Brilliant piece on the facts of the asylum system & experiences of the people subjected to it. More journalism like this please!

The NeuroQueer group - for minds of all kinds - next meets at the Trade office on Tuesday, 13th August, 6-8pm. We'll be making placards and props for Leicester Pride. If you're LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent come along and get crafty

I will not debate the rights of migrants in the context of racist attacks & attempts to kill them. It’s the legitimisation these fascists crave.

I'm sure some individuals and organisations in my network will find this useful

🚨New resource for People Seeking Asylum & Refugees to help them try to stay safe. Please share widely

We have an amazing team of Trustees Trade Sexual Health 🏳️‍🌈, but we would be stronger with more. We've identified some skills that would help broaden our expertise. But, we would also benefit from more women, trans* folk, and POCs on the Board - and lived experience matters

We're also currently recruiting a part-time Operations Manager Trade Sexual Health 🏳️‍🌈. Deadline is 23.59 on Sunday 18th August. Happy to chat to anyone who wants to know more

A statement from Trade about recent racist violence and intimidation

This is a great interview with Dr. Kate Law and reminds me of the time the police 'arrested' a collection of sanitary pads outside the South African embassy one SA Women Day

Five days left to apply, if you want to be our next Operations Manager. We're happy to chat if you have any questions before completing your application

Last November, the Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation recommended that a routine MPOX vaccine programme should be implemented in the UK. Where’s that programme Wes Streeting MP ? NHS NHS England UK Health Security Agency

i answered some FAQs about the current outbreak of MPOX (clade 1b) on my instagram - mostly from gay and bisexual men who were most affected by the 2022 outbreak and with answers drawn from The Love Tank. i’ve compiled them in a thread 🧵

This is an exceptionally clear overview of the current mpox outbreak with an assessment of risk and priorities for how to tackle it

I must know some people who might interested and well-placed to apply for this evaluation gig

I am saddened to hear that Viraj Mendis died last week. His anti-deportation campaign in the 1980s was powerful and important - particularly the solidarity of the congregation at the Church of the Ascension in Hulme, who offered him sanctuary: ascensionchurchhulme.co.uk/news/virajmend…

Me & Gavin Brown 🏳️‍🌈 caught looking beautiful earlier at Leicester Pride. Proud to be part of Trade Sexual Health 🏳️‍🌈 & to be making clear that it’s #LGBWithTheT bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A group of friends and former colleagues have written this book. I had a sneak preview, and it's an important read for anyone who cares about higher education

If there is one academic conference I miss going to, it is the European Geographies of Sexualities Conference. It sounds like Dr Nick McGlynn and Joe Jukes did a great job hosting it this week I Brighton

Given that, three and a half years later, the Mail has named them 'University of the Year', you wonder what's changed?

Thrilled to share that Gavin Brown 🏳️‍🌈 and I have written this piece in Zalfa and Deborah’s edited volume on gender and borderlands that comes next month. Cheers to navigating desires across messy borders of caste, class, race and geopolitics among the south Asian queer diasporas