An excellent, nuanced read on the differences between queer readers reading queer fiction written by queer people and the straight women who don't always get it.

Trans youth healthcare is based in decades of research and supported by every major medical organization in the US. Under RFK Jr, a handpicked panel produced a dodgy report claiming otherwise. It's a clear example of Kennedy's war on science. So why aren't news organizations treating it that way?

Shoppers still buying Canadian this holiday season, say Ottawa retailers #Ottawa #BuyCanadian “Canadians became very protective of our economy, of our neighbours, of our country.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yes. And translators, badly paid, have been trying to make people aware of this, but they have only a small platform. Need writers and readers to be aware and speak out. All my foreign language contracts going forward will stipulate that a real person translates.

When I hear "there's no gay romance" "m/m was created by women" "romance is for women" I think of the number of author bios in the back of "Best Gay Romance" books, or magazines, especially the 90s, ending with notations of when those authors died and I get so fucking angry I cannot even tell you.

If it's not B, he shouldn't be Santa.

If it's not B, he shouldn't be Santa.

This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

The great old comedy writer Larry Gelbart said that your style is formed by what you can’t do. I wish more people understood that. That and the Martha Graham quote about keeping the channel open.

Every time I'm in a restaurant I remember Kevin McAleer's reply to a waiter who told him the Soup Of The Day. "Where there any other contenders?" "Um, no?" "A hollow victory, then".

Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

My response to anything over the next two weeks

People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind Actual academics:

Not every country’s going down the same path as the UK – the High Court of New Zealand has ruled that a ban on puberty blockers for young trans people should not be enforced ahead of a legal challenge from a trans health body: https://goodlaw.social/6pig

Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?

These are the "good and decent people" who didn't survive the Reagan presidency.

Evergreen.

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison. Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.

You get 18 years when your kids have no choice about having a relationship with you (excluding things like emancipation and CPS). How you choose to behave during those 18 years informs the contact your child chooses to have when they’re no longer required.

We're all supposed to be 100% in tune with white men's feelings. We're supposed to care about them at the expense of our own. We are supposed to live in fear of them getting upset. Treating their feelings as grenades that can go off at any time. They on the other hand do not need to care about ours.

Hell World. Hell World. Hell World.

You can tell the Canadian government is deeply committed to rooting out antisemitism in our society because it only took them *fifteen years* to finally decide a *government funded* memorial *shouldn't* have the names of actual Nazis on it.

The obvious purpose of video job interviews is to give employers a plausibly deniable reason to not hire disabled and other visibly marginalized people. You gotta wonder how much the purpose of such as short form video media, is the same. It creates a media environment curated to exclude.

Good afternoon, Bluesky. Here is your weekly reminder to take your HRT, medications, and vitamins. Bluesky still deserves better leadership. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ Unban Link.

I made a phone call this morning. On purpose. I hate doing that.

The library board wouldn’t remove a picture book about a trans boy so they dissolved the whole board. “The book has been banned by three school districts — Carmel, Indiana; Palm Beach County, Florida; Stillwater, Minnesota — and nationally by the DoD in military schools” archive.is/2025.12.14-1...

When I was walking to get Dunkin' Donuts this morning I started wondering, if government agents suddenly appeared and kidnapped me off the street, if anyone would ever figure out what happened to me.

Does anyone know of any support groups for Neurodivergent people with cancer undergoing treatment and/ or any support groups for carers? Please feel free to drop signposting below or direct message me, thank you.

hi everyone! tomorrow is the cutoff for orders from my shop getting to the USA by Christmas. nora.jewelry shares would be a help!

I found the photo! I’m almost entirely certain was the photo that sparked off the conversation with @scottynola.bsky.social that led to the writing of "Dolph." "They used to laugh and call him names. Used do."

Men who can't mend a hole in their pants or cook a meal from scratch will insist to me that I need to be drilled on gun safety despite not handling any because "you never know when you might need those skills, it's about being prepared to navigate life's surprises!"

The fact that the Microsoft president felt the need to go on Canadian TV and lie about both his willingness and ability to protect Canadian digital sovereignty is probably a good thing, it means the idea itself is gaining traction and Microsoft feels the need to address it. Again, by lying.

Indeed. I just hate that we’re in a timeline in which support and empathy for marginalised groups is deemed extreme while hatred and disdain for those same groups garners support and air time on political/news programmes

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Fine. I'll read Moby Dick.

One from September when conditions were right for #rainbowwings 🌈 Hummingbird #birds

Me: … and that contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire 14yo: do you mean the WESTERN Roman Empire? Me: yeah 14yo: then you should say that, because in Constantinople … Me: yeah, of course, obviously 14yo, talking over me: BECAUSE IN CONSTANTINOPLE THE EASTERN EMPIRE CONTINUED FOR CENTURIES

Today is the Day of Remembrance of Homosexuals in Ukraine and Purple Friday the Netherlands! If you're interested in global perspectives on equality, visibility, and community-building, click to learn more:

Today is the Day of Remembrance of Homosexuals in Ukraine and Purple Friday the Netherlands! If you're interested in global perspectives on equality, visibility, and community-building, click to learn more:

A lot of success in writing is getting okay with receiving feedback, knowing which notes you have to take, and figuring out ways to be diplomatic about the ones you don't. Revision is one part writing skill, one part interpersonal shit.

I made a Chrome extension that swaps Times New Roman for Calibri on every site or just .gov. It also had Open Sans and Open Dyslexic, because f**k these people. I’m waiting for Google’s approval for it to install automatically, but you can download it and install it in 90 seconds. Instructions 👇

I just remembered that GenAI audio summaries is how Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon gets his news. It's hard not to be ranty about this stuff when the people at the top are wilfully blind to flaws with this technology that the rest of us can see so clearly. macleans.ca/technology-3...

Just added two important European dates to my 2SLGBTQIA+ calendar: Ukraine's Day of Remembrance of Homosexuals & the Netherlands' Purple Friday -- both observed today on 12 December. I did some digging to learn more and thought I'd share what I found: www.patreon.com/posts/day-of...

I'm so glad I'm not straight.

The ArQuives is thrilled to announce that nominations are open for new inductees to our National Portrait Collection. We invite submissions for individuals whose work, art, activism, or leadership has made a meaningful impact on 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across the country. arquives.ca/npc-2026-cal...

Founded in 1973, @arquives.ca has grown into one of the largest 2SLGBTQIA+ archives in the world. Beginning in 2026, they will offer two research fellowships: The Brian King Research Fellowship and The Alan Miller Research Fellowship. More info: arquives.ca/2026-researc...

FML it happened again. 82093840958345 tabs closed across six windows containing things I was working on with only one (1) single window with a dozen tabs open saved. None of the other five appear in my history or anywhere else that I can see. 💀

absolute bargain if any of yous have a use for 7,949,020,598 wasps