VicGrimwood
@vicgrimwood.bsky.social
Social Worker & PhD student, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Policy Institute, KCL. Researching the bettering of data for ASC & Social Work. Critical Data Studies & Data Justice lens. NIHR DLAF hosted by Camden. Own views, occasionally.
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Health Rising: 'Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I'
'..these diseases appear to have what’s called a “pre-synaptic vesicle energy problem'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
'..these diseases appear to have what’s called a “pre-synaptic vesicle energy problem'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I - Health Rising
Low brain norepinephrine levels could explain many of the symptoms present in ME/CFS, long COVID and similar diseases.
www.healthrising.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Health Rising: 'Role Reversal: Could a WEAKENED Fight/Flight Response Be Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Pt. I'
'..these diseases appear to have what’s called a “pre-synaptic vesicle energy problem'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
'..these diseases appear to have what’s called a “pre-synaptic vesicle energy problem'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
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These findings align with my experiences. I am not holding my breath (no pun) for any shift. #LongCOVID is being erased defunded and de problematisation. My clinic closed along with a couple of hundred others. I look forward to feeling better once my LTC no longer exists www.bbc.com/news/article...
Surrey long Covid patients gaslit by medical professionals, study finds
The University of Surrey study says patients faced "gatekeeping" of treatment from medical professionals.
www.bbc.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
These findings align with my experiences. I am not holding my breath (no pun) for any shift. #LongCOVID is being erased defunded and de problematisation. My clinic closed along with a couple of hundred others. I look forward to feeling better once my LTC no longer exists www.bbc.com/news/article...
Enjoying the harvest from my raised bed!
August 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Enjoying the harvest from my raised bed!
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Since publishing Rainbow Trap in June, I've been sharing ideas from the book across the UK and getting a feel for what ideas about LGBTQ data resonate with audiences and what ideas fall flat.
Here's my list of 10 things I've learnt when talking about LGBTQ data 👇
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/08/07/1...
Here's my list of 10 things I've learnt when talking about LGBTQ data 👇
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/08/07/1...
10 Things I Learnt When Talking about LGBTQ Data
Based on questions asked by audiences, conversations that followed and subsequent messages on social media, here is my list of ten things I have learnt about LGBTQ data since publishing a book all …
kevinguyan.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Since publishing Rainbow Trap in June, I've been sharing ideas from the book across the UK and getting a feel for what ideas about LGBTQ data resonate with audiences and what ideas fall flat.
Here's my list of 10 things I've learnt when talking about LGBTQ data 👇
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/08/07/1...
Here's my list of 10 things I've learnt when talking about LGBTQ data 👇
📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/08/07/1...
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The UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission needs a leader that commands the respect of ALL marginalised communities! No anti-trans fanatics! Add your signature and share!
forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZA...
#EHRC #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Equality #ProtectTheDolls #Pride
forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZA...
#EHRC #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Equality #ProtectTheDolls #Pride
Letter to member of the Women and Equalities Committee, June 2025
Please fill out the form below by Friday, 20 June 2025, to add your signature to this letter. Share this form widely to anyone who might be interested.
The author, Anna Langley, is doing this to help...
forms.gle
June 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission needs a leader that commands the respect of ALL marginalised communities! No anti-trans fanatics! Add your signature and share!
forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZA...
#EHRC #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Equality #ProtectTheDolls #Pride
forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZA...
#EHRC #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Equality #ProtectTheDolls #Pride
Looking forward sharing and learning and seeing the sea
Final plug for Tuesday's Box Breakers gathering @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social! 📢
Just had a peek at the programme and it looks FANTASTIC - excited to meet others working on sexuality, gender and/or box breaking topics!
🔗 Register to attend (in-person or online): blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/2025/04...
Just had a peek at the programme and it looks FANTASTIC - excited to meet others working on sexuality, gender and/or box breaking topics!
🔗 Register to attend (in-person or online): blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/2025/04...
