🚨 BOOKS SPOTTED 🚨 📖 Alter Egos, Bad Betty Press 🔖 The Dizziness of Freedom, Bad Betty Press 📖 Neuroqueer by @cjdebarra.bsky.social, Global Words Press 🔖 Why I Am Not A Bus Driver by Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Bad Betty Press 📖 The Dressing-Up Box by David Constantine, @commapress.bsky.social

Someone needs to pull together an event with all the former music/culture journalists who have now realised they're neurodivergent and are mostly writing about that instead. e.g. @cjdebarra.bsky.social, @pennykiley.bsky.social, Aimee Cliff... I'm nearly sure I'm missing someone else!

Finbarre spent time with CJ DeBarra (@cjdebarra.bsky.social) talking about queer Nottingham history and how local stories can transform a city. #tarot #nottingham #queer #history #lgbtq

“As I’ve adopted the city, and it me, I’ve become fiercely protective of it.” By the wonderful @cjdebarra.bsky.social, a journalist and author of Neuroqueer, Queer Nottingham 1960-1990 and Queer Nottingham 1991-2020, and founder of Notts Queer History Archive.

LGBTQ+ History month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️ I’m starting with this book all about queer history in my home city 😍 by @cjdebarra.bsky.social

I have to admit I’m not really using this account! Please find me at - www.instagram.com/cjdebarra?ig... if you want to reach me.

So I chaired a panel at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair yesterday, about #WeirdPride and unruliness, with two fantastic queer, neurodivergent, nonbinary writers and activists: @acaciathorns.bsky.social and @cjdebarra.bsky.social. I loved hearing their thoughts on this. www.youtube.com/live/vTW_j-H...

This year's Edinburgh Radical Book Fair has started! On Saturday at 4pm, I'm chairing 'Divergent: Weird pride, unruliness & outsider wisdom' with @cjdebarra.bsky.social and @acaciathorns.bsky.social (frank r. jagoe can't attend in person, unfortunately). #WeirdPride @lighthousebks.bsky.social

I'll be chairing this event in a couple of weeks! Very exciting. I've always loved the Radical Book Fair, and it's great to see a #WeirdPride event I didn't organise myself! 😁 Just digging into the books now. Not sure why or how I didn't come across @cjdebarra.bsky.social's book sooner!

The Queer Nottingham 1960-1990 book launch happened last night and it was INCREDIBLE. I cannot get over seeing so many wonderful LGBTQ+ people in one room celebrating our history. It was gorgeous. Roll on book launch - Queer Nottingham 1990-2020 in Feb! So overwhelmed in the best possible way

Why isn't Naloxone, a life saving tool not more widely available in Ireland #SpeirGorm #DrugSky www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

I am delighted to announce that the Queer Nottingham Book launch will happen at Central Library on Sep 18th Therer will be author Q&A, slideshows, quiz, displays, stalls from Sparrows Nest and Notts Queer History Project, DJ and a bookshop! Ticket- fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/queer...

Took a break this month to finally have my wedding reception back home in Cork…. I cannot wait to get the photos back but it was such an incredible day. To have our friends and family around us was everything. Not to mention, on the 10th anniversary of Marriage Equality in Ireland

Had a blast talking about historical trans life at Deptford Lounge last night 🏳️‍⚧️ It was a brand new talk which I was so excited to do. It also raised £150 for trans charities too which is awesome. 🩷🩵🤍

Look at this lovely display! A big thank you to One More Chapter for having me today 🩷 I had a blast speaking with everyone and doing a reading! I’m always nervous reading from a book with a LOT of naughty words but today felt really fun 📚

I had a complete blast at Mayo Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 It was lovely to celebrate love and resistance - while running a really fun writing workshop! This is seriously one of the best Prides I have been to in years. My soul needed that 🩷 #PrideMonth

Ten entire years since Marriage equality in Ireland Good lord how times have flown. I never thought I would get married let alone be legally able. So ten years later I proposed in Ireland and will have my wedding reception at home in West Cork. 🩷🏳️‍⚧️🌈🍸

No one is enjoying the garden or bank holiday more than this tiny cat right now…..

Parliament is going to have a debate on self-ID on 19th May. If your MP is supportive of trans rights, it’s really important that you write to them to ask them to be there. The transphobes will turn out in force - we need to make sure allies do too.

Filmmaker friends! Beeston Film Festival is open for submissions again! Super Early Bird prices until June 30th! Submit your shorts here! filmfreeway.com/BeestonFilmF...

I had a blast being on the panel with so many lovely people @vaginamuseum.bsky.social this Sat. Thank you so much to @lucywebster.bsky.social for having me. It was a joy to talk disabilty, s3x and more! More events like this please! #QueerJoy

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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.

