Lisa Coombes

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- Associate Professor - Assessment Psychometrician - Medical Educator - Chartered Psychologist ‪- @notaloneplymouth.co.uk‬ - Moshpit Mademoiselle🤘 - She/Her. Views are my own.

The cover for the 10th community psychology festival 2026 programme. Theme: Changing Tides: Guiding Lights, Navigating Storms, Waves of Possibility. 16th - 18th October
System of a Down on stage in London
Lisa holding a framed certificate stating that she has been admitted to fellowship of the academy of medical educators.
A bathroom in a bedroom cupboard, but in the foreground is the main bedroom light with a melted lightbulb on it
Lisa with teal nails covered in gold and blue foil, but Tsuki (a cat of the long haired grey floof monster vaiety) has placed her head on Lisa'a hand
A picture of Luke Pollard canvasing in Manchester with Wes Streeting
A wall with a sign that says 'Art'
Metallica in London playing Fuel, with jets of flames shooting up form the stage.
Lisa standing in front of a TV that has a slide that says thank you and has her contact details on it. It also includes a drawing of her holding a grey cat in one arm and waving a trans flag with her free hand. Lisa is gesturing towards this with a very big smile on her face. She is wearing a floral purple and green dress that fades to black at the bottom, and a lanyard with her conference ID.
Toilets for men, women, and a separate inclusive toilet
Lisa, a femme, stood over the River Thames. She looks smug but then she usually does so this is pretty standard behaviour.
My presentation today.. what does the trans+ community want doctors to know about their healthcare? Taking place at 17.35 in Ashstead 2
Lisa stood next to an ASME sign
Michelle Lazarus on stage with a slide showing the important steps of how to communicate in the face of uncertainty
Yor Forger drinking a Red Queen cocktail
A door that has two signs One says "we have air con and spare desks. Please join us" The other says "this office is trans inclusive"
'Parents Disappointed' meme
Tsuki - a floofy grey pussy - outside in long grass, looking skyward. Has she seen a pigeon? Maybe a butterfly? We will never know because its not in the photo.
A DDG search for Angine de Poitrine delivers results and an ADR themed icon of two spotty ducks
A selfie showing Lisa at Firestone Bay in Plymouth and looking across Plymouth Sound, with Drake's Island in the background
Lisa wearing a t shirt that says ACAB and has a picture of a cat in a spiked collar
A letter that reads... Dear Lisa We write further to your referral as you have now reached the top of our waiting list. We enclose a letter and intake form for you to complete, sign, and return if you would still like to be seen. You can return the form by email or post.
My bag full of the important stuff. It's a cat. The important stuff is a cat. It was always going to be a cat.
Lisa raising a glass of champagne
The band Cancer Bats on stage at the Burn It Down festival, picture taken from the back of the crowd
Lisa stood in front of the title screen of a talk titled 'Opening the Closet: An Introduction to LGBTQ+ Healthcare'
A shelter on a railway platform opposite empty fields.
Tsuki sticking her tongue out while getting chin scritches
Lisa Stroud in front of a projected slide for an LGBTQ+ healthcare lesson
Lisa wearing a brown and black zig-zag patterned dress.
A screenshot from the game 'Papers Please'
Tsuki, a grey floofy cat, asleep in her Idiot Box, which is a cardboard box with the words idiot box written on the side
a sankey plot created in ggsankey/R
A chart showing how 2024 Westminster voters voted in the 2026 local elections. Its got a stacked bar chart on either side with 2024 on the left and 2026 on the right, with coloured ribbons showing the movement between them. I imagine this chart type it has a very cool name but I don’t know what it is.
Lisa is looking very smug, wearing a black top and trans flag lanyard with faded blue dreadlocks and faded red hair
An honorary puffin (actually a pigeon in the middle of the puffin colony on Farne Island)
Lisa wearing blue tights and socks, a white top, and a pink hoodie
A parody book designed to look like a Haynes instructional manual, titled 'Kate and Craig's Marriage'
A circle pit in the middle of a crowd at Download Festival, exclusively made up of Pikachus. Some will say these are people in inflatable suits, but they are wrong.
Sutton and Mount Gould Green Party gain from Labour Elected Byran John Driver(Green Party) 1,725 (33.4%) Lee Bunker (Reform UK) 1,163 (22.5%) Fleur Olivia Stoner Ball (Liberal Democrats) 1,057 (20.5%) Mary Elizabeth Aspinall (Labour) 942 (18.2%) Robert Zajko (Conservative) 251 (4.9%) Alexandra Sampson (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) 25 (0.5%)
A picture of my legs with a very sleepy cat on them
A close up picture of my nails, which are black with cracked and broken gold foil starting at the root bed and gradually fading toward the end of the nail.
A sculpture of E.T. looking over a hedgerow
A picture of a burst dam with text that says 'trans athletes and those with DSD must be treated with respect' above it, and the word 'but' on the part that has burst
Lisa is sat at her desk, and Tsuki is sat on her lap. Only her bum is on Lisa's lap though, as her front paws are on the desk in front of her.
Tsuki, a long haired grey cat, very slowly creeping her way out of the cat box she was in to come home with me
A sign with graffiti that incorporates the transgender symbol and says 'DIY or DIE'
Current waiting times as of March 2026 People waiting for first appointment 5,652 Referrals received last month 62 People currently in treatment 578 Most recent initial assessments Referred in August 2017 Discharges last month 29
Tsuki, a long grey haired cat, sat on a jigsaw puzzle
Tsuki, a grey long haired floofy pooperdoodle and occasional cat is sat in long grass and staring off into the distance. Is she thinking about Tuna? Probably.
A flyer for a reform candidate called Lee Bunker
Tsuki, a long haired grey floof of a cat is sitting on Lisa's lap looking away form the monitor which has pictures of cats on it
Lisa stood next to a keyboard and mic, holding a guitar and wearing headphones.
An article from Pink News written by Wes Streeting with the headline "Wes Streeting: ‘Every trans person deserves safety and respect – that’s not up for debate’"
Lisa stood next to a sign that says 'could you see yourself here?'. She looks very pleased with herself.
A flyer for Burn It Down festival which takes place on 3rd - 5th Sept, in Torquay. Drug Church and Speed are headlining Friday and Saturday nights, but there are loads of other really good artists named on the flyer
The incredible Marthe Alexandre, a mezzo-soprano singer, performing with the French band Igorrr. She is lit from above in a spotlight, wearing a red flowing dress and is singing into a mic while her other hand is held upwards. The letter I from the band name is lit in red behind her.