I’m so proud to be part of this initiative. Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people. actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr... You can sign anonymously if you need to. Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday. Share. Share. Share.

Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him. Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated: RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal

New update on author withdrawals from the Polari Prize in protest of the inclusion of a proud transphobe From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth

I find the provision of third spaces as a “solution“ to banning trans people from bathrooms so offensive and dunno about y’all but im not gonna participate in my own segregation

Love this …Dog befriends an otter and they meet up every day 💙😎💙

#writing #writingcommunity #pride #lgbtqia

No Kings #nokings

This year’s #LGBTQ+ Free Reads Scheme in conjunction with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social is now open! Deadline is end of #pridemonth and more details are here: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno... 🌸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏻

Huge congratulations to the #curae prize winners! 🌸💜🫶🏻

Lisbon’s jacaranda season is always spectacular…

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"

Closing this now. So with 3 donations, adding up to £540 and £1,060 received through the fundraiser - which I am closing today - we shall call it a £550 bursary for each of the three category winners announced on 1st June. Thank you so much to everyone. Book tokens too!

It’s been great to be involved in the judging of this year’s Curae Prize once again - for writers who are also carers. We See You!! 🙏🏻🫶🏻🌸 #curae

NONFICTION (including creative nonfiction) This is a car park for the parents of DISABLED children. Georgie Steele. The Life I Lead. Elaine Gregersen. 200 Pink Buns. Rebekah Lawler Metamorphosis. Anoushka Yeoh Displaced. Sue Wright #Curae

Thread. It is a great honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers POETRY CATEGORY Mistletoe. Sam Garvan Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli. thecuraeprize.uk

Articles about trans people in the Guardian/Observer, Telegraph, Times and Mail since Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, not one of which has been written by a trans person. Barely even featured actual trans people. Thursday - 28 Friday - 18 Saturday - 14 Sunday - 14 Monday - 14

From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner. Please share :)

Should we be surprised at @theguardian.com reporting on the U.K.’s Supreme Court ruling without once acknowledging it’s own role in the normalisation of transphobia over the past few years..? 🤷🏻‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️ #transrightsarehumanrights

We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights. Join us 👇 goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮 So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

If you can help, please do. #curae is not publicly funded - it’s me and a very small volunteer team. We’re up to £820 on the bursary fund for our three eventual winners. Unpaid care is intersectional with financial hardship & many challenges. Let’s do this.

As seen on a Lisbon post box… 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏻

Oooh it’s only a few weeks until we announce the #Curae 2025 shortlist I AM EXCITED ARE YOU EXCITED. Fundraiser for writers’ bursaries is still running, below. Do please help me if you can. This is the only opportunity of this kind for unpaid #carers 💙📚

Trump’s EDI crackdown isn’t just hitting the US — it’s crossing the Atlantic. A UK legal firm dropped a trans man’s case after pressure from their US parent… and we’re naming names.

Portuguese news reporting that European companies that have contracts with the U.S. government have been ordered to abandon their DEI programmes, or lose business.

Calling on the UK Government to #dothewritething in regard to the using of authors' work without permission. Don't weaken copyright laws in favour of big tech. Stand by creatives. Most of us are paid little enough for our work. Don't make it any worse. @societyofauthors.bsky.social @alcs.co.uk

Trans rights are human rights. #TransDayOfVisibility

#transdayofvisibility 🌸🫶🏻🏳️‍⚧️

Us… #husbands 🏳️‍🌈

Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon ie, both online and in the high street. Shop direct with your Irish retailers, who already exist. Support local, not the billionaires.

‘Femme’ (2006) - Louise Bourgeois #internationalwomensday

We have additional mentoring for additionally under-rep writers. I want to reiterate something: our beautiful judge @michaellangan.bsky.social mentors an LGTBQIA writer; this year, in light of the horrendous bigotry we have seen, I willl offfer additional mentoring specifically for a trans writer.

February marks Queer History Month in the UK and Black History Month in the US so here's a bunch of Black Queer books that you can read in February, and beyond, no matter which side of the pond you're on 🖤🌈📖 #diversebooksky #booksky

It's #LGBTHistoryMonth here in the UK, so what better time to crack open a book and read up on some queer history? From essays about how queer media shaped the world, to section 28, the aids epidemic and even the history of poppers, it's time to add some non-fiction to your TBR and get reading.

Writing residency for older writers! Please share!

Feature from me on #curae out tomorrow - and also thoughts on what it is I am trying to do in writing, publishing and in making this and other things. One thing to reiterate. We offer additional mentoring for Curae entrants including for a trans writer-carer. See you; love you ❤️

Somewhere between 5,000 - 15,000 homosexual men were sent to the concentration camps. The death rate for these men may have been as high as 60%. The liberation of the concentration camps did not grant liberty to these men, many of them were reimprisoned under buggery laws. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

I’m happy and proud to be one of the judges for the Curae Prize once more - our refusal to engage with right-wing, Nazi-owned platforms mean our reach has been limited this year so far - please help spread the word! #writingcommunity #carers 🙏🏼🌸

Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever

The 2025 #curae literary prize for unpaid carers is brought to you by a host of beautiful people. Once more your judges @michaellangan.bsky.social Amy Lord and Elissa Soave. Joining us for the new poetry category @godzillakent.bsky.social @stumcpherson.bsky.social and Seanín Hobson #curae ❤️

I’m one of the judges for this… #booksky

Lisbon - 28/12/24

Setúbal - 25/12/24

Lisbon - 24/12/24

Labour’s manifesto promised to “remove indignities for trans people”, yet the government’s ban on puberty blockers adopts the Tories’ politicised unevidenced approach. Young people — cis & trans — must have access to healthcare they need. I stand firmly with the trans community.

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which feels more important than ever… Trans friends we see you, we love you, and will do our best to protect you! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