SJ Groenewegen

@sjgroenewegen

SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic. BEM. Website: - includes links to all my publications. Ko-Fi: - new posts so often on politics and/or writing.

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SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· 15d

It's alive... and the virtual programme is truly something to behold!! I am delighted to be on a couple of panels at this year's #Worldcon #LAconV

Where to find me at Worldcon - LAcon V.
Saturday, 29 August 2026
04:30 PDT 12:30 BST
Fandom as a Found Family (Virtual) Virtual 2 (Online), duration: 60 mins.

09:00 PDT 17:00 BST
Writing Neurodivergence
Virtual 3 (Online), Duration: 60 mins

A picture of a tiny koala against a futuristic back ground.
A QR code pointing to the LAcon V website with programme link.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· 23d

According to plane finder, there seems to be two US Army helicopters doing loops around Seattle, and a corporate chopper (not further defined).

Map of Seattle showing a corporate helicopter trail.

Map of Seattle showing a US Army helicopter trail.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Jul 11

Ha! Brilliant. I saw this in Inverness yesterday:

Statues of three women, Faith, Hope and Charity, all have red/orange and white traffic cones on their heads. The statue is outside on a plinth. Green grass, trees and houses on a steep rise are in the background.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 29

This is what I sent my MP earlier. It's tailored to him. I've yet to receive a reply. Further guidance is in the link if you live in the UK & want to support trans & gender queer people: ko-fi.com/post/A-Guide... Remember, when many people speak up then it's harder for those in power to ignore us.

I am writing to you as a constituent who is alarmed about the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) updated Statutory Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations, which was published to Parliament on 21 May 2026. I understand there is now under 40 days in which action would need to be taken before it comes into force. Should it come into force, it will ruin and risk more lives, and further tarnish the UK’s reputation as a defender of human rights and equality.
I am respectfully imploring you as my MP to take a firm and public stance against the Code of Practice that, among many appalling passages, states: ‘13.147 A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from a separate or single-sex service for their own sex might be to prevent discomfort or distress for other service users.’ Fear of any oppressed minority is not and cannot ever be a ‘legitimate aim for excluding’ members of that minority in a document meant to promote and defend equality and human rights.
Throughout the tabled Code of Practice are examples of active discrimination and segregation based on baseless scaremongering. I worked for 20 years in the criminal justice sector and I can assure you that straight cis men are by far the greatest threat danger to women, girls, other men — people, in general. Yet, the Code does not suggest excluding straight cis men from society — and nor should it.
Trans and gender queer people are demonised as intrinsically dangerous to women and girls by certain campaigners as a wedge issue to undermine human rights generally. Amnesty International published a report on 21 May 2026 on this very matter. By their actions, these campaigners are not seeking to protect women and girls. In fact, in the USA they are working to restrict voting rights and are attacking basic rights to bodily autonomy. They are also actively discriminating against the existence of LGBTQIA people.

The Liberal Democrats rightly point out that this new Code of Practice goes well beyond the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers and actively undermines the principles behind the Equality Act 2010. The EHRC’s updated Code of Practice remains a grotesque attack on fundamental human rights and will be detrimental to many more groups than the trans and gender queer people specifically targeted. Maggie Chapman MSP rightly observed that ‘for business owners, social groups and workplaces, this guidance makes life harder for everyone. It poses challenges, invasive questioning and suspicion, and puts people at real risk if they don’t conform to gender stereotypes.’ Far from clarifying matters, the new Code is dangerous and disproportionate nonsense.
Please stand up against those who wish to strip away basic human rights principles under the false claim of protecting women and girls. Please act to protect your many trans and gender queer constituents. This new Code of Practice must be debated by Parliament, and it must be rejected by MPs.
Yours sincerely,
1. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/new-uk-analysis-reveals--anti-trans-influence-media-politics/
2. https://www.libdemvoice.org/the-amended-ehrc-code-is-an-attack-on-trans-rights-lib-dems-should-be-at-the-forefront-of-challenging-it-79778.html
3. https://greens.scot/news/ehrc-guidance-update-is-a-troubling-rollback-on-inclusivity

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 28

"What ails thee?"

in the style of the first Tom Baker Dr Who opening credits sequence.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 18

So, I'm doing this. 🐨

Two convention badge ribbons. Both have silhouettes of Australia.
The top is green with gold text: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Brisbane in 28.
The bottom is yellow with green text: Oi! Oi! Oi! Brisbane in 28.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 9

Not all of our #TinyKoalas are attending conventions this weekend - but they do have FOMO. This one fancied a trip to Scotland’s northernmost town, Thurso. Surf’s up! Bonza, but it's not the sunshine coast. #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028 #BrisbaneIn2028 #Worldcon @brisbanein28.bsky.social

A tiny grey koala wearing a green jacket with Brisbane Australia written on the back sits at the beach, the sky is blue with a few white clouds and a multicoloured wind surfer sail in the background.

A tiny grey koala wearing a green jacket with Brisbane Australia written on the back sits on a pebbly beach; both the water and the sky are blue with white surf and clouds.

A tiny grey koala wearing a green jacket with Brisbane Australia written on the back looks out at the blue water. Across the bay is a grey castle and green trees.

