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Heather Paterson
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Head of Partnerships and Development @consortium.lgbt‬ | Chair @proudchangemakers.bsky.social | LGBTQ+ Columnist Exposed Magazine
#LGBWithTheT Proud Queer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Touch Grass CIC is an outdoor community for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour. Part of the funding they received helped to actualise their inaugural wellness retreat which catered to 52 queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour - the first of its kind in the UK.
January 22, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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“I’ve never been in an environment with people that me feel so safe and able to be my Black, Trans, Neurodivergent self. No masking, no explaining myself, no judgements. Just existing” If you can donate £100 please head to the link donorbox.org/lgbt-fund-do...
January 22, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Funded groups include Trans Advocacy & Complaints Collective, Trans Solidarity Alliance, Scottish Trans, and a general trans support donation
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Sessions will explore key areas of our new strategy, including sector capacity building, community advocacy and convening, investment in our communities and informed data and research.

You can still register here: consortium.lgbt/conference26

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January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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We will be sharing live updates here throughout the day, and a full write-up of the event will be available next week!

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January 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Vogue - Madonna
Madonna - Vogue (Official Video)
YouTube video by Madonna
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January 22, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Untouched - The Veronicas
The Veronicas - Untouched (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by THE VERONICAS
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January 21, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Essential reading for anyone working in policy, research or equality work on why inclusive data matters – and how numbers can be used as a tool of exclusion or liberation.

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Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK
In the UK, the design and management of sex and gender categories in data – including census questions, police and health records, and digital ID – has become a key focus of trans-exclusionary acti...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The impact is concrete: when official data only recognises “biological sex”, trans lives and needs disappear from evidence, services and protections. [3/4]
January 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
It shows how fights over census categories, policing data and health records are not neutral technical debates. They are organised attempts to reshape reality through administrative systems. [2/4]
January 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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