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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 months

My Beautiful, Beloved, Soulmate Mark. I miss you so much ❤️

Mark ChelvanStanmore

@chelvanstanmore

3 months

This is Chelvan, Mark’s husband. Mark passed away at home on Wednesday. Family and friends are all struggling with how unexpected this is. Mark touched so many lives with his kindness, warmth and humour. ❤️ RIP Mark Chelvan-Stanmore 6 October 1963 - 13 March 2024

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

#SayingGoodbye Yesterday (2 April) we Celebrated the Life of my beautiful, beloved soulmate Mark. On behalf of Mark’s Mother Alison, sister Sue and partner Ian, thanks to all the friends who attended yesterday’s ceremony -you all surrounded us with a circle of love ❤️ Thank

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Dr Chelvan

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3 months

#WearingBothRings Grief has so many different aspects - I still can’t believe my Mark was with us 10 days ago. This week is going to be very intense - but through this all I draw on our memories - “our life” - such as Mykonos last October celebrating Mark’s 60th Birthday -

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

Thank you so much @waitrose #KingsCross 🙏🏾 Mark was a regular - some evenings and every Friday. Antoinette recognised me and we cried together as she remembered Mark and his kindness (specifically his use of one of his vouchers to buy @guardian every week). Thankful for the

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

#NowInHeaven On the 31st day, the priest comes to our Home and Mark is fed, and prayers are chanted - Mark then ascends to #Heaven #OmShanthiOm #MyBeloved 🙏🏾

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 years

#BanConversionTherapy - IMPORTANT STATEMENT @BritPsyCouncil addressing @BorisJohnson fear on ExploratoryTherapy being incompatible with providing Protection against CT - #MOU2CoalitionAgainstConversionTherapy - @PaulBrandITV @BanCTorg @stonewalluk @AttitudeMag @PinkNews 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

5 years

Awarded #PhD @KCL_Law - #OvertheRainbow !!! #QueerRefugees 🌈 - of course owe an immense amount of gratitude to @chelvanstanmore ❤️ and also my #LogicalFamily

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 months

#LegalAidLawyer #Refugees #BarristerLife Our second date was at #balanssoho in October 2001 - “our table” was available today - I decided I needed to dine alone with Mark’s spirit as my guide- and with the power of the Cosmos -my waiter was the same gay Kosovan #refugee who

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

7 years

"You have given me my freedom"- very few moments that render me speechless @rock4_ronnie @AttitudeMag @No5Chambers

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 months

Thank you @33BedfordRow 🙏🏾 So blessed and grateful for the outpouring of love and support from not only my own Chambers, but previous Chambers, and across the Bar community. #Grief #Bereavement #ChosenFamily

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

5 years

This is NOT great news - for #LGBT + in #Brunei the provisions MUST be REPEALED as otherwise they force a veil of invisibility to the community and a climate of impunity to those who seek to harm them @CWEquality @ukblackpride @stonewalluk @Openly @Reuters @Commonwealth18

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@Reuters

5 years

Brunei says it won't enforce gay death penalty after backlash

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

25 days

#BackfromBereavementLeave First day physically back in #Chambers 🙏🏾 The next chapter -taking moment by moment … #Law #Refugees #Migrants #Barrister @33BedfordRow @UoSLawSchool

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Dr Chelvan

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5 years

#GraduationDay @KCL_Law @chelvanstanmore #PhD #QueerRefugees

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3 months

#WhatHeWillBeWearing @chelvanstanmore ❤️ #RIP #HisOwnStyle

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

11 days

“Two Weddings, and a Memorial” Will be Celebrating Mark’s life at @TheInnerTemple next Monday 10 June, on what would have been our 18th WeddingAnniversary… (Civil partnership, 10/6/06, Marriage 10/6/15) Will be joined by family and friends to celebrate his life, his values,

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

7 years

I just joined the real opposition - join me here: via @LibDems

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

9 months

MANY PRETENDING TO BE GAY? Am “deeply disappointed by the lack of legal accuracy” in @SuellaBraverman speech (and subsequent interview). Honoured to have contributed to providing the facts on #UK #AsylumClaims - the majority of sexual identity asylum claims/initial decisions

ITV News

@itvnews

9 months

How true is Suella Braverman's claim that people pretend to be gay in order to gain UK asylum? @AnushkaAsthana takes a look

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 years

#PupillageAdvice101 From my first six supervisor: “Prioritise your personal life ..” My advice to all pupils “If you don’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend/non-binary/gender-fluid OH get one, if they survive pupillage you with you…” #20thAnniversary

