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...
I'm truthfully not behind this week but I feel like I've been on a constantly increasing treadmill all week as I get more tired and the tasks keep coming.
Gonna sleep this weekend. Gonna sleep more than the greyhound this weekend.
Gonna sleep this weekend. Gonna sleep more than the greyhound this weekend.
February 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I'm truthfully not behind this week but I feel like I've been on a constantly increasing treadmill all week as I get more tired and the tasks keep coming.
Gonna sleep this weekend. Gonna sleep more than the greyhound this weekend.
Gonna sleep this weekend. Gonna sleep more than the greyhound this weekend.
My wife's Valentine's present is here! It's a baby Philodendron Florida Ghost. She's a plant person and will be over the moon.
February 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
My wife's Valentine's present is here! It's a baby Philodendron Florida Ghost. She's a plant person and will be over the moon.
I am currently trying to write a definition of transmisogyny which will be simple enough to transfer the complex concept to cis lawyers, but good enough not to get me rightfully pelted with tomatoes by the trans internet.
February 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I am currently trying to write a definition of transmisogyny which will be simple enough to transfer the complex concept to cis lawyers, but good enough not to get me rightfully pelted with tomatoes by the trans internet.
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So excited for this! Come join us (free) for our drag cabaret about a history of queer love, featuring artists from the Law's a Drag network!
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
History of LOVE! Law’s a Drag presents LGBT History Month Cabaret
Join us live for History of LOVE! A fierce LGBT History Month cabaret by Law’s a Drag!
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February 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM
So excited for this! Come join us (free) for our drag cabaret about a history of queer love, featuring artists from the Law's a Drag network!
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
7.30pm, 18th Feb, Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
Like, share, tell your loved ones! xxx
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-of...
Been truly in the weeds with compounded fatigue and ADHD this week. I'm able to work but I'm crashing hard in the evenings. I have a heavy teaching week next week so I'm really hoping I'm less tired then.
This is just a #ChronicIllnessIsFunIsntIt moan.
This is just a #ChronicIllnessIsFunIsntIt moan.
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Been truly in the weeds with compounded fatigue and ADHD this week. I'm able to work but I'm crashing hard in the evenings. I have a heavy teaching week next week so I'm really hoping I'm less tired then.
This is just a #ChronicIllnessIsFunIsntIt moan.
This is just a #ChronicIllnessIsFunIsntIt moan.
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Nordic anti-fascist hat knitting patterns. Anti-ICE charity nail polish colours and FUCK ICE nail art. Cookie decorators creating designs that say things like "Pretty Good Day to Fight Fascism." I'm seeing all these things in my feeds, and I'm just on the fringe of these crafty-type communities.
February 6, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Nordic anti-fascist hat knitting patterns. Anti-ICE charity nail polish colours and FUCK ICE nail art. Cookie decorators creating designs that say things like "Pretty Good Day to Fight Fascism." I'm seeing all these things in my feeds, and I'm just on the fringe of these crafty-type communities.
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And while it's tempting to dismiss these as frivolous, silly, even useless acts, pure symbolism with no power behind them, I have to disagree. They're not saving the world directly. But they are building a sense of solidarity, a unity of message among folks who aren't typically political.
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 AM
And while it's tempting to dismiss these as frivolous, silly, even useless acts, pure symbolism with no power behind them, I have to disagree. They're not saving the world directly. But they are building a sense of solidarity, a unity of message among folks who aren't typically political.
This morning -
I: *move slightly to pick up coffee*
Greyhound: grrrmmmmph?
I: *return to former position*
Greyhound: uffffffffff
Greyhound: *snores*
I: *move slightly to pick up coffee*
Greyhound: grrrmmmmph?
I: *return to former position*
Greyhound: uffffffffff
Greyhound: *snores*
I like to sit on the sofa with my laptop in the morning. Today I am shoved into a corner of the sofa while an immovable 32kg of greyhound, under a blanket, takes up 80% of it.
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
This morning -
I: *move slightly to pick up coffee*
Greyhound: grrrmmmmph?
I: *return to former position*
Greyhound: uffffffffff
Greyhound: *snores*
I: *move slightly to pick up coffee*
Greyhound: grrrmmmmph?
I: *return to former position*
Greyhound: uffffffffff
Greyhound: *snores*
Today: teaching prep and writing. Possibly also rewriting a lecture, I think, as it could use an update. Teaching repro justice next week!
February 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Today: teaching prep and writing. Possibly also rewriting a lecture, I think, as it could use an update. Teaching repro justice next week!
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Bad day at the office. We're not where we were as a team in general, and the injury list is what it is. Key is how we respond over the next few weeks. Our championship hopes are almost certainly done, so it's all about showing if we're still capable of building something. We go again.
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Bad day at the office. We're not where we were as a team in general, and the injury list is what it is. Key is how we respond over the next few weeks. Our championship hopes are almost certainly done, so it's all about showing if we're still capable of building something. We go again.
