Sophie Perry 🌈
@sophieperryportfolio.com
Senior reporter at PinkNews | Doctoral Researcher at City St Georges, University of London | Founder of the LGBTQ+ Journalism Network | Top 100 Future Leaders 2023 | Big fan of dinosaurs | she/her
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A new study undertaken by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Ipsos has revealed many feel Britain is deeply divided
It has some interesting insights into the public's perception of the media as a source of division and how those views vary based on different demographics
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A new study undertaken by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Ipsos has revealed many feel Britain is deeply divided
It has some interesting insights into the public's perception of the media as a source of division and how those views vary based on different demographics
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November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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A new study undertaken by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Ipsos has revealed many feel Britain is deeply divided
It has some interesting insights into the public's perception of the media as a source of division and how those views vary based on different demographics
⬇️
A new study undertaken by the Policy Institute at King’s College London and Ipsos has revealed many feel Britain is deeply divided
It has some interesting insights into the public's perception of the media as a source of division and how those views vary based on different demographics
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨
BASH BACK have targeted the EHRC's London HQ, smashing windows and spray painting the building
A spokesperson said: “This is just the beginning – we can only secure our freedoms through constant resistance. We will not stop until we are free”.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/b...
BASH BACK have targeted the EHRC's London HQ, smashing windows and spray painting the building
A spokesperson said: “This is just the beginning – we can only secure our freedoms through constant resistance. We will not stop until we are free”.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/b...
Protest group vandalises EHRC HQ over controversial trans guidance: 'We will not stop until we are free'
A protest group has vandalised the EHRC's headquarters in response to its controversial interim guidance on single-sex spaces.
www.thepinknews.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
BASH BACK have targeted the EHRC's London HQ, smashing windows and spray painting the building
A spokesperson said: “This is just the beginning – we can only secure our freedoms through constant resistance. We will not stop until we are free”.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/b...
BASH BACK have targeted the EHRC's London HQ, smashing windows and spray painting the building
A spokesperson said: “This is just the beginning – we can only secure our freedoms through constant resistance. We will not stop until we are free”.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/31/b...
Animal Crossing: New Horizons free update announcement ??? in 2025 ???? amid the horrors we are living through ?????
I just fell to my knees and wept
I just fell to my knees and wept
October 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Animal Crossing: New Horizons free update announcement ??? in 2025 ???? amid the horrors we are living through ?????
I just fell to my knees and wept
I just fell to my knees and wept
Media orgs when they say they have a diverse staff network:
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Unsurprising who is always first, and the most, impacted by cuts
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Unsurprising who is always first, and the most, impacted by cuts
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Media orgs when they say they have a diverse staff network:
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Unsurprising who is always first, and the most, impacted by cuts
Reposted by Sophie Perry 🌈
We're pleased that the loathsome comments carried by GB News, which equated being LGBT+ with being a paedophile, have been found in breach of the Ofcom code, following 71,000 complaints collected by @goodlawproject.bsky.social. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
GB News comment about LGBTQ+ including 'paedos' in breach of Ofcom code
A GB News presenter saying “full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons” at a church would “include paedos” breached the Broadcasting Code, Ofcom said.
pressgazette.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We're pleased that the loathsome comments carried by GB News, which equated being LGBT+ with being a paedophile, have been found in breach of the Ofcom code, following 71,000 complaints collected by @goodlawproject.bsky.social. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...
Are you part of a trans knitting group, a queer poetry collective or a lesbian cricket club? (Or something else!)
I want to speak with non-alcohol based, LGBTQ+ hobby groups about community, connection and the changing LGBTQ+ 'scene'
Get in touch! sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
I want to speak with non-alcohol based, LGBTQ+ hobby groups about community, connection and the changing LGBTQ+ 'scene'
Get in touch! sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
September 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Are you part of a trans knitting group, a queer poetry collective or a lesbian cricket club? (Or something else!)
I want to speak with non-alcohol based, LGBTQ+ hobby groups about community, connection and the changing LGBTQ+ 'scene'
Get in touch! sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
I want to speak with non-alcohol based, LGBTQ+ hobby groups about community, connection and the changing LGBTQ+ 'scene'
Get in touch! sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
Nottingham Against Transphobia held a die-in demonstration in the city centre on Saturday afternoon to protest the EHRC and Labour government "pushing trans people out of public life and pushing people to suicide"
“Hence, a die-in to show the public and MPs the reality we live," organisers said.
“Hence, a die-in to show the public and MPs the reality we live," organisers said.
August 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Nottingham Against Transphobia held a die-in demonstration in the city centre on Saturday afternoon to protest the EHRC and Labour government "pushing trans people out of public life and pushing people to suicide"
“Hence, a die-in to show the public and MPs the reality we live," organisers said.
“Hence, a die-in to show the public and MPs the reality we live," organisers said.
