Melissa Harker

Promoted by Pam Woolner on behalf ot the Green Party, c/o PO Box Green Party, London SE1P 6YL

These ghouls will not be content before they get another outcome like they got with Jason Arday.

I think for me it's a lot of "who's asking" and how I feel on any given day. she/they seems to be my default, but I am always cautious that allowing they/them becomes a cop-out for non-queer people to not acknowledge my gender. I allow some other pronouns for people I trust.

I am livid at the idea that "family concerns" were used to stop surgeries on adults, just because they happen to be trans. Maybe if this happened to a cishet white man, or for any other procedure... maybe then the @greenparty.org.uk would bother to campaign on it for longer than a day or two.

Catching up after a few days off but find myself gobsmacked that the EHRC wrote to the Greens regarding ZiR. When will we see the EHRC write to the Labour party about their rampant transphobia which is genocidal in nature?

It's great to see @scottishgreens.org leave Twitter. I just wish we'd see @greenparty.org.uk do the same like @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk did. Feels like that's something more likely to happen when hell freezes.

I was in St Pancras earlier but didn't, and couldn't, campaign. I had to head straight from Conference to a ward surgery, and I am all out of Annual Leave. You should vote and campaign for us though. We're unapologetically member-led. Nothing demonstrated that more than this weekend in Brighton.

It was great to help with some of the card vote counting at Conference yesterday. Whatever people thought about the eventual result, it's fair to say that it's a motion that people care deeply about. I am glad I got the opportunity, between counts, to vote for and support motion LM8.

My feed is full of Labour MPs expressing anger tonight. Yet when the daughter of a Holocaust survivor was arrested outside their own party conference for a non-violent protest, silence. Principles mean little if outrage only appears when it is politically convenient.

Quite emotional… Been out delivering my very first Newsletter as a campaigner for Green Party in Whinfield. Meeting so many residents who were all incredibly lovely even when some were of other political leaning. Aged 9 trafficked nationwide by peadophiles. Now, a campaigner to make a difference.

Congratulations Zack. Let's make Holborn and St Pancras Green!

Late Motion to Conference to unfreeze gender-affirming surgeries in Wales: autumnconf2026.greenparty.org.uk/std/Unfreeze... We need 50 co-proposers, ideally by midnight.

I spoke to Kat Bristow and Melissa Harker from LGBTIQA+ Greens about conference motions A116: End political capture of the EHRC and create a truly Independent Equality & Human Rights Authority and A12: Oppose Gender-Based Blanket Bans in Sport. youtu.be/J_eySTo4LW4?...

Ed Miliband’s statement on Israel is only a first step. We need to go further: a full ban on goods, services & investment. Labour is still shamefully refusing to recognise the Gaza genocide. We must have a full arms embargo, full sanctions & an end to military collaboration.

There has been some uninformed speculation in the media about the Green Party’s disciplinary processes. Rightly, LGBTIQA+ Greens has no knowledge about any specific incidents and we would not comment on any individual case, but we are able to make the following things clear: 1/4

She really takes the piss in this interview. Later on, when addressing Brown's racebaiting questions about migration, she says something about men being 98% of sexual assault but people shouldn't fear men because of it. That's the exact opposite of how that framing is used contra trans people.

It would appear sending an alert warning about wildfires about two months late'll do it for the Government...

Two derailments in the same number of days. Grass suffering from drought so badly that you'd be mistaken it wasn't sand from a distance. The climate crisis is here. The important question is what those in power are going to be doing about it. I'll put my bets on "nothing".

Richie had a brilliant speech yesterday right after mine at #darlingtonpride but of course people hear his story of abuse at the hands of the cis people in his life, and they deflect onto trans people. Solidarity with you Richie, you absolutely smashed it, and amazing response.

Playing Splatoon Raiders... damn this game is colourful.

This whole thing actually makes me really upset. I think people being loving and intimate with each other is beautiful. The idea that two lovers kissing on a park bench is some sort of affront to public decency is genuinely obscene to me. I think public affection actually makes the world better.

A short statement following the events in Berlin yesterday.

It was great to get to speak at Newcastle Pride after being invited to do so by Curious Arts, who are the organisers of the event. It seemed like it was potentially going to rain at one point, but there was no raining on our parade!

Uh huh... Uh huh... Interesting. Tell me more about how trans women are apparently a threat to women's safety.

I am so pleased to have signed this, and I think anyone who wants to protect LGBT+ rights should do the same!

Reform beat Labour by 5 votes in High Fell in Gateshead. Properly close. It's far closer than it was in May. There was the added unknown of there being a Tory this time.

Let me be very clear on this. Attitudes like this by Robinson will harm innocent people & put children in direct harm. I was trafficked by peadophiles for four entire years simply because of attitudes like this when I was a child & my community was targeted. www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...

Very excited to get to work representing the North East region on this important committee. Thanks for your hard work over the years @miketually.bsky.social, and good luck in Darlington!

I attended a People's Emergency Briefing this evening. I was the only councillor in the room. It felt great to listen to people, and my contributions about how people can help councillors such as myself went down incredibly well.

On the final day of Pride Month, a local publication has published a story about me (and it's positive) and my win in Gateshead. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Who needs infrastructure when you can just spend more on the military? This is before you realise that some people consider modern day war tactics would be to undermine infrastructure.

I finally got around to watching The Amazing Digital Circus this week and what a rollercoaster of emotions. It's quite rare for an animated show to really get the tears going. Some of the characters and the themes are too damn relatable.

Man, hayfever is really messing me up. I love nature but it hates me. 😭

Trans Apartheid. Continuation of puberty blocker ban for under 18s. Active removal of trans healthcare for trans youth. KSCIE and EHRC guidance. This, too, is Starmer's legacy. We really hope to see you bring this up more, @zackpolanski.bsky.social!