Meg Hoyt
@meghoyt1.bsky.social
PhD / Feminist / Immigrant / Mom/ Activist / At home in Belfast and Ottawa ❤ (she/her)
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It is vital that any attempts to create policies excluding trans ppl are robustly challenged using Art 8 of the HRA/ECHR. The Equality Act doesn't apply in NI so any attempt to 'implement' the SC ruling is massive overreach & likely to breach the HRA/ECHR. I hope the ECNI guidance will reflect this.
We are dismayed and angered by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council's statement on the Supreme Court ruling.
Full statement in alt text.
Full statement in alt text.
April 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
It is vital that any attempts to create policies excluding trans ppl are robustly challenged using Art 8 of the HRA/ECHR. The Equality Act doesn't apply in NI so any attempt to 'implement' the SC ruling is massive overreach & likely to breach the HRA/ECHR. I hope the ECNI guidance will reflect this.
Particularly important to show our support and solidarity now✊️💖
In the first 12 hours the campaign was live, over 1000 emails were sent to MLAs 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Trans people and our allies can stand up and make our voices heard - we need it now more than ever.
Have you used our tool? Shared it with your friends? Go onnnnn
www.rainbow-project.org/transrights/
Trans people and our allies can stand up and make our voices heard - we need it now more than ever.
Have you used our tool? Shared it with your friends? Go onnnnn
www.rainbow-project.org/transrights/
Take Action Now: Stand Up for Trans Rights - The Rainbow Project
Take action to support trans rights in the wake of this week's Supreme Court judgement. Use our handy email tool to write to your MLAs.
www.rainbow-project.org
April 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Particularly important to show our support and solidarity now✊️💖
Sure, that else would you be doing on a Friday night?
Come on down for some cycling joy 🥰
Come on down for some cycling joy 🥰
It's #CriticalMass this Friday!!
With any luck we will be riding in the light! At least for a bit 😀
6.15. Big Fish. All welcome 🚲
With any luck we will be riding in the light! At least for a bit 😀
6.15. Big Fish. All welcome 🚲
March 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Sure, that else would you be doing on a Friday night?
Come on down for some cycling joy 🥰
Come on down for some cycling joy 🥰
This research is just so useful and interesting!
Important to remember that, as we argued in our motonormativity research, the environment that shapes people's actions - possibly more than what they think about those actions - is multi-layered. It's the built environment, but also the social, legal and cultural environment
January 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This research is just so useful and interesting!
Feeling sad and angry that we have to do this, but please come and join the cycle vigil organised for Gary McMahon who was killed while cycling just days ago.
No more excuses. Build safe infrastructure now @deptinfra.bsky.social
No more excuses. Build safe infrastructure now @deptinfra.bsky.social
Please consider joining this cycle vigil organised by the cycling community for Gary McMahon.
Meet at 3pm in Writers Sq to participate in the cycle or 3.30pm in Henry Pl for the silent vigil.
For more details see:
belfastcyclecampaign.com/events
Meet at 3pm in Writers Sq to participate in the cycle or 3.30pm in Henry Pl for the silent vigil.
For more details see:
belfastcyclecampaign.com/events
December 4, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Feeling sad and angry that we have to do this, but please come and join the cycle vigil organised for Gary McMahon who was killed while cycling just days ago.
No more excuses. Build safe infrastructure now @deptinfra.bsky.social
No more excuses. Build safe infrastructure now @deptinfra.bsky.social
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Ebikes are not 'cheating' - whatever that means - they are an absolute game changer in terms of sustainable urban mobility.
And they are just they are just the most fun! 🎉
And they are just they are just the most fun! 🎉
“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange, but the science is clear.”
Why e-bikes actually give more exercise than “acoustic”bikes. (but both/either are excellent when it comes to better cities)
electrek.co/2024/02/20/w...
Why e-bikes actually give more exercise than “acoustic”bikes. (but both/either are excellent when it comes to better cities)
electrek.co/2024/02/20/w...
Why electric bikes actually give more exercise than pedal bikes
Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange (and...
electrek.co
November 30, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Ebikes are not 'cheating' - whatever that means - they are an absolute game changer in terms of sustainable urban mobility.
And they are just they are just the most fun! 🎉
And they are just they are just the most fun! 🎉
November 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This is so sad. My thoughts are with Gary's family and friends.