Some personal news 🥹 I’m delighted to announce that a small while ago- Jessica Kingsley publishers approached to me to produce a book on Neuroqueer relationships and dating…..and I’ve said yes! 💍

I’ve had an influx of lovely Neuroqueer folk in the past few hours which is amazing! I’m a NQ NB queer author who wrote a book on ADHD, s3x and relationships! Neuroqueer: a neurodivergent guide to love, s3x and everything in between is available in shops and online amzn.eu/d/eciUKF2 #neuroqueer

Love wins. In spite of it all…..🏳️‍⚧️🌈🥹 Don’t let them ever tell you otherwise #Neuroqueer

I can’t quite believe I’m getting married tomorrow…..It doesn’t feel real if I’m honest! In a good way. Dress sorted Hair…okayish Make up packed Shoes not broken in yet 🥴 Incredibly- I’m getting married in an archive!!! #lgbt

Dear media, please stop saying AI is “training” on copyrighted works. AI is “stealing” copyrighted works. It is “plagiarizing” copyrighted works. It is “breaking multiple laws.”

We are still open for submissions until 10th March, the theme is GRIEF. Please read the submission guidelines here: sidhe-press.eu/submissions/ We are looking forward to reading your work! #Poetry #CNF #Anthology

Papplewick Pumping Station is hopeful of being removed from a heritage ‘at risk’ list following a restoration project. 🗒️Full story: nottstv.com/papplewick-p...

Journalist and author @cjdebarra.bsky.social brought the Notts Queer History Archive to Sheffield's Central Library last Wednesday, highlighting the lived experiences of queer people in Nottingham through the ages. Read the story here👇 sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/20... #queerhistory #lgbtqia

Absolutely do not recommend the back of the thigh for a tattoo….. ….however I love this piece from Green Witch tattoo in Worcester at Rings and Needles. Absolutely love it. #tattoo

Book tattoos, books and chips. The best weekend away. Even if the tattoo HUrT. The back of the thigh lives up to its reputation as a horrible spot to get tattooed. Spending a weekend in Worcester with the wife. It’s been so much fun amid a difficult time.

Unregistered children's homes are illegal, but councils are using them more than ever amid a shortage of placements. I submitted an FOI to find out how much Nottm City Council spends on these homes: £15 million in 3 years. nottstv.com/nottingham-c...

I had a blast @housmansbookshop.bsky.social this week talking about #Neuroqueer 📚🏳️‍⚧️🌈 I can’t wait to get stuck into more events this year Support independent bookshops and authors ➡️ housmans.com/product/neur...

Delighted to learn that Queering the Asian Diaspora (@sage 2024) is available in @queerbritain.bsky.social. Thank @cjdebarra.bsky.social for spotting it.

I’m off to @housmansbookshop.bsky.social tomorrow to celebrate all things Neuroqueer! Still a last chance to grab a ticket and come chat about neurodiversity, ADHD, love and relationships. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🍸 housmans.com/event/book-t...

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

Heaven! I’m sitting watching what looks like light snow fall, while wrapped in a fleece blanket reading. I love that this house offers me the silence and space to do this.

My valentines. Both of them. I am a lucky human. Last Valentine’s Day before I marry this wonderful human 🩷#ValentinesDay

The menstrual cycle can be divided into 3 parts: (a) That Man Is A Ride, (b) That Man Would Be A Great Husband, And A Loving Father To Our Many Children, and (c) All Men Must Be Sacrificed And Fed To The Eight-Legged Mother Spinster, Szlúrâk, While We Dance Naked To Their Screams

Tomorrow is the start of National HIV Testing Week. We will be offering rapid HIV tests from the Trade office (27 Bowling Green Street, Leicester LE1 6AS) from 10.00 - 4.30pm. Come in for a test, a cuppa, and a chat.

Got to see Beautiful Thing on the big screen. Had forgotten how brilliantly funny it was. Great to see it and have a talk beforehand delivered by @cjdebarra.bsky.social on 90s LGBT+ Nottingham.

How not to write a headline 🫥

Full house tonight for @lindenarchives.bsky.social at the wonderful #Nottingham Central #Library With thanks to @cjdebarra.bsky.social at the Notts #Queer Archive, and the library staff. And to everyone that turned out! #LGBTQ+ #BookLaunch #ArtistTalk

Broadway cinema killing me with the Carole King tracks today. My mum loved her. I would give anything for her to be here having a coffee listening with me. Funny how grief ambushes you

Here's the latest on the #SupportingArtists page (wp.me/P9jBxx-8g) - NeuroQueer: A Neurodivergent Guide to Love, Sex, and Everything in Between by @cjdebarra.bsky.social! Hook me up with your fav works by trans, non-binary & genderfluid artists.♥️🙏 #booksky #writingcommunity #art #scriptsky #filmsky

Happy #LGBTHistoryMonth! It’s off to a great start with lots of events Feb 6th - Stuart Linden visits Central Library to share the stories behind his archive of photos (very few tickets left!) Feb 8th - Fortune & Glory screen A Beauiftul Thing + a talk from me on 90’s Notts (tickets available)