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Ian Howley

@ianhowley.bsky.social
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🇮🇪 in 🇬🇧 💼 CEO @lgbthero.org.uk (LGBT HERO) 🧠 Mental health advocate 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ activist 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans+ supporter ⚽️ LFC fan 💪 gym goer 📍London

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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's a topic not going away and we can't burry our heads in the sand. Too many lives are changed by ChemSex (or whatever you want to call it) with some lives lost forever. That's why we are launching this hub. It's only the start and we'll be building on this over the coming years. Link below
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 25/09/2026
Sex + drugs sometimes part of your life? You don’t have to call it chemsex. You don’t have to be having a problem. And you don’t have to want to stop. Our new Chemsex Support Hub has straightforward info, advice and support without the judgement. www.lgbthero.org.uk/chemsex
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We have an opportunity at @lgbthero.org.uk. An exciting role where you'll support the core part of all our work and help LGBTQ+ access info, advice & support. These roles are rare in our sector so please share with anyone you think would like this opportunity. www.lgbthero.org.uk/digital-cont...
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 23/09/2026
Now hiring: Digital Content, Campaigns and Social Media Officer Make content that helps LGBTQ+ people find support, understand their rights, feel less alone and take action. Apply now: www.lgbthero.org.uk/jobs #lgbt #lgbtq #jobs
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ehhhhh.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Afternoon. 👋
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Morning 👋
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
That late afternoon sun hitting hard. Recharging the beard. ☀️ 💯
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I think right now whole we try and figure things out it's important that trans+ people feel seen and supported by our whole community #lgbtq
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 22/05/2026
Right now, it’s important that trans people and our wider LGBTQ+ community do not retreat into isolation or feel like you have to carry this on your own. Community matters now more than ever. Look after each other.
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 13/04/2026
Today London Friend and LGBT HERO launch a new report highlighting the concerns felt by LGBTQ+ people who engage in chemsex, and how it can impact the services and support they access. You can read the report in full here: londonfriend.org.uk/chemsexrepor...
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Unpopular opinion. I don’t find Bob Mortimer funny at all. #lastonelaughing
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick Day ☘️🇮🇪.
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Daniel Lismore @daniellismore.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
If terfs had empathy they wouldn’t lead campaigns that end up with children ending their own lives
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Yes Ireland 👀
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Failed tonight. Muscle spasm in my back. 😩
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I’m at an age where if I can come back from the gym without an injury that’s a win.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Asked AI what I would I look like with just a moustache. Yay or nay? 🤔
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This weather is depressing. Anyone remember what the sun looks like?
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Probably the best result for The Traitors UK. The remaining didn’t do enough to earn it. They played a blinder. Great TV
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Sometime I get so stuck in work I forget to post, but the fantastic Queerz Night raised over £3,000 for @lgbthero.org.uk at their Sports Battle Table Quiz last week. Unbelievabley grateful for their support. 💙
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
December 26th in Ireland is boring AF. What do you mean you’re forcing me to do nothing cos most shops are closed? I prefer to do that when everything is open. Sake.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
A simple google search seeing if intersex men might have wombs would have prevented this stupid post. The eradication of intersex people is real. They exist and can show you that both sex and gender is not binary. Basic science.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
One reason to save cinemas. They stop people looking at their phones during the whole movie and actually watch the movie.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
If the EBU are too gutless to do the right thing, then it’s down to the viewers to sort this mess out. There’s no Eurovision without viewers and voters. Don’t watch it. Don’t vote. Let Israel win and that’ll be the end of it. It can always be rebuilt. #eurovision
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
13 years ago me heart stopped.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Wrote a piece on the resilience the LGBTQ+ community has in a crisis and how we must use that resilience if we want to see lasting change in our community's mental health and wellbeing @lgbthero.org.uk #WorldMentalHealthDay www.lgbthero.org.uk/finding-calm...
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Finding Calm in Chaos: How LGBTQ+ Communities Show Up for Each Other in Times of Crisis
When everything goes to pieces, queer people don’t wait around for permission to care – we just get on with it. In a world that often overlooks or outright marginalises us, the LGBTQ+ community has ho...
