Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

6. Similar results followed in New Jersey, where Dem Mikie Sherrill won decisively. Her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, ran a platform centered around the forced outing of trans students and opposition to gender-affirming care. His campaign pushed ads accusing Sherrill of “pushing LGBTQ+ on children."

1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics. From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Today is National Coming Out Day, and as many of us queer parents know, coming out is not always a simple matter of finding the courage, but of balancing our needs and those of our children. Here are my thoughts, plus some resources for LGBTQ parents. mombian.com/2025/10/11/r...

Got my 2nd piece done for #ABLArtFest - this one is for #TheCrystalBallReveals! This started out fun and ended up slightly ominous… what with the approaching rain clouds and all. . @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #illustration #cutpaper #picturebookillustration #itsybitsy #spider #treehouse

My 1st piece for #ABLArtFest - the prompt was #fallfestivities! I adore the sneaky dragon, the determined bunny, and the trying-ever-so-hard robot…. But the mad scientist and dog for sure “steal” the scene (see what I did there?!). #kidlitart #illustration #cutpaper @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Pleased* to announce my second picture book! MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is slated to launch Fall 2026, with @harpercollins.bsky.social *Pleasssssssed Thanks to my agent @allielevick.bsky.social and editor Megan Ilnitzki for loving this story as much as I do ❤️🐍🏺 Can't wait for you all to read it! #kidlit

I'll be co-teaching an introductory course on graphic novels this fall via @highlightsfound.bsky.social! If you've wanted to make a GN but don't know where to start, this might be the workshop for you. I'm honored to teach alongside @mythjae.bsky.social & @anneappert.bsky.social for this course! 💞

If you want to join the #KidLitArt chat tonight, here's how! 👇

I'll be a guest lecturer for @highlightsfound.bsky.social ✨ If you or anyone you know has been interested in getting into graphic novels, this is the course for you! Taught by @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social myself and @anneappert.bsky.social Register here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fro...

Happy #BiWeek ! 💗💜💙

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Big Cartel shop? A sale or two would be a colossal help. All of my creations are designed, sewn, and hand-embroidered by me. Each takes many hours to make. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

My next picture book was announced on Tuesday! So thrilled I get to illustrate these wonderful happybaras and their adventures, as written by my friend @sudiptabq.bsky.social .

New book deals on the way from @sudiptabq.bsky.social @anneappert.bsky.social @rebeccaefbarone.bsky.social + more buff.ly/JPLQ8ig

We read books by LGBTQ+ authors before. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors now. We will read books by LGBTQ+ authors tomorrow. Literature is for and by everyone.

Hey Bluesky, could you help me spread the word about my Etsy shop? A sale or two would be a colossal help. All of my creations are designed, hand-sewn, hand-embroidered by me. Each takes many hours to make. jeremycreature.etsy.com

And while we're reminding folks about stuff with deadlines, applications are now open for our 2026 Writers in Residence! Assuming we make it to 2026, we'll once again welcome an author for adults & an author for young readers into our community! portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...

1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so. 🧵

When Dobbs came down, the media rightly saw it as the culmination of a decades long effort to eliminate abortion rights by the conservative legal movement. When Skrmetti came down, the media blamed trans people and not that same conservative legal machine. It's the same court and lawyers.

If you really want to dig into some extensive #Juneteenth primary sources, the Library of Congress has a massive archive of interviews from formerly enslaved people. Here is part of the Texas collection: www.loc.gov/item/mesn161/

I'm Shirley, a Black/Korean woman who makes really cool art. It's Juneteenth, and Black people still have yet to receive reparations. But here are some of the ways you can financially support me today! ✨💖 ✨: paypal.com/paypalme/lioninthetrees ✨: ko-fi.com/lioninthetrees ✨: shop.lioninthetrees.com

Introducing the Wild Pride 2025 Collection! I created these colorful wildlife illustrations for #Pride month with my love for nature & the LGBTQ+ community in mind. I’m donating 50% of sales to Safe Homes of Worcester, MA. To see art and find out more visit: www.weyakindesigns.com/buy-art/wild...