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

9 months

#RIP Amma - 16 September 1938 - 20 September 2023, 10:38pm ❤️🙏🏾

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

6 years

First-generation immigrant - #gay - grew up with #LAlaw -saw activism/ #law as vehicle for self-empowerment -came out at @unisouthampton -disowned by family -£al & emotional support from friends (logical family), Uni & @TheInnerTemple #mypathtolaw @No5Chambers #LGBTQ

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

4 years

#Chambers -Honoured&Delighted to havejoined @33BedfordRow as Headof Immigration&Public Law.Looking forward2working with some great practitioners committedto access2justice for all.Clerked by the brilliant Mark Byrne ( @byrneeval09 ) #Immigration #PublicLaw

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

#OnTravels Just asked my @uber driver to change the music channel from “clubbing” music to classical (asked from @BBCRadio3 but he could only find @ClassicFM ) - I must be getting old … Looking forward to time away from #London and spending time processing …

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

1 month

#ArrivedHome at around 1:30am - as I opened our front door I was greeted with a wave of the calm holy incense from Mark’s 31st day ceremony on 13 April - Mark’s spirit embraced me as I returned to our home. I said thank-you. Also greeted by a pile of post neighbours Jewlsy and

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

#ScentedRose on our balcony … 🙏🏾

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 months

Red rosebud on our balcony 🥀

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

1 year

#MayDay - #Refugees , Lefty #ActivistLawyer , Solidarity

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 years

#Madrid - here for #20thanniversary (next Wednesday) #LifeGoals #LifePlanning ..

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

20 days

#ASmiletoAStranger It has been some time since I smiled in a photograph - but today was the first day and I had a lot to smile about … The beauty of the #ChelseaFlowerShpw - going with friend and neighbour @savi_uppal to see the #Junglette #Goldaward of our friends and

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

5 years

Celebrating our #18th #Anniversary - #porcelain ❤️🌈🎉

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

6 years

#PASSED the #PhDVIVA - over the moon!!! Hugely grateful to @KCL_Law @juss_professor and external examiners @heavencrawley and @ruviz for a thorough grilling! @No5Chambers @PhDForum (with corrections)

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 years

Exceptionally saddened and shocked to hear about the sudden death of @JonathanCoopr -my thoughts and condolences to @KevinChilds101 , family and friends and colleagues at @DoughtyStIntl -for many of us #LGBT +Lawyers Jonathan was a mentor and shining light …🏳️‍🌈 #RIP (pic via DST)

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

Bought a journal #lovestory … @moleskine

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

6 months

#FridayNight celebrating friend’s birthday and anniversary … 🎄

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 years

Honoured&delighted to have been nominated for this @BritLGBTAwards -I use the law as a vehicle4change - positively changing lives, and saving lives. This has been quite a year for those seeking sanctuary in the UK. Am blessed to be representing #QueerRefugees @33BedfordRow 🌈 🙏🏾

British LGBT Awards

@BritLGBTAwards

3 years

You nominated LGBT+ Human Rights Lawyer @S_Chelvan as a Top 10 📂 Outstanding Contributor to LGBT+ Life 📂 category at the #BritishLGBTAwards . View the full shortlist at 👉

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

5 years

#PhD #QueerRefugees 🌈

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

4 years

#ProudBoys celebrating @chelvanstanmore birthday and our #Nineteenth anniversary of our first meeting - #Love ❤️

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

3 years

#WeddingAnniversary - celebrating 15 years with the phenomenal @chelvanstanmore … cream cards, gold hearts #synchronicity ❤️

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

7 years

Overthe🌜-former client, now great friend @rock4_ronnie been admitted2 #GDLcourse @UniversityofLaw Leeds-start Jan’18 #voice4thesilenced 🏳️‍🌈

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

Beautiful flowers bouquets Thank you 🙏🏾

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 years

#Birthday #48 🎈🎉🙏🏾🎂

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

7 months

Grateful for the opportunity to analyse and comment on the @UKSupremeCourt #RwandaRuling and @RishiSunak new emergency legislation with @LBC @SangitaMyska It will be BRITISH JUDGES, and not a Foreign Court, who will prevent future removals to #Rwanda @33BedfordRow

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

#FridayFeeling When you are travelling the #emotionaljourney of life there comes a time for a Friday morning Bloody Mary - accompanying me in building-up from the memories … x #drinksafely 🙏🏾

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

4 years

Celebrating our #Fourteenth #Wedding #Anniversary with @chelvanstanmore “Today, tomorrow & always” “The story continues ...” 10 June 2006 (civil partnership) 10 June 2015 (marriage) ( both ceremonies at @TheInnerTemple ) ❤️

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

7 months

Am I the only one thinking there is a possible link between @SuellaBraverman forcing @RishiSunak to sack her as #HomeSecretary before @UKSupremeCourt delivers #Rwanda judgment next Wednesday …?