Box Breakers: Queer Data, Categories and Who Counts? 🔢
Super excited for this one-day conference at @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social on 20 May, with presenters sharing work on sexuality, gender and/or the idea of box breaking!
🔗 Register to attend (hybrid): blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/2025/04...
Super excited for this one-day conference at @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social on 20 May, with presenters sharing work on sexuality, gender and/or the idea of box breaking!
🔗 Register to attend (hybrid): blogs.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/2025/04...
May 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Looking forward sharing and learning and seeing the sea
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We're gathering a collective of UK data professionals (researchers, practitioners etc.) to fight efforts to make digital and data systems trans-exclusionary.
This weekend we will write to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 📝
Message me and I'll add you to the collective.
This weekend we will write to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 📝
Message me and I'll add you to the collective.
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We're gathering a collective of UK data professionals (researchers, practitioners etc.) to fight efforts to make digital and data systems trans-exclusionary.
This weekend we will write to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 📝
Message me and I'll add you to the collective.
This weekend we will write to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology 📝
Message me and I'll add you to the collective.
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Today we welcomed @jessmcp.bsky.social as new ADASS President. She said: “Our strength comes not from a single voice, but from all of us, asking questions, learning together, and always striving to do better.” Read her speech: www.adass.org.uk/adasss-new-president-jess-mcgregors-keynote-speech/
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today we welcomed @jessmcp.bsky.social as new ADASS President. She said: “Our strength comes not from a single voice, but from all of us, asking questions, learning together, and always striving to do better.” Read her speech: www.adass.org.uk/adasss-new-president-jess-mcgregors-keynote-speech/
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Statement on the EHRC ‘guidance’.
The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/04...
The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Statement on the EHRC ‘guidance’.
The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/04...
The EHRC ‘guidance’ put out at 10pm last night is a bigoted attempt to segregate trans people in public spaces. It is almost certainly unlawful.
transactual.org.uk/blog/2025/04...
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There’s a LOT of anger out there about the EHRC and government overreach into lgbtq lives this morning. Hold on to it and use it; don’t mourn, organise. We can beat them.
April 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
There’s a LOT of anger out there about the EHRC and government overreach into lgbtq lives this morning. Hold on to it and use it; don’t mourn, organise. We can beat them.
Resist over compliance and continue to challenge discrimination. Trans and non-binary people you are loved. Your lived experiences and identities matter. LGBTQ+ people stand together.
April 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Resist over compliance and continue to challenge discrimination. Trans and non-binary people you are loved. Your lived experiences and identities matter. LGBTQ+ people stand together.
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Suggestions from me and @vicgrimwood.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/2rqJLx...
Finnegan the Folk Hero
Momus · Folktronic · Song · 2001
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March 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Suggestions from me and @vicgrimwood.bsky.social open.spotify.com/track/2rqJLx...
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TransActual and FGEN statement on the Sullivan Review:
We reject the conclusion of a report on data collection by academic Prof Alice Sullivan as biased, inadequate & potentially harmful to all citizens of the UK, whether trans or not.
Full statement: transactual.org.uk/statement-on...
We reject the conclusion of a report on data collection by academic Prof Alice Sullivan as biased, inadequate & potentially harmful to all citizens of the UK, whether trans or not.
Full statement: transactual.org.uk/statement-on...
March 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
TransActual and FGEN statement on the Sullivan Review:
We reject the conclusion of a report on data collection by academic Prof Alice Sullivan as biased, inadequate & potentially harmful to all citizens of the UK, whether trans or not.
Full statement: transactual.org.uk/statement-on...
We reject the conclusion of a report on data collection by academic Prof Alice Sullivan as biased, inadequate & potentially harmful to all citizens of the UK, whether trans or not.
Full statement: transactual.org.uk/statement-on...
