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The biggest UK charity working with and for LGBTQ+ people over 50. Delivering activities, befriending, training and increasing LGBTQ+ visibility daily.

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@OpeningDoorsUK
Opening Doors
2 years
Important Closure Announcement: It is with a heavy heart that we are announcing the permanent closure of Opening Doors on February 29, 2024 due to ongoing financial challenges, ultimately resulting in insolvency. Please read our full statement here: https://t.co/JFmiHNCm9A
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Opening Doors
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For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating prominent organisations in science and medicine. Association of LGBTQ+ Doctors and Dentists’ had its roots in the Gay Medics and Dentals Group, a society of the University of London Students Union, established in 1976. @GLADDUK
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating key figures who helped advance medicine for the benefit of the LGBTQ+ Community. Audrey Tang, is the youngest and first transgender official in Taiwan’s executive government. (source: thecodingplace) #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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@OpeningDoorsUK
Opening Doors
2 years
Happy Aromantic Awareness Week! 💚🤍🖤
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating prominent organisations in science and medicine. TransTech Social is a nonprofit organisation that provides training and employment opportunities to transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals. @TransTechSocial
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating key figures in medicine and science. John Pham is a molecular biologist, an editor-in-chief of Cell. He has been recognised for the major role he has played in making the journal more inclusive. ( source: hellobio) #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating prominent organisations in science and medicine. Queer Code is a community of queer coders. The community lets members build together, share ideas at local meetups and provide support to peers in the tech space. @QCLdn
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating key figures in medicine and science. Sally Ride was NASA’s first female astronaut, going into space in 1983 and still holding the record as the youngest American Astronaut in space. (source ideatovalue) #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating prominent organisations in science and medicine. OSTEM is a nonprofit for LGBTQ+ people in the STEM community. It has over 100 student chapters at colleges & universities in the U.S and many professional chapters around the world.
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating key figures in medicine and science. Alan Turing is best known for cracking the German enigma code at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. (source: Liverpool Museum) #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating prominent organisations in science and medicine. Maven Youth partners with LGBTQ+ youth-serving organisations and LGBTQ+ tech professionals to provide free tech camps for LGBTQ+ youth.
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating key figures from medicine and science. George Washington Carver , with his research into soil conditions and the cultivation of plant-based produce transformed lives of poor farmers. (source: Liverpool Museum) #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating prominent organisations in science and medicine. Lesbians Who Tech is a community of LGBTQ+ women, non-binary people, transgender people and allies in the tech industry. @lesbiantech
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Opening Doors
2 years
It's #LGBTQHistoryMonth! This year's theme discusses the importance of inclusive healthcare and the LGBTQ+ trailblazers within the scientific and medical fields. Join us over the next month, when we will be exploring and celebrating key figures, movements and milestones.
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Opening Doors
2 years
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we’re celebrating key figures in medicine and science. Sara Josephine Baker was an American physician notable for making contributions to public health, especially in the immigrant communities of New York City (source: ISCRM) #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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Opening Doors
2 years
🚨🚨 Donate to our Emergency Appeal! Opening Doors is the only dedicated charity in the UK supporting LGBTQ+people over 50. By donating today, you can ensure our 2,500+ members can still receive our support. Find out how you can make a difference here: https://t.co/u7lEScG0mZ
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@METROCharity
METRO Charity
2 years
We had a wonderful afternoon with our friends at @tonichousing delivering an intimate screening of 'Care & Loss: LGBTQ+ experience and expectation of end-of-life care'. Watch and share this impactful and eye-opening film here 👇 https://t.co/QwFlFZclcl
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Opening Doors
2 years
📣📣Emergency Appeal Update We've currently raised 39% of our fundraising goal so far - thank you to everyone who has contributed. Can you help us get to 50% by end of January? Every donation counts. ➡️ For more info visit: https://t.co/u7lEScG0mZ
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Opening Doors
2 years
🚨🚨 Help us to keep Opening Doors open in the future! We urgently need your support in keeping our services running for our 2,500 plus members. Donate to our emergency appeal today – we can’t do it without your help. Find out more here: https://t.co/u7lEScGycx
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Opening Doors
2 years
Thank you to everyone who has donated so far! We've had some lovely messages from supporters that we wanted to share with you💛 Find out more here: https://t.co/6Z1BEZAVZJ
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