UK Supreme Court

@UKSupremeCourt

7 months

Judgment will be handed down on Wednesday 15 November in the ‘Rwanda Appeals.’ UKSC 2023/0093, UKSC 2023/0094, UKSC 2023/0095, UKSC 2023/0096, UKSC 2023/0097, UKSC 2023/0105:

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3 years

#SilverAnniversary -today marks 25years since I came-out to my #mother -was initially a pleasant experience (weightoffshoulders), but the following day I was told to leave home-since then we have rekindled our relationship-it has taken time- #life is a journey, not a destination.

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@S_Chelvan

3 years

#Mykonos arrived - 7 days of R&R (first overseas vacation since Sep’18) #coupletime

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 years

16th #WeddingAnniversary with @chelvanstanmore ❤️ (Civil Partnership, 2006; Marriage, 2015) #10June @TheInnerTemple #Wax #SilverHolloware

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

9 months

Why is it when you are going through the #grieving process, in your mind … you belt out every word of each song at the top of your lungs, but due to the pain, you still can’t breathe …? #RIP #Alzheimers #Dementia

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 months

#IAmSoLoved I am so lucky to be surrounded by a circle of love ❤️ Friends have gifted books I will be accompanied with for this next stage of the journey. @pablo_neruda “Dead Woman” has such perfect resonance - life goes on - only this chapter Mark’s spirit drives me to

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@S_Chelvan

4 years

Celebrating 46th #Birthday - embracing mid-life and late 40s.

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@S_Chelvan

2 years

I’m sorry @SCynic1 - my reading of the tweet was the CT @DavidPaisley was subjected to was “my dad tried to beat it out of me instead”. Hence “people like my dad to abuse LGBT+ kids”. Conversion Therapy can be undertaken by family members/relatives #BanLGBTConversionTherapy

Simon Myerson KC 🎗️

@SCynic1

2 years

This is sad. But it actually proves that conversion therapy did not happen. As with so many other issues, Paisley seems to lack the intellect to understand the world around him.

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@S_Chelvan

6 years

Celebrating my #Birthday in #Ibiza - with the man I love ...

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 years

Happy #Pride - #PrideIsAProtest - honoured to be marching today with @rock4_ronnie @AfricanRainbow1 -the rights of #QueerRefugees are under attack by @ukhomeoffice -today is a day to Celebrate our Diversity and Protest for the Protection of #RainbowRefugees 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @chelvanstanmore

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@S_Chelvan

9 months

#Amma loved her time in #Worthing (1984-2013) - this is where she had her friends and social circle. @chelvanstanmore and I came down to the pebble/seaweed beach with #85roses & with our prayers scattered them into the sea-knowing her spirit is now in #Nirvana 🙏🏾❤️ #RIP #Amma

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

1 year

At the #BriannaGheyVigil #SohoSquare 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #TransSolidarity “We are going nowhere, We have always been here” - “Mourning the loss” “Know you are Loved, and You Are Loved By ALL of US” ❤️ #Trans #LGBTQIA + #TransSolidarity

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@S_Chelvan

2 years

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD #Inaugural #Outstanding Alumni Awards - Platinum Charter Celebrations - Vice-Chancellor’s Awards @unisouthampton @EventsUoS - humbled and honoured by @UoSLawSchool Nomination 🙏🏾 #ActivistLawyers #Refugees #LGBT + #HumanRights #Law @33BedfordRow 🎉🥂🙏🏾

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@S_Chelvan

4 months

Important to separate Legal Facts from Political Rhetoric . Thoughts and prayers with the victims of Wednesday’s Clapham attack suspect. Thank you @SangitaMyska @LBC for providing me with the opportunity to provide some legal context to the earlier Refugee claim. @33BedfordRow

LBC

@LBC

4 months

Why was the Clapham attack suspect granted asylum by converting to Christianity? Immigration lawyer @S_Chelvan explains to @SangitaMyska the complexities of Abdul Ezedi's case with the Home Office.

