Lydia

I think we’re beyond the “raise awareness” stage of practically every major social issue.

Sending best wishes to Dead Centre and the company of Deaf Republic ahead of their opening night at Dublin Theatre Festival this evening ✨ 📸 Johan Persson

Don't miss the BSL Conference 2025 with amazing speakers like: ✨Lydia Gratis, ✨Peter Brown, ✨Helene Jarmer, ✨Mhairi Simpson & Gem Fountain! 📅 17–18 July 2025 | 📍 The Queens Hotel, Leeds. Get tickets now: bslconference.org.uk #BSLConference2025

We had a fascinating presentation by Lydia Gratis - Saved by the Sign - Strength in Diversity: Securing the future of diverse identities in the UK Signing Community. #BDAConference2025 #Thefuturestartswithus

Honouring the Deaf Black community! Check out Lydia's great presentation at the BSL conference in Leeds: vimeo.com/1123557751/6c1… #BlackHistoryMonth #DeafCommunityUK #SignLanguage #UKDeafCommunity #Britishdeafassociation #BSL #DeafBlackExcellence #DeafCulture

A powerful production exploring deafness & resilience, told through Irish Sign Language, British Sign Language, & spoken English @ZainabBoladale meets the creative team to discover how deaf & hearing artists are bringing it to life on #RTENationwide Friday 3rd October @RTEOne 7pm

Inclusion starts with a question: “How can I communicate with you?” @LydiaGratis reminds us that access isn’t always high-tech, it can be a gesture, a note, a message. 🎬 Watch full episode: youtube.com/gormmedia #InclusiveCommunication #DeafAccessibility #Intersectional

And when the illusion is challenged, they respond not with change, but with replacements, ensuring there are always willing voices to uphold the performance and maintain the illusion.

When the illusion wears thin, they don’t course correct, they retreat, waiting for the next moment to resurface with the same empty promises.

Organisations love the illusion of inclusion, posting statements, commemorating days, and staging diversity campaigns, while doing nothing to dismantle the structures that keep people excluded in the first place.

@ElaineGrehan @Black_andirish @SavedByTheSign Thank you♥️

@LydiaGratis @Black_andirish @SavedByTheSign Congratulations

Photo album update, had to let this one sink in 1st♥️ Thank you to @Black_andirish for honouring me with the 2024 Educator of the Year award. Being recognised by my community for the social justice and social inclusion work we do at @SavedByTheSign means everything.

@JTFlamelily ♥️

@LydiaGratis It is well 💜, thank you 🙏🏾

Teach your kids about Thomas Sankara, Samora Machel, Julius Nyerere, Amilcar Cabral. Teach your kids about Africans who achieved great things.

Congratulations Dr Sandrine 🥂🎉♥️

There’s something to be said about the way Black people are continuously brought on to TV debates about racism but lack opportunities in the TV industry...

@JTFlamelily People show up in their ignorance so comfortably. Its astounding

In the year of our Lord 2024, an elected official in Ireland referring to people as “coloured”

A big part of my life involves discussing public safety—attending panels, giving/viewing presentations. Yet, during every Q&A, it’s often the same privileged voices dominating the conversation, focusing on ‘street people,’ property, and ‘crime.’

6million women, children & men have been killed in Congo over the span of 25 years. 6 million. That’s 240,000 a year, 20,000 a month, 5000 a week, 714 a day. Half of these numbers have been children. All so that the west can make phones, tablets, electric cars, planes for cheap.