Proud Mum to a diverse family. LGBT+ ally. Love. Kindness. Equality. Social Cohesion. Vegetarian. Enjoy music. She/her 💜 BSc (Hons) HSC MA (UoM) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
“Kindness in thought & action toward others, even when we disagree or are hurting is one of the strongest and most humane characteristics any person can strive for”
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@_oatc_@AidanCTweets No one should experience this kind of childhood. Not shame & fear about who they are. To those who say supportive parents ‘trans the gay away’… absolute tosh! Loving parents support their children to be free & true, not force who they themselves want or expect them to be.
@AidanCTweets From 3 thru 25 when I got vaginoplasty & felt sure no one would ever again try to force me to desist I existed in terror of hatred, of never being me, including developmental changes making it impossible, of having my brain fried in an asylum. That was NO childhood.
@JohnMilneLD Anxiety disorders cause deep distress & disability. My son found life too painful so ended it at age 21. He was housebound, rarely spoke, rarely ate, couldn’t take care of personal hygiene or manage meds & had a life threatening infection from self-harm. Anxiety is a disability.
Sandie Piggy (Peggie), the racist and transphobic nurse who took the Royal College of Nurses to tribunal claiming direct discrimination, has lost its case again.
Judge Melanie Sangster dismissed claims that RCN discriminated against her because of her gender critical beliefs.
Sandie has now lost 9 out of the 10 court cases she instigated.
Winning 1 out of 10 is not a victory.
It's like saying Norwich City won against Man U for getting 1 goal against Manchester’s 10
https://t.co/UHMevry8mn
“How f*cking dare you.” Gay icon Jimmy Somerville denounces trans hate front @AllianceLGB for using his classic Smalltown Boy on one of their propaganda films.
Jimmy says he will do everything he can to have it removed.
⭐️The LGB Alliance are a front set up to persecute trans people shortly after the US Religious Right decided to switch targets from gay rights to trans rights.
I have to admit, I’m feeling a bit shaken up today.
Normally, when the TERFs come for me, I can brush it off and carry on. But when the abuse turns into threats, with people saying they’ll find out where I live, it becomes personal, and it’s genuinely unsettling.
All I’m doing is standing up for my trans brothers, sisters. I’m defending people who deserve the same dignity, respect and equality as everyone else. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
What I find so sickening is the venom some people are willing to spew without even trying to understand another person’s experiences or show a little compassion.
Sometimes, it feels like there’s simply no reasoning with these people. No matter what you say, they refuse to listen, and that’s where the feeling of futility creeps in.
But I refuse to let intimidation silence me. Trans people deserve to live their lives in safety, free from hatred, discrimination and fear. I will continue to stand alongside them, because doing what’s right shouldn’t come at the cost of your own peace of mind.
You don’t have to agree with everyone, but you should always be able to disagree without resorting to threats and intimidation.
Hate will never win through silence. I stand with the trans community today, tomorrow and always. 🏳️⚧️❤️
Jesus Helen, you’re a former minister. Surely you understand the difference between a graph and evidence of causation? 🤦
Your chart shows disability benefit receipt by age. It doesn’t track children into adulthood, doesn’t establish that half of DLA recipients become NEET, and certainly doesn’t prove benefits caused their circumstances.
And children generally move from DLA to PIP assessments at 16 because that’s how the system YOU helped oversee operates.
Disabled children growing into disabled adults isn’t evidence of a welfare scandal.
Where’s the longitudinal evidence for your 50% claim, Helen?
Because pointing at a colourful chart and inventing a causal relationship isn’t statistical analysis.
It’s political theatre.
@PompeySteph I'm so sorry this is happening. It's a coordinated very well funded campaign of scapegoating, intersecting with the far right and American anti -lgbt Christian organisations and Russian propaganda.
There has to be an intersectional feminist push back.
@PompeySteph It is so sad that with the state of the world today destroying the lives of a small number of trans people is more important to some than tackling the issues vital to everyone. TERFs are a cult and should be viewed as such.
@ComradeRedJimmy@johnpringdns I’ve come across two types of assessor. Those who are downright sadists & think nothing of questioning vulnerable individuals about why they’ve not taken their own lives yet. Thankfully though, some restore your faith in human nature, being compassionate, caring & fair.
This is the only known picture from Epstein’s “wild” dinner with Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Reid Hoffman.
Whatever you do, DO NOT SHARE IT!
They'd hate that.
@jk_rowling@DreyfusJames@PinkNews I thought you might want to read this considering your post of the earlier article in this series two years ago https://t.co/vmAfFeMxRC
This year the theme of the Christmas lights on Oxford Street will be “The Magic of Transphobia”
Tell @SadiqKhan that this is unacceptable
https://t.co/7AamTLT6xC