I am looking to speak with LGBTQ+ US couples about the potential for same-sex marriage to be rolled back if the Supreme Court hears Kim Davis's case, for a @pinknews.bsky.social feature.
Keen to hear from wedded, and soon-to-be wedded, couples.
📩 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
Keen to hear from wedded, and soon-to-be wedded, couples.
📩 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
August 12, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I am looking to speak with LGBTQ+ US couples about the potential for same-sex marriage to be rolled back if the Supreme Court hears Kim Davis's case, for a @pinknews.bsky.social feature.
Keen to hear from wedded, and soon-to-be wedded, couples.
📩 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
Keen to hear from wedded, and soon-to-be wedded, couples.
📩 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
Reposted by Sophie Perry 🌈
🎉 40,000 women have signed - and we’re not stopping here.
We’re united in rejecting discrimination against the trans and non-binary community. We refuse to let our voices be used to divide. This is our moment — and we’re heading for 50,000...and beyond! 🚀💥
📢 Here’s how you can help us get there...
We’re united in rejecting discrimination against the trans and non-binary community. We refuse to let our voices be used to divide. This is our moment — and we’re heading for 50,000...and beyond! 🚀💥
📢 Here’s how you can help us get there...
August 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎉 40,000 women have signed - and we’re not stopping here.
We’re united in rejecting discrimination against the trans and non-binary community. We refuse to let our voices be used to divide. This is our moment — and we’re heading for 50,000...and beyond! 🚀💥
📢 Here’s how you can help us get there...
We’re united in rejecting discrimination against the trans and non-binary community. We refuse to let our voices be used to divide. This is our moment — and we’re heading for 50,000...and beyond! 🚀💥
📢 Here’s how you can help us get there...
My favourite argument opposing giving the vote to 16 year olds is that they, as an entire demographic, "don't know anything about politics". Girl, there are people in my family in their 40s who don't know who the current prime minister is 😭
July 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My favourite argument opposing giving the vote to 16 year olds is that they, as an entire demographic, "don't know anything about politics". Girl, there are people in my family in their 40s who don't know who the current prime minister is 😭
I just know if Glee was still going Ryan Murphy would do an evil, evil cover of Golden by Huntrix from KPop: Demon Hunters
July 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I just know if Glee was still going Ryan Murphy would do an evil, evil cover of Golden by Huntrix from KPop: Demon Hunters
Why did I go through months of sessions with my therapist when I could have just waited for Lorde's new album to drop and point to this lyric to explain why I am the way I am
July 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Why did I go through months of sessions with my therapist when I could have just waited for Lorde's new album to drop and point to this lyric to explain why I am the way I am
The community showed UP and it was incredible to see!
Thanks to Jude Guaitamacchi from @transsolidarity.bsky.social for speaking with me
🗣 “I feel there is more outrage now. People are recognising what is happening and we’re seeing more solidarity, more people showing up for us."
Thanks to Jude Guaitamacchi from @transsolidarity.bsky.social for speaking with me
🗣 “I feel there is more outrage now. People are recognising what is happening and we’re seeing more solidarity, more people showing up for us."
Hundreds of people turn up to lobby MPs about trans rights: 'This is only the beginning'
Hundreds of people showed up at Westminster to lobby their MP in what could be a "record breaking" day of action for trans rights.
www.thepinknews.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The community showed UP and it was incredible to see!
Thanks to Jude Guaitamacchi from @transsolidarity.bsky.social for speaking with me
🗣 “I feel there is more outrage now. People are recognising what is happening and we’re seeing more solidarity, more people showing up for us."
Thanks to Jude Guaitamacchi from @transsolidarity.bsky.social for speaking with me
🗣 “I feel there is more outrage now. People are recognising what is happening and we’re seeing more solidarity, more people showing up for us."
HUGE turn out of trans folks and allies for the lobby of Parliament led by @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Incredible to see 🏳️⚧️
Incredible to see 🏳️⚧️
June 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
HUGE turn out of trans folks and allies for the lobby of Parliament led by @transsolidarity.bsky.social
Incredible to see 🏳️⚧️
Incredible to see 🏳️⚧️
Wrote a very personal – and very long! – retrospective to mark 10 years of Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls 👭
"...the synth-pop melodies and catchy, painfully relatable lyrics were audible to my ears only, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket and holding my hand like an old friend."
"...the synth-pop melodies and catchy, painfully relatable lyrics were audible to my ears only, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket and holding my hand like an old friend."
Is Hayley Kiyoko's 'Girls Like Girls' the definitive lesbian anthem?
Hayley Kiyoko's lesbian anthem "Girls Like Girls" was released ten years ago and remains the most enduringly influential lesbian track.
www.thepinknews.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Wrote a very personal – and very long! – retrospective to mark 10 years of Hayley Kiyoko's Girls Like Girls 👭
"...the synth-pop melodies and catchy, painfully relatable lyrics were audible to my ears only, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket and holding my hand like an old friend."
