Off to use the women's toilet because trans women are women
Lisa Coombes
@cutscore.bsky.social
- Associate Professor - Assessment Psychometrician - Medical Educator - Chartered Psychologist - @notaloneplymouth.co.uk - Moshpit Mademoiselle🤘 - She/Her. Views are my own.
"We want a society where everyone's rights are respected and realised" and the smiling picture really tells you everything you need to know about the way the EHRC is being run
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My least favourite toilets to use, just because on the way out you have to walk past the row of husbands and boyfriends waiting for their partners.
A few weeks ago a friend got stopped entering the ladies at a service station... ...by a male attendant
After a thousand questions about my meds, I gave blood today for the first time 🎉
I'm at the Beyond The Binary festival in Plymouth and it's glorious. Unashamedly queer, brilliantly DIY. A wonderful space to spend the day in.
When my work colleagues ask "What did you do this weekend, Lisa?" the answer is going to be pretty good next week
When my work colleagues ask "What did you do this weekend, Lisa?" the answer is going to be pretty good next week
I'll be talking at Safety through Solidarity about the work @notaloneplymouth.co.uk does, and how the erosion of trans+ rights affects everyone and makes the world less safe for everyone to freely express their gender. If you can come along please do, and show support for this inclusive event
We'll be at Safety Through Solidarity on 23rd August, and will be talking about what Not Alone does, and why the erosion of trans+ rights threatens the safety of everyone. It's a community driven inclusive event, so come along, show some support, and say hello 👋
An underreported part of UK Transphobe Lawfare™ is that when they lose, they just... say they won. For all the regrettable sway they do have in courts/govt etc, their real power is in the press. So if they lose, they just pretend they didn't and their press friends print the lie. It's ubiquitous.
Women's Rights Network/Sex Matters took Feile to court to have their event reinstated. It was not reinstated. The two statements released after an agreement was reached give two very different impressions of what happened today in Belfast's High Court.
I'll be speaking at the 10th @bpsofficial.bsky.social Community Psychology Festival about the role community groups like @notaloneplymouth.co.uk play in supporting trans+ individuals and providing safe spaces to explore identity & navigate transitioning www.bps.org.uk/event/10th-c...
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Just finished Dispatch, and just really hope we see more in the future. Amazing game. Loved it. store.steampowered.com/app/2592160/...
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Spent last night with System of a Down in London. What a phenomenal show 🔥🔥🔥 Those circle pits during Toxicity will stay with me for a long time.
Well now look at this gorgeous thing I found when I got home.. My fellowship certificate from @medicaleducators.bsky.social
Absolutely thrilled to share that I am now a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators. It feels really good to have my work officially recognised by such a brilliant organisation. Thank you @medicaleducators.bsky.social
AirBnB... Sometimes you are so distracted by the bathroom in a cupboard, you don't notice the lightbulb has melted
Did some fancy nails this evening ahead of a few days away, so thought I'd get a picture but actually if you squint you might be just be able to make out Tsuki photobombing me
Did you know more people die in gender reveals than in shark attacks? Anyway, here's a song I made cutscore.bandcamp.com/track/grsa
GRSA, by cutscore
track by cutscore
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Last week I presented my research on what the trans+ community wanted doctors to learn at #ASME2026 c/o @asmeofficial.bsky.social Went down really well, plus I got this great picture where I'm explaining the art was created by @happytoast.co.uk and not AI, and maybe more importantly, who the cat is
Today is my 5 year tranniversary 🎉 I've experienced so many highs & lows but gone through surviving, into persisting, & now thriving despite the world's best efforts. Wouldn't change a thing Seems like a perfect occasion to share one of the amazing pics @happytoast.co.uk drew for me ❤️ (Thx HT!)
Really happy to have spent the weekend in That There London at some intimate Metallica shows with a few friends. Highlight for me though was hearing Rob and Kirk playing through Ian Dury's Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Naturally, it was very good indeed 😌
Last week I presented my research on what the trans+ community wanted doctors to learn at #ASME2026 c/o @asmeofficial.bsky.social Went down really well, plus I got this great picture where I'm explaining the art was created by @happytoast.co.uk and not AI, and maybe more importantly, who the cat is
Today is my 5 year tranniversary 🎉 I've experienced so many highs & lows but gone through surviving, into persisting, & now thriving despite the world's best efforts. Wouldn't change a thing Seems like a perfect occasion to share one of the amazing pics @happytoast.co.uk drew for me ❤️ (Thx HT!)
People should be getting off threads and instagram like they should be getting off twitter. Zuckerberg is as bad as Musk for pushing the far right for profit, and banning wholesome entertainment like the Onion's new Infowars
lol Threads banned the new Infowars. Silenced for TRUTH. Everybody go yell at them.
Sure living in the UK can be harrowing, but have you ever leaned back while sat on an automatic flushing toilet?
Been a while since I deployed Conference Attendee Lisa, but what I'm really looking forward to is tomorrow I get to be Conference Presenter Lisa and share my research on what trans+ individuals want doctors to know #ASME2026
First day of #ASME2026 and there's been some really engaging work on show. Currently listening to Prof Michelle Lazarus talking about uncertainty and the role of communication.
I've been watching Spy x Family again, & have been inspired by Yor Forger to make a Red Queen cocktail my recipe needs refining but it's... Lots of Cranberry Juice Plenty of Gin A good amount of Elderflower Liqueur A little Lemon Juice A dash of Sugar syrup to sweeten it a little Def recommend it