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The LGBTQ+ Journalism Network is a first-of-its-kind network and community for LGBTQ+ journalists in the UK 🏳️‍🌈 lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
PinkNews launches survey on impacts of the Supreme Court’s gender ruling, one year on ➡️ bit.ly/4u4cf0E
A hand holding a trans flag in front of a background in the trans colours, and stickers reading 'Take our survey' and 'Responses from all genders welcome'. Headline reads: How has the Supreme Court’s gender ruling affected you one year on?
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 05/02/2026
Censorship of queer lives is rising - from algorithms burying our stories to AI-driven misinformation. That’s why we’re crowdfunding to protect access to journalism that fights back. But we can’t do this alone. Support us 👇 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/queeraf202...
Graphic with the QueerAF logo and text outlining pledges to expose the anti-trans media machine, uncover trans+ healthcare inequality, and deliver news of queer wins and joy. Screenshots of QueerAF investigations and reporting appear alongside the text, ending with the call to action “Help us fight back.”
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 05/02/2026
Welcome, new followers! We are a worker-run trans news org dedicated to journalism that is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. We are supported entirely by reader subscriptions and donations. No ads, no corporate backers and definitely no billionaires. Want to know more? Read on:
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Home | Trans News Network
Trans News Network (TNN) is a worker-run nonprofit LGBTQ+ independent newsroom publishing articles that impact trans communities.
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DIVA Magazine @divamag.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Trans+ History Week releases new annual workbook 🌈
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Trans+ History Week releases new annual workbook
This new toolkit tells stories from the UK, US, Uganda and Japan
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 27/01/2026
Drown out the lies with stories of Trans+ History 🏳️‍⚧️ Simply learning that Trans+ people have always been here shuts down the pernicious lie that we're a "trend", "modern fashion", or "social contagion". Lead with stories and truth. Get your free toolkit now 🧵👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/dotheworkbook/
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The ultimate toolkit to shut down lies about Trans+ people
Free resource with lessons and ideas for how you can make our history better known to drown out pernicious lies
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Galop @galopuk.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Many of the LGBT+ people we work with experience feelings of guilt or self-blame, but it's important to remember that it's never your fault if you've experienced abuse or violence. Whether it happened recently or a long time ago, we're here. 📞 0800 999 5428 📧 help@galop.org.uk 💻 galop.org.uk
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InterMediaUK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @intermediauk.co.uk · 23/12/2025
🎄 Happy holidays! Over the festive period, take a couple of minutes to fill in the InterMedia UK annual survey, and share with #LGBTQ friends and colleagues in UK media. 👉 forms.gle/jHD3T21czhyi... It's your chance to have your say about the industry, and our community's place within it 🙏🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
InterMediaUK Annul Survey 2025 - Have Your Say! - an image of InterMediaUK folks marching with a banner at Pride in London
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
This time of year can be difficult. If you're struggling, seek support. Mindline Trans 0300 330 5468 (Fridays 8pm-midnight) TRUK Listens 0800 009 6640 (8am-midnight daily) truklistens.org Switchboard 0800 0119 100 (10am-10pm daily) switchboard.lgbt Samaritans 116123 (24hrs daily)
Image shows a hand with a heart in it. Text reads: If you're struggling, seek support. 

