@lipspeakerjules.bsky.social @lipspeakerjules.bsky.social
Lee Ryder @leeryder.bsky.social Chief Newcastle United writer for Chronicle Live #nufc
Daddy's queer academy @gayslaveacademy.bsky.social Welcome to daddy queer academy🔞🌈.. A bold LGBTQ+ space to learn, discuss, connect, and discover exactly who you are.
💬 Real talk, queer education & identity exploration. DM 🚪
👑 Guided by Daddy, where community, confidence, and self-expression lead the way.
@deafblinduk.bsky.social @deafblinduk.bsky.social
#DeafLGBTQWeek @deaflgbtqweek.bsky.social National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week
aka #DeafLGBTQWeek
April 13-19, 2026
Celebrating and uplifting Deaf queer & trans communities nationwide!
Website: https://deaflgbtqweek.info
Instagram: @deaflgbtqweek
Whickham Hermitage Community Garden @whickhamgarden.bsky.social Beautiful free to enter, volunteer-maintained Garden & Orangery Cafe, in Whickham, Tyne and Wear. Open Tuesday-Sunday 9am-4pm Wheelchair accessible. Dogs on leads welcome. 🌺 whickhamhermitagegarden.co.uk
Will Fertman @willfertman.com Father and author of The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, available now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://is.gd/0FoT5z
All opinions are my own. More opinions at:
https://willfertman.com - https://buttondown.com/will_fertman
Rupert Rivett @rupertrivett.bsky.social 📸 Photographer | capturing life's candid moments with my camera 📸
🌍 https://rupertrivett.photoshelter.com 🌍
#RealStreetPhotography #Photojournalism|
Skilled in unobtrusive, authentic #storytelling
📣NEW SUBSTACK 📔
👇📸👇📸👇📸👇📸
https://rupephoto.substack.com/
Anne-Marie Creamer @amcreamer.bsky.social Exploring the interstitial spaces of #Artist-Researcher-Patient. Or, knowing from the body’s edge lands
Dear Friend -Soane Museum
R&D 🗣️Ghostbodies
IRL-Lived Experience Lab UAL
Better Making CSM
EURORDIS xERDERA Open Academy
https://amcreamer.net
Natalie 나탈리 @afewlanguages.bsky.social Love languages! Focus: 한국어를 배우고 있습니다. BTS. Language interests: Korean, KSL, BSL, Indonesian, French, LSF, LSQ, linguistics & more. Fluent: English & ASL. Previously a certified ASL interpreter & interpreting instructor.
Love cats, photography, scrapbooking
BSL Digital Signer @bsldigitalsigner.bsky.social Affordable AI-powered British Sign Language translation tool.
🧏🏻♀️ Create Deaf-friendly digital experiences
💪🏻 Empower 100,000 people in the UK to access content in their first language
🏆 Champion accessibility
📈 Drive the overdue shift toward Deaf inclusion
DSN @dsn-news.bsky.social DSN (Deaf & Sensory Network) is Cheshire and North Wales' leading sensory loss support charity.
Marta Morgado @martamorgado.bsky.social Post-doc fellow at the University of Birmingham. My research: International Sign in SLs. Deaf. My luggage: running shoes, kindle books and drawing materials. she/her 🌈
Happy Heather @heathershep.bsky.social Bereavement, miscarriage, baby loss & fertility-related grief counsellor.
Smiley, comedy loving, creative crafter, parkrun volunteer.
Loving life and making every day count 💝
North West. UK.
@terpdave.bsky.social @terpdave.bsky.social
Sophia Williams @asophw.bsky.social deaf phd student in anthropology
Jen Bird @jenpenbird.bsky.social BSL/English Interpreter, Web Developer, Co-founder of Signalise Co-op. Mum of 2 #womenintech views=own (was Jen Smith)
Kelsey Frewin @kelseyfrewin.bsky.social Postdoc at UEA | Previously at Cardiff Uni | Language and conceptual dev in hearing and deaf infants 👶🧠 | LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 | Tea lover ☕ ❤️
Dr Gearóidín McEvoy @garodean.bsky.social Gael. Feminist. Lawyer and linguist. ISL user. Researcher. Immigrant. Mama. Knitter
I hope you like feminist rants
Sí/í
Liz @sugartumfaerie.bsky.social Fat, fluffy, middle-aged. She/her. Woke snowflake seeking avalanche. BSL user. All views expressed are mine alone, not my employer’s, not my family’s, not even the squirrels that live in my garden 🐿️
Auditory-Visual Speech Association (AVISA) @avsp.bsky.social The official(ish) account of the Auditory-VIsual Speech Association (AVISA) AV 👄 👓 speech references, but mostly what interests me avisa.loria.fr
Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social Retired Professor Child Mental Health: Uni of York & HYMS Med School, NHS Deaf Child service, NHS CAMHS, COMIC child oriented innovative research. Interested in developing child friendly interventions. Husband, dad, grandad. Enthusiast for kindness & fun.
