There are athletes who canโt be in the parade tonight because their Olympic committee has told them they arenโt allowed to wear their hijab. There will be athletes on that same team wearing crucifixes.
Let that sink in. I adore the Olympics but we canโt turn away from this
Liz Ward ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฌ
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- GET IN BABE ITS TIME TO DECOLONIZE x
- Absolutely wild that entire books on How To Be An Activist are being written by 21 years olds and not a word of the vast and complex histories of community organising is being uttered. Books written completely from the 'I' perspective. The individualisation of this has to staaaap
- Today I start my new role at @stonewalluk as Director of Programmes and I can't wait to get going. Call it Irish superstition but, I've been keeping it hush until now. Now, more than ever, is the time to fight for *all* LGBTQ+ people.
- At this stage, I feel that everyone involved in this is complicit. The cops, the policy makers, the comms team, the graphics people, the social media admin who posted it. Iโm not sure my compassion and understanding can extend through to any of those who were involved here.BREAKING: The first people set to be removed to Rwanda have been detained.
00:00 - The questioning of Barbara Banda's gender, sex, femininity, skill, accolade, and everything else that small little man is doing with his platform, is very clear racism. Black women have our image, physicality and femininity questioned endlessly.
- Started working at @stonewalluk about three months ago and thereโs not a day that passes I donโt feel proud of my colleagues, inspired by our work, and more driven than ever to fight for all lgbtq+ lives. TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ say it AGAIN. ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
- I hate that clubs have to make statements like this. The commentators, the haters, the people who sit online and spew vile transphobia and misogynoir, i hope youโre proud of yourselves.We are proud to have Barbra Banda as a member of the Orlando Pride ๐
- The Argos catalogue was truly capitalist escapism for us poor kids eh. Dizzy on the memories of eagerly circling everything I wanted - from micro scooters, to playstations, to multi coloured disco lights, a blender - never to get any of it (of course) but the dream was enough
- This whole thing makes me sick. I think about Sean rigg who never left brixton police station and I think about how we march for his life every year and I think about how none of you bludclarts come, but benedict cumberdink is out here dropping of colonial ginger cake to you man
- Blackpool shirts are all sold out. That's what I'm talking about. ๐งก
- Violence against women is overwhelmingly committed by cisgender men, so why are the Tories blaming transgender people? | Glamour UK
- Labour could and would have achieved this majority without selling out trans people. The country wanted change. They are the only viable option. They added a sprinkle of hate to appease a nasty minority. This moment of change remains a dark day











