Reposted by Melissa HarkerRichie Daiches Barlow @thedogwalker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Quite emotional… Been out delivering my very first Newsletter as a campaigner for Green Party in Whinfield. Meeting so many residents who were all incredibly lovely even when some were of other political leaning. Aged 9 trafficked nationwide by peadophiles. Now, a campaigner to make a difference. 9495
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 11/09/2026Congratulations Zack. Let's make Holborn and St Pancras Green! 013830
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 10/09/2026Late Motion to Conference to unfreeze gender-affirming surgeries in Wales: autumnconf2026.greenparty.org.uk/std/Unfreeze... We need 50 co-proposers, ideally by midnight.autumnconf2026.greenparty.org.ukLogin (Antragsgrün)Antragsgrün is a content management system specifically built for political parties. 54216
Reposted by Melissa HarkerEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I spoke to Kat Bristow and Melissa Harker from LGBTIQA+ Greens about conference motions A116: End political capture of the EHRC and create a truly Independent Equality & Human Rights Authority and A12: Oppose Gender-Based Blanket Bans in Sport. youtu.be/J_eySTo4LW4?... 48029
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 10/09/2026One thing that the last few days have made clear is that there's a very real gap in publicly available information about how the Green Party Council (GPC) works within the @greenparty.org.uk, and that a clear explainer of its roles, powers and processes would ease a lot of confusion. 3101
Reposted by Melissa HarkerZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step. We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment. Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide. We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration. 571407415
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 06/09/2026There has been some uninformed speculation in the media about the Green Party’s disciplinary processes. Rightly, LGBTIQA+ Greens has no knowledge about any specific incidents and we would not comment on any individual case, but we are able to make the following things clear: 1/4 58920
Reposted by Melissa HarkerChristyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 23/08/2026She really takes the piss in this interview. Later on, when addressing Brown's racebaiting questions about migration, she says something about men being 98% of sexual assault but people shouldn't fear men because of it. That's the exact opposite of how that framing is used contra trans people. 47916
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 16/08/2026Like Spring Conference, I have a motion - A12 - to Autumn Conference, calling for the end of blanket bans of trans people from sporting categories. One of the mechanisms in which we can end these bans are to make sporting bodies and their decision-making processes public and transparent. 2112
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 14/08/2026Nine days ago, Jason said "speculation and public commentary" had taken a profound toll on him and loved ones. The same media class get to announce his death. He leaves behind a wife and two children. Remember that next time the same media class morally grandstands about "protecting children".bbc.co.ukJason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found deadJason Arday was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, officials said. 1124
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 14/08/2026It would appear sending an alert warning about wildfires about two months late'll do it for the Government... 051
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 14/08/2026Two derailments in the same number of days. Grass suffering from drought so badly that you'd be mistaken it wasn't sand from a distance. The climate crisis is here. The important question is what those in power are going to be doing about it. I'll put my bets on "nothing". 340
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 09/08/2026Richie had a brilliant speech yesterday right after mine at #darlingtonpride but of course people hear his story of abuse at the hands of the cis people in his life, and they deflect onto trans people. Solidarity with you Richie, you absolutely smashed it, and amazing response. 3143
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 28/07/2026Playing Splatoon Raiders... damn this game is colourful. 032
Reposted by Melissa HarkerJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 26/07/2026This whole thing actually makes me really upset. I think people being loving and intimate with each other is beautiful. The idea that two lovers kissing on a park bench is some sort of affront to public decency is genuinely obscene to me. I think public affection actually makes the world better. 61568
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 26/07/2026A short statement following the events in Berlin yesterday. 18223
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 25/07/2026It was great to get to speak at Newcastle Pride after being invited to do so by Curious Arts, who are the organisers of the event. It seemed like it was potentially going to rain at one point, but there was no raining on our parade! 060
