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Londoner. Scientist. Drinker of coffee, lover of walks, mother of twin black cats. Only half British.

I keep a journal: https://themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/

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I love Edinburgh’s Lighthouse Books - such an inspirational space full of magnificent people - their support means the world
Lighthouse bookshop gang in front of a wall that says “look after each other”
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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nionwomen.bsky.social
📢 One of our NION Women collective responds to the exclusion of trans women from Labour's Women’s Conference.

Read our latest blog: notinourname.org.uk/trans-women-excluded-labour-womens-conference/
Trans Women No Longer Welcome at Labour Women's Conference We say 'Not In Our Name'
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
⚡Blog entry: About the lives we imagined, and the one we’re choosing now.

We have news: I've been offered a job in Canada. My husband and I are leaving Britain in 2026 because of the disastrous #EA2010 UK Supreme Court decision. #LGBT #transrights

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This life.
In another life, Ben and I bought a little flat in Bloomsbury, the heart of London, and we walked down Lamb’s Conduit Street every day for cinnamon rolls and black americanos. On weekends, we…
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December 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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If you are:
December 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
When the EA2010 guidance hasn't even been accepted by the government? Really?

These organisations don't have ANY principles when the going gets tough. I guess it is now easier to figure out which orgs I shouldn't put my time into.

#SisterhoodNotCisterhood #LGBwiththeT #LGBT
December 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
December’s darkness feels like fabric this year - heavy, velvety, and strangely comforting. themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/2025/12/02/s...

#journal #lgbt #december #winter #darkness #blog #life
Season of the sticks
How is it already December? This year has somehow been both the fastest and slowest year. Over the past few days, Ben and I have been tremendously organised. I woke up early on Saturday morning, ov…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
The north wind has arrived in London, and the path forward is still blurred.

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Still trying to leave the UK. #LGBT #UK
The north wind
It seems that Autumn in London has finally arrived with its northern chill. The trees have shed their leaves, and frost gathers on morning rooftops, glittering like shards of glass in the dim sunli…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
It was the 12th anniversary of our second wedding last week. Some days, it’s hard not to feel bitter, knowing we would not be struggling so much if trans lives were treated with kindness here in the UK.

#LGBT #trans #LGBTQ #marriage #UK

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Autumn anniversary
This week was our wedding anniversary – our second wedding, to be precise. Over a decade ago, we decided to have two: one in London in the spring, and one in America in the autumn. His world,…
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October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Huge thanks to @tacc.org.uk for spearheading this, and to everyone involved for all their dedicated hard work. The EHRC is #NotFitForPurpose and can no longer be relied upon to uphold and protect the human rights of people in the UK.
tacc.org.uk TACC @tacc.org.uk · Oct 23
🚨 Joint Statement

This formal challenge to the EHRC’s fitness for purpose has been brought by @transactualuk.bsky.social, @amnestyuk.bsky.social k.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social

Together they have reported the EHRC
to the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI)
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October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
My husband and I are still searching for ways to leave Britain after the Supreme Court ruling on the #EA2010. As a trans-cis couple, we don't feel safe here. We don't have it figured out yet, but I'm still keeping a blog about it, here👇

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#lgbt #trans
In-between
I wish I had better news. The past three weeks have been disorienting. A blur of disappointment, exhaustion, and the constant swing between hope and despair. It feels like living as a spring: stret…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald

I feel it every year: Autumn’s invitation to pause, savour, and let go. #blog #autumn #seasons #life

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Life starts all over again
Last Monday was the Autumn Equinox, and London seems to have understood the assignment. It has been cool enough to wear jumpers beneath my new tawny trench coat, and the first trees have been blush…
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September 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
Hard day: I told my PhD supervisor I can’t apply for UK research roles. After the Supreme Court ruling on the Equalities Act, it feels unsafe for my husband and me to stay. We’ll need to find a path to a safer country. It is difficult not knowing what is next. #LGBT #UK #SupremeCourt #transrights
September 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
Just got back from travelling through Belgium + Germany. Trains, art, oktoberfest, castles, and meetings about what comes next. As the wife of a trans man, I write regularly about joy, fear, and the hope of finding somewhere safe: themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/j...
#transrights #LGBT #UK
J’existe.
For the past week, we’ve been travelling through Belgium and Germany by train. Having grown up in America and then moved to Britain, the novelty of train travel has never quite worn off. Our route …
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September 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
Ben got a promotion. I got an interview. We’re lucky - but I keep thinking about the life we nearly had, before the UK chose culture wars.

