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@lexscotland.bsky.social
Working with marginalised people and organisations for a more equitable future through #LivedExperienceLeadership
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· Jul 8
Scotland Lex Leaders Network Launch Event
<h1>We are launching our new Scotland Lex Leaders Network with a special open webinar event.</h1><h2>We will be sharing the results of our co-production work over the past few months, and announcing t...
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Free webinar to launch the Scotland Lex Leaders Network 31st July!
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Want to find out more about Lived Experience Leadership? What is? How can you support Lex Leaders? Join us live on Thursday, or watch the recording whenever you want as part of our new FREE mini online course. app.forumm.to/event/a747d3...
#LivedExperience #Leadership #LexLeadership
#LivedExperience #Leadership #LexLeadership
WebiNeve: An introduction to Lex Leadership
Find out about an exciting new way of thinking about lived experience of marginalisation to ensure it is at the heart of leadership and decision-making
app.forumm.to
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Want to find out more about Lived Experience Leadership? What is? How can you support Lex Leaders? Join us live on Thursday, or watch the recording whenever you want as part of our new FREE mini online course. app.forumm.to/event/a747d3...
#LivedExperience #Leadership #LexLeadership
#LivedExperience #Leadership #LexLeadership
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
As a Disabled-led business, we know the barriers to Disabled people working aren't going to be solved by this.
Reducing the 1yr+ waiting list for Access to Work could.
Reducing NHS waiting times for treatment could.
Making sure employers provide necessary accommodations could.
Reducing the 1yr+ waiting list for Access to Work could.
Reducing NHS waiting times for treatment could.
Making sure employers provide necessary accommodations could.
This is so fucking stupid
BREAKING: Specialist employment advisers will be based in GP surgeries and mental health services as part of government plans to get people back to work.
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness
Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden speaks to #BBCBreakfast about the government’s plan to tackle long-term sickness
October 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As a Disabled-led business, we know the barriers to Disabled people working aren't going to be solved by this.
Reducing the 1yr+ waiting list for Access to Work could.
Reducing NHS waiting times for treatment could.
Making sure employers provide necessary accommodations could.
Reducing the 1yr+ waiting list for Access to Work could.
Reducing NHS waiting times for treatment could.
Making sure employers provide necessary accommodations could.
We have reached a point where the dehumanisation of marginalised people is normalised. This is terrifying.
In the same announcement, Ofcom revealed that it was also choosing not to investigate the airing of a clear anti-trans slur on GB News.
In fact, Ofcom has quite a track record here... /3
In fact, Ofcom has quite a track record here... /3
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Call to Shoot Disabled Benefit Claimants
The watchdog also refused to investigate a complaint about a presenter's use of an anti-trans slur, saying the comments were "in line with audience expectations for this channel"
bylinetimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
We have reached a point where the dehumanisation of marginalised people is normalised. This is terrifying.
At Lex Scotland we know wealth inequality is a serious issue, and leads to marginalisation. It also means marginalised people don't have the services and supports they need.
Should aristocrats get blank cheques while the poorest have bailiffs at the door?
@ross-greer.bsky.social ⤵️
@ross-greer.bsky.social ⤵️
September 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At Lex Scotland we know wealth inequality is a serious issue, and leads to marginalisation. It also means marginalised people don't have the services and supports they need.
#LexLeaders aren't just CEOs and bosses. They are also leaders in our communities. Peaceful protest is a vital part of being able to influence change on the things that impact us and matter to us.
700+ arrested.
70 charged with terrorism-related offenses for holding a placard.
Amnesty International calls it for what it is: absurd and unlawful.
We can't let this go unchallenged.
Sign the letter: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
70 charged with terrorism-related offenses for holding a placard.
Amnesty International calls it for what it is: absurd and unlawful.
We can't let this go unchallenged.
Sign the letter: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...
End the Prosecution of Peaceful Protestors in the UK
700+ people have been arrested under terrorism laws in the UK- for protesting peacefully against the banning of Palestine Action. The UK’s chief prosecutors must now decide whether to prosecute them. ...
www.amnesty.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
#LexLeaders aren't just CEOs and bosses. They are also leaders in our communities. Peaceful protest is a vital part of being able to influence change on the things that impact us and matter to us.
A great opportunity for those impacted by the criminal justice system
Looking for someone who really listens?
Our Listening Ear service offers weekly chats with trained Psychology & Counselling students. A safe, no-pressure space for anyone affected by the justice system.
💬 Get in touch | places are limited.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk
Our Listening Ear service offers weekly chats with trained Psychology & Counselling students. A safe, no-pressure space for anyone affected by the justice system.
💬 Get in touch | places are limited.
🔗 nextchapterscotland.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A great opportunity for those impacted by the criminal justice system
As a trans-led organisation, we will be continuing to acknowledge and support trans people.
Watch this space for some free training coming soon!
Watch this space for some free training coming soon!
“The word ‘transgender’ is only used in the title of the LGBT section, and is not found anywhere else in the document.”
The censorship is institutionalised transphobia. Despite what courts/politicians claim, the term “biological sex” does not have a simple meaning. Young people deserve much better!
The censorship is institutionalised transphobia. Despite what courts/politicians claim, the term “biological sex” does not have a simple meaning. Young people deserve much better!
RSE guidance is “patently and cruelly transphobic” - community responds to ‘Section 28 2.0’ curriculum
It has taken a "trans exclusionary" approach and received widespread condemnation from the LGBTQIA+ community
www.wearequeeraf.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
As a trans-led organisation, we will be continuing to acknowledge and support trans people.
Watch this space for some free training coming soon!
Watch this space for some free training coming soon!
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“The causes of NSD are not yet fully understood. Some people blame environmental factors, or a lack of vaccines, but we do know that genetics play an important part. This means that if you have neurotypical family members, that does place your child at increased risk.”
Every parent’s worst nightmare! Could your child be neurotypical?
Autistic parents have been warned to be vigilant for signs that their child could be afflicted with Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder, or NSD. Speaking in front of a parliamentary group, paediatrician Li...
thedailytism.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“The causes of NSD are not yet fully understood. Some people blame environmental factors, or a lack of vaccines, but we do know that genetics play an important part. This means that if you have neurotypical family members, that does place your child at increased risk.”
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Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos on protest ⬇️
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
July 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos on protest ⬇️
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
The crackdown on our right to protest started with rhetoric- ministers saying peaceful protests are “hate marches”.
Now it’s in policy, expanding police powers to crackdown on our right to speak truth to power.
Still time to sign up for this!
If you can't join us live, everyone who registers will have access to the recording afterwards
If you can't join us live, everyone who registers will have access to the recording afterwards
Free webinar to launch the Scotland Lex Leaders Network 31st July!
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Scotland Lex Leaders Network Launch Event
<h1>We are launching our new Scotland Lex Leaders Network with a special open webinar event.</h1><h2>We will be sharing the results of our co-production work over the past few months, and announcing t...
book.plinth.org.uk
July 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Still time to sign up for this!
If you can't join us live, everyone who registers will have access to the recording afterwards
If you can't join us live, everyone who registers will have access to the recording afterwards
As someone who worked in schools under section 28 back in the 1990s, this sounds far too familiar...
4/ Supreme Court ruling could be taught to children
The guidance also sets out that schools should teach what laws apply to the gender-critical dog whistle 'biological sex' - a term, which still doesn't have a specific legal definition.
The guidance also sets out that schools should teach what laws apply to the gender-critical dog whistle 'biological sex' - a term, which still doesn't have a specific legal definition.
July 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
As someone who worked in schools under section 28 back in the 1990s, this sounds far too familiar...
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Today we're launching our new report, ‘Still Complicated’, the follow-up to our 2015 ‘Complicated?’ report, exploring bi+ people's experiences of services and recommendations for how they could be supported better 🩷💜💙
Find out more & read it here: www.equality-network.org/still-compli...
Find out more & read it here: www.equality-network.org/still-compli...
