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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

After 8 shows in Dublin & 3 in Prague ‘Stealing Stories’ has finished, for now at least! Taking part in this show with @actingoutgroup.bsky.social has been such a fun adventure. The script was brilliant, and everyone was a joy to perform with - I’ve had such a smile on my face the whole time 🥰

Myself and Mark Power acting on stage in Stealing Stories.

Myself and Ger O’Dea acting on stage in Stealing Stories.

Myself and Rachel Fayne acting on stage in Stealing Stories.

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Jay Todd 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This morning, 533 academic geographers have written to @rgsibg.bsky.social calling for them to respond to UK Supreme Court and EHRC events, and take action to protect trans and gender diverse members of the geographical community and people across the UK. Please share docs.google.com/document/d/1...

docs.google.com

Open letter to RGS on Supreme Court and EHRC events April 2025

Dear Professor Dame Jane Francis and Professor Joe Smith, Re: The response of the Royal Geographical Society to the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update We are currently witnessing ...

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Jay Todd 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaytoddgla.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

⏰ Geographers! In light of the emergency situation we find ourselves in, I have put together an open letter to the RGS asking them to respond to the current unfolding situation with the RGS and EHRC. Please DM/email for details on how to read/sign. Re-post!

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Who has the right to tell your story? Come to our new play ‘Stealing stories’ and see what can go wrong when you tell stories that aren’t yours to tell! As part of @gaytheatre.bsky.social with @actingoutgroup.bsky.social 🎭 Tickets here: gaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... 🌈 #spiergorm

A poster for the play ‘stealing stories’ showing details about the production along with an image of the four main characters each reading from an open book.

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

To then spend the evening listening to Izzy Kamikaze open the gay theatre festival - what a treat!! My soul is full tonight 🌈

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I had such a wonderful morning and afternoon listening to Mary, Toni, Sara, Orla and other wonderful Irish queer activists reciting their histories for us to learn and grow from

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Had a wonderful field-trip with #GEOG30900 students in Berlin last week. The 3rd year students investigated various spatial imaginaries of the city through group projects that explored a range of topics from gentrification and queer inclusivity to political divisions and nightlife spaces! #geosky

A group of undergraduate geography students with two of their field trip leaders, taking a group photo on the roof terrace of the Bundestag with the Berlin skyline behind them.

A group of undergraduate geography students with one of their field trip leaders, taking a group photo on the roof terrace of the Bundestag with the Bundestag Dome behind them.

A group of undergraduate geography students with one of their field trip leaders, taking a group photo standing in front of Berghain.

Two queer geographers happily walking down the street in Berlin on their way to lead fieldwork on a lovely sunny day!

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

What might the future be if we have to share it with ‘them’? Check out this new blog post on World Without Gender, in which @kathbrowne.bsky.social and I invite you to consider living with division in utopian futures - more to come soon!

worldwithoutgender.substack.com

Imperfect Utopias: What might the future be if we have to share it with ‘them’?

By Andrew McCartan and Kath Browne

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy Birthday!! Best decade to be entering ✌🏻🥳

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

First Irish Christmas! Merry Christmas from Rhys and a freezing cold me 🎄🥰

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

You always have the best conference fashion! 😍

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Through the exhibition you can immerse yourself into these worlds through visual arts, sound, and drama to further imagine these imperfect utopias. I hope you will have a look and interact with the different creative mediums on the exhibition - then let me know your thoughts! imperfectutopias.eu

imperfectutopias.eu

Beyond Opposition | Beyond Opposition

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The exhibition presents outputs from 3 creative research workshops that brought together participants holding fundamentally different positions to each other. We asked them to imagine utopian spaces in which they must continue to live with each other knowing we can't change each other's minds.

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Divisions and oppositions relating to gender, sexuality, and abortion are being polarized in ways that can make certain spaces toxic, uncomfortable, and alienating. ‘Imperfect Utopias’ explores this polarisation: can we imagine new ways of living with divisions without the current toxicity?

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm excited to share with you the 'Imperfect Utopias' online exhibition that we have just launched as part of Beyond Opposition, an ERC funded research project led by Prof Kath Browne, with a wonderful group of postdocs (credited on the exhibition site) 🌈🎓 imperfectutopias.eu #AcademicSky

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Rine!! You’re going to make me cry on my first day at Bluesky 😂 Thanks for the kind words - and great to see you here! 🥰

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Your work sounds so interesting! There’s a big geography conference, the IGC, coming to Melbourne in 2028 - so you have just under four years to embrace your inner geographer before all the rest of us come to town 😄

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hey, hopefully we’ll meet at another one in the future! Thanks for connecting! :)

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hello! To introduce myself to Bluesky, I’m a queer geographer whose work focusses on lgbt activisms and spatialities ‘post-equality’ including social polarizations around gender and sexuality 🌈🎓 Currently a postdoc & lecturing! Super keen to engage with everyone’s ideas here #AcademicSky #Geography

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hey, thank you for putting this together - have followed everyone! Could I please be added, I’m a queer geographer working in lgbt activisms 😊🏳️‍🌈

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Andrew McCartan @queerdrew.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Could I be added please? What a brilliant network of people ✨

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