Karen Sugrue 🏳️⚧️🌈🇵🇸
@karsugrue.bsky.social
Sociologist, psychotherapist, parent, Star Trek fan, feminist, activist, #breastcancer ninja #repealedthe8th co-chair @together_safety & @mams4trans 🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
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.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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.
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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
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.
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I'm glad in part that so few people actually use Bluesky or in anyway interact with it because I can have a full blown rant and only a handful of people will see it 😆
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I'm glad in part that so few people actually use Bluesky or in anyway interact with it because I can have a full blown rant and only a handful of people will see it 😆
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As for the the use of victims therapy notes in cases, just stop! It is already hard enough to get people through the process without that. Yet so many of our TDs are strugging their shoulders and saying no ban needed.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Opposition TDs demand full ban on therapy notes in court
Therapists do not condone "retraumatising" victims of sexual abuse through the use of counselling notes in criminal trials, the Dáil has been told.
www.rte.ie
January 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
As for the the use of victims therapy notes in cases, just stop! It is already hard enough to get people through the process without that. Yet so many of our TDs are strugging their shoulders and saying no ban needed.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
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So yeah, I don't think someone's ability to play sports, work a job, be in a social club should play any sort of a part in their conviction. "Oh but they were always nice to me" ewww, no.
January 30, 2026 at 12:03 PM
So yeah, I don't think someone's ability to play sports, work a job, be in a social club should play any sort of a part in their conviction. "Oh but they were always nice to me" ewww, no.
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Me... I didn't know the damage 😆 pretty much everyday for 9-13 I was raped but we've got to think about the publicity 🙄 Can't have people know the actual facts! No, reputations are on the line!
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Me... I didn't know the damage 😆 pretty much everyday for 9-13 I was raped but we've got to think about the publicity 🙄 Can't have people know the actual facts! No, reputations are on the line!
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All those people who write letters to support the perpetrators, I don't think they realise that often the victims get to see them too. This line always makes me nauseous from one of the "character" references offer to the rapist in my case.
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
All those people who write letters to support the perpetrators, I don't think they realise that often the victims get to see them too. This line always makes me nauseous from one of the "character" references offer to the rapist in my case.
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I'm probably going to delete all of these as although I have no shame about what happened to me, I hate when people give me sad eyes.
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I'm probably going to delete all of these as although I have no shame about what happened to me, I hate when people give me sad eyes.
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I'm open about what happened to me and the entire process... why? Because other people can't be.
My talk was title "I know her" as I'm in the public eye people say that a lot and make assumptions about my background. I've a carefully curated public character. She doesn't not have cPTSD, while I do.
My talk was title "I know her" as I'm in the public eye people say that a lot and make assumptions about my background. I've a carefully curated public character. She doesn't not have cPTSD, while I do.
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 AM
I'm open about what happened to me and the entire process... why? Because other people can't be.
My talk was title "I know her" as I'm in the public eye people say that a lot and make assumptions about my background. I've a carefully curated public character. She doesn't not have cPTSD, while I do.
My talk was title "I know her" as I'm in the public eye people say that a lot and make assumptions about my background. I've a carefully curated public character. She doesn't not have cPTSD, while I do.
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Yeah, going to talk about this for a minute. From reporting to the gardai to conviction took over 3 years of very little communication about what was happening. Pretty sure the system is in place to make people quit, that way the country doesn't have to take a good hard look at itself.
Yesterday I gave a talk about my experience dealing with the justice system as a survivor of CSA. I was one of the "lucky" ones who got a conviction.
Giving this talk fills me with so many emotions but mostly rage at how unjust the entire system is. It is so heavily weighed against the victims.
Giving this talk fills me with so many emotions but mostly rage at how unjust the entire system is. It is so heavily weighed against the victims.
❤️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
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 30, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Yeah, going to talk about this for a minute. From reporting to the gardai to conviction took over 3 years of very little communication about what was happening. Pretty sure the system is in place to make people quit, that way the country doesn't have to take a good hard look at itself.
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Yesterday I gave a talk about my experience dealing with the justice system as a survivor of CSA. I was one of the "lucky" ones who got a conviction.
Giving this talk fills me with so many emotions but mostly rage at how unjust the entire system is. It is so heavily weighed against the victims.
Giving this talk fills me with so many emotions but mostly rage at how unjust the entire system is. It is so heavily weighed against the victims.
❤️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
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 30, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Yesterday I gave a talk about my experience dealing with the justice system as a survivor of CSA. I was one of the "lucky" ones who got a conviction.
Giving this talk fills me with so many emotions but mostly rage at how unjust the entire system is. It is so heavily weighed against the victims.
Giving this talk fills me with so many emotions but mostly rage at how unjust the entire system is. It is so heavily weighed against the victims.
❤️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
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
❤️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
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
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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#counsellingnotes
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January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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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#counsellingnotes
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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.
Going backwards in representation in media.
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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.
Going backwards in representation in media.
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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
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.
Taking the waters in Bath - absolutely immaculate queer vibes here 😍
Jane would approve.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #bath #janeaustin
Jane would approve.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #bath #janeaustin
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Taking the waters in Bath - absolutely immaculate queer vibes here 😍
Jane would approve.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #bath #janeaustin
Jane would approve.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights #bath #janeaustin
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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
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
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
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
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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....
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
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....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📣 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
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
📣 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
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
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-...
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
Very proud to call this incredible lady & fellow breast cancer ninja my friend & activism shero ❤️
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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-...
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
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-...
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-...
Really looking forward to chatting with Alan Morrissey and the @clarefm.bsky.social team this morning about the new report on EU Gender Equality rankings
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Really looking forward to chatting with Alan Morrissey and the @clarefm.bsky.social team this morning about the new report on EU Gender Equality rankings
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Ward accuses X of specific offences under the current laws of the land including: Possession of CSAM; Production of CSAM; Distribution of CSAM; and Knowing Possession of CSAM for the purposes of distributing, transmitting, disseminating, publishing, exporting, selling or showing same...
January 19, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Ward accuses X of specific offences under the current laws of the land including: Possession of CSAM; Production of CSAM; Distribution of CSAM; and Knowing Possession of CSAM for the purposes of distributing, transmitting, disseminating, publishing, exporting, selling or showing same...
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Ward: "Given the foregoing, as well as the public outcry against public decency, it is clear to me that X is flagrantly disregarding the laws of this country"
January 19, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Ward: "Given the foregoing, as well as the public outcry against public decency, it is clear to me that X is flagrantly disregarding the laws of this country"