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@patrick_ness
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@LondonOttersRC
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Wishing my wonderful husband
@patrick_ness
the happiest of publication days for the hilarious Chronicles of Lizard Nobody illustrated by Tim Miller it’s heartwarming and hilarious in the way that only he can achieve. Available now from all good bookstores
I’m a cis gay man, I’ve been openly gay since I got outted at 15. I’ve been hurt by homophobic & misdirected transphobic abuse from cis-het individuals more times than I can count…BUT I have never felt erased, threatened or harmed by my Trans or NB siblings
#JKDoesntSpeakForMe
Right. EVERY single person I know in the U.K. fill this in *IMMEDIATELY* please “conversion therapy” is abuse, it is not recognised by any medical bodies as anything other than a moral torture system. The very fact that we have to answer this is exhausting but please do
Nearly got into a row with a mother on the train who was lying to her child by correcting her - if I hear your offspring being misinformed that my rainbow
#pride
mask “Is for the NHS” I’m well within my rights to correct you. “They didn’t need to know that!” Apparently they did…
.
@jk_rowling
repeatedly claims that she is not transphobic & “does not hate Trans people” then RTs hateful misinformation intended to scare monger and incite violence. YOU ARE TRANSPHOBIC JK and a huge disappointment to my entire generation.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
I loathed PE at all my schools. Especially the one where my *teacher* started a petition for me to get changed in isolation after I was outted because “I made the normal boys uncomfortable” when that failed they encouraged ⚽️s thrown at my face every lesson while we were changing
Also a radical thought but if you can’t handle being corrected perhaps don’t loudly discuss strangers’ appearance and attire in front of them? It’s f*cking rude
And what is the actual point of
@LGBTLabour
right now? Their silence as this government rush to attack the LGBTQ+ community and then gaslight us about it is staggering.
I'm told that the Prime Minister was shifted by the strength of reaction from Conservative MPs and ministers when they saw the story break.
But he has removed trans conversion therapy from the equation and is insisting any bill must not have 'unintended consequences'.
A reminder, that PARENTS are not necessarily safe to be informed of a child's struggles, they can sadly often be the LEAST safe person to be informed of those things. It is NOT wrong that Kids' Gender and Queerness be kept from parents, GOOD parents will be told by their Kids...
Apologies twitter and
#gaytwitter
, I usually reserve my gym
#progresspics
for instagram but I’m feel quite pleased with my fitness results at the moment compared to where I was eight years ago (aren’t those automated memory features eye-opening sometimes?)
This is what many of us were afraid of
@UKLabour
’s willingness to continue culture wars and allow misinformation & malice dressed up as “concern” to override medical science & peer reviewed journals which prove the need for some Trans youth to access puberty blockers
@LGBTLabour
🚨 BREAKING: Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said he intends to ban puberty blockers for trans children.
Jo Maugham, Director of the Good Law Project, reported today that "subject to the outcome of the court proceedings and consultation" Streeting will ban puberty blockers.
As someone whose school years were heavily marred by Section 28 (often abused by homophobic teachers to do harm to their LGBTQ+ students) this incredible piece by
@jamesliammcd
from
@polaripress
feels like true reclamation. Every child has an inalienable right to be themselves 🏳️🌈
I am sick to the back teeth of so many cis gay men back flipping over themselves to use “both sides”ism to defend vitriolic Transphobic bigots. BE ACTIVE ALLIES take responsibility for supporting our Trans/NB siblings not only do we owe them but it’s just the RIGHT thing to do…
So
@Luke_NStuff
and I have some very sad news in that after ten and half years we have decided to split up. We are staying close friends and talking and working through everything together as we begin separating. We’d appreciate your love & support during this difficult time X
Biscuit does this adorable thing when we’re on walks of turning her head to establish that I am in fact, *still* attached to her lead and it actually melts my heart 💗
Our baby girl is very sick and it is stressing me out beyond belief.
I am not religious but would appreciate any well wishes for Biscuit to make a full and speedy recovery, I can’t bear the thought of anything else...
Such a mixed bag of emotions on losing you Gran but I know it was time and you were ready. We’ll all miss you so much but thank you for bringing so much love, light and joy to world for 99 years
#RIP
Right finally looks like this is about to happen! Thanks for all the lovely messages of support over the last couple of days. Looking forward to getting home to
@Luke_NStuff
and the girls later on
@Labour_Insider
@stonewalluk
This is a total fabrication pushed by right wing bad actors there is no “transing” of gay bi and lesbian people, also gender identity and sexuality are wholly separate things so you can be trans and gay, get over it
2018 me vs me now & I’d much rather be me on the right (doesn’t mean that I don’t still have body image issues or am completely satisfied with where I am) BUT I do want to change the narrative a bit on what happy/healthy looks like which isn’t the same for everyone.