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The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has just published Alice Sullivan's Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, a hangover from the former Tory government's mission to address ‘wokeism in science’. /1 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender
An independent review by Professor Alice Sullivan that looks at data, statistics and research on sex and gender.
www.gov.uk
March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has just published Alice Sullivan's Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, a hangover from the former Tory government's mission to address ‘wokeism in science’. /1 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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I will always defer to Dr Guyan on data matters - here's the thread you need on the Sullivan review.
The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has just published Alice Sullivan's Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, a hangover from the former Tory government's mission to address ‘wokeism in science’. /1 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender
An independent review by Professor Alice Sullivan that looks at data, statistics and research on sex and gender.
www.gov.uk
March 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I will always defer to Dr Guyan on data matters - here's the thread you need on the Sullivan review.
Finally watching #LawrenceofBelgravia #StreetLevelSuperstar
February 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Finally watching #LawrenceofBelgravia #StreetLevelSuperstar
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This LGBT+ History Month, we honour the activists and who have fought for our rights and continue to push for equality. #Activism isn’t easy and neither is navigating life’s challenges. If you ever need to talk, we're here to listen.
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📧 hello@switchboard.lgbt
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February 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This LGBT+ History Month, we honour the activists and who have fought for our rights and continue to push for equality. #Activism isn’t easy and neither is navigating life’s challenges. If you ever need to talk, we're here to listen.
📱 0800 0119 100
💬 switchboard.lgbt
📧 hello@switchboard.lgbt
📱 0800 0119 100
💬 switchboard.lgbt
📧 hello@switchboard.lgbt
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PhD Studentship (LGBT Foundation & University of York) to start Autumn 2025. I'm supervising. 'Passing on the Torch: Using the arts to facilitate intergenerational dialogue promoting the transmission of LGBTQ+ cultural knowledge, memory, resilience, and resistance' wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
wrocah.ac.uk
February 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
PhD Studentship (LGBT Foundation & University of York) to start Autumn 2025. I'm supervising. 'Passing on the Torch: Using the arts to facilitate intergenerational dialogue promoting the transmission of LGBTQ+ cultural knowledge, memory, resilience, and resistance' wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Really looking forward to reading this. It should arrive in time for my birthday in June.
🌈 Delighted to share the cover for my new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion, publishing with Bloomsbury this June www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rainbow-t...
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Really looking forward to reading this. It should arrive in time for my birthday in June.
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Today is publication day for the new book - Critical Data Studies. But since my copies are stuck in Holyhead parcel pileup & open access version not yet available on publisher website I'm saving marketing stuff to new year. As a launch day it's a bit of an anti-climax! But it's no longer 'in press'
December 20, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Today is publication day for the new book - Critical Data Studies. But since my copies are stuck in Holyhead parcel pileup & open access version not yet available on publisher website I'm saving marketing stuff to new year. As a launch day it's a bit of an anti-climax! But it's no longer 'in press'
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The Scottish Government has published its Non-Binary Equality Action Plan 2023-28, Progress Report 📝
Several initiatives are underway related to identity documents, IT systems and data practices but progress is slow with a huge amount still to do. www.gov.scot/publications...
Several initiatives are underway related to identity documents, IT systems and data practices but progress is slow with a huge amount still to do. www.gov.scot/publications...
Non–binary equality action plan 2023-2028: progress report 2024
The Report provides detail on the progress made during 2024, our first year of this five-year Plan. It outlines some of our key achievements, and describes what we said we would do, what we have done,...
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December 18, 2024 at 10:34 AM
The Scottish Government has published its Non-Binary Equality Action Plan 2023-28, Progress Report 📝
Several initiatives are underway related to identity documents, IT systems and data practices but progress is slow with a huge amount still to do. www.gov.scot/publications...
Several initiatives are underway related to identity documents, IT systems and data practices but progress is slow with a huge amount still to do. www.gov.scot/publications...
I was cheered by these office decorations. And the ass saw the Angel.
December 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I was cheered by these office decorations. And the ass saw the Angel.