Mindline Trans 0300 330 5468 (Fridays 8pm-midnight) 
TRUK Listens 0800 009 6640 (8am-midnight daily) http://truklistens.org 
Switchboard 0800 0119 100 (10am-10pm daily) http://switchboard.lgbt 
Samaritans 116123 (24hrs daily)
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Trans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 22/12/2025
📣 Join us for the Trans+ History Week 2026: Workbook Launch with QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com and powered by DIVA Charitable Trust @divamag.bsky.social 🗓️Mon 26 Jan 📍City of London in-person & Online 17.30 GMT London 12.30 EST New York 👉 Secure your spot. RSVP www.outsavvy.com/event/32286/...
A promotional graphic for a Workbook Launch Event set against a light purple background with a collage aesthetic. The top left contains a white paper scrap with the text "Workbook Launch Event," noting the location is in the City of London & Online on Monday, Jan 26 at 17:30 GMT | 12:30 EST. In the center is a dark purple book titled "TRANS+ HISTORY WEEK 04-10 MAY 2026". Large, bold text on the left reads, "JOIN US FOR THE HISTORY LESSON YOU NEVER HAD.". The collage includes small, taped-on photos of historical illustrations and Miss Major. The bottom right indicates the event is with QueerAF and powered by Diva Charitable Trust.A promotional graphic featuring a dark purple book in the center titled "TRANS+ HISTORY WEEK 04-10 MAY 2026". The background is light purple, with two photos taped at the top: one shows three people in colorful suits, and the other shows a historical stained-glass window. Below the book, large purple text on a white textured background states, "We will help you get ready to celebrate Trans+ History Week with a new set of global history lessons for you to share.". Smaller text at the bottom directs users to a link in the Trans+ History Week & QueerAF bios.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
We're working for a world where our organisation doesn't need to exist, but for now we're very much needed. You can join our group of monthly donors, set up a fundraiser (such as bake sale or sponsored run), or make a one off donation at: tinyurl.com/DonateTransA... #Trans #TransFundraiser
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Trans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 27/11/2025
🗓️ Mark your calendars for Trans+ History Week 2026 04–10 May Get the history lesson you never had, find our what’s in store, early-bird ticket alerts and a history article every day of Trans+ History Week with @wearequeeraf.com Sign up www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistory...
Brightly coloured and textured background with crumpled plastics and paper. Pinks and blues with a pink triangle and a blue spray paint effect giving the image energy.

Atop all of this is “save the dates” scribble underlined and “Trans+ History Week 04-10 May 2026”

Handwritten beneath on a ripped bit of paper is “our history, our power”

And at the bottom it reads “a QueerAF launchpad project”
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 29/11/2025
Deadline coming up soon! Get your pitches in 👇
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 20/11/2025
Today (20 November) marks Trans Day of Remembrance, a moment for us all to pause, reflect and grieve for those we have lost to transphobia 🕯️ But, it is also a call for action, a rallying cry for justice and liberation in the face of anti-trans hate, misinformation and violence ✊🏳️‍⚧️
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 11/11/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you. With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026. Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️ 🧵 Details 👇
Graphic on light grey and pastel purple background featuring six Trans+ creatives. Text that reads: Trans+ History Week 04-10 May 2026. Paid opportunities for Trans+ Creatives.
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Trans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 11/11/2025
Our open commissioning scheme is back! Please share this around and pass this to friends and colleagues and share in your closed networks. Reaching the right people can be very challenging for a nonprofit so we need you to do the advertising for us. Thank you!
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
We're recruiting a Policy Officer to join our team. You’ll be working alongside our Policy Lead, Director of Policy and Director for Healthcare to advocate for trans people’s needs in a range of policy areas. For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs #hiring #vacancy #LookingForWork #Queerjobs
Text reads: Could you work for TransActual? We're looking for a Policy Officer to join our team. Apply by 5th September 2025, 5pm.More info: transactual.org.uk/jobs

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 12/08/2025
We're looking for a Lead Audience Development Producer - is that you? 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/were-looking-f…
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We're looking for a Lead Audience Development Producer - is that you?
Could you transform a 4000-word newsletter into content that helps people understand the LGBTQIA+ world?
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DIVA Magazine @divamag.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
We're #hiring! Could you be DIVA’s next Executive Director? Find out more today: www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/diva-ch...
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
We're looking for two part time admin assistants to join our team. We particularly welcome and encourage applications from trans people, Black People and People of Colour, neurodivergent people and disabled people. For more info go to transactual.org.uk/jobs #hiring #LookingForWork #Queerjobs
Text reads: Could you work for TransActual? We're looking for two part time admin assistants to join our team. Apply by 15th August 2025, 5pm. More info: transactual.org.uk/jobs 

