Cllr Dr Max Morris

This Wednesday, I will be giving a public talk about my new book 'Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration' in London.

The event is open to the public and free. More details and registration via the link below!

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

So important to hear the voices of those who don't usually have their stories heard

This is what solidarity looks like 💚 🌎

Drugs policy approach needs to change, Zack Polanski says The Green Party leader of England and Wales says there needs to be a

Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.

They've stopped people from using drugs safely.

It's time to legalise *and* regulate.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is very exciting news and I honestly can't think of anyone better placed to take on Reform, including their candidate's nonsense claims about there being an out-of-touch "new elite" with leftist, progressive values.

I don't think that's a "new" concept anymore! 😅

Three textbooks on the sociology of health and illness

I've been unwell for almost all of January, which feels ironic given that I'm still editing tomorrow's Intro to the Sociology of Health and Illness slides. Perhaps I should make it a class discussion: Is your lecturer suffering from the effects of post-viral fatigue or marketised higher education? 🤔

On Wednesday 11th of February, I will be giving a talk about my book 'Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration' at City St George's, University of London (where I did my own PhD).

If you're in or around London, come along!

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Come and join us for our January 2026 Action Days. We will be in Marston on the 18th, West Oxford on the 24th, and East Oxford on the 25th. The days will run from 10am-4pm with flexible timings to fit around however much time you can give. Free Lunch and training provided.

We need YOU (yes you) at our next action days - the only way we stand up to Starmer and Farage is by hitting the streets, organising our communities, changing hearts/minds and building change. We need you to get involved to make that happen!

Sign-up here: greenoxford.com/events/?utm_...

The right/far right always bleat endlessly about "free speech" but they only mean free speech for people like them. For everyone else they censor, de-platform, silence and otherwise proscribe.

See also "Free Speech Alliance" in the UK.

Significant public presence here at @oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social where a special meeting of Full Council will debate whether to go ahead with 2026 elections. I believe we should and that anything else is democratic backsliding.

Max Morris (Green, Donnington): “We can see from the public gallery that the residents of Oxford are deeply concerned.”

Really good summary of the Oxford City Council special council meeting tonight. I, like many other councillors, am very disappointed that councillors were not given a chance to vote on the prospect of cancelling May's elections. But a clear majority of councilors spoke against cancellation tonight.

OCC's Labour leader has refused to rule out cancelling this year's elections. Voters across Oxford deserve a say, and local elections MUST go ahead in 2026 for the people's voice to be heard.

Green Party picks up another councillor, making it the joint second largest group on Oxford city council There are now more Green Party councillors on Oxford city council than ever before. Greens are the joint-second largest group with the Lib

Excited to have Ed joining the Green Party on Oxford City Council, the most councillors we've ever had:

"While the far right is emboldened and clearly influencing government policy, it is vital that we have credible socialist voices at the heart of our communities"

www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Welcoming Councillor Edward Mundy Holywell Ward, Oxford City Council Graphic showing arrows from labour to IND to green logos. Photo of Edward Mundy on green background.

🚨Former Labour Councillor Ed Mundy has defected to the Oxford @greenparty.org.uk

Our next members meeting will be led by long-term local refugee rights activist (and our 2026 candidate for Carfax and Jericho) Sushila Dhall, leading a discussion on the state of refugee rights in Oxford and how we can support these vulnerable communities.

📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time.

Join us and join in ⤵️

We Are the Bad Guys The swaggering threat to global stability is us.

“What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can? It is just gangsterism. We are the most dangerous gangsters in the world today… We are the bad guys.”

This situation is made worse by “democracy championing” countries who do not call out US authoritarianism.

Happy New Year Lovelies! 🎉💋🥂

Max speaking at the Oxford4TransRights demonstration in Bonn Square

Max presenting their book, Not Sex Work, in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford

Max introducing the 1000th (Indigo) and 1st (Michael) members of Oxford City Green Party at the Town Hall

Max squatting to photograph a Green Party councillor (Alex) and candidate (Ahalya) outside the East Oxford Community Centre

2025 has been a tumultuous year but I wanted to end it by remembering some of the highlights:

📢 speaking up for trans rights in Oxford
📚 launching my book at the University of Oxford
💚 introducing the 1st and 1000th members of Oxford City Green Party
📸 twerking hard for the residents of East Oxford

We need YOU at our first two action days of the year - local elections are just months away, but change can only be built through everyday people getting out into their communities and making it happen.

Signup & details at the link in our bio. Free lunch and training available!

The message this ended on is an important one to remember:

"Christmas is a story about migration."

Alex and Max wearing colourful paper crowns

Happy Xmas! 👑🎄🎁🎉🥂 @apowelllaw.bsky.social

The message this ended on is an important one to remember:

"Christmas is a story about migration."

This is a holiday reminder that you do not owe emotional labour or intimacy to people just because they’re biologically related to you. Spend time with those who nourish you and separate from those who degrade your existence. Today and every day.

I was glad to present on a panel with @hannems.bsky.social and @rosadluxe.bsky.social for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers at St Anne's Church in Soho earlier, with excellent audience engagement, a collaborative event to challenge the harms of criminalisation and stigmatisation.

Poster for event at St Anne's Church in Soho, 55 Dean Street, W1D 6AF. 17th December 2025, 3pm-5pm. Speakers are myself, Dr Hanne M Stegeman and Dr Max Morris

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. If you can, join me and other amazing speakers in Soho this afternoon.
Let's talk, remember, and keep fighting ☂️❤️

Picture of a woman holding a red umbrella, a symbol for sex workers. Text reads: Criminalising sex work doesn’t uplift marginalised people. It just makes it more difficult to do a job that offers flexible hours, high wages and, for many sex workers, a sense of freedom.

Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
Laws that criminalise sex work don’t prevent sex work, they just make it more difficult for sex workers to work safely.
#DecrimNow

This is today for any London friends!

Alex presenting at his book launch. He is behind a lecture in the University of Exeter Moot Court. He is in a pink jumper.

Alex holding his book sat in the moot Court at the University of Exeter.

Another image of Alex presenting at the book launch.

Alex and Raawiyah in discussion. They are both laughing.

It was an absolute pleasure to present my book, Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration, at the University of Exeter last night. Thanks so much to Ben Hudson and The Routes Network for hosting and to Raawiyah Rifath for acting as discussant.