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. Read the step-by-step guide here ⤵️

Just said this to my partner about new creative endeavors so now you all get to hear it too: If it brings you happiness, it is NOT a waste of time.

hey here's something I would love us all to do like RIGHT NOW: find out if your local library is doing any kind of pride programming or display, and if they are, email them to say thank you and why it matters to you. whether or not you're queer. especially if you're in an area where it's fraught

Hooray! It’s a book birthday! Be sure to grab this whimsical, zany NEW chapter book series written by @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social and illustrated by me! @quirkbooks.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3prmm292

New chapter book series by one of my forever favorites, @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social, launches today! It's filled with big, relatable feelings, irresistible characters, sparkling imagination, and delightful full-color illustrations by @anneappert.bsky.social. PLUS, the cover has actual glitter ✨

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE!🏳️‍⚧️ We’re kicking off our annual Pride Fundraiser today, which will keep the library thriving into the next year & beyond 🎉 givebutter.com/Jr8Tfu

kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.

I cannot wait to work with @inkcap-art.bsky.social !! If you aren’t already following them, why not?

Alright! I’m in crunch time for a final art deadline. What is your favorite hyper focus music? It can have lyrics!

☕️ 🏳️‍⚧️ T / Tea // gouache on hot press paper two paintings from my life as a trans guy at the end of the world. my healthcare and a joyful morning, soft and sweet, threatened. For Queer Art, Queer Visions, a queer group show at the CAP Artspace in Ithaca for pride month! Opening June 6!

What’s better than an LGBTQ kids' book? Two or more! These middle grade duos & trios bring extra reading fun, whether they’re sequels to earlier books or just books w/related themes. Each match-up includes at least 1 that’s new this year. #BookSky #QueerKidLit Reviews: mombian.com/2025/05/28/l...

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

May's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Going Places! Join your hosts on May 29, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about moving forward in your own kidlit journey! Banner art by @anneappert.bsky.social

Parents: what are you doing? Me: I’m going to paint! Parents: like…actually paint? Me: yes Parents: like…with paints? Me: YES Parents: 🤯🤯🤯 Guess I really need to take out the watercolor more often lol

I’m hiring an intern! If you or someone you know is enthusiastic about children’s books, apply at the link below (please do not DM me, it will not help your chances): recruiting.paylocity.com/Recruiting/J...

👀👀👀 So excited! Such a hard decision this year, but I can’t WAIT for the mentee class announcement. 🥳🥳🥳 @pbrisingstars.bsky.social, summer 2025 is going to be amazing!

✨ATTN: BARNES & NOBLE MEMBERS✨ Only days remain to get a significant discount (25-35%!) on WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON through Barnes & Noble with the code: PREORDER25! Get it in before April 25th! Preorder here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-t...

If Amazon's latest AI fuckery has pissed you off but you still want to support trans authors, here's a thread for you.

Remember when Harper Collins was the only major publisher not to sign the letter protesting the defunding of the IMLS? That sucked. Anyway if you're a Harper author, sign the letter urging them to join their colleagues and get on board. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

literally everything. it's gonna be rough. Check for authors you like. see if they have a ko-fi, a patreon, a subscription service, buy their books (paper to preserve the most at-risk for censorship authors, your local indie, etc) and talk about those books to spread word of mouth. please.

once I was at the ophthalmologist and he was checking my eyes and how I saw colors and he said “the thing about biology is nature doesn’t really do binaries, only spectrums” and I think about that a lot

I don’t have many rituals, but one I do have is every morning I take a fresh sheet of my task list and write down everything that was on yesterday’s list, but more neatly, and in a different color this time, because maybe that will help.

Celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek by checking out any of these GEMS by 2025 #PBRisingStars mentors, and tell us in the comments what you’re reading this week! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

It will always be amusing to me when a 6 year old says “a really long time ago” in reference to their own life. I love it. @adriakarlsson.bsky.social

Check out what @monicamancillas.bsky.social, @michellejingchan.bsky.social and @anneappert.bsky.social had to say about this year’s mentee apps! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold