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Trans youth exist. Denying this doesn't stop that fact. It just tortures them

The Trix Rabbit is capitalism’s queered Christ—forever yearning, always denied the sweetness he was created to sell.

We're coming upon the one-year anniversary, and I can still smell the artificial berry on the hot and prescient breath of his holy rabbitself.

image by the brilliant and hilarious @williecarver.bsky.social (but not posted on bluesky yet, so far as i can tell)

They cannot touch love. They cannot touch my marriage. They cannot undo what God has ordained. In righteousness, morality, and love, my marriage is beyond the reach of their cruel and dirty mouths and hands. All that they do simply shows us who they are. Because they aren't worthy of defining us.

Gay Hillbilly Jesus. Still barefoot, defending town whores, and telling dramatic stories to get people to act decent, but now with more mud and Dolly Parton.

@williecarver.bsky.social is in Issue 4. He’s super great, you guys. Mothman wants you to read his poetry and prose. — #litmag #appalachia #redbranchreview

Every day, something extraordinary happens in our public schools. That’s why we’re relaunching #PublicSchoolProud—to lift up stories like Elk Valley Elementary, where a rebuilt library brought joy & hugs back to students. www.aft.org/news/hugs-an...

When others are banning books, we’re giving them away for free. Through @aft.org’s #ReadingOpensTheWorld campaign, we’ve put more than 10 million books into the hands of kids and families, because every child deserves the joy of reading. www.aft.org/read

As kids head back to school, some districts are removing books & inserting religious content into classrooms. We must defend inclusive, fact-based education. Public schools must be places of truth and inclusion, where every child can learn freely. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

My gay marriage has already lasted longer than any of Kim Davis's five straight marriages. And she had a helluva head start cause her first one happened when I was in 3rd grade.

My neighbor's cactus suddenly grew hands and looks like a toddler wanting to be picked up. I'm no cactologist, but is this a sign of the End Times?

Phew! I need to sit down after reading that. To sit down and say thank you 💙 50% of all author proceeds of online sales of Gay Poems for Red States and presales of Tore All to Pieces made at CoffeeTree Books will go to EastKY mutual aid. www.coffeetreebooks.com/product-page...

Dear Lord, Make me good. Righteous. Virginal and untouched, like Kim Davis on her fourth wedding night. tinyurl.com/3ww5wtw3

I'm so proud to be sharing this photo essay through The North Meridian Review. This is perhaps the most vulnerable writing I've ever done. I spent my first two decades alive in the closet. And I thought I had come out. But I hadn't. Not fully. thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/coming-...

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I'm so proud to be sharing this photo essay through The North Meridian Review. This is perhaps the most vulnerable writing I've ever done. I spent my first two decades alive in the closet. And I thought I had come out. But I hadn't. Not fully. thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/coming-...

Short shorts big calves feet pick. Giving the government workers tracking my social media a little sumpin sumpin 😉

Exactly.

Thank you to everyone for an amazing #TEACH25! I love being with fellow educators—and with public education on a precipice, it’s important that we could be together to learn about safe, welcoming, relevant, and engaging schools.

Got plans for 10/7? Now you do! Come out to the Fuzzy Duck Coffee Shop in Morehead for a book discussion + signing. Lots of great folks will be there & it’s two days after my 38th birthday. Come eat cake and give us some hugs! @williecarver.bsky.social will be there, and we all LOVE him!

We are getting closer every day! I am so excited for this book! You can pre-order a copy of TORE ALL TO PIECES anywhere books are sold—AND you can pre-order a signed copy directly from CoffeeTree Books here: www.coffeetreebooks.com/product-page...

We are getting closer every day! I am so excited for this book! You can pre-order a copy of TORE ALL TO PIECES anywhere books are sold—AND you can pre-order a signed copy directly from CoffeeTree Books here: www.coffeetreebooks.com/product-page...

Here is some wisdom I heard from a old Appalachian granny witch, one of them truths that's been banging around the holler since before these hills knew the destruction of humankind: Turning a lesbian Irish don't make a feller not a pedophile.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Thank you to the Writers Guild Initiative for this lovely interview about TORE ALL TO PIECES and how stories have the power to change the world. writersguildinitiative.org/interview-wi...

Aaah! I'm so exited to share the poem "What if We Butt," published by North Meridian Review. Thank you, @thenorthmeridianreview and thank you @wesley.r.bishop.writer for everything ❤️ You can find the poem here: thenorthmeridianreview.org/blog/what-if...

This is what me flirting looks like. Gay Appalachian Tina Belcher with line breaks.

YAAAY! I am super stoked to announce that I will be publishing my creative non-fiction piece from my forthcoming collection GROOMER called "Caught on Film" in the Miracle Monocle anthology "A Little Sugar in the Tank," which celebrates queer Southern experience.