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 10/10/2025
In Finding Calm in Chaos we explore how LGBTQ+ communities build lifelines when the system fails — from midnight group chats to grassroots care, from exclusion in shelters to peer support that saves lives. By @ianhowley.bsky.social #WorldMentalHealthDay www.lgbthero.org.uk/finding-calm...
lgbthero.org.uk
Finding Calm in Chaos: How LGBTQ+ Communities Show Up for Each Other in Times of Crisis
When everything goes to pieces, queer people don’t wait around for permission to care – we just get on with it. In a world that often overlooks or outright marginalises us, the LGBTQ+ community has ho...
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I always use this day as a ‘reset’ day where look back over the last 12 months and think about what I’d like from the next. If there’s a day you should be selfish it’s #WorldMentalHealthDay.
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 10/10/2025
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 10/10/2025
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we’re reminding ourselves of one thing... we already have the tools to build a happier, healthier community. We at LGBT HERO promise to keep fighting for better health, for equal rights and the opportunity for all LGBTQ+ people to have the chance for a happier life.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I just got reminded that 14 years ago today I went to see Alan Carr live at Wembley. I have no memory of this. Seriously. As far as I remember I went for after work drinks before I went there and clearly I got shitfaced that i don’t remember this. Awful. I was 26 at the time so leave me alone.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Okay, I'm doing it. I'm wearing trousers for the first time since Spring. Tried with the shorts today but I had to give it up. My milk bottles were cold.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This should pretty much confirm Isreal's exit but how it's done will be interesting. The EBU is spineless.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Might be a stupid question but is there a way to get analytical data on this app? I want @lgbthero.org.uk to be posting more here as there's a large LGBTQ+ audience but funders love data and it's hard to know our impact on here. Will still increase our posts here but access to data would be helpful
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Fancy running for @lgbthero.org.uk at the Red Run this year? 👇 www.lgbthero.org.uk/redrun2025
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World AIDS Day Red Run 2025
Support LGBT HERO's at this year's Red Run runners on 22nd November
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Nothing major. Just hanging with Samantha Mumba last night at Manchester Pride.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Just a reminder that's it's the RVT / @lgbthero.org.uk Sports Day on Monday from 1pm at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (Behind the RVT). It's our biggest fundraising event of the year and all the money raised goes to support and enhance our support groups for LGBTQ+ people. www.lgbthero.org.uk/sportsday
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RVT / LGBT HERO Sports Day
Sports, silliness, sun! Organised by LGBT HERO in partnership with the Royal Vauxhall Tavern on 25 August 2025 at Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens from 1pm
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Calling all former smokers living in London. You could be the face of a new London wide Stop Smoking campaign. More info below 👇
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Morning 👋
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 08/08/2025
Have your say about home-based social care in Lambeth. The London Borough of Lambeth wants to hear the views, needs and experiences of LGBTQ+ residents. Anyone could need home-based care at some point in future, which is why they want to hear from you now. www.lgbthero.org.uk/lgbtq-lambeth-care
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 09/08/2025
Stop Smoking London needs you for a new campaign! We need LGBTQ+ people who are former smokers to star in the new campaign and talk on camera about their journey to giving up smoking. Your story could help others to become smoke free. Find out more: www.lgbthero.org.uk/smokefree
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Just got reminded I joined @lgbthero.org.uk 15 years ago today. 15 years! Original plan was spend 1 year in London and head back to Ireland. Let’s call it a long diversion still in motion 2010 v 2025
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I really wish PN and Queer media in general would ignore her and stop posting about her. I get it they need clicks to generate revenue but why are we giving those who are horrible about us the most attention. We know she sucks.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
I went back on X for a bit these last few weeks because as a LFC fan the main football accounts still post there. The 'for you' section is the worst I've seen it. It's beyond toxic. If you want to show someone the worst of society just show them that section. Has society really fallen this far?
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Wild Friday night cleaning the bathroom 🧹🧽
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LGBT HERO @lgbthero.org.uk · 14/07/2025
It's Non-Binary Awareness Week. Non-binary people exist. Always have. Always will. But visibility isn’t enough, we need action. • When someone’s identity is questioned — speak up. • When a space excludes non-binary people — challenge it. • When a friend comes out — stand beside them.
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
The Godfather movies. Just 🩲
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Ian Howley @ianhowley.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Happy Pride. Another successful march done with @lgbthero.org.uk
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