Tig Slater
@tigslater.bsky.social
Queer, trans, disability studies,sociology, education stuff.
Currently working on a project about preventing harassment of people doing LGBT+ research: Tinyurl.com/LGBTImpact
Currently working on a project about preventing harassment of people doing LGBT+ research: Tinyurl.com/LGBTImpact
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Tig Slater
@tigslater.bsky.social
· Jun 12
Untangling hope labour from care labour: LGBT+ people navigating equality, diversity and inclusion work in higher education
This article reports on the ‘Whose Rainbow?’ project, exploring LGBT+ staff and students’ conflicted relationships to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work in UK Higher Education (HE). Drawi...
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The first 'Whose Rainbow?' project publication!
Whose Rainbow? explored LGBT+ staff & student experiences of rainbow symbolism & EDI schemes in HE.
In this paper, we think specifically about the extra labour required of LGBT+ people (to survive!) in HE.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Whose Rainbow? explored LGBT+ staff & student experiences of rainbow symbolism & EDI schemes in HE.
In this paper, we think specifically about the extra labour required of LGBT+ people (to survive!) in HE.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Missing being with these beauties on the picket line ✊️
📢 Solidarity in Action: Day One Strike Highlights
Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!
#SaveSheffieldHallam
Today was powerful! Our members showed incredible unity and resolve on the first day of strike action. We stood together, loud and proud, demonstrating our commitment to fighting in our dispute!!!
#SaveSheffieldHallam
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Missing being with these beauties on the picket line ✊️
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Solidarity with SHU UCU on strike. I’m on a research project based there just now and the loss of so many Professional Services staff is acutely noticeable.
It’s inexplicable to treat a sector that brings so much to the UK as disposable and its staff as if they aren’t people. Stop it.
It’s inexplicable to treat a sector that brings so much to the UK as disposable and its staff as if they aren’t people. Stop it.
It is the second time this year members of the University and College Union (UCU) at Sheffield Hallam have taken action....
Bob Jeffery... [UCU Sheffield Hallam], said: "Massive cuts have been pushed through, so we've lost about 1,000 staff in the last two years."'
Bob Jeffery... [UCU Sheffield Hallam], said: "Massive cuts have been pushed through, so we've lost about 1,000 staff in the last two years."'
Fresh strike action begins at Sheffield Hallam University
Union members at Sheffield Hallam Uni strike in a dispute over job losses, workload and welfare.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Solidarity with SHU UCU on strike. I’m on a research project based there just now and the loss of so many Professional Services staff is acutely noticeable.
It’s inexplicable to treat a sector that brings so much to the UK as disposable and its staff as if they aren’t people. Stop it.
It’s inexplicable to treat a sector that brings so much to the UK as disposable and its staff as if they aren’t people. Stop it.
I'm off sick at the moment so not able to strike, but so grateful to all my colleagues on the picket lines ✊️
It is the second time this year members of the University and College Union (UCU) at Sheffield Hallam have taken action....
Bob Jeffery... [UCU Sheffield Hallam], said: "Massive cuts have been pushed through, so we've lost about 1,000 staff in the last two years."'
Bob Jeffery... [UCU Sheffield Hallam], said: "Massive cuts have been pushed through, so we've lost about 1,000 staff in the last two years."'
Fresh strike action begins at Sheffield Hallam University
Union members at Sheffield Hallam Uni strike in a dispute over job losses, workload and welfare.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I'm off sick at the moment so not able to strike, but so grateful to all my colleagues on the picket lines ✊️
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As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
Microsoft Forms
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
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SUPPORT US AND CELEBRATE YORKSHIRE!
We teamed up with Black Lodge Press last year to pay homage to The People's Republic of South Yorkshire. Celebrate South Yorkshire's history of radicalism with these iconic designs: buff.ly/ugjHqKQ
We teamed up with Black Lodge Press last year to pay homage to The People's Republic of South Yorkshire. Celebrate South Yorkshire's history of radicalism with these iconic designs: buff.ly/ugjHqKQ
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
SUPPORT US AND CELEBRATE YORKSHIRE!
We teamed up with Black Lodge Press last year to pay homage to The People's Republic of South Yorkshire. Celebrate South Yorkshire's history of radicalism with these iconic designs: buff.ly/ugjHqKQ
We teamed up with Black Lodge Press last year to pay homage to The People's Republic of South Yorkshire. Celebrate South Yorkshire's history of radicalism with these iconic designs: buff.ly/ugjHqKQ
Been having a pretty grim mental health time, but was at least reassured to see an old faded rainbow zebra crossing to welcome all the mad queers into the psych assessment unit (regrets at not taking a photo)
November 2, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Been having a pretty grim mental health time, but was at least reassured to see an old faded rainbow zebra crossing to welcome all the mad queers into the psych assessment unit (regrets at not taking a photo)
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No scabbing, please. Support your striking library workers.