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 19/07/2026I am so happy to see my motion at @younggreens.bsky.social Convention pass unanimously, with 95 votes for and 0 against, which calls on the Young Greens to stand firmly with trans youth, and to oppose attacks on them. 35114
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 18/07/2026Uh huh... Uh huh... Interesting. Tell me more about how trans women are apparently a threat to women's safety. 051
Reposted by Melissa Harker⚢ Wheypenwifestre 🔆 @nizzy.cc · 14/07/2026A friend of mine is running in the Newcastle marathon to raise money for @notaphaseorg.bsky.social, please share and donate. Link below! tilt.fyi/buOkQdHJvTtilt.fyiTiltify - Made for FundraisersWe give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity 076
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 13/07/2026I am so pleased to have signed this, and I think anyone who wants to protect LGBT+ rights should do the same! 172
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 13/07/2026Promoted by Pam Woolner on behalf ot the Green Party, c/o PO Box Green Party, London SE1P 6YL 030
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 10/07/2026Reform beat Labour by 5 votes in High Fell in Gateshead. Properly close. It's far closer than it was in May. There was the added unknown of there being a Tory this time. 010
Reposted by Melissa HarkerRichie Daiches Barlow @thedogwalker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Let me be very clear on this. Attitudes like this by Robinson will harm innocent people & put children in direct harm. I was trafficked by peadophiles for four entire years simply because of attitudes like this when I was a child & my community was targeted. www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...gazettelive.co.ukRichie's childhood torture by mum for being gay and abuse by paedophilesRichie Barlow was handed into care by his homophobic mum, where he says he was sexually assaulted and trafficked to a paedophile ring 323360
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 04/07/2026Very excited to get to work representing the North East region on this important committee. Thanks for your hard work over the years @miketually.bsky.social, and good luck in Darlington! 050
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 01/07/2026I attended a People's Emergency Briefing this evening. I was the only councillor in the room. It felt great to listen to people, and my contributions about how people can help councillors such as myself went down incredibly well. 030
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 30/06/2026On the final day of Pride Month, a local publication has published a story about me (and it's positive) and my win in Gateshead. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...chroniclelive.co.ukRegion's first openly trans councillor on the Green Party and 'wild' electionMelissa Harker was elected to represent the people of Bridges in Gateshead on May 7 14910
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 30/06/2026Who needs infrastructure when you can just spend more on the military? This is before you realise that some people consider modern day war tactics would be to undermine infrastructure. 051
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 26/06/2026I finally got around to watching The Amazing Digital Circus this week and what a rollercoaster of emotions. It's quite rare for an animated show to really get the tears going. Some of the characters and the themes are too damn relatable. 120
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 25/06/2026Oh so we're just blatantly allowing the NHS to do conversion practices if they just dangle the carrot of "health care services" in front of someone. Surely more analysis to come, but this draft bill is a joke. No bill would be better than this bill. Perhaps that's what Bridget Phillipson wants. 34816
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 23/06/2026Man, hayfever is really messing me up. I love nature but it hates me. 😭 000
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 22/06/2026Trans Apartheid. Continuation of puberty blocker ban for under 18s. Active removal of trans healthcare for trans youth. KSCIE and EHRC guidance. This, too, is Starmer's legacy. We really hope to see you bring this up more, @zackpolanski.bsky.social! 211337
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 19/06/2026Amazing to see that just stating to a political commentator that trans bathroom bans might be in part the reason people have ditched Labour and Starmer gets you blocked. This just shows the utter contempt that politically captured journalists have for the truth when it comes to trans rights. 0111
Reposted by Melissa HarkerTG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026This story isn’t getting the coverage that the initial (and incorrect) allegations enjoyed. 05519
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 18/06/2026It was great to speak at @darlingtongreens.bsky.social' "Greens Rising" event yesterday and to stick around for an (alcohol free) tipple afterwards. Invite me down again! I just hope this time the A1(M) isn't closed next time... 😂 030
