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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/09/2026

I have to be the most oblivious lesbian woman in the world. I am pretty sure hundreds of women have tried to at this point chat me up and I have had absolutely no clue. I just sit there uselessly. The moment of realisation happens months later when you realise in the shower: "Ohh, I seee..." WHY

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/09/2026

A reminder: no matter what any religious text says homosexuality is not, and will never be a sin. Today, I noted as a lesbian woman who is trans, pursuing "heterosexual" relationships in a past life would have been, gay. This is a head fuck and the root cause of my OCD. Homophobia is the sin here!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 20/09/2026

@manchestereveningnews.co.uk Stabbing at the Cornishman Pub in Wythenshawe today, at roughly 8pm. 5 police units on site, a police van, a police Investigator, and a big ol' cordon at the site.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 19/09/2026

There has been a passenger emergency on the Metrolink late yesterday at Manchester Piccadilly station. A woman has had a very serious injury, and emergency services attended on site. This can happen in a moment of inattention. Please look yourselves on a night out and be aware of your surroundings.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 18/09/2026

I am extremely pleased to report TransPennine has passed the random inspection and they have learnt from my experiences to put the ramp down. At Oxford Road, you can now see both Northern and TPE both working together at the end of platform 4. I declare this bug fully fixed.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 17/09/2026

Another consideration for Bee Network buses: There is ~0.5m of distance between my wheelchair, and the accessible stop button on the rightmost space. This needs to be mounted either down on the lower wall or on the frame in front to avoid twisting into unnatural positions. Hard even with long arms!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 16/09/2026

Mentioned by a colleague over at TransPennine Express @networkrail.bsky.social: "It's hard to put a ramp over the tactile paving at Piccadilly!" The ramps are not long enough for class 397. Additionally larger spacing between the blisters on the surface would help if wheels get stuck between them.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 11/09/2026

@tpexpress.bsky.social are still denying me service by not allowing me to get off at Manchester Oxford Road. Not good enough. There's no excuse for not following the Equality Act. As a wheelchair user, not being able to get off at my preferred station is awful. How hard is it to just do the ramp?

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 06/09/2026

To the passenger that decided not to move on the C1 bus in London out of the wheelchair spot, no, having a baby stroller does not give you priority. What an absolute dickhead. It is clearly marked. Bus driver was sadly unable to do anything as unless you halt service entirely, hard to do anything.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 05/09/2026

It's rather fitting that Westminster Pier is completely inaccessible to wheelchair users, and I need to be helped up stairs by strangers. It's so stupid, as the tube station behind me, has a working lift! If only this random listed wall wasn't in the way, it could be entirely step free! Nightmare!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 05/09/2026

Coming into Vauxhall through Nine Elms Lane, looks like there's anti-war Amnesty International protest against Israel, calling on the US to take action.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 05/09/2026

Battersea Power Station is imposing on the ground at 101 metres high! Yes, I'm obviously listening to Pink Floyd, as it is compulsory by law. Of course in 2026, it's a mixed use development. Surprisingly, Wandsworth Council will be building 200 social homes as part of the development for families.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 05/09/2026

Right, one for TfL. I often see "varied step-free access" on TfL Go. Is it step-free to train? To platform? This needs way more explanation as there is a big difference between needing a ramp, and level access! I get DLR will be level and the older lines won't, but isn't obvious at first glance.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 05/09/2026

Most accessible: THE LONDON CABLE CAR IS AMAZING! THEY STOP THE CABLE CAR TO LET WHEELCHAIR USERS ON! Fantastic when it's also windy. You get to be absolutely evil and suspend everybody in the air! ❤️ Highly recommended for sadists.

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The "Polanski is useful to keep Burnham honest" arg will also work for LDs on many issues - few parties/voters are more responsive to the finer points of local context than LDs

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 29/08/2026

Readers in Wythenshawe, I am truly tragically sorry for yelling "DOWN, DOWN WASP" at 6 o'clock in the morning for everyone to hear. In my defence I already got stung this month and my attempts to call for help were for naught. I braved it and I am pleased to say target has been indeed, neutralised.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 23/08/2026

We love the Indigo Gender Clinic here at Queer Love Riot. That's why we've decided tomorrow we're going to organise a clap for gender psychiatrists to truly celebrate the wonderful work they do there. Anyone is free to join in to show their appreciation. Make sure to bring some art pieces as well!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 16/08/2026

Grok seems to be handling the editing feature on Twitter. @zackpolanski.bsky.social looks to have been AI processed. x.com/ZackPolanski... www.instagram.com/p/DcGrbAggoMZ/ Seems to be part of the model's capabilities. It'll be challenging for public figures to avoid now. docs.x.ai/developers/m...

