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Let's have a fun thread of people 'who can always tell' calling me a man. (Because when you talk about having PCOS asuch as I do this shit is funny as anything!)
Charley Hasted (they/them)
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Charley Hasted (they/them)
@CharleyHasted
Lib Dem, Chair @LGBTLD, NHS worker, carer, trustee @Lambethlinks. (views my own).
Promoted by Charley Hasted on behalf of LGBT+ Lib Dems, 1 Vincent Sq, SW1P 2PN
London, England
Joined May 2017
- I was a young carer. I looked after my mum and sometimes my sister as well. I was late a lot. 10 minute detention if you were late, 3 lates and you got an hour the following week. "You need to be responsible." No. I had responsibilities coming out my ears. What I needed was help.Schools rewarding 100% attendance is ableist.
- Oh look it's 'brits don't eat spice' season. 1) We have millions of people from diaspora communities who very much do eat spices AND are every bit as British as me. 2) The concept of British food as bland comes from Victorian/Edwardian middle/upper class snobbery. 🧵 /1
- Replying to @CharleyHastedAll a 10 minute detention did was mean we ate late because I missed my train home which meant I had less time to do homework or I went to bed late. Which increased the chance of me oversleeping and being late. Lather, rinse, repeat.
- Hey @AirCanada if you broke a passenger's legs through your own negligence would you just offer them a $500 voucher? Because that's basically what you've done here.
- Social transition generally includes things like: -going by a different name -changing hairstyle -wearing different clothes Imagine being told you couldn't use a nickname or cut/grow your hair unless your parents consented? That is how demonised trans people are now.Does PM agree it's "inappropriate for schools to encourage young people under the age of 18 to socially transition… without parental consent?” asks Andrew Bridgen Rishi Sunak says, “I don’t think that’s acceptable, we must protect our children” #PMQs bbc.in/3MutEKZ
00:00 - There are Terfs leafletting outside my hustings and I am shaking with anger. This place is my HOME. I have never felt unsafe living in Herne Hill as a trans person and they have no right to take that away from me.
- Replying to @CharleyHastedI fought to try and get to school on time. I'd literally be in tears if I missed the train. I'd run so hard from the station I'd turn up dry heaving. I'd skip breakfast/showering literally anything to try and get out the door faster and it was never enough.
- British Stages of response to a terrorist attack: -Shock -Sadness -Anger -Kindness -Mocking terrorists #BritishThreatLevels
- Replying to @CharleyHastedThis is spreading so much more than I thought it would and I appreciate the kind words I've had more than I can say. Fact is it's too late to help me but there are still thousands of young carers dealing with the same things I did and worse.
- Replying to @M94589362No not all schools are the same but it shouldn't be a lottery
- Anna Komnena Jane Austen George Elliot Harriet Martineau Anne Bronte Charlotte Bronte Emily Bronte Enid Blyton Elinor M Brent-Dyer Louisa Alcott Anne Fine Jacqueline Wilson Malorie Blackman Val McDiarmid Patricia Cornwell Kathy Reichs Beatrix Potter Agatha Christie Mary Shelley
- Replying to @CharleyHastedPlease donate to charities like @CarersUK @CarersTrust or others in your own area that help young carers. Speak to politicians and tell them to stand up for young carers now and in the future so they don't have to deal with what I did.
- Replying to @rex_woodbury and @jean_twengeYou have vast areas where you don't even have *sidewalks* how are you expecting kids who aren't old enough to drive to get to their friends? Levitation?
