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Tig Slater
@tigslater.bsky.social
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Queer, trans, disability studies,sociology, education stuff. Currently working on a project about preventing harassment of people doing LGBT+ research: Tinyurl.com/LGBTImpact
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jun 12
The first 'Whose Rainbow?' project publication!

Whose Rainbow? explored LGBT+ staff & student experiences of rainbow symbolism & EDI schemes in HE.

In this paper, we think specifically about the extra labour required of LGBT+ people (to survive!) in HE.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Untangling hope labour from care labour: LGBT+ people navigating equality, diversity and inclusion work in higher education
This article reports on the ‘Whose Rainbow?’ project, exploring LGBT+ staff and students’ conflicted relationships to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work in UK Higher Education (HE). Drawi...
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Nat Guest @unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 15d
The man in the queue behind me said Oh excuse me miss, you dropped ----

and then we both stared at the conker I'd dropped on the ground

And he said Umm ---

And I said Oh! My conker! :(
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 13d
UNISON members who support LGBTIQ+ people may want to actively oppose their union on this one.
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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 13d
UNISON has chosen to back Bridget Phillipson to become deputy leader of the Labour Party
Photo of Bridget Phillipson
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Sep 8
This might have some useful stuff in - AoIR’s Risky Research Guide | share.google/0AyZGnrnqwb2...
AoIR’s Risky Research Guide |
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · Aug 28
I can't emphasise enough that putting this question front and centre as a mandatory requirement, acts largely as a deterrent to accessing healthcare for trans people.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · Aug 28
111/NHS direct is a joke. Having to misgender yourself to the people there for no reason is outright humiliating. It's designed to put trans people off reaching out for healthcare support.

There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
NHS 111 online What was your sex at birth? Female Male This online triage depends on knowing your registered sex at birth, not your gender identity. If you are doing this for someone else, tell us their sex at birth if you know. We need to know this information so we can ask relevant clinical questions. If you feel uncomfortable giving this information, or do not see an option that represents you correctly, you can call 111 to talk to a nurse.
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Aug 28
Would love to exist in solely queer spaces, but I also want to know about the safest cycle routes into town
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Aug 28
What are we meant to do to protect ourselves from seeing this absolutely everywhere
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Aug 28
Love that both the local outdoor swimming group and local cycling group I'm in are both now just full of transphobic debate
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Em Nunn @ebnunn.bsky.social · Aug 19
Shame on @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social for this and solidarity with trans staff 💔 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-tr...
Exclusive: Trans council staff told to use converted disabled loos
Plus, a Rotherham hacker jailed and a ridiculously lavish £3m home for sale
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Aug 20
A tiny red and green bouncy ball nestled in some plants
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Aug 20
Little joy today - dug into the heap of stuff I've been piling up in the garden for the last three years and found compost (and lots of woodlice)
A big builders 'dumpy' bag full of compost with two gardening gloves at the top
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · Aug 12
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
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TERF Watch Brighton @terfwatchbtn.bsky.social · Aug 9
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Update: NHS Sussex acknowledge “increased risk of suicidal ideation” and “negative impact” on patient experience due to WellBN investigation
Following a Freedom of Information request by TERF Watch, NHS Sussex ICB has published the Equality and Health Inequality Impact Assessment (EHIA) and Quality Impact Assessment (QIA) for the investiga...
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Aug 8
I understand this feeling so much!
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Marty Davies @smartypantsmarty.com · Jul 30
And here’s something you can do to voice your opposition to the RSHE guidance. We must stop it being implemented as it is in September 2026. Tell the government it must be revised.

Sign and share 👇

openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non-Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non-Conforming Voices
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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · Jul 17
This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 16
I quite liked my representation as the BFG
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 16
Trans might not be illegal to discuss but it leaves school with little resource to have a conversation with the children in their class. Assume they won't be able to lean on any of the many trans focused kids books anymore? Someone make it make sense.
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 16
What are teachers meant to do? Ignore this important part of a child's life that they're bringing to school? Call us in to tell us it's inappropriate, despite them asking the kids to share? Will they be expected to give another side of this 'contested debate', in fear of being sued or in the press?
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 16
Or when my 7YO's homework is to make their own coat of arms & they independently make this to take in and want to tell the class about the trans & nonbinary flags as well as how much they love gymnastics?
A child's drawing of a coat of arms. It shows four people, gymnastics equipment and the trans and nonbinary flags
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 16
When my youngest starts school reception and we're asked to make a booklet about their family, and they wanna explain why they call me Renny, not mum or dad?
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 16
So we're promised new trans schools guidance over summer which us unlikely to go well. We've got new rse guidance which is gonna make schools too scared to discuss anything trans anyway. How's this actually gonna work in practice?
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · Jul 15
Clause 72 in particular is functionally identical to Clause 28 of the Local Government Act in 1988:

"[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 15
It's unbearable
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · Jul 15
Every day I hear of more trans kids dropping (being forced) out of school. Kids who have used the bathroom with no bother for years, sometimes throughout their school years, who are now being forcibly outed, excluded, isolated, & segregated. 1/3
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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · Jul 15
This is beat for beat exactly what Section 28 did.

Oh, and you can't blame this one on Tories. This guidance was drawn up exclusively after Labour took power.

This Labour government is the single worst thing to happen to the LGBT+ community since Margaret Thatcher.

Shame on every Labour member.
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 15
I mean, that's bad enough.
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Tig Slater @tigslater.bsky.social · Jul 15
I can't find the final published guidance?
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