The story has been picked up by mainstream press.
Great work by @transactualuk.bsky.social
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The story has been picked up by mainstream press.
Great work by @transactualuk.bsky.social
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Text reads: “Gender-Affirming Care & Quality of Life” Take part in an online study examining the relationship between access to gender-affirming care in adolescence and quality of life in trans+ and gender diverse adults. 18+ years old; currently living in the UK; identify as trans+ or gender non-conforming; and previously accessed gender-affirming care under age 25 in the UK. Text states the researcher is Amélie (she/her), a Trainee Clinical Psychologist interested in the mental health of trans+ people, with contact email Amelie.Trickett@uea.ac.uk. “In consultation with” TransActual. click the link or scan the code for more information and to take part. survey takes 10 minutes. “Participants Needed.” For every participant, £1 will be donated to Not a Phase (www.notaphase.org)
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are recruiting Trans+ adults for an online study exploring access to gender affirming care and quality of life.
Participate here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.
If you have any questions, please contact: a.trickett@uea.ac.uk
#TransResearch #ResearchSurvey
I've written about the benefits of childhood affirmation, here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"In a UK survey of over 4,000 trans people, TransActual found that 99% say media coverage has harmed their mental health, 99% have heard politicians express transphobic views, and many have been refused non-transition healthcare simply for being trans."
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"The survey reveals that a staggering “one in four trans people report being made homeless in their lifetime”. This is much higher than the UK National average for young people made homeless which is around one in sixty."
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We have filed supplemental evidence to GANHRI on the EHRC. Raising concerns about health impacts, lack of EIAs, no trans stakeholder engagement and opaque AI use in the 50k+ consultation. A rights regulator should not be a risk to the people it exists to protect.
tacc.org.uk/2026/03/02/e...
Well the world feels particularly stupid, cruel and bellicose this morning, doesn't it...
Useful article here giving a thoughtful approach to supporting students with public speaking, tempered by excellent commentary from Maggie Abrahart about the importance of flexibility and reasonable adjustments for severely anxious students.
Autumn Thomson followed up with this great post reflecting on how issues of bodily autonomy and temporality played out in media coverage of Lindsey Vonn's crash in the Olympic downhill skiing.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/tempor...
It was really interesting to discuss how conflicts between institutional time and lived time play out across different domains- in law, in sexual consent, in pregnancy, in higher education- and how these tensions constrain bodily autonomy in similar and different ways.
I really enjoyed talking about how temporality and bodily autonomy intersect for disabled PGRs at this seminar organised by the Reproduction, Sexualities & Sexual Health Research Group (RSSH) and the OU Trans Staff Network.
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#POWES2026 POWES CONFERENCE 2026 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ON FEMINIST CONNECTION & SOCIAL JUSTICE SUBMISSION DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO 13TH MARCH tinyurl.com/powes2026
⚠️We've extended the deadline for abstracts for #POWES2026!
⏳New deadline- 13th March
ℹ️ Full details here- tinyurl.com/powes2026
🏃♀️➡️Go go go!
Psychology of Women & Equalities Review (POWER) Call for Papers Special issue - Feminism in Asia The Psychology of Women & Equalities Review (POWER) supports critical feminist debate on the psychology of women and equalities across research, teaching, and professional practice. This special issue seeks to decentre feminist theory and praxis from the Global North and foreground perspectives on feminism and psychology in Asia. Feminist movements have resonated with diverse marginalised communities, contributing to social transformation. Yet, significant gaps remain in the incorporation of non-Western women’s experiences and theorising within mainstream feminist and psychological scholarship. Even within the Majority World, hegemonic and dominant community narratives can erase minority voices and present misleading accounts of national homogeneity. The year 2025 witnessed Gen Z led protests across many Asian countries, building on decades of activism and social change. These fissures in the social fabric have emerged from long-standing systemic violence against the most marginalised within South Asia and beyond. Women’s activism continues to shape reform and policy, while LGBTQ+ activism contributes to redefining sexual freedoms and gender roles This issue intends to address intersections of gender, sexuality, disability, caste, political identity, and other forms of marginalisation through a psychological and feminist lens, whilst acknowledging both global and local feminist imaginaries. While decentring Western feminist paradigms is crucial, it is equally vital to challenge dominant discourses within Asian feminist scholarship. We welcome submissions from early-career researchers, activists, individuals working in academic-adjacent industries, and academics working in and around Asia.
