Raphael Kohn
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Co-Chair @GLADDUK 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, Medical Student @UoBMBChB 🩺. Theatre Reviewer @ATDazzles 🎭. Twink. ADHDer. Jew ✡️. #TransRights . He/Him.
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Very pleased to have been elected Co-Chair of
@GLADDUK
as GLADD enters its 30th year!
LGBTQ+-phobes in healthcare… watch out 😎🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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NEWS: The new cast of 2:22: A Ghost Story at the Gielgud Theatre has been announced. The new cast will take over on 5th July.
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AFFORDABLE THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONDON THIS SUMMER!
THREAD BELOW: ‘How To See Affordable Theatre (as a young person) Without Really Trying’:
🧵:
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This drag performance as ‘The Unknown’ from the Willy Wonka Glasgow Experience is why I love gay culture
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🎭 HOW TO SEE THEATRE IN LONDON FOR £10 OR LESS IN 2024 🎭
Below, a thread: 12 ways to see amazing shows this year in London for a tenner or less! 🧵
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Daniel Radcliffe always standing up for LGBTQ+ people against the foul hatred of TERFs will never not make me happy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
"I’d worked with the
@TrevorProject
for 12 years and it would have seemed like, I don’t know, immense cowardice to me to not say something," Radcliffe said.
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When I was at school I dreamed of what it would be like to be out of the closet.
Today I returned to my old school to speak to medical school applicants about LGBTQ+ health. Younger me would be shocked. Present me is incredibly, incredibly proud.
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A pretty cool start to the week, finding out I’ve been awarded a First in my degree!
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There were lots of amazing things about Pride yesterday.
But the best thing was my parents coming to support me in the parade 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#Pride2024
🌈
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@NationalTheatre
Under-25s: £5 tickets for 16-18s AND £10 tickets for 19-25s for National Theatre productions.
@DonmarWarehouse
: £10 tickets for under-30s AND a free ticket ballot for under-25s.
@ParkTheatre
ParkUp: £10 tickets for under-26s.
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A lovely afternoon representing
@GLADDUK
at
@unibirmingham
medical school’s freshers fair, telling them all about our work and opportunities for them to get involved 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Guess who has an offer to be intercalating in Medical Humanities with
@LANS_unibham
next year!!
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It’s
#Pride2024
today!
Can’t wait to be marching again with
@GLADDUK
, the coolest group of LGBTQ+ Doctors and Dentists 😎
As always - queer rights are human rights and we at GLADD will always be proud and visible! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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@Doctor_Erin_
You did a brilliant thing! It takes a special kind of strength to stand up to this kind of thing, and your patient is lucky to have such an ethical doctor like you.
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Incredibly relieved that my exam results just came through and…
I’VE OFFICIALLY PASSED THIRD YEAR MEDICINE
@UoBMBChB
! 🎉🎉🎉
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Not a civil servant but for anyone who doesn’t like people wearing rainbow lanyards…
Here’s mine. And it’s amazing.
🚨 NEW: The 'common sense' minister has banned rainbow lanyards for civil servants
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@thetimes
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A year ago today, I received a Twitter DM that changed my life.
It was from an account called
@ATDazzles
and it included the words ‘I think you’d be a great fit for the website’. (1/4)
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Had my first theatre directing class as part of my intercalation today.
Theatre directing. Credit-bearing studies in a medical school intercalated degree.
Pinch me!!
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If there’s one way to respond to homophobes at
#PrideInLondon
being horrible, it’s to blow them a kiss and then take a tonne of gay pictures with them, eventually blocking them out entirely. Here’s a few xx
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It’s been 409 days since I finished 3rd year of medical school to do an intercalated degree…
Medical school… I’m back 🩺
It’s time for day 1 of 4th year 🧠🫁🫀
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Just a twink medical student nerding out in one of the oldest anatomy lecture theatres in the world 🧠🫁🫀
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Proud to have authored this Rapid Response for
@GLADDUK
about the Cass Review and the narratives presented about trans people - read it here ⬇️
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Today was my final meeting with
@kt2morris
, who has been my Personal Academic Tutor at
@unibirmingham
for pre-clinical medicine. Honestly, I’m going to miss her, she’s been such an incredible and supportive tutor. I want to publicly thank her for all she’s done for me.
