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I can't be there for the premiere of 'Writing Weirdness', unfortunately. But hoping to watch the recording afterwards.
Purple book cover with green and gold leaves. Text reads: Autistic Menopause: A Guide to the Menopausal Transition for Autistic People and those Supporting Them. Dr Rachel Moseley and Prof Julie Gamble-Turner. Illustrated by Rose Matthews
Publication day for #Autistic #Menopause: A Guide to the Menopausal Transition for Autistic People and those Supporting Them' by Dr Rachel Moseley and Prof Julie Turner-Cobb, illustrated by me. Knowledge is empowering!
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#autism
#neurodivergence
#perimenopause
#postmenopause
The logo for Autistic Women Oversharing, a Daily Tism podcast. The logo depicts the title against a backdrop of newsprint and a picture of an open mouth, surrounded by an exclamation mark, a megaphone, quotation marks and a hand holding a microphone. Below the text of the logo, it says 'Series 2'.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Autistic Women Oversharing is back! We're returning for a second series of our podcast with a raft of hilarious guest hosts from the Daily Tism team. Join us on your favourite podcast platform for Episode 1 next Thursday the 15th of January!
Yes, so so wrong in all kinds of ways. Don't say 'Legos' near me. I'll frown and tut in the background and be repeating all day to myself, "It's Lego. It's always been Lego. Stop it!' - until I've totally annoyed myself.
I've already given my Lego free run of the house. I'm almost out of space now, but I daren't bury any in the garden even if it would aid with storage. I'm too worried about the poor bricks getting cold.
Text Reads: I am seeking participants for research exploring ways to improve access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people living with chronic illness in England. I am looking to speak to people who: are 18+ and live in England; identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, queer, or/and as part of the LGBTQ+ community; consider yourself to live with one or more chronic illness. What is involved? Taking part involves two online conversations (interviews) and a creative task. Your participation in the project can be spread over several weeks. Who is carrying out the research? I am a PhD student based at Liverpool Hope University. I am trans and bisexual and I live with multiple chronic illnesses. Interested? Please visit https://bit.ly/4hNcIx4 or email Vickery Stamp (he/him or they/them) at 17002702@hope.ac.uk for more information or to express interest The poster is illustrated with an image of a megaphone, a health zine and a set of coloured pencils.
A researcher is looking for participants to take part in research about improving access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people living with chronic illness.
Please see the poster for more information. If you would like to participate, please email him directly 17002702@hope.ac.uk
#LGBTQResearch
Boy do we have some exciting news… to everyone who’s been asking if we’re taking on new writers, the answer is finally yes!
We’re hiring! Sharpen your pencils, comedy writers - you have two weeks to perfect your applications to be our next freelancers!
Looking forward to Notts Pride tomorrow.
See you there! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Pride #Nottingham
I'm choosing Garden Birds.
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden.
#FridayReads
I love this. Thank you for making me smile (often), Moose.
I was proud to be able to adopt a couple of Snorp at the weekend, at Notts Trans Pride. I think they're settling in well, and they make me smile.
They are adorable small #ClayCreatures with large personalities. Please look out for them.
#Snorp
Very powerful. You are a fantastic writer, Elsa, and we need your words and we need your satire. We need all of you. Thank you for sharing.
I hope the powers that be are listening.
So glad I spotted this, reposted by someone else.
I've just booked to watch the livestream.
Great - thank you. I really appreciate the response and for pointing me to more LGBTQ+ content in the #AgeingWithPride series. Such important work you're doing.
Good to read about Lizzie.
Who's Lynn? Can I read Lynn's story too? 😃
An exceptional analysis of some of the 🤯 errors in the Supreme Court Judgment.
Something has gone very wrong indeed.
(Published by kind permission of @translegalproject.bsky.social). goodlaw.social/nid3
Trans people are who they say they are.
If we allow people, even allies, to say that they are biologically not-that, then we are conceding a conceptual and rhetorical ground that we should not concede.
Thanks for another great news show @thedailytism.bsky.social
To everyone I know: Watch! Watch! Watch!
(That's three times at each of your favourite volume settings.)
Wow! Just wow!
This is far too close for comfort.
This also covers days that aren't annual leave but are supposed to be non-working days for those like me who are not quite full-time!
I've been gender non-conforming all my life. I'm tired of people harassing & questioning me when I use public toilet spaces.
I know best which bathroom to use!
Also: I now define my gender as a non-binary lesbian. Get used to it!
Solidarity with all trans people.
Trans rights are human rights.
Got interviewed by @itsjoshmilton.bsky.social for the Metro. The article interviews disabled people on the impact of the UK governments proposed savage benefit cuts and looming policies of austerity metro.co.uk/2025/03/26/i...
The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
This news day is going to shit, isn't it.
It feels like the most vulnerable people are being deliberately and cruelly targeted and denied the support and respect that keeps people alive.
Making hate and abuse the thing that’s protected tells us a lot about who we are. (Clue: really much more like those guys over the pond than we like to pretend!) As ever, the people who want to debate free speech just mean they want to use slurs.
Absolutely surreal that the university has been fined more than half a million for pro-inclusion policies that they *didn't even enforce*. Stock left because students *exercised their free speech* and it made her uncomfortable.
It’s #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek so I’ve put together a short list of queer books with great neurodivergent protagonists and themes on our website - all of them with links, as well as the suggested reading age.
Read the full blog: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/queer-b...
#booksky #NCW
Yes, I booked my ticket this afternoon for:
Intense Fascination: A Celebration of Autistic Creative Writing.
For others who want to go, it's on Saturday 29 March 2025, 9.30am - 5.30pm, online.
Tickets are £15 / £10 (concessions).
And see more here:
beyondthespectrum.uk/bts-writing-...
I'm going to resist this one. At almost 56 years of age, I'm starting to tell myself that I don't have to be the one who has to solve everything, although it's harder to let go of the worry that creates. The emotional baggage is packed in tight. Everything's a work in progress.