Nicholas
@nicholasbenn.bsky.social
Yorkshireman, Verger and God-botherer bothered by God. Often found in climbing gyms or churches. Unapologetically trans 🏳️⚧️ He/They
Today has been spent doing some Lego building, and some practice for our upcoming carol concert..
Incredibly excited to get to sing in HT Goodramgate because it is just such a gorgeous and historic church. And keeping local traditions alive is also an ezcellent reason
Incredibly excited to get to sing in HT Goodramgate because it is just such a gorgeous and historic church. And keeping local traditions alive is also an ezcellent reason
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today has been spent doing some Lego building, and some practice for our upcoming carol concert..
Incredibly excited to get to sing in HT Goodramgate because it is just such a gorgeous and historic church. And keeping local traditions alive is also an ezcellent reason
Incredibly excited to get to sing in HT Goodramgate because it is just such a gorgeous and historic church. And keeping local traditions alive is also an ezcellent reason
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“A Man on the Inside” is great for many reasons, but I really love that both seasons appreciate male friendship. Ted Danson and Stephen McKinley’s scenes together are just… everything.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“A Man on the Inside” is great for many reasons, but I really love that both seasons appreciate male friendship. Ted Danson and Stephen McKinley’s scenes together are just… everything.
I hadn't come across the fact Riverford had a recipe selection but these look fab
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I hadn't come across the fact Riverford had a recipe selection but these look fab
"I can show you where the tiny Archbishop is if you need to mention him"
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"I can show you where the tiny Archbishop is if you need to mention him"
"There are tiny chavs in your Activia" and other ridiculous quotes from lunchtime
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"There are tiny chavs in your Activia" and other ridiculous quotes from lunchtime
In a way it is lovely to have the buzz about the place, but also disconcerting after five days of no public!
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In a way it is lovely to have the buzz about the place, but also disconcerting after five days of no public!
It's a Saturday during Christmas Market season after we've been closed all week for graduations, and boy do we know it 😅
a man in a black shirt stands in front of a crowd with the word everybody on the bottom right
ALT: a man in a black shirt stands in front of a crowd with the word everybody on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It's a Saturday during Christmas Market season after we've been closed all week for graduations, and boy do we know it 😅
This thread. I have passing privilege, but I will always be open about being trans -
If people are working through sifting the media noise from reality, they have knowingly met a Real Life Trans Person. And if they have awkward q's I'd rather they ask me than make someone else uncomfortable
If people are working through sifting the media noise from reality, they have knowingly met a Real Life Trans Person. And if they have awkward q's I'd rather they ask me than make someone else uncomfortable
On at least a weekly basis, "well meaning" cis people who call themselves "allies" ask me why I'm so loud about being trans. I'm mostly cis passing, I'm a lawyer, why do I have to announce I'm trans, they ask? I could just be "normal." By being so loud, they say, I bring the transphobia on myself.
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This thread. I have passing privilege, but I will always be open about being trans -
If people are working through sifting the media noise from reality, they have knowingly met a Real Life Trans Person. And if they have awkward q's I'd rather they ask me than make someone else uncomfortable
If people are working through sifting the media noise from reality, they have knowingly met a Real Life Trans Person. And if they have awkward q's I'd rather they ask me than make someone else uncomfortable
Blessed beyond measure by two stunning sermons from our clergy yesterday, esp our Succentor who spoke from personal experience about faith, mental health, and sexuality.
Glad, but not surprised, that the community received it with love and allyship, and glad that she felt able to share it with us
Glad, but not surprised, that the community received it with love and allyship, and glad that she felt able to share it with us
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Blessed beyond measure by two stunning sermons from our clergy yesterday, esp our Succentor who spoke from personal experience about faith, mental health, and sexuality.
Glad, but not surprised, that the community received it with love and allyship, and glad that she felt able to share it with us
Glad, but not surprised, that the community received it with love and allyship, and glad that she felt able to share it with us
Two weeks of sobriety, Ne Irascaris Domine at Evensong, warm ribena and pyjamas after walking home in the rain and cold, new Pikmin 4 update to play #tinyjoys
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Two weeks of sobriety, Ne Irascaris Domine at Evensong, warm ribena and pyjamas after walking home in the rain and cold, new Pikmin 4 update to play #tinyjoys
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Sent this card by a friend, and much needed the reminder. One day at a time finding the light and some self compassion ❤️ gentle reminder to all that need it too!
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sent this card by a friend, and much needed the reminder. One day at a time finding the light and some self compassion ❤️ gentle reminder to all that need it too!
Something incredibly grounding about making it to lunchtime Eucharist at the parish church before I head home.
The welcome warm as ever, most of the same faces faithfully coming each week for fellowship, friendship, and sacrament.
Blessed to have this community still be part of my life
The welcome warm as ever, most of the same faces faithfully coming each week for fellowship, friendship, and sacrament.