Topics suggested, but not limited to Emerging discourse in psychology Voices of minorities within the nation Feminism and popular culture Imagining a psychology of women Feminism in Education Psychology’s response to feminist and queer movements Addressing ethnic violence Feminist resistance to nationalism Methodology We are open to qualitative and innovative methodologies. We welcome the following submissions Theoretical and empirical papers. Reviews of relevant books, films and other popular media. Short papers, commentaries, interviews and other non-traditional submissions such as art, poetry and photography in our ‘Agora ’section. Send an abstract between 300-500 words and a 50 word author(s) biography by 15th April 2026. Important dates Outcome of abstract selection - 30th May 2026 Full submissions - 10th December 2026 Publication date July 2027 - July 2027 All articles (excluding creative works) will be peer reviewed. Please note, by submitting a manuscript, you will also be invited to peer review other submissions.Submissions should be a maximum of 8,000 words excluding references. Book reviews should be 750-1000 words including references. Contact the guest editor Dr Sonia Soans via QR Code or use this link https://shorturl.at/U5yr8
CALL FOR PAPERS- Special Issue of BPS journal POWER on Feminism in Asia. Details in images/alt text below.
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A reminder about our Masculinities in Focus: Opportunities and Challenges for Change event taking place on 4th March!
Details below- please repost!
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While I'm grumbling about usage, I also really don't like 'shop' as a transitive verb, in the context of 'Shop our sale!'
(I turned 50 a few weeks ago... is this what happens? Am I just Like This Now? 😆)
Is it just me who bristles at the term 'learnings from...'? It feels like a plural without a singular. I don't feel like you can say 'a learning'.
I guess 'lessons from...'/ 'a lesson from' feels a bit too didactic and 'learnings' feels a bit more active but... I really don't like it.
On February 6th Lucy Powell, Labours deputy leader, wrote to Zack Polanski accusing him & the Greens of sharing "misleading election material & claims on social media" & told him "its time to stop the bogus bar charts"
Labour on social media last night & the poll they're referring to⬇️
Our previous piece on the experiences of disabled doctoral students: sjdr.se/articles/10....
New article out today, reporting findings from our study on supervisors' experiences of supporting disabled doctoral students. It's a companion piece to our previous work on student experiences (link in thread).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
POWES CONFERENCE 2026 Call for abstracts on feminist connection and social justice. Submission deadline 27th Feb 2026. tinyurl.com/powes2026
📢Abstract submissions are now OPEN for #powes2026
⚖️The conference theme this year is 'Feminist Connection and Social Justice'
⏰Submission deadline: 27 February 2026
ℹ️More info: tinyurl.com/powes2026
Call for book chapters: abstracts by 16th March 2026
Rethinking queer ageing: The significance of geo-temporal contexts. Edited by Linn Sandberg, Rebeka Põldsam and Rebecca L. Jones (me!)
Academic understandings of LGBTQ+ ageing are dominated by Anglo-American contexts, which means that [...]
I gave a quote to a Metro news article:
"This new government guidance will cause extreme harm to trans children of all ages. Study after study have shown that trans children need policies that are the exact opposite of what this Government is enforcing... 1/
The best headline I have seen on this in a major paper:
metro.co.uk/2026/02/13/t...
In a pretty grim decision - with one very considerable silver lining - the High Court has dismissed our challenge to the EHRC Interim guidance.
A number of resources follow in a 🧵.
Solidarity with trans, non binary and intersex people, today and always. 🏳️⚧️
Donate to the @goodlawproject.bsky.social crowdfunder to appeal the decision from the courts today.
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In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
So cute! Great to see these little guys on campus - it will make getting supplies easier for research students on site 👍
I had a great time talking to the Metro about bisexuality in Bridgerton last week 🙂
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Are you doing research on anti-trans politics? Consider submitting to the special issue of @cogitatiopag.bsky.social 'Global Politics and Anti-Trans Moral Panics: Transfeminist Perspectives', co-edited by me, @ashstokoe.bsky.social and @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social to be published in 2027 (1/2)