Decided on a bright orange look for going to the cinema tonight. No one will see me in the dark, but I’ll know! 🌈🧡

Decided on a bright orange look for going to the cinema tonight. No one will see me in the dark, but I’ll know! 🌈🧡

Why are people surprised by open hypocrisy? Hypocrisy is a display of power. Does the servant get the same treatment as the master? Do they obey the same standards? The same laws? Shame won’t stop someone who wants to be your master. Because shame supposes you are equals. That is not the goal.

Why are people surprised by open hypocrisy? Hypocrisy is a display of power. Does the servant get the same treatment as the master? Do they obey the same standards? The same laws? Shame won’t stop someone who wants to be your master. Because shame supposes you are equals. That is not the goal.

It’s the first issue of the year at @strangehorizons.bsky.social, and that means one thing: the traditional Year In Review. Across Monday, Wednesday and Friday, our reviewers weight in on what was what in 2025. Which texts will get the most citations? Which surprise entries will appear? Find out …

The Year in Review is out from Strange Horizons! This year I discuss why neurodivergent and queer people make great fodder for zombies. There are also pieces from @genni.bsky.social and @richmondbridge.bsky.social – detailing some of our favourite fiction. 📚📺🎥 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

The Year in Review is out from Strange Horizons! This year I discuss why neurodivergent and queer people make great fodder for zombies. There are also pieces from @genni.bsky.social and @richmondbridge.bsky.social – detailing some of our favourite fiction. 📚📺🎥 strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

As gifts for myself, I got warm gold and bronze eyeshadow along with a millennial pink sweater. After a really busy holiday season, I’m almost feeling ready for 2026. What do you mean it started already? #nonbinary #berlin

Happy New Year 🎆🥳

I'm pleased to announce that my short story collection has been longlisted for the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize! Yay! 🌈 www.dzancbooks.org/blog/ssc-sho...

I'm pleased to announce that my short story collection has been longlisted for the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize! Yay! 🌈 www.dzancbooks.org/blog/ssc-sho...

There are so many good people out there. Happy Solstice to everyone trying to make our world just a little bit better. You're a glimmer of light in this longest of nights. ✨

There are so many good people out there. Happy Solstice to everyone trying to make our world just a little bit better. You're a glimmer of light in this longest of nights. ✨

This isn’t just an aesthetic thing. At some point corporations moved from “we’ll give you what you want” to “you’ll get what you’re given” and this coincides with the increasing power of monopolies.

I grew up in an era of “colour capitalism”. Back then, everything was designed to catch the eye. To be as vibrant, vivid, and distinct as possible. We’re now in a time of “monochrome capitalism”. Beiges and greys reign supreme. Everything must appeal to everyone. It’s indifferent to individuality.

Out doing last-minute gift shopping while in maximum Christmas mode – with a pine green and gold scarf and sparkly gold eyeshadow. Happy hectic-run-up-to-the-holidays, everyone! 🎁

Margot is determined to find out what's going on at her company. Rett is just the woman for the job. A Murderous Business Out now from @minotaurbooks.bsky.social Available wherever books are sold bit.ly/AMurderousBu... #BookSky #historical #queer #cozy #crime #ResistTheHeteropatriarchy

No matter how many books I have unread I still secretly hope that people will buy me more books for Christmas. I’ll say “I have enough books” but I don’t mean it. I never mean it. There can’t be enough books.

Agent and competition news: Redfern Jon Barrett! Congratulations @redfernjon.bsky.social on 1st runner up in the Leapfrog Prize and on your agent representation!

Did you get yourself a gift this Christmas? Why not? I have two great books right here! 💜 PROUD PINK SKY is #queer #scifi set in the first #gay state – with #bi slums, #lesbian shores, and #trans ghettos. 🧡 THE GIDDY DEATH is a #romcom of #polyamory and #nonbinary life in #Wales. Check them out!

Did you get yourself a gift this Christmas? Why not? I have two great books right here! 💜 PROUD PINK SKY is #queer #scifi set in the first #gay state – with #bi slums, #lesbian shores, and #trans ghettos. 🧡 THE GIDDY DEATH is a #romcom of #polyamory and #nonbinary life in #Wales. Check them out!

Having a very 1980s-themed day today with neon blue and pink. I can present it’s a tribute to the decade in which I was born, but the truth is I did it on a whim… Happy Eighties Tuesday nonetheless! 🩵🩷 #Berlin #nonbinary #queer

Having a very 1980s-themed day today with neon blue and pink. I can present it’s a tribute to the decade in which I was born, but the truth is I did it on a whim… Happy Eighties Tuesday nonetheless! 🩵🩷 #Berlin #nonbinary #queer

Know someone who'd like a book for Christmas? PROUD PINK SKY follows William and Gareth as they move to the world's first ever gay state – a glittering cyberpunk metropolis that's not all it seems... Discover the queer riots, bi ghettos, and trans slums of this alternate-world Berlin...

