Green Party Northern Ireland stands firmly for bodily autonomy and a pro-choice future. We made the law that protects people from harassment outside abortion clinics, and we know access still needs to improve. 1:4

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 Huge congratulations to Riley McCahon of Causeway Pride on winning the Mark Ashton Award! Your dedication, courage and tireless work for equality and inclusion is an inspiration to us all. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

While I think it's incredibly silly I have to get a bunch of legal documents to prove my gender to the state, but, I'm going in on Friday to sort my Statutory Declaration. Shout out to Jude Copeland for being an amazing human being! One step closer to securing my GRC 👀

It's been reported today that nearly half of those arrested in Northern Ireland last August during the racist violence, have previously been reported for domestic abuse. Don't tell me the biggest threat to women and children comes from immigrants, it's mostly comes from local straight white men.

something else i noticed on the Nolan coverage of this: reactionaries are weapon using the language of accessibility for queerphobic ends. "libraries should be safe spaces!" ie. scrubbed of any deviance. "accessible to all" ie. coddling to homophobes.

Some parties want to turn children into political weapons. We believe they deserve love, respect, and space to be themselves. Mocking trans kids isn’t common sense. It’s cowardice dressed up as values. 1/2

Another lidocaine infusion appointment under the belt 💪 These infusions are absolutely life changing for my pain and sensory problems!

I've tried to not speak ill of Ellie and Adrian, but as a trans person, their both-sidesing tendencies wrt trans rights are a disappointment and a betrayal of green values Green Party members in England and Wales, please #backzack

Anyone in the general Belfast area keep an eye out for our favourite internet bboy. This breaks my heart to hear, I hope Bilbo comes home ):

Sixteen year olds can work and pay tax, but cannot vote. Ellie Byrne of Young Greens asks: “If we trust young people with real responsibility, why deny them a real voice?” Watch the video and tell us - should those who build the future also help choose it?

A message to all other Belfast City Councillors: Hopefully BCC acquires the Assembly Rooms in next few months, but don't pat yourselves on the back, thinking job done. This is only the end of the beginning. We still have more to do in delivering a city centre people will be proud of.

Accessibility for disabled people benefits everyone else in society. The Automatic Doors at the shops? First developed to make shops etc more accessible for disabled people; benefits everyone. Electric Toothbrush? First developed for people who have trouble with motor skills.

Gardaí have arrested four people at a peaceful sit-in. Protesting genocide is not a crime. #SpéirGorm

Look, you can say a lot about Hogan's legacy: he was racist, he was terrible to his colleagues, he put himself above other people, he firmly believed in the supremacy of white people, he was a bad wrestler, his life was a net negative for society. That's it. That's the post.

it is the east, and Fishtopher is the sun

👀🤣 Awesome miniature #Nerdlings

If you can serve your country, you should have a say in it. Like and share if you agree. #VotesForUnder18s #Politics #VotesFor16YearOlds

At last! The Sea Change the UK has been Longing for! For Hope, Kindness, Unity, Community & Humanity Vote Green & Back Zack! 💚 #BackZack bsky.app/profile/zack...

Fantastic night hosted by Belfast Pride. Hearing from our fabulous gender diverse community, well done all 👏👏❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️ @hleehurley.com @captainhookni.bsky.social @alexadotm.bsky.social @causewaypride.bsky.social #transrightsarehumanrights #lovewins

anyone (especially legal observers) available to help safeguard a church that's been threatened by racist rioters in Belfast tonight, please give me a message

Gorillas have to be one of my favourite primates, hands down. US aid helps protect mountain gorillas which are classified as endangered. We share at least 98% of our DNA with these fabulous animals. Silverbacks protect their families from a lot, but they can't protect them from going extinct.

Good luck with rewriting the GFA 😬

The Ehlers-Danlos Society's global mission for EDS and HSD could receive a £2,000 boost with your help! 🧬👩🏽‍⚕️ 🦓 Nominate The Ehlers-Danlos Society in the Movement For Good Awards — You can nominate from anywhere in the world. Click here to nominate: movementforgood.com/index.php?cn...

Doing this as a separate post as an informal 'social experiment' of some description. Are you a Feminist? If you are, do you include Trans men and Trans Masculine people in your scope of feminism? Like or share this post if you do, and feel free to comment why you do. #feminism

Something I'd like to touch on today after things I've experienced and seen over the past few weeks to months. People who fall under the Trans Masculine umbrella do not transition out of being marginalised when they start 'passing'. We do not benefit from Male Privilege the same way Cis Guys do. 🧵

Take 60 seconds to write to Ofcom. @goodlawproject.bsky.social have done all the hard work for you!

