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Amy Jo Philip

@ambulancebox.bsky.social

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Poet. Author of “The Ambulance Box” and “The North End of the Possible”. New book coming in 2026. | Priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church Diocese of Edinburgh and member of general synod | she/her 🏳️‍⚧️ https://linktr.ee/amyjophilp

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

NEW: 200+ Chicago-area clergy — Protestants, Catholics, and evangelicals — have signed a letter decrying ICE's efforts and voicing a willingness to put their "bodies on the line" for migrants.

"What Kristi Noem and her ICE agents are doing is immoral," they write. religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...

(RNS) - Last Friday (Oct. 17), the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister in the Chicago area, stood alongside other protesters demonstrating outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Broadview, Illinois. As a line of Illinois State Police began marching toward her and other demonstrators, gripping wooden batons, footage shows the pastor with her hands raised in prayer.
Officers then pushed into the protesters, forcing them back.
One officer shifted his stance, reared back and began shoving his baton like a battering ram - jamming it repeatedly, Kardon says, into her leg. A few seconds later, the pastor was pulled from the crowd and thrown to the ground.
All the while, Kardon says, she never stopped praying. When officers began to arrest her, they tied her arms behind her back and placed her along the curb.
"I said, 'God, please help these people to know that what they're doing is wrong, and help them to turn around," Kardon, who leads United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago, said in an interview. Her leg, she said, has developed visible bruises.

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Transiness @transiness.bsky.social · 4d

I'm just posting this again, because we all need to be completely clear that despite sex differentiation starting at 10 wks gestation, every cell in anyones body is very unlikely to be 100% "male" or 100% "female".

Maleeessss and feeemaaalles ❌
We're all a vibrant mix ✔️

phys.org/news/2025-09...

Why our organs cannot simply be classified as male or female

Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs), but for other body organs it is of little help.

phys.org

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The Church of England @churchofengland.org · 22d

A prayer for the next Archbishop of Canterbury. 🙏

Almighty and everlasting God,
the only worker of great marvels,
send down upon your servant Sarah,
called to be Archbishop of Canterbury,
and all who are committed to her care,
the spirit of your saving grace,
and that they may truly please you,
pour upon them the continual dew of your blessing.
Grant this, O Lord,
for the honour of our advocate and mediator,
Jesus Christ.
Amen.

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · 24d

Of course, I have already celebrated this morning but it doesn't count because I wasn't aware it was international coffee day.

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · 24d

I have a notification from the Costa app telling me it's international coffee day. That's a day I can get behind. I'm off to celebrate it before saying morning prayer ...

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · 28d

It's been some week! Started with an individual retreat at Whitchester house near Hawick & midweek Eucharist at St Cuthbert's Hawick, then on Thurs my licensing as part-time transitional priest-in-charge of Grangemouth and Bo'ness. Now I'm off to the the Edinburgh diocese electoral synod.

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations! It's a well-deserved accolade.

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Sep 21

It was a real joy to give the reflection at this service for #StirlingPride tonight. #Pride #FaithfullyLGBTQ

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Foz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · Jun 15

I keep seeing reports of non-AI users being told that an AI detector has dubbed their work AI generated, and it makes me insane because:
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Jun 15

My first appearance on *live* radio for about 25 years: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... We start at about 1 hope and 10 minutes in. Happy listening!

BBC Radio Scotland - Sunday Morning, with Zara Janjua

Two hours of music and stimulating conversation from a faith and ethical perspective.

www.bbc.co.uk

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Jun 10

So, here's how I spent my Saturday. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · May 6

This auction ends on June 7th at 1am BST. Jsyk.

Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · May 5

As part of this auction for trans rights I'm selling off handwritten copy of my poem Jesus At The Gay Bar.

I promise to use nice paper and a fountain pen and my best handwriting and everything.

www.32auctions.com/organization...

Signed & Handwritten Poem, Jesus at the Gay Bar

Auction item 'Signed & Handwritten Poem, Jesus at the Gay Bar' hosted online at 32auctions.

www.32auctions.com

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · May 26

Also seen in the wild.

Photo of the inside of a toilet cubicle door in a ladies loo on which is written "Protect trans girls". Underneath, someone else has written "SO TRUE!"

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · May 16

Me in my Proud Corner

Come and hear me read as part of Queer Breakfast Club – Grangemouth's first ever pride celebration, Proud Corners! The event is free but you are welcome to give a donation on the day. QBC is a fantastic local group that, despite only having started in January, is up for two…

Me in my Proud Corner

Come and hear me read as part of Queer Breakfast Club – Grangemouth's first ever pride celebration, Proud Corners! The event is free but you are welcome to give a donation on the day. QBC is a fantastic local group that, despite only having started in January, is up for two awards: organisation of the year in the CVS Falkirk and District volunteering awards and the charity/group initiative award in this year's Proud Scotland Awards, alongside far more established and better-known groups!

amyjophilip.com

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · May 14

House!

I invite to unlock the door to The Interpreter's House no. 83. In one corner of this mansion, you will find two short poems of mine, "Of the Wounds" and "The Changes". I have a particular affection for these two wee pieces. They do something I really needed them to do at the time I wrote…

House!

I invite to unlock the door to The Interpreter's House no. 83. In one corner of this mansion, you will find two short poems of mine, "Of the Wounds" and "The Changes". I have a particular affection for these two wee pieces. They do something I really needed them to do at the time I wrote them and still need to them to do.

amyjophilip.com

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · May 9

What would the world look like if we all nurtured joybait instead of indulging in ragebait?

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Apr 16

It seems a good day to repost this: www.badlilies.uk/amy-jo-philip

Amy Jo Philip — Bad Lilies

A poem by Amy Jo Philip

www.badlilies.uk

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you.

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · Apr 16

We'd urge people not to panic - there will be lots of commentary coming out quickly that is likely to deliberately overstate the impact that this decision is going to have on all trans people's lives. We'll say more as soon as we're able to. Please look out for yourselves and each other today 💗🏳️‍⚧️

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · Apr 16

FWS have won their case against the Scottish Government. We will be reading the judgement as quickly as possible so we can properly understand what the Court has decided today.

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Apr 16

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Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Mar 13

Mìle taing!

Amy Jo Philip @ambulancebox.bsky.social · Mar 13

Yesterday was my 1,000th day on HRT so it seems a good time to post this prom, written to mark the 1yr milestone youtu.be/5itO2_PtScQ?...

Amy Jo Philip - 14.6 || Live Poetry ||

YouTube video by I Am Loud Productions

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Bad Lilies @badlilies.bsky.social · Mar 4

'Knackered, Babes' by @ambulancebox.bsky.social badlilies.uk/amy-jo-philip

io.
Origins are not the only fight, although they lead too often straight back into the great expanse of conflict. Resistance is febrile. What choice does the desert
have but patience? It does not possess the property of mercy. Resistance is fateful. The moral arc has not yet verified its course, its curve, its carve. Resistance
is faithful. The fox in the twilit park blurs into something unsubstantiated.
Resistance is faithful. Most of the universe is, even the rocks. Go forth and
bear fruit, fruit that will outlast.
Resistance is faithful. Go forth and gather the crumbs from beneath the table so as
to form a brick. Resistance is faithful.
There is no reason for this to mean a curse, babes.

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Quill Scotland @quill.scot · Mar 3

We’re delighted to have @ambulancebox.bsky.social join us to read at our #TDOV Readings Evening event in Edinburgh on Sunday 30th March! 🦋

Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/quill-pres...

Amy Jo is the first out transgender priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Learn more amyjophilip.com

A photograph of Amy Jo reading on stage at an event. The lighting is very colourful with a pink ceiling and Amy Jo's dress lit up in reds and greens. Amy Jo has long bright blonde hair and her dress is patterned with flowers.

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