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Today we're launching our new report, ‘Still Complicated’, the follow-up to our 2015 ‘Complicated?’ report, exploring bi+ people's experiences of services and recommendations for how they could be supported better 🩷💜💙
Find out more & read it here: www.equality-network.org/still-compli...
Find out more & read it here: www.equality-network.org/still-compli...
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African Rainbow Family is looking for people who are dynamic passionately committed to upholding the rights of LGBTIQ+ refugees and people seeking asylum at a critical time for the future of the asylum system and the rights of refugees. Please click on link below:
https://loom.ly/tZMGmtk
https://loom.ly/tZMGmtk
July 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
African Rainbow Family is looking for people who are dynamic passionately committed to upholding the rights of LGBTIQ+ refugees and people seeking asylum at a critical time for the future of the asylum system and the rights of refugees. Please click on link below:
https://loom.ly/tZMGmtk
https://loom.ly/tZMGmtk
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This day/week aims to raise awareness and understanding of non-binary people.
Here in the UK non-binary people lack legal recognition, face barriers to accessing healthcare and other spaces which are divided in binary categories, increasing hate crime and discrimination in employment and services.
Here in the UK non-binary people lack legal recognition, face barriers to accessing healthcare and other spaces which are divided in binary categories, increasing hate crime and discrimination in employment and services.
July 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
This day/week aims to raise awareness and understanding of non-binary people.
Here in the UK non-binary people lack legal recognition, face barriers to accessing healthcare and other spaces which are divided in binary categories, increasing hate crime and discrimination in employment and services.
Here in the UK non-binary people lack legal recognition, face barriers to accessing healthcare and other spaces which are divided in binary categories, increasing hate crime and discrimination in employment and services.
Register now to join us live on the day, or if you can't make it, everyone who registers will get access to the recording after the event!
Free webinar to launch the Scotland Lex Leaders Network 31st July!
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Scotland Lex Leaders Network Launch Event
<h1>We are launching our new Scotland Lex Leaders Network with a special open webinar event.</h1><h2>We will be sharing the results of our co-production work over the past few months, and announcing t...
book.plinth.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Register now to join us live on the day, or if you can't make it, everyone who registers will get access to the recording after the event!
Learn about the coproduction of our Scotland Lex Leaders Network at our launch event 31st July!
Insights from our members on what #LexLeaders need & how to support them.
If you can't join us on the day, you can register to access a recording after the event book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Insights from our members on what #LexLeaders need & how to support them.
If you can't join us on the day, you can register to access a recording after the event book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Scotland Lex Leaders Network Launch Event
<h1>We are launching our new Scotland Lex Leaders Network with a special open webinar event.</h1><h2>We will be sharing the results of our co-production work over the past few months, and announcing t...
book.plinth.org.uk
July 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Learn about the coproduction of our Scotland Lex Leaders Network at our launch event 31st July!
Insights from our members on what #LexLeaders need & how to support them.
If you can't join us on the day, you can register to access a recording after the event book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Insights from our members on what #LexLeaders need & how to support them.
If you can't join us on the day, you can register to access a recording after the event book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
A safe place to share experiences and know it will be helping. Thanks @transactualuk.bsky.social
If you have been stopped, challenged or harassed when using a single-sex space (such as toilets or changing rooms) since the UK's Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act. We need to hear from you.
Let us know at: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo25
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #TransAlly
Let us know at: tinyurl.com/ReportALoo25
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #LGBTQIA #TransAlly
July 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A safe place to share experiences and know it will be helping. Thanks @transactualuk.bsky.social
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The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, conducted a visit to the United Kingdom from 30 June to 4 July 2025, and a report was released today, including his thoughts on the state of trans rights in the UK at the moment.
Read more here: www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Read more here: www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
![Graphic with a pink to purple gradient background. It says "he Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights said today that he "is concerned about the current climate for trans people [in the UK]. ... He deplores that discussions tend towards the exclusion of trans people from many aspects of society, rather than ensuring that their inclusion and dignity are upheld." At the bottom are the Scottish Trans and Equality Network logo.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5yqalqva5ot4a566h2yncaiy/bafkreih72z6iyjo72f7b4rckdskff5kpmu3nfkgczisjbhcpxajxqwuqeq@jpeg)
July 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, conducted a visit to the United Kingdom from 30 June to 4 July 2025, and a report was released today, including his thoughts on the state of trans rights in the UK at the moment.
