Jay Todd 🏳️⚧️
@jaytoddgla.bsky.social
Non-binary academic in trans geographies & histories, Glasgow Uni. Leverhulme Fellow exploring trans strategies & spaces for navigating life in the UK, present & historical. they/them
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Jay Todd 🏳️⚧️
@jaytoddgla.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Exploring Young Trans and Non-binary People’s Strategies and Spaces for Navigating Marginality in the United Kingdom: A Novel Resilience, Resistance, and Restoration Framework
Amid recent, unprecedented sociopolitical scrutiny and hypervisibility of young trans people in the United Kingdom, this article considers how trans youth develop individual and collective mechanis...
www.tandfonline.com
Amidst the bleakness, I've just published an article exploring how young trans people are dealing with life in the UK @geographers.bsky.social. Do read to understand more about how trans youth are navigating & thriving in these times. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
When I repeatedly read 'biological male who identifies as a woman' across BBC News, I just think 'how did we even get here?' How deeply, obscenely cruel a nation we have become, so quickly.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
When I repeatedly read 'biological male who identifies as a woman' across BBC News, I just think 'how did we even get here?' How deeply, obscenely cruel a nation we have become, so quickly.
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Looks like the EHRC guidance is that cis women and trans women alike need to adhere to suitably feminine appearance standards and carry their gender papers everywhere
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Looks like the EHRC guidance is that cis women and trans women alike need to adhere to suitably feminine appearance standards and carry their gender papers everywhere
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the ehrc leaked the draft guidance
answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?"
then trans people just can't use the toilet there
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?"
then trans people just can't use the toilet there
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
the ehrc leaked the draft guidance
answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?"
then trans people just can't use the toilet there
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?"
then trans people just can't use the toilet there
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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The opening paragraph is wild. Aside from the fact that all people should just be able to use spaces appropriate to their gender, how lacking in thought do you have to be to present this as if only trans people will be challenged because...how could that even work??
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The opening paragraph is wild. Aside from the fact that all people should just be able to use spaces appropriate to their gender, how lacking in thought do you have to be to present this as if only trans people will be challenged because...how could that even work??
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Really valued speaking at this event today - let’s respond with urgency to the current foment and shore up trans geographers and trans geographies.
Join the Society's Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group & Space Sexualities and Queer Research Group for this upcoming event, 'A sense of the possible: trans geographies in dystopian times'.
📅 Thursday 13 November
🎟️ Register here: https://ow.ly/cPl750Xothw
📅 Thursday 13 November
🎟️ Register here: https://ow.ly/cPl750Xothw
A sense of the possible: trans geographies in dystopian times
This webinar invites geographers to examine geography’s role and critical scholarship amid rising anti-trans reactionary politics.
ow.ly
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Really valued speaking at this event today - let’s respond with urgency to the current foment and shore up trans geographers and trans geographies.
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I grew up riding the 18 bus to School in central Jerusalem and came very close to a horrible death in more than one bomb attack. It hasn’t made me believe that Jewish safety comes from the right to oppress and kill Palestinians. It hasn’t made me scared of Muslims or a supporter of genocide 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I grew up riding the 18 bus to School in central Jerusalem and came very close to a horrible death in more than one bomb attack. It hasn’t made me believe that Jewish safety comes from the right to oppress and kill Palestinians. It hasn’t made me scared of Muslims or a supporter of genocide 🧵
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I will be speaking alongside @jaytoddgla.bsky.social, Ed Kiely & @amkanngieser.bsky.social on this panel: ‘A Sense of the Possible: Trans Geographies in Dystopian Times’, 13 Nov 2025, 12:00-1:30 GMT
Sign up for the Zoom link here: rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/trans-geographies-in-dystopian-times
Sign up for the Zoom link here: rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/trans-geographies-in-dystopian-times
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I will be speaking alongside @jaytoddgla.bsky.social, Ed Kiely & @amkanngieser.bsky.social on this panel: ‘A Sense of the Possible: Trans Geographies in Dystopian Times’, 13 Nov 2025, 12:00-1:30 GMT
Sign up for the Zoom link here: rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/trans-geographies-in-dystopian-times
Sign up for the Zoom link here: rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/trans-geographies-in-dystopian-times
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Please read and consider signing the letter in solidarity with Dr Farhana Sultana who has been placed on leave for extramural speech in the context of intensifying repression docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Please read and consider signing the letter in solidarity with Dr Farhana Sultana who has been placed on leave for extramural speech in the context of intensifying repression docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
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Great to see GLINTS up and running! This is a safe and creative space to discuss, explore and collaborate on trans research happening at @uofglasgow.bsky.social - open to academic colleagues and research students.
Thanks to everyone who came to the GLINTS launch yesterday. Great to see so many academics, students & supporters. Excited for the possibilities of this new space. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & co-directors not on here
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Great to see GLINTS up and running! This is a safe and creative space to discuss, explore and collaborate on trans research happening at @uofglasgow.bsky.social - open to academic colleagues and research students.
