Can the media work to win change? We're exploring that and much more at NEON's Summer Gathering today...
Sarah Miguel (she/her)
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Deeds Not Words 🐝 Changemaker, Fundraiser, Marketeer & 'Profit for Purpose' Leader All views my own
🎮 Video gaming and queer identities - a classic venn diagram! "A main reason for the tension between the expansive queer potential and comparatively limited physical manifestations of queerness is the constraints of our corporal realities..." www.kcl.ac.uk/respawning-a...
Respawning as queer: Playing games to playing with gender
Steven Williams examines the relationship between queerness and playing video games.
kcl.ac.uk
It's been a while... Pride season has kept me on my toes! 🌈
It should be (more) socially unacceptable not to vote. At least spoil your ballot...
‘Great Inventions, 1961’ Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope Artist: Robert Ayton
We're sending love and solidarity to all affected by the attack on Berlin Pride. LGBTQ+ people deserve safety, particularly at the very Pride events where we unite together to protest, party and refuse to be invisible.
Greens, Labour and Lib Dem candidates at #GMVCFSEHustings2026 are ALL supportive of Greater Manchester becoming a city region of sanctuary, and of people seeking asylum being given the right to work whilst waiting for their claim to be processed 🧡
Half a million people are part of Greater Manchester's VCFSE sector, @mikewildmacc.bsky.social reminds us before we begin the #GMVCFSEHustings2026. That's a lot of people! A lot of power. A lot of voting power... 🗳️
I'm here at the hustings, can't wait to see and hear from the mayoral candidates!🍿 #GMVCFSEHustings2026
Greater Manchester VCFSE Leadership Group@gm-vcfse-leaders.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔴 WATCH LIVE: Greater Manchester's mayoral candidates take questions from the VCFSE sector and share their vision for tackling inequality, empowering communities and shaping the future of our city-region. 🎥 Watch live from 6:45pm today: www.youtube.com/live/0uYc1jP...
Nothing says 'speaking for the concerns of the common man' like being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to promote actual gold bars
Don't forget to take a bit of time to take a little break and go outside if you can please. 🌿
🏳️⚧️ Prayer motions against the EHRC code are important, but the fight from here is legislative. Will you join us inside Parliament on 25th June 11-4 to demand better? www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...
Mass Lobby for Trans Equality
Last year we broke the record for an LGBT+ mass lobby of Parliament. Will you help us break it again? Join us on 25th June 2026 to demand better.
transsolidarityalliance.com
A trans woman just told me that she'd rather die than be admitted to hospital (UK), for fear of being placed on a mens ward. If she was dying of bowel cancer, she would rather let it take her than access care. I understand. Society has become so hostile, dangerous. We must all work to turn the tide.
Ah-mazing to see the Hope Starts Here campaign feature at Outernet Trending, just next to Tottenham Court Road. It's free to view, and live for a month! 🌈
93 supporters and counting on the Early Day Motion against the Code of Practice. That's not nothing... edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
edm.parliament.uk
Remember to take time to ask a loved one for help if you need it please. 🧡
On my way to see this! It's free to view, and live for the next month at Outernet Trending in London 🫶🌈
LGBT Foundation@lgbtfdn.bsky.social · 3mo agoZelah's Story: Becoming Myself, One Small Joy at a Time 💫 His story is featured at Outernet London from today to 4th July - stop by to see the magic of queer joy while you can! 🔗 www.lgbt.foundation/hope-starts-here #LGBTHopeStartsHere #HopeAndJoy #TransJoy #LGBTQStories #PrideMonth
2026, and we still can't get solid WiFi on a train from Manchester to London...
Best place to take a call near Outernet/Tottenham Crt Rd, with good wifi?
Something very exciting is coming this Thursday💫 This summer, we’re celebrating the everyday moments of joy, hope and belonging. Real stories. Queer joy, front and centre. At the exact moment hope starts. #LGBTQ #QueerJoy #PrideMonth #LGBTFoundation #EverydayPride #LGBTQVoices
My heart aches this morning thinking about women's spaces becoming exclusionary of our trans sisters. Regardless of what the code of practice expected today contains, trans people are protected in law from discrimination, and deserve dignity, safety and access to services like the rest of us.
Péter Magyar victory speech: "We want to make a country where no one is persecuted because they think differently or because someone loves in a different way to others." He may not have campaigned as a liberal. But this is a huge change of direction and rhetoric from Orbán’s anti-LGBTQ+ crusade.
💚💚💚💚💚 "This is Manchester, we do things differently here"
I am so tired of blatant transphobia being excused due to 'protected gender critical beliefs'.
Keep everything crossed for Hannah the Plumber... 💚