Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden
@sandraduffy.bsky.social
Law lecturer, dog parent, imported Bristolian, Irish. Using law for trans liberation, reproductive justice, coloniality. They/she. AuDHD. Fond of penguins. Views personal. 🇵🇸
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Moral panics and legal projects: echoes of Section 28 in United Kingdom transgender discourse and law reform
A grounding in the queer history of the legal system in the United Kingdom reveals striking parallels between the moral panic leading to the enactment of Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, a...
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So thrilled to say that my new article on the echoes of Section 28 in the moral panic around trans people in the UK is out now, along with the rest of the first issue of @genderandjustice.bsky.social !
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
doi.org/10.1332/3033...
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Lithograph of the preamble of the Indian Constitution. I believe it's an original produced at the time.
February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Lithograph of the preamble of the Indian Constitution. I believe it's an original produced at the time.
Really bad ADHD day in my head today.
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Really bad ADHD day in my head today.
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"Any new version of the EHRC's code that does not provide clarity for service providers on how to include trans people will not fix this mess,” says @transsolidarity.bsky.social director Alex Parmar-Yee @fruitypy.bsky.social
Read our analysis 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...
Read our analysis 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
"Any new version of the EHRC's code that does not provide clarity for service providers on how to include trans people will not fix this mess,” says @transsolidarity.bsky.social director Alex Parmar-Yee @fruitypy.bsky.social
Read our analysis 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...
Read our analysis 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-t...
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Again reminding people in Bristol especially that we do not need to extend our gaze to other countries to look for case studies for civil rights movements.
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Again reminding people in Bristol especially that we do not need to extend our gaze to other countries to look for case studies for civil rights movements.
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Watching rugby through the years.
February 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Watching rugby through the years.
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Kevin Bakhurst in the Irish Times today saying that he pushed RTE News to follow the UK lead on 'transgender issues'. I would question why there's a need to import a confected British moral panic to a country where it does not, as yet, exist. Our news media seems to desperately want a culture war.
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Kevin Bakhurst in the Irish Times today saying that he pushed RTE News to follow the UK lead on 'transgender issues'. I would question why there's a need to import a confected British moral panic to a country where it does not, as yet, exist. Our news media seems to desperately want a culture war.
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If you were interested in @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to the “Sullivan Review” yesterday, make sure you read @kevinguyan.bsky.social’s very recently published “Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK
In the UK, the design and management of sex and gender categories in data – including census questions, police and health records, and digital ID – has become a key focus of trans-exclusionary acti...
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 AM
If you were interested in @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to the “Sullivan Review” yesterday, make sure you read @kevinguyan.bsky.social’s very recently published “Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine)
The Good That Won't Come Out
Hotellounge (Be the Death of Me)
If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
Eve is the Apple of my Eye
ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart
The Good That Won't Come Out
Hotellounge (Be the Death of Me)
If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
Eve is the Apple of my Eye
ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart
Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already.
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long?
Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 AM
It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I feel fine)
The Good That Won't Come Out
Hotellounge (Be the Death of Me)
If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
Eve is the Apple of my Eye
ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart
The Good That Won't Come Out
Hotellounge (Be the Death of Me)
If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
Eve is the Apple of my Eye
ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart
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Remember, the state regulator "fined" U of Sussex almost £600,000 for attempting to protect the rights of trans people.
Hopefully this shocking and shameful abuse of power will be overturned.
Hopefully this shocking and shameful abuse of power will be overturned.
‘Unlawful’ OfS ruling against University of Sussex should be quashed, court told
Judicial review begins in high court over watchdog’s freedom of speech ruling that resulted in £585,000 fine
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Remember, the state regulator "fined" U of Sussex almost £600,000 for attempting to protect the rights of trans people.
Hopefully this shocking and shameful abuse of power will be overturned.
Hopefully this shocking and shameful abuse of power will be overturned.
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I love it when you complain about the price of food and people say "just meal prep 7 days of boiled chicken cubes!!!" because whether it works or not you are advocating for an existence that would have a medieval peasant grabbing their scythe
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I love it when you complain about the price of food and people say "just meal prep 7 days of boiled chicken cubes!!!" because whether it works or not you are advocating for an existence that would have a medieval peasant grabbing their scythe
THIS is why I didn't find it entertaining! Thank you!