The important thing to understand about this case is that it's not about the crossing. It's part of a whole slew of cases where the ultimate aim is to establish "gender ideology" as a political/ideological belief so that organisations can be prevented from being trans inclusive. 🧵 1/7

Very positive move from the UK government, the NI assembly passed a joint Green Party/SF motion way back in 2012 to support lowering the voting age for our own elections. It's well past time for this change

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "It’s a simple test: does the government operate in the interests of the country, or in the interests of private capital? This shouldn’t be a difficult choice for Labour to make, yet, as with so many such tests, it flunks it".

So many people in power don't understand what dehumanising hoops disabled folks have to jump through to get basic support. Benefit questionnaires are invasive, you have to disclose intimate details of your disability which in my experience had to be disclosed to a non medical professional.

It is incredibly disappointing that North Down Cricket Club’s summer camp has been cancelled because of objections to the inclusion of children from diverse backgrounds. 1/5

🌱 Vegan Pride Brunch! 🌈 Join us Sat 26th July, 11am–12:30pm at Belfast Exposed Gallery for good vibes & great vegan food before the Pride Parade! ✨ 👯‍♀️ Connect with Greens, allies & supporters 🍽️ On the menu: 🥣 Mixed bean stew 🌿 Tofu scramble (vegan scrambled egg) 🌭 Seitan sausages 1/3

Smart Crutches! The best crutch alternative I've come across for EDS in years. I finally got one gifted to me for my birthday and it arrived today. If you have the strength to use one and the means to get one; do it to save your joints from dislocating and fend off the arthritis for a lil longer!

Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.

Could it be that the profiteering and short-termism aren't compatible with the operation of critical public services in the long term? Surely not.

Lighting this bonfire a day early to protect a grotesque display of dummies in a boat doesn’t just shame our community - it exposes the real dummies behind it. There’s nothing cultural about racism, intimidation, or mocking those fleeing war and persecution. 1/4

It's official. The SAG strike is finally over. It took an entire year but now VAs have the AI protections they sought. This is a huge victory. Do not let anyone who isn't in the industry tell you otherwise.

Waiting for another update on Translink's feasibility study for possibility reopening the international airport line like

This is an absolutely unacceptable effigy, tradition should never be a cover for hate and health and safety issues. I know numerous people who feel unsafe living in this country due to racism and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Let's celebrate culture, not hate. Hate is not culture!

We’re also expanding our outreach across the MEA Borough. If you’re in Carrick or nearby & fancy a sober, inclusive & safe space to broaden your horizons & meet likeminded people our new Queer Communi-tea social begins on August 12th!

Ballymena now has an up & running LGBTQ+ youth group that I’ll be working with. We’re going on a trip tomorrow to Dundalk, and I just think it’s so bloody brilliant to have these local services to support young people. This is the legacy I wanted @meapride.bsky.social to create. 🫶🏻

Are you disabled and living in NI? If so, Stormont is running a consultation survey for the Disabled People's Parliament to raise awareness of issues that impact our lives day to day as disabled people. There is an easy read format for this too! consult.nia-yourassembly.org.uk/engagement/d...

A bit of an out of the blue experience for me today, I was on the way to an appointment this morning and spotted a grounded young seagull by city hall; still there and more exhausted on my way home. Someone has been out to it and moved it to the memorial gardens to let it learn how to fly safely

1️⃣ Over 3,000 acres of farmland—some in families for generations—were seized for the A5 scheme. Hedgerows bulldozed, boundaries redrawn, rural lives thrown into chaos. Most affected families still haven’t seen a penny in compensation.

Despicable cruelty 😡. The fine should fit the crime and it never does in Northern Ireland.

I've counted about six black gulliemots already, some of them look smaller than the others; I think these are chicks learning to be seabirds! They can be relatively uncommon, I feel so blessed today. Uppa urban and maritime wildlife!

I suspect that even if a dozen BBC journalists were assassinated by IDF the BBC would still back the Starmer/Zionist party line "Two journalists from the German state broadcaster were attacked by Israeli settlers while reporting in the occupied West Bank" www.middleeasteye.net/news/german-...

The result of a coordinated attack on trans people by media, politicians, and courts. Journalists are sometimes surprised when I say it's more dangerous being trans now than 10 years ago - but it's true.

Seventeen years, £110 million spent, and not a single mile of new road built. The A5 scheme to upgrade the existing road for safety was supposed to save lives & connect communities from Derry to Aughnacloy. Instead, it’s become Northern Ireland’s most expensive monument to political paralysis. 1/4

btw here's who the Nazis focused on killing disability-wise. a little bit tired of people pretending fascism historically doesn't hate disability and also specifically mental illness so I just want to share that it totally for sure does and actually quite specifically people like me