The image is a person with brown hair and glasses sat at a desk working on a laptop surrounded by books, a lam and a plant, on a blue and pink background.
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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🩷 Navigating platforms as a s 🥚 educator or content creator is rougghhhh So I’ve shared some of my top tips for my paid members!! If you’d like to hear more, why not subscribe to learn more & help this enby out! 🩷✨ s3xtheorywithdee.substack.com/p/want-to-cr...
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Want to create content but worried about being censored? Here's a sex educator five top tips ✨
Want to know more? Become a paid member 😉
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 03/07/2025
👀 Deadline approaching!!
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 13/06/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Calling Welsh LGBTQIA+ writers and journalists! www.wearequeeraf.com/inclusivejournalismcymru
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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 11/06/2025
Knowing who to trust online can be hard – which is why Journo.com vets their experts so you know your sources are relevant and AI-free. Submit a free request here 👉 bit.ly/3YFOo9w
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Journo.com - Connecting Journalists with Experts and Thought Leaders
Connect with verified expert sources, eliminate spam, and get authentic thought leadership to support your articles.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 09/06/2025
We are now recruiting for volunteers to help us with making short form videos for WhatTheTrans?! If you are interested in this. Please check out the form below: forms.gle/aJ9CAZv8T7ET...
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WhatTheTrans?! Short form video application form
Thank you for applying to volunteer to do shorts form video content for WhatTheTrans?!. The main part of the role is listening into the podcast and picking out 30 second to a minute long sections of ...
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 05/02/2025
The Trans Journalism Association is seeking a new director, a really critical role for a growing org at a moment when we need more support and resources for trans journalists. 30 hour workweek, remote, $80k. airtable.com/apppaTdSPRyF...
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 28/01/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ Paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives! 👇
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William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I spoke about Meta's hate speech rules and their dangerous impacts for @pressgazette.co.uk and @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk Couldn't put it better than Alyx of @whatthetrans.com - "Trying to get rid of us might as well be a game of whack-a-mole." ✊💜🏳️‍⚧️ lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk/2025/01/22/l...
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LGBTQ+ journalists set to leave Facebook over ‘dangerous’ new hate speech rules
LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to leave its platforms.
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josh milton @itsjoshmilton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
hello hello. i'm the journalist for the metro newspaper who wrote the below ! i'm keen to chat with any other trans, non-binary folks whose gps have shockingly withdrawn their healthcare. please do drop me a dm or email me: josh.milton@metro.co.uk. can be 100% anonymous
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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🏳️‍⚧️ Are you a Trans+ writer, illustrator or podcaster? Get pitching! Last year I wrote a piece on the impact of Section 28 on sex education on Trans+ individuals for @transhistoryweek.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ Get pitching!! 👇
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Trans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 23/01/2025
We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives. Get your pitches in!
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/01/2025
10/ 🏳️‍⚧️ Pitch now! - Deadline 16th Feb 2025, 11:59PM GMT www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
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Paid creative opportunities for 20 Trans+ creatives
Make official content for Trans+ History Week a week to learn and celebrate the millennia-old history of Trans+ people.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/01/2025
5/🎙️ Podcasters: We're looking for pitches for 20-30 minute mini-documentary style podcast episodes in the format of the award winning QueerAF podcast series. www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
We're looking for pitches for 20-30 minute mini-documentary style podcast episodes in the format of the award winning QueerAF podcast series:

You'll be paid at a rate of £500, and get audio equipment you can keep for life
Each commission will come with QueerAF's unique 'pitch to invoice' mentoring process
You will host and produce the episode

To pitch, you'll need to provide some examples of previous work, a working title for your episode, four to five bullet points about what your podcast will cover, and the 'dream' guests you'd interview - plus some backup suggestions.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/01/2025
4/🖌️ Illustrators: We'll be matching Illustrators up with the seven successful journalists to bring their history stories to life. www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
We'll be matching Illustrators up with the seven successful journalists to bring their history stories to life:

You'll be paid at a rate of £250
You'll bring to life a history story told in an article by one of our commissioned journalists and writers.
 Created in your preferred style and submitted digitally if created 'offline'

To pitch, you'll need to provide some examples of previous work and answer a couple of questions on what this opportunity will mean for you.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/01/2025
3/🖊️ Writers: We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week! www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week:

We're looking to tell history stories, but we're interested in focusing on the lessons from them.
We're looking for your perspective on history, so the topic you pick will be strongest if it's based in your experiences and viewpoint.
You’ll get paid £170 for your time plus you’ll benefit from a QueerAF unique communication and journalistic 'Retro' skills session 

To pitch send a working headline, and some bullets on what your piece will cover.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/01/2025
2/ The Details There are paid commissions and 'equipment for life' available for: 🔵 7 Writers and journalists ⚪️ 7 Illustrators and artists 💗 6 Audio and podcast producers www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
We're investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to create official content for Trans+ History Week by writing, producing audio and creating illustrations. 

There are paid commissions available for:

7 Writers and journalists
7 Illustrators and artists
6 Audio and podcast producers

All of these opportunities are to create content - but it's not just about capturing history. Successful pitches will detail what lessons we can learn from history.