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On the other, they've been harassed enough and I feel like I'd just be tying them to the cases even more. The context is about transmisogyny and law. What do you think? (Opinions from trans women/transfem people to the front please, and then lawyers)
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
On the other, they've been harassed enough and I feel like I'd just be tying them to the cases even more. The context is about transmisogyny and law. What do you think? (Opinions from trans women/transfem people to the front please, and then lawyers)
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Here c'mere, I've a question. I'm writing a thing where I talk about the Peggie and Darlington cases. Journal article, hopefully. I'm in a quandary over whether I name Dr Upton and Ms Henderson (the trans women who were dragged into the cases). On the one hand, they deserve vindication...
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Here c'mere, I've a question. I'm writing a thing where I talk about the Peggie and Darlington cases. Journal article, hopefully. I'm in a quandary over whether I name Dr Upton and Ms Henderson (the trans women who were dragged into the cases). On the one hand, they deserve vindication...
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Clippy: i see you've started a new document. Would you like....
Academic: Draft's haunted
Clippy: what?
Academic: *loading pistol and getting back to keyboard* draft's haunted.
Academic: Draft's haunted
Clippy: what?
Academic: *loading pistol and getting back to keyboard* draft's haunted.
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Clippy: i see you've started a new document. Would you like....
Academic: Draft's haunted
Clippy: what?
Academic: *loading pistol and getting back to keyboard* draft's haunted.
Academic: Draft's haunted
Clippy: what?
Academic: *loading pistol and getting back to keyboard* draft's haunted.
Here c'mere, I've a question. I'm writing a thing where I talk about the Peggie and Darlington cases. Journal article, hopefully. I'm in a quandary over whether I name Dr Upton and Ms Henderson (the trans women who were dragged into the cases). On the one hand, they deserve vindication...
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Here c'mere, I've a question. I'm writing a thing where I talk about the Peggie and Darlington cases. Journal article, hopefully. I'm in a quandary over whether I name Dr Upton and Ms Henderson (the trans women who were dragged into the cases). On the one hand, they deserve vindication...
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The greatest joy in my life as an academic is being asked this type of question
the greatest joy in my life is asking overly qualified academics really dumb questions about the field of study they have devoted their lives to (i.e. did medieval people smoke weed?)
it's here! a really fun conversation with our friends at @wowiftrue.bsky.social podcast about "crusadercore" and which group of medieval people would be the best Twitch streamers.
have a listen and please share widely! #medievalsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
have a listen and please share widely! #medievalsky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The greatest joy in my life as an academic is being asked this type of question
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I wanted to know the backstory of the executive order that defined "man" and "woman"—the foundation for the Trump admin's targeting of trans people.
So I took a deep dive into the conservative strategy & distorted feminism behind it. And I talked to the author.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
So I took a deep dive into the conservative strategy & distorted feminism behind it. And I talked to the author.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Meet the mastermind behind Trump’s definition of "woman"
May Mailman’s anti-trans crusade could threaten gender equality for all.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I wanted to know the backstory of the executive order that defined "man" and "woman"—the foundation for the Trump admin's targeting of trans people.
So I took a deep dive into the conservative strategy & distorted feminism behind it. And I talked to the author.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
So I took a deep dive into the conservative strategy & distorted feminism behind it. And I talked to the author.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Do you ever - and I admit that this is quite autistic of me - have to start a new draft because you just get a bad feeling opening the last one?
I think my draft is haunted.
I think my draft is haunted.
February 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Do you ever - and I admit that this is quite autistic of me - have to start a new draft because you just get a bad feeling opening the last one?
I think my draft is haunted.
I think my draft is haunted.
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
February 5, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Okay but Zack Polanski has been coming out with bangers
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5 months old yet still topical.
February 5, 2026 at 12:09 PM
5 months old yet still topical.
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I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!
LGBTQ+ History Month: 'Scottish trans pasts, useable and otherwise?' | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology
Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland.
hca.ed.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I am giving the Edinburgh Uni LGBTQ+ History Month lecture on the evening of 27 February, with the title 'Scottish Trans Pasts, Useable and Otherwise'. Details and link to register are here: hca.ed.ac.uk/updates-even... Do come along if you're in Edinburgh!
Read something earlier about burnout and the personal cost of work and it stunned me that there are people for whom this is a less-acute concept. When you're Disabled/ND, the personal cost of working a full-time job is just one of those things you take for granted.
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Read something earlier about burnout and the personal cost of work and it stunned me that there are people for whom this is a less-acute concept. When you're Disabled/ND, the personal cost of working a full-time job is just one of those things you take for granted.
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Though some question whether Mungo’s lack of stature with the public - he literally doesn’t exist, I just invented him - render him a risky choice as prime minister, others see ontological questions as to what does or does not constitute reality as a distraction from Labour’s core governing mission.
February 5, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Though some question whether Mungo’s lack of stature with the public - he literally doesn’t exist, I just invented him - render him a risky choice as prime minister, others see ontological questions as to what does or does not constitute reality as a distraction from Labour’s core governing mission.
I like to sit on the sofa with my laptop in the morning. Today I am shoved into a corner of the sofa while an immovable 32kg of greyhound, under a blanket, takes up 80% of it.
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I like to sit on the sofa with my laptop in the morning. Today I am shoved into a corner of the sofa while an immovable 32kg of greyhound, under a blanket, takes up 80% of it.