Blessed to have this community still be part of my life
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Something incredibly grounding about making it to lunchtime Eucharist at the parish church before I head home.
The welcome warm as ever, most of the same faces faithfully coming each week for fellowship, friendship, and sacrament.
Blessed to have this community still be part of my life
The welcome warm as ever, most of the same faces faithfully coming each week for fellowship, friendship, and sacrament.
Blessed to have this community still be part of my life
It will never fail to make me smile to hear dad sing me Happy Birthday - his stroke took much of his speech, but he can still manage that ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It will never fail to make me smile to hear dad sing me Happy Birthday - his stroke took much of his speech, but he can still manage that ❤️
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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I stopped faffing about and Did The Thing and it turns out that this is What Gets Things Done.
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
IT HAPPENED TO ME: I stopped faffing about and Did The Thing and it turns out that this is What Gets Things Done.
My uncle is an excellent cook, but I could definitely tell that there was most of a bottle of red wine in the beef stew 😅
But in the grand scheme of my hard won sobriety, alcohol in food doesn't really bother me.
As long as I get my head on the pillow sober for tonight, that's the hard work done
But in the grand scheme of my hard won sobriety, alcohol in food doesn't really bother me.
As long as I get my head on the pillow sober for tonight, that's the hard work done
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My uncle is an excellent cook, but I could definitely tell that there was most of a bottle of red wine in the beef stew 😅
But in the grand scheme of my hard won sobriety, alcohol in food doesn't really bother me.
As long as I get my head on the pillow sober for tonight, that's the hard work done
But in the grand scheme of my hard won sobriety, alcohol in food doesn't really bother me.
As long as I get my head on the pillow sober for tonight, that's the hard work done
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Reassuring to know as I turn 31 quite soon that @canonrachel.bsky.social still regards me as a 'young person' 😅
Good to be able to fit in a flying visit to Hudds Parish Church before a meal out with family. A place that shaped me in ways I am still discovering
Good to be able to fit in a flying visit to Hudds Parish Church before a meal out with family. A place that shaped me in ways I am still discovering
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Reassuring to know as I turn 31 quite soon that @canonrachel.bsky.social still regards me as a 'young person' 😅
Good to be able to fit in a flying visit to Hudds Parish Church before a meal out with family. A place that shaped me in ways I am still discovering
Good to be able to fit in a flying visit to Hudds Parish Church before a meal out with family. A place that shaped me in ways I am still discovering
Been a bit of a rollercoaster week, but I'm glad to have finished work with a lovely chill day of training, Remembrance weekend prep and Choral Evensong.
Now on the train back to my parents as part of my pre-Advent leave - grateful for calmer days and taking help when it is offered
Now on the train back to my parents as part of my pre-Advent leave - grateful for calmer days and taking help when it is offered
November 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Been a bit of a rollercoaster week, but I'm glad to have finished work with a lovely chill day of training, Remembrance weekend prep and Choral Evensong.
Now on the train back to my parents as part of my pre-Advent leave - grateful for calmer days and taking help when it is offered
Now on the train back to my parents as part of my pre-Advent leave - grateful for calmer days and taking help when it is offered
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Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community
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Me snuggled up on the sofa to watch my boys take it home tonight!!! #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Me snuggled up on the sofa to watch my boys take it home tonight!!! #celebritytraitors
On the downside we lost the pub quiz (three members down and I am not mentally on form right now)
On the plus side we chose 'His Dark Materials' to be the wooden spoon round next week so even though I'm away due to birthday shenanigans I think we've got a solid 5 points squared away
On the plus side we chose 'His Dark Materials' to be the wooden spoon round next week so even though I'm away due to birthday shenanigans I think we've got a solid 5 points squared away
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
On the downside we lost the pub quiz (three members down and I am not mentally on form right now)
On the plus side we chose 'His Dark Materials' to be the wooden spoon round next week so even though I'm away due to birthday shenanigans I think we've got a solid 5 points squared away
On the plus side we chose 'His Dark Materials' to be the wooden spoon round next week so even though I'm away due to birthday shenanigans I think we've got a solid 5 points squared away
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
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November 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
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Enjoying the House of Games question about pipes in an organ, knowing that we have over 5000 and we aren't anywhere near the largest 😅
November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Enjoying the House of Games question about pipes in an organ, knowing that we have over 5000 and we aren't anywhere near the largest 😅
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Suddenly when puberty blockers are given to cis kids, the Daily Mail (the same newspaper which backed Hitler btw) finally admits that "their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal."
Which is true for trans kids too.
Which is true for trans kids too.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Suddenly when puberty blockers are given to cis kids, the Daily Mail (the same newspaper which backed Hitler btw) finally admits that "their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal."
Which is true for trans kids too.
Which is true for trans kids too.