Today, and every day, the Green Party stands with LGBTIQA+ people 💚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

˚˖𓍢ִ໋🍃✧˚.Shirley by-election campaign is racing along˚˖𓍢ִ໋🍃✧˚. Think you can help with our mix of environmental justice and social justice? join.greenparty.org.uk

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𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐲 📍 Meet 10:30am at St James' Park, St James' Rd, Southampton SO15 5SD Come and help kickstart a winning by-election campaign, meet Green candidate 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 and other local activists! Please register for this event via this link. 👇🏾 actionnetwork.org/events/shirl...?

Join us as Head of Stakeholder Engagement (12‑month maternity cover) and help drive our advocacy across political, creative and cultural sectors. You’ll lead our stakeholder strategy and advise senior leaders on key developments. Apply by 1 February 👇

We've surveyed our whole membership to bring you our 2025 Annual Report. We urge every one of you to read this in full online from Wednesday morning. It will outline our key findings, some fantastic developments, but also some bleak issues that we have found solutions to. 👀 Honestly - READ THIS.

I’m really struggling with the way the world is going at the moment. I’m terrified our island will be next on his ‘list’. It’s like he’s playing Got. Got. Need. This little fren is probably the only thing keeping me grounded.

The Vagina Museum is a proudly trans inclusive organisation 🏳️‍⚧️ We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.

“Intersex people are individuals with sex characteristics which do not fit the typical binary views of male or female bodies... Consequently, many people, like the author, only find out later in life or not at all that they are intersex.” Read the full article: transactual.org.uk/blog/categor...

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza. Say No to Palantir in the NHS ⬇️ goodlaw.social/658abc

Southampton Common at 11am today. The fog is strong here!

Eric wishes you all a Christmas filled with love and light wherever you are and whatever you are doing 🎄

🎅🏻 Seasons Greetings from all the team here at In Focus! We wish you all a warm and safe winter break filled with light and laughter! We will return on Tuesday 6th January 2026, ready for the first LGBTQIA+ #DSLR1625 session of 2026! 🎄

A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Happy Hanukkah to all those celebrating over the coming days! #HappyHanukkah #Hanukkah

Our free to attend #DSLR1625 photography and arts open sessions for 16-25 yrs in Southampton Hampshire are supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, The National Lottery, @blagravetrust.bsky.social#DSLR1625 Quilter Fund and Quakers

📍 Network Eagle Lab, Portland Terrace, Southampton SO14 7SJ (opposite ASDA, next to CEX) 📧 Questions? Email [email protected] / visit bio

🔦Last week at In Focus, our participants explored the art of light painting! ✨ With thoughtful prompts and plenty of creativity, they produced some fantastic work; all captured during our free photography and arts sessions for 16–25 year olds.

One day @infocuscio.bsky.social will win an award, but we are stoked to have been on the shortlisted because so many of you nominated us! Myself, Faye and Devin enjoyed a lovely evening with lovely company, old friends and new, at the Beyond Reflections celebration! Thanks for having us!

One day @infocuscio.bsky.social will win an award, but we are stoked to have been on the shortlisted because so many of you nominated us! Myself, Faye and Devin enjoyed a lovely evening with lovely company, old friends and new, at the Beyond Reflections celebration! Thanks for having us!

It’s really obvious how many people who should know, either ignored or didn’t know that yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance by their lack of social posting about it. We see you. Yes, we do. So do our ally’s. And next time you want our votes and/or support forget it.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Amid anti-trans politics, today is a day of reflection. A day to mourn those we have all lost. Each name is a reminder to love and fight for each other, and especially for those most marginalised. With solidarity, we will build a better world for us all.

A message from parents who love trans people Today, we remember the trans people whose lives were taken far too soon. For those of us who are parents of trans children of all ages, this day carries a particular kind of weight...

Less than £10 including P&P and you could own a beautiful 2026 calendar filled with amazing images made by our young participants @infocuscio.bsky.social Buy 2 and gift one! Christmas sorted!

New blog post from our @artswork.bsky.social Breakthrough Programme Admin & Comms Assistant, Dylan! They document their first experience at In Focus meetings and our Youth Leadership Group, where we had guest speaker Daniel Crow! https://www.infocusedu.co.uk/2025/11/14/team-meeting-youth-leadership/

It’s #LivingWageWeek! We are proud to be an accredited living wage employer by @livingwageuk.bsky.social    !🎉⁠  We join employers who are taking ‘A Step beyond’ by becoming Living Wage accredited and paying a real Living Wage. Find out more #LivingWageFoundation

What is Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) and how is it observed?

