Leigh Downes (they/them)
Queer, northern, non-binary, cat companion, DIY queer feminist culture fan, jigsaw enthusiast, peaks walker, bookworm & Juno Books volunteer.
Senior lecturer in Criminology at The Open University. Researching gender, sexuality, violence & social justice.
@nancymk.bsky.social
Human rights geek | Executive Director at DIVA | Director Trans Solidarity Alliance | Trustee Bishopsgate Institute | 'might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb'
@wearequeeraf.com
Understand the LGBTQIA+ world 🏳️🌈 Support queer creatives to change the media 🏳️⚧️ @transhistoryweek.com initiative 🎙️ #QueerAF podcast 📧 Try our 4.8/5⭐ weekly newsletter: https://www.wearequeeraf.com/subscribe/
@mimmymum.bsky.social
Passionate about acceptance for #transgender people & #trans kids 🏳️⚧️ equality & saving our planet 🌍 Inclusive cis feminist ⚧ ➡️ https://linktr.ee/mimmymum
@travellerpride.bsky.social
A UK social group ran by and for LGBT+ Travellers, used in the most inclusive sense - Including Roma, Irish Travellers, Gypsies, Boaters, New Age Travellers, Showmen, and other Travellers both "ethnic" and "new" living traditionally or settled.
@tactt.bsky.social
We are a group of therapists against transphobia and conversion therapy. We stand for the MoU https://linktr.ee/TACTT
@translegalproject.bsky.social
TLP analyses and comments on UK law that affects trans people's lives and rights. We can't advise on individual cases. Utterly opposed to The UK Supreme Court ruling of 16/4/25 and to its rampant exploitation subsequently. www.translegalproject.org
@helenbelcherobe.bsky.social
Former Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, current Lib Dem councillor, head of TransActual, Leveson witness, former company founder, looking for a quieter life.
@networkgender.bsky.social
We exist to promote the understanding, equality, equity & rights relating to all gender identities, & to stand against transphobia & gender-based discrimination. https://feministgenderequality.network/product/entrance-trans-liberation-now/
@transmediawatch.bsky.social
Helping the media report on transgender issues with accuracy, dignity & respect. Helping trans people who are receiving media attention. We tackle the bullies!
@ameresolicitor.bsky.social
They / Them Just a lawyer, cross about injustice and the world burning. Typos, terrible jokes, and pointing out the law. Anon as thoughts my own.
@damselindystopia.bsky.social
Researcher of anti-trans harms. Moody anarchafeminist. The village byke. Sin is treating people as things. She/her. https://damselindystopia.ghost.io
@hleehurley.com
Writer. Media critic. He/him. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. DailyCannon.com Co-founder transwrites.world. Subscribe to The Trans Agenda hleehurley.com also on https://www.patreon.com/c/leehurley Signal leehurley.75 paypal.me/leehurley
@jessgagnon.bsky.social
Lecturer University of Manchester Sociologist of #Inequalities #HigherEd #STEM #FirstGen #WorkingClass #Feminist #BwiththeT #Bi #LGBTQIA she/her - views mine
@lucyobrien.bsky.social
Philosopher of MInd at UCL, Chair of The Royal Institute of Philosophy, Co-Editor of MIND Sustained through temporary periods of joy by an abiding sense of tragedy. (Yeats)
@clsrleeds.bsky.social
We are a research centre within the University of Leeds. Let’s think about intimacy together. - https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/420/centre_for_love_sex_and_relationships
@julesscheele.bsky.social
Illustration, comics, scribing ✏️ Known for the Queer/Gender/Sexuality illustrated Graphic Guides out through ICON Books. 📚 I’m available for freelance work! Portfolio: www.julesscheele.com 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@womenstudiesshu.bsky.social
The study of WGSS from an interdisciplinary and intersectional perspective! 🌈🍎 https://www.sacredheart.edu/majors--programs/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies---minor/
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social
The online store supporting independent bookshops 📚 Certified B Corp | Carbon Neutral Delivery 📚 5 star Trustpilot rating. uk.bookshop.org
@debraferreday.bsky.social
Gender studies academic at Lancaster University, UK researching media, culture, bodies, trauma. Current projects: cannibalism, maligned 90's women, celebrity mental health.
@remembermyhat.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Sexuality and Ageing at the Open University, UK (she/her). Also often tweeting and retweeting about: academic writing | SRHR and sex ed | creative methods | Long Covid/Chronic Fatigue
@fiercemum.bsky.social
Non-binary researcher supporting trans kids and challenging cis-supremacy
@lovingmeuk.bsky.social
Qualified, confidential support, refuge and by and for service for trans & non-binary people experiencing domestic abuse in England (18+) 💜 https://linktr.ee/lovingme_uk?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3e075e8-f26e-4b63-91c1-2ac3f94f3379
@gracedent.bsky.social
* BBC Masterchef UK 🇬🇧 *Comfort Eating- Ep 1 Russell T Davies https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/comfort-eating-with-grace-dent/id1571446706?i=1000525534334 * Restaurant Critic for The Guardian 🇬🇧 https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gracedent
@robinmoirawhite.bsky.social
Discrimination Barrister, Railway, Car and Flying Nut. Trans woman.
@drhelenclarke.bsky.social
Intersectional feminist & proud supporter of trans rights. Researching trans-exclusions in lesbian communities.
@thatdocphoenix.com
That writer guy you like. Bi, trans, polyamorous, slutty, neurodivergent, hot. Buy my book that explains why politics has gone weird. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. https://linktr.ee/iheartpolitics
@ebnunn.bsky.social
open research / open access / academic publishing / unions / queer stuff / parenting / usually found in and around Sheffield (she/they)
@hollycasio.bsky.social
Queer zines and DIY comics. I just really fucking love Bruce Springsteen. They/Them https://coolschmool.com/
@lowereastsidelibrarian.info
zine librarian, librarian zinester, cats, books, abolition, free Palestine, reproductive justice, boycott Amazon, blood donor, Earth fan leslzine.storenvy.com, lowereastsidelibrarian.info
@joyousnoises.bsky.social
@smallpublishers.bsky.social
Celebrating books by artists, poets, writers, book designers and their publishers online and through the annual gathering, Fri 24 & Sat 25 October 2025. linktr.ee/small_publishers_fair
@sluginkpress.bsky.social
artist, art librarian, sentient binbag. Commute whinges, nice artists’ books, photos of bins. Brighton Scum City//LDN.
@drattercop.bsky.social
Lecturer in children's lit and linguistics. Tiny bisexual spider. Here for fun, not work. (she/her)
@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
@kellyjstockdale.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in criminology, Northumbria Uni. Research: criminology curriculum, stigma alcohol/drugs, restorative justice. She/Her🌈
@averydoubleyou.bsky.social
Enby artist in a flyover state (they/them). I love nature, reading, tea, and beautiful and interesting things. Trans Rights Are Human Rights #transrights #trans #nb
@riotgrrill.bsky.social
She / Her. Queer stuff, anti-genocide, pro nature & music. UK Yorkshire based. Queer parenting. Book club. Fungi / Cephalopods / Moths / Buffering / Ologies / Fever Ray / UK Jazz / Arooj Aftab / Hip Hop / Fanny DiWanko.
@michaelclerx.com
I do sums to learn why heart cells beat. Computational biologist. Biological computer. Sometimes does experiments. Whippet owner. Makes bad jokes. He/him.
@lrollandmulti.bsky.social
Linguist.e | multilingualism & emotion, identity, social justice (esp. mental health, education) | researching multilingually | academic writing | Own views | #wiasn Hon/Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck & Essex #OpenToWork https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-2685
@sandraduffy.bsky.social
Law lecturer, dog parent, imported Bristolian, Irish. Using law for trans liberation, reproductive justice, post-/de-coloniality. They/she. AuDHD. Fond of penguins. Views personal. 🇵🇸 Header: @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social https://ko-fi.com/sandraaduffy
@flsjournal.bsky.social
Feminist Legal Studies is committed to an international and interdisciplinary perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal practice. https://link.springer.com/journal/10691
@aoifemod.bsky.social
Law Prof QUB| Tyranny & Global Legal Order | Utopia | International Law | Feminism | Feminist Constitutionalism | Brexit & Northern Ireland | History | Law & Humanities | Cork & Belfast & Ireland | She/Her Sí/í
@lauragraham86.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University. Research sex work, human rights, regulation of sex, bodily autonomy, and feminisms. Trustee of National Ugly Mugs. Editor in Chief of International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law
@alexsharpe.bsky.social
Author: David Bowie Outlaw, Sexual Intimacy and Gender Identity Fraud, Foucault’s Monsters, Transgender Jurisprudence. Prof Univ of Warwick. Politically homeless. She/her.