LRP - I am a born and bred Catholic, Filipino Catholic, who grew up to be a queer trans man. To say my relationship with the Church is Complicated is an understatement. That said, I am constantly delighted by how Leo gets under the skin of this entire Administration. So, he's alright by me.

these idiot adult converts are going to drive me back into the extremely questionable arms of the church

Ruse did beautiful art of Samuel and Isaac for me, I cannot recommend working with him more highly. And these rates are so reasonable! Check him out if you've been thinking about commissions!

Siema, I'm agender and write queer dark fantasy and horror for fellow freaks I hire trans people to do my covers and illustrations, like @afiregender.bsky.social @sorenhaxan.bsky.social and @pompoison.bsky.social Best places to support me: ebooks: payhip.com/ladz physical: ladz-merch.square.site

There is no saving this nation We're too far gone

if you're not sure what to say when you call your reps, Celeste has a script!! reps.fyi

What a nice morning to focus on copy edits, just gonna check the daily prompt and then log off, I'm sure nothing terrible will happen. *logs back on after lunch* Oh

I recently reread Anne Bishop's BLACK JEWELS trilogy, which I read way too young, and well. That explains a lot. Dark and brutal and still beautifully, endlessly romantic. The way the plot is more about who knows what when, instead of straightforward action beats. This is the series that made me.

Jesus showing off his top surgery scars to the boys (John 20:27) ❤️‍🔥

There is nothing more beautiful than the love between a psycho lesbian and her gay forest monster Anyway Bigfoot the Musical was super cute

Crimson Peak

Transgender werewolf ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEAR OF THE MER Mega-Thread since we're a couple weeks out and I kind of feel like throwing up. Book 1 of 2 is out on April 7! Available in the US and CAN from Saga: bookshop.org/p/books/year... And in the UK and wherever else they distribute in English from Titan: titanbooks.com/72438-year-o...

Why would I need AI when I can just DM @ladzwriting.bsky.social the most unhinged, out of context ideas???

Update: husband provided

Trans authors are writing some of the best SFF out there! For trans day of visibility, I grabbed a semi-random assortment of books by trans and nonbinary authors off my shelves. All of these I've either read & loved, my kids have read & loved, or are high on my TBR pile!

btw i am trans and incredibly visible today and am lowkey considering top surgery so you should send me $$ perhaps,,,, (this is a joke but not really) my venmo is haleystrass 👀

Wait I second this, who's buying us cupcakes?

In the past week: new Harry Potter shit, Idaho bathroom ban with life in prison for repeat "offenders, IOC bans trans women, the Nea York Times tells affirming doctors they're wrong, SCOTUS allows conversation therapy "Calm down trannies- don't get your tucking underwear in a knot"

It’s Trans Day of Visibility! Buying a book by a trans author is great, but don’t stop there! Make sure to call your representatives. Support your local trans communities. Donate to mutual aid organizations. If we’re going to make it through this we need you to do more than post on social media!

“God I feel like a kid again!” I say as I point out semi-reasonable gas prices as we face another bullshit war in the Middle East

Some folks don’t seem to understand the magnitude and immediacy of the threats that trans people are facing right now. Idaho just made it a crime to use a bathroom other than the one designated for sex assigned at birth … the second offense is a felony with a 5 year prison term. 1/?

Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want 🩸

How I feel reading 99% of art and media critique these days

Ugh I have so many errands to do and I just wanna write about dog boys (derogatory)

Reminder that you are being lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale

Phew ok all the illustrations from my recent David Lynch calendar are now available as individual 8x10" prints! Personally I think this is some of my best work, plz enjoy www.etsy.com/shop/panands...

+ the incomparable @leemandelo.bsky.social, esp for Summer Sons (modern Southern Gothic) and The Woods All Black (historical horror). His stuff is haunting in the best way. + the diabolical @kmenright.bsky.social whose MESSYQUEER horror-fantasy is an amazing ride, starting w Mistress of Lies.

Trans author of dark fantasy with queer characters and Filipino myths! MISTRESS OF LIES follows a blood mage spymaster as she recruits a noble bastard with a terrible gift to hunt down a magical serial killer for the vampiric Eternal King—all while planning to overthrow him. And it's in KU!

Drop 3 recs for the #transrightsreadathon ! 1) The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social 2) Moonflow by @bitterkarella.bsky.social 3) The Fealty of Monsters by @ladzwriting.bsky.social

This is one of my favorite books, such a delicious bite of queer horror — if you’re gonna preorder anything, you can’t go wrong with THE WOODS ALL BLACK!

Three recs for #transrightsreadathon: @morgandante.bsky.social's Hallowed Be Thy Name (out #transdayofvisibility) for priest/demon hurt/comfort. Mistress of Lies by @kmenright.bsky.social for scheming, vampires, and hot prose. @ladzwriting.bsky.social's Fealty of Monsters for nasty queer drama.

we support the writer's barely disguised fetish in a climate where adults on social media are mortified at the idea of consuming something that made someone horny

I'm such a delight to talk to

Shan:

Protein lattes???!!!???

Dorian Gray

This is all over Threads in the book community, boosting it here too in case folks have missed it. Such wildly upsetting news.

Having the kind of day where I'm like, damn, I need a cigarette (Do I smoke? Nope)

Fellow American friends, you should probably have your congresspeople saved in your phone at this point, but another reason to call out of many

This is just the book lmao. Shan rolling up like —

when bigots say shit like "mass transition regret is inevitable" what they mean is that their goal is to make society so hostile to trans people that trans people decide to go back into the closet. thats why a bunch of terfs got all depressed when trans didn't go away after that supreme court ruling

Hey do you wanna read about queer and trans Filipino people turning into monsters and eating people??? Making absolutely terrible, immoral decisions? Then I have a series for you! Also there's politics and murder and some honestly gross sex

Show your vampire art 🩸🦇 Okay so he's technically a manananggal but close enough, I say!! (art by @boisteruse.bsky.social, cover art by @superstarfighter.bsky.social)

Pathfinder Quote of the Day: Is it stealth or thievery to hide a fox in your jacket?

🙈🙈🙈 CW: sexual content, gore

Me to all the queer freaks in my phone -- I'm getting nastier and nastier just for you 💕 Oh and my husband I guess, he's the reason I'm able to materially/financially/etc stay in the game 😘

Warning y'all now, I'm gonna be SO INSUFFERABLE

CONSIDER: if you as a reader actually bother to seek out and read LGBT original fiction, publishers will acquire more of it and the "original fiction isn't queer enough" problem will be addressed