Lis W
@all-the-w0rds.bsky.social
🌻 36 // UK
🌻 wordsmith // realistic idealist // educator
🌻 she // her
🏳️⚧️ ally
🏳️🌈 lesbian
#letthemlive
https://withquietvolume.com
🌻 wordsmith // realistic idealist // educator
🌻 she // her
🏳️⚧️ ally
🏳️🌈 lesbian
#letthemlive
https://withquietvolume.com
Today marks half a year since you took your life. Since the voices who don’t understand you were too loud for you to ignore, and the vitriol they threw at your feet became irrefutable truth to you.
Stephanie Francesca. My love of eight years and fourteen days, and still.
#transrights
Stephanie Francesca. My love of eight years and fourteen days, and still.
#transrights
July 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Today marks half a year since you took your life. Since the voices who don’t understand you were too loud for you to ignore, and the vitriol they threw at your feet became irrefutable truth to you.
Stephanie Francesca. My love of eight years and fourteen days, and still.
#transrights
Stephanie Francesca. My love of eight years and fourteen days, and still.
#transrights
Reposted by Lis W
Just concluded my keynote at Pride In London's Human Rights Forum.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just concluded my keynote at Pride In London's Human Rights Forum.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
I have announced today publicly that I now see it as my sad duty to make an evidence based report to Genocide Watch and The Lemkin Institute requesting investigation into the systematic oppression of the trans community of the UK.
What deeply concerns me is that it’s almost certainly not about having a ‘right’ space for trans people. It’s not about making sure that people are safe, or protecting women.
It’s about making it impossible for trans people to live within the world.
It’s about making it impossible for trans people to live within the world.
May 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What deeply concerns me is that it’s almost certainly not about having a ‘right’ space for trans people. It’s not about making sure that people are safe, or protecting women.
It’s about making it impossible for trans people to live within the world.
It’s about making it impossible for trans people to live within the world.
May 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I’m a woman, and so are trans women. After all of this, no one can say that they haven’t experienced the same levels of misogyny, fear and oppression the way that cis women have.
May 31, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I’m a woman, and so are trans women. After all of this, no one can say that they haven’t experienced the same levels of misogyny, fear and oppression the way that cis women have.
My anger is personal. My anger is personal because I am not the only one who is grieving someone who deserved to live, but was systematically taken apart by ignorance, hatred, and bigotry.
May 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My anger is personal. My anger is personal because I am not the only one who is grieving someone who deserved to live, but was systematically taken apart by ignorance, hatred, and bigotry.
Far better that I sit on the side of the fence which lauds compassion, than the side of the fence which lauds hate.
May 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Far better that I sit on the side of the fence which lauds compassion, than the side of the fence which lauds hate.
You were my family. I have never loved anyone with such fierce intent, determination, and with such little regard for myself. I recognise it wasn’t healthy, to so instinctively put someone else’s needs above mine again and again and again.
May 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
You were my family. I have never loved anyone with such fierce intent, determination, and with such little regard for myself. I recognise it wasn’t healthy, to so instinctively put someone else’s needs above mine again and again and again.
You deserved to be met with love, grace, and a desire to understand; instead, you were met with judgement, ignorance and rejection.
I would not wish you back to the world in its current state, even as I long to be able to hold you again.
#letthemlive
#transrights
#transuk
I would not wish you back to the world in its current state, even as I long to be able to hold you again.
#letthemlive
#transrights
#transuk
May 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
You deserved to be met with love, grace, and a desire to understand; instead, you were met with judgement, ignorance and rejection.
I would not wish you back to the world in its current state, even as I long to be able to hold you again.
#letthemlive
#transrights
#transuk
I would not wish you back to the world in its current state, even as I long to be able to hold you again.
#letthemlive
#transrights
#transuk
Looking at the world as it is now, I cannot, could never, blame her. I remember the exhaustion in her voice, the vague gestures silently communicating, ‘look at all of this and then tell me how to keep living’. I remember her saying, ‘this is only going to get worse’.
May 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Looking at the world as it is now, I cannot, could never, blame her. I remember the exhaustion in her voice, the vague gestures silently communicating, ‘look at all of this and then tell me how to keep living’. I remember her saying, ‘this is only going to get worse’.
Today I created and ordered my t-shirt for Trans Pride+ London. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to put together a webpage on my site so that people can meet Steph, and know why they would've loved her. I want to make it clear: these are rights and safeties being taken away from REAL PEOPLE.
May 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today I created and ordered my t-shirt for Trans Pride+ London. Over the next few weeks, I'm going to put together a webpage on my site so that people can meet Steph, and know why they would've loved her. I want to make it clear: these are rights and safeties being taken away from REAL PEOPLE.
Reposted by Lis W
“In 2015 the UK was placed top on the Rainbow Map…in 2024 it sat at fifteenth. With the deterioration in healthcare for trans youth I can’t see us maintaining even that position for long.”
Her Name Is Alice
Today we slip to 22nd overall.
I’m surprised it’s not lower.
Her Name Is Alice
Today we slip to 22nd overall.
I’m surprised it’s not lower.
OMG the ILGA map has been released and this is how the UK looks under their Legal Gender Recognition section.
They awarded us 6.57% WTF.
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/categories/l...
They awarded us 6.57% WTF.
rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/categories/l...
May 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
“In 2015 the UK was placed top on the Rainbow Map…in 2024 it sat at fifteenth. With the deterioration in healthcare for trans youth I can’t see us maintaining even that position for long.”
Her Name Is Alice
Today we slip to 22nd overall.
I’m surprised it’s not lower.
Her Name Is Alice
Today we slip to 22nd overall.
I’m surprised it’s not lower.
Steph loved this time of year. Every bloom I see, every cottony cloud streaking across the sky I stare up at, every beam of sun I close my eyes to and feel upon my face, I am surrounded by her. She didn’t deserve to feel that she couldn’t have any of it anymore. Protect trans people like her.
May 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Steph loved this time of year. Every bloom I see, every cottony cloud streaking across the sky I stare up at, every beam of sun I close my eyes to and feel upon my face, I am surrounded by her. She didn’t deserve to feel that she couldn’t have any of it anymore. Protect trans people like her.
Casual reminder that there are awful examples of humanity in every community that you could think of. There are terrible people scattered amidst the doctors, teachers, heterosexuals, homosexuals etc, office workers, police officers, politicians, religious officials, carers, trans people, cis people.
May 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Casual reminder that there are awful examples of humanity in every community that you could think of. There are terrible people scattered amidst the doctors, teachers, heterosexuals, homosexuals etc, office workers, police officers, politicians, religious officials, carers, trans people, cis people.
Please join me at Trans+ Pride 2025 in London this year, on the 26th July. I’ll be going alone, but I’ll be there for Steph and the other voices who can’t be there to join with ours.
londontranspride.org
londontranspride.org
London Trans+ Pride 2025
londontranspride.org
May 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Please join me at Trans+ Pride 2025 in London this year, on the 26th July. I’ll be going alone, but I’ll be there for Steph and the other voices who can’t be there to join with ours.
londontranspride.org
londontranspride.org
Reposted by Lis W
115 days ago, this beautiful woman took her life. She was 36 years old - an avid gardener, a lover of crochet, endlessly creative and with the kind of charisma which fills a room. You only need look at her one-of-a-kind smile to want to know her, and I was lucky enough to love, and be loved by, her.
May 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
115 days ago, this beautiful woman took her life. She was 36 years old - an avid gardener, a lover of crochet, endlessly creative and with the kind of charisma which fills a room. You only need look at her one-of-a-kind smile to want to know her, and I was lucky enough to love, and be loved by, her.
Reposted by Lis W
This is our Emily who has played for us for the past 3 years.
She is super talented and we are super proud of her.
It is criminal that as well as being barred by the FA from playing FA regulated football she didn't even get a notification.
