Paula Griffin
@paulajgriffin.bsky.social
No longer afraid to be myself. Goalkeeper for Clapton CFC, Goal Diggers, Peckham Town Women and anyone else who’ll have me! Living beyond cancer, with a stoma and with CKD - massive emphasis on the word “Living”
Last year was matching at Pride just in front of the FA contingent who proudly carried a banner proclaiming “Football for All”. A number of the women in that group I’ve played with & against. 12 months it’s as if the pigs have been up the ladder with brushes and added “…for all BUT YOU!”
FA deliberately humiliate trans men who want to play football
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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FA deliberately humiliate trans men who want to play football - Trans Writes
After trans women were recently banned from the women’s game, attention is now turning to new restrictions on trans men, who must sign a declaration all are refusing to accept.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Last year was matching at Pride just in front of the FA contingent who proudly carried a banner proclaiming “Football for All”. A number of the women in that group I’ve played with & against. 12 months it’s as if the pigs have been up the ladder with brushes and added “…for all BUT YOU!”
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July 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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As @bernietranders.bsky.social linked to this account I’d better get to work on resuscitating it! X account died a long time ago and you’ll mainly find me on
About time I kicked my #bluesky account into gear. FB suddenly seems to have decided I want to read lots of transphobia 🤷🏻♀️. Frustratingly Threads still gets me decent engagement but just needs the effort here I guess.
July 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As @bernietranders.bsky.social linked to this account I’d better get to work on resuscitating it! X account died a long time ago and you’ll mainly find me on
About time I kicked my #bluesky account into gear. FB suddenly seems to have decided I want to read lots of transphobia 🤷🏻♀️. Frustratingly Threads still gets me decent engagement but just needs the effort here I guess.
January 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
About time I kicked my #bluesky account into gear. FB suddenly seems to have decided I want to read lots of transphobia 🤷🏻♀️. Frustratingly Threads still gets me decent engagement but just needs the effort here I guess.
Watched “A Real Pain” twice and thought it might be easier on second viewing but it doesn’t. Kieran Culkin’s performance is up there with the best this year but it’s the simplify of the film that resonantes. The scenes at Majdanek hit hard reawakening the sights & even smells of that place.
January 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Watched “A Real Pain” twice and thought it might be easier on second viewing but it doesn’t. Kieran Culkin’s performance is up there with the best this year but it’s the simplify of the film that resonantes. The scenes at Majdanek hit hard reawakening the sights & even smells of that place.
Most inappropriate Christmas present ever. I was 14 years old when my uncle & aunt sent me this. Given my sisters were already convinced I was either gay or “wanted to be a woman”, unsurprisingly 45 years later I actually still have the almost totally unused bottle somewhere.
December 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Most inappropriate Christmas present ever. I was 14 years old when my uncle & aunt sent me this. Given my sisters were already convinced I was either gay or “wanted to be a woman”, unsurprisingly 45 years later I actually still have the almost totally unused bottle somewhere.
Just completed my application for a London 60+ travel card. Yes, in precisely 14 days I will be the same age as Victor Meldrew when One Foot in the Grave began!! Really???
December 24, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Just completed my application for a London 60+ travel card. Yes, in precisely 14 days I will be the same age as Victor Meldrew when One Foot in the Grave began!! Really???
As someone with an “invisible disability” - stoma bag after major cancer related surgery to remove my bladder. In 7 years since that surgery & 5 since transition I’ve had more incidents using accessible toilets than the one I’ve had using female facilities.
December 9, 2024 at 10:46 PM
As someone with an “invisible disability” - stoma bag after major cancer related surgery to remove my bladder. In 7 years since that surgery & 5 since transition I’ve had more incidents using accessible toilets than the one I’ve had using female facilities.
The transphobes can’t stop me playing football but #StormDarragh can. Match with @peckhamtownfc.bsky.social Women off this morning due to the high winds.
December 7, 2024 at 10:48 AM
The transphobes can’t stop me playing football but #StormDarragh can. Match with @peckhamtownfc.bsky.social Women off this morning due to the high winds.
Visibility matters. Genuinely moved to see these affirming portraits taken as part of a series celebrating queer bodies in sport & raising funds for Mermaids. A reminder that being #transgender should never stop you doing the things you love with the people you love.
December 7, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Visibility matters. Genuinely moved to see these affirming portraits taken as part of a series celebrating queer bodies in sport & raising funds for Mermaids. A reminder that being #transgender should never stop you doing the things you love with the people you love.
Ain’t no “childless cat lady”, I’m an angry flying monkey woman!
a silhouette of a woman in a witch hat looking out a window
ALT: a silhouette of a woman in a witch hat looking out a window
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December 6, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Ain’t no “childless cat lady”, I’m an angry flying monkey woman!
