Category: Solidarity
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We are not the threat – 199 days later at the Scottish Parliament
On 1st November 2025 Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh (RTiE) led a demonstration to support and protect Scotland’s transgender community in the face of rising persecution and discrimination. The demonstration was scheduled to coincide with – and counteract – a protest from pressure group Women Won’t Wheesht over the implementation of the Supreme Court’s (SC) ruling…
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Nine things you can do to support the trans community in this scary moment
Written by Mina Baird and originally published on her blog. Hi friends, It’s a really scary time to be trans in the UK. Last week, the Supreme Court deciding that trans women aren’t “legally” women, in a clearly partisan decision that parrots the language of trans eliminationist activists, and in which no trans people or groups…
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Thank you to every one of the beautiful thousands
Thank you to every one of the beautiful thousands who turned up today. We will not be erased! This protest shows one thing more than any other; where they need to bus in a couple hundred to their fill out little hate meets, thousands organically show up to support us. where they need to utilise…
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Call for solidarity: Ella Keidar Greenberg
Last month, 18-year-old trans woman Ella Keidar Greenberg was imprisoned in Israel for refusing to serve in the military. Now, the Refuser Solidarity Network is asking for people worldwide to send letters to Ella for support and encouragement. In a recent interview with 972 Magazine, Greenberg connected her refusal to serve to her perspective as a…
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International Women’s Day
You won’t hear Posie Parker celebrating International Women’s Day, but we will. We know that real feminists promote inclusion, that real feminists do not promote fear. We know that real feminists do not crumble, but work together to make things better for everyone. We know that real feminists stand together in solidarity, from Abortion Rights…
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Queer Solidarity Bloc: Why we stand with Palestine
Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh (RTiE) and Queers for Palestine Scotland call out to all LGBT+ people to join a Queer Bloc in Edinburgh at the national Scottish protest in solidarity with Palestine on Saturday 3rd February (details to follow).
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Thank you to every ally
To every cafe, pub and shop who have been such amazing allies in 2023. Every flag, flyer and sticker is hugely appreciated!
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Trans Joy Prevails
On 20th December 2023 the Scottish Government announced the end to legal challenges against the blocking of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. But in ‘Trans Joy Prevails!’ we look at the support for the bill – with Lady Gaga.
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Drag Queen Story Hour
When an Aida H Dee poster was defaced with ‘Teach ABCs not LGBTs’ they responded that they taught both. ‘Acceptance, Bravery, Compassion, Love, Generosity, Benevolence, Tolerance’. This set of values was too much for the far right, who promised a blockade of the show by up to 300 anti-drag protestors. Attempts by the far right…
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