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Life is hard, lets be kind to each other šŸ’•Once or Twice out now: https://teapawt.net/t.co/PW10yVBFj8 Opinions are my own.

Joined February 2014
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In a world that is constantly trying to tear trans folks down, don’t forget that you’re beautiful for exactly who you are.
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Speaking up for Trans Inclusion in Sport on @BBCRadio4 Across the Red Line with Sharron Davies, here’s a link to listen to the whole programme - šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļøāœŠšŸ¼ #TransRightsAreHumanRights šŸŽ§ bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xs…
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You don’t get to choose how the oppressed react to their oppression. For many trans people, the time for civil debate has passed. Understandably.
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This is one of the many reasons why ID mandatory voting is a violation of human rights. Access to a passport is not mandatory for British citizens. Why on earth should it be mandatory for voting? Here is a chart showing the turnout in deprived wards in 2023 local election
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Just another dude looking for an excuse to hit women. Classic. You are not our protector, you are a violent man who wants to play the role of white knight for the sake of his own ego. We’re good thanks. #transwomenarewomen #transmenaremen #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Just had this exchange with @jk_rowling about getting threats online. I don’t condone threats of any kind towards any side. Having said that, I also feel as if painting the whole trans community as one big threat and problem based on the actions of a few is unfair. That’s what my main problem with the way this is being characterized is. As far as the threats I get, I report them but not much happens. I get some posts taken down, but not others. How does the trans community combat the idea that all we do is make threats?
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Since 2007, trans people in Spain have been able to access spaces that align with their identified gender. Not a single incident. TERFs are simply exhibiting transphobia, driven by fear of imaginary threats, despite the real evidence being right in front of their eyes.
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Don’t worry, as much as they want to, they will never be able to wish trans people out of existence. I can’t imagine what it must be like to be so harshly bullied on a global scale, I see you. I see the abuse, I see the pain, and I am fighting with you. šŸ©·šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø
Trans panic is in full swing globally. Transphobes & bigots feel emboldened to outright discriminate against us, pass laws against us, and to dehumanize us. However, the trans community is very resilient. We will keep fighting, educating, and raising awareness. The fever pitch that transphobia is currently at has to end. Hate has never ultimately won in history. People get tired of hatred & division.
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Transphobes are the dumbest people on the planet. They are always like ā€œyou’ll never pass,ā€ meanwhile I pass everywhere IRL. I used to get harassed all the time as a Butch lesbian. I couldn’t go anywhere without someone saying or doing something. Now I’m completely left alone. That’s how I know. But what transphobes don’t get is that it’s not all about passing anyway. I do, but it’s not what I strive for. If you gave me a magic wand and said ā€œmake yourself not trans,ā€ I wouldn’t change it. I’m not striving to be a non-trans man. I’m striving to be me, and that happens to be a trans man. I’m looking at some of the comments on my last post & transphobes say the dumbest shit on the planet.
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Ah yes, a big old list of gender stereotypes being used to oppress women, no doubt in the name of ā€˜ultra uber extra strength feminism’ TERFs, stop hurting our fellow women please, it hurts ALL of us. Also, people can’t ā€œstealā€ your partner if your partner has ✨free will ✨
Trans women now have an unfair biological advantage at: -sailboat -darts -comedy -pool -fishing -stealing your wife -chess -speeches in the legislature -video games -trivia -beauty pageants -sports
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Cass’ claim that we cannot tell if hormone therapy has a positive impact on trans people because there aren’t enough ā€œhigh quality studiesā€ and then making the evidence free claim that people are trans because of pornography really gives away the game, doesn’t it?
1. I have heard a lot of baffling explanations for the increase in transgender people coming out. But Dr. Cass's explanation this last week takes the cake: She claims that porn may make you trans. This is a claim without evidence. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Acceptance and inclusion is the only way, surely
"Gender Critical" is the belief that this obviously infinite back and fourth has a conclusion with a definition that actually works how they want it to
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"Gender Critical" is the belief that this obviously infinite back and fourth has a conclusion with a definition that actually works how they want it to
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Hi, I'm Tim I'm an older trans guy and father to an amazing baby girl. Transphobia is a massive problem right now and it's affecting our mental health. Many people know this and are using it to cause harm to trans people online and in public. We just want to live our lives.
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I feel like journalists would follow up "I haven't killed anyone... apart from the exceptions" but when it comes to this topic they just... don't
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Every community note about trans people
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If Parliament had listened to Diane Abbott: We wouldn't have invaded Iraq. Black Britons wouldn't have been deported in the Windrush Scandal. Our country wouldn't have been decimated by austerity. Diane's voice should not be ignored —her ongoing mistreatment is a disgrace.
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I remember this speech. Moved almost to tears to hear it once again.
This is a truly incredible speech by the great Tony Benn that I’d recommend everyone watch. šŸ‘‡
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The political elite won't build an alternative to the misery faced by millions, so we'll have to do it ourselves. Join us next month for the @corbyn_project's #5Demands conference to stand up for a better world. Register: bit.ly/5DemandsConf
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