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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them)

@slashqueer.bsky.social
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Founder of /Queer, archiving gender & sexuality oral histories from cultures around the 🌏 - Gender & Sexuality specialist - deferred Social Justice PhD student @ucddublin- Dirty tallship sailor ⚓️ 🔗 linktr.ee/slashqueer

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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Delighted to announce my publication with Sage on inclusive gender and sexuality research methodologies! This article cites my work on /QUEER- which has always focused on equitable, participant-led approaches to archiving ‘queer’ histories. Not bad for a project with 0 university affiliations.
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Sage Research Methods: Inclusive Research Methodologies - Conducting Research with Gender and Sexuality Diverse Communities
<p>The field of gender and sexuality diversity research is an area of increasing interest and increasing scrutiny. As a group that has been historically under-s
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
and honestly I think the frogs might be onto something
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Amidst the sweeping existential horrors right now (to which we all have an obligation to recognise and respond to accordingly) I am taking some joy in being involved in the kind of work which allows me- in explaining how social constructs work- to write the words “frogs don’t know it’s Tuesday”.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Quick question- what’s the BBC doing using an insidious and misleading phrase like “underage women” to talk about inappropriate behaviour with young girls? You can’t be a woman and be underage. This kind of language deliberately takes the gut punch out of calling a child a child. This isn’t okay.
Section of a BBC article with the phrase “underage women” underlined
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Hey there! How established should you be for something like this? Is it predominantly for newcomers to the format?
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 14/01/2025
If you’re not afraid of getting canceled, you fucking coward, why didn’t you let them print your name?
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
I use the word “endorsement” very deliberately here. There is no neutral party in the arena of human rights- you are either in support of them or against them- and platforming the voices of those against them makes you complicit.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
My cousin and their partner wrote an important letter today to @newstatesman.com about their unacceptable endorsement of anti-trans rhetoric. I’m very proud of the two of them for speaking up and eternally frustrated that we are still fighting these battles in 2025. #lgbtq #humanrights #newstatesman
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Consortium @consortium.lgbt · 07/01/2025
Understanding the support needs of older LGBTQ+ Londoners Dr Sue Westwood (University of York) and Professor Trish Hafford-Letchfield (University of Strathclyde) are conducting research on the support needs of older LGBTQ+ Londoners. [1/3]
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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
One day after effectively banning porn in the state, SC uses the same "harmful to minors" argument to make it a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, to allow someone under 18 to view a drag show. It's called "The Defense of Children's Innocence Act" www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025...
" (B) A person commits the offense of exhibiting a harmful performance to a minor if, with or without consideration and knowing the character or content of the performance, he allows a minor to view a live performance which is harmful to minors. For purposes of this subsection, allowing a minor to view a drag show, as defined in Section 6-1-200, is harmful to minors and punishable pursuant to this section."
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
It should absolutely be illegal for companies like YouTube to bombard you with ads for weight loss pills. It is exploitative and cruel and we have to be more vocal about our right to not be passively absorbing these adverts for several hours a day. We cannot allow this to become normal.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I’ve had the good fortune in my life to not struggle with being overweight. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t obsessed over my weight for much of my adolescence and adult life. It doesn’t meant I haven’t watched loved ones suffer with- and almost lost a few to- debilitating eating disorders.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Since it’s all I’ve been getting on YouTube for the past couple of weeks, I have something not-so-radical to say… Weight loss ads should be illegal. Weight loss culture is dangerous and insidious and does little to help the health and wellbeing of the average person.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Thank you so much for this! Appreciate the support ☺️
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Oof. Yeah I know this one very well, that's a devastating situation to be in. Sending my best to your friend, who is definitely not in that challenging boat alone. It's hard work but it's respectable.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
It does feel painfully rare at the moment. It's a bad time of year for this kind of work, and I don't regret my choices, but wow. It sure is tough out there for anyone who is a fan of being alive and having groceries money
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This index demonstrates the insightful correlations between the political climate of European countries and their approach to LGBTQ+ inclusion, equity & legislative protections. Thoughts and feedback so very welcome- it is always exciting to get to share this work with other LGBTQ+ academics!
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I'd like to share one of my greater achievements this year- the Queer Justice Index. Myself and @gary-munnelly.bsky.social created a measure of the relationship between political corruption and LGBTQ+ inequality, through data collected by @ilgaeurope.bsky.social + @anticorruption.bsky.social.
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Queer Justice Index — /Queer
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
First they came for the queers, and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem
Image of Nazis burning books from the Institute of Sexual Studies with text:
"First they came for the queers and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem"
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Pros of freelancing: I do not have to swear fealty to Terrible CEO who decides when my rent can be paid Cons of freelancing: delayed invoice gives me tummy ache
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It's wonderful to see someone articulate an issue which is so prevalent in so many "LGBTQ+" organisations. Many cis white gay men refuse to acknowledge the power and privilege they have access to and thus believe they are immune from abusing it. Thank you for explaining this so effectively.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
People love to use the word “scientist” so loosely that it is no more than a fart in the wind. I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume the scientists in this example are NOT endocrinologists.
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Fuck me this did numbers
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Zuraida!!! Thank you for coming and finding me, this is bloody lovely. Very glad we’re gonna be able to keep in touch 🥰
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Also, if you wanna hear some of the stories I’ll be platforming in this book from the voices of those they belong to, you can check out /Queer here (and on Spotify and all good podcasting platforms!). Feedback ALWAYS welcome on this oral histories project 💙 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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/Queer
Sexuality Podcast · 2 Seasons · Every two months
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Yesterday I finally did something I’ve wanted to do for years- I submitted my book proposal to an agent. The /Queer podcast has been my greatest love and passion project for 5 years now and I am so excited to go even further with the platforming of these stories. Keep fingers crossed for me ❤️🤞🏻
Screenshot of an email submission to a literary agent which reads as follows:

