In the late 1990s, she founded TechnoDyke.com, a pioneering online community that provided support and resources to queer women, trans and non-binary individuals. Her leadership in building this community helped create a safe and inclusive space for LGBTQIA+ people and earned TechnoDyke a place in the United States Library of Congress’ historic LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive.

Beyond its digital legacy, TechnoDyke was instrumental in the landmark 2017 Supreme Court case Matal v. Tam, with its 2001 federal trademark registration used in legal arguments to fight against the Patent and Trademark Office’s discriminatory practices. By highlighting the inconsistent application of the disparagement clause, this work helped secure a crucial legal victory, ensuring the rights of marginalised communities to reclaim and trademark language often used to disparage their own identities.

Along with her work on TechnoDyke, Stacy also founded Portland, Oregon’s FatGirl Speaks conferences and Chunky Dunk Fat Swims. These popular events brought together people of all sizes for performances and discussions on issues related to fat liberation, self-acceptance, and social justice and helped spark a larger conversation about the importance of inclusivity and representation in the media and society.

Stacy’s work as an illustrator and animator has been particularly impactful. Her most lasting contribution to the Fat Liberation movement is the 12 Good Fatty Archetypes, a webcomic that provides a framework for understanding different ways in which fat people sometimes seek inclusion in society in ways that are subtly counter-productive. The archetypes are now frequently used as an educational resource and have helped raise awareness about the importance of foregrounding inclusion of the most marginalised as we seek equality through social justice work. In 2016, Stacy released the research-led Flying While Fat documentary animation, which highlights the challenges that fat people face when traveling by air. The animation was widely shared on social media and helped raise awareness about the need for more inclusive policies in the airline industry.

In 2006, Stacy has turned to animation as a profession, now collaborating with academics and researchers to creatively disseminate research, with her animation explaining the social theory of Intersectionality (created with Professor Peter Hopkins of Newcastle University) now widely in use internationally in higher education and workplace training settings.

Since 2023, Stacy has been developing a parallel career designing and creating handmade jewellery. Turning to jewellery as a contemporary medium is a byproduct of both a desire to balance work-from-home digital life with physical presence (working with her hands and in a community of other makers) and also a desire to address her own discomfort at the global rise of fascism. Growing up in small, rural conservative towns in the 80s and 90s — amidst the Satanic Panic, evangelical media, and waves of anti-gay legislation — she witnessed how the bravery of wearing pink triangles and pride jewellery allowed queer people to find one another and build community and safety. Now, as the world feels uncomfortably familiar, she is carrying this ethos to the bench as an independent resident maker at Vanilla Ink CIC at Brook Street Studios in Glasgow, creating narrative-led, empathy-driven work with a queer lens. Supported by Creative Scotland’s National Lottery-Funded Open Fund for Individuals, she has recently been selected for the 2027 INKubator programme, a competitive ten-month intensive pairing advanced technical training under a Master Goldsmith with mentorship and business development.

Stacy’s commitment to social justice and equity has been a driving force in both her personal and professional lives as an artist, writer, and activist. Her contributions to the LGBTQIA+ and body positivity movements have helped create more inclusive and welcoming spaces for marginalised communities. Through creative and innovative approaches to social change, Stacy works in all spheres of her life to make a positive impact on the world.