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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 6

I'm proud to be standing as Campaigns Officer on the Trans Rights Alliance slate - a bold, pro-trans, progressive team 🏳️‍⚧️🌹 fighting to return LGBT+ Labour to its roots:

unapologetically queer, grounded in solidarity, and ready to take the fight to the party leadership.

transalliance.bsky.social @transalliance.bsky.social · Jul 6

🚨 LGBT+ Labour members, there's an AGM coming: we're asking you support the Trans Rights Alliance 🏳️‍⚧️

We're a cross-factional group of proud trans, GNC & ally LGBT+ Labour members who want our organisation to boldly defend our community and actively engage our membership... (1/6)

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · 16d

See you there comrades ✊

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · 16d

At 3:30pm on Saturday 27th, we will be rallying at the Wheel of Liverpool to protest against the Labour Party's decision to cancel the Women's Conference. It must be reinstated, and it must be trans and non-binary inclusive. Details below 👇

Conference Cancelled, Democracy Denied.

Labour must reinstate the Women's Conference, and it must be trans and non-binary inclusive.

Rally details:
The Wheel of Liverpool, L3 4FN
Saturday 27th September 2025 | 3:30pm

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · 22d

Our members have had their say - and Pride in Labour is not endorsing any candidate for the Labour Party deputy leadership. It's obvious that the threshold to run in internal election is leaving members with poor choices to vote for.

No endorsement
Our members have voted to not endorse any candidate in the Labour Deputy Leadership election

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prestontuc.bsky.social @prestontuc.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Aug 30

Just over four weeks until our event in Liverpool! Find out more about it and book your ticket here 👇

www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/join-pr...

Join Pride in Labour at Labour Party Conference 2025

What does real solidarity look like? Not rainbow lanyards. Not photo ops. Not warm words with no action. It looks like this.

www.prideinlabour.org.uk

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Aug 7

As a UCLan SU rep, I’ve signed a letter urging the UK government to act for 40 Gazan students with UK uni offers. Visa barriers are blocking them, and some have already lost their lives waiting. This is a matter of life or death. Act now.
www.cambridgesu.co.uk/news/article...

Open Letter in Support of Gazan Students

Keir Starmer - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

www.cambridgesu.co.uk

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 28

On the move again

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 26

I have rescued a balloon.

It was flying through Preston's streets, distracting traffic and wowing pedestrians.

Now it's mine.

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 24

I understand that in part it's about safety and also part about customer experience but doesn't this feel a bit dystopian to anyone else?

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 23

What does Avery do to relax? Apparently I have picked up coding and game development - waddleworks-interactive.itch.io/bills-bills-...

UI and Particles! (Version 0.04a release)

Hello, HUGE changes (not really but give me some credit) In version 0.04a, all of the upgrades are now nicely sorted into little categories that you can switch between. No more clutter! And on top of....

waddleworks-interactive.itch.io

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 19

After an hour, LGBT+ Labour committee members finally decided to turn up to their own social. The incompetence is worrying.

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Jul 19

In one hour from now, #LGBTLabour was due to have their AGM. Instead, they decided to deny members the choice of who they want to lead the fight for equality, solidarity, and justice. They have questions to answer. The @transalliance.bsky.social will continue this fight.

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 19

In an hour, the LGBT+ Labour committee becomes illegitimate.

Members have been denied a vote, and @transalliance.bsky.social candidates denied the chance to participate.

This isn’t democracy. It’s a shutdown of accountability.

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 17

I am no longer the LGBT+ Officer for Preston Constituency Labour Party.

There are no malicious actors here, just unfortunate timings on my own finances causing my membership to temporarily enter arrears.

I wish the next LGBT Officer luck, they'll need it.

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 13

Their names are Andre and Diogo. May they rest in peace ❤️

I’m incredibly grateful to have visited the memorial today with my dad, the very reason I support this club.

LFC is more than a football team. It’s a family, and in times like these, that really shows.

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Jul 13

By postponing their AGM, #LGBTLabour has made themselves illegitimate. Their mandate is running out. Nobody voted for this. Now is the time to join Pride in Labour and help us to make a real difference 👇

Join Us | Pride In Labour

Meeting Minutes

www.prideinlabour.org.uk

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 13

If elected National Campaigns Officer, my first job will be working with the amazing @transalliance.bsky.social to help fix the broken house that is LGBT+ Labour.

When an organisation is this broken, there's no wonder it’s failed trans people. That ends soon.

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transalliance.bsky.social @transalliance.bsky.social · Jul 11

Our statement on LGBT+ Labour National Committee's decision to postpone the AGM.

We fully intend to contest the LGBT+ Labour AGM.

Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

This afternoon, LGBT+ Labour's leadership informed the National Committee that they'll be delaying the AGM to an unspecified date, on the justification that it's unclear whether trans people will be allowed to run as their own gender.

Make no mistake: the National Committee are doing this because they’re running scared and knew we would win a democratic vote next weekend. If they planned to make these changes to the elections, they would have done so before our slate was announced, not when our campaign was picking up steam.

It’s beyond disgusting that an LGBT+ organisation is willing to betray its trans members in such a fundamental way just to cling on to committee positions. It is not, however, a surprise: it simply confirms what we already knew about the cliquey, careerist and top-down way in which the organisation has been operating. LGBT+ Labour has failed to speak up for trans members, and is now content to deny their existence.

We fully intend to contest the LGBT+ Labour AGM and give members a proper choice. We will also use every route available to us to contest the extraordinary decision that has been made.

If you’re not already an LGBT+ Labour member, join up now and help us get ready for the AGM. It’s time we took our organisation back.

Trans rights are human rights.

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 10

Class of 2025 🎉

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Jul 10

We want to say a huge congratulations to our amazing co-chair @averygreatorex.bsky.social on her graduation day. We’re all incredibly proud of her!

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Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 10

The graduation walk, it's finally over!

Avery Greatorex🏳️‍⚧️🐝🥀 @averygreatorex.bsky.social · Jul 10

Today is the day of my graduation and I'll reflect on this properly soon.

In the meantime, if anyone wants to watch the couple of seconds of me walking across a stage at 3pm today, here's the link:

www.youtube.com/live/FJ-xtpY...

University of Central Lancashire Graduation Ceremony: Thursday 10 July 3pm

YouTube video by The University of Central Lancashire

www.youtube.com

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Pride in Labour 🌈🥀 @prideinlabour.bsky.social · Jul 8

We’re so grateful to @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social for her endorsement ❤️✊

transalliance.bsky.social @transalliance.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thank you for the endorsement @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social, you're an LGBT+ superstar and we're so happy to have your support 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

If you're an LGBT+ Labour member, register now for the AGM on Saturday 19th July.

“In order to effectively fight against the rollback of trans rights, win policies that would materially improve the lives of trans people, and change our political culture, it is crucial that we work together across Labour Party factions and have trans members’ voices in the room. That’s why I’m proud to endorse the Trans Rights Alliance for the LGBT+ Labour elections.

"I urge you to support them at the AGM on Saturday 19th July."

Nadia Whittome MP

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