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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them)

@thefivetonine.bsky.social

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An infrequent - and probably incoherent - miscellany. PhD candidate at UCA: sociology of dress and non-binary genders. Also lectures on sex and sexuality, and runs The Five to Nine Studio: a queer, peripatetic and generalist creative studio. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺🇵🇸

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Apr 4

My PhD research questionnaire is now live!

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Looking for those who:

1. identify as #nonbinary in the broadest sense
2. live or have lived in the UK (any point between 1990-2020)
3. aged 15+ (adult consent required to participate)

Open until 23/09/2025.

More info below! 👇

Research Questionnaire: Non-binary Finery

You are being asked to take part in a questionnaire as part of the following doctoral research project at University for the Creative Arts (UCA): Non-binary Finery: Dress, adornment, and the embodimen...

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Centre en études genre, UNIL @ceg-unil.bsky.social · 5d

☎️ Call For Papers ☎️
🔹International Symposium: Far Right, Gender and Femonationalism🔹
Mid-March 2026, Lausanne

CRAPUL and CEG (UNIL) invite scholars to submit proposals for a three-day symposium on far-right politics and gender.

👉 Full CFP text: urlr.me/35GyhK
⏰ Deadline : 30th October 2025

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Sandeep Bakshi @sandeepbak.bsky.social · 5d

20th Nov 2025 at 2.00 pm (Paris time), I'll be giving a talk on queer & decolonial thinking & how it is evolving in our times. It's co-badged by Université Paris Cité & CLAGS, CUNY. Everyone is welcome.
Image courtesy: Mario Patiño
Hybrid event. Registration required: u-paris.fr/universite-o...

Flyer of Decolonial Queer Thinking. Image by Mario Patiño, artist. Image of a person of colour with a white veil and naked torso with a flower in their mouth.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · Sep 5

The EHRC Code will devastate trans people's lives. This is an emergency.

Here are three ways to fight back.

Take action now:
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/ehrc-code

Three ways to fight back

Email my MP
Call my MP
Meet my MP

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · Sep 1

🚨 New police powers could ban face coverings at Pride protests even if you need to protect your identity because:

🔴 Risk of domestic abuse
🔴 You're not out as queer/Trans+
🔴 Fear of political views being made public

Health and disability reasons also won't prevent you getting arrested 🧵Here's why

Screenshot of QueerAF website with headline that reads: New police powers could criminalise wearing a mask at Pride. Picture that shows black and white women, wearing rainbow pride facemasks and carrying a bullhorn holding placards that read legalise LGBTI+ people worldwide

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 28

I know I should be neither shocked nor surprised at how the BBC news bulletins are being used to very clearly stir up anti-immigrant and anti-trans hate, but FUCKING HELL. The last two days' worth on Radio 6 have really felt like getting punched in the guts every hour. It's abhorrent.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · Aug 23

Semi-regular reminder that if you want to understand and combat our current transphobic moment in the UK, then 'TERF Wars' from @notrightruth.bsky.social and many other incredible activists and academics is essential reading - and nearly all available for free: ruthpearce.net/books/terf-w...

TERF Wars

“A powerful, exciting and much-needed salvo in one of the most urgent battles against bigotry.” – Sandy Stone The emergence of trans-exclusionary movements raises many questions for feminism …

ruthpearce.net

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 19

I don't want to doubt this is real, but I've seen so many lies online over the years that I no longer just go, 'oh, OK' and accept what I see without question.

Regardless, I hope the person targeted can get some fucking peace and that transphobes will just stop with their violence and vitriol. /4

Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 19

If so, that the media:

4. Dedicates the same amount of time, resources and *ferocity* to share this account of events, and offers apologies and compensation for their part in stirring up and 'legitimising' even more transphobic hatred in this stupid little country 3/

Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 19

If so, that M&S:

2. Really was this supportive, and this person hasn't been directed to post a version of events online that shows colleagues and company in a kinder light than was deserved

3. Make their retraction of the initial apology to the transphobic customer known widely and publicly 2/

Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 19

This has emerged as the account of the employee targeted following the recent transphobic incident in a branch of M&S:

www.reddit.com/r/transgende...

I sincerely hope the following four things:

1. This really is the person involved, and that no one online has been low enough to fake this 1/

From the transgenderUK community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 18

I have a piece in this quarter's Sonshine Magazine, in which I reflect on a boyhood that didn't lead to the manhood of my father's dreams.

If you're interested in writing that explores and encourages a better world for people raising sons (or trying to), check it out: sonshinemagazine.com

A photograph showing part of the illustrated front cover of issue 29 of Sonshine Magazine. Dark purple text is set against a light purple background. The front cover illustration is cropped, showing part of a figure that is, arguably, Cupid. A lilac face with mauve tousled hair looks off to the left of the image. At either side of the figure's face, you can see part of off-white feathered wings. The background to the image is a dark, dusty pink, and features two light red love hearts on either side, just above the visible part of the wings.

The text reads:

Sonshine Magazine: Raising boys for a more equal world.

