Dr Lisa Coombes
@cutscore.bsky.social
- Associate Professor
- Assessment Psychometrician
- Medical Educator
- @notaloneplymouth.co.uk
- Moshpit Mademoiselle🤘
- She/Her. Views are my own.
- Assessment Psychometrician
- Medical Educator
- @notaloneplymouth.co.uk
- Moshpit Mademoiselle🤘
- She/Her. Views are my own.
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Dr Lisa Coombes
@cutscore.bsky.social
· Nov 6
I recently completed a clinical education dissertation that asked members of the #transgender, #nonbinary and gender non-conforming community what they wanted doctors to know about their healthcare. I then carried out a thematic analysis to identify 15 main themes (1/18)
Thank you to @plymuni.bsky.social for hosting the @notaloneplymouth.co.uk Trans Day of Remebrance gathering, which takes place this year at the Jill Craigie Cinema from 18.30pm
This year we wil be gathering at University of Plymouth's Jill Craigie Cinema for Trans Day of Remembrance.
Thursday 20th Nov, doors open at 18.30.
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Thursday 20th Nov, doors open at 18.30.
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thank you to @plymuni.bsky.social for hosting the @notaloneplymouth.co.uk Trans Day of Remebrance gathering, which takes place this year at the Jill Craigie Cinema from 18.30pm
This year we wil be gathering at University of Plymouth's Jill Craigie Cinema for Trans Day of Remembrance.
Thursday 20th Nov, doors open at 18.30.
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Thursday 20th Nov, doors open at 18.30.
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Reposted by Dr Lisa Coombes
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
Kicked off trans awareness week with an LGBT+ healthcare session for medical undergraduates alongside @traceycollett.bsky.social and the brilliant Emma Marsh. Always a pleasure to talk about trans+ care with such an engaged group who understand the value of inclusive and equitable healthcare
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kicked off trans awareness week with an LGBT+ healthcare session for medical undergraduates alongside @traceycollett.bsky.social and the brilliant Emma Marsh. Always a pleasure to talk about trans+ care with such an engaged group who understand the value of inclusive and equitable healthcare
After a break I returned to academia in July, and I'm currently being allocated postgrad research supervisor roles.
It's hard to share the joy and enthusiasm new researchers have when they talk about their work. Makes me grateful I took the opportunity to come back.
It's hard to share the joy and enthusiasm new researchers have when they talk about their work. Makes me grateful I took the opportunity to come back.
I just had a lovely chat with a brand-new PhD in my field, and it's moments like this that make me glad to be an academic.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After a break I returned to academia in July, and I'm currently being allocated postgrad research supervisor roles.
It's hard to share the joy and enthusiasm new researchers have when they talk about their work. Makes me grateful I took the opportunity to come back.
It's hard to share the joy and enthusiasm new researchers have when they talk about their work. Makes me grateful I took the opportunity to come back.
Bodily autonomy should always be a societal norm. I still can't understand how anyone feels they have the right to dictate this stuff to anyone. My body, my choice.
u should be able to just get HRT freely and if u want/need it then ur material conditions are different to those who do not this is not complex stuff!!
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Bodily autonomy should always be a societal norm. I still can't understand how anyone feels they have the right to dictate this stuff to anyone. My body, my choice.
Fun times with Better Lovers in Torquay last night 🤘
October 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fun times with Better Lovers in Torquay last night 🤘
He is clearly helping
I thought I'd do a test stream of some ambient noodlings last night. On the DL since it's the first one and could be messy.
And it was indeed very messy. In part because this guy decided to make himself one with the Model:Samples for the duration. Made things a bit more tricky than necessary.
And it was indeed very messy. In part because this guy decided to make himself one with the Model:Samples for the duration. Made things a bit more tricky than necessary.
October 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
He is clearly helping
Feels weird having hope
October 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Feels weird having hope
Our TDoR service this year will be taking place at the University of Plymouth's Jill Craigie cinema on 20th Nov. Thanks as always to @plymuni.bsky.social for their ongoing support.
More details below or via this link
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
More details below or via this link
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
This year we wil be gathering at University of Plymouth's Jill Craigie Cinema for Trans Day of Remembrance.
Thursday 20th Nov, doors open at 18.30.
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Thursday 20th Nov, doors open at 18.30.
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Our TDoR service this year will be taking place at the University of Plymouth's Jill Craigie cinema on 20th Nov. Thanks as always to @plymuni.bsky.social for their ongoing support.
More details below or via this link
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
More details below or via this link
www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/tra...
Reposted by Dr Lisa Coombes
GIRES has agreed to endorse this research recruitment study to understand how psychological therapy for trans people can be improved. This project has been developed closely with trans people with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
For more information, please see the poster.
For more information, please see the poster.