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So, as it turns out,
@spitlip
’s
@mincemeatlive
is an absolute MASTERPIECE!!
I can’t wait to make this show my entire personality for the next few years… I have a feeling I may become a complete
#mincefluencer
…
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Shining examples of what humans can be ✨
OPERATION MINCEMEAT WINS BEST MUSICAL!!!!
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Ooh who’s that 👀
🏳️🌈MEET THE EXEC🏳️🌈
Next we have Raphael (he/him)
He is a medical student at the University of Birmingham. He is passionate about LGBTQ+ visibility and activism in healthcare. He’s also an oboist and theatre critic!
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Balloons on my profile and an iced coffee… wow I’m being a very generic twink on my 21st birthgay…
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Last week I spent a fabulous week teaching on a summer school course for aspiring medical students.
It’s always such a pleasure to bring the joys of medicine to those yet to embark on the challenging (but ultimately rewarding) journey that is medical school! 🫀🫁🧠🩻
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Happy Passover from me and these cute little Star of David earrings I found ✡️
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If a reviewer fills a theatre review with transphobic aggressions towards characters and performers, I’m not interested in your thoughts on that show, or any others.
You don’t deserve a platform.
Your vile bigotry can get in the BIN.
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Absolutely FLOORED by
@Rob_Madge_02
. A superstar from start to finish, and such a lovely person to meet at the stage door!
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I loved
#DoctorWho
tonight, showing the very best of queer acceptance on British TV tonight. A loved, affirmed trans character? Normalised use of personal pronouns?
Absolutely wonderful 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Just got stopped on the tube by someone wanting to compliment my shirt and earrings 😭 💅
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1 year on to the day and mum’s still coming with me ❤️
Real men bring their mothers to press night when they go to review a show xx
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I recieved this from a closeted medical student the other day. I think it speaks to the importance of the work of
@GLADDUK
and
@PRiSM_Surgery
.
Visibility in healthcare is necessary, vital and wonderful 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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A great day at
@UoBMBChB
teaching Year 3 MBChB students for their professional development module all about LGBTQ+ health with
@drlukesimonds
!
Thank you for having us
@UoBMBChB
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🩺
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Day one representing
@GLADDUK
at
@asmeofficial
#ASME2022
done! Had an amazing time talking to attendees all about what GLADD does, including the Medical Schools Charter On So-Called Conversion Therapies, and looking forward to more tomorrow.
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Tired but happy at the end of a long day at
#PrideInLondon
today having marched with
@GLADDUK
. More pictures coming tomorrow.
Thanks to
@juliaisobela
for doing my makeup so brilliantly!
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Excited to return to
@TheRSC
tonight for ‘A Midsummer Nights Dream’! I can’t wait to see
@realmatbaynton
’s Bottom!
I mean, I’m very hyped for
@realmatbaynton
’s Bottom.
Shush. I’m a very serious theatre reviewer, you know?
Review to come on
@ATDazzles
🎭 ✨
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I’m safe home now and won’t let this ever stop me being fabulously gay. Ever.
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Got complimented on my outfit by a stranger in public today :)
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A wonderful day at
#Pride2024
with the wonderful
@GLADDUK
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Gorgeous gorgeous people march with gorgeous gorgeous GLADD @ London Pride 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Oh damn who’s that on
@BMJStudent
’s social media? 👀
✨
#YouBelongHere
✨
This year, BMJ Student is celebrating widening participation and diversity in medicine.
This summer, we are sharing the many different faces and stories within medicine.