She is super talented and we are super proud of her.
It is criminal that as well as being barred by the FA from playing FA regulated football she didn't even get a notification.
When your kids heart is completely broken and there is nothing you can do 😞.
May 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is our Emily who has played for us for the past 3 years.
She is super talented and we are super proud of her.
It is criminal that as well as being barred by the FA from playing FA regulated football she didn't even get a notification.
She is super talented and we are super proud of her.
It is criminal that as well as being barred by the FA from playing FA regulated football she didn't even get a notification.
Reposted by Lis W
stop covering trans healthcare bans as "culture war fodder"
so, beyond “this is horrific” & “trans healthcare isn’t a luxury, it’s lifesaving & if you can deny it to inmates you can deny it to anyone.”
1. this article uses the phrase “culture war” 3 times in 389 words. would “governor denies inmates [any other kind of healthcare] be a culture war issue?🧵
1. this article uses the phrase “culture war” 3 times in 389 words. would “governor denies inmates [any other kind of healthcare] be a culture war issue?🧵
Georgia governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender inmates
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender inmates.
www.ajc.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
stop covering trans healthcare bans as "culture war fodder"
Reposted by Lis W
Most celebrities: can't be damned to even talk about defending trans people
David Tennant: turns a question that doesn't mention trans folks once into a clear, decisive message of support and explaining the true machine behind our current oppression
David Tennant: turns a question that doesn't mention trans folks once into a clear, decisive message of support and explaining the true machine behind our current oppression
I do love David Tennant and his response to this question in the Guardian today.
May 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Most celebrities: can't be damned to even talk about defending trans people
David Tennant: turns a question that doesn't mention trans folks once into a clear, decisive message of support and explaining the true machine behind our current oppression
David Tennant: turns a question that doesn't mention trans folks once into a clear, decisive message of support and explaining the true machine behind our current oppression
Reposted by Lis W
We have another progressive Pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American, is now Pope Leo the XIV. We can all breathe now. The Church will continue its path to inclusion.
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We have another progressive Pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American, is now Pope Leo the XIV. We can all breathe now. The Church will continue its path to inclusion.
115 days ago, this beautiful woman took her life. She was 36 years old - an avid gardener, a lover of crochet, endlessly creative and with the kind of charisma which fills a room. You only need look at her one-of-a-kind smile to want to know her, and I was lucky enough to love, and be loved by, her.
May 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
115 days ago, this beautiful woman took her life. She was 36 years old - an avid gardener, a lover of crochet, endlessly creative and with the kind of charisma which fills a room. You only need look at her one-of-a-kind smile to want to know her, and I was lucky enough to love, and be loved by, her.
My name’s Lis. I’m a 36 year old woman from the UK - an educator, neurodivergent, a cynical idealist and someone who values compassion, honesty and affirmative action above anything else. I would genuinely love to connect with other voices in the world (not just looking for a Follow).
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My name’s Lis. I’m a 36 year old woman from the UK - an educator, neurodivergent, a cynical idealist and someone who values compassion, honesty and affirmative action above anything else. I would genuinely love to connect with other voices in the world (not just looking for a Follow).
Steph was passionate about growing flowers; when I had to move out of our home, I took a climbing rose (roses were her favourite) and a little house flower with me. I’m happy to say that, today, the first rose opened! 💛
May 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Steph was passionate about growing flowers; when I had to move out of our home, I took a climbing rose (roses were her favourite) and a little house flower with me. I’m happy to say that, today, the first rose opened! 💛
Anyone who is #trans in the UK and is running low on family, don’t hesitate to reach out. Depending on age, I can easily be your mum, your aunt, your sister or your cousin. I will not let you be alone in this, and have hugs, forehead kisses and activism absolutely raring to go.
May 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Anyone who is #trans in the UK and is running low on family, don’t hesitate to reach out. Depending on age, I can easily be your mum, your aunt, your sister or your cousin. I will not let you be alone in this, and have hugs, forehead kisses and activism absolutely raring to go.