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8 months

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK and 22 YEAR (COPPER) ANNIVERSARY (meeting on the dancefloor @HeavenLGBTClub ) I owe so much to @chelvanstanmore for being my rock ❤️ Celebratory lunch @GordonRamsay #1890Restaraunt - chef: James Sharp 👏🏾 Tonight @NicoleScherzy #SunsetBoulevard

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@S_Chelvan

3 years

Exceptionally honoured to have been appointed Legal Advisor to the MOU Coalition on #ConversionTherapy in the UK.Look forward to working with the orgs within the coalition.I am committed to #BanConversionTherapyNow as it constitutes an indefensible violation of human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

33 Bedford Row

@33BedfordRow

3 years

Dr S Chelvan @S_Chelvan has been unanimously elected Legal Advisor to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Coalition on Conversion Therapy in the UK. Read full article #LegalAdvisor #LGBTQ + #Protect

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2 months

#staycationwithGran @dogsoflaw staying in Abingdon with Alison for the next few weeks, so I can travel to Mark and my bolthole …. #TimeForReflection … #Processing 🙏🏾❤️

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3 months

#Morning … commute to @UoSLawSchool 🌈 RainbowRefugees #Teaching #Law

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7 months

Good morning .. @BBCWorld to discuss the #Rwanda judgment …

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@S_Chelvan

5 years

Delighted and honoured to be appointed to @WomenEqualities #LGBTAdvisoryPanel - looking forward to working with @PennyMordaunt and fellow panellists to deliver on the #LGBTActionPlan - improving, safeguarding and celebrating #LGBT lives in the #UK

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6 years

It has been a tough week - my father passed away on 2Feb (informed 6Feb) -now dealing with working through the maze of emotions - came home after having visited his last home to beautiful bouquet & message from #no5Immigration ❤️ @No5Chambers #estranged #duty #eldestson #RIP

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2 months

#GriefJourney . #Processing #GranCanaria Thank you @axelfriendly #Maspalomas for your generous hospitality, kindness and support during these two weeks to start processing Mark’s death. We were made so welcome by your team since our first visit in 2015 - and we had planned on

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3 years

#Mykonos #Sunset

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3 years

Let’s Celebrate #LGBTHistoryMonth

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1 year

Celebrating our 17th Wedding Anniversary with a sunrise boat trip in #Xochimilico Floating Gardens @chelvanstanmore (Pic 3 Civil Partnership (10/6/06) and Marriage conversion (10/6/15) @TheInnerTemple ) (banner - gift/design by our tour guide)

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2 months

#Goodmorning #Sunrise

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4 years

Happy #Deepavali 🙏🏾 “Victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance” #FestivalofLights

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3 years

#MerryChristmas 🎄

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6 years

#LastRights -released my Father’s ashes into the Indian Ocean off #Jaffna (1st image) followed the beautiful spiritual Hindu ceremony in #Keerimali - (2nd image) with @chelvanstanmore bathing in the sea water -feel a sense of self and liberty having fulfilled my duty as his son

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2 months

#Hibiscus #GranCanaria

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25 days

Good morning. First Summer scented rose - #Jacaranda #Balconygarden

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@S_Chelvan

7 months

#Peace WHITE POPPY - PEACE As a #RefugeeLawyer the horrors of war are woven through the narratives of a multitude of my #Refugee clients. For many years, as a Pacifist, I wear a #WhitePoppy TODAY : I CALL FOR PEACE FOR ALL #PeaceForAll #Israel #Gaza #Sudan #PeaceNotWar

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3 years

@DrSueMoss #20years 🏳️‍🌈🎉🏳️‍🌈 20 years together this October (6/10/01)-Engaged 19 years ago (6/10/02) -CivilPartnership 15 years ago this June (10/6/06) (image 1) Marriage (conversion) 6 years ago inJune (10/6/15) (image 2)-20 year anniversary since first legal SSM @chelvanstanmore @S_Chelvan

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@S_Chelvan

7 years

Our first #BAME Court of Appeal Judge - #history #diversity #atlast !

Judicial Office

@JudiciaryUK

7 years

Mr Justice (Rabinder) Singh appointed to Court of Appeal. Biography here:

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5 years

#NewProfilePic photo credit @magnushastings1 - #LegalAid #Justice @No5Chambers

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4 months

#BreakingNews #EqualLove 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇷❤️👏🏾 Greece legalises civil Same-Sex Marriage !

Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage

Lawmakers in the 300-seat parliament voted for the bill drafted by centre-right government despite church officials’ objections

www.theguardian.com

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6 years

Great honour to receive #AttitudePrideAward from @BBCNaga last Friday - humbled by her kind and generous words regarding my work in #LGBT + #asylum #law ( image via @AttitudeMag ) @No5Chambers @CliffJoannou

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#RwandaBill Thank you @channel5_tv news @BBCNews @BBCWorld and @SkyNews for seeking my comments on the #RwandaBill . Thank you for understanding I am currently not in a space to provide my analysis, and am very grateful for your kind and generous words of support. Back from 7

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2 years

Celebrating @chelvanstanmore #Birthday and our 21 year #anniversary (of meeting - a match made in #Heaven (nightclub))) 🎂🎁

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4 years

#IAmAnActivistLawyer

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6 months

#ChristmasEve 🎄

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6 years

Picked up my copy of @AttitudeMag - hugely honoured to be profiled #AttitudePrideAwards - thank you @CliffJoannou @dkwinterfeldt @rock4_ronnie Danila Stepin @BBCNaga @InterLawDivFor and of course @No5Chambers and my amazing husband Mark @chelvanstanmore #LGBT + #asylum #refugees

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3 years

#transpride #TransAlly #TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️‍⚧️

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1 year

We found a #GayBar in #ZonaRosa - yes - ordered Mojito and Margarita - and they came in large jugs 🌈🍺🍺 🙏🏾

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2 years

The power of physically being present, and the power of human touch - my #Amma lives with #Alzheimers and #Dementia - today brought the past and present together, and we will always have these memories to treasure 🙏🏾

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4 years

#MondayMotivation - decided on a new look - on leave until 9 November (bar the occasional zoom meeting/hearing) - time to recharge and enjoy life.

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5 years

#Pride @UKBlackpride

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1 year

‘I went to the Bar to empower myself. After nearly 25 years, I am living my honest, true life’ - ⁦ @legalhackette ⁩ interview-highlighting what makes me celebrate #Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ - ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ - ⁦ @33BedfordRow ⁩ ⁦⁦ @UoSLawSchool ⁩

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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@S_Chelvan

5 years

With all these tweets today regarding political change or international conferences - today I went to an appeal hearing and when the appeal was allowed - the look on the faces of my client and his partner reminded me why being a #lawyer changes and saves lives 🌈

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@S_Chelvan

6 years

I have just #ComeOutForTransEquality and completed the #GRA consultation via @stonewalluk website - everyone of us has a right to self-identify and for the law to provide us with recognition and protection - #Transally #RespondtoGRA @FreeBarLGBT @thebarcouncil @TheInnerTemple

Stonewall

@stonewalluk

6 years

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨 You now have until midday on Monday to respond to the government's #GRA consultation. This is a great opportunity to add your voice to support trans rights. It takes less than 15 minutes with our form #ComeOutForTransEquality

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 years

A night out in #London …

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@S_Chelvan

4 years

#FridayFeeling - honoured to be #shortlisted @ChambersGuides #BarAwards2020 in the Outstanding Contribution to Diversity & Inclusion category- humbled 2be amongst heavyweights of the Bar-ecstatic to see @No5Chambers & other MOCs also short-listed in D&I 🎉

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@S_Chelvan

9 months

@SuellaBraverman interviewed by @AnushkaAsthana for @itvpeston continues to repeat highly inaccurate starlets on gay men, and women, gaining asylum solely on the basis of discrimination. Reference to the original intentions of the framers of the 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION

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@S_Chelvan

2 years

Thank you @OXO_Tower for a fabulous #Anniversary lunch - #16years @chelvanstanmore

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@S_Chelvan

5 years

#BoycottBrunei - protesting against the imposition of #sharialaws on vulnerable groups - #LGBT + #women #apostates - need to stand together to stop cruel and inhuman treatment and violations of #humanrights @ukblackpride @_EQUALGROUND_ @chelvanstanmore @PT_Foundation

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Dr Chelvan

@S_Chelvan

2 years

Celebrating my #Mentee ,former #Refugee client & Great Friend @rock4_ronnie @HonSocGraysInn #CallToTheBar (yesterday) -Today my #Silveranniversary since joining @TheInnerTemple (student) and 23-year since #Call (14 October (1997, 1999)) #QueerRefugees #ActivistLawyers #Barrister

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@S_Chelvan

6 months

Tomorrow, the #RwandaBill goes before @UKParliament . MPs must consider evidence, not assurances, especially in light of the @UKSupremeCourt finding that #Rwanda is NOT a Safe Country. My interview with @markaustintv @SkyNews last Tuesday (5 December) highlights why we cannot

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