October 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
GIRES has agreed to endorse this research recruitment study to understand how psychological therapy for trans people can be improved. This project has been developed closely with trans people with lived experience of mental health difficulties.
For more information, please see the poster.
For more information, please see the poster.
I am going to have to look up what dignity and respect are, because this isnt how I understood the meaning of those words
Streeting confirmed that he will push trans women into "third spaces", saying that his plans for segregation are based on "respect" and "empathy".
September 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I am going to have to look up what dignity and respect are, because this isnt how I understood the meaning of those words
Reposted by Dr Lisa Coombes
Also I really like this figure for making a crucial point of the study - trans kids' identities are roughly as stable as cis kids' identities.
September 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Also I really like this figure for making a crucial point of the study - trans kids' identities are roughly as stable as cis kids' identities.
My first successful ascent. My weekend has peaked
September 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My first successful ascent. My weekend has peaked
Reposted by Dr Lisa Coombes
Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
September 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
↓
www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...
Having a research page that shares my publication record seems so innocuous, but it also essentially outs me and tells people my deadname and I don't know how I feel about that. I'm really proud of some of the work I've been involved in, but work colleagues don't need such cursed knowledge
September 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Having a research page that shares my publication record seems so innocuous, but it also essentially outs me and tells people my deadname and I don't know how I feel about that. I'm really proud of some of the work I've been involved in, but work colleagues don't need such cursed knowledge
The Irony is that is they had just left it there someone would have come along and stolen it by now
Current state of the Banksy non-exhibition at the High Court in London.
The two guards and I decided to laugh at each other maniacally for fun.
The two guards and I decided to laugh at each other maniacally for fun.
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Irony is that is they had just left it there someone would have come along and stolen it by now
When I look back at the guidance that came with my GRC as to how I should expect to be treated in law I wonder how on earth we have wandered so far from the light, and under the guidance of an organisation that is supposed to exist to protect my rights.
Note how this is a completely bonkers topsy-turvy version of what that Schedule 3, paragraph 28 exception was *actually* there for, and how trans people were *supposed* to be treated when it comes to single-sex services.
See the original Code here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
See the original Code here: www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/defaul...
September 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When I look back at the guidance that came with my GRC as to how I should expect to be treated in law I wonder how on earth we have wandered so far from the light, and under the guidance of an organisation that is supposed to exist to protect my rights.
Reposted by Dr Lisa Coombes
And yet, if you’re a trans person who passes, then you’re at even higher risk of also been banned from the only single-sex service that you *are* permitted to use (the one of your sex recorded at birth)
(This is from the draft code that the EHRC put out for consultation)
(This is from the draft code that the EHRC put out for consultation)
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
And yet, if you’re a trans person who passes, then you’re at even higher risk of also been banned from the only single-sex service that you *are* permitted to use (the one of your sex recorded at birth)
(This is from the draft code that the EHRC put out for consultation)
(This is from the draft code that the EHRC put out for consultation)
Really happy to see this statement. The EHRC guidance will make 'passing' the standard, and will in turn reinforce gender stereotypes. Only those who don't conform will be safe from the scrutiny, so it's good to see it being called out like this.
My governing body, the British Psychological Society (@bpsofficial.bsky.social) is also highly critical of the EHRC Code of Practice.
Thank you, BPS, for making this public statement.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Thank you, BPS, for making this public statement.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
September 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Really happy to see this statement. The EHRC guidance will make 'passing' the standard, and will in turn reinforce gender stereotypes. Only those who don't conform will be safe from the scrutiny, so it's good to see it being called out like this.
Not saying I'm jaded and suspicious, but I've just been sent a link to an amazing sounding clinical resource and I don’t want to click on it because it feels like it'll end up being a phishing test by my IT dept
September 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Not saying I'm jaded and suspicious, but I've just been sent a link to an amazing sounding clinical resource and I don’t want to click on it because it feels like it'll end up being a phishing test by my IT dept
Saying we should live free of discrimination and harassment while also advocating our segregation and exclusion from basic services seems to be standard labour policy these days
Questions to the Equalities Minister today about trans people.
🧵 of relevant clips…
1. Generic statement on diggly and raspberries.
🧵 of relevant clips…
1. Generic statement on diggly and raspberries.
September 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Saying we should live free of discrimination and harassment while also advocating our segregation and exclusion from basic services seems to be standard labour policy these days
Truly exceptional show, and always a great night out every time I visit @trplymouth.bsky.social
Seems like a while since Theatre Lisa was deployed, but I have a feeling this will be worth the wait.
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Truly exceptional show, and always a great night out every time I visit @trplymouth.bsky.social
Seems like a while since Theatre Lisa was deployed, but I have a feeling this will be worth the wait.
August 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Seems like a while since Theatre Lisa was deployed, but I have a feeling this will be worth the wait.