Martine @martinemonks.bsky.social Advisory Qualified Teacher of Deaf CYP, Consultant, media work, will try most things….
Lipspeaker UK @lipspeakeruk.bsky.social Communication Access for Deaf & Deafblind People
👄Lipspeakers
👐🏼 BSL Interpreters
📝 Translators
🗣️ STTR
💻 Notetakers
👄👀 Expert Lipreaders
https://linktr.ee/lipspeakeruk
Nikki Champagnie (Harris) @bigbrownbee.bsky.social Registered BSL interpreter 27 years. Work in arts & media mostly. Also an amateur body builder. SEN mum to a boy with ASC. Known as ‘jah-Irish’ in the Caribbean. Forever time poor. I run www.cliftondeafservices.com
Kyle Card @kylejcard.bsky.social HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow at the Cleveland Clinic studying drug resistance evolution w/ Jacob Scott 💊 | HHMI Gilliam Fellow & Ph.D. w/ Richard Lenski | #DisabledInSTEM 🦾 | He/Him
@bazinibsl.bsky.social @bazinibsl.bsky.social
AdaptNI @adaptniorguk.bsky.social AdaptNI - the ONLY provider of specialist employment and training support for the Northern Ireland Deaf, hearing loss and Tinnitus Communities
www.adaptni.org.uk
Signs of Good Food @signsofgoodfood.com Where sign language meets good food
Deaf Chef & Deaf Engineer
cSeeker @cseeker.bsky.social #BritishSignLanguageAgency
cseeker.co.uk
Hearing Health Foundation @hearinghealthfn.bsky.social Largest nonprofit US funder of innovative hearing loss, tinnitus, and related hearing and balance research🔬💪
Prevention | Research | Cure | hhf.org
#LoveYourEars #KeepListening
Here to share news and notes!
Mayor of London's Health & Wellbeing Team @ldn-health.bsky.social Updates from the Mayor of London’s Health & Wellbeing Team. Dedicated to tackling London’s health inequalities and creating a healthier, fairer city for all.
Steve @tijan10.bsky.social God is great ✝️🙏❤️
SignHealth @signhealth.bsky.social The deaf health charity SignHealth provides psychological therapy, domestic abuse support and social care services. And now Deaf Wave!
Email: info@signhealth.org.uk
Isabel Reid (she/her) sign name I-A one handed @mrsisabelreid.bsky.social Deaf, Carpe Diem, Be Kind, Social Justice, Inclusivity, Equity & Equality & all that jazz. Qualified Social Worker since 1988 & counting....
Tony Barlow @saltbar.co.uk Deaf / BSL user / Derby (You Rams 🐏) / born bred Gloucester / Director of Signing Network CIC, iNet Interpreting ltd & CWBSLI Ltd. Manager for Leicester Deaf Centre.
Deafinitely Women @deafinitelyw.bsky.social East Midlands Women Disability Campion Awards winner 24. Weston Charity Awards winner 22. Finalist MBCC 22. Highly Commended EMC 20. UK 🇬🇧 linktr.ee/deafinitelywomen
Elizabeth Gardner @elizabethagardner.bsky.social ASL/English Interpreter and Interpreter Educator in Chicagoland and Bristol UK. Director: www.interpretingpathways.com
Stoo @studeafears.bsky.social Deaf
Dr Rob Wilks @drrobwilks.bsky.social on Deaf Legal Studies, equality and sign language law
Daniel Jillings @djillings.bsky.social I am profoundly Deaf and British Sign Language is my first language. Campaigning for a GCSE in BSL. BA History student.
