Belgian court rules transgender cyclist’s exclusion was discriminatory

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Belgian court rules transgender cyclist’s exclusion was discriminatory

A court in Brussels has ruled that the exclusion of a transgender female cyclist from women’s competitions was discriminatory and lacked...

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This is an important piece, drawing together so much about the horrendous treatment and pathologisation of trans people by Ireland's heath system.

It also sharply contrasts Ireland with the approach in Iceland, which while probably not perfect seems a world away.

"‘It left me traumatised’: The barriers to accessing transgender healthcare in Ireland"

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via @TheJournal / ed. @mhdelaney

#TransRights #MastoDaoine

‘It left me traumatised’: The barriers to accessing transgender healthcare in Ireland

The HSE has admitted that transgender healthcare is ‘limited’ and is ‘not meeting people’s full range of needs’.

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Very sad but very true 😕

#vaccines #climate #climatechange #climatechangeisreal #activism

Indian court rules #TransWomen are women and ‘legally entitled to recognition’

Written by Amelia Hansford, June 26, 2025

"A court in #India has decreed that trans women are women.

"In a landmark ruling for the country, after rejecting claims that womanhood was preserved only for those who can bear children, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh ruled that trans women were 'legally entitled' to recognition as women.

"Presiding over the case, justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa decided that tying the definition of women to pregnancy was 'legally unsustainable' and contradicted India’s constitution, which emphasises equality before the law.

"Quoting a Supreme Court decision from 2014, which legally recognised the rights of 'third gender' individuals, Pratapa said that prohibiting trans women’s right to identify as women 'amounted to discrimination'.

"The case was brought to the high court in 2022 after transgender woman #PokalaShabana looked to use a section of the Indian penal code to seek protection from her in-laws, whom, she said, had been abusive towards her.

"Her husband’s parents petitioned the court to deny her use of Section 498A, which protects women from cruelty by a husband or relatives, arguing that it only applied to cisgender women. They claimed that trans women don’t meet the legal definition of women under Indian law because they cannot get pregnant and said Shabana’s allegations of harassment lacked evidence.

"However, the judge said that articles 14, 15 and 21 of the constitution, which guarantee a variety of discrimination protections, including the right to life and personal liberty, meant trans women’s rights to be recognised as women superseded the law.

" 'A trans woman, born male and later transitioning to female, is legally entitled to recognition as a woman,' he wrote in his ruling. 'Denying such protection by questioning their womanhood amounts to discrimination.'

"Trans activist and artist #KalkiSubramaniam told the Washington Blade that she was relieved and delighted to see the court 'upholding our basic human right to be identified as what we want.' She went on to say: 'For [the] #transgender community, especially #transwomen, this verdict means a lot.' "

Source:
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Indian court rules trans women are women and ‘legally entitled to recognition’

A High Court in India has ruled that trans women are women despite what India law may say in a landmark decision for the country.

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When I was in my twenties, I was repeatedly denied a medically necessary hysterectomy because I might “meet a man who wants kids”.

I was left completely disabled, forced to undergo six surgeries, multiple blood & iron transfusions to preserve a diseased uterus for a HYPOTHETICAL child.

This happened in Canada, where we tend to be more Liberal than our neighbours to the South.

I was cishet and white, so faced less barriers to care than marginalized people do.

I still wasn’t permitted to make a decision about my own body.

Wasn’t trusted to know my own mind

I had zero quality of life. There was no way I could have been a mother even if I HAD wanted to (which I didn’t).

Yet a hypothetical future husband’s needs and desires were repeatedly put before my own.

I was told I would feel differently once I was “in love”. That my dream man would leave me

Basically imagine every misogynistic and patriarchal nonsense you’ve ever been told… I heard it all.

I watched my twenties slip away from a hospital bed, confused and disheartened by the fact that I couldn’t convince any doctors to let me make the choice that was best for my life & body

I eventually did get the hysterectomy, but only because I was literally bleeding to death.

What could have been a planned & controlled operation was done as an emergency and left me with tons of complications.