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Thanks to everyone who came to the GLINTS launch yesterday. Great to see so many academics, students & supporters. Excited for the possibilities of this new space. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & co-directors not on here
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to the GLINTS launch yesterday. Great to see so many academics, students & supporters. Excited for the possibilities of this new space. Thanks to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social @notrightruth.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & co-directors not on here
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weird how researchers keep finding this over and over again in different countries huh??
New StatsCan report reveals that trans people in Canada are poorer than the general population, a disparity that is most stark for trans women.
The Daily — Study: Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada
A new article entitled 'Socioeconomic outcomes of transgender and non-binary people in Canada' was released today. Using data from the 2021 Census of Population, this release examines poverty rates an...
www150.statcan.gc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
weird how researchers keep finding this over and over again in different countries huh??
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The answer is clear: Bridget Phillipson needs to send this back to the EHRC and tell them that they need to produce a Code of Practice which outlines how to include trans people in services for their lived gender, not try to mandate exclusion even where the service provider doesn't want this.
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The answer is clear: Bridget Phillipson needs to send this back to the EHRC and tell them that they need to produce a Code of Practice which outlines how to include trans people in services for their lived gender, not try to mandate exclusion even where the service provider doesn't want this.
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The EHRC has written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, demanding that she rushes through their dreadful draft Code of Practice.
This is a bizarre intervention from a supposedly impartial public body.
This is a bizarre intervention from a supposedly impartial public body.
Equalities watchdog urges UK ministers to ‘act with speed’ on trans guidance
EHRC writes to Bridget Phillipson over implementation of code on single-sex public spaces after supreme court ruling
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The EHRC has written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, demanding that she rushes through their dreadful draft Code of Practice.
This is a bizarre intervention from a supposedly impartial public body.
This is a bizarre intervention from a supposedly impartial public body.
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The 2011 EHRC statutory services code was the result of almost two years work. Numerous consultations were held with relevant stakeholders, including many women's and trans groups.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The 2011 EHRC statutory services code was the result of almost two years work. Numerous consultations were held with relevant stakeholders, including many women's and trans groups.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
By contrast, the proposed 2025 code was assembled within weeks, with a one-month consultation assessed by genAI.
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“She affirmed that our lives hold meaning and that we stand on the shoulders of giants like her, whose courageous love and relentless fight assured our right to live with dignity.”
RIP, Miss Major.
RIP, Miss Major.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died
The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.
www.advocate.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“She affirmed that our lives hold meaning and that we stand on the shoulders of giants like her, whose courageous love and relentless fight assured our right to live with dignity.”
RIP, Miss Major.
RIP, Miss Major.
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Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 14/10/2025
www.coe.int
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.
UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance
by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…
moneyontheleft.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.
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New blog: Questioning Trans Kids
A summary of the questions asked to trans under 18s and families in the new 'PATHWAYS Horizon' study for the new Children's Gender Clinics.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
A summary of the questions asked to trans under 18s and families in the new 'PATHWAYS Horizon' study for the new Children's Gender Clinics.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
Questioning trans kids
The UK Government and UK research councils have contributed £10 million pounds to a series of research studies on service users of the newly established Children and Young People’s Gender Services.…
growinguptransgender.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New blog: Questioning Trans Kids
A summary of the questions asked to trans under 18s and families in the new 'PATHWAYS Horizon' study for the new Children's Gender Clinics.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
A summary of the questions asked to trans under 18s and families in the new 'PATHWAYS Horizon' study for the new Children's Gender Clinics.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
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As EHRC leaks a final draft Code of Practice to the Equality Act to the Times then delivers it to govt and attempts to wash its hands of the impact on trans people, its important to recognise and call out the shell game we're in. EHRC will say 'we're just following the Supreme Court judgement' 1/3
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
As EHRC leaks a final draft Code of Practice to the Equality Act to the Times then delivers it to govt and attempts to wash its hands of the impact on trans people, its important to recognise and call out the shell game we're in. EHRC will say 'we're just following the Supreme Court judgement' 1/3
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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 10:55 AM
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.
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#OpenAccess in Area:
'The architecture of whiteness' by Rhianna Garrett
In this commentary, the author discusses the experience of using the word 'whiteness' in a viral X social media post celebrating their thesis submission.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'The architecture of whiteness' by Rhianna Garrett
In this commentary, the author discusses the experience of using the word 'whiteness' in a viral X social media post celebrating their thesis submission.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
September 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#OpenAccess in Area:
'The architecture of whiteness' by Rhianna Garrett
In this commentary, the author discusses the experience of using the word 'whiteness' in a viral X social media post celebrating their thesis submission.
doi.org/10.1111/area...
'The architecture of whiteness' by Rhianna Garrett
In this commentary, the author discusses the experience of using the word 'whiteness' in a viral X social media post celebrating their thesis submission.
doi.org/10.1111/area...