Just published this Instragram post, expanding on a Twitter thread I wrote last year on LGBTQ+ rights from an Islamic perspective. 1/

Apparently lots of people need to read this. A GRC changes your birth certificate. A UK birth certificate says on the certificate that it is not proof of identity. That is because anyone can buy anyone else's birth certificate for £16

🏳️‍⚧️⚖️ WE HAVE A HEARING DATE ⚖️🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Actual will face the new government’s Department of Health and Social Care to stop the ban on puberty blockers on 12 July – next Friday. Support our challenge here: goodlaw.social/7ooo

Can't help but see the BBC devoting something like 20 times more airtime to Reform than the Greens, despite both making historic gains and new inroads, a prime example of how we got into this mess in the first place.

As always, the media are clustering around #VichyNige like flies on sh1t. But the Green result is far more remarkable, as it happened without the massive publicity Reform was given.

Great spot, this. Fever-Tree Mixers and Starbucks on the partnership banner for the Republican National Convention.

Today it was determined that the emergency ban on puberty blockers was lawful.  It was also: •Scandalous  •Harmful •Prejudiced •Double standards  •Discriminatory  •Unkind •Medically negligent  •Wrong  It is not for politicians to make decisions about clinical pathways.

On November 12, 1833, there was a meteor shower so intense that it was possible to see up to 100,000 meteors crossing the sky every hour. At the time, many thought it was the end of the world, so much so that it inspired this woodcut by Adolf Vollmy.

Earths rotation viewed through a stabilized camera Credit: aaronjenkin

Today is Grief Awareness Day. I wrote this about how I learned to talk to my grief during lockdown feministgiant.com/p/essay-some-o…

Incredible photo of the #BridgeFire in the mountains behind downtown Los Angeles.

It was a joy to finally meet taniaglyde.bsky.social in person after only having connected online previously. I’ve learned such a lot from them about #QueerMenopause Queer Menopause Project Do take a look at their website which contains links to lots of useful resources: queermenopause.com/mission-1 4/

Focus group on trans and non-binary experiences of menopause! Please share in your networks. #menopause #lgbtq

We're considerably more visible than we were 72 hours ago. A short thread on our work.

Now this is a thread. And in my experience of groups, 10% of the people end up doing 90% of the work, and that is now the extraction/burnout pipeline is perpetuated. Choose your associates carefully and keep asking yourself the question 'Who and what is this for?'

This is a really important thread. (And if you are a cis woman in menopause you may wish to reflect on how this could eventually impact you too.)

Next time someone says “it’s just a bit of vaginal dryness” Show them this ⤵️ It’s barbaric that we leave women with these symptoms when Topical Vaginal Oestrogen, used twice weekly is literally life saving

Good news - I have now updated the Queer Menopause resources page! There's been a lot happening in 2024. Highlights in this post: queermenopause.com/blog/2024/12/1… #menopause #lgbtq #lgbtqia