Kate Morley

If you’re British and trans and feeling like everyone’s against you, take a look at the 1,600+ writers who have signed this letter of solidarity: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18p-rvgNitRKYs9C2PoIBC86Fb2ZQnBd8PzEfgGfnsKo/mobilebasic

Names on the list that made me smile included historian Fern Riddell, poet Nikita Gill, and comedians Sara Pascoe, James Acaster, Sophie Duker, and Aisling Bea.

An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers

An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers The UK Supreme Court ruling of 16th April 2025 was the result of a coordinated and privately funded attack on the human rights and dignity of trans and non-binary people in the UK. We call upon our industry to meet this moment...

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Show threadBee1d ago
@kate please tell me nobody told Neil Gaiman
Show threadJo1d ago
@bee @kate I doubt he's likely to rear his head any time soon. 
Show threadAnarchic Teapot ⚧️1d ago
@kate Rhianna Pratchett as well
Show threadsvø1d ago
@anarchic_teapot Thanks for the reminder that I still need to check her books out! 🤩
Show threadIsabel1d ago

@kate

Thank you, Kate, it's good to see something like this...😊

Show threadNikkileah 🎮🚄🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧1d ago
@kate so good to see.. it's also reminded me of Paris Zarcilla who became the recipient of the best Cat Distribution Service ever.
I wonder how they're all doing?
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈1d ago
@kate Making a note of the Comedians who signed this and the ones who don't.
There are A LOT of Gen X comedians I've gone off recently...
Show threadErotic Mythology 🌹1d ago

@kate James Acaster, bless him, even had a bit in his 2021 stand-up show taking the piss out of Ricky Gervais and other comedians trying to pass off making fun of trans people as "edgy".

"Oh yeah, cause you know who's been long overdue a challenge? The TRANS community! They'll be checking their privilege on their way home now thanks to you, you brave little cis boy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqma3rx-xI

What's Wrong? Too Challenging For You!? | James Acaster | COLD LASAGNE HATE MYSELF 1999

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Show threadKate Morley1d ago
@AimeeMaroux I adore James Acaster — his Repertoire shows had me laughing so much I cried
Show threadErotic Mythology 🌹1d ago
@kate I first saw his skit about the British Museum and I have loved him ever since! 😍
Show threadViktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe1d ago

@kate

Love to see the name Pratchett in the list.

Hope to see some more names on this list.

Show threadthere is beauty in simplicity1d ago

@kate and Shaparak Khorsandi <3

whoa and Niall Ashdown! I remember him from Whose Line!

so many names I recognize and I'm not even British, just wish the ones I was looking for were there =/