Meet Raphael, an incoming fourth year medical student!
@Raphaelk0hn
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A huge congratulations to the company of Groundhog Day at the
@oldvictheatre
on their first preview performance! How wonderful to have been in that audience - what a well-deserved standing ovation.
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POV: your gay valedictorian quoted Elle Woods’s speech from the ending of Legally Blonde 💅
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Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
Being trans is not an illness.
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Today marks 6 months since I attended my first press night as a reviewer.
And what a 6 months it’s been - British theatre is absolutely stunning at the moment and it’s a honour to be part of this world! Especially great to be part of such an amazing team at
@ATDazzles
❤️
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@OpenAirTheatre
Breeze: £10 for under-25s to Regents Park Open Air Theatre productions.
@TheRSC
TikTok tickets: £10 for students and under-25s to Matilda, Hamnet and Stratford productions.
Young
@BarbicanCentre
: £10 for under-25s to theatre AND concerts at the Barbican.
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Hi, my name’s Raphael Kohn and…
I’m finally a clinical student on placement!
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Got some new portraits done in an impromptu campus photoshoot 💐
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A silly little surgical twink enjoying his silly little surgical placement :)))
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I have a little pride flag which sits on the corner of my desk. It stays there, motionless, but it’s a nice thing to have.
Apart from the fact there’s something wrong. Notice it? 🧵:
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Real men bring their mothers to press night when they go to review a show xx
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As it’s Pride Month, let me share with you how I originally came out back in April 2021.
I couldn’t help but do it somewhat theatrically. So I shared a video of myself literally coming out of my closet 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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I hope nobody can see what I’m listening to on Spotify because I’m not sure it gives the right impression to be a Jew listening to a song called ‘Das Ubermensch’…
However, the song is a BANGER and I am fully obsessed!
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I’ve had a fantastic year intercalating in
@LANS_unibham
and I’m really looking forward to returning back to clinical medicine at
@UoBMBChB
, but meanwhile, this news came through today and I’m really proud to share it!
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Not sure myself back in first year would believe today’s me if I told him that at the end of my third year of medical school I would be invited to speak at an Education for Health Professionals Conference about being a neuroatypical student… but I did it!
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First time in surgery: ✅
Honestly I was amazed, I don’t know how anyone can see that and not be inspired.
I don’t know if I have a future career in surgery as I wasn’t great at anatomy in preclinical years, but it sure was an amazing experience.
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An EU citizen as well as British, you say?
Glad to have had this come in the post recently!
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What’s that on the
@unibirmingham
website? 👀
A blog post for
#LGBTHistoryMonth
from yours truly about my own reflections as a gay medical student!
feat.
@GLADDUK
charter and Conversion Therapy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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You hear that crowd at the first ever curtain call of
@MeanGirlsStage
in the West End?
It ROARS 🔥
More to come in a full first night recap article soon 👀
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On placement today at a primary school I talked to some kids with ADHD about having ADHD and not letting it hold you back, which was fun and all…
Then one of them looked up at me and went ‘so… you can be a doctor if you have ADHD? Wow…’
🥺🥺🥺
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A bit stunned to be able to say that I’ve been awarded an intercalating students’ award by the Arthur Thomson Trust at
@UoBMBChB
, having presented my research plans at an interview earlier in the week.
Still in shock, but immensely grateful to everyone who’s supported me.
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An amazing time today at
#PrideInLondon
with
@GLADDUK
- what a privilege to march with all these wonderful people, and celebrate so much queer joy!
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Got myself some brand-new
@unibirmingham
Medical School branded scrubs… I’m back at placement for real now!
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Can’t believe I have to explain this but don’t, under any circumstances, tell me I’m “lucky” to get extra time, rest breaks and a separate room in my exams.
I get those adjustments because I have ADHD, which can make studying bloody difficult. Wanna trade?
Thought not.
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First day back at university and honestly? I couldn’t be more excited to get started again!
