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Megan
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A woman of many roles. ED Nurse. Handy with a needle and thread. Transgender since before it was popular to hate us. I write poetry of questionable quality. Working on my first novel, and a huge pile of unfinished short stories. Scottish. Gingerish. Une guerre obscure et méritoire
I completely forgot the nice half of the USA are launching people to the moon again today.
I like that critical Mass London are still doing their thing. Report on February's ride https://network23.org/criticalmasslondon/
Edit to add - I've just realised they meet on the last Friday of the month on the South Bank below Waterloo Bridge, which means there is a meeting tonight! 7:00pm for anyone interested.
#bicycles #bike #bikesonMastodon #cycling #criticalmass #cycling #bicycle
A woman in Morocco has been jailed for wearing a Tee shirt that said “Allah is Lesbian” Details of the campaign supporting her here https://ex-muslims.international/freebetty/
Edited to update the link
The other story here, that's harder to tell, is the way "normative" ie "ordinary" people indulge in extremism, despite their apparently reasonable qualities more broadly. Extremism doesn't always look like Donald Trump or The Nazis. It mostly comes in the form of "reasonable" people, who have convinced themselves they don't have prejudices.
The new chair of the UK's "Equalities and Human Rights Commission" has been meeting anti transgender organizations. There is a good story here for any journalist willing to do a bit of work digging. The anti transgender group she met have created a false narrative, that there is a conflict between the rights of transgender people and cisgender women's legal protections, and public officials are actively promoting it. https://tacc.org.uk/2026/03/25/new-ehrc-chair-ignores-the-trans-community/
#transgender #trans # UKPol
New EHRC Chair ignores the trans community - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
Co-authored by Mise Rather than working to “rebuild trust”, the new EHRC Chair ignores the trans community and jumps straight into bed with anti-trans campaigners to discuss “mutual priorities”. On November 30th 2025, Baroness Kishwer Falkner’s four-year term as EHRC Chair came to an end. The following day, the new Chair, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, took - Co-authored by Mise Rather than working to “rebuild trust”, the new EHRC Chair ignores the trans community and jumps straight into bed with anti-trans campaigners to discuss “mutual priorities”. On November 30th 2025, Baroness Kishwer Falkner’s four-year term as EHRC Chair came to an end. The following day, the new Chair, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, took
If a man learns to ride a motobike, and doesn’t vlog about it on youtube, does his motorbike actually make a sound? #Philosophy #Deep #Motorbikes #motos