my new cargo pants have pockets big enough for a book omg

2. A report on the largest survey ever of trans Americans’ health was released on Wednesday, June 11, and its findings reaffirmed what many academics, health care providers and trans people already know: gender-affirming care saves and improves lives. ustranssurvey.org

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

book reading has taken a rather large dive of a cliff for the next while, Raphael fanfic has got me deep

I’m not obsessed No you didn’t just hear me listen to “Raphael’s Final Act” on repeat on Spotify for an hour

now fully in my Raphael fanfic era after doing house of hope for the first time

on my fourth bg3 character and I am finally actually going to finish the whole game and I just did house of hope for the first time and HOW are we supposed to ever move on from how epic that entire sequence was?!

I am currently sick and feeling sorry for myself so clearly the only sensible thing to do is start rewatching Glee

I got an A+ at my physio today. Not for having healed (still fucked) but for my “body awareness” 🥹 One day I should probably examine how happy I am when health professionals give me praise (hello my psych calling me “a delight”) but NOT TODAY

YIELD UNDER GREAT PERSUASION has been out for six months! If you are looking for a cozy, queer romantasy that will make you cry and hug your tired, bruised heart, this is the book for you!

9 years in Australia, and today I finally had my first encounter with a huntsmen. pretty sure that means my citizenship should be here any day, this is a definite “levelled up in Australian”

Am sure our universities will take a strong stand O_o www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Here's me. 'Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism'

oh noooo I’ve started a new stardew valley farm

well this sounds EXCEPTIONAL

If you know me even a little, I am sure you are not shocked in the slightest that The Lamb was a 5 star read for me

hey i know we're in a period of using the speculative to tell heartwarming and cozy stories right now but i'm really excited for books that use the speculative to do really fucked up weird shit

Movies you’ve watched more than six times, gifs only

Sometimes you start a book and you’re just like holy fuck this is incredible and wild and gross and brilliant and you can’t stop reading. Anyway the book is LEECH by Hiron Ennes

Have spent the past few weeks breaking down about the world and how to keep going. But after the most incredible trans book festival last weekend, and Australia wide rallies for trans rights, I’m feeling more hopeful, motivated and so connected to community ❤️ This is the feeling to focus on.

Sascha’s books are brilliant and I need everyone who ever raved about Gideon the Ninth to READ THEM 🙏🔥

There is no LGB without the TQIA+ We stand together or we fall together. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

You know who does nothing for Australians? You Peter Dutton. You divide us/sow fear & bigotry. We are not Americans, your Kmart Trumo antics won’t work here. We all make this country great, from Indigenous people to multicultural Australians. You have no plan to help any of us

Is a single advocacy group going to talk about how this announcement right after the QLD healthcare news and the last two weeks of US policy is actually rather worrying??? Have we forgotten so soon the so-called “independent” Cass Review in the UK?? amp.abc.net.au/article/1048...

I hate that we've gotta constantly be like "after trans people they'll come for you, you know" to get cis people to care like ... after trans people after we're what

Clarion West Announces Scholarship for Trans Writers locusmag.com/2025/01...

one of the coolest covers I've been lucky enough to get. coming July 15th, from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Killer...

Time for Australians to show that we will not tolerate the political subjugation and removal of rights of trans people - gender affirming care is life-saving. It takes 5 mins to email the QLD Health Minister and say so.

ah yes, waking up to the dulcet tones of ridiculously loud drilling from the apartment below, an entire hour before my alarm. that’s what you need as a midweek pick me up 🙃

Every morning we wake up to more horror – but worse than that, more people who are seemingly indifferent to it. Compassion burnout is real, but it is also what power wants. Empathy keeps us human and yes, it is heavy, but it's a burden worth holding ♥️

🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨 I am so beyond thrilled to share the cover for SPREAD ME! With art by Anders Røkkum, designed by Esther S. Kim, this cover is every bit as nasty and invasive and delicious as the book itself. I couldn't possibly love it more ✨👾🫦

redownloaded stardew valley. this is going to be a phenomenal use of my time…

At dawn, near the Shrine, at a place called Camp Sovereignty, First Nations people, and allies, began a day of mourning by reading out hundreds of massacres that took place in Victoria since colonisation. This is the truth of our history, and on January 26, the very least we can do is acknowledge it

Read; buy; support as much as you can. Some books by trans authors I love: ❤️ Tell Me I’m Worthless / Alison Rumfitt ❤️ The Dawnhounds / Sascha Stronach ❤️ Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner ❤️ Radiant Emperor series / Shelley Parker-Chan ❤️ The Outside / Ada Hoffmann ❤️ Light From Uncommon Stars / Ryka Aoki

I’m fucking done explaining to cis people why they need to give a shit about trans people. I’m tired of watching cis white women see transphobia used to legislate all women’s bodies & saying “keep going.” Show the fuck up cause this is just the start. Read the damn poem - “first they came for…”

"the sin of empathy" These people are broken on every level, including a species one. Giving a damn about each other is what transformed our prehistoric ancestors from living in herds to living in troops. To be anti-empathy is to be anti-human.

🫠💛 A Game in Yellow comes out August 12th from Saga. All natural erotic cosmic horror from the slopes of Mount Rainbow. No artificial sweeteners. www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Game...

Cover reveal! Treatment for THE GRACEVIEW PATIENT begins October 2025. “That thing in the bed. Is that me? Is it?” bit.ly/GRACEVIEWPAT...

Here's a great piece on Nonsense today from @nataliesqrl.bsky.social that looks at the fascism involved in controlling who gets hormones heterosexualnonsense.substack.com/p/hormones-a...

Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action. If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.

for everyone else: buy trans literature & art NOW while you can. there’s a non-zero chance that queer and *especially* trans voices wind up being temporarily silenced at some point over these next 4 years. support trans people *now* while we can still ask for help & make incredible art in public.

restarted a new play of cult of the lamb and gosh I’d forgotten how great this game is. the artwork, the concept, the gameplay, the music, truly stunning

Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."

Given everything, I want to spend the next while reading, talking and supporting as many trans book as I can. As a start, I will be reading only books by trans authors throughout February - I encourage you all to join me and discuss these books wherever you can. Now is not the time to be quiet ❤️

I had a walk today and thought about the relationship between civility, discomfort, and abuse. Some of you know that “civility” is one of my hard “ugh” triggers. This thread will explain why.

Respectfully & from the bottom of my heart, if you think anything in the world could justify this, you’re a monster or an idiot or some impressive combination of both.

Aragorn really proves that ranger is the coolest DnD class. And whilst I say this with a touch of bias given I have a Monster Hunter Ranger and Gloomstalker Ranger going in two separate games rn, I think my point still stands!

My cat has been particularly cute recently. My top 3 favourite recent antics: 1. Parkour 2. Attempting to get treats from her carrier by keeping as much of her body *outside* the carrier as possible (thus tipping it over on herself) 3. Requisitioned my new oodie for her own purposes This is she:

using my summer Fridays to try make a gym habit stick because I would like to get biceps this year 💪💪