Activist, punk musician, event promoter, feminist academic. Illegal lesbian. http://ruthpearce.net
Just seen @brisunipress.bsky.social have a mega sale on until the end of July - i.e. tomorrow(!) Which means you still have time to get 50% off my 2018 book Understanding Trans Health!
Understanding Trans HealthUnderstanding Trans Health - Discourse, Power and Possibility; Addressing urgent challenges and debates in trans health, this book interweaves patient voices with social theory and autobiography, offe...policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.ukIf you want to ask the LGBT+ health team at NHS England what they think about all this, there is a contact email here:
NHS England » LGBT+ healthNHS England » LGBT+ healthwww.england.nhs.ukJo DLastly @lousadzak.bsky.social another FOI request post-Sullivan data changes www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/equa... said no EIA assessment made but 'Engagement was also undertaken with NHS England’s LGBT Health Programme'. Perhaps that was the extent of their consultation. Hopeless. 7/7
I really respect how @glasgowbell.bsky.social have approached reporting on Saturday's fascist rally (and counter-demo) in their weekly briefing. Rightly noting "the anti-immigration crowd will have been disappointed by the low turnout", while also highlighting street attacks on people of colour.
The Bell versus the most important man in Scottish musicPlus, what the weekend’s far right protests actually looked like on the ground and does Team Australia have 'the sh*ts'?www.glasgowbell.co.ukIf you're a trans person in England (or the parent or guardian of a young trans person in England) I strongly recommend doing this immediately. The new data principles for the shared NHS record in England - based on the transphobic and psuedoscientific Sullivan Review - are designed to out us.
notorious transfem supremacistYou can opt-out of having a shared NHS record. I opted out over a decade ago now and it has never affected any of the medical care I receive except having to give new doctors a list of my medicine because they can't pull it off my GPs system. www.nhs.uk/using-the-nh...
had some amazing times with wormboys at the weekend - plus we raised £800 to support healthcare access for a young trans person
Robin Birda terrible picture for you! thanks for playing and organising
This weekend!
Ruth PearceSaturday 25 July: join us for good times in Leeds! I'm running *and* playing this gig in Wharf Chambers, fundraising for a Black trans kid to access care. Live music from wormboys (noise-pop), Faded Alchemy (alt-rock), Lucas Assagba (genrefluid singer-songwriter), and bughotel (folky rock n'roll).