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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 03:07:37 JST goatsarah

   Looks like the work we did with Stonewall was a bust. Reporting here that they now think it’s ok to stop us using toilets.

   What an utter travesty.

   news.sky.com/story/lower-the-t…

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 03:15:36 JST goatsarah

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     • marlies :tblverified:
     @marlies Looking like it
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     marlies :tblverified: (marlies@tacobelllabs.net)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 03:15:37 JST marlies :tblverified:

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     @goatsarah do we need to go back to calling them Sonewall?

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     iwein (iwein@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 04:27:50 JST iwein

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     @goatsarah I never got why it's ok to refuse someone to use a toilet based on their gender. It should be about being polite and leaving the space safe and clean for the next person, instead of all this gender stuff. Where did the idea for gender based toilet access come from anyway? Isn't it just daft and ignorable?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 14:54:19 JST goatsarah

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     • Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️
     • Essjay (she / her) 🏳️‍🌈

     @zo @essjay It was Ruth Hunt who made them openly advocate for trans people.

     I think it took a very heavy toll on her. I have a great deal of respect for Ruth, and I think her force of will was maybe more important than any of us (her included) realised.

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     Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️ (zo@cultofshiv.wtf)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 14:54:20 JST Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Essjay (she / her) 🏳️‍🌈

     @essjay @goatsarah That's what I gather from hearing other peoples stories, that Nancy was the first CE to go "We need to openly advocated for trans rights as well" and yeah, that she was efficiently forced out over it isn't a good sign

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     Essjay (she / her) 🏳️‍🌈 (essjay@outdoors.lgbt)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 14:54:21 JST Essjay (she / her) 🏳️‍🌈

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     • Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️

     @zo

     IIRC I think that was when Ben Summerskill was CE.
     They were as transphobic AF.
     Summerskill weirdly was opposed to marriage equality for LG people too 🤪

     I had a horrible feeling that Nancy Kelley's resignation was to do with backsliding on trans rights.

     Anderson was involved with the Tory government until recently.

     Tory / fash institutional capture continues apace.

     Fuck Stonewall

     @goatsarah

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     Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️ (zo@cultofshiv.wtf)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 14:54:22 JST Pyroéaon 🏳️‍⚧️

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     @goatsarah there was someone, I think it was Christine Burns? who mentioned a few years ago that in the early days of stonewall they were like "thanks for helping out but don't mention the trans stuff, we'll get around to that later" and then didn't