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 10/08/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Christ. It seems Rowling's now also a menace not just towards trans people, but now also to the growth of the economy! It amazes me after everything, people still concern themselves with the Potter series. It's unimaginably dull. There are FAR better reads out there.

bbc.co.uk

Harry Potter fans force power link diversion to avoid Dobby's grave

Potter fans complained after a project manager suggested cables would go under the grave in a BBC interview.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 04/08/2026

Manchester City Council has agreed to patch a bunch of local potholes! Excellent! I'm looking forward to the inevitable transphobia on Facebook when I go and meet the repair crew and interview them. 🤣

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 31/07/2026

To nobody's surprise, Bev Craig's in for Manchester City Mayor. Did come down to the second round, but let's face it, who in their right mind would vote Reform as a 2nd preference? Meanwhile, Andy Burnham is cutting rates for pubs and venues and capping bus fares. He's avoided a scandal thus far...

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 21/07/2026

Now phoning my GP for my mandatory General Practitioner appointment. They insist I come in to see how they can support me. I am starting to think that my GP is really lonely and misses me as there's nothing she is able to do. What bloody referrals or medications can she even give me at this point?

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 15/07/2026

I can now officially confirm: I will be studying at the University of Lancaster this academic year as a postgraduate! It's definitely going to be a change from Manchester. And I'm absolutely going to miss the craziness of Wythenshawe! Who knows, maybe I'll end up doing a PhD too? Why the hell not!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 12/07/2026

I cannot believe that last night we've met a gay man from Wythenshawe AND he also wanted for Wythenshawe Pride to happen this year. What have I done? 🤣

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 11/07/2026

I'm at Bristol Pride! It is sweltering hot, but my god this is so much nicer than corporate Manchester Pride! It's very much community! I'm now on a bus to the Downs and I've got a lovely assistant to push me to help me take photos which I'll share later!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 10/07/2026

Right. Bristol is a little hilly. Thankfully the locals down here are super friendly and have given me a push multiple times now. 🤣 It's definitely a challenge if you're on a manual wheelchair! I'll come back to Manchester racing my local buses by the end of this trip!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 10/07/2026

@crosscountryuk.bsky.social Hello XC, I was left on the platform as a wheelchair user due to passenger overbooking. No one communicated to Passenger Assistance that Coach A had a broken toilet, nobody was allowed on. I'm now delayed by one hour to Bristol Pride. I'll be filling a formal complaint.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 10/07/2026

When Lancaster accepts my university application, you damn well know that I'll be going on Ballrigg FM. "Why is this woman on a wheelchair hurtling down at Freshers to see our society?" They'll never get me out of the damn building. And of course, I'll need to negotiate to bring the Anglepoise in!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 09/07/2026

I have just obtained a new lamp. Delightfully wonderful Model 1209 that I found really, really cheap! This is my Anglepoise moving forward. I will be retiring the Model 75 towards light duties as it really needs a break. The hunt is on to find the original Prototypes; the very roots of Anglepoise!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 07/07/2026

I wish I could move to Preston already out of Wythenshawe. I miss my partner every day. She's the most beautiful woman I've ever met. She helped me so much to understand myself. She's even tolerated the fact I've brought home a bin instead of a fan in the heatwave. 🤣 Yes, I'm a bloody ginger cat.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 03/07/2026

I finally got my Functional Neurological Disorder diagnosis at Salford Royal, after having a complete physical, psychological, and neurological breakdown. All it took, was my dignity. It's due to a brain injury I've had for years. Without this diagnosis, I don't get the adjustments I need to work.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/06/2026

Sparkle has gone a bit wet thanks to Mancunian weather. We're soaking wet but the queers are still very much here and having the time of their lives. 🤣

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/06/2026

I'm enjoying the music at Sparkle. The last time I've been around so many trans people has been at the protests and that's depressing. Our community is bigger than one may think, but it is vulnerable. Attending these events builds solidarity in an environment that isn't just fighting for our lives.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/06/2026

Five minutes in, I was already given bubbles to blow, as well as some free water. There's a ton of stuff here, stickers to buy, and queers to meet!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/06/2026

Right, time to investigate Sparkle. I've never been! Beautiful weather outside Canal St, loads of delightful queers, and I've obviously come well dressed for the big event! It's certainly unusual to come to a queer event in a suit but frankly I've seen weirder at the fur meets around here before!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/06/2026

Health update: I'm now able to ride up the big hill round mine to the tram stop without stopping in my wheelchair. I'm fucking exhausted, but I did it! I'm tackling my physical disabilities, one step at a time. I remember the time when I wheeled outside my house, and I was already fully exhausted!

