Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Invading neighbouring countries, tick. Trying to control the media, tick. Oppressing minorities, tick. Ruling by violence and fear, tick. My 'how close are the USA to 1930s Germany' bingo card is pretty much complete.

My partner just called my Converse collection 'coloured plimsolls'. I am devastated and need a divorce lawyer.

New year, same me. Cos I actually quite like me.

We were promised this was not going to be 'the adult Cass report' and I am glad to see that was true.

Pretty devastated to see the WI have followed on from the Guides. Both of these institutions have been trailblazers and vital pillars of rural life when I was growing up.

Today is a day to remember, to learn and to celebrate all those whose lives have been touched by AIDS. The trans community has been heavily effected by this illness over the years and at NCTH, we especially remember the trans people we have lost to this illness. x

If you live in Nottingham city, you are either a patient with us or on our waiting list, then we are holding monthly drop-in sessions with freebies and a trained expert to help you quit. Fill in this form to receive more details. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

So if you don't look cis enough, you get kicked out of the toilet. That is basically how these new guidelines will work?

Our latest Open Day will be on 26th November! Click here to read more and enter the ballot for a place - forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

** The Official crowdfunder link for my case commenced in the European Court of Human Rights ** A legal first: trans and non-binary lawyers leading the case: Oscar Davies, Olivia Campbell-Cavendish and me as client. Trans Legal Clinic in partnership with W-Legal. www.translegalclinic.com/mccloud

The Transgender Archive Network are running a free workshop this Saturday to examine the ins and outs of intergenerational working. Tickets are free and there is plenty of free tea and coffee. The venue is also fully accessible - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transgende...

My brother works at Heathrow. As I have the Flight Radar app on my phone I have offered him my services. (I think a bunch of swear words will be heading back to me, but sibling rivalry does not stop just because he is having a bad day!)

Interested in archiving? Interested in transgender oral histories? Interested in how these could work on an intergenerational level? Come along to our latest workshop next Saturday in Nottingham - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/east-midla...

It's amazing how quicky we have adapted to saying a hearty goodbye to somebody in a meeting online, then seeing them two minutes later in the staff room.

People working from home, remember to put something on before you start a teams call (this is not advice from experience, but advice from my mind constantly worrying about doing it!)

One small victory at a time is how we get equity. And this is one.

Interesting debate at Queer Britain last night about the similarities and differences between transphobia and homophobia. Was somewhat de-railed by gender critical people wanting to debate biology but I'm used to that!

Crocks and socks is apparently acceptable this time around. I'm very happy about that!

So it seems as though I am permanently a He in my mum's care home now according to the residents, which is fine as it is one of my pronouns anyway. I'm interested to research other experience of trans people who have family members with dementia and what they experience.

New social group for trans people in the East Midlands www.facebook.com/groups/72553...

Spent a week messing about on boats. Now back to the grind stone! I'm always secretly happy to get back to work, so I am clearly in the right job!

Looking forward to speaking at I International Conference Naizen Trans children and youth this week! Spain here I come!

Not saying we are all delightfully odd where we work, but somehow in a conversation I invented an imaginary clinic cat called Tiddles and one of the nurses just opened a door to let the imaginary cat through.

I share the deep disappointment in today's Supreme Court ruling, and the concerns about what this will mean for trans women going forward. Today and every day, I stand in unwavering solidarity with the trans community. We must never stop fighting for trans rights.

Big news today. My speech to text software has finally realised my name is Nat and not Nat's. No more endlessly manually deleting 's

Sat here with my fruit salad and chai seeds with a freshly brewed coffee alongside feeling like some influencer this morning.

I'm so hungry today. Just thought you would all like to know.

Back from The Netherlands and my cycle commute in was a lot quieter than last week!

really looking forward to the trans aging conference I am off to on Sunday. And a week in the Netherlands? Don't mind if I do!

Great to be presenting for Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust today. Great talk about trans aging. Couldn't let the presentation go without explaining how Berkshire my own history is!

Shout out to all my fellow runners doing the #ReadingHalfMarathon this weekend. Probably my favourite half. See you all at the stadium.

Carb loading has started. Eating a pile of boiled potatoes for lunch.

Please be aware our NHS trust is not receiving external emails at the moment so if you are trying to email me....you can't.

Have an interest in research? If you want to hear what research is happening at the clinic and to find out more about our research advisory group, come along to our Research Day this Saturday morning either online or in-person. There will be pizza! - forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

At a funeral wake tomorrow for a friend who was a Tottenham fan. I am honouring him by doing something unimaginable for a Forest fan - I'm going to wear Spurs shirt. He will be laughing at me from wherever he is now.

I had a whole day at work without vomiting or passing out, so I can officially say the flu has gone.

Prime example of how to be a good ally.

So we have a sculpture of a Beekeeper in Beeston and somebody has made a temporary sculpture next to it as an homage to the random peeled bananas which appear in a local street once a month. Did nobody think to warn me that this town is in another dimension of reality.

Had a weird 24 flu thing over the weekend. Typical that I fell ill on Friday night and was just about recovered by Sunday evening!!

Biological Sex is chromosomes, hormones, gametes, gonads, a whole load of epigenetic stuff, various organs like breasts etc The only reason transphobes go on and on about chromosomes is because they are the only part you can't change with transition, not because they're important. They aren't

Nice to see our un-wanted visitor to Nottingham Kelly-Jay Keen-Monster got a mention here.

As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

We are happy to announce the date for our next Open Day - ncth.nhs.uk/patient-upda...

I was so upset when mum went into a home a few weeks ago. Apparently, she is spending this afternoon in a pub listening to live music. She has a better social life than me now!

Was just talking dress codes and explained how academics are exempt because people should just be happy we have managed to arrive to work without a single piece of pyjamas on.

Today, 3rd March, is the first day since 30 January with no articles about trans people in the Guardian, Mail, Times or Telegraph.

Got on the tram wearing a Nottingham University jumper and a Nottingham Forest baseball cap. I looked like somebody trying too hard to be an under-cover Nottingham resident.

I've had a cannula in several times and always....always had a bruise just like this. His PR people are daft. Just say it was a cannula and make up an innocent reason if you feel you have to, rather than trying to convince a world of people you can get a bruise from shaking many hands.

My new policy has been this from the second I stepped onto Bluesky.