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.
@alyx.whatthetrans.com
photojournalist, host, and occasional tweeter or poster for @WhatTheTrans
@moiradonegan.bsky.social
Opinion columnist covering gender and politics at The Guardian. Writer in residence at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Host of the podcast In Bed with the Right. Real piece of work.
@forthe100.bsky.social
Campaigning ForThe100 ~ Higher education providers owe a duty of care to their students. It’s that simple. We want students safety to be a legal must. 💛 🌐 https://www.forthe100.org.uk/ ForThe100 Mailing List: https://bit.ly/3Q3GD9g
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
@amyryall.bsky.social
Academic-related staff in HE, UCU member, Trustee, Eyam Museum. Would rather be in Wales, Berlin and/or out of Higher Education.
@thecommonpress.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 London's queer intersectional bookshop! A sanctuary for storytelling, queer literature & culture. - We are open Tues - Sun 11 am - 6.30 pm | Events 7 pm-late 118 Bethnal Green Rd, Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom E2 6DG commonpress.co.uk
@housmansbookshop.bsky.social
Radical booksellers since 1945. Monday to Saturday 11am to 6.30pm. Sunday 12pm to 6pm. Order online at: http://housmans.com/shop
@lighthousebks.bsky.social
Queer-owned and woman-led independent community bookshop. 🏳️🌈 An unapologetically activist, intersectional, feminist, antiracist, lgbtq+ community space. Find us at https://lighthousebookshop.com/
@proud-geek.co.uk
A queer independent online book shop based in the UK, specialising in LGBT+ graphic novels, books, and manga. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚✌🏻@proudgeekstore elsewhere. https://www.proud-geek.co.uk/
@daltonharrison1.bsky.social
https://thebookishtype.co.uk/products/the-boy-behind-the-wall-poems-of-imprisonment-and-freedom-by-harrison-dalton-harrison?variant=42393105268951¤cy=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srslt
@uglastefania.bsky.social
Farm girl, nerd and the elegant High Priestess of the Trans Church of Iceland ✨
@creativeinteract.bsky.social
The Creative Interactions research group, based at the Open University. For anyone interested in any of the places where creative practice (of any kind) and academic research (of any kind) meet. https://fass.open.ac.uk/research/groups/creative-interactions
@neurodivengeance.bsky.social
Batshit leatherdyke cripple orientating towards liberation. Esp focused on disability justice; very into reading & Hellenistic astrology when I have capacity. Housebound, usually in a fight about access. Made possible by community care. They/them.
@julieofthespirits.bsky.social
Rock Culture Faggot Mafia 🇺🇸🇲🇽🏳️⚧️ Mennonite ✝️Ⓐ Translator: Tsunami (Gabriela Jauregui, Dahlia de la Cerda, Jumko Ogata), Señorita Etcetera (Arqueles Vela)
@reclaimingtrans.bsky.social
Humyn-born-humyn/cyborg passing as a retrans transmasc butch/dudedyke. Former detrans radfem now fighting against anti-trans activism & conversion practices. Fun fact: radical feminism does not cure transmasculinity! Co-founder of @healthliberationnow.com
@thetransfemininereview.com
by transfemmes. for transfemmes. about transfemmes. | @transjournalists.org member | thetransfemininereview.com | ed. Bethany Karsten
@womenslibrary.bsky.social
The only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s history, with a lending library and innovative programmes of public events and learning opportunities
@leighgoodmark.bsky.social
Professor at Maryland Carey Law, director of Gender, Prison, and Trauma Clinic, author of Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism and Decriminalizing Domestic Violence (UC Press). She/her/mom. leighgoodmark.com
@florarenz.bsky.social
Academic law person at Kent Law School. Working on feminist, disability & gender things, also in case my employer is reading this: lots of criminal law. Kent UCU VP. Held hostage by my beagle. All views my own & not peer reviewed.
@katefitzgibbon.bsky.social
Researcher in violence against women & children. Professor (Practice) Monash Faculty of Business & Economics, Monash University. Chair of Respect Victoria. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. All views my own.
@lizzieseal.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology. Primarily interested in historical criminology and crime history. Current book project is The Mummy in the Cupboard Murder: Forensic Science, Magic and the Gothic Imagination. Views my own
@proflizkelly.bsky.social
Prof of sexualised violence, lesbian feminist, here to think, learn and engage
@gvrcn.bsky.social
We are global community of 5,000+ early and mid-career researchers and practitioners in Gender-based Violence (GBV). We aim to increase collaboration, well-being and knowledge sharing through collaboration with advanced-career professionals in the field.
