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intercomtrustlgbt.bsky.social
@intercomtrustlgbt.bsky.social
🌈 LGBT+ charity & advocacy organisation supporting people across the South West
☎️: 0800 612 3010 (Mon-Fri, 9-4)
💻: helpline@intercomtrust.org.uk
🖥️: https://www.intercomtrust.org.uk/
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We are delighted to be here on Bluesky! 🌟

Intercom Trust is a community-led charity that aims to build a South West region where vibrant LGBT+ communities live with real equality.

Find out what we do at Intercom Trust to serve our communities across the South West ⬇️

💻: www.intercomtrust.org.uk
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3 Myths About Gender Identity

1️⃣ “Gender is the same as sex.” - Nope! Gender is how someone identifies.
2️⃣ “Nonbinary people are just confused.” - False. Their identity is valid and real.
3️⃣ “There are only two genders.” - Gender is a spectrum, not a binary.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🏳️‍🌈 Intercom and Together Devon are continuing our Drug & Alcohol Support Café for members of our LGBT+ communities who have issues with substance misuse

📅 These take place on Mondays from 6-8pm every two weeks at our Exeter Office

📅 Upcoming sessions: 17th November, 1st December
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Awareness Week leads into Trans Day of Remembrance on 20th November, which Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded in 1999 in honour of Rita Hester, a trans women who was murdered in 1998 🏳️‍⚧️
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🎄🌈 We have a LGBTQ+ Christmas Family Day coming up this month in Exeter! 🎄🌈

🌟 LGBTQ+ Family Day - Saturday 29th November - Intercom Exeter Office - 10.00-13.00
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
💜💛💜 Today marks Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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We want to hear your thoughts about HIV testing, stigma, and HIV awareness. It’s super quick — it only takes 2 minutes to complete — and your feedback will help shape our services and future campaigns.

Take the survey today: bit.ly/4oQOO7C

#HIV #hivawareness #worldaidsday #sexualhealth
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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We’ve created an FAQ resource with common questions that might be raised by MPs.

Find the resource at: tinyurl.com/Bathroom-Ban...

Ask your MP to urge the government to scrap the bathroom ban.

You can find our resource for meeting your MP at:
tinyurl.com/Meet-Your-MP

#ScrapTheBathroomBan
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🌏 Support Intercom by signing up to @easyfunds.bsky.social and plan your next getaway! 🌏

🌈 Link below! 🌈
🌍 Booking.com’s £10 Giveback 🌍

Planning your next getaway? This week only, when you book accommodation with Booking.com through easyfundraising, you’ll instantly raise a £10 donation for your cause, at no extra cost to you.

👉 Visit https://buff.ly/LBVioTg
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
❤️ Thursday 6th of November we will mark 30 years since the brutal homophobic attack on two gay men in Central Park, Plymouth

🏳️‍🌈 Join Pride in Plymouth Community Trust at the Clock Tower in Central Park at 6.30pm
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🏳️‍⚧️ November is Trans Awareness Month 🏳️‍⚧️

💙 Trans Awareness Month aims to uplift and celebrate our trans communities, and also to memorialize victims of anti-trans hatred or prejudice on Trans Day of Remembrance
November 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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The EHRhas sent a new draft Code of Practice which would lead to the exclusion of trans people from public life.

The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

#ScrapTheBathroomBan
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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To find out more about who we are, what we plan to do and how we are looking to support the LGBT+ charitable and voluntary sector check out our brand new website www.lgbtfund.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🎃🌈 Wishing you a safe and happy Halloween from all of us at Intercom! 🎃🌈

👻 We hope you enjoy this holiday as a moment to have fun and express yourself!
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Can you hear jingle bells? 🎄🔔🧑‍🎄☃️

Help us raise vital funds to support trans+ youth this festive season as part of our Trans Secret Santa community project.

We've just launched the best trans Christmas cards you've ever seen*, with our amazing trans+ artists 🎁

www.zeffy.com/en-GB/ticket...
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🌈 Take a look at our upcoming dates for our YAY youth groups for November 2025 in Truro, Cornwall!

Ages 13-17

➡ Tuesday 4th November – Drop In (6-9pm)
➡ Tuesday 11th November – Drop In (6-9pm)
➡ Tuesday 25th November – Drop In (6-9pm)
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Spaces are open to be a volunteer in a FLINTA* identifying Focus Group Read Through of a new play by Imogen Frances (they/them/she), with music by Clara Pople (she/her) at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter next week 📣

🚨 Deadline for signups is Friday 31st October at 5pm 🚨
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Black History Month! 🖤

🌈 Throughout the month we will be sharing the voices of our African Rainbow Family Siblings, to talk about what Black History means for LGBTIQ+.🧡💛🤎🖤

🤎We have Adeniyi!

#pride #blackhistory2025 #lgbtiq #refugees #blackhistorymonth
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🏳️‍🌈 Intercom and Together Devon are continuing our Drug & Alcohol Support Café for members of our LGBT+ communities who have issues with substance misuse

🚨 Please note the Café will no longer be running on 3rd November - next session is 17th November

📅 Upcoming sessions: 17th November, 1st December
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🎃🌈 Enter the Halloween draw with @easyfundraising.bsky.social for a chance to support Intercom! 🎃🌈
Day 5 is here… and it’s frightfully fashionable! 👻🎃

Click the F&F gravestone today and your cause could bag a £200 donation! 💷

Remember, a brand-new chance to win for your cause rises from the grave each day at midnight until Halloween. 🕛

👉 Dare to enter: buff.ly/QhUzs0T
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
💛💜💛 Intersex Awareness Day is an internationally observed awareness day designed to highlight human rights issues faced by intersex people
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📣 Spaces are open to be a volunteer in a FLINTA* identifying Focus Group Read Through of a new play by Imogen Frances (they/them/she), with music by Clara Pople (she/her)
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
❤️💛💚 October is Black History Month - a month in which we celebrate the culture, history, achievements and contributions of black people - not just in the UK, but throughout the world

Here are some organisations working to provide support to Black LGBT+ people ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The EHRC has sent a new draft Code of Practice which would lead to the exclusion of trans people from public life.

The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...

#ScrapTheBathroomBan
October 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🌈 Great news! You can now raise free donations for Intercom Trust when you shop in person at participating stores like Tesco, John Lewis, and Clarks!
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🎃🌈 We have a new LGBTQ+ Family Day coming up this month in Exeter - with Halloween fun! 🎃🌈

🌟 LGBTQ+ Family Day - Saturday 25th October - Halloween Crafts - Intercom Exeter Office - 10.30am-12.30pm
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM