In the first of two pieces about their zine, Cervical screening for trans+ autistic people: A tool for self advocacy, researchers @georgiarivers.bsky.social and Katie Munday, discuss the pressing need for accessible community resources 🌈🎓 @the-polyphony.bsky.social thepolyphony.org/2026/03/13/b...

Come see some wonderful colleagues and I talk about our research on autistic experiences of cancer and cancer services!

We are building the world's largest archive of LGBTQ+ Global Majority & Migrant stories. We need YOUR voice to make history. ​✅ Safe space & expenses covered ✅ Anonymity available ​Join the legacy. Apply here: forms.gle/ALgvoWj6QSY9... 🏳️‍🌈 ​#HeritageFund

Happy new year! Just under two weeks to go until our free seminar on power in autism research www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quahrc-sem...

Super excited for this, it'll be an incredible day!! 🌈🎓

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.

I guess it’s as a good a day as any (I mean, they all give us such bounties, right?) to announce our co-sponsored Health, Science, and Knowledge Virtual Symposium, April 17-19, centering diverse, divergent, displaced, and targeted points of view! More info and submit: tinyurl.com/HSKSymposium

The Ursids, a winter solstice light show that has been active since Wednesday, will reach its peak Sunday night into Monday morning. Here is how to watch.

It's my pleasure to announce the Longlist for Best Transfeminine Fiction in the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards! This year, TFR recognizes 14 titles from every genre and section of the industry 🩷 Thank you to everyone who voted early to craft this list! Voting ends December 26th at 11:59 PM EST.

and the award for greatest taste in music goes to me

March seems far, far away, but we've a #CRAEwebinar planned with Sarah Parsons, who will be talking about research that seeks to use a more creative toolkit of methods to enable a whole range of voices to be included in autism research.

Want to help with autism research? The Social Experiences of Loneliness of Autistic Adults (SELA) Project at the AJ Drexel Autism Institute is forming a Community Council of autistic adults (ages 18–35) to help guide a 5-year study on loneliness and social connection. Info in flyer and alt-text.

It’s #TransDayofRemembrance, a day where we mourn and honor the people who have been murdered just for being trans. Today is also a day where we recognize that, despite threats of violence and discrimination, the trans community still continues to thrive.

It’s #TransDayofRemembrance, a day where we mourn and honor the people who have lost their lives because of their identity. ❤️ We must come together to create a world where everyone is safe to be who they are.

Please join us online and in-person this Wednesday (12th November) for the next event in our seminar series with Dr Nathan Keates - ' #Autistic Relations: Link-mindedness, Identities, and Community'. The event is free to attend and all are welcome! Please follow the link for more info and booking:

Researchers from the University of Nottingham are looking to speak with autistic transgender/gender diverse adults about their experience of healthcare. Find out more: cdss.nottingham.ac.uk/redcap/surve... or email [email protected] #Trans #Transgender #NonBinary #TransResearch

I read an arc of Hazelthorn which reads like a fever dream & has messy queers & botanical body horror, definitely recommend! ✨

It is nearly two years on since Harley Bruce, Steven Kapp and I published about gender identity healthcare access for Autistic people. I take this opportunity to reflect on what we learnt and what (if anything) has changed.

If you were looking to close out this spooky season with some scary good trans horror, do I have the list for you! Featuring frights by @emotrophywife.bsky.social, @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social, @zefrrr.bsky.social, @eveharms.com , @scumbelievable.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, and more!

When you remember Florence + the Machine is dropping a new album tonight!

happy halloween! 🎃👻🦇

i assume this is what florence is fixing with the machine

Help & Care, @beyondreflectuk.bsky.social & Wessex Cancer Alliance, are launching a project to make breast & chest screening at University Hospital Southampton more accessible for disabled, ND, & trans+ people. And we need your help!

Saturn and Rings - From Val Klavans - https://flic.kr/p/cWWr23

The Bread & Roses Award longlist has been launched to mark the start of Independent Bookshop Week! The award for political writing is presented by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers, so celebrate both by popping into your local indie for one of these beauts: lighthousebookshop.com/posts/bread-...

strawberry picking 🍓

Only two more days left to see the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Tate Modern. Every stitch is love, every panel is loss and grief - and a celebration of those who died too young.

