Vic Stamp
@vickerystamp.bsky.social
Disability studies & LGBTQ+ health, community & chronic illness, community knowledge production. Trans & disabled (he/him, they/them)
It's my birthday this week and I can't quite comprehend how much has happened since the last one.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It's my birthday this week and I can't quite comprehend how much has happened since the last one.
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Just posted this to FedBook a few days ago: "It has become so much harder to do very basic things and that makes everything feel like a heavier lift." - So yes, I really agree with this.
Everything seems so much harder lately. Just hard, hard, hard. (IT'S FINE IT'S FINE)
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Just posted this to FedBook a few days ago: "It has become so much harder to do very basic things and that makes everything feel like a heavier lift." - So yes, I really agree with this.
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Nothing about us, without us.
And with things like the puberty blocker trial, that doesn't simply mean involving trans adults - it means listening to young people and being led by their experience.
And with things like the puberty blocker trial, that doesn't simply mean involving trans adults - it means listening to young people and being led by their experience.
The trans community’s trust in the NHS’ new puberty blocker trial is low and I can’t help but wonder whether they could have prevented that by involving ANY trans people in its design or operation, and maybe not involving several people who have attended conferences of anti-LGBTQ hate groups
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Nothing about us, without us.
And with things like the puberty blocker trial, that doesn't simply mean involving trans adults - it means listening to young people and being led by their experience.
And with things like the puberty blocker trial, that doesn't simply mean involving trans adults - it means listening to young people and being led by their experience.
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The questionnaire will close on Monday 1st December at 5pm. I've had an incredible response so far ❤️🙏 Thank you so much. Roughly 50 people have questionnaires still open, and others may still want to share their experiences. I will post several more reminders over the next 10 days. Thank you.
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The questionnaire will close on Monday 1st December at 5pm. I've had an incredible response so far ❤️🙏 Thank you so much. Roughly 50 people have questionnaires still open, and others may still want to share their experiences. I will post several more reminders over the next 10 days. Thank you.
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Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
Not seen anyone yet discussing that the effect of the EHRC guidance will be to force everyone (cis or trans) to become more gender conforming.
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Not seen anyone yet discussing that the effect of the EHRC guidance will be to force everyone (cis or trans) to become more gender conforming.
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We're stuck with it, but determining someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is actually pretty fucking weird, and it'd be better if we talked about it as an unfortunate practical necessity not a natural phenomenon
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're stuck with it, but determining someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is actually pretty fucking weird, and it'd be better if we talked about it as an unfortunate practical necessity not a natural phenomenon
I don't know what I could say about the passing of Alice Wong that hasn't already been said but I am both deeply sad and deeply grateful to have and continue to be influenced by Alice's work, and to be surrounded by people whose lives have been similarly shaped
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I don't know what I could say about the passing of Alice Wong that hasn't already been said but I am both deeply sad and deeply grateful to have and continue to be influenced by Alice's work, and to be surrounded by people whose lives have been similarly shaped
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If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
I am super firmly of the belief, as someone who has seen one too many lecturer come out with some nonsense in class, your 18 year old students absolutely should be able to challenge your course content*.
*within reason
*within reason
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I am super firmly of the belief, as someone who has seen one too many lecturer come out with some nonsense in class, your 18 year old students absolutely should be able to challenge your course content*.
*within reason
*within reason
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Nope. No no no. Autistic students do not 'face growing challenges on campus'. They do however experience existing, entrenched, systemic barriers created and perpetuated by structural inequities that are baked into pretty much every element of the student journey from pre-applicant to graduate...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Nope. No no no. Autistic students do not 'face growing challenges on campus'. They do however experience existing, entrenched, systemic barriers created and perpetuated by structural inequities that are baked into pretty much every element of the student journey from pre-applicant to graduate...
Actively? Two, though I am maybe planning on adding another one.
The ones that I've started with intentions to finish but haven't touched in some time? ... I'm not going to count them
The ones that I've started with intentions to finish but haven't touched in some time? ... I'm not going to count them
Be honest. How many books are you in the middle of reading right now?
