📚 Someone actually tried to ban a book because it promotes the “ideology” of… coming out
Yes, apparently, being honest about who you are is now a dangerous political agenda
Truly, we are living in the golden age of nonsense
LGB+T folk were subjected to cruel & harmful aversion therapy. Survivors demanding justice
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"Ambivalence is pervasive in #Activism but has far too long been neglected by scholars. This important and original collection explores the potential of ambivalence in a wide range of contexts." - Silke Roth, University of Southampton
We know that this conversion practices are being built into the pathways for trans youth via the Cass model, via mandatory psych evaluations before allowing any referral, via the incorporation of conversion therapists and training materials.
Excellent programme - but media coverage, so far, is erasing the fact that this cruel 'treatment' was used to convert people's gender expression as well as their sexuality. Trans erasure 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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The Summer 2026 Issue of the @asylummagazine.bsky.social is out
Thank you for your contributions and your support 😊
Special thanks to Nicola Field and Max Pogrzeba for their help with the design & the overall look of the magazine 💜❤️
Pleased to have a chapter about mental health activism in this exciting new book about Ambivalent Activism. Out now!
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'The technocrats / are taking over the asylums...'
I am very glad my poem 'A psychiatric hospital is not a factory' is in the new issue of Asylum. Big thanks to @hspandler.bsky.social & all at @asylummagazine.bsky.social for supporting my work & for campaigning so consistently over so many years ❤️❤️
"When people look at the world through a filter that says there is a gay agenda, they will find one."
Ambivalent Activism - Working with Contradiction, Hesitation and Doubt for Social Change; What if doubt, hesitation and ambivalence weren’t barriers to activism but powerful tools for change? This…
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New educational lead at Great Ormond Street Hospital has previously trained psychiatrists to direct families to resources from conversion therapy groups
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How electric shock therapies were used by the NHS to try to change victims’ sexuality.
Ambivalent Activism - Working with Contradiction, Hesitation and Doubt for Social Change; What if doubt, hesitation and ambivalence weren’t barriers to activism but powerful tools for change? This bol...
