
Melanie gardner
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Melanie gardner
@MelGardner33
Happily retired, creative soul










Beth Dobbin has announced her retirement from athletics aged 31 due to a "serious and life changing health issue". The sprinter represented Team GB in the 200m at the Tokyo Olympics and is a Commonwealth 4x400m bronze medallist. She is also the Scottish 200m record-holder (22.50) and ran for Great Britain at two World and European Athletics Championships.


This is just so heartbreaking, not just for Noa-Lynn but for all transgender players trying to make a living out of their favourite sport. Screw you, DRA and PDC.







Stephen Fry warns about a “rising tide of transphobia”. He says it’s being used as “a kind of lever” to open up “all kinds of horror”. I'm guessing he doesn't think women being compelled to undress in front of men - to affirm the identities of males who say they are women - is also 'horror'?






Woman, 97, was found dead on the floor of her home after being told she would have to wait ten days for an ambulance for a suspected hip break, coroner hears trib.al/cUyNmTu