"...the synth-pop melodies and catchy, painfully relatable lyrics were audible to my ears only, wrapping around me like a comforting blanket and holding my hand like an old friend."
Still very normal* that I got to interview the icon that is G Flip 🤯
*I was not normal at all
🗣️ "[I] feel so comfortable in my skin because I feel so non-binary, so they/them. So, now more than ever, with the current climate of the world, visibility is so important.”
✍️ @pinknews.bsky.social
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*I was not normal at all
🗣️ "[I] feel so comfortable in my skin because I feel so non-binary, so they/them. So, now more than ever, with the current climate of the world, visibility is so important.”
✍️ @pinknews.bsky.social
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G-Flip on their brand new era and having a 'cheeky cry' at Mighty Hoopla
Non-binary Australian singer-songwriter reflects on entering a brand new era as they release "Big Ol’ Hammer".
www.thepinknews.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Still very normal* that I got to interview the icon that is G Flip 🤯
*I was not normal at all
🗣️ "[I] feel so comfortable in my skin because I feel so non-binary, so they/them. So, now more than ever, with the current climate of the world, visibility is so important.”
✍️ @pinknews.bsky.social
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*I was not normal at all
🗣️ "[I] feel so comfortable in my skin because I feel so non-binary, so they/them. So, now more than ever, with the current climate of the world, visibility is so important.”
✍️ @pinknews.bsky.social
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Hayley Kiyoko's 'Girls Like Girls' came out TEN YEARS AGO on June 24 🤯
I am looking to speak with lesbians/bi/queer women about the impact and legacy of the song (and subsequent book & upcoming film) for a feature for @pinknews.bsky.social 👭👩❤️💋👩
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#journorequest
I am looking to speak with lesbians/bi/queer women about the impact and legacy of the song (and subsequent book & upcoming film) for a feature for @pinknews.bsky.social 👭👩❤️💋👩
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#journorequest
Hayley Kiyoko - Girls Like Girls [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Hayley Kiyoko
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Hayley Kiyoko's 'Girls Like Girls' came out TEN YEARS AGO on June 24 🤯
I am looking to speak with lesbians/bi/queer women about the impact and legacy of the song (and subsequent book & upcoming film) for a feature for @pinknews.bsky.social 👭👩❤️💋👩
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#journorequest
I am looking to speak with lesbians/bi/queer women about the impact and legacy of the song (and subsequent book & upcoming film) for a feature for @pinknews.bsky.social 👭👩❤️💋👩
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#journorequest
EXCLUSIVE: The Financial Conduct Authority’s LGBTQ+ staff network is refusing to march under the organisation's banner at Pride after being told the regulator would be designating office single-sex facilities, such as toilets, as based on "biological sex".
Read on @pinknews.bsky.social 👇
Read on @pinknews.bsky.social 👇
FCA's LGBT staff group won't march at Pride due to company's trans toilet policy
The Financial Conduct Authority's LGBTQ+ staff network will not support it at Pride after its changed its single-sex spaces policy.
www.thepinknews.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Financial Conduct Authority’s LGBTQ+ staff network is refusing to march under the organisation's banner at Pride after being told the regulator would be designating office single-sex facilities, such as toilets, as based on "biological sex".
Read on @pinknews.bsky.social 👇
Read on @pinknews.bsky.social 👇
Reposted by Sophie Perry 🌈
@transjournalists.org has been supporting journalists who are trans and gender expansive (including me!) and teaching journalists how to report on our communities for several years now!
you can support them by donating to their birthday fundraiser! 🎂🍰🧁
donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...
you can support them by donating to their birthday fundraiser! 🎂🍰🧁
donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...
Help us reclaim trans narratives! | TRANS JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (Powered by Donorbox)
Five years ago, the Trans Journalists Association launched with a simple mission: to promote nuanced, accurate coverage of trans rights and communities in the media, and to support the careers of gend...
donorbox.org
June 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@transjournalists.org has been supporting journalists who are trans and gender expansive (including me!) and teaching journalists how to report on our communities for several years now!
you can support them by donating to their birthday fundraiser! 🎂🍰🧁
donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...
you can support them by donating to their birthday fundraiser! 🎂🍰🧁
donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...
I am looking to speak with trans women who are Labour Party members about the decision of the NEC to postpone its women's conference this year following the Supreme Court's judgement on the definition of 'sex', for feature for @pinknews.bsky.social
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
May 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am looking to speak with trans women who are Labour Party members about the decision of the NEC to postpone its women's conference this year following the Supreme Court's judgement on the definition of 'sex', for feature for @pinknews.bsky.social
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
📧 sophie.perry@pinknews.co.uk
#JournoRequest
Reposted by Sophie Perry 🌈
Request for info:
If you know of any organisation etc. which has announced publicly that it has changed its policies/practices as a result of the Supreme Court decision or the EHRC update - please comment it below.