It is particularly scary when you know this junction and how little has been done in North Belfast to provide safe cycle routes
It is particularly scary when you know this junction and how little has been done in North Belfast to provide safe cycle routes
Our deepest condolences to all who knew and loved Gary.
November 22, 2024 at 10:01 AM
This is so sad. My thoughts are with Gary's family and friends.
It is particularly scary when you know this junction and how little has been done in North Belfast to provide safe cycle routes
It is particularly scary when you know this junction and how little has been done in North Belfast to provide safe cycle routes
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So far, Sinn Feins take on how to handle DfI brief has been to;
- Reallocate funds earmarked for active travel schemes to roads
- Clog up bus lanes with private hire taxi companies, only benefitting two large businesses
- Delay Hill street pedestrianisation, again
Want Green? Vote Green!
- Reallocate funds earmarked for active travel schemes to roads
- Clog up bus lanes with private hire taxi companies, only benefitting two large businesses
- Delay Hill street pedestrianisation, again
Want Green? Vote Green!
John O'Dowd's Stormont department is pretending that it's spending £2.6m on a cycle lane, but most of that money is funding a road for cars and lorries - and the department is refusing to say if this has been happening more widely.
Stormont department pretends to spend £2.6m on cycle lane, but most of it is funding road for cars and lorries
Huge sums which Stormont claims to be spending on cycling infrastructure are instead being used to resurface a road for lorries and cars, John O’Dowd’s department has admitted.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 9:43 AM
So far, Sinn Feins take on how to handle DfI brief has been to;
- Reallocate funds earmarked for active travel schemes to roads
- Clog up bus lanes with private hire taxi companies, only benefitting two large businesses
- Delay Hill street pedestrianisation, again
Want Green? Vote Green!
- Reallocate funds earmarked for active travel schemes to roads
- Clog up bus lanes with private hire taxi companies, only benefitting two large businesses
- Delay Hill street pedestrianisation, again
Want Green? Vote Green!
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Hi, all women's sector folks! Trying to put together a starter pack for all women's sector organisations/ activists/feminists on BlueSky. If you see yourself as part of that, could you share your profiles below, please? Ideally, could we make an Ireland pack and a NI-specific pack?
November 15, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Hi, all women's sector folks! Trying to put together a starter pack for all women's sector organisations/ activists/feminists on BlueSky. If you see yourself as part of that, could you share your profiles below, please? Ideally, could we make an Ireland pack and a NI-specific pack?
Can confirm that my e-cargo bike has transformed how I travel around my city!
But storage is a real issue in terraced houses with little or no yard.
But storage is a real issue in terraced houses with little or no yard.
Cargo bike storage..its a real (and easily solvable) blocker to wider adoption of these amazing family workhorses
More cargo bikes = fewer car trips = happier & healthier communities
@rezinachowdhury.bsky.social lets fix this!
#cargosleighbay #cargohanger #bikeparking
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
More cargo bikes = fewer car trips = happier & healthier communities
@rezinachowdhury.bsky.social lets fix this!
#cargosleighbay #cargohanger #bikeparking
@solveschoolrun.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Can confirm that my e-cargo bike has transformed how I travel around my city!
But storage is a real issue in terraced houses with little or no yard.
But storage is a real issue in terraced houses with little or no yard.
What an interesting project!
I was fascinated to learn about the life of David Strain through bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022qsg
Great to see a little piece of that hidden history brought back to life.
I was fascinated to learn about the life of David Strain through bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022qsg
Great to see a little piece of that hidden history brought back to life.
November 15, 2024 at 8:30 AM
What an interesting project!
I was fascinated to learn about the life of David Strain through bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022qsg
Great to see a little piece of that hidden history brought back to life.
I was fascinated to learn about the life of David Strain through bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022qsg
Great to see a little piece of that hidden history brought back to life.
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This a great seminar series, with a whole roster of excellent sessions on Gender, History and International Law.
Really delighted to be part of the first session, with an incredible line up of speakers in conversation about how to write feminist histories.
Details on how to join in the poster.
Really delighted to be part of the first session, with an incredible line up of speakers in conversation about how to write feminist histories.
Details on how to join in the poster.
October 16, 2024 at 1:50 PM
This a great seminar series, with a whole roster of excellent sessions on Gender, History and International Law.
Really delighted to be part of the first session, with an incredible line up of speakers in conversation about how to write feminist histories.
Details on how to join in the poster.
Really delighted to be part of the first session, with an incredible line up of speakers in conversation about how to write feminist histories.
Details on how to join in the poster.