Autonomy doesn’t exist for uterus owners. And we’re losing more each day

I tell this story because I feel sick over what’s happening to Adriana Smith in Georgia.

She was a black nurse who tried to seek medical care. She was dismissed and it cost her life.

Now because of an abortion ban her body is being kept alive for a 9 week old fetus.

Her family had no say in the matter. She’s been turned into an incubator by the State. Had “care” forced upon her despite the fact that she couldn’t access proper care when she was alive.

The same day I found out about Adriana, I discovered that police in the UK are being given guidance on how to search a woman’s home & devices for any reference to abortion after a pregnancy loss.

Choice is an illusion. So is autonomy. And it shouldn’t be.

I don’t know where we go from here, but I do know that if I faced a battle to obtain a hysterectomy, more marginalized people living in less Liberal areas have it far far worse.

We need to tell our stories. I’ve told this story before, and I’m going to keep telling it until none of us suffer this way.

For the Adriana’s who can’t tell their story. For those we’ve lost and will lose. For the next generation.

We need to keep fighting for true autonomy. We need to support each other.

We need to make it clear that we do not agree with patriarchal fascist means of controlling our reproductive organs and by extension, our lives.

When we share stories, we help others know they aren’t alone. We educate people on how far we are from equality. We change hearts and minds

#patriarchy #misogyny #fuckthepatriarchy #fascism #roevwade #abortion #womenshealth #disability #ableism #misogynoir #womenshealth

There’s an awful article in The Washington Post today about how young men see the Tate Brothers as role models who have ‘easy answers’.

I’m not linking to it because I don’t want to give it any traffic.

The tone of the piece is about how hard men have it right now. How they get mixed messages and don’t know whether they should be ‘alpha’ or not.

Let me be perfectly clear, they don’t have it hard. This is accountability. That’s all. Men are finally being told they have to be responsible for their actions. That they can’t get away with misogyny, assault, rape and abuse. That we are fighting back.

If that’s ‘confusing’ for them, that’s their problem.

The Tate brothers don’t have the answers. They’re just propagating the same misogynistic and fascism adjacent narrative that many men have heard for years.

That Trump and Musk are only too happy to support.

That women are less than. That men can and should dominate us. That ‘being a man’ involves subjugating women.

It doesn’t. It shouldn’t. Call it out. Support women. Believe victims.

Say Gisele Pelicot’s name today. Let’s change the narrative.

#misogyny #mercigisele #patriarchy #fuckthepatriarchy #uspoli #fascism

They target trans folk because they think cishet folk will look away. They're counting on you not defending those who aren't like you.

They target Black and Brown folk because they think white folk will look away. They're counting on us not defending those who aren't like us.

I'm considering migrating from Fosstodon and I'd appreciate recommendations of alternate Mastodon instances with these features:

- medium/large
- main theme among my tech interests but allow general discussions
- ElasticSearch (full-text search)
- at least 2 admins/mods
- regularly updated stock Mastodon, no forks

#mastodon

In theory Bluesky is decentralized but in practice it isn’t. The AT Protocol supports decentralization but in practice, the network that most users participate in is run by a single company.

So unlike Mastodon, if that one company’s servers go down, the entire BlueSky service is down for all users.

techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/wait…

Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down? | TechCrunch

It turns out that decentralized social networks can go down, too. On Thursday evening, the decentralized social network Bluesky experienced a significant

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Ooof 😟 this morning i got the server bills and currently im still a massive €470+ short..

Upcoming week I'm gonna dedicate go clean up servers, merge some to cut costs

Unofrt active users has gone down but the cost do keep return and even increase every month

Please, if you can and want, help me out with these bills

paypal.me/stuxOS
patreon.com/mstdn
ko-fi.com/mstdn
bunq.me/stuxhost
stux.me/donate
liberapay.com/mstdn

Boosts would also be a help❤️

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Most if not all the work I do (online) I give away for free! Personally I dislike advertisements so I won't apply those either.

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