Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸
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Karen Sugrue 🏳️‍⚧️🌈🇵🇸
@karsugrue.bsky.social
Sociologist, psychotherapist, parent, Star Trek fan, feminist, activist, #breastcancer ninja #repealedthe8th co-chair @together_safety & @mams4trans 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸
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For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Happy Brigid’s Day & Imbolc to all us difficult women - especially those of us planning to be even more difficult in 2026

#brigid #lafeilebride #imbolc #imbolcblessings
February 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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The Marsh Family makes a parody cover of the great Erma Franklin's song Piece of My Heart. This version addresses the current events unfolding regarding the US threatening the Kingdom of Denmark's territory, Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 AM
On @newstalkfm.bsky.social this morning talking about the urgent need to remove the mandatory 3 day wait for abortion care. Its against @who.int best practice, adds to an already overloaded GP system, disproportionately impacts the most vulnerable, & causes distress.

👉https://lnkd.in/eyGDMnJp
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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One of the students yesterday asked what he could do and my answer was something, anything. So many people are stuck waiting for someone else to take the first step. We we don't then who will.
January 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM
❤️ACTIVISM THURSDAY WITH SHARON SLATER❤️

You could hear a pin drop for two hours while she shared her story. Her powerful message is to keep going & that every action you take helps someone

Activist, feminist, social justice warrior, story teller - my very brilliant friend @limerickslife.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:56 AM
The use of the counselling notes of victims in court cases is cruel, inhumane and abusive - it is morally and ethically abhorrent, counter to every single tenet of therapeutic practice, and a final betrayal of an already profoundly traumatised person.

#counsellingnotes

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January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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Another #manel on @tonightvmtv.bsky.social to discuss the manly issues of scramblers endangering lives; tenants’ rights; and the weather.
Going backwards in representation in media.
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Taking the waters in Bath - absolutely immaculate queer vibes here 😍

Jane would approve.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights #bath #janeaustin
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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The quote in the title "The worst thing I’ve ever experienced" refers to a young teenager's experience in the new NHS gender clinics for under 18s.

The article evidences the many harms within these clinics that were designed, post Cass Review, to be less affirmative than the older GIDS service 2/4
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Last week I had a new article published, comparing trans adolescent and family experiences in different UK healthcare services. 1/4

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK
Within trans youth healthcare two fundamentally different models of care persist, with a significant difference between affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare services. To date there has been l...
www.tandfonline.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
📣 ACTIVISM THURSDAY📣

Absolutely thrilled this week to have Gala award nominee, former President of Sarsfield Rugby Limericks first LGBTQIA+ inclusive rugby club, current vice president of @tus_su_moylish, student activist & fantastic human - Gearoid Folan

@applied_psychology_tusmw @tus_ire
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Very proud to call this incredible lady & fellow breast cancer ninja my friend & activism shero ❤️
Honoured to be nominated by members from across the island of Ireland for the Green Party Deputy Leadership election.

In the face of climate breakdown, housing crisis, rising inequality, and global uncertainty, the Greens are needed more than ever.

www.thejournal.ie/green-party-...
Former Lord Mayor Hazel Chu in the running to become Green Party deputy leader
Chu will go up against Louth Councillor Marianne Butler for the deputy leadership.
www.thejournal.ie
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Honoured to be nominated by members from across the island of Ireland for the Green Party Deputy Leadership election.

In the face of climate breakdown, housing crisis, rising inequality, and global uncertainty, the Greens are needed more than ever.

www.thejournal.ie/green-party-...
Former Lord Mayor Hazel Chu in the running to become Green Party deputy leader
Chu will go up against Louth Councillor Marianne Butler for the deputy leadership.
www.thejournal.ie
January 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM