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Abigail Thorn of popular video blog PhilosophyTube has come out as trans, and it’s lovely to see her so happy. She’s posted a video statement that explains how she got here and some of the challenges we face, and it’s well worth a few minutes of your time. [more]
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I’ve written before about the glaringly obvious similarities between QAnon, the deranged conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is fighting a secret cabal of paedophiles, and UK anti-trans faux-feminism, which is basically the same thing with Prosecco. But I haven’t seen it illustrated quite so dramatically as I have today. In a Twitter thread, a number… [more]
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Glaswegian musician and producer SOPHIE has died. She was an extraordinary talent and this is a very sad loss. Munroe Bergdorf: Our community has lost an icon, a pioneer and a visionary bright light. Heartbroken. SOPHIE you will be missed. “Thank you for sharing your talent with us. I hope we get to meet again… [more]
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The horrific new anti-women legislation in Poland, a near-total ban on abortion, is already harming women. The country already had some of the strongest anti-abortion legislation in Europe, and it has now removed the exception for foetal abnormalities. According to the New York Times, 1,074 of the 1,100 abortions performed in Poland last year were… [more]
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You don’t need me to tell you that Boris Johnson lied when he said the UK government had done everything possible to minimise the COVID-19 death toll. There is a reason we have a death toll exceeding 100,000 while New Zealand has 25, Vietnam 35 and Taiwan 7. As Devi Shridhar writes in the Guardian,… [more]
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I’ve watched two very different dramas this week: a theatrical monologue and a TV series. Both were very emotional experiences. The monologue was Overflow, written by Travis Alabanza and performed by the mesmerising Reece Lyons. It’s a one-woman show about a trans woman hiding in the ladies to escape violence. It’s not always an easy… [more]
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Last week, vocal anti-trans bigots and a fair few UK journalists (*standup comedian voice* not that you can always tell the difference, amirite?) claimed that appointing one of the most equal and diverse administrations we’ve seen meant that, er, President Biden was worse for women than Donald Trump. They even had their own social media… [more]
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This, by VS Wells, is very good. A culmination of factors appear at play. Some point to the antiquated ideologies of a generation of journalists and publishers who have dominated the mainstream media. Others say it’s intrinsically linked to political leaders who have failed to denounce hate. No matter its origins, this rampant transphobia has… [more]
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Newsweek: Straight Pride Group ‘Super Happy Fun America’ Members Arrested Over U.S. Capitol Riot …Sahady’s group describes itself on Twitter as “a right of center civil rights organization focusing on defending the American Constitution, opposing gender madness and defeating cultural Marxism.” “Gender madness” refers to transgender identity and “cultural Marxism,” according to the Southern Poverty… [more]
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Thanks to a Freedom of Information Request, we now know the source for the recent change to NHS England information about puberty blockers. A US anti-LGBT blog. Christine Burns MBE, who was instrumental in the creation of the Gender Recognition Act, on Twitter: NHS England used justifications from a US hate campaign to alter its… [more]
Read me in books
My debut memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was a Scotsman book of the year and Damian Barr’s Literary Salon book of the week, and it was shortlisted for the 2023 British Book Awards book of the year in the Discover category.
My latest book, Small Town Joy, is a celebration of queer influences on and queer artists in Scots music and is out now.
I’m also a contributor to the excellent anthology Fierce Salvage, which is also out now.
