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People don’t “identify as trans or queer” they ARE those things. Pronouns generally aren’t “preferred” those are just the pronouns of that person. Waffling language leads to thinking these things are optional, not factual.

obligatory ‘they want us dead so here’s my book and please publish us more and pay us because they want us dead‘ post. Fuck all of this. bookshop.org/p/books/okps...

Every time people in the alleged center cede ground in the continued struggle for civil rights—because that’s what this is—by pretending trans people are the crazy ones or it’s just woke finger wagging over pronouns, THIS is what you’re enabling. Erasure. Pick a fucking side.

I first read this as QAnon and welp that tracked too

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Welp. Seems like it's a good day to highlight trans books. I'll do this off and on all day, no idea how long the thread will eventually be. And if you need any trans book recommendations, post in here and I'll point you toward people who might know if I don't since I mostly do romantasy.

There might be (a few) better shows of all time overall, but I can’t think of a show that flew out of the gate with such a fully realized world and dynamic characters as Deadwood.

the president of the us just said he wants to ban trans people from transitioning. it is imperative that democrats speak up loudly & fight to defend us. silence enables this very real ongoing violence. & to those who stay quiet & roll over to focus on 'kitchen table issues': G-d sees what you are.

Fwiw the one big box store where I’ve still seen big sets of DVD and Blu Ray is Walmart, I think people have never Gotten rid of their players

We’re hosting @foiaball.com tonight on the podcast! If you have any FOIA questions (process, things you can request, etc) drop them here.

Books available for pre-order in Ethel’s shop including Chris L. Butler’s MELODIES OF THE OPPRESSED, Suzette Bishop’s UNBECOMING, Frances Cannon’s BITTEN BY THE LANTERN FLY and being mailed soon: Erin Mizrahi’s TO WHAT END. @clbpoetry.bsky.social @frankyfrancescannon.com @erinmizrahi.bsky.social

keep seeing people talking about Hugo and Nebula nominations which means it is my professional duty to remind you that nominations for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize open on SUNDAY

this also tracks pretty accurately for Morrissey, fwiw.

this is like saying 8chan is the commons

"Kansas is set to invalidate ~1,700 driver's licenses held by transgender residents and roughly as many birth certificates under a new law that goes beyond Republican-imposed restrictions in other states on listing gender identities in government documents." www.arkansasonline.com/news/2026/fe...

One of the first things we were taught at Quantico was that there is never a moment in which you are not representing the Bureau; but, then again, we earned our place there, and weren’t granted its directorship as a sinecure for partisan malfeasance and a willingness to disregard the constitution.

People who say Kate Bush can't be forgiven because they defenestrated a rabbit are the same people who simp for these folks.

(handing the most heartbroken, disgusted-looking hockey player a stuffed animal) congratulazioni! enjoy the stoat

Every encounter with Brandi Carlile this past few years has been against my will and I may be entitled to compensation Please just go away for a long sabbatical and stop elder abusing Joni

I saw that a musician friend of mine originally from Seattle was playing a concert for Kshama Sawant and I was like okay, makes sense, he must be back home, but I found out the event is in *Brooklyn* and I looked into it and like, man…

Every trans person who comes out in this climate is a living rebuttal to every headline that tries to erase them.

precisely 10 years ago today, the concept of "transgender social contagion" was first invented on the now infamous anti-trans parent website 4thWaveNow. a full timeline of how the concept spread (not unlike a "social contagion") can be found here: juliaserano.blogspot.com/2019/02/orig...

I think with Land the ’scientific racism‘ came first though they are intertwined. Also there was a certain point in his career where meth broke his brain and he turned to the far right.

‘I’m not looksmaxxing I’m booksmaxxing,’ I told my 14 year old son as we were heading into the library. (This actually happened- not a bit. He told me never to say that again)

we couldn't use government funds to buy coffee (like, folgers ground coffee) when i worked on a CDC outbreak emergency response

Since Cass is again making the rounds for expounding on all the ways we might make fewer trans kids, here’s a piece on how this discourse erases the lives of trans people doing extraordinary specifically because they embraced who they are. Whose rich lives wouldn’t have happened in the closet.

There are trans women who disappear online that I knew and I just hope theyve gone about their own way in society and are not dead. The latter has happened way too often

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said state prosecutors and law enforcement have gathered enough evidence to consider charging decisions against the federal agents who shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

the last two months have been peak Jacob Frey. Do nothing except try to create a national profile. Literally the same from 2020. And...everyone here knew this would happen.

meanwhile this is still going on. The deep unfettered evil continues... apnews.com/article/boat...

Yep, temu r/atheism is a winning electoral strategy!

Every day we are being subjected to like three different The Ring videos.

HRT blindboxes

Having gone through two personal level crises when trying to promote a new book during years with large-level crises also going on (2020 and this year), I imagine so many great books/authors have gotten lost for similar reasons. It's hard out there for authors, so please shout about books you love.

This sold for 425 ETH. $1.59M

I finally wrote my big essay about Daniel Berrigan! For anyone with an interest in non-violence, futility, the political/social/moral role of writing, and so much more, even if you've never heard of the man www.bookforum.com/print/3203/f...

this gives a bad name to banana republics

Question: with the No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle from itch.io (which you should donate to!), what are some gems that I should look out for? It's over a thousand games and books! Feel free to rec your own as well. itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

hey folks, this May I will be teaching a multiweek Intro to Fiction Writing workshop through the good folks at One Story, which I'm very excited about, so keep an eye out for that!

For some reason this reminds me of one of my favorite takedowns of a video game ever

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

if you're interested in speculative poetry from 2025, for whatever reason, I haven't mentioned by experimental queer epic The Shanty at the Center of the Wound for a good while! Please check it out! adeniro.itch.io/the-shanty-i...

People on this site are just waiting for the right excuse to become disenchanted with whatever their next cause turns out to be.

Minneapolis was economically devastated by Operation Metro Surge, writes James Beard-winning Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman, suffering $10-$20 million in weekly losses. "This isn't just immigration enforcement. This is economic sabotage wrapped in racism." talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/congres...