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research associate in sex, autism & learning disabilities. lover of dogs, horror, tea & queer books. they/them💛🤍💜🖤
Sheffield / Dronfield
Joined September 2020
My first publication, a scoping review of cervical screening for trans+ people, is now out! https://t.co/rAxBrXpMvc This feels especially great to be out in #LGBTplusHM w the #UnderTheScope theme!🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Huge thanks to my fab supervisors & co-authors @DrSharronH & @JillCthompson!
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✨New Publication✨Excited to share my paper in the Intn'l Journal of LGBTQ+ Youth Studies! We ask: What if queer joy was the key to dismantling rape culture? LGBTQ+ communities offer vital lessons for preventing violence + building joyful sexual cultures https://t.co/eIFeZi74gk
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Our review will make evidence-based recommendations to improve access, experience and outcomes across healthcare for LGBT+ people. Info on how to submit data, evidence or examples of best practice here: https://t.co/qrr5CYdj9y
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Together with @DHSCgovuk we have launched a major evidence review into LGBT+ health inequalities. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/JopFFaZ4cT
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Our latest correspondence in @TheLancet: https://t.co/sw2RHHTAPp An important conversation to be had.
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On this day in 1920, Henrietta Lacks was born. Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 and became one of the most important tools in medicine. They became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization & more. A THREAD
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I graduated from my PhD! Huge thanks to everyone who came to celebrate & helped me get here. So so appreciated. Now I look forward to traveling before I start my new job in October✨
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LGBTQIA+ Health Research Is Being Defunded — and the Consequences Are Devastating. We wrote about the termination of LGBTQIA+ health research grants and the ripple effects this is having on our communities’ lives and livelihoods. https://t.co/fs9R9UfWNz
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How come we can afford to increase defence spending by 150%, from £60,000,000,000 to £140,000,000,000, but we can't afford to pay nurses or doctors properly? Austerity is a political choice.
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Don't you just love it when you find an extra £80,000,000,000 to spend on war after you've been cutting welfare and public services to the bone because 'there is no magic money tree'
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Recently I've been seeing queer/transphobia on LinkedIn. Obviously queer/transphobia on the internet isn't new, but it feels extra disheartening that queer/transphobia has become so normalised that it's on a site intended for careers / being professional / showing your best self
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STOP describing the lack of food in Gaza as a “famine” It is NOT a famine. It is: FORCED STARVATION BEING USED AS A WEAPON OF WAR BY ISRAEL
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Katie and I have made a zine for trans+ Autistic people about cervical screening, based on my PhD research and Katie's experiences. Available for free here:
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the roses on our house are BLOOMING (and so are the weeds but shh)
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We welcome this report from the International Journal for Equity in Health, highlighting transphobia in the UK as a "public health crisis." It concludes: This article demonstrates the scale of transphobic hostility among policymakers, in the media, and within the general...
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Thousands of cis women sign petition rejecting transphobia: ‘We will speak for ourselves’ ➡️ https://t.co/FbSm7Rjqhm
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When lsraeI bombed the first hospital in Gaza, the world wouldn’t believe it and Israel blamed a misfired rocket from Hamas. lsraeI has now destroyed all 36 hospitals in Gaza including its largest, the al-Shifa Hospital. THIS IS A GENOClDE 💔
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HALF A MILLION in London today marching for Palestine and standing resolutely against Israel’s genocide. Half a million 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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New Publication Alert 📢 I am proud to share my latest publication where we explored how school practices across 13 European countries impact the mental health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth. 🔗 Read the full article: https://t.co/Ek3saRm88p
#lgbtqi #mentalhealth
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