No, I detransitioned because I was pretending to be the opposite sex as a delusional trauma response to being abused as a girl. pic.twitter.com/0WxhaJM7gm — Laura Becker🦎 (@LauraBeckerReal) July 6, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

John Vachon, February 1943. "New York, New York. Associated Transport Company trucking terminal on Washington Street. Loading goods on a southbound transport." [Photo: Shorpy/John Vachon for the Office of War Information]

Stop press! A female runner is competing in the US Olympic trials for a place in the women's 1500 metres. From the NYT Athletic: The biggest race of Nikki Hiltz’s career is coming soon, but the middle-distance runner who identifies as transgender and nonbinary said that racing to a spot on the U.S. Olympic team…

In case you're excited by the BBC headline, Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian elected Iran's president: Here’s what you need to know about the Iranian “elections” that took place. No, #Pezeshkian is not a “reformist” there is NO reform with the Islamic Republic. The Western media peddling this narrative are doing the work of the Islamic republic.…

Café Royal Books, this time with photographer Phil Portus: In the mid to late 70s, I was part of a small group of photographers called the REFLEX GROUP which was led by Diane "Hank" Olson (aka Diane Bush), an American documentary photographer, who had previously worked in London with the EXIT Collective and exhibited at…

Never a good thing when politicians think God has personal messages for them pic.twitter.com/Jl8q6n6vUb — Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר (@AnshelPfeffer) July 6, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Adnan Hussain's final rally in Blackburn. "We will raise our voice for Gaza! We will continue to fight, until death, inshallah!" pic.twitter.com/WSUj92TVh0 — habibi (@habibi_uk) July 5, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js For the BBC, Hussain's victory was fueled by "Gaza concerns". See also, Leicester South: There were jobs to get back to but many chose to linger…

Yes, of late the Tories have been the ones putting a brake on the gender steam-roller – but they're the ones who got us into this mess. Joan Smith at UnHerd: As we watch with trepidation to see how far the new Labour government will pursue its manifesto commitments to gender ideology, it’s easy to…

Though of course the hard left are, as ever, up there alongside their Muslim "comrades" in the fight for Gaza: Jess Phillips was heckled by pro-Palestine activists after narrowly defeating a far-left candidate who has accused Labour of backing Israeli “genocide”. The re-elected MP for Birmingham Yardley beat Workers Party candidate Jody McIntyre by just…

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected as an independent candidate in my home constituency of Islington North. No surprise: a Vote Corbyn poster decorates almost every other window round here. He's been campaigning on a Gaza ticket – "Today, Palestine is on the ballot. If you re-elect me as an Independent MP in Islington North, I…