Claire
@clreay.bsky.social
Disabled gen-x crafter. Alphabet mafia. Trans ally. Community worker. Advocate and educator. Lover of tea. PA to a rescue dog. Shenanigans forever
Spent the last 3 nights performing inna play and it has been exhausting and exhilerating and a massive learning curve.
In my free time before today's show, I went to a matinee of My Neighbour Totoro, and it works much better at the Gillian Lynne than it did at the Barbican
In my free time before today's show, I went to a matinee of My Neighbour Totoro, and it works much better at the Gillian Lynne than it did at the Barbican
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Spent the last 3 nights performing inna play and it has been exhausting and exhilerating and a massive learning curve.
In my free time before today's show, I went to a matinee of My Neighbour Totoro, and it works much better at the Gillian Lynne than it did at the Barbican
In my free time before today's show, I went to a matinee of My Neighbour Totoro, and it works much better at the Gillian Lynne than it did at the Barbican
Got up at 6.30 for an early appointment with our lovely plumbers. They are booked for 7am TOMORROW. I am blaming lack of sleep and high dose pain meds
September 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Got up at 6.30 for an early appointment with our lovely plumbers. They are booked for 7am TOMORROW. I am blaming lack of sleep and high dose pain meds
5th day of debilitating back pain, and I am very much over it
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
5th day of debilitating back pain, and I am very much over it
It's heartbreaking to see Your Party implode before it even gets going, and to see the rampant misogyny on display.
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's heartbreaking to see Your Party implode before it even gets going, and to see the rampant misogyny on display.
Replacing 2 problematic men with 2 women would be fine, if one of the women didn't also have form as a bully
September 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Replacing 2 problematic men with 2 women would be fine, if one of the women didn't also have form as a bully
Managed to get The Teen to college via bus and (lovely, accessible) Suffragette line. Amazed by how many people were turning up at the station with no idea that there is a strike on the tube this week
September 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Managed to get The Teen to college via bus and (lovely, accessible) Suffragette line. Amazed by how many people were turning up at the station with no idea that there is a strike on the tube this week
Have done the business part of the day, and prepped dinner this morning. Weekend laundry is also done. That means I get to spend some time at The Moonlight Market, with thanks to @joannechocolat.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Have done the business part of the day, and prepped dinner this morning. Weekend laundry is also done. That means I get to spend some time at The Moonlight Market, with thanks to @joannechocolat.bsky.social
Spent my morning rehearsing a song for a scratch night next week. The song is the opening of a play I am going to be in and wtf has happened to my life? I am a regular 51 year old disabled woman, and now THIS is my life? I pinch myself every single day!
September 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Spent my morning rehearsing a song for a scratch night next week. The song is the opening of a play I am going to be in and wtf has happened to my life? I am a regular 51 year old disabled woman, and now THIS is my life? I pinch myself every single day!
The police were heavy-handed, for sure, but it's grim to see this man being held up as the people's champion
Graham Linehan is an anti-trans obsessive, not a free speech martyr
What has happened to Linehan is a predictable outcome for someone who becomes radicalised, obsessive and chronically online.
metro.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The police were heavy-handed, for sure, but it's grim to see this man being held up as the people's champion
Very confused at reports that Drew Barrymore has come out as bi at 50. As a community, we claimed her years ago. I'm sure this isn't a new thing
September 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very confused at reports that Drew Barrymore has come out as bi at 50. As a community, we claimed her years ago. I'm sure this isn't a new thing
Anyone else watching Alien Earth? I'm enjoying it, mostly
September 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Anyone else watching Alien Earth? I'm enjoying it, mostly
Thursday Murder Club is a much-loved book series for me, so it was obvious that my ND brain was going to struggle with ANY adaptation.
I genuinely did enjoy it, but I was very conscious of the things that didn't work for me, and I dont have the option of turning that off.
7/10
I genuinely did enjoy it, but I was very conscious of the things that didn't work for me, and I dont have the option of turning that off.
7/10
August 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Thursday Murder Club is a much-loved book series for me, so it was obvious that my ND brain was going to struggle with ANY adaptation.
I genuinely did enjoy it, but I was very conscious of the things that didn't work for me, and I dont have the option of turning that off.
7/10
I genuinely did enjoy it, but I was very conscious of the things that didn't work for me, and I dont have the option of turning that off.
7/10
I just cannot
Israel bombed a hospital.
Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.
Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.
Read that again.
Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded.
Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV.
Read that again.
Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.
August 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I just cannot
Why am I still so shit at pacing? I just exist in a cycle of doing too much and then crashing
(rhetorical question/moan)
(rhetorical question/moan)
August 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why am I still so shit at pacing? I just exist in a cycle of doing too much and then crashing
(rhetorical question/moan)
(rhetorical question/moan)
This. All of this. So disappointed in so many people right now
If you're an actual ally to trans people, and if you stand with trans people...do you know what you do when someone offers you a role on a new audio book of Harry Potter?
