Chris The Gardener

@nkdgardener.bsky.social

Queer, gardener, left, green, neurodivergent. Bradford GB UpNorth ( He, Him, Sir) Sometimes London, sometimes Mallorca, sometimes swears Have rail card... will travel.

Some context: the whole of British politics is structured around deep Islamophobia. The previous MP for Holborn & St Pancras was a prime minister who actively facilitated a genocide against Palestinian people & jailed those who protested against it as terrorists.

#TodayInQueerHistory October 10 (1990) After writing a letter to management of London bar of Brief Encounters in September, asking them to rethink the "no gay kissing" policy, which was ignored, activist group Outrage hold a kiss in in protest.

An old photo of brief encounter pub in london
Jack Shoulder@jackshoulder.bsky.social · 22h ago

#TodayInQueerHistory October 9 (1988) Nintendo release Super Mario Bros 2 for the US market. The game has a new character for the Mario Mythology: Birdo. Birdo is widely considered one of the earliest trans characters in videogame history.

We want #peat out of our homes for good! #Peatlands are being dug up & destroyed to help grow food & other products that appear in our homes... faster than they can form. Ask your supermarket to join you in going #PeatFree as part of the @peatfree.bsky.social campaign👇

Peat-free Partnership - End Peat Sales Now

The Peat-free Partnership are campaigning for legislation to end the sale and supply of peat for horticulture.

peatfreepartnership.org.uk