Some of our Reading Rooms will be closed between 27 October and 9 November due to planned strike action at our St Pancras site, and there may be other short notice disruption.
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
To check what’s impacted, please visit our website: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
Planned strike action in St Pancras
We have been notified of planned strike action taking place between Monday 27 October and Sunday 9 November 2025.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
No scabbing, please. Support your striking library workers.
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The man in the queue behind me said Oh excuse me miss, you dropped ----
and then we both stared at the conker I'd dropped on the ground
And he said Umm ---
And I said Oh! My conker! :(
and then we both stared at the conker I'd dropped on the ground
And he said Umm ---
And I said Oh! My conker! :(
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The man in the queue behind me said Oh excuse me miss, you dropped ----
and then we both stared at the conker I'd dropped on the ground
And he said Umm ---
And I said Oh! My conker! :(
and then we both stared at the conker I'd dropped on the ground
And he said Umm ---
And I said Oh! My conker! :(
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UNISON members who support LGBTIQ+ people may want to actively oppose their union on this one.
UNISON has chosen to back Bridget Phillipson to become deputy leader of the Labour Party
September 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
UNISON members who support LGBTIQ+ people may want to actively oppose their union on this one.
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I can't emphasise enough that putting this question front and centre as a mandatory requirement, acts largely as a deterrent to accessing healthcare for trans people.
August 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I can't emphasise enough that putting this question front and centre as a mandatory requirement, acts largely as a deterrent to accessing healthcare for trans people.
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111/NHS direct is a joke. Having to misgender yourself to the people there for no reason is outright humiliating. It's designed to put trans people off reaching out for healthcare support.
There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
August 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
111/NHS direct is a joke. Having to misgender yourself to the people there for no reason is outright humiliating. It's designed to put trans people off reaching out for healthcare support.
There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
There were years of surveys that worked on finding respectful ways to gather this information, disregarded.
Love that both the local outdoor swimming group and local cycling group I'm in are both now just full of transphobic debate
August 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Love that both the local outdoor swimming group and local cycling group I'm in are both now just full of transphobic debate
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Shame on @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social for this and solidarity with trans staff 💔 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-tr...
Exclusive: Trans council staff told to use converted disabled loos
Plus, a Rotherham hacker jailed and a ridiculously lavish £3m home for sale
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Shame on @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social for this and solidarity with trans staff 💔 www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/exclusive-tr...
Little joy today - dug into the heap of stuff I've been piling up in the garden for the last three years and found compost (and lots of woodlice)
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Little joy today - dug into the heap of stuff I've been piling up in the garden for the last three years and found compost (and lots of woodlice)
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The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
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And here’s something you can do to voice your opposition to the RSHE guidance. We must stop it being implemented as it is in September 2026. Tell the government it must be revised.
Sign and share 👇
openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
Sign and share 👇
openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non-Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non-Conforming Voices
openletter.earth
July 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And here’s something you can do to voice your opposition to the RSHE guidance. We must stop it being implemented as it is in September 2026. Tell the government it must be revised.
Sign and share 👇
openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
Sign and share 👇
openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
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This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.
So we're promised new trans schools guidance over summer which us unlikely to go well. We've got new rse guidance which is gonna make schools too scared to discuss anything trans anyway. How's this actually gonna work in practice?
July 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So we're promised new trans schools guidance over summer which us unlikely to go well. We've got new rse guidance which is gonna make schools too scared to discuss anything trans anyway. How's this actually gonna work in practice?
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Clause 72 in particular is functionally identical to Clause 28 of the Local Government Act in 1988:
"[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."
"[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."
July 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Clause 72 in particular is functionally identical to Clause 28 of the Local Government Act in 1988:
"[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."
"[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."
It's unbearable
Every day I hear of more trans kids dropping (being forced) out of school. Kids who have used the bathroom with no bother for years, sometimes throughout their school years, who are now being forcibly outed, excluded, isolated, & segregated. 1/3
This is beat for beat exactly what Section 28 did.
Oh, and you can't blame this one on Tories. This guidance was drawn up exclusively after Labour took power.
This Labour government is the single worst thing to happen to the LGBT+ community since Margaret Thatcher.
Shame on every Labour member.
Oh, and you can't blame this one on Tories. This guidance was drawn up exclusively after Labour took power.
This Labour government is the single worst thing to happen to the LGBT+ community since Margaret Thatcher.
Shame on every Labour member.
July 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
It's unbearable
A rat casually sauntered past us in the garden last night so I googled 'rat in garden' and now have too mucn rat empathy
July 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A rat casually sauntered past us in the garden last night so I googled 'rat in garden' and now have too mucn rat empathy
Amazing how even comments under local reporting about the hosepipe ban manage to be transphobic
July 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Amazing how even comments under local reporting about the hosepipe ban manage to be transphobic
LinkedIn really is the place where souls go to die
😬 I seem to have engaged with Linkedin. Times must be desperate
June 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
LinkedIn really is the place where souls go to die