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Happening this Wednesday ⬇️ FREE talk for #LGBTQHM

The biggest threat to trans people is not, and has never been, bad trans people.

paris from gilmore girls slumped in a chair looking equal part furious and miserable. she is a mood

two for two 🙃

dual screening the football and the curling for double the suffering

Just 9 places left at our FREE Queer Fiction Writers' Day at Chorlton Library - ft @cdelull.bsky.social, @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & Emma Hinds ✍️

🎟️ RSVP now before it's too late!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...

William Bound These shuttles represent the story of Macclesfield weaver, William Bound. In 1877, when homosexuality was a crime in Britain, William was taken to court for his sexuality. He sank to his knees in relief when found not guilty for his first "offence". However, his prosecutor still planned to bring forward a second charge against him.

John Smith Born Sophia Locke, John lived as a man and married several women throughout their life. They raised 11 children with their last wife near Chestergate, where they died in 1848. This is roughly the date of the blue waistcoat on display. After their death, their birth gender was made known to the press by their doctor. This led to John being buried under their birth name.

Lovely to see Macclesfield Silk museum reminding us of gay & trans stories from the mid 1800s.

We went with our 8 year old’s class last year and they were fascinated by how sexuality was criminalised in the past.

Inclusive history so important in helping us learn from - and not repeat - the past.

The date for our next event is the 25th Feb, so you've got plenty of time to get it booked😉

'The experiences of neurodivergent professionals in academic libraries'
Join Claire Camp (Kings college) discussing her research⬇️
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-experi...

#Library
#Neurodiversity
#Employment
#HE

at least i have dnd and a big bowl of pasta to improve my saturday night

taps sign

Romancing Wuthering Heights An interactive workshop with two different times to choose from

Wuthering Heights is not a romance.

Obviously.

But why do people think it is?

So many reasons but... I'm going to be exploring how we got here through adaptation history in a workshop so come join me!

www.eventbrite.com/cc/romancing...

Painting of Saint Brigid with a bowl of fire, a spindle, and a cow in St. Patrick's Chapel, Glastonbury.

IMBOLC (or Imbolg!)
Saint Brigid's Day is a Gaelic traditional festival.
1st February is the start of Spring.

one good day watching newcastle play is all i ask 🥲

CILIP Members' Fest online event poster highlighting a March 5 webinar with a orange background

Next up at #CILIPMembersFest26: Health misinformation crisis: How libraries can help. From treatments to vaccines, reliable info is vital. How can library professionals help communities find trustworthy health resources? @ciliphlg.bsky.social
📅 Thurs 5 Mar
Book now: https://ow.ly/HOT850Y5hzX

A new community-led initiative is crowd-sourcing information about GPs who are inclusive and supportive of Trans+ patients. My Trans GP has now gathered over 900 reviews for the over 9000 GPs listed in the UK. The platform allows users to share reviews of doctors, nurses, and event reception staff, as well as to log important details, such as whether the GP supports shared care, prescribing, monitoring, referrals, and record updates. All reviews are moderated before going public.

Grassroots project gathers helps Trans+ people find GPs known to be inclusive and supportive 👇🏳️‍⚧️

Source: https://mytransgp.org/

cis people: existing near a trans person is not discrimination.

Boost your career with a CILIP NW bursary! Graphic with a QR code - link in the body of the post. For more info contact suzanne.wilson@blackburn.gov.uk

Seen a course, conference, or event you’d love to attend? Apply for a CILIP NW bursary now and make it happen!

Fill out the form here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Unshakeably tired? You're not the only one muddling through the spike in fatigue How can we begin to bring our best to our work from a new foundation of radical compassion?

Disabled, queer and Trans+ people are routinely denied recognition of our support needs.

On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.

But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...

Shown is a graphic that has a white background with multicoloured hands raised in a fist. On the bottom right and left is the BFS logo, a red and black dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos (left to right): Carl Bayley; Anna Tizard; Stephen Frame; Ayida Shonibar; Yvonne Battle-Felton; Somto Ihezue.

BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing, taking place Saturday 10th January 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice

@ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social

screenshot from letterboxd listing the films: nosferatu; mickey 17; conclave; challengers; get out; maurice; the wicker man; wild card; the relic; downton abbey the grand finale; frankenstein; the mirror crack’d; cruising; crash; pillion; the thing

since letterboxd wrapped is so broken and also boring, here’s just the very short list of films i watched for the first time in 2025

cruising, crash and pillion back to back is insane, clearly november had a theme

Terrence Higgins Trust CEO: 'Why 2026 must be the year we unlock PrEP through community pharmacies' (EXCLUSIVE) "We have the tools, the evidence and the opportunity. Now we need the courage to act," Richard Angell OBE writes for Attitude.

#PrEP prevents HIV acquisition.
110,000 people are currently on it in England but some communities (black women, people in rural communities) are underserved.
To end the epidemic, all must have access.
Getting PrEP into pharmacies would make it easier for many.
This is the urgent goal for 2026.

First up, I have a whole year course! 1 book a month. We're reading our way through the long-eighteenth century, concentrating entirely on women's writing.

The course is through the Regency academe and costs only $55 for non-members! For a whole year!

regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...

It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".

start the year right: read something utterly depraved, as a treat

engaging in my yearly NYE tradition of drawing my planner for the next year because i can never find one that’s laid out the way i want it

"I have brought you more tea
(& I love you)

I did the dishes
(& I love you)

I wrote you a poem
(& I love you)"

—Helen Robertson

beestungmag.com/issue25/one-...

mental health saved by…martin dubravka???

NO the most mundane yet insane interaction i’ve had was when i bumped into a nudist walking out of a butcher’s at 7:30am when i was on my way to work

also remembered being in the queue for the water fountain at wembley. woman ahead of me was taking ages, peaked around in case she was just having issues with the machine. she was filling an entire plastic bag with water

forever thinking about the uber driver in leeds who tried to convince us that the moon was only a mile away and that we didn’t really need glasses