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Excited to announce my professional stage debut will be as ‘The Wee Donkey/Bent Copper
#2
’ in Line Of Duty: The Musical 🎭🚓🚨
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@royalcourt
theatre: £15 for under-27s AND 10p standing tickets.
@youngvictheatre
: Discounted tickets from £12 for under-26s.
@AlmeidaTheatre
25 and Under: £5 tickets for under-25s.
@LyricHammer
Young Lyric: £5 for young people residing in local boroughs.
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Whoa whoa whoa who’s that in this video??? 👀
The cast of
@WickedUK
are finishing their very first week in Birmingham ✨
Follow the untold story of the witches of Oz until Sun 7 Apr 💚
Find out what audiences thought 👇
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What a lovely way to end Birmingham Pride. A homophobe comes for me calling me a ‘poofy twat’ (before video started) and ‘fucking little fanny’ (in video) and threatens to punch me with ‘HATE’ tattooed on his right hand.
Don’t anyone dare tell me we ‘don’t need pride anymore’.
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First venepuncture done successfully first time and who better to teach me this than
@UoBMBChB
’s very own alumna
@Doctor_Erin_
!
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Absolutely wonderful to host
@Greg0wen
at UoB’s Medsoc LGBTQ+ History Month event to talk about PrEP and HIV!
Greg, you are an absolute ⭐️ and it was such a pleasure to have you!
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As if my medical school got the Dean and the Head of Assessments to make a TikTok in Gen Z slang 💀
‘Slay’
‘Ate and left no crumbs’
‘Rizz’
10/10 no notes
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@zackferguson
Was it the same microwave that was locked with a key and only for the exclusive use of hospital at night Clinical Support Workers though 👀
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There’s no shortage of fantastic theatre in London this summer so get yourself to a theatre!
Check out the full article on this that I wrote for
@ATDazzles
:
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Homophobes were of course there at Pride yesterday.
Unfortunately, GLADD are simply too fabulously slay for them ✨✨✨
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17 yr old me vs me today
I really haven’t changed that much have I… though it’s only 4 years ago!
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Solidarity with striking nurses today. As it’s nearing Hanukkah I’ve dropped off some doughnuts at the QE and at Heartlands! So thankful to all of them for the fantastic work they do.
#FairPayForNursing
#NursesStrike
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Are you a surgeon in the UK who identifies as LGBTQ+? I want to hear from you,
#MedTwitter
!
Opportunity to participate in research into LGBTQ+ surgeons’ professionalism - see below: 🧵
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So…
@WayOldFriendsDo
is an absolute TREAT!
I wasn’t reviewing tonight, but if I was it would be a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for sure. How wonderful to see such incredible new theatre premiere in Birmingham - a true success for the
@BirminghamRep
!
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I can’t believe I’m saying this but… I PASSED SECOND YEAR MEDICINE
@UoBMBChB
!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
On to clinical now… I’m incredibly excited to get stuck in to hospital teaching and start seeing patients!
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Here at the
@DonmarWarehouse
for David Tennant and Cush Jumbo in
#Macbeth
! I can’t tell you how excited I am for this show!!
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Oh. My. Gosh.
‘Guys And Dolls’ at the
@_bridgetheatre
is the most exhilarating night at the theatre I’ve ever had… in my life!!
@marishawallace
completely SLAYS as Adelaide and
@iamcedricneal
not just raises the roof but blows it into the sky!
A true six-star show!
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If I press play on the
@mincemeatlive
soundtrack at exactly 13:48:14 today, I’ll hear
@DaveyCumming
saying ‘I’ve Got A Bad Feeling About This’ just as my third-year medical school exam results come through at 2:30…
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POV: your photographer makes you laugh during a photoshoot
Got some new portraits done in an impromptu campus photoshoot 💐
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I am SO late to the party but this arrived yesterday and today is my first day wearing it on the wards! :)
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