Looking for a holiday gift? THE GIDDY DEATH OF THE GAYS & THE STRANGE DEMISE OF STRAIGHTS A romcom of four young Welsh people dealing with polyamory, bromance, and being nonbinary... "It is truly impossible to describe this book in a way that does it justice; just download it immediately" – Paste

Happy Thursday, everyone! May your day be as bright as my eyeshadow. 🧡 #nonbinary #berlin

A lot of the gay scene has officially dropped the anti-femme and racist rhetoric… only to double down on them in practice. When it comes to inclusion, things are actually worse than they were ten years ago. It seems all people have learned is what they shouldn’t say out loud.

Happy Thursday, everyone! May your day be as bright as my eyeshadow. 🧡 #nonbinary #berlin

Looking for a holiday gift? THE GIDDY DEATH OF THE GAYS & THE STRANGE DEMISE OF STRAIGHTS A romcom of four young Welsh people dealing with polyamory, bromance, and being nonbinary... "It is truly impossible to describe this book in a way that does it justice; just download it immediately" – Paste

Know someone who'd like a book for Christmas? PROUD PINK SKY follows William and Gareth as they move to the world's first ever gay state – a glittering cyberpunk metropolis that's not all it seems... Discover the queer riots, bi ghettos, and trans slums of this alternate-world Berlin...

Off to meet a friend downtown today, so thought I’d go with a non-traditionally festive orange and gold eyeshadow! Fine, so the matching sweater isn’t necessarily thick enough for the winter weather, but we all need to suffer for our art! Happy weekend, everyone! 🧡💛 #Berlin #nonbinary #queer

Off to meet a friend downtown today, so thought I’d go with a non-traditionally festive orange and gold eyeshadow! Fine, so the matching sweater isn’t necessarily thick enough for the winter weather, but we all need to suffer for our art! Happy weekend, everyone! 🧡💛 #Berlin #nonbinary #queer

I realised I’ve never posted a picture of me and my partner on here. This is me and Ismar earlier this year, while visiting my mum and her boyfriend in Spain. The two of us are planning on getting married next year, which feels strange for us queer poly weirdos. But also kind of nice. 💞

I realised I’ve never posted a picture of me and my partner on here. This is me and Ismar earlier this year, while visiting my mum and her boyfriend in Spain. The two of us are planning on getting married next year, which feels strange for us queer poly weirdos. But also kind of nice. 💞

I haven't shared this in a good while and it's something I'm really proud of! The trailer to my novel PROUD PINK SKY shows how the world's first gay state came about. It uses research from my PhD, my love of history, and pure imagination. Please share if you can! 🌈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pxY...

If queer and trans authors got just half the press attention of your average grumpy cis writer, the world would be a very different place indeed.

Some fun news for the day: I've been mentioned in La Nacion, a major Argentine newspaper. The article references my concept of ambitopia at the end. I'm really pleased to see people engaging with the idea of moving past the traditional utopia-dystopia binary. www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/que...

Some fun news for the day: I've been mentioned in La Nacion, a major Argentine newspaper. The article references my concept of ambitopia at the end. I'm really pleased to see people engaging with the idea of moving past the traditional utopia-dystopia binary. www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/que...

Get thee to the sale! 🏳️‍🌈 The @bywaterbooks.bsky.social Reader Appreciation Sale is ON! 👀 25% off all ebooks & paperbacks 📚 Build a bolder, queerer bookshelf 💣 Code: GIVETHANKS25 🚫 Ends Dec 1 👉 Grab your next favorite bywaterbooks.com #SapphicBooks #QueerLit #BookSale #LGBTQIABooks

Three days left on the general submision window for the debut issue of FANTABULOSA! A new magazine of queer scifi and fantasy! (Trans and BIPOC authors have until 15 Dec!) Send us your queerest SFF! 🧙‍♂️🚀🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👽🔮 6000 word limit $0.08/word USD More details: www.bona-books.com/submissions

People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom. If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.

People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom. If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.

Sometimes I like to stop and imagine what the world would be like if everyone spent their free time reading* books. *listening to books counts too

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Making anti-gay jokes about a figure you don't like diminishes gay people much more than it does the person your comments are aimed at.

Making anti-gay jokes about a figure you don't like diminishes gay people much more than it does the person your comments are aimed at.

Silly at is seems, I once thought I was too tall to be nonbinary. All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer? Well, I already was! 🌈 Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.

Silly at is seems, I once thought I was too tall to be nonbinary. All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer? Well, I already was! 🌈 Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.

Berlin winter approaches, meaning it’s time to whip out the big coat… It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