Emergency Petition to the House of Lords: Please make sure the Health and Social Care Bill doesn’t put our NHS in danger

Petition: Dear Daily Mail, please stop dehumanizing trans people...

I've been a bit slow to pick up on this issue, so here's a slightly tardy bit of awareness-raising over the government's plans to reform the DLA (Disability Living Allowance). For those who aren't in the loop, it's looking like this might be very bad for people with disabilities, especially when considered alongside various other initiatives, such ( Read more... )

Aargh, quick update, life made of busy. Fun busy. Yes. At Fringe, with many shiny peoples, doing the Lashings of Ginger Beer thing in association with much hilarity. And dinosaurs, naturally. Meow. One review so far - Scotsman 4 Stars, woo! Good audiences. Now scared of heights (pesky bf decided it would be fun for us to scale *massive crag* to ( Read more... )

Gosh - has it been a whole year already?

:D

*purr*

It's Lashings of Ginger Beer Time ( Read more... )

OK, for those of us who want to show support for Dr Evan Harris, there's wldeh - please spread the word :)

 Those of us who love Dr Evan Harris, for what he did for good science, and queer rights, and conscientious, principled politics...

...what shall *we* do for *him*?

Not the Tories. Please please not the Tories.

This has been doing the rounds for weeks now, but I might as well link anyway: the Conservatives really haven't got much better on queer issues. I'm still waiting for a proper sign that they're willing to try combating queerphobia rather than squarely aligning themselves with it.

I'm really quite scared ( Read more... )

Recently, I have been devoting much of my time and energy to Lashings of Ginger Beer, the Queer Feminist Burlesque Collective that offers titillation for the brain.

Among other things, I seem to be acting as Producer for our recently confirmed Edinburgh run. And - sorry, what's that? Ah, now, actually, I think you'll find I only said I'd chew my own ( Read more... )