michaelannewrites.bsky.social
Queer crippled writer.
Disability advocate
Tired
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It feels like the sanitised and patronising 'differently abled'.
If someone finds peace and encouragement using that term for themselves that's great- but I think it's disingenuous to pretend like ME/LC isn't rooted in suffering and pain
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There WAS an important movement to stop using wheelchair bound. As far as I am aware, there is no such movement from us chronically ill cripples who are trapped in our homes, often without appropriate medical care.
Also, the narrative of the "good cripple" has nothing to do with it?
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FFS.
they are missing the *incredibly important* point that we phased out "wheelchair bound" because wheelchair users are not physically restrained to their chairs AND wheelchairs are freedom and movement.
We housebound and bedbound cripples are literally trapped in our homes/beds.
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Seriously. If your main contribution is "some babies just gonna starve 🤷🏻♀️" maybe you should just stfu and let the grown ups talk
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Do they even hear the shit that comes out of their mouth????
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Oh amazing! Some of the best poems I've written have been about the erotic expression of my disabled body. I love that intersection, the way our bodies hold both pain and pleasure simultaneously
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That is an absolutely gorgeous cover 💗
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I'm pretty sure most punters know how to go downstairs.
And why are we locking them in????
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That's the funniest shit that's happened to me in a LONG time
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This skeet has a target audience that's bigger than it should be 😬 lol sob
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Are there inside jokes about the absurdly cunty things you did? Some of them are pretty funny, I bet
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Seems we all had to walk this road together. We're here now though. Some lessons take a few rounds.
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There are a lot of problems with the way we treat refugees. "They have it too easy" is not one of them.
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Oh they absolutely will
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They have said its self evident apparently?
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Most LGBT people use labels as descriptors, not fucking cages
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I do!! I talk about disability and sex/ sexuality quite a bit. But I guess I haven't posted much about it here
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You are so pretty 😍
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The photos are absolutely beautiful 💜
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'The 88-page judgment said the law “makes clear that the concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man”. '
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Much mindful. Very demure
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My understanding is that they said that sex is binary and self- evident.
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But this ruling makes zero provision for intersex people in those cases, and effectively legally erases their existence because they want to hold onto the belief that sex is binary.
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No, I understand your point. I am saying that there are other parts of the legislation that do not include discrimination by perception. Just as here- which is why you want this legal definition, right? So you have certain allowances and protections that apply only to cis women.
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I mean, it makes perfect sense if you understand that trans women are a category of women. Just like, cis women, or disabled women.
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This is not Scottish lesbians speaking out about an issue that hurts them. This is transphobes- some of whom are lesbians- trying to make life harder for trans women.
Lesbians are the most supportive of trans people out of all demographics.
justlikeus.org/news/2023/03....
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LMAO. All the cis men out there just going through the long process of living like a woman and then applying for a legal change of gender so they can....???
Sounds cishet to me.
The legal case was partly funded by JK Rowling.
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In this case though, they are literally claiming that the definition of biological woman is self- evident and that sex is binary. They have erased intersex people from the law- and from protection under sex/ gender discrimination due to being intersex.
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And for intersex people?
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There is no definition and therefore no provision for this under the law.
This is a fundamental flaw and makes the ruling completely unworkable in practice.
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Similarly, this legislation defines 'biological women' as having access to specific rights that exclude trans women. But they do not define what 'biological women' are. So, how do you apply those laws to intersex people or anyone who's characteristics don't align with binary sex?
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Disability already has a definition in the equality act- there are different provisions for disabled and non- disabled people. So, while disabled people are entitled to reasonable adjustments under the law- non- disabled people are not. The legislation details what counts as disabled.
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No. Legal terms need to be defined so you know how to apply them in all circumstances. They defined sex as binary, despite the fact that there are many people who have both masculine and feminine biological characteristics. This is biologically, legally, and practically incoherent
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Yeah, "self- evident" vibes
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In this way, their ruling is actual nonsense because they are arguing trans women both can, and cannot, be protected under sex based discrimination alongside 'biological women'- whatever that means
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Just like, you can bring a claim for disability or religious discrimination if you are discriminated against because an organisation believes, or associates you with that class.
Trans women who don't "pass" but are still associated with women, would still be able to argue sex based discrimination
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Okay, so knowing a bit about the equality act I disagree with you here. While the ruling is nonsense, this part is absolutely in line with the rest of the equality act. It doesn't require passing, but an association with women as a protected class.
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Yeah, that doesn't exist
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Ugh this is so disappointing, but I'm annoyed at myself for being disappointed, because, of course
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Ignored the very real and practical limitations of their ruling- which will be both unworkable and cause real harm to trans and cis women alike- because they are clinging to a simplistic and self- evident model of sex that simply does not exist
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We have spent the last month talking about how defining 'biological women' is scientifically impossible and practically unworkable, and they just ignored it.
They ignored the evidence, ignored lesbians overwhelming inclusion of trans women, ignored biology's failure to define women in sports