@grifflow.bsky.social @grifflow.bsky.social
ɯɐʇʇ ʞıɹqʎ @mwkirby-terp.bsky.social BSL RSLT (Registered Sign Language Translator) / RSLI (Registered Sign Language Interpreter) I'm deaf actor and proud of it! Also I have very proud deaf son!🙌
the_gryphon @thegryphon.bsky.social Barb. Professor, multigenerational New Mexican, old school feminist, wife, first generation college graduate, ASL/English interpreter. Absolutely terrified American. Opinions are my own. DM for other SM accounts.
Campaign for Disability Justice @campaignfdj.bsky.social A UK-wide campaign run by Disabled people, for Disabled people, run by a local charity @inclusionbarnet.bsky.social
Join a growing movement calling for a decent life for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/IZDn3T5
Kim Waine-Thomas @kimwaine-thomas.bsky.social Deaf Artist, Sailor and Naturalist.
Caroline E Fearon @carolinefearon.bsky.social Just discovered and loving Pickleball
Love sofa days
If you are on Goodreads- do look me up
@annjillings.bsky.social @annjillings.bsky.social
@bencie.bsky.social @bencie.bsky.social
Social Sync @socialsync.io The future of fundraising.
#IYKYK
🫶 Loved by Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, WWF, Comic Relief, Royal British Legion and 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 more.
socialsync.io
Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social https://sites.google.com/view/adamcschembri/home
Australian professor of linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK
Hearing person interested in sign languages & signing communities
🏳️🌈🇦🇺🇲🇹🇪🇺
Bev Buchanan @bevjbuchanan.bsky.social A proud Nova Scotian and avid world traveler, passionate about exploring new insights in sign language education.
Andrew Jordan @andrew143paz.bsky.social Family man, passionate about the rights of others, BSL user & lover, Dog daddy, loves a laugh! Co-facilitator of Healthy Deaf Minds London.
Alison Spear @sneezy7purple.bsky.social Deaf ° BSL ° Curly ° Leodensian ° Mum of 2 boys ° Goldendoodle owner
Jeni Draper @jeniterpdirects.bsky.social Passionate about theatre for all. Director and sign language interpreter. Love living by the sea and growing our own veg and fruit…well we will, only just moved!
Liz @losthaystacks.bsky.social Christian :
musician :
British Sign Language signer :
live kidney donor :
owned by a labradoodle
wine & gin drinker :
legal eagle :
chocolate fan #NHS
Recent convert from X
Lucy Warnes @lucywarnes.bsky.social Chief Executive at SignHealth. Deaf. She/her. Views my own etc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-warnes
Lyndon @lyndonborrow.bsky.social An abnormal fair dinkum Aussie bloke.
Agnes Latif @4gnes.bsky.social Deaf | Multilingual | Coming from Poland, living in the UK | Passionate about Deaf issues
Helen Thew @thewie.bsky.social Aka Thewie72 in Twitter. Signname: H-Throw. She/Her. A Big Reddish-Blonde Lass :) All things I post here are my own views. Re-discovered running 🏃🏼♀️and swimming 🏊🏻♀️
Selina Jacques-King @selinajkbsl.bsky.social Registered BSL/English Interpreter. PhD student. Interested in all things to do with Interpreting/translation. Views my own.
Dr John Walker @chereme.bsky.social University academic, PhD, languages and human geographer, post-structuralist, sign BSL, chair of Signature, sci-fi addict, name sign SCOUT. 🌈🇪🇺
Rosie Oldham @rosieoldham.bsky.social Charities, fundraising, wildlife, cats and 🦊
Occasionally crafts.
She/her
Natalya D @natalyad.bsky.social Deaf and disabled cis queer woman. Interests in law, disability justice, cats, technology. Drinks a lot of tea.
Catherine White (name sign shaky shaky capital C) @catwhite1137.bsky.social Irish, CODA, Mom, Husky Mom, Interpreter (BSL and ISL) eldest sister, happy working remotely, happiest taking pics and travel 😎
Nadia Nadarajah @nadianadarajah.bsky.social Deaf. Actor. BSL Pride. @AccessLtd Believe yourself then your dream will come true. Have become writer for either theatre & film - deaf women stories
Dr Chris Whitaker @christheowl.bsky.social Works in disability with my own company Purple Advantage www.purpleadvantage.com. Particularly interested in making the world a more inclusive place for everyone. Loves studying (now: Exec MBA:writing publications on disability employment) sport and music.