Trying to collate some of this.
If you know of any organisation etc. which has announced publicly that it has changed its policies/practices as a result of the Supreme Court decision or the EHRC update - please comment it below.
Trying to collate some of this.
May 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Request for info:
If you know of any organisation etc. which has announced publicly that it has changed its policies/practices as a result of the Supreme Court decision or the EHRC update - please comment it below.
Trying to collate some of this.
If you know of any organisation etc. which has announced publicly that it has changed its policies/practices as a result of the Supreme Court decision or the EHRC update - please comment it below.
Trying to collate some of this.
EXCLUSIVE for @pinknews.bsky.social this morning 🚨
Trans Plymouth City Council councillor Dylan Tippetts, who said Labour is
"throwing trans people under the bus", has joined the Lib Dems.
He is now the sole Lib Dem councillor in the city council.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/l...
Trans Plymouth City Council councillor Dylan Tippetts, who said Labour is
"throwing trans people under the bus", has joined the Lib Dems.
He is now the sole Lib Dem councillor in the city council.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/l...
Trans councillor who quit Labour over anti-trans stance joins the Lib Dems
A councillor who quit Labour after saying the party throws "trans people under the bus” has defected to the Lib Dems, PinkNews can reveal.
www.thepinknews.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
EXCLUSIVE for @pinknews.bsky.social this morning 🚨
Trans Plymouth City Council councillor Dylan Tippetts, who said Labour is
"throwing trans people under the bus", has joined the Lib Dems.
He is now the sole Lib Dem councillor in the city council.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/l...
Trans Plymouth City Council councillor Dylan Tippetts, who said Labour is
"throwing trans people under the bus", has joined the Lib Dems.
He is now the sole Lib Dem councillor in the city council.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/15/l...
"Such slim definitions of what is correct or incorrect womanhood rooted in patriarchal beauty standards are – ironically enough – what feminists have actually spent decades fighting against."
I wrote this last week for @pinknews.bsky.social but forgot to share here...
I wrote this last week for @pinknews.bsky.social but forgot to share here...
Gender policing does not ‘protect’ butch women and lesbians
Gender policing does not protest butch and masc women, it actively punishes them for not conforming to standards of femininity.
www.thepinknews.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Such slim definitions of what is correct or incorrect womanhood rooted in patriarchal beauty standards are – ironically enough – what feminists have actually spent decades fighting against."
I wrote this last week for @pinknews.bsky.social but forgot to share here...
I wrote this last week for @pinknews.bsky.social but forgot to share here...
EXCLUSIVE for @pinknews.bsky.social: Gender critical staff network launched at Metropolitan Police
“Our numerous staff networks represent a broad range of perspectives and beliefs and we are legally obliged to support them," a Met spokesperson said.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/09/m...
“Our numerous staff networks represent a broad range of perspectives and beliefs and we are legally obliged to support them," a Met spokesperson said.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/09/m...
Gender critical staff network launched at Metropolitan Police
A staff network dedicated to gender critical views has launched at the Metropolitan Police, PinkNews can exclusively reveal.
www.thepinknews.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
EXCLUSIVE for @pinknews.bsky.social: Gender critical staff network launched at Metropolitan Police
“Our numerous staff networks represent a broad range of perspectives and beliefs and we are legally obliged to support them," a Met spokesperson said.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/09/m...
“Our numerous staff networks represent a broad range of perspectives and beliefs and we are legally obliged to support them," a Met spokesperson said.
Read: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/09/m...
EXCLUSIVE:
Green Party co-leader @carladenyer.bsky.social penned an op-ed for @pinknews.bsky.social on the EHRC's interim trans guidance.
She wrote the implications are "deeply worrying" and it could act as a "bigot’s charter" for "harassment, intimidation and violence against trans people".
Green Party co-leader @carladenyer.bsky.social penned an op-ed for @pinknews.bsky.social on the EHRC's interim trans guidance.
She wrote the implications are "deeply worrying" and it could act as a "bigot’s charter" for "harassment, intimidation and violence against trans people".
May 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
EXCLUSIVE:
Green Party co-leader @carladenyer.bsky.social penned an op-ed for @pinknews.bsky.social on the EHRC's interim trans guidance.
She wrote the implications are "deeply worrying" and it could act as a "bigot’s charter" for "harassment, intimidation and violence against trans people".
Green Party co-leader @carladenyer.bsky.social penned an op-ed for @pinknews.bsky.social on the EHRC's interim trans guidance.
She wrote the implications are "deeply worrying" and it could act as a "bigot’s charter" for "harassment, intimidation and violence against trans people".