Mo

‘Wtf is going on here’ will ring in my mind for a long time

Lil bit of morning prayer, as a refreshment for the day

also I think it’s important for y’all to know that I was genuinely on my way to bed when Jay went ‘shall we say compline’ and I *immediately* was back in the land of the living cos I ALWAYS want to say compline

maybe the closest I’ve been to God in a long time <3

Maybe the real exposure was of me, as a try guys enjoyer

First ever set of nights start this evening…I fear I may look worse than half the patients by the time we hit 4am

BREAKING 🚨

The updated EHRC Code of Practice has now been sent to the Government. The Code is just as bad as we feared.

It would mean a mandatory trans bathroom ban, and trans people's exclusion from public life. The impact would be devastating.

But politicians still have time to stop this.

A crochet rectangle large enough to go over a knee with stripes of different colours. Three fabric wristbands are sewn on in year order.

All of my (3!) @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social wristbands attached to my hodgepodge crochet lap blanket made from the last bits of yarn from many different projects, all come together for one creation stitched at this year’s festival. Feels quite apt really.

it’s been decided THIS MORNING that I can be at @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social this year and quite frankly I cannot wait
The @scmbritain.bsky.social Trans Theology Group are running a session for all 4pm saturday at the Franciscan chapel- we’d love to see you! Now, where’d I put that sleeping bag?

And let me be clear -- I wish on JK Rowling everything that she wishes upon trans people.

The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.

And yes, one of the symptoms that made me go ‘no this isn’t normal’ was pain during sex. That and the passing out on an ID ward during the first week of year 4 whilst bleeding through my scrubs (despite a cup and a night pad)

8 years of debilitating pain, never taken seriously, called uncooperative for refusing hormonal birth control (I quite like not going psychotic), told ‘we won’t find anything’, told ‘there is no treatment’

MRIs showing endo and adeno later and I am now on a med licensed specifically to treat these.

Government confirms Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as the next EHRC chair Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has confirmed that Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson will be appointed as the new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

So the government really are just targeting trans people now.

The board rejected her appointment because of her obvious bias against trans people & connection to anti-trans organisations.

This makes a mockery of the whole idea of the EHRC.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

I spent 6+hrs on my response in the run up to my medical final exams. Fuck the lot of them.

Congratulations to Bishop Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, who has just been elected to be the new Archbishop of Wales!
Llongyfarchiadau i Esgob Cherry Vann, Esgob Mynwy, sydd newydd gael ei ethol yn Archesgob newydd Cymru!

#ChurchInWales #EglwysYngNghymru #ArchbishopOfWales

Letter to Dame Carrie McEwan and Charlie Massey (GMC) from Dr Tom Dolphin (BMA chair), on BMA letterhead paper outlining the findings on the Leng review, discuss next steps with Government and offer an opportunity for GMC to acknowledge mistakes.

Regulation must not blur the lines between doctors and non-doctors.
We’ve written to the GMC following the Leng review 👇
We've also been granted permission to appeal our judicial review case against the GMC. The court says our appeal raises important issues for public safety.

Bouquet of pink, white and blue flowers

I spent a week at Hilfield Friary recently, visiting a very cool and lovely friend, and I would like you to appreciate the lovely trans altar flowers I put together

If you were solely going by the headline, you'd be under the wrong impression that this was a trans nurse that did this.

In fact, the trans person at the center of this is a doctor who was harassed by this nurse who constantly spouted racist, transphobic stuff to her colleagues.

Way to go BBC.

A group of doctors protest, holding signs with messages like "CUTS SO DEEP NOT EVEN A SURGEON CAN FIX IT," "Need a raise STAT before I flatline," and "BREAKING NEWS Passion does not pay bills."

Welcome to day 2.

Today resident doctors across England strike again to show the Government that we’re not backing down until we have a credible offer.

Stick Together. Strike Together. Win Together. #PayRestoration

yesssss get me in my bed by 9pm with my comfiest jammies and put this directly in my ear and eye holes

My bio with top line saying 5th year medical student highlighted in pink (it used to say 4th!)

Finals passed, onto my last year of medical school before being a DOCTOR!

A butter churn on top of a plank of wood that says ‘trip hazard underneath’

Impeccable health and safetying at the friary this week

Just an overwhelming sense of ‘maybe goodness will flourish in the church after all’ today. Many many tears.

Issues being scrapped by #synod is a small reminder that progress can be made. Tears for my friends who are exploring ordination and will no longer have to agree to this document and for those I love who have had to do so in order to proceed with their god-given, life-giving ministry
#cofepeeps

'Sometimes the sofa of bemusement becomes the sofa of tears, and sometimes vocations fall before they even reach the sofa of a DDO'

Dean of Women's ministry @stalbansdiocese.org Lucy Davis speaking on the issues created by Issues in Human Sexuality

#synod
#GeneralSynod

I’ve entered my national trust era and I love it. Except ofc having to take out a small loan to afford a scone.

A screenshot of the Times article. It reads: Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson is being lined up to chair the Equality and Human Rights Commission, but has been criticised for her gender critical views MPs oppose Starmer's gender-critical pick for equality watchdog

According to The Times, the Women and Equalities and Human Rights Committees have written to oppose Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson being appointed as the new chair of the EHRC.

Well done to everyone who has written to them!

Halibut Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)

TIL (on mastodon) that the US National Park Service has crochet patterns!

www.nps.gov/articles/000...

Mary-Ann Stephenson's appointment as replacement Chair of the EHRC is opposed by BOTH the Women and Equalities Select Committee AND the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

Will Starmer ignore MPs and further undermine the EHRC's independence by forcing through Bridget Phillipson's transphobic pick?