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VicGrimwood

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Social Worker & PhD student, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Policy Institute, KCL. Researching the bettering of data for ASC & Social Work. Critical Data Studies & Data Justice lens. NIHR DLAF hosted by Camden. Own views, occasionally.

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A review of public data collection and research that recommends ensuring that data about ‘sex’ is prioritised over data about ‘gender’ or ‘gender identity’ has been criticised in new research
The Sullivan Review, which was widely viewed as skewed towards gender-critical biases, has been criticised in a new report that warns that if it is adopted it will "undermine the quality of public institutions’ research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people".

A review of public data collection and research that recommends ensuring that data about ‘sex’ is prioritised over data about ‘gender’ or ‘gender identity’ has been criticised in new research The Sullivan Review, which was widely viewed as skewed towards gender-critical biases, has been criticised in a new report that warns that if it is adopted it will "undermine the quality of public institutions’ research, erode academic freedom, and threaten the rights of trans and gender diverse people".

“Streeting’s view that the Sullivan Review ‘will lead to better, more inclusive and fairer outcomes for everyone', is wrong,” @jaytoddgla.bsky.social

Source: www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...

13.02.2026 10:01 👍 27 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0
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Histories of Compliance and Resistance: Social Workers and Immigration across Europe and USA | King's College London Joint webinar from Social Welfare History Group (USA) and the Social Work History Network (UK)

"Histories of Compliance and Resistance: Social Workers and Immigration across Europe and USA"
Monday 20 April 2026. Online. All welcome. Now booking.
An international joint webinar from the Social Welfare History Group (USA) and the @socwkhistory.bsky.social (UK).
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/histo...

06.02.2026 18:09 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Reads: What is trans-exclusionary data activism? And the logo for the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab.

Reads: What is trans-exclusionary data activism? And the logo for the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab.

New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢

This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.

doi.org/10.1080/0958...

19.01.2026 13:42 👍 504 🔁 288 💬 14 📌 22
Three young people are sitting at a bus stop. They are holding placards that say No To Digital ID

Three young people are sitting at a bus stop. They are holding placards that say No To Digital ID

#NoToDigitalID

17.01.2026 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic photo. I lived near there in the 90’s and there were some great walks.

09.01.2026 10:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Short profiles of speakers at the Futures of SOGI Data Forum.

Short profiles of speakers at the Futures of SOGI Data Forum.

Event poster for the Futures of SOGI Data Forum.

Event poster for the Futures of SOGI Data Forum.

Three years ago, census data on the LGBT+ population in England and Wales was published for the first time! 🌈

On 27 Jan 2026 we're organising the Futures of SOGI Data Forum to explore opportunities and challenges associated with gender, sex and sexuality data 📊

06.01.2026 11:52 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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#FootFountain #Highline

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#MoreIsMore #ChristmasDecor

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#NoWords

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Ho Ho Ho!

11.12.2025 21:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I - Health Rising Low brain norepinephrine levels could explain many of the symptoms present in ME/CFS, long COVID and similar diseases.

Health Rising: 'Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I'

'..these diseases appear to have what’s called a “pre-synaptic vesicle energy problem'

www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...

12.11.2025 16:52 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1

Evidently travel data doesn’t travel as well as is assumed.

09.11.2025 18:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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03.09.2025 14:35 👍 24502 🔁 4478 💬 247 📌 207
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Surrey long Covid patients gaslit by medical professionals, study finds The University of Surrey study says patients faced "gatekeeping" of treatment from medical professionals.

These findings align with my experiences. I am not holding my breath (no pun) for any shift. #LongCOVID is being erased defunded and de problematisation. My clinic closed along with a couple of hundred others. I look forward to feeling better once my LTC no longer exists www.bbc.com/news/article...

01.09.2025 20:54 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Enjoying the harvest from my raised bed!

16.08.2025 17:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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10 Things I Learnt When Talking about LGBTQ Data Based on questions asked by audiences, conversations that followed and subsequent messages on social media, here is my list of ten things I have learnt about LGBTQ data since publishing a book all …

Since publishing Rainbow Trap in June, I've been sharing ideas from the book across the UK and getting a feel for what ideas about LGBTQ data resonate with audiences and what ideas fall flat.

Here's my list of 10 things I've learnt when talking about LGBTQ data 👇

📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/08/07/1...

07.08.2025 09:05 👍 10 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1

LVSJ I hate them too. My ADHD traits became so much harder to manage when things started going open plan. The design of those spaces are always horrible, often the decor is some shade of mushy peas, terrible acoustics and neurotypical and extrovert traits seem to be exacerbated.

17.06.2025 19:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Letter to member of the Women and Equalities Committee, June 2025 Please fill out the form below by Friday, 20 June 2025, to add your signature to this letter. Share this form widely to anyone who might be interested. The author, Anna Langley, is doing this to help...

The UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission needs a leader that commands the respect of ALL marginalised communities! No anti-trans fanatics! Add your signature and share!
forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZA...
#EHRC #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Equality #ProtectTheDolls #Pride

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21.05.2025 19:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Probably too short notice now but I have asked my funder if I can move some of my budget about. Fingers crossed.

15.05.2025 18:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s great news. I am looking into funding and hope to apply in that case. I attended some hybrid courses last year and they were fine. As someone with a non-visible, energy limiting disability this option will help with my pacing practice.

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13.05.2025 18:31 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Looking forward sharing and learning and seeing the sea

13.05.2025 18:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Glad that the proposed amendment came to nothing as predicted but still consider it important to challenge these attempts.

07.05.2025 19:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Moral Panic not over though. I still consider that it’s important to oppose these kinds of proposals. The GC purification project will continue to mutate and they are good at lobbying.

07.05.2025 19:36 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Please add me.

03.05.2025 17:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We're gathering a collective of UK data professionals (researchers, practitioners etc.) to fight efforts to make digital and data systems trans-exclusionary.

This weekend we will write to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 📝

Message me and I'll add you to the collective.

02.05.2025 08:00 👍 203 🔁 69 💬 11 📌 2
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Today we welcomed @jessmcp.bsky.social as new ADASS President. She said: “Our strength comes not from a single voice, but from all of us, asking questions, learning together, and always striving to do better.” Read her speech: www.adass.org.uk/adasss-new-president-jess-mcgregors-keynote-speech/

29.04.2025 09:31 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Statement on the EHRC guidance. The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful. Full statement on our website.

Statement on the EHRC guidance. The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful. Full statement on our website.

Statement on the EHRC ‘guidance’.

The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful.

transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/04...

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