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 16/06/2026God damn, I have been grumpy all the time I have had to do the job search. Think I have landed something good. At long last. Going from 9 hours to 9 months to find a job as a trans woman has been... a learning experience. 130
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 16/06/2026We quite rightly welcome the signing of the EDM by Siân, Hannah and Ellie. Fighting for trans rights is what Greens should be doing. It's a long-standing party policy that trans women are women, trans men are men and non-binary people are non-binary. 115930
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 16/06/2026Agree that a big difference between then and now is that we now have algos and lax moderation. Some of my best friends are people I met via IRC and forums in my early teens, when I struggled to make friends in person. Without them, I'd have hated my teen years, moreso than I did being trans. 020
Reposted by Melissa HarkerMark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 15/06/2026At this point, I genuinely believe the entire public is being actively gaslit by both the media, and Esther Ghey herself, into forgetting that Brianna Ghey was murdered, by people she knew from school, in real life, who were partly influenced by transphobia, fuelled by the media and politicians. 6646261317
Reposted by Melissa Harkerflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 15/06/2026LOL at Starmer talking about how social media is bad because it “records every mistake”. We don’t all go on LBC and endorse crimes against humanity live on air, mate. 1336177
Reposted by Melissa HarkerWhat The Trans?! 🏳️⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 13/06/2026DURHAM TRANS PRIDE is underway! There's speakers, a stall about responding to the EHRC, and a generally chill picnic vibe. I'm here with this sign, come say hello, grab a sticker and have a natter 111320
Reposted by Melissa HarkerQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 12/06/2026The rise of 'gender critical' organisations alongside a high volume of anti-trans media coverage has been mapped for the first time @amnestyuk.bsky.social wearequeeraf.comJK Rowling mentioned four times as often as actual trans people in media coverage of 'trans issues', research findsThe rapid rise of 'gender critical' organisations in the UK shows ahigh volume of anti-trans media coverage and increasing spending by 51 organisations 03818
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 12/06/2026I beg, nay, plead for the BBC to be broken up, and defunded. This is clear anti-trans bias from an organisation that is supposed to be impartial. The young people at WellBN were under the care of an endocrinologist... you know, hormone Drs... you know, the same Drs that sign off my private care.bbc.co.ukDozens of children put at risk after gender care failures at GP clinic, inquiry findsA safety inquiry into the WellBN clinic in Brighton found 78 children were potentially harmed after being given gender medication without proper checks. 5236
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 10/06/2026Here we are: forced detransition of trans youth. They know the harms that this will cause to trans teens and their families, and they just don't care. This country and this government is flagrantly indifferent to the mental and physical wellbeing of transgender youth. 04517
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 08/06/2026There is something profoundly cruel about the timing of such a statement being made and/or released. Of course, this is something that we, as trans people, probably now expect when we enter awareness periods, like Trans Day of Remembrance or Pride month, and it's all kinds of messed up. 35815
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 05/06/2026Nobody deserves to have their car firebombed for putting their head above the parapet and getting stuck in with activism in their communities. The point of democracy is that we can disagree, but we don't settle disagreements with arson or violence, but at the ballot box, or in political chambers. 0106
Reposted by Melissa HarkerThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 03/06/2026Impractical, intrusive and inhumane - @rachelmillward.bsky.social responds to the ECHR guidance on behalf of Green Party leadership. 40806276
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 02/06/2026Earlier this evening I visited the ONE Centre in Gateshead to speak to OUT North East and also did some t-shirt making with Gateshead Libraries. 030
Melissa Harker @melissa.green · 02/06/2026Segregation? Thoughts and prayers. Wonder if this would be the party line taken during the times of the Civil Rights movement. 0164
Reposted by Melissa HarkerLGBTIQA+ Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk · 01/06/2026We are writing to our leadership and elected representatives to express our utmost disappointment following the lack of Green voices during the Parliamentary debate on the Code of Practice, and we will be asking for urgent clarification on why this was the case. 3050999