@georgiarivers.bsky.social and I can finally share our Cervical Screening for Trans+ Autistic People: A Self-Advocacy Zine #AutResearch #AutismResearch 🎓🌈 autisticltd.co.uk/2025/06/13/c...

The first 'Whose Rainbow?' project publication! Whose Rainbow? explored LGBT+ staff & student experiences of rainbow symbolism & EDI schemes in HE. In this paper, we think specifically about the extra labour required of LGBT+ people (to survive!) in HE. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Artists/Illustrators/Designers! We need YOU! Edinburgh’s Radical Book Fair returns 6-9th of November 2025 : we need a poster! This year’s theme is ‘Ecosystems of change’ or ‘Constellations of Change’. As an artist, we invite you to respond to whichever of the two speaks to you most. 1/2

Counter-argument: You should use Sinners to springboard yourself into some other Black American horror like the following

Sending love to trans women everywhere after today's shit show <3

What a joke of a Supreme Court.

I went to see Little Shop of Horrors knowing nothing about the plot, and by nothing I mean I leant over to my wife and said "I didn't know Audrey II could talk"... you can imagine my surprise at the rest

20 Trans & Non-Binary Books To Read in 2025 From chilling trans horror to non-binary romance & genderfluid fantasy, here's our list of 20 trans & non-binary books to keep an eye out for in 2025. Read more here: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/20-tran... #queerbooks #transbooks #nonbinarybooks #booksky

Queer sci fi book rec of the day. Four astronaut scientists explore dazzling new worlds, adapting their bodies to each environment and leaving no trace, while Earth changes without them. This wonderful novella features a queer polycule and an acespec SC! #booksky #queerbooksky 🪐📚

an off the top of my head list of people to read instead of neil gaiman, who sucks: n k jemisin bora chung silvia moreno-garcia ursula k le guin octavia butler xiran jay zhao ted chiang neon yang the readymade bodhisattva (anthology of south korean sci fi) add more if you want!

I write about how researchers should define and approach asexuality in a recent Sociology Compass article. You can read it here:

Sorry to say we're closed today (Tuesday) 😔 Someone has bricked our window, robbed the cash drawer and, bizarrely, the Bluetooth speaker 🎶 All the books are safe! Turns out robbers dont read. If you wanna help out this struggling queer bookshop our website is still open Merry bloody Christmas 😥

Labour’s manifesto promised to “remove indignities for trans people”, yet the government’s ban on puberty blockers adopts the Tories’ politicised unevidenced approach. Young people — cis & trans — must have access to healthcare they need. I stand firmly with the trans community.

40 years ago: Pits and Perverts was a fundraiser for Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners. The Bronski Beat gig raised £5000. It helped build relationships between Unions and #LGBTQ communities, united by the common enemy of Thatcher’s Government, leading to Union support for pro-gay policies.

🎨 Alex Norris | 🌈📚👀 #rombks 💙📚🌶️ #lesfic

Exploring the Experiences of Autistic Transgender and Non-Binary Adults in Seeking Gender Identity Health Care www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/... Free access! with @drstevenkapp.bsky.social

florence <3<3<3

🌈🎓 New article from Lucy Nicholas, Sal Clark and Chloe Falzon. A scoping review of non-binary research in "Australian” social sciences: Community, solidarity,resilience and resisting marginalisation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.

Trans+ voices matter Many trans+ folk have valid reasons to be wary of cis-led healthcare initiatives and research. However, this survey has the potential to drive meaningful, positive change If you can, please take a moment to complete the Healthwatch survey here: buff.ly/4hVqzme

I loved doing this talk with the amazing @amasedin.bsky.social as part of their Autistic Researchers Lightning Talks. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9SJ6...

Today, we remember and mourn the ones we have lost. We shall continue to fight for trans rights and equality while doing what we can to protect our community by holding people in power to account. To all of our siblings who are struggling, we see you, we hear you and you are loved.