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'Hope will never be silent ' The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning & Intersex (LGBTQ) Workers' Forum provides networking and social opportunities, support and mentoring in Brighton & Hove Council
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Christmas can bring a lot up for LGBTQIA+ folk.

Alice on how to have yourself a merry, queer Christmas ✨

www.wearequeeraf.com/how-to-have-...
How to have yourself a merry, queer Christmas
We owe it to ourselves as a community this Christmas to be each other’s families when our own miss the mark
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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'The Running of the Deer' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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The supper club serving up trans solidarity
The supper club serving up trans solidarity
Every dish served is the quietly meaningful act of helping a trans person in need
www.bristol247.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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The lovely people at Escapegoats Anonymous have kindly offered to donate any funds they raise tomorrow to NION women and @goodlawproject.bsky.social, to help further our message next year.

If this looks like the kind of thing that might help you or others you know over the holidays, sign up here 👇🏻
🎄🐐🎉 For people who’ve left toxic family (or who want to!) Escapegoats Anonymous: No-Contact Affirming Zoom Christmas Party - sharing, silly games & prizes.
Dress-up welcome but optional.

🎄🐐🎉 www.eventbrite.com/e/escapegoat...

🎄🐐🎉 #mentalhealth #survivors #alternativechristmas #mentalwellbeing
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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I'll be looking out for Rudolph and her friends tonight! 🔴🦌🦌🛷🎁🎅

Same-sex sexual behaviours are well documented for reindeer, female and male. Read about it in Bruce Bagemihl's Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity (1999). #queer #lgbtq #science #nature #Christmas 🌈
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#TodayInQueerHistory
December 24 (2013)
Code-breaker Alan Turing is granted a posthumous pardon for his 1952 conviction for Gross Indecency (code: being gay).
Pardoning Alan led to the UK's Turing Law (2017) which pardoned around 50k men historically convicted of Gross Indecency.
December 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Moving with the vibrant energy
of the long-day sun,
the running hare calls us to
honour our wild selves,
honour the wild places.
Give space to all,
to plants and animals,
to live and be wild.
Give space to ourselves
to live and be wild.

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2018 Celtic Festival Fine Art Print: Solstice Hare
I created the Solstice Hare for the 2018 Celtic Roots Festival in Goderich, Ontario. It comes in 3 sizes of fine art quality giclee prints on cold press bright white paper. I have been making artwork ...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
As the solstice hare-alds the return of light, we're sending love to our beautiful LGBTQ+ community however you're celebrating this season. 🌟
Whether you're with blood family, chosen family, or carving out precious time for yourself—you deserve joy, warmth, and safety.
December 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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The legal challenge to the NHS’s clinical trial of puberty blockers is funded by a pressure group backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. goodlaw.social/1jop
From Russia to the far right: the shadowy forces challenging the NHS puberty blockers trial | Good Law Project
CitizenGO is backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. Good Law Project’s undercover investigation shows that it’s ramping up its work in the UK.
goodlaw.social
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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🐵 #queer 🌈 #science 🦋 #nature 🏳️‍⚧️ #PrideInSTEM 🐍 #Christmas2025 🎁
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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There have been some wonderful queer-themed books published this year which would make *FABULOUS* Christmas presents. Here are my top picks (history first, then science below) . . .

📚 #booksky 🌈🗃️ #lgbtqhistory 🏳️‍⚧️🎄 #queerhistory 🎁
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Today we are launching a new series of articles and podcasts to mark the 100th issue of History Workshop Journal 🎉✊🗃️

In this introductory article, Barbara Taylor reflects on a picnic she shared with other editors in 1984, and what it meant to be part of the HWJ collective.
An Editors' Picnic
Barbara Taylor introduces our new series with her memories of a picnic she enjoyed with other History Workshop Journal editors in 1984.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Nocturnal London - call for papers.
Call for papers for our new special issue on 'Nocturnal London', edited by Maurizio Cinquegrani, Yihong Zhu, and @mcmccluskey.bsky.social. Abstracts due in by 31 March 2026.

All submissions and reposts much appreciated.
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Do you remember the Candy Bar in #Brighton?

Our Community Champion Kate Wildblood, one half of legendary DJ duo Wildblood & Queenie has created a deep-dive into the story behind this much-loved club and venue over on the Queer Heritage South website: www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The Queer Heritage South Live Archive is a pioneering digital community archive celebrating & preserving LGBTQIA+ life and culture in Brighton & Hove - and we want you to help shape it! Join our Archive Advisory Group today, visit www.queerheritagesouth.co.uk/s/queer-heri...
December 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Most households currently subject to the two-child limit already have at least one adult in work.

Of the minority non-working households, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Thank you to every single person who supported Trans Secret Santa UK ⛄

We have broken our previous records, sending festive gifts to the nearly 900 young trans+ people who signed up for 2025 🎁

It's been a horrible year, and it's a privilege to bring some joy 🎄

www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-secret...
Trans Secret Santa UK delivers festive joy to record number of trans+ youth
This year's Trans Secret Santa UK is delivering festive joy to a record number of trans+ youth, with nearly 900 trans+ young people supported by the project for 2025. The community project by Trans+ ...
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December 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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I've had a fun morning of multiple Canadian queer history rabbit holes. Here's some photos I loved, taken by Charlie Dobie, representing Gay Pride and Gay Wrath in 1983 and 81 respectively.
December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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“Make a Promise, Keep a Promise”: that was the resounding message outside Girlguiding HQ today as hundreds of current and ex members, leaders, parents and allies turned out in joyful force to oppose the organisation’s ban on trans girls participation.
December 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Join us for an accessible LGBTI+ community swap & share at Duncan Place Community Hub in Edinburgh on Sat 31st Jan from 11am to 4pm 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This community event is a chance to swap unwanted clothes, gifts & craft supplies, learn new skills, & have some food together. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-...
December 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Trauma-informed interviewing, clear communication about risks, and working with local partners can make LGBTQ+ reporting safer and more responsible.

As @ginaskchua.bsky.social noted at #GIJC25: queer stories shine a light on how society is organized.
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Tips and Advice for Investigating the Stories that Impact the LGBTQ+ Community
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December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM