Nicki Hastie
@nickihastie.bsky.social
Lesbian writer, Lego builder, line dancer, looking to bounce words.
Gender non-conforming, neurodivergent, living flat after breast cancer.
Working in local voluntary sector infrastructure. My views.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ They/she. nickihastie.uk
Gender non-conforming, neurodivergent, living flat after breast cancer.
Working in local voluntary sector infrastructure. My views.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ They/she. nickihastie.uk
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A researcher is looking for participants to take part in research about improving access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people living with chronic illness.
Please see the poster for more information. If you would like to participate, please email him directly 17002702@hope.ac.uk
#LGBTQResearch
Please see the poster for more information. If you would like to participate, please email him directly 17002702@hope.ac.uk
#LGBTQResearch
August 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A researcher is looking for participants to take part in research about improving access to healthcare for LGBTQ+ people living with chronic illness.
Please see the poster for more information. If you would like to participate, please email him directly 17002702@hope.ac.uk
#LGBTQResearch
Please see the poster for more information. If you would like to participate, please email him directly 17002702@hope.ac.uk
#LGBTQResearch
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Boy do we have some exciting news… to everyone who’s been asking if we’re taking on new writers, the answer is finally yes!
We’re hiring! Sharpen your pencils, comedy writers - you have two weeks to perfect your applications to be our next freelancers!
We’re hiring! Sharpen your pencils, comedy writers - you have two weeks to perfect your applications to be our next freelancers!
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August 31, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Boy do we have some exciting news… to everyone who’s been asking if we’re taking on new writers, the answer is finally yes!
We’re hiring! Sharpen your pencils, comedy writers - you have two weeks to perfect your applications to be our next freelancers!
We’re hiring! Sharpen your pencils, comedy writers - you have two weeks to perfect your applications to be our next freelancers!
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm choosing Garden Birds.
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm choosing Garden Birds.
July 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I love this. Thank you for making me smile (often), Moose.
June 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I love this. Thank you for making me smile (often), Moose.
I was proud to be able to adopt a couple of Snorp at the weekend, at Notts Trans Pride. I think they're settling in well, and they make me smile.
They are adorable small #ClayCreatures with large personalities. Please look out for them.
#Snorp
They are adorable small #ClayCreatures with large personalities. Please look out for them.
#Snorp
It's Pride Month and the Snorp assembled for a photo before hunting down bad thoughts and leftover crumbs! You'll be seeing more of them this #pride so why not give them a share and a follow to find some in the wild! #nottingham #pride2025 #Snorp #claycreatures #handmade #crafts
June 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I was proud to be able to adopt a couple of Snorp at the weekend, at Notts Trans Pride. I think they're settling in well, and they make me smile.
They are adorable small #ClayCreatures with large personalities. Please look out for them.
#Snorp
They are adorable small #ClayCreatures with large personalities. Please look out for them.
#Snorp
Very powerful. You are a fantastic writer, Elsa, and we need your words and we need your satire. We need all of you. Thank you for sharing.
I hope the powers that be are listening.
I hope the powers that be are listening.
Deep breath, lads.
In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got.
#TakingThePip
In response to the proposed government disability cuts, I wrote a piece about my life before The Daily Tism (it includes a PIP assessment, a mental health crisis and iced Madeira cake). We’ll fight this with everything we’ve got.
#TakingThePip
I’m an autistic writer who is finally working. Without PIP, I wouldn’t have had a chance
How do you explain a PIP assessment to somebody who’s never had one?
medium.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Very powerful. You are a fantastic writer, Elsa, and we need your words and we need your satire. We need all of you. Thank you for sharing.
I hope the powers that be are listening.
I hope the powers that be are listening.
So glad I spotted this, reposted by someone else.
I've just booked to watch the livestream.
I've just booked to watch the livestream.
The man remains truly excellent and this is going to be amazing
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...
Sir Ian McKellen to open historic all-trans and nonbinary production of Twelfth Night
Director Phoebe Kemp said: "Twelfth Night already toys with gender and performance – it feels like Shakespeare wrote it for us"
www.attitude.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So glad I spotted this, reposted by someone else.
I've just booked to watch the livestream.
I've just booked to watch the livestream.
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An exceptional analysis of some of the 🤯 errors in the Supreme Court Judgment.
Something has gone very wrong indeed.
(Published by kind permission of @translegalproject.bsky.social). goodlaw.social/nid3
Something has gone very wrong indeed.
(Published by kind permission of @translegalproject.bsky.social). goodlaw.social/nid3
For Women Scotland: a legal critique | Good Law Project
April’s Supreme Court decision is being treated as the final word. But the judgment has introduced considerable uncertainty to the law, and some parts appear to set back the rights of trans people by ...
goodlaw.social
April 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
An exceptional analysis of some of the 🤯 errors in the Supreme Court Judgment.
Something has gone very wrong indeed.
(Published by kind permission of @translegalproject.bsky.social). goodlaw.social/nid3
Something has gone very wrong indeed.
(Published by kind permission of @translegalproject.bsky.social). goodlaw.social/nid3
Reposted by Nicki Hastie
Trans people are who they say they are.
If we allow people, even allies, to say that they are biologically not-that, then we are conceding a conceptual and rhetorical ground that we should not concede.
If we allow people, even allies, to say that they are biologically not-that, then we are conceding a conceptual and rhetorical ground that we should not concede.
April 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Trans people are who they say they are.
If we allow people, even allies, to say that they are biologically not-that, then we are conceding a conceptual and rhetorical ground that we should not concede.
If we allow people, even allies, to say that they are biologically not-that, then we are conceding a conceptual and rhetorical ground that we should not concede.
Thanks for another great news show @thedailytism.bsky.social
To everyone I know: Watch! Watch! Watch!
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To everyone I know: Watch! Watch! Watch!
(That's three times at each of your favourite volume settings.)
An astronaut, a vampire and a Jane Austen hero walk into a sketch show!
Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
Catch the full second episode of The Daily Tism News, in collaboration with Turtle Canyon Comedy here! (Now contains even more autism)
The Daily Tism - news by and for autistic people - EPISODE 2 - EASTER
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April 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks for another great news show @thedailytism.bsky.social
To everyone I know: Watch! Watch! Watch!
(That's three times at each of your favourite volume settings.)
To everyone I know: Watch! Watch! Watch!
(That's three times at each of your favourite volume settings.)
Wow! Just wow!
This is far too close for comfort.
This also covers days that aren't annual leave but are supposed to be non-working days for those like me who are not quite full-time!
This is far too close for comfort.
This also covers days that aren't annual leave but are supposed to be non-working days for those like me who are not quite full-time!
“Sorry I’m not at my desk right now. I’m currently floating above myself watching Niamh lying motionless on top of a duvet, debating if a second nap might end the day quicker.”
Out of office? Autistic woman spending annual leave out of body
Instead of a three-day trip to Greece or meeting up with friends, an autistic woman has dedicated her annual leave to completely depersonalising from herself, according to reports. Niamh Callaghan, 31...
thedailytism.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Wow! Just wow!
This is far too close for comfort.
This also covers days that aren't annual leave but are supposed to be non-working days for those like me who are not quite full-time!
This is far too close for comfort.
This also covers days that aren't annual leave but are supposed to be non-working days for those like me who are not quite full-time!
I've been gender non-conforming all my life. I'm tired of people harassing & questioning me when I use public toilet spaces.
I know best which bathroom to use!
Also: I now define my gender as a non-binary lesbian. Get used to it!
Solidarity with all trans people.
Trans rights are human rights.
I know best which bathroom to use!
Also: I now define my gender as a non-binary lesbian. Get used to it!
Solidarity with all trans people.
Trans rights are human rights.
April 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I've been gender non-conforming all my life. I'm tired of people harassing & questioning me when I use public toilet spaces.
I know best which bathroom to use!
Also: I now define my gender as a non-binary lesbian. Get used to it!
Solidarity with all trans people.
Trans rights are human rights.
I know best which bathroom to use!
Also: I now define my gender as a non-binary lesbian. Get used to it!
Solidarity with all trans people.
Trans rights are human rights.
Reposted by Nicki Hastie
Got interviewed by @itsjoshmilton.bsky.social for the Metro. The article interviews disabled people on the impact of the UK governments proposed savage benefit cuts and looming policies of austerity metro.co.uk/2025/03/26/i...
