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@helenargh.bsky.social

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He/they/she. Sensitivity consultant, EDI trainer, writer. Likes monsters. Works with Rusty Quill; all views are my own.

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · Feb 25

Quick reminder that you can hire me for:

*Sensitivity consultation!
*TTRPG writing!
*Workshops & training on EDI!
*Panels and speaking opportunities!

I am very good at what I do.

Website: hgwriting.co.uk
Carrd: helengould.carrd.co

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 2d

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Ben Whitham @drbenwhitham.bsky.social · 4d

Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'

Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.

www.bbc.co.uk

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · 5d

Happy birthday pal! Have a fab day 😀

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 5d

The gender clinic files is out now!

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 5d

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.bsky.social · 5d

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Emily ✨🎃 @emilyoram.bsky.social · 8d

October

A man dressed as a vampire with the caption coming up goblin time

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 9d

So @railnatter.uk recently put out a new episode on level boarding - as both Northern and ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON.

It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆

a thumbnail for a YouTube video with a shiny face in the foreground and a low floored yellow train in the background, text over the top says boldly: WE ACTUALLY WON

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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 10d

So we're going to force brown people to do unpaid labour against their will? The british do have previous on this one, but I think we gave it another name.

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 10d

"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · 12d

Maybe it's just because I've had a very busy couple of days and am exhausted, but watching Mae Martin play an openly trans character in their own Netflix drama has me quite emotional.

I'm only 20 minutes in so this isn't a recommendation as such, but I wanted to voice how important it feels.

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 12d

BATTLE AWAITS. HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.

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James Ross @jamesrosscomedy.bsky.social · 14d

If anyone's at a loose end Sunday, I'm running a fab little benefit at BOLD for London Renters Union.
Alasdair Beckett-King, Kate Smurthwaite, Hasan Al-Habib. Will be a fun one! BYOB as ever so super cheaps and a great cause!

fienta.com/rent-a-laugh...

RENT-A-LAUGH PART IV RISE OF THE RENTERS

Sun 28. September at 20:00 - 22:00

fienta.com

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 17d

It's so strange to me how the absolutely core question at the heart of politics - "what kind of society do we want to live in?" - is so absent from discussion, either assumed settled or reduced to meaningless generalities.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 16d

The wonderful and inspiring Kairos is recruiting a whole range of roles to work from their offices in central London. www.kairos.london/get-involved/

Get Involved - Kairos

www.kairos.london

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 17d

DRINK WATER FROM THE SKULLS OF YOUR ENEMIES! IF YOU HAVE CRUSHED THEIR SKULLS, USE A GLASS.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 17d

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

U.K, Canada and Australia formally recognize a Palestinian state, breaking with the U.S.

The announcements Sunday marked a significant shift in foreign policy, with several other European nations and U.S. allies set to follow suit in the coming days.

nbcnews.to

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · 17d

I'm going to provide my own definition of "sanitisation" (i.e. "to ensure a thing is not harmful"), since it's often used pejoratively. I'm planning to talk about the importance of representation in children's literature and why I feel it is regressive to think children need to be "toughened up".

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · 17d

This feels very odd to say, considering when I was at university I went to one (1) debating society meeting and hated it, but - I'm going up to Scotland on Thursday to take part in a debate!
www.uniondebatingsociety.org/event/fd22d6...

This House Regrets the Sanitisation of Children's Literature

www.uniondebatingsociety.org

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18d

A 'unity rally' at Glasgow’s Buchanan Street steps protesting against immigration was drowned out by counter protesters

Counter-protesters drown out anti-immigration ‘unity rally'

www.thenational.scot

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 22d

In an incredibly detailed report (it's almost 80 pages, tiny font), a top independent human rights commission has concluded Israel is committing genocide. The Pillay Commission report was released today (I'm still working my way through it) www.bbc.com/news/article...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry says

The panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war.

www.bbc.com

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · 25d

I'm now at 14/20! New additions include a mean butler with a history of poisonings, a sad but violent ghost, and a literal dragon.

And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · Aug 31

I did some work on it this week! I'm writing a little compendium of sexy antagonist NPCs. 5/20 drafted, including an undead knight-errant who punishes bad leaders, a mercenary who just wants to retire, and a forest nymph hivemind.

And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · Jul 27

Recently planned out a new writing project 😊 Knowing me, none of you will see it for like two years, but it is nice to do something creative that's entirely mine again.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 28d

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 28d

- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked

Adrian+Shane @adrianandshane.bsky.social · 28d

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.

Side-by-side images of Banksy’s mural on the Royal Courts of Justice in London. On the left, the artwork appears faded and scrubbed, leaving only a ghostly outline of a judge raising a gavel over a protester holding a placard. On the right, the mural is fully visible in sharp black and white stencil, showing a judge in a traditional white wig and robes striking down at a protester who defends himself with a bloodied sign.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29d

This is what allyship looks like, btw. Recognizing what’s happening in real time and actively countering it.

Give it up Deelishis you look like a man..🧍🏾‍♂️ @blackranga.blacksky.app · Sep 7

Ayo Edebiri answers question she was purposely excluded from by interviewer.

Kudos to Andrew for immediately recognizing the misogynoir, his body language says it all. #BlackSky

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Netpol @netpol.org · Sep 8

Protests are inevitable as 51 Israeli arms companies are among the exhibitors tomorrow at the DSEI arms fair. Netpol plans to monitor the police response on the ground, from 8am at the Excel Centre, London E16 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Protests expected as 51 Israeli arms makers among exhibitors at London trade fair

Campaign Against Arms Trade says UK government has hit ‘peak complicity in genocide’ in allowing the firms to exhibit

www.theguardian.com

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And it's worth fighting for. @helenargh.bsky.social · Sep 7

Glad to hear it, Louie! 😊