This week is #TransAwarenessWeek. Trans people have the same right to freedom, joy, safety, and healthcare as everyone else. But in the UK and across the world, their rights are under attack. We need to stand up to transphobia and guarantee everyone’s dignity.

This week (like every week at TransActual) we continue to fight for better access to healthcare, to protect our rights in law and to empower and amplify the voices of trans people. #TransAwarenessWeek #Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransRights #Equality

And as such a booming industry why is still so very little known about it? And why is it missing from education? And why don’t my doctors surgery feel informed enough to talk me through options/symptoms etc

🎄Christmas shopping Sorted ✔️ Our 2026 calendar is ready for pre-order! This A4 wall calendar features work made during all of our sessions with talented young artists! 🧑‍🎨📸 Please note this calendar is a pre-order shipping no later than 5th Dec for delivery before Xmas! infocusedu.co.uk/calendar

Yesterday the best news was announced by @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social @musicvenueprop.bsky.social that The Joiners venue in #Southampton has been saved. As an investor I was invited down to do an interview with the BBC where I raved about how much I love the venue! Support your local music venue!

Christmas shopping sorted when you buy an @infocuscio.bsky.social calendar full of the amazing photos made by the young participants! And at the same time you can feel good about supporting a small charity to continue their work! #christmas #charity

Sometimes I feel so small… Pt 3 Kos 3rd set in a series of photographs of small me whilst in Kos.

Sometimes I feel so small… Pt 3 Kos 3rd set in a series of photographs of small me whilst in Kos.

I really enjoyed the @artswork.bsky.social Your Stories workshop we supported at @infocuscio.bsky.social last week. I hadn’t sewn in ages and I it gave me the opportunity to add a square for the quilt making Southampton a Safe and welcoming Space

These are so beautiful ❤️ It makes me feel better seeing something good happening to these texts.

“Southampton has always been a city built on diversity and hard work — people coming together from all walks of life to make something better." Southampton residents and organizations raise concerns over large anti-migrant demonstration planned for Sunday. www.in-common.co.uk/2025/10/24/s...

Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.

Thanks trans allies for stepping up. You’re needed more than ever 🏳️‍⚧️✨

Every movement started in a small room somewhere. Sometimes underfunded and misunderstood. But that’s how roots grow. That’s how scenes start. That’s how heroes are formed. That's what keeps every single one of us at MVT, and all our members, motivated in protecting.

"We don’t want our community to be divided” The local people who are regularly taking to the streets with a message of welcome to refugees in Southampton. “We welcome refugees” – on the street with the counter-protesters www.in-common.co.uk/2025/10/20/w...

Ace Week, formerly Asexual Awareness Week, is an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness and expanding education of asexuality. We stand in solidarity with our Ace siblings, team members and supporters! #AceWeek #AsexualityAwareness #Asexual #LGBTQIA

As a micro charity we really do appreciate every single donation we get. So if you’re thinking about supporting a charity or changing who you regularly donate to please think of @infocuscio.bsky.social so we can keep working with the young people we support. #LGBTQIA #Autistic #ADHD #audhd

Who has the best team ever? 👋 That’s us! Last week we had our In Focus team day - sharing ideas, getting creative & even a collage workshop led by one of our young #DSLR1625 participants. Grateful for this inspiring bunch 🤍 More to share soon!

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This video reminds us there is hope. Trans people aren’t all perfect, but then neither are cis folk. But EVERYONE deserves dignity and respect. And Mamdani uses the full LGBTQIA+ which is really important, especially for those of us who are the + otherwise we are excluded and erased further.

I share an artists studio with Faye and we are The Stationary Cupboard (check Insta). Today we took some of the things we’ve made to a little festival to see how the general public like them! We had a lovely time and met lots of friendly people. We will do it again sometime!

👋 Looking for half term plans? Ages 10–17 in Southampton can dive into photography, creative writing, collage, mixed media + more. 💷 £30 a day – or plan ahead: book Oct + Feb and get April half price! 📍 Network Eagle Labs, Portland Terrace, SO14 7SJ 🎟 Book now: https://tr.ee/infocushol

This goodest of doggos had surgery yesterday. Turns out he also has a heart condition so now has to takes meds everyday. He was so brave ❤️❤️❤️ #dog #bestfriend