'I'm LGBTQ+ and disabled - losing my benefits means I will lose my independence'
'If I lost my PIP, I simply lose my job.'
metro.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Got interviewed by @itsjoshmilton.bsky.social for the Metro. The article interviews disabled people on the impact of the UK governments proposed savage benefit cuts and looming policies of austerity metro.co.uk/2025/03/26/i...
Reposted by Nicki Hastie
The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
March 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Chancellor said today that she would not do anything to put household finances in danger
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
Yet the government’s own assessment shows their cuts to health related benefits risk pushing 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children 📢
Their assessment also found... 1/3
This news day is going to shit, isn't it.
It feels like the most vulnerable people are being deliberately and cruelly targeted and denied the support and respect that keeps people alive.
It feels like the most vulnerable people are being deliberately and cruelly targeted and denied the support and respect that keeps people alive.
March 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This news day is going to shit, isn't it.
It feels like the most vulnerable people are being deliberately and cruelly targeted and denied the support and respect that keeps people alive.
It feels like the most vulnerable people are being deliberately and cruelly targeted and denied the support and respect that keeps people alive.
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Making hate and abuse the thing that’s protected tells us a lot about who we are. (Clue: really much more like those guys over the pond than we like to pretend!) As ever, the people who want to debate free speech just mean they want to use slurs.
“The OfS criticised the university's policy statement on Trans and Non-Binary equality, saying its requirement to "positively represent trans people" and an assertion that "transphobic propaganda [would] not be tolerated" could lead staff and students to "self-censor".” Uhhhhh
This is of very great concern. Labour has effectively declared war on trans academics and students. By defining transphobia as a “free speech” issue it is going to protect transphobes in higher education while preventing trans-inclusion. This is the opposite of “free speech”.
March 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Making hate and abuse the thing that’s protected tells us a lot about who we are. (Clue: really much more like those guys over the pond than we like to pretend!) As ever, the people who want to debate free speech just mean they want to use slurs.
Reposted by Nicki Hastie
Absolutely surreal that the university has been fined more than half a million for pro-inclusion policies that they *didn't even enforce*. Stock left because students *exercised their free speech* and it made her uncomfortable.
This is of very great concern. Labour has effectively declared war on trans academics and students. By defining transphobia as a “free speech” issue it is going to protect transphobes in higher education while preventing trans-inclusion. This is the opposite of “free speech”.
Sussex university fined £585,000 in transgender free speech row
The university is fined by the higher education regulator for failing to uphold freedom of speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Absolutely surreal that the university has been fined more than half a million for pro-inclusion policies that they *didn't even enforce*. Stock left because students *exercised their free speech* and it made her uncomfortable.
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It’s #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek so I’ve put together a short list of queer books with great neurodivergent protagonists and themes on our website - all of them with links, as well as the suggested reading age.
Read the full blog: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/queer-b...
#booksky #NCW
Read the full blog: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/queer-b...
#booksky #NCW
Queer Books With Neurodiverse Characters
I've had a few people lately ask for queer book recommendations with neurodiverse characters. There are plenty out there, but it's often tricky to find them, especially if you're not sure where to sta...
www.proud-geek.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek so I’ve put together a short list of queer books with great neurodivergent protagonists and themes on our website - all of them with links, as well as the suggested reading age.
Read the full blog: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/queer-b...
#booksky #NCW
Read the full blog: www.proud-geek.co.uk/post/queer-b...
#booksky #NCW
Yes, I booked my ticket this afternoon for:
Intense Fascination: A Celebration of Autistic Creative Writing.
For others who want to go, it's on Saturday 29 March 2025, 9.30am - 5.30pm, online.
Tickets are £15 / £10 (concessions).
And see more here:
beyondthespectrum.uk/bts-writing-...
Intense Fascination: A Celebration of Autistic Creative Writing.
For others who want to go, it's on Saturday 29 March 2025, 9.30am - 5.30pm, online.
Tickets are £15 / £10 (concessions).
And see more here:
beyondthespectrum.uk/bts-writing-...
Introducing our next Intense Fascination Keynote Speaker: @aoifedooley.bsky.social! 🎉
Aoife is the award-winning illustrator, author and comedian behind the 'Frankie's World' series.