#bodypositive
A rancid tweet in which
@francesbarber13
reveals they are a totally unhinged bigot. I’m reporting this grossly offensive tweet which attempts to accuse Trans people of being rapists with zero evidence or reason just outright hatred and I’d encourage everyone else to report it too
#LGBTHM21
I find it STAGGERING that so many young LGBQT people and the less young ones in my own generation are unaware of Section 28 and the enormous cultural damage it. That 21 years ago our dear PM got *paid* money to spew this in a column while voting against removing S.28 1/
.
@Luke_NStuff
and I would like to introduce you all to someone very special ☺️, this is Biscuit Coveney-Entwistle our gorgeous Irish Doodle who‘ll be joining our family at the end of May!
I’d promise not to tweet about her too much when she arrives home but I’d be lying 😅🙈
I’d love to know why the .
@BBCNews
decided to run with *this* pic for an article on “conversion therapy” ban?
Don’t get me wrong I’m a lover of rainbow coloured speedos as much as the next gay guy but this feels like a Daily Mail tactic
I’d never engaged with or heard of .
@QuestionLGBTedu
before but having seen some of their disgusting hateful content quote tweeted I’m not surprised...This is a warped homophobic agenda deliberately attempting to use a gay man’s private social media to harm his career. PLS REPORT
Earlier on the gym...
TSWM (threatened straight white male): Oi mate after your work out you took a creepy pic of that young girl who happens to be my GF.
Me: I think you’ve misunder-
TSWM: I KNOW what I saw.
Me: I think you saw a gay man taking photos of their on point vest...
@leahcuerden1
@stonewalluk
Bore off you ignorant bigot, Stonewall has done an enormous amount for the LGBTQ+ community historically including contributing to the repeal of Section 28, enshrining non-discrimination employment policies in law & equal marriage. Your hate lobby is the one harming young people
Slightly too tired for a
#MyJourneyToPride
back again video but I’m on a train with lots of smiley people...My French skills are now very rusty but I’m 90% sure the French family opposite just told their grandmother how “magnifique” London Pride was and the girl wants my shoes✨
Twitter is already an unsafe space for LGBTQ+ people, I have several people blocked who still harass me & orchestrate abusive pile ons whenever they get bored enough in their sad little lives. This completely wrong headed move is driven by ego will make millions unsafe.
So wrong
I don’t have many talents but pleasing more mature ladies on the dance floor might be one of them these two were a delight. Just before we left one of them grabbed me said “Lockdown took the joy from our lives, and tonight dancing with you brought it back” ❤️🥺
Right finally looks like this is about to happen! Thanks for all the lovely messages of support over the last couple of days. Looking forward to getting home to
@Luke_NStuff
and the girls later on
#Pride
is a protest…It’s many other things, a celebration, festivals, marches a chance increasingly for many corporations and orgs to try and leverage their inclusive credentials or commercialise them to make us *feel* like they support us. It’s often cynical and performative
Just took Biscuit for her first extended walk in her puppy pack, safe to say she wasn’t very impressed with her Dad’s enthusiasm for this
#puppiesoftwitter
Before that nastiness I got back on my
#progresspic
bullsh*t for
#TransformationTuesday
. These photos are nearly 9 years apart - that’s 24 year old Nick vs the current version (33😅😜). Fitness & health are personal unique to each individual but I’m happier now
#gayuk
#gaylondon
Managed to get back to my subtle wallflower gym and swim lifestyle
@FFcottons
today and it felt amazing (and yes this this a
#thirsttrap
on a Thursday, groundbreaking, I know)
I managed to go for a swim after my post workout last night and it was utterly brilliant almost felt like a religious experience. Also temporarily very soothing for chronic pain. You wouldn’t know it from this photo but I was beaming with big smiles inside 🌈🦄
Reminder, Transphobia isn’t exercising “free speech” it is weaponising prejudice to harm a real marginalised community. You can think whatever toxic nonsense you like in the privacy of your own head but wanting to harm others like the GC movement does is wholly wrong
Straight privilege is a couple “walking” arm-in-arm through peak rush hour traffic (at a glacial pace) and then shouting at the queer person who doesn’t move out of your way to make room for happy couple to squeeze through a non-existent gap 🤬
Let’s be clear, there is no
#BanConversionTherapy
while U.K. govt proposes exemptions for religious communities who have been most common promoters of this particular kind of torture for CENTURIES. I know
@BorisJohnson
doesn’t like “bum boys” but
@LGBTCons
should recognise this
Okay 🪡 so I’m aware that this will sound trivial but it’s really not, also it’s far too common which is why I feel compelled to write about it. While we were on our
@VirginVoyages
some of the staff repeatedly asked me why I was only ordering soft drinks and made jokes… 1/?
Hey gang, it’s
#LGBTQhistorymonth
#LGBTHM
I wanted to you a bit of my personal history which always ways heavy on my mind this time of year... I’m going to attempt to do so a thread here and a blog post elsewhere so please stay with me! 1/11