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Carrie Lyell

(They/Them)
  • Digital Engagement Manager, Mermaids
Scotland
As seen in: The Guardian, The Independent (UK), Metro (UK), Edinburgh Live, Curve Magazine, DIVA, LOTL Magazine

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Carrie Lyell’s Biography

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Carrie Lyell is a communications specialist, writer, and former Editor-in-Chief of DIVA, one of the world's leading LGBTQIA+ magazines.

From 2021 to 2024, they worked in comms at trans youth charity Mermaids, most recently as Head of Digital and Communications. In 2024, their team was shortlisted for Team of the Year in the CharityComms Inspiring Communicator Awards, where they also named in the Strategic Leader of the Year category.

In April 2025, they joined NCVO as Strategic Communications…

Carrie Lyell’s Journalist Portfolio

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What it was like 'coming out' trans at school during Section 28

What it was like 'coming out' trans at school during Section 28

It chills me to think that 16-year-olds today might not have the same freedoms I did, writes Carrie Lyell, th…

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In conversation with Zoë Playdon

In conversation with Zoë Playdon

To mark LGBT History Month, author and academic Zoë Playdon talks to Carrie Lyell about her book, The Hidden …

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Running queer and the transformative power of connection

Running queer and the transformative power of connection

Can running help to connect us to our queer identities? BY CARRIE LYELL In March this year, I ran my first ha…

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Experiences of bipolar in the LGBTQ+ community: conference 2021

Experiences of bipolar in the LGBTQ+ community: conference 2021

Bipolar UK ambassador April Kelley leads a panel discussion with Jonny Benjamin and Carrie Lyell. Jonny is li…

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Rosie Jones will have you in stitches with her hilarious new travel show

Rosie Jones will have you in stitches with her hilarious new travel show

Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure will make you lol, make you learn, and make you lol some more BY CARR…

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The evolution of Lucy Spraggan

The evolution of Lucy Spraggan

In her most intimate DIVA interview yet, the singer songwriter opens up about getting sober and feeling sexy …

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Articles

When Can I Call Myself a Runner?

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By Carrie Lyell
| lappthebrand.com
It’s a frosty morning in November and I’m hobbling over the finish line of a charity 5k looking like a dying slug. I should be feeling victorious – 12 months previously, I could barely run for a bus – but this slug feels like a fraud, one who didn’t really earn the medal presented to them. I also feel bad for my friends, who finished a good 20 minutes before I did and who’ve since died of hypothermia waiting for me.
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Dodie Clark, only human

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By Carrie Lyell
| DIVA Verified
Carrie Lyell chats to the singer-songwriter about feelings, fame and forgiveness By Carrie Lyell Published: 2019.01.25 04:32 AM Kyle Jones Dorothy “Dodie” Clark is a singer-songwriter, bestselling author and internet celeb, who, to most of the millennials in the crowd, will need no introduction at all.
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Clarissa explains it all

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By Carrie Lyell
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Carrie Lyell puts the world to rights with Silent Witness star Liz Carr By Carrie Lyell Published: 2019.01.14 10:30 AM Liz Carr is cackling down the phone line. Naturally, for a woman who began her career in comedy, she’s incredibly funny. But the laughs punctuate a serious message, and over the course of an hour, the Silent Witness star and I talk about disability, sex, politics, privilege and everything in between. It really feels like we’re putting the world to rights.
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Awards

Write To End Violence Against Women

2019 - Best Piece - Opinion and Comment

Shortlisted for "Trans people aren't erasing lesbians like me", The Independent

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