clear. The narratives being pushed do not merely debate policy. They deny the existence of trans people, undermine their rights and dehumanise them. These campaigns do not stop at trans communities. They bleed into attacks on wider LGBTQIA+ equality, reproductive rights and the rights of women and children.
This is how human rights erosion works. It never announces itself as oppression. It frames itself as “common sense”, “concern” or “balance”. But the outcomes are measurable. Increased hate speech. Increased harassment. Increased violence. Increased fear.
That is why the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention issued a red-flag alert for the UK in relation to anti-trans and anti-intersex rights. A red flag is not an accusation of genocide. It is an early warning system. It identifies patterns that historically precede mass rights violations: scapegoating, dehumanisation, moral panic, institutional hostility and the narrowing of legal protections.
The Lemkin Institute’s analysis highlights how trans people in the UK are increasingly framed as threats rather than citizens. Language matters. When pronouns are stripped in reporting, when identity is treated as ideology, when existence is debated rather than protected, the groundwork for exclusion is laid.
What makes this particularly disturbing is the comparison the Council of Europe itself draws. Poland’s so-called “LGBT-free zones”. Hungary’s ban on LGBTQ+ representation to minors. Turkey’s systematic rollbacks of queer rights. These are not fringe regimes. They are cautionary examples of how quickly a democracy can slide when minorities are treated as disposable.
The UK now appears in that conversation.
This is not about silencing disagreement. It is about recognising when disagreement turns into organised hostility backed by institutions. Human rights law exists precisely to protect minorities when they become politically inconvenient.
The Council of Europe was explicit. States have a duty to counter misleading narratives, increase public understanding and actively promote equality. Neutrality in the face of dehumanisation is not neutrality. It is complicity.
What happens next matters. Countries can change course. They can correct. They can choose dignity over panic. But pretending this condemnation does not exist will not make it go away.
When international human rights bodies raise alarms, history shows it is wise to listen early rather than explain later.
Shame on @UKLabour@Keir_Starmer@wesstreeting
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Sources
Council of Europe Resolution on rising anti-trans hostility
GCN reporting on the UK as a “country of concern”
https://t.co/ocGXcG3kL8
Lemkin Institute Red Flag Alert on anti-trans and intersex rights in the UK
https://t.co/j2z14vRirQ
They are grabbing and bursting testicles.
That’s sexual assault.
We already know women detainees have been raped, assaulted and in some cases sterilized.
This is sick stuff. They want to inflict maximum pain.
They’re abusers drunk on power.
One of Trump’s FIRST ACTIONS in office last year was to cripple the Prison Rape Elimination Act. He claimed it was to stick it to trans women. It harms everybody behind bars but particularly women.
Many states have no laws making it illegal for staff to have sex with (rape) inmates
In Alaska, the legal loophole allowing hunters to target hibernating bears and nursing mothers in their dens is not only unethical but also a threat to the survival of these majestic animals.
This practice, legalized by recent federal rulings, permits hunters to exploit bears at their most vulnerable moments, jeopardizing the future of these iconic species.
@sm20_p izuku. They aren't right. Anyone who says anything as ridiculous as "you deserve to die" is simply idiotic. You are special, loved deeply by many, your mother would be devastated if she had to bury you. Don't make her go through that. You are worth so much more than you think. <3
@sm20_p Dear, it'll be ok. Go get some water and sit in the quiet for a bit, play some white noise to keep your bad thoughts out, until you've got a clearer mind. Please don't sabotage yourself for others, ok? You aren't ruining anything.