Proud Mum to a diverse family. LGBT+ ally. Love. Kindness. Equality. Social Cohesion. Vegetarian. Enjoy music. She/her 💜 BSc (Hons) HSC MA (UoM) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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“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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❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
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
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❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
“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.
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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. 🏳️⚧️❤️
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
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.
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
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.
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
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.
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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.
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
Sadiq Khan: “I disagree with Adolf Hitler’s views on the Jews - but let’s separate that from his art.” @MayorofLondon @SadiqKhan
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
I thought you might want to read this considering your post of the earlier article in this series two years ago theguardian.com/media/2026/o…
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
This year the theme of the Christmas lights on Oxford Street will be “The Magic of Transphobia”
Tell @SadiqKhan that this is unacceptable
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If an autistic child is unable to attend school...threatening the parent with fines doesn't suddenly make school accessible.
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
Congratulations to Oxford Greens, who have fought and helped to secure inclusivity for the trans community.
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
TransLucent is pleased to confirm that it is OK to be Trans (and it's OK to be Gay).
#ItsOkayToBeTrans
#ItsOkayToBeGay
#CPC26
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#BanConversionTherapy
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
It’s devastating to learn that Dr Cal Horton, along with their immediate family, is fleeing the UK, driven out by the relentless tide of transphobia. Cal isn’t the only one: Dr Beth Upton and Dr Victoria McCloud have also been forced to seek a better life elsewhere.
The UK’s decision to host IDAHOT in May now rings hollow. The UK is not safe for trans people - it's a tinderbox of hate, discrimination and segregation.
When a family uproots everything to move halfway across the world, it’s usually to pursue a dream. But in a raw, deeply moving essay titled "Leaving the UK with a heavy heart" on the blog Growing Up Transgender, Cal reveals a far harsher reality.
Relocating to Australia isn’t a leap toward new adventures; it’s a forced exile.
Cal’s experience echoes that of countless parents of trans children who aren’t chasing opportunity, but are compelled by sheer necessity to protect their child’s safety, mental health, and basic dignity.
Behind the headlines lies a relentless erosion of safety and rights: shifting school guidelines that compromise a child's trust, severe restrictions on gender-affirming healthcare, and a toxic culture war that bleeds into everyday public spaces that every trans person encounters every day.
What makes Cal’s announcement so agonising is the sheer scale of the personal sacrifice - a career, the quiet heartbreak of packing up a lifetime of memories, saying goodbye to elderly grandparents who may never see their grandchild grow up in person, and abandoning siblings, lifelong friends, and the familiar comfort of home.
Venturing across the globe to a country where they have no guaranteed safety net or existing support network is daunting, yet remaining in a place that treats their child’s identity as a political battleground was no longer an option.
Ultimately, Cal’s sad, moving post serves as an urgent, haunting call to conscience for all of us, but especially politicians @bphillipsonMP
Trans people face discrimination every day, in the media, in society, in healthcare and more recently, specifically at work.
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security has red-flagged the UK twice in recent months.
No other Western European nation has ever been red-flagged.
Trans social genocide is a chilling reality in the UK - some other countries know this and shout it out.
However, many UK politicians refuse to listen - indeed, some try to outdo each other and make it worse.
Culture wars stink.
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Share widely
The true face of Alan Milburn
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Thank you @johnpringdns for this
Solidarity
#alanmilburn
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
Labour’s National Annual Women’s Conference. Keynote speech from @bphillipsonMP
Notice all the women stayed away? Tumbleweed.
If you weren’t siding with hate and terfs, this hall would be packed by ALL women. Get the message @andyburnham @UKLabour @AngelaRayner 🏳️⚧️
❤️TeamGender she/her🧜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 retweeted
Helen, stop. Read this.
Right now, someone on PIP is reading your timeline. They've seen eleven posts in three weeks calling their support "morally wrong." "Unaffordable." "Unfair." A "lifestyle choice."
They didn't choose their condition. They didn't choose to need help. They filled in a 42-page form describing the worst moments of their life.
They attended an assessment where a stranger asked them to prove they can't function. They waited months for a decision. They were told yes, you qualify, you ARE that unwell.
And now the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary the person who wants to run the department that assessed them posts every single day that their existence on the system is "morally wrong."
How does that feel? To the person with depression who already believes they're a burden. To the person with anxiety who already believes they don't deserve help.
To the person who already thought about ending it and decided to ask for support instead.
Your words have weight, Helen. You're not a random account with 40 followers. You're the Shadow Secretary of State.
When YOU say PIP is "morally wrong," the person reading it doesn't hear "the system needs reform." They hear "YOU are the problem. YOU are the cost. YOU are what's wrong."
Eleven times. In three weeks. Every day another post telling vulnerable people they're a burden on the country.
If one person reading your timeline today decides they're too ashamed to claim what they're entitled to that's on you.
If one person decides the stigma is too much and stops asking for help that's on you.
If one person in crisis sees "morally wrong" and believes it about themselves that's on you.
Words from the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary aren't tweets. They're signals. To 4 million PIP claimants.
That the person who wants to control their support thinks their existence in the system is morally wrong.
Please stop. Reform the system if you want. Publish a policy if you have one. But stop telling vulnerable people, every single day, that needing help is a moral failing.
It isn't policy. It's cruelty with a blue tick.
if you have a disability or are living with depression and these posts are making things harder you are not the problem.
You are not a burden. You are not "morally wrong." You needed help. You asked for it. That took courage.
Samaritans: 116 123. Free. 24 hours. Every day.
And if you're reading this and you're angry tell Helen. Reply to her. Let her see the people behind the numbers she posts every day.