Jeff Brattan-Wilson @jbrattan-wilson.bsky.social Caerphilly - all opinions are my own and not representive of any organisations that I'm involved with
Dr Tyron Woolfe @tyronwoolfe.bsky.social www.tyronwoolfe.co.uk for more info. Skills in Research. Fundraising. Deaf People. Sign Language users. LGBTQ+. Lived Experiences. Charities. Love authentic experiences of global travels. Forever intrigued … views my own
Sam Seaver @samseaver.bsky.social Deaf scientist in Chicago, don't call me. #YNWA
Syreeta (Sy) Nolan @synolan.bsky.social I dream of a world without the stigma of #MentalHealth & an #Academia where #disabilities are seen as a hidden strength. Let's change everything! #PublicSpeaker
#BrownSPH MPH Student
Association Of Lipspeakers - Est. 1992 @alslips.bsky.social 'SpokenWordsMadeVisible' -
Encouraging the development of lipspeaking as a specialised communication service for #deaf & #HardOfHearingPeople #SpokenWordsMadeVisible
Robert Adam @rejadam.bsky.social Deaf 🏳️🌈 born in Naarm, live in Scotland, Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Chair of the British Deaf Assocation. Views my own.
Dr Emma F-C, PhD, FHEA @emmafc.bsky.social Lecturer, Dementia and Ageing, University of West London
Research: Deaf signers with dementia and Deaf carers
Found either in Barr, Ayrshire or West London
Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social Trying to leave things better than I find them
Analytical Scientist 👩🔬 #AcademicMentalHealth advocate 🌱 Founder VoicesofAcademia.com 💬 Author of "Managing Your Mental Health During Your PhD" 📘 ADHDer 💚 Proud mum 👶 she/her. Views mine.
Nora Duggan @noraduggan.bsky.social Deaf geographer. Irish migrant living in Sweden. Assistant professor in Linguistics at Stockholm University. Research interests: deaf studies, multilingualism, sociolinguistics.
Christian Rathmann @crathmann.bsky.social Professor with focus on Sign Language Linguistics, Acquisition & Learning, Interpreting Studies, Deaf Studies and Cognitive Sciences
Hilde Haualand @hildehaualand.bsky.social Professor in sign language and Interpreting @OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University | Social anthropologist 🌆 Deaf🧏 knitter 🧶 e-biker 🚴🏻Searching for balance, and beg to disagree with myself
Christopher Stone @drcastone.bsky.social Reader in Interpreting and Translation, focus sign languages
Liam O’Dell (He/Him) @liamodell.com Award-winning deaf and disabled journalist | Author of ‘Selling Out the Spectrum’ (2024) 📖 | Theatre critic | Views my own.
Website 🔗: liamodell.com
Stef G-W @stefgwalsh.bsky.social Former Teacher. Mom. Camp Director. Former Professor. Lost between identity and purpose. Hard of Deaf. From the PA-NC-IL triangle. Weather obsessed. She/her
@ozdeafmob.bsky.social @ozdeafmob.bsky.social
Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social MOTHER TONGUE, out now.
Also TRUE BIZ + GIRL AT WAR
🧏🏻 deafie | they/she/👉🏼 |📍Philly
https://buttondown.com/signs+wonders/archive
https://linktr.ee/Novic
Newy @n3wyj.bsky.social Own Mind. Own views. Love life.
That Deaf Immigrant @annalim.bsky.social Postcolonial FilChi deaf queer femme immigrant linguist. Proponent of deaf liminality. Writing a memoir titled “liminal; liminal; liminal". Investigates cognitive linguistics in heritage Taglish learning. Likes books, vlogs, oracle cards, animism, & music.
Colin Allen AM 🌈 🇦🇺 @colinallenam.bsky.social Director, International Organizational Leadership & Management Training Projects in Cambodia and Rwanda under @kuurojenliito / @RITNTID
Maartje De Meulder @mdemeulder.bsky.social phenomenal woman 🦹🏻♀️| deaf 🤟🏼| cyborg 🤖| friendly troublemaker 😈| <Dr/ 👩🏻💻| she/her 👩🏻🌾| | language, disability, and tech | views my own