Have you got your tickets to our online creative writing festival? 👀⏬
buff.ly/H6AjLW4
Aoife is the award-winning illustrator, author and comedian behind the 'Frankie's World' series.
Have you got your tickets to our online creative writing festival? 👀⏬
buff.ly/H6AjLW4
March 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yes, I booked my ticket this afternoon for:
Intense Fascination: A Celebration of Autistic Creative Writing.
For others who want to go, it's on Saturday 29 March 2025, 9.30am - 5.30pm, online.
Tickets are £15 / £10 (concessions).
And see more here:
beyondthespectrum.uk/bts-writing-...
Intense Fascination: A Celebration of Autistic Creative Writing.
For others who want to go, it's on Saturday 29 March 2025, 9.30am - 5.30pm, online.
Tickets are £15 / £10 (concessions).
And see more here:
beyondthespectrum.uk/bts-writing-...
I'm going to resist this one. At almost 56 years of age, I'm starting to tell myself that I don't have to be the one who has to solve everything, although it's harder to let go of the worry that creates. The emotional baggage is packed in tight. Everything's a work in progress.
“It’s not just about the unlit cigarette,” Hapworth continued. “Which will, of course, haunt my nightmares – it’s the principle. We might have needed that lighter to keep warm in the wilderness. If this was a real emergency, we’d all be dead.”
Failure! Overprepared autistic woman forgets to pack the one thing someone wants to borrow
An autistic woman who usually leaves the house with every practical item anyone might ever need has apologised for her lack of foresight after failing to pack the one thing a stranger asked for. Beth...
thedailytism.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm going to resist this one. At almost 56 years of age, I'm starting to tell myself that I don't have to be the one who has to solve everything, although it's harder to let go of the worry that creates. The emotional baggage is packed in tight. Everything's a work in progress.
Things I used to get up to:
Leading on the choreography for fundraising and awareness-raising flash mobs.
On this day in 2014:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti2...
Leading on the choreography for fundraising and awareness-raising flash mobs.
On this day in 2014:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti2...
1in3 Day 2014 Flash mob for John van Geest Cancer Research Centre
YouTube video by TrentAlumni
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Things I used to get up to:
Leading on the choreography for fundraising and awareness-raising flash mobs.
On this day in 2014:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti2...
Leading on the choreography for fundraising and awareness-raising flash mobs.
On this day in 2014:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ti2...
Reposted by Nicki Hastie
Autism in therapy: Monotropism, meditation and autistic flow.
River Marino with their chapter from 'On Being an Autistic Therapist', edited by Max Marnau @rabthecat.bsky.social and published by @pccsbooks.bsky.social.
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
River Marino with their chapter from 'On Being an Autistic Therapist', edited by Max Marnau @rabthecat.bsky.social and published by @pccsbooks.bsky.social.
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
www.bps.org.uk
February 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Autism in therapy: Monotropism, meditation and autistic flow.
River Marino with their chapter from 'On Being an Autistic Therapist', edited by Max Marnau @rabthecat.bsky.social and published by @pccsbooks.bsky.social.
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
River Marino with their chapter from 'On Being an Autistic Therapist', edited by Max Marnau @rabthecat.bsky.social and published by @pccsbooks.bsky.social.
Repost for your chance to win a copy!
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
#PsySciSky
Reposted by Nicki Hastie
This LGBT+ History Month, the Consortium Team have chosen five incredible activists and changemakers to highlight who have helped shape a more inclusive and just society:
💜 Paris Lees
💙 Leila Zadeh
💚 Harvey Kennedy-Pitt
💛 Fox Fisher
🧡 Reeta Loi
1/3
💜 Paris Lees
💙 Leila Zadeh
💚 Harvey Kennedy-Pitt
💛 Fox Fisher
🧡 Reeta Loi
1/3
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This LGBT+ History Month, the Consortium Team have chosen five incredible activists and changemakers to highlight who have helped shape a more inclusive and just society:
💜 Paris Lees
💙 Leila Zadeh
💚 Harvey Kennedy-Pitt
💛 Fox Fisher
🧡 Reeta Loi
1/3
💜 Paris Lees
💙 Leila Zadeh
💚 Harvey Kennedy-Pitt
💛 Fox Fisher
🧡 Reeta Loi
1/3