Romance & Relationships:

Where do boys learn rules for romance?

How do we teach meaningful consent?

LitteLouCooks family recipes.

Friendship fun kids' pages: quizzes, puzzles & colouring.

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 17

No more Internet for you, if this is what you're going to do with it.

Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 16

Just been to see Weapons. It's great - a bit of a slow start, but things get tense and intelligent, with what I'm thinking of as a gentle squeeze of contemporary folk horror and a smidgen of small town gothic. Come for the vegetable peelers, stay for the Naruto runs. Go and see it on a big screen!

Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm looking forward to sitting down with it later on! And I've been there - sometimes, it's hard to tell if one of the kids has been at something or one of the hounds... 😬

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Sachaaaargh Coward 👻 @sachacoward.bsky.social · Aug 15

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 14

John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’

Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors. Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 15

Overjoyed to make it to the letterbox before the dogs this morning to finally get my hands on a copy of 78 Acts of Liberation by @leftlanesmith.bsky.social. Omelette was clearly disappointed I snatched the parcel away before she could drag it under the sofa and chew it to pieces.

A photograph of '78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to transform our world' by Lane Smith - this text appears on the cover in black, against an image of an abstract sun: a yellow centre with beams of red, orange, yellow, and light, medium and deep blue radiating outwards. The cover also reads: 'foreword by Maria Minnis, author of Tarot for the Hard Work'. The photograph is taken in front of a table cluttered with an open laptop computer, piles of books, jars of pens, lip balms, pebbles and pot plants; this background appears blurred.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · Aug 14

Would you know what to do if you experienced transphobic discrimination at work? We’re running free Know Your Rights at Work Zoom workshops.

Come along and hear how UK law protects you. The next session's on 25th August. Sign up at: buff.ly/yuKaqiP

#KnowYourRights #workshop #transrights

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨 NEW 🚨

Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice

www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...

A copy of the letter. The full text can be found on our website.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Aug 11

“Gender studies as a discipline…is defined by a set of debates and problematics.” In this 10-Minute Talk, Judith Butler FBA discusses gender as a field of study and its interdisciplinary contributions to research, social analysis and social movements.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEvH...

Still photograph of Judith Butler, wearing a black jacket and shirt, and looking into the camera. On the right of the image, white text is displayed saying: "10-Minute Talks / Gender as framework / with Judith Butler FBA

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 9

I cannot for the life of me understand how news presenters on the radio can keep reading out the phrase 'the war in Gaza' and even pretend to take themselves seriously. What war?! It's a genocide, and every day I despair more that they fail to name it as such. I wonder if they feel shame about it.

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Aug 7

🚨New Blog from @cantonwiner.bsky.social: Does everyone *have* a #gender? "The concept of gender detachment resists the assumption that everyone does (and should) have a gender identity—an assumption I call compulsory gender." #sociology #ASA2025 #ASA25
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Aug 9

We've said it before and we'll say it again: the EHRC's interim guidance is transphobic and harmful, and it must be stopped.

We will fight it in the courts in November. Will you join us?
goodlawproject.org/donate/

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 8

M&S should pledge to support their trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming employees, and make it quite clear that transphobes are unwelcome in their shops. People should be desperately ashamed of their transphobic bigotry. Trans people should be empowered and protected in their workplaces.

Equality Amplified @equalityamplified.org.uk · Aug 8

Marks and Spencer must protect staff facing transphobic abuse, not apologise for them. Inclusion means safety & respect. Read our letter urging action to defend employee dignity & safety
www.equalityamplified.org.uk/lobbying-and-correspondence/when-inclusion-is-tested-an-open-letter-to-ms-leadership

When Inclusion Is Tested: An Open Letter to M&S Leadership — Equality Amplified

Marks & Spencer recently faced a transphobic complaint against one of their employees. Their response has raised serious concerns about their commitment to inclusion and staff protection. Equality...

www.equalityamplified.org.uk

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Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · Aug 8

Apropos of today’s news I just had a piece published in Radical Philosophy about the turn towards biological essentialism in law and policy. I’m arguing the SC decision in FWS and attempts to restrict disability welfare fundamentally come from the same place of wanting to limit state protections

Flora Renz · Law’s searching for biological truth: For Women Scotland and the UK Supreme Court (2025)

www.radicalphilosophy.com

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Thomas Jeram-West (they/them) @thefivetonine.bsky.social · Aug 7

This sounds like such an important research project, so, if you're #neurodivergent and anywhere on the PhD journey (applicant, student, actually survived the damned thing), fill it in. Anything to make academia more inclusive of the range of ND experiences.

Helen Bowes-Catton (she/her) @hbowescatton.bsky.social · Jul 24

Are you neurodivergent & have done, or considered, a PhD? We’re researching how doctoral study works (or doesn’t) for neurodivergent people. Take our 30min survey & help make academia more inclusive forms.office.com/e/ft9jyWsPUW

Questions? Email [email protected]

#PhD #Neurodivergent

Three shelves of brightly coloured books

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