UK Revised Code of Practice risks institutionalising discrimination against transgender and gender-diverse persons, warn UN experts “The implementation of domestic legislation and judicial decisions must remain consistent with international human rights obligations” 👉🏻 www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

I’ve been taking some writing on the go lately! #AmWriting

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I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a world that I shall never know. But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door. - from The Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien

Queer Minds shares interviews with queer mental health experts, addressing the psychiatric system, autistic queer liberation, radical community care, overcoming hardship, and more. It combines honesty about challenges with hope, centred on queer lived-experience and practical advice for mutual aid.

July was spent forging forward with my Middle-earth re-read (although I’ve only just reached the point where this technically counts as a re-read). I absolutely loved The Hobbit, much more than I was expecting to! It’s also been lovely to re-read Fellowship as an adult after loving it as a kid.

But at the end of the day it's this, it's just this.

Queer Minds is a book of interviews with queer people from around the world exploring what it means to heal, resist, create, and belong. There are chapters about how queer people dream, how transness and ADHD bring creativity, what recovery after forced conversion therapy can look like, and more.

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Without saying your age, what's your favourite movie that came out when you were 18?

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Without saying your age, what's your favourite movie that came out when you were 18?

Seeing my hand-sewn patch together with the others as part of the Trans Unity Quilt was such a moving moment for me. I’m so proud to have been part of the project, to see the quilt as a whole, and to know the quilt will be carried at London Trans+ Pride at the weekend. sl1nk.com/6axd9pa

Queer and neurodivergent minds have always known how to build new worlds - in therapeutic practice, in love, in healing, and in resistance. Queer mental health care means world-building together, and we can build that world through a commitment to anti-oppressive community care and self-consent.

I wrote Queer Minds because I wanted to make space for the different kinds of experts on queer mental health that have held me in my life as a queer therapist. They’ve been therapists themselves, trainers, trainees, supervisors, service users, clients, friends, advocates, and survivors.

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How are you feeling today - honestly? Do you have a moment to check in with yourself and see what you need? Have you grabbed a drink, eaten something, taken your meds, stretched a bit if you can, and said something nice to yourself? Can you give yourself and your community some extra care today?

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

If you've enjoyed Queer Minds or The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being, it would make my day if you left a review wherever you grabbed your copy, or on Goodreads/StoryGraph. Even a few words can help others decide if these are the books they need. Thanks to everyone who’s read them!

‘Good things take time’.

“Trans rights are under attack in the UK. It’s a vicious assault from people who are trying to make the trans community disappear, cutting off their access to work, sport, bathrooms, life-saving healthcare and their human rights.” Sign and share the petition: goodlawproject.org/campaign/tra... 🏳️‍⚧️

Stop the UK’s attack on trans people | Good Law Project

The Supreme Court ripped up the Equality Act without hearing a single trans voice – and the aftermath has been devastating. We’re fighting back to defend the human rights of all

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July is a pivotal moment. Up and down the country, hundreds of thousands of people are marching for trans rights, choosing joy, choosing solidarity 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people https://goodlaw.social/z073

"Trans folk live on" ⚧️

In June I only read one book, because I finally knuckled down and finished The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien. As complicated and dense as it is, I really enjoyed it. It’s full of amazing characters making terrible decisions. It was also cool to see my bestie Glorfindel from LoTR again. Aurë entuluva!

How lovely to see my article in the BACP Children, Young People and Families journal! It’s about affirming therapy practices for trans, non-binary, and questioning adolescents. It is important that practitioners understand how fully ‘seeing’ these clients can help them feel resourced and resilient.

"Like a quilt, our fight for trans rights is made up of lots of smaller pieces – together they make a promise of a better future" Here is something I wrote explaining how all of our trans rights work at Good Law Project fits together. I hope you find it useful 👇

Piecing together our fight for trans rights

Like a quilt, our fight for trans rights is made up of lots of smaller pieces – together they make a promise of a better future

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It is a... choice to write an essay in the NYT correctly claiming this is a golden age of queer lit and not explicitly mention what had been happening over the last decade with trans lit specifically at all

My debut book, The Trans Guide to Mental Health and Well-Being, covers issues like anxiety and depression for trans people. My second, Queer Minds, features interviews with LGBTQ+ advocates on psychiatry, autistic liberation, community care, and more. I’m hopeful that there’s something for everyone!

Still trying to find my way forward with my compass gone, but maybe I’m getting better at turning towards the sun.

A few more shots from Hartlepool Pride. If I look like I was ready to tackle any hecklers during the Pride march that’s because I was (I’ve never been in a fight in my life) @curious_arts @teesidepride #HartlepoolPride #Pride2026 #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPeopleBelong

Hartlepool Pride, you were everything I needed and more. It was such a pleasure to facilitate the Time To Talk space. There’s also a real need for spaces like this to exist outside of Pride so that trans people can be ourselves together locally. I’m still hopeful that we can make that happen soon!