A tiny grey koala wearing a green jacket with Brisbane Australia written on the back sits overlooking the surf. The sky is blue with a bank of white clouds in the distance. At the horizon is the barest hint of an Orkney island.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 6

Our #TinyKoalas have been travelling! Water conservation and green power are important for Australia so this koala was keen to check out Hydro Ness in the Scottish Highlands. #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028 #BrisbaneIn2028 #Worldcon @brisbanein28.bsky.social

A tiny grey koala wearing a green Brisbane Australia jacket sat in the foreground. Behind him is a small version of Glasgow's famous "armadillo", only this is Hydro Ness, a small hydroelectricity generator in Inverness, Scotland.

A tiny grey koala wearing a green Brisbane Australia jacket is pointing at a sign saying Hydro Ness. Power of the river. Cumhachd na h-Aibhne.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 5

Our #TinyKoalas have been travelling! This one has swapped a gum tree for a Scottish gorse bush in bloom. #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028 #BrisbaneIn2028 #Worldcon #GreenAndGold @brisbanein28.bsky.social

A tiny grey and white koala wearing a green jacket with the words Brisbane Australia in white is clinging to a spiky green branch with lots of golden yellow flowers.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· May 3

Not long to go now to get your vote in... and I'm not referring to either of the UK's national elections or local elections coming up, but the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social awards! If you're a member of the BFS or Fantasycon, get your vote in by midnight today (BST/UTC0): forms.gle/BtaVimzvłGgTmBYaĄ

Text in lurid colours reads The British Fantasy Awards - I've voted! Get your vote in by midnight on Sunday 3 May: forms.gle/BtaVimzvłGgTmBYaĄ

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Apr 27

Delighted to be able to post that I'll have a story in this first anthology to be published by @scyllapublishing.bsky.social The team's been wonderful to work with. Check out their website (www.scyllapublishing.com) and newsletter for future opportunities.

A promotional graphic announcing a story acceptance into the "Who Am I?" anthology. At the top is a brown paper-wrapped book labelled “Scylla – Cover Reveal Coming Soon! Releasing in September 2026.” Below, bold yellow and white text reads, “My story was accepted into the ‘Who Am I?’ anthology – Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose.” The dark blue background features stylized tentacles and crossed swords framing the text.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Apr 27

Sending you best wishes for better days ahead. Here's a cat and some flowers.

A black, blonde and white cat standing on concrete slabs.

A red tulip and orange and red bloom against green grass.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Apr 14

Inverness castle looking splendid in the sunshine.

A red-brick Victorian castle with lots of turrets and a flag shines in the middle distance atop a hill of green grass, yellow daffodils, small trees with budding leaves, against a cloudless sky of blue.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Mar 29

Good morning! Today I will be reading about what happened in December 1966, from Jon Savage's illuminating book about the year. I will also be rereading Anne McCaffrey's Restoree and reacquainting myself about her life and work. That's for a thing...

A poster for my Eastercon 2026 Iridescence (3rd-6th April) schedule.

MY SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 09:00 TO 10:00 Considering Anne McCaffrey
Sandringham

SATURDAY 10:30 TO 11:30 Writers' Workshops and Critique
Groups
Sandringham

SATURDAY 12:00 TO 13:00 Neurodivergence, own voices, and portrayals
Gladstone-Churchill

SATURDAY 16:30 TO 17:30 The Wrong Side of the Law
Balmoral

SUNDAY 13:30 TO 14:30 Imagining Ourselves Out from the Dystopian Present
Sandringham

MONDAY 10:30 TO 11:30 Writing in a Collaborative Universe
Gladstone-Churchill

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SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Mar 20

Herewith, a schedule of panels I'll be on for Eastercon 2026: Iridescence. I'll probably also be on a fan table or two, or in the fan lounge, or at one of the bars. #Eastercon

My schedule for Eastercon 2026: Iridescence. 3 to 6 April.
Saturday, 4 April 2026
09:00 to 10:00 Considering Anne McCaffrey. Sandringham.
10:30 to 11:30 Writers' Workshops and Critique Groups. Sandringham.
12:00 to 13:00 Neurodivergence, own voices and portrayals. Gladstone-Churchill.
16:30 to 17:30 The Wrong Side of the Law. Balmoral.

Sunday, 5 April 2026
13:30 to 14:30 Imagining Ourselves Out from the Dystopian Present. Sandringham.

Monday, 6 April 2026
10:30 to 11:30 Writing in a Collaborative Universe. Gladstone-Churchill.

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SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Mar 2

A little over 60 years ago, the UK's parliament was debating the then Sexual Offences Bill, which was to decriminalise male homosexuality. This, from David Kerr MP (Labour), who was a doctor, could be used today against way too many people yapping about LGBTQIA people, especially trans people:

"I am not sure what evidence the hon. Member is referring to or to what it testifies. Speaking with what limited knowledge is available to me as a professional man in this field, I may say that this is one long string of claptrap." Quoted in Peter Parker (ed.), Some Men in London volume 2, page 284.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Jan 6

Watching snow fall is quite distracting.

Thick snow flakes falling. A skeletal tree and a snow covered field are in the background. A dark grey road is in the foreground.

SJ Groenewegen@sjgroenewegen· Dec 31

Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky. I set out to take a picture of the sky where I was each day at noon, or close to. Aside from a few days when I was stuck indoors, I did what I set out to do. A few pictures "broke containment" to the Discovery feed, which was weird. Happy Hogmanay.