You tell your agent to decline on your behalf, and if you're really good and allied, your instagram story is 'Fuck Off TERFS'
You tell your agent to decline on your behalf, and if you're really good and allied, your instagram story is 'Fuck Off TERFS'
August 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This. All of this. So disappointed in so many people right now
Stupid disabilities ha e joined forces to kick my butt today. Implementing my ultimate self-care routine - lying under a blanket watching a mediocre horror film
August 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Stupid disabilities ha e joined forces to kick my butt today. Implementing my ultimate self-care routine - lying under a blanket watching a mediocre horror film
This is me, but my specific fixation is wonky London geography. The number of times I have lost my shit because you don't turn off Hoxton Street onto Brick Lane is huge
Pippa Durham, 38, was looking forward to a new six-part series billed as a bodice-ripping retelling of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. However, she spotted a 20th-century doorknob in the background of one of the shots and has been livid ever since.
Autistic woman watching period drama driven to madness by inauthentic doorknobs
An autistic woman watching a period drama has been driven to distraction after catching several glimpses of a modern doorknob, it has been reported. Pippa Durham, 38, was looking forward to a new six-...
thedailytism.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is me, but my specific fixation is wonky London geography. The number of times I have lost my shit because you don't turn off Hoxton Street onto Brick Lane is huge
Big up my fellow #ActuallyAustistic folks who have managed not to be sexual predators or blamed their victims
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Big up my fellow #ActuallyAustistic folks who have managed not to be sexual predators or blamed their victims
Back in pandemic days, kiddo and I played lots of Animal Crossing. Got kiddo a Switch 2 and asked for the old Switch so I could go back to my island. It's gone in some data transfer drama that I am too medicated to understand. Over 950 hours
June 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Back in pandemic days, kiddo and I played lots of Animal Crossing. Got kiddo a Switch 2 and asked for the old Switch so I could go back to my island. It's gone in some data transfer drama that I am too medicated to understand. Over 950 hours
Of course I now have a big jar of super-gay Marmite because he said "nobody wants that dirty, queer shit"
June 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Of course I now have a big jar of super-gay Marmite because he said "nobody wants that dirty, queer shit"
They ain't lying when they say that heat makes people crazy. Old man shouting at the Pharmacist for being anti-Semitic because she cant fill an electronic script issued in Israel. Then, big gammony fella turning around jars of Marmite in Sainsbury's because they have Elton John and a rainbow flag...
June 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
They ain't lying when they say that heat makes people crazy. Old man shouting at the Pharmacist for being anti-Semitic because she cant fill an electronic script issued in Israel. Then, big gammony fella turning around jars of Marmite in Sainsbury's because they have Elton John and a rainbow flag...
Argh, I have lost a box of meds. I am going to have to ask my GP for a repeat, despite it not being due for another month. This isn't the first time this has happened. I blame the gatekeeping Psych at the ADHD clinic who is STILL withholding my Concerta
June 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Argh, I have lost a box of meds. I am going to have to ask my GP for a repeat, despite it not being due for another month. This isn't the first time this has happened. I blame the gatekeeping Psych at the ADHD clinic who is STILL withholding my Concerta
It's been quite the day here. Furniture that didn't fit through doorways, a dog who wanted me to rescue him, ripping my new shirt on a piece of wood. We have sorted the furniture issue though, and eaten raspberries picked from our garden. I'm calling that a win
June 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's been quite the day here. Furniture that didn't fit through doorways, a dog who wanted me to rescue him, ripping my new shirt on a piece of wood. We have sorted the furniture issue though, and eaten raspberries picked from our garden. I'm calling that a win
Reposted by Claire
And this, dear friends, is the difference between Gay and Queer.
Gay ex-TV host David Bull is Reform UK’s new chairman
Gay ex-TV host David Bull is Reform UK's new chairman
Gay ex-TV presenter and former MEP David Bull has been named Reform UK's new chairman, replacing Zia Yusuf who resigned last week.
www.thepinknews.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
And this, dear friends, is the difference between Gay and Queer.
Make them famous
⚠️ Warning ⚠️
Wilshaw Suites, Blackpool, has confirmed it is an anti gay establishment.
A person was refused service due to booking for themselves and their same sex partner.
They have confirmed they do not allow "same sexes" to stay at their apartments.
More info...
Wilshaw Suites, Blackpool, has confirmed it is an anti gay establishment.
A person was refused service due to booking for themselves and their same sex partner.
They have confirmed they do not allow "same sexes" to stay at their apartments.
More info...
🧵BAT SIGNAL 🦇🏳️🌈 A friend of mine has tried to book accommodation in Blackpool for her and her wife. Wilshaw Suites, Blackpool asked her to ‘confirm your relationship’ and told her they ‘don’t allow same sexes’
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Make them famous