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 27/06/2026

I have now submitted my application for MSc Artificial Intelligence at Lancaster University. Woo! As a responsible journalist, it is important I immerse myself in the latest research and surround myself with as many interesting academics as possible. I'll hopefully hear back within the next month.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 26/06/2026

I can confirm a nationalised, Bee Networked Class 323 Northern, at the end of the day is sadly still a Northern. Once again, there was nobody to let me off the train. As a wheelchair user, at this point I take great pride in holding up the network, to uphold my rights as per the Equality Act 2010.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 24/06/2026

There's been a crash at Preston Bus station! The 1 crashed into the 23 I was on! The Preston Bus is unscathed, but the Stagecoach was not so lucky. Clearly the heat is messing with Preston's bus drivers just a little bit. 🤣

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 24/06/2026

Looking forward to another meeting with Manchester Adult Social Services, on Friday afternoon. As a disabled person, I find phone calls incredibly difficult, especially when sprung up on me spontaneously. I'm glad that Manchester City Council has actively agreed to provide reasonable adjustments.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 22/06/2026

Sir Queer Harmer has resigned from No 10. Wes Streeting has officially backed Andy Burnham as a candidate, so it looks like he'll just be dropshipped in. He has only just realised he hasn't got a fucking chance. Fortunately, we can all enjoy how equally useless Burnham will be at the job as well.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 19/06/2026

In a shocking twist, the auditor actually cared about my health. Genuinely, as much as the DWP process sucks to the point of mental breakdowns, I have had more compassion shown to me by the DWP than the NHS. The reality is, most DWP staff see a person who is trying and they will try and help out.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 19/06/2026

Oh dear. My job coach seems to have gone AWOL. Must be too exhausted from watching the election results come in last night. Now I'm waiting for the auditor. Of course, it is worth pointing out that my circumstances will not have changed as my job coach was supposed to help me change my predicament.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 19/06/2026

Jobcentre appointment soon. I think it's a fantastic opportunity to tell them about my experience of running as a highly disabled person for elections, and maybe, I'll do it again next year. Of course, I am incredibly disabled. This wouldn't be possible without a ton of people trying to advise me.

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 19/06/2026

✅ BURNHAM IN Makerfield by-election result: LAB: 54.8% (+9.6) REF: 34.5% (+2.7) RST: 6.8% (+6.8) CON: 2.2% (-8.7) GRN: 0.7% (-3.7) LDEM: 0.4% (-6.4)

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 15/06/2026

Oh dear. @mayorofgm.bsky.social there appears to be a lack of training for bus drivers in Wigan to know what the hell to do for a wheelchair user. 601 bus driver just starred at me blankly, expecting me to hop on magically. I can confirm as a disabled person I cannot perform acrobatics on command.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 15/06/2026

Here's Eccles. A completely inaccessible train station. There's no lift, there's no way for me to escape in the case of a fire, or go back to Manchester. I'm a professional working journalist, currently covering Makerfield. These are the kinds of obstacles I face to bring political transparency.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 14/06/2026

Out of all the investigations that I undertaken, finding my pre-transition life I had to remove from the internet due to harassment, has to be the hardest challenge. This has to be one of the most infuriating things ever. I did such an incredibly thorough job as a techie person at a very young age.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 06/06/2026

For book related reasons, this is where I need to come out as a lesbian woman. I'm a victim of conversion therapy. The reason why we, queer people, talk about mental health so much, is because that trauma is for life. If we were only allowed to be ourselves growing up, we wouldn't have problems.

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Emily Elżbieta Chomicz | QLR @queerloveriot.com · 05/06/2026

Transition in Ecstasy is incredibly emotional. With queer people, the only family you can ever really truly on, are your own chosen family. This Pride Month, go off and spend time with them. You are not alone. There are millions of people that love you. We're all flawed, but we're all beautiful.

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