October 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Actively? Two, though I am maybe planning on adding another one.
The ones that I've started with intentions to finish but haven't touched in some time? ... I'm not going to count them
The ones that I've started with intentions to finish but haven't touched in some time? ... I'm not going to count them
Barometric pressure is extra funky fellow North West (and I assume also other parts of England/UK) chronically ill folk so if you feel extra shit today that might be why.
October 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Barometric pressure is extra funky fellow North West (and I assume also other parts of England/UK) chronically ill folk so if you feel extra shit today that might be why.
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The only problem with people working illegally in the UK is that them working is deemed illegal
September 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The only problem with people working illegally in the UK is that them working is deemed illegal
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There is, btw, absolutely no evidence of large scale fraud wrt PIP. It's already so unnecessarily difficult to get that I know multiple people with actual trauma in relation to the assessment process.
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is, btw, absolutely no evidence of large scale fraud wrt PIP. It's already so unnecessarily difficult to get that I know multiple people with actual trauma in relation to the assessment process.
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The far right turnout today is much smaller than the number of people who came to protest at London Trans Pride this year, but the far right will of course get infinitely more press coverage.
September 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The far right turnout today is much smaller than the number of people who came to protest at London Trans Pride this year, but the far right will of course get infinitely more press coverage.
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The adultifying & sexualisation of children because they are Trans is deeply disturbing & harmful. This article is talking about discriminating against 12 and 13 year old girls simply because they are Trans.
The Telegraph going after trans girls being in a computer class with cis girls.
Won't lie, thought this was about trans spies and I'm very disappointed.
Won't lie, thought this was about trans spies and I'm very disappointed.
September 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The adultifying & sexualisation of children because they are Trans is deeply disturbing & harmful. This article is talking about discriminating against 12 and 13 year old girls simply because they are Trans.
As a gauge of how tired I am, I just searched 'trans' in my email and was surprised when that did not in fact immediately locate my transpennine express booking confirmation given the rest of my inbox.
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
As a gauge of how tired I am, I just searched 'trans' in my email and was surprised when that did not in fact immediately locate my transpennine express booking confirmation given the rest of my inbox.
I am exhausted to levels of my being that I didn't know existed at this point.
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I am exhausted to levels of my being that I didn't know existed at this point.
I talk a lot about ways the PhD and my life are inseparable but unexpectedly working from a hospital wait room after my partner got offered a cancellation slot for a test with an hours notice but the number to call back didn't work! And no one picked up when transferred from the switchboard!
September 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I talk a lot about ways the PhD and my life are inseparable but unexpectedly working from a hospital wait room after my partner got offered a cancellation slot for a test with an hours notice but the number to call back didn't work! And no one picked up when transferred from the switchboard!
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You tick a box that says "male" the app will assume you don't have breasts. You tick the box that says "female" it will assume you don't have testicles. Many trans women, of course, have both.
August 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You tick a box that says "male" the app will assume you don't have breasts. You tick the box that says "female" it will assume you don't have testicles. Many trans women, of course, have both.
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I do not think that a good health triage system would ignore that some of us are trans.
I think it's important that the question gets asked in a way that is sensitive enough that trans people won't just immediately reject it, avoid healthcare, or cover up trans status.
I think it's important that the question gets asked in a way that is sensitive enough that trans people won't just immediately reject it, avoid healthcare, or cover up trans status.
August 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I do not think that a good health triage system would ignore that some of us are trans.
I think it's important that the question gets asked in a way that is sensitive enough that trans people won't just immediately reject it, avoid healthcare, or cover up trans status.
I think it's important that the question gets asked in a way that is sensitive enough that trans people won't just immediately reject it, avoid healthcare, or cover up trans status.
Commissioning an organisation who already thinks this about their tool to review whether their tool works is certainly a choice.
August 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Commissioning an organisation who already thinks this about their tool to review whether their tool works is certainly a choice.