A Trans+ team of community commissioners will judge all pitches, based on feedback from our already popular community survey.
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 23/01/2025
Brilliant opportunity here for all kinds of media folks – and you also get to work with the great people at QueerAF and Trans+ History Week! (not that we are biased, of course...) 🏳️‍⚧️ Get your pitches in 👇👇👇
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 22/01/2025
Published in collaboration with the @pressgazette.co.uk LGBTQ+ journalists spoke to us about Meta's recent changes to its Hateful Conduct policy – which will allow users to call queer people 'mentally ill' – with some planning to phase out using platforms pressgazette.co.uk/social_media...
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LGBTQ+ journalists set to leave Facebook over ‘dangerous’ new hate speech rules
LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to leave its platforms.
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 22/01/2025
Also here lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk/2025/01/22/l...
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LGBTQ+ journalists set to leave Facebook over ‘dangerous’ new hate speech rules
This piece was published in collaboration with the Press Gazette LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s controversial changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to …
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 22/01/2025
We have made an appearance in this article talking about meta and it's shitty changes to it's moderation policies! pressgazette.co.uk/social_media...
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LGBTQ+ journalists set to leave Facebook over ‘dangerous’ new hate speech rules
LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to leave its platforms.
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Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 22/01/2025
Published in collaboration with the @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk: LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to phase out their use of its platforms in their journalism practice pressgazette.co.uk/social_media...
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LGBTQ+ journalists set to leave Facebook over ‘dangerous’ new hate speech rules
LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to leave its platforms.
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Galop @galopuk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
As LGBT+ people, we deserve to live authentically as ourselves, free from abuse and violence. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Galop is here to support anyone who has been affected by the news this week. If you don't feel safe, we're here to help. 📞 0800 9995 428 📧 help@galop.org.uk 💻 galop.org.uk
LGBT+ people have always existed, and always will.
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 21/01/2025
Glamour Magazine is looking for pitches on "Trump's rollback of LGBTQIA rights and how it impacts us all" Email lucy.morgan@condenast.co.uk with your pitches!
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 21/01/2025
🏳️‍🌈 We’ve won this fight before, and we will again: If you’re finding the LGBTQIA and especially Trans+ updates coming out in the early hours of Trump’s presidency, trust us on this: You can put your phone down, and we’ll help you understand all the executive orders in our newsletter Saturday.
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Trans+ History Week @transhistoryweek.com · 12/01/2025
We invested in 30 early career Trans+ creatives to tell Trans+ history stories. Writers, artists, poets and audio producers. We paid them and some got professional audio equipment to keep. We’ll be doing it all again this year too. Find them here: www.wearequeeraf.com/transhistory...
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Trans+ History Week - The History Lesson We Never Had
Knowledge of our past is fundamental for our liberation. Trans+ History Week is a week-long reflective period to learn and celebrate the momentous and millennia-old history of transgender, non-binary,...
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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 20/01/2025
We have a discord server. In this server. We discuss the news, share memes, and more. Check it out here: discord.com/invite/asCjUkk
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Join the What The Trans!? Discord Server!
What The Trans!? Trans News podcast and resource | 645 members
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 20/01/2025
We Are Black Journos are giving payments of £20 to three Black journalists who "could do with a helping hand and lil bit of cash right now". Deadline is 6pm on 20 January and details are on their X account (they don't seem to have Bluesky): x.com/weblackjourn...
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Dee Whitnell (they/them) @s3xtheorywithdee.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
🩷 Welcome to D-Myth 🍌 s3xtheorywithdee.substack.com
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InterMediaUK 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @intermediauk.co.uk · 17/01/2025
⭐️InterMediaUK Strategy Day 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Thrilled to have such great representation from across the media industry’s LGBTQ+ networks virtually & in person this week. New ideas, goals, vision & purpose for the year ahead. We’ve grown so much in 2024 and cannot wait to see where 2025 takes us - join us!
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Journo Resources @journoresources.org.uk · 14/01/2025
If you’re an aspiring or entry-level journalist, check out @CityUniLondon’s free online journalism jobs and skills event on 29/01/25. With skills sessions on interviewing, podcasts, video, and data, there will be lots of top career tips. 🔗
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Journalism Jobs and Skills | City, University of London
Academics and alumni share practical tips and advice about gaining key journalism skills and how to forge a career in the media.
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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network @lgbtqjournalismnetwork.co.uk · 15/01/2025
An incredible opportunity here to work with the one and only Erin Reed! ✨
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