⚡✍️ New on my #blog The Midnight Thrum: A Life Between Lives: themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/2025/08/07/a...

#transrights #UK #LGBT
A life between lives.
Ben found out a couple of weeks ago that he was promoted at work, something that he had been working towards for 8 months. I’m so proud of him. It struck me that we would be in a great situation in…
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August 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
As someone who grew up with a pet goat, I approve and agree. 👍 🐐❤️
August 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
‘…perhaps, like the collapsing of the waveform of a particle, the knowledge that this time would end. Even if we feel as if we exist in all states at once, everywhere and no where, we will one day find ourselves.’

New #blog here: themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/i... #lgbt #transrights #uk
I want my time with you.
In the middle of the golden hour, as the Sun set late in the London sky and in the chaos of the unknown and the warmth of a silent breeze, it struck me; I was happy. It was the gentlest of feelings…
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August 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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agc1985.bsky.social
Labour has done things in office that the previous Tory government issued travel warnings for US states that did the same!
July 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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pinknews.bsky.social
As Trump closes LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline, here’s where you can still find help
As Trump closes LGBTQ+ hotline, here’s where you can still find help
As of Thursday, July 17, a federal program that provides emergency crisis support to LGBTQ+ youth at risk of suicide will be shut down.
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July 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
It’s been awhile. Still here, still queer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️, still planning to move. Here’s a little update now that summer storms have arrived in London.

#TransRights #LGBTQ+#QueerVoices #TransInclusion #LGBT #UKPolitics #EHRC #HumanRights #Blog

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Summer storms.
Apologies for the silence these past two months. Between work, research, conferences, papers, job applications, and the slow churn of everyday life, it’s been hard to find the time or the emotional…
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July 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
I was in France for work this week. Just as we were over the border, it was like a weight had been lifted. In that moment, I made up my mind that we have to move out of the UK. It is amazing how you don’t realise you’ve been holding your breath until you can finally exhale. #transphobia #uk #lgbt
May 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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We don't think the interim guidance published by the EHRC and pushed by Bridget Phillipson is lawful.

So today we've started legal proceedings against them.
May 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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unicornsrockuk.bsky.social
Just watched a nearly 40 year old clip of McKellen talking very articulately to Wogan about Section 28.

Never imagined we'd be dealing with exactly the same bullshit and hysteria 37 years later. Almost like we never learn.

Note similarities from 2:30 onwards.
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1988: IAN McKELLEN on Section 28 | Wogan | Classic Celebrity Interviews | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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May 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
People keep saying Britain is tolerant. But tolerant for whom? I’m looking for a future in #science - and a country that sees us clearly.

✍️ New blog post: themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/b...

#trans #LGBT #LGBTQ #EqualityAct2010 #UKSupremeCourt #EHRC #tolerance
British tolerance
I went to my supervisor on Wednesday to explore the possibilities of research positions in Canada, Europe, and Australia – essentially anywhere that was LGBTQ+ friendly and had the kind of sc…
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May 10, 2025 at 8:55 AM
themidnightthrum.bsky.social
After the EHRC interim guidance, we are starting to look at alternatives to the UK. Everything feels upside down right now.

I'm writing about change, uncertainty and small moments of peace. New blog here: themidnightthrum.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/i...

#lgbt #blog #ehrc
In the dim light
On Friday night, the EHRC released what is being called an “interim update.” It’s hard to describe; as others have put it, the update feels tantamount to the legal segregation of transgender people…
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April 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM