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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 13h

Seems like a good day for an afternoon nap

Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 14h

Neigh!

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 15h

I often return to the thought, that transition has lead me to be kinder to myself.

There’s absolutely still troubles and tribulations and traumas in my life, but that one detail - being kinder to myself - has done a lot for me

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TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · 15h

The success of Barcelona shows us how a broken system can be replaced through strong community advocacy. There is a better way than the failed NHS.

Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16h

New short blog: Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

growinguptransgender.com/2025/10/12/t...

Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

I’m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans health…

growinguptransgender.com

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 15h

And in under 18s it is standing at an indefinite wait and no one has accessed endocrine care in the new service's history

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Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 16h

I can answer Q1 (to a point) off the top of my head.

Wait time between 1st & 2nd Appt has decreased from 14 months to 8 months between 23/24 and 24/25.

Incomplete data set as not all services collect this, but 10/15 services.

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 15h

The data collection aspects of it are frustrating.
Like currently the NHS requires minimum 2 appointments to diagnose dysphoria, and then maybe prescribe hormones.

Tho for me personally there was a roughly 7 year gap between diagnosis and starting HRT.

I hope I’m an outlier, I wish we had data

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 15h

A piece which reminds us trans healthcare can be better, faster, and compassionate

We are wholly justified in demanding that be the case everywhere

Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 16h

New short blog: Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

growinguptransgender.com/2025/10/12/t...

Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

I’m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans health…

growinguptransgender.com

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 18h

Direct link to the above map

rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/categories/l...

Link to press release from ILGA explaining its 2025 evaluation of the UK

my.ilga-europe.org/civicrm/mail...

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 18h

April’s UK Supreme Court ruling on trans rights, lead the ILGA to determine legal gender recognition in this country was no longer functional.

Idk if I’d call that an “unwavering commitment” to trans rights

A variant The 2025 Rainbow map, indexing European countries by their systems of legal gender recognition.
The UK is coloured red, the worst colour, in Western Europe it is the only red country. Other red countries include Russia, Belarus, Georgia, and Hungary

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 19h

It’s a wet and foggy day, the more I think about it the more my grey lipstick seems apt.

There’s also some delightfully rain-laden spiderwebs on the bins outside

Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 19h

Hope you have a nice day, a rest a treat whatever ✨

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 19h

Gothing it up today with a grey lip.
My one black lipstick is exceedingly waxy, I should probably seek a replacement

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SE Asian Games for Good @seagamesforgood.bsky.social · 21h

It is absolutely heartening to see videos and accounts of the Palestinian people returning to their homes after the ceasefire, and of aid finally reaching them. The time for rebuilding and healing begins. It is also imperative we do not stop fighting for the end of oppression.

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 21h

I very much agree with this.
Putting a book down to yell at the author across time and space - is a very personal experience.

No summary can ever be that memorable or emotional.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 1d

Your analysis was welcome, I didn’t recognise the background music was by Sophie.
Mamdani has put together an ad that’s remarkably considered and grounded.

He’s offered a politics to hope for, and I want to see it flourish; in NYC, and closer to home, and elsewhere too!

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 1d

The likely oldest is at the end of the Diamond Sutra “Reverently made for universal free distribution…”

That happens to be pretty snappy, but I feel there’s scope to go shorter

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 1d

SATURDAY. Stop doomscrolling and do me a quick favour please:

🔽 Download the Earth Must Die demo
🕹️ Play it, have a lovely time
✅ Review it
🌟Wishlist the full game
♻️ Share

This is all FREE and *massively* helps us out with Next Fest/ launch/ keeping the company afloat, so please do. Thanks!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 2d

Have you played the Earth Must Die demo?

It went live yesterday, and already has a 100% rating on Steam <3

store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 1d

Liver Gravy Bacon Taters

👻 thespian lesbian 🧟‍♀️ (acetaminophen confit) @chatagp.bsky.social · 1d

What does LGBT stand for? (Wrong answers only)

Let's Go Bee-movie Torrenting

Tiff / Alien Ordnance @tiffalien.bsky.social · 2d

What does LGBT stand for? (Wrong answers only)

Lovely, Groovy, But Tough

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Sammi Narramore @narramoreart.bsky.social · 1d

This sounds rad as heck!

Wish I could give this a go (tho it’d probably do a number on my back 😅)

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · Aug 30

An increasing number of women are pulling on up to 40 kilograms of steel armour to take part in historic medieval combat.

Fighting like a knight 'extremely freeing' as all-female teams grow

An increasing number of women are pulling on up to 40 kilograms of steel armour to take part in historic medieval combat.

www.abc.net.au

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unpaid shirtz dot cool brand ambassador @sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com · 1d

Not to gas myself up but I think my piece on shitposting from like, 2017, is a great companion piece to @sarahjeong.bsky.social's incredible, important Verge article

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Deeply Unsexy Scary Gorgon Costume @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 2d

5 minute study of a rat sitting like people.

Very quick ink sketch of a rat, sitting on its butt.

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 1d

Eris is an idealistic Trans-Neptunian Object who longs to find a place for herself, and Comet Halley is a Cis-Neptunian Object named for a comet that's famous for always returning to Earth in the end… can these two women find true love, or are they doomed to never truly be able to reach each other?

Star Sword Nemesis by Love Conquers All Games

mecha betrayal girls love in distant space

loveconquersallgames.itch.io

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