Watching an episode of
Bridgerton and it remains very odd to me that it's Jane Austen but without jokes.
Bridgerton and it remains very odd to me that it's Jane Austen but without jokes.
February 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
THIS is why I didn't find it entertaining! Thank you!
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No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
February 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?
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Look what we found in the archives 👀
Our logo has changed since then, but we’re still fighting the same fight - together 🏳️⚧️
Our logo has changed since then, but we’re still fighting the same fight - together 🏳️⚧️
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Look what we found in the archives 👀
Our logo has changed since then, but we’re still fighting the same fight - together 🏳️⚧️
Our logo has changed since then, but we’re still fighting the same fight - together 🏳️⚧️
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Join us for “Spectres of Sexual Danger: The Safety Politics of the For Women Scotland Supreme Court Decision” with Prof Sarah Lamble.
🗓️ Tuesday 17th February
🕒 3–4pm
📍 Location details via sign-up (link on the flyer)
🗓️ Tuesday 17th February
🕒 3–4pm
📍 Location details via sign-up (link on the flyer)
February 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Join us for “Spectres of Sexual Danger: The Safety Politics of the For Women Scotland Supreme Court Decision” with Prof Sarah Lamble.
🗓️ Tuesday 17th February
🕒 3–4pm
📍 Location details via sign-up (link on the flyer)
🗓️ Tuesday 17th February
🕒 3–4pm
📍 Location details via sign-up (link on the flyer)
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Want to boost this a little as I've seen folk talking about how Anas Sarwar wants to remove trans women from women's prisons - because in his actual column he makes clear it isn't just prisons. It's everywhere.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has made clear in the Daily Record that he will roll back trans rights if elected First Minister - the spineless little coward he is.
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Want to boost this a little as I've seen folk talking about how Anas Sarwar wants to remove trans women from women's prisons - because in his actual column he makes clear it isn't just prisons. It's everywhere.
I cannot express to you how much I hate the shitty-first-draft stage. It feels like clunking around in shoes four sizes too big. Graceless and prone to falling over.
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
I cannot express to you how much I hate the shitty-first-draft stage. It feels like clunking around in shoes four sizes too big. Graceless and prone to falling over.
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Starmer has serious questions to answer about what his government knew, and when, about Mandelson's Epstein ties. Shocking that this man was made ambassador - he should have no role in public life. And we absolutely need a police enquiry into leaks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Mandelson could face police inquiry over alleged leak to Epstein
Met police assessing reports of alleged misconduct in public office after government information apparently shared
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Starmer has serious questions to answer about what his government knew, and when, about Mandelson's Epstein ties. Shocking that this man was made ambassador - he should have no role in public life. And we absolutely need a police enquiry into leaks.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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If anyone says Lupita Nyong’o is miscast as the most beautiful woman in the world, you know you can safely discard any further opinions from that person
February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
If anyone says Lupita Nyong’o is miscast as the most beautiful woman in the world, you know you can safely discard any further opinions from that person
Je n'aime pas ceci. Totalement pas.
And here's one with the team in the alt text. Zut alors. 👀
February 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Je n'aime pas ceci. Totalement pas.
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12/10 would definitely start a war for her
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
12/10 would definitely start a war for her
I am suddenly realising the scale of the thing I've decided to write in my 'quiet period' of the year and I am. Argh?
February 3, 2026 at 9:37 AM
I am suddenly realising the scale of the thing I've decided to write in my 'quiet period' of the year and I am. Argh?
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It's taken me five weeks to write this essay on knowing and, more importantly, not knowing; on epistemology & the Epstein episteme, or the 'knowledge' economy (Biblical sense). It took a panicking, trapped fox to unlock it, and it includes a hottt pic of young Engels.
www.somayer.net?na=view&id=6
www.somayer.net?na=view&id=6
know
www.somayer.net
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
It's taken me five weeks to write this essay on knowing and, more importantly, not knowing; on epistemology & the Epstein episteme, or the 'knowledge' economy (Biblical sense). It took a panicking, trapped fox to unlock it, and it includes a hottt pic of young Engels.
www.somayer.net?na=view&id=6
www.somayer.net?na=view&id=6
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*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
February 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
*drum roll*
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026!
I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...