Read more here: www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Read more here: www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Free webinar to launch the Scotland Lex Leaders Network 31st July!
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Scotland Lex Leaders Network Launch Event
<h1>We are launching our new Scotland Lex Leaders Network with a special open webinar event.</h1><h2>We will be sharing the results of our co-production work over the past few months, and announcing t...
book.plinth.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Free webinar to launch the Scotland Lex Leaders Network 31st July!
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
Guest speaker Mark Fabian on co-production in institutions & organisations, and hear about the findings of our coproduction process to design the network.
Find out more and register here:
book.plinth.org.uk/e/9lvntdzKx5...
As an Autistic led organisation, this is just far too accurate for comfort! Dread to think what the Lex Scotland attic holds...
“This is something healthy and sustainable that I can keep up forever,” she added. “If I play my cards right, my sister might even let me come to her hen do! We just can’t do predrinks in my attic, for obvious reasons.”
Autistic woman masks flawlessly as portrait in her attic grows increasingly haggard
An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate. Mary Walker, 33, no...
thedailytism.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
As an Autistic led organisation, this is just far too accurate for comfort! Dread to think what the Lex Scotland attic holds...
Reposted by Lex Scotland
“This is something healthy and sustainable that I can keep up forever,” she added. “If I play my cards right, my sister might even let me come to her hen do! We just can’t do predrinks in my attic, for obvious reasons.”
Autistic woman masks flawlessly as portrait in her attic grows increasingly haggard
An autistic woman is reportedly so good at masking she is frequently mistaken for a neurotypical – while the monstrous portrait in her attic withers and decays at an alarming rate. Mary Walker, 33, no...
thedailytism.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“This is something healthy and sustainable that I can keep up forever,” she added. “If I play my cards right, my sister might even let me come to her hen do! We just can’t do predrinks in my attic, for obvious reasons.”
Reposted by Lex Scotland
News is swirling around about the chaotic concessions and bill push-through yesterday.
But what are the actual changes and how will they impact you?
Our Welfare Policy Officer, Ken Butler takes you through it all in this piece👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
But what are the actual changes and how will they impact you?
Our Welfare Policy Officer, Ken Butler takes you through it all in this piece👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
Government Avoids Welfare Reform Bill Defeat After Last Minute PIP
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
July 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
News is swirling around about the chaotic concessions and bill push-through yesterday.
But what are the actual changes and how will they impact you?
Our Welfare Policy Officer, Ken Butler takes you through it all in this piece👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
But what are the actual changes and how will they impact you?
Our Welfare Policy Officer, Ken Butler takes you through it all in this piece👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/governm...
Reposted by Lex Scotland
The Supreme Court ruling and the draft EHRC Statutory Code has left trans people in the UK feeling scared and confused.
To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource: transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly #LGBTQ
To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource: transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly #LGBTQ
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Supreme Court ruling and the draft EHRC Statutory Code has left trans people in the UK feeling scared and confused.
To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource: transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly #LGBTQ
To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource: transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly #LGBTQ
Unlikely this will be anywhere near as widely reported as the initial ban advice, so let's make sure as many people are aware of this as possible
None of those newspapers (or the BBC) that gleefully ran stories when the EHRC gave trans people a shoeing will now report on the EHRC admitting they (and hence those stories) were wrong. Are those outlets craven - or dishonest?
Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
EHRC Drops Workplace Toilet Advice Amid Legal Threat - Law360
Britain's equal rights watchdog has dropped its advice to employers that they must provide single-sex toilets in the wake of a landmark U.K. Supreme Court decision in the face of a court challenge.
www.law360.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Unlikely this will be anywhere near as widely reported as the initial ban advice, so let's make sure as many people are aware of this as possible