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December 5, 2024 at 10:32 AM
#Transgender women should never be defined by the clothes we wear but by the people we are. Might be in my football kit but that doesn’t stop me being a proud defiant woman. Thanks to Maisy Banks for this stunning portrait 🥹
December 5, 2024 at 12:53 PM
#Transgender women should never be defined by the clothes we wear but by the people we are. Might be in my football kit but that doesn’t stop me being a proud defiant woman. Thanks to Maisy Banks for this stunning portrait 🥹
Looks like moaning about the Trafalgar Square tree is becoming a new English Christmas tradition
December 5, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Looks like moaning about the Trafalgar Square tree is becoming a new English Christmas tradition
Didn’t take too long for #Threads to descend into the swamp of bigotry. Almost like a carbon copy of Twitter with low follower (& low IQ individuals) piling in like flies on a turd.
a large rock is in the middle of a body of water
ALT: a large rock is in the middle of a body of water
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December 4, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Didn’t take too long for #Threads to descend into the swamp of bigotry. Almost like a carbon copy of Twitter with low follower (& low IQ individuals) piling in like flies on a turd.
A #transgender woman played soccer with her friends yesterday. Unsurprisingly women’s sports wasn’t destroyed.
December 1, 2024 at 7:32 AM
A #transgender woman played soccer with her friends yesterday. Unsurprisingly women’s sports wasn’t destroyed.
Powerful portraits from London’s fan-owned, anti-fascist football club @claptoncfc.co.uk - Roman Manfredi’s latest project explores WNB teams, encouraging viewers to mobilise against misogyny in football & beyond. Amazing to be part of this. #womensfootball www.dazeddigital.com/art-photogra...
Powerful portraits from London’s fan-owned, anti-fascist football club
Roman Manfredi’s latest project explores Clapton Community FC’s women’s and non-binary teams, encouraging viewers to mobilise against misogyny in the world of football and beyond
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November 28, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Powerful portraits from London’s fan-owned, anti-fascist football club @claptoncfc.co.uk - Roman Manfredi’s latest project explores WNB teams, encouraging viewers to mobilise against misogyny in football & beyond. Amazing to be part of this. #womensfootball www.dazeddigital.com/art-photogra...
What’s your sign?
November 28, 2024 at 3:25 PM
What’s your sign?
Been there… well one of them anyway as there are a lot of Twatts around.
November 28, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Been there… well one of them anyway as there are a lot of Twatts around.
What was the 1st album you bought with your own money?
Apart a few “liberated” from Woolworths along with the Pic’n’Mix, it to be this. Not only did I fall in love with the music but the album design was as messed up as my 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ mind.
Apart a few “liberated” from Woolworths along with the Pic’n’Mix, it to be this. Not only did I fall in love with the music but the album design was as messed up as my 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ mind.
November 28, 2024 at 3:20 PM
What was the 1st album you bought with your own money?
Apart a few “liberated” from Woolworths along with the Pic’n’Mix, it to be this. Not only did I fall in love with the music but the album design was as messed up as my 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ mind.
Apart a few “liberated” from Woolworths along with the Pic’n’Mix, it to be this. Not only did I fall in love with the music but the album design was as messed up as my 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ mind.
Always find it tough looking at this photo, taken by the amazing Serena Brown while filming an advert for women’s football. Early in my transition, less than 12 months but looked so much like my late mother it was uncanny. And a little scary. #transgender
November 28, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Always find it tough looking at this photo, taken by the amazing Serena Brown while filming an advert for women’s football. Early in my transition, less than 12 months but looked so much like my late mother it was uncanny. And a little scary. #transgender
Sharing an experience as a newly out trans woman. Back in 2020, arrived at Guys Cancer Centre for my annual CT scan with appointment letter still in my deadname. Despite being terribly British, telling her she didn’t need to worry about updating my details, she insisted on doing it all. #LoveOurNHS
November 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Sharing an experience as a newly out trans woman. Back in 2020, arrived at Guys Cancer Centre for my annual CT scan with appointment letter still in my deadname. Despite being terribly British, telling her she didn’t need to worry about updating my details, she insisted on doing it all. #LoveOurNHS
How the 🦆 are people suppressing the desire to join in the moment those first notes of “Defying Gravity” burst out? Definitely one of the toughest moments of my life!! #Wicked
November 26, 2024 at 4:57 AM
How the 🦆 are people suppressing the desire to join in the moment those first notes of “Defying Gravity” burst out? Definitely one of the toughest moments of my life!! #Wicked