@slamble1.bsky.social
Community organiser & academic. Queer. Feminist. Abolitionist. https://linktr.ee/s.lamble
@thedailypanda.bsky.social
Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, researching men, masculinities and violence - especially violence against women, and violence against the environment. Also co-hosting the podcast #NowandMen.
@sharronfitz.bsky.social
Academic, Feminist: Researching VAW, sex trafficking, gender, feminist theory, law Executive Director: Law, Gender& Sexuality research network (LEX) lexnetwork.org-lexnetwork.bsky.social Co-E-in-C of Gender & Justice genderandjustice.bsky.social
@lexnetwork.bsky.social
International feminist research network-the intersection of Law, Gender & Sexuality. Executive Director Dr Sharron FitzGerald @[email protected] Membership details; lexnetwork.org Journal: Gender and Justice genderandjustice.bsky.social
@clearsky.app
Creator/Owner: @thieflord.dev Contact: @support.clearsky.app Clearsky API services: @clearsky.services To support us, contact us, and more: https://linktr.ee/clearskyapp #Clearsky
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@reactiveashley.bsky.social
Entrepreneur, engineer, and cat mum. 100% wind-powered. Too well read to be a good lawyer. Ex-Alphabet, one of the fiercest advocates. (I always follow back if you follow me and interact with my 🏳️⚧️ rights post)
@theebikinikill.bsky.social
@ourmoh.bsky.social
We are a grassroots community museum in Finsbury Park North London led by people with experience of homelessness We do direct community action, independent investigations, collecting and unforgettable art. Find out more: museumofhomelessness.org
@sandystone.bsky.social
Everything a theoretician should be, in a low-fat, biodegradable package
@itsshash.com
Researcher at Trans Safety Network Indian disabled trans woman, a diversity quota's wet dream Co-founder of Trans Aid Cymru (left recently after 4 years!)
@withouthistoryband.bsky.social
Trans, anarcha feminist, mental, old. Woman behind Without History - trans and queer anti-fascist neofolk (https://withouthistory.bandcamp.com/).
@silbheuig.bsky.social
She/her | Bisexual transfeminist | PhD Candidate in Sociological Studies @sheffielduni.bsky.social | Researching trans women in LGBT+ charities | Editor: @ebb.bsky.social | Host: @commongenders.org
@jrf-uk.bsky.social
We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish. https://www.jrf.org.uk/
@presentlyincorrect.bsky.social
I take my cats on walks, work on queering housing and social policy, take action where I can, and knit socks. 📍Edinburgh 🏢 Research Associate, York Law School 🏳️⚧️ Organise with @rtie.org (@resistingtransphobiaedi on instagram) they/them
@yvonnejewkes.bsky.social
Criminologist. Memoirist @ScribeUKbooks. Writer in Residence HMP Grendon and HMP Rye Hill. Creative writing tutor Freedom to Write. Agent Eleanor Birne @rcwlitagency https://linktr.ee/YvonneJewkes
@susansegfault.bsky.social
Queer criminologist, Lecturer at University of Edinburgh in STS. Author of Tor: From the Dark Web to the Future of Privacy. Chair of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Researching power and harm in digital infrastructure. Pfp Jamie Buchan
@cambridgedcn.bsky.social
PhD-led initiative at Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology, engaging with decolonial thoughts and perspectives. We seek to centre colonialism at the centre of contemporary debates and amplify subaltern, non-Western, and Indigenous voices in criminology.
@stirunicriminology.bsky.social
Account for the #Criminology team at the University of Stirling, UK. We co-host the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR). #AcademicSky
@britsoci.bsky.social
@bsatheory.bsky.social
The Theory Study Group of @britsoci.bsky.social provides a forum for sociologists interested in social theory. If you'd like to join the group then please see our website. #Sociology #BSATheory
@cambridgegender.bsky.social
World-leading research and teaching on all aspects of gender and sexuality across the disciplines at the University of Cambridge. MPhil and PhD degrees. www.gender.cam.ac.uk.
@ucdgender.bsky.social
Gender Studies at UCD | Interdisciplinary MA in Gender Studies | programmes, news, events | RT is not an endorsement. https://www.ucd.ie/genderstudies/