“Dear [],

I am looking for representation for my non-fiction book Queer Humans, which explores the narratives of gender and sexuality diverse people from countries across the globe. 

Based on field research conducted between 2019-2023 in the USA, Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa, Lesotho and the wider seafaring community, Queer Humans seeks to demonstrate the interconnected nature of gender and sexuality diverse cultures around the world. Between first-person accounts of gender and sexuality history and academic contextualisation, Queer Humans grounds itself in conversations around colonialism, transnationalism, globalisation, intersectionality, queer theory, kinship and body politics. Queer Humans is written in a semi-formal tone, employing both academic insights and perspectives from my own lived experience, intended to make the subject matter more empathetic and personable.”
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@fourteenscrews.bsky.social
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
@fourteenscrews.bsky.social
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hello ya beauties! So lovely to be connecting with so many people (especially academics) 💙 Since we're introducing ourselves, I figured I'd share this video of me and the kind of thing I get up to when I'm not strapped to a desk. Strongly recommend becoming a pirate as a mid-career crisis ✨🏴‍☠️
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Ever fancied running away to sea? 🌊⛵️ Hi! I’m Georgie, a deckhand on the Götheborg of Sweden, and I’ll be taking over the socials this month to share a little about the history, culture and skillset t...
TikTok video by Götheborg of Sweden
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Hey Paisley, this looks excellent! Would you mind adding me to this list? 🙏🏻
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Cheers Kate! 🙏🏻😊
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Cheers! 😊
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This is an excellent wee list! Is it alright to ask to be included? 🙏🏻
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
This looks fab! Any chance I could be added? 🙏🏻
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello my friend, it’s been too long ❤️💜
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Georgie Williams 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈(they/them) @slashqueer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Howdy, Bluesky 🌤️ it's nice to be on a platform not owned by a budget-brand supervillain. Using this first post to announce that I am FINALLY writing a book of my research- looking at gender and sexuality diversity in communities around the globe. Cannae wait to share more soon 💙 #lgbtq #queerhistory
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