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I’m increasingly convinced that not watching the Olympic opening ceremony, and instead piecing it together via twitter takes is the way to go.

Annual #EdFringe recommendations request. We’ve got lots of comedy lined up, but are on the look out for #LGBTIQ theatre. Open to anything, but I love a good musical, or a moving little play. Bonus request for any shows about #childbirth, #reproductiverights or repro science!

As usual there is an absolute abundance of wonderful LGBT+ theatre of all shapes and sizes - this thread is a wonderful resource for anyone looking for recommendations!

The lack of investment in / commitment to appropriate interpretation in the NHS is an absolute scandal.

The BMA will undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review on gender identity services for children and young people. 🧵1/4 bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

I seriously hope that whoever came up with ‘VPN: Vagina Privacy Network’ for this digital reproductive health data initiative took the rest of the day off! So good! vaginaprivacynetwork.org

We really need to stop policing people’s bodies, testosterone levels and chromosomal make-up. Disguised under the discourse of fair play and equality, it is just a pulsion to order bodies into binary & racialised stereotypes of what normal embodiment should be like.

It’s the first day of #EdFringe. Here’s a poem called ‘Unleash’ we commissioned Glasgow-based non-binary poet Gray Crosbie to write for inclusion in our #SomewhereForUs LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈 Edinburgh Fringe Guide. We hope you all have a safe and happy Fringe! #UnleashYourFringe Edinburgh Festival Fringe

New research on #ObstericViolence during #HomeBirth calls for legislative changes to recognize and address obstetric violence at home 👩‍🍼⚖️ Dr. Gemma McKenzie Read now #FreeAccess until Jan 2025 as part of our #EditorsChoice collection ⤵️ doi.org/10.1332/239868…

Highly recommend Mireia Garcés de Marcilla’ incredibly insightful London Review of Books blog on #fairness & #gender in the wake of the #ParisOlympics lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

My thoughts on the racialised character of eligibility sports regulations and the need to rethink our commitment to gender are out in the London Review of Books lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

‘There is a long history of “gender testing” in sport. From 1958 to 1992, all women Olympic athletes were required to have their gender “verified” by a chromosomal evaluation.’ Mireia Garcés de Marcilla on Imane Khelif and the eligibility rules for women’s sport: lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/augu…

Making Modern Maternity special issue MedHums_BMJ is out now! To quote the editors "Our emphasis on making modern maternity is intended to highlight to readers how both the modern and the maternal are constructions that are neither stable nor singular" mh.bmj.com/content/50/2#M…

Tell me your stadium was built for men, without telling me…

Really excited to be joining the The SLS conference for the day. I’ll be an absolute imposter in the European Law stream, presenting with Anastasia Siapka on FemTech & Gendered Risk in the GDPR this PM. But first, looking forward to hearing the SLSHealthLaw presentations!

Ockenden report: Disappointment two years into maternity care review at Nottingham's hospitals itv.com/news/central/2…

So excited for this wonderful workshop! Having space for deep discussion about new ideas is such so incredibly valuable (and increasingly rare), and I’m grateful to Mireia Garcés de Marcilla and Zaina Mahmoud || زينة محمود🔻 for creating this one 💛