This is your last call to get 15% off tickets to The Wee Con in November 🏴‍☠️ Hop over to our website for details: http:ourflagemeans.community #theweecon #theweecon2 #2wee2con

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Someone you know and love is asexual. Maybe even they don't know it yet! It's harder to notice feelings you don't have (or don't have much) than ones you do.🏳️‍🌈

Check out Castrati and Glass Coffins, my new Substack. Starting with “The Castrato and the King”, an archive blog about the singer Farinelli and his music therapy for the King of Spain. #history #opera #MentalHealth open.substack.com/pub/elizabet...

I’ve decided to give Substack a go elizabethhopkinsonfantasy.substack.com/p/time-for-a...

We don’t usually see each other’s headers; quote post with yours Mine is from the cover of my latest novel, Masquerade of Finches, Book 2 of the Angelio Series of historical fantasies with ace, nonbinary and disability rep. www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/angelio.html

If anyone has been having difficulties with the form, I think (hope) I’ve fixed them now.

@stonewalluk.bsky.social @aceofhearts.quest @itgetsbetter.bsky.social Please could you share my interest survey for a child-friendly book about being ace?

@avenofficial.bsky.social @asexuals.net Please could you share my interest survey for a child-friendly book about being ace?

Who would be interested in seeing a picture book that explains being ace in child friendly terms? Please complete my interest survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/R653GRY Here are some sample pictures for the book by Anna Hopkinson #ace #pride #books

Looking to fill in ace rep on your #Pride reading bingo card? I’ve got you! www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/angelio.html @storyperfectbooks.bsky.social

Deep Hearts YA is home to fantastic queer young adult books -- visit our website to find your next favourite read. deepheartsya.com #yabooks #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #booksky

I’ve backed it. Have you?

🏳️‍🌈 My publisher! 💜🤍🖤

#PrideMonth www.elizabethhopkinson.uk

The Angelio Book Club is now on Thursday, 11th June. 📖 still at 7pm (UK time) 📖 still online 📖 still free 📖 still need to book your ticket! Come and chat about Tammo, Carlo & Celestina! Come and chat about Tammo, Carlo & Celestina! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/angelio-bo...

Just pledged to support this. I look forward to reading the stories!

Today is St Melangell’s Day - patron saint of hares and small animals. One of my favourite saints. Read her story in Legends from Lindisfarne www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/legends-from... Artwork by Anna Hopkinson #FolkloreThursday

🚨Bad news. A THIRD National book banning bill has passed committee in the house.🚨 Meet the CHARLIE act that will prohibit the teaching of what they call: equity ideology (not white supremacist jingoistic history) More from @authorsabb.bsky.social when we have it. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Authors, please be aware that there's currently a #BookClub #scam! I've received two messages from two different 'book clubs' this week alone. Here's an article with more info: medium.com/@claude.whit...

Inviting anyone who has read and enjoyed Cage of Nightingales/Masquerade of Finches to come to the first ever virtual Angelio Book Club on 9th June. Ticket are free, but you need one to enter. #Angelio #asexual #PrideMonth #books #LGBTQIA #fantasy #histfic www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1989900067...

TW: Discrimination Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. We asked our 2024 respondents about their experiences with discrimination. #asexual #asexuality #ace #aro #aromanticism #acecommunitysurvey #demisexual #demisexuality #graysexual #graysexuality

Happy belated #IDAHOBIT :) did you know that the World Health Organisation still lists asexuality (aka "HSDD") as a disorder, and that roughly 1 in 2 asexual survey participants said they'd experienced attempts or suggestions for how to "cure" or "fix" them? Check out my presentation below for more!

May tomorrow’s UK local elections bring us Dogs at Polling Stations and zero R€f0rm councillors!

Angelio books with the old covers are now half price in my Ko-fi shop. Historical fantasy about a castrato and a bird charmer. Ace, nonbinary and multiple disability rep. ko-fi.com/elizabethhop...

Happy May Day!

Angelio books with the old covers are now half price in my Ko-fi shop. Historical fantasy about a castrato and a bird charmer. Ace, nonbinary and multiple disability rep. ko-fi.com/elizabethhop...

Calling partnered asexual (including demi-, gray-, or other ace-spec) folks! 💜 🍰 We’re recruiting for a study on asexuality and romantic relationships (broadly defined). Take part or share with your network! Word of mouth is super helpful. 👉 tinyurl.com/acerelations... Open to any nationality

The Angelio books have NEW COVERS!! (These ones are guaranteed AI free) www.elizabethhopkinson.uk/angelio.html

See you there tomorrow!!

Ace friends! Get your hands on this and support Elizabeth. She's got more than fairy tales, click the link! Some are available on Amazon as well. Get em now!

Are you ready for an evening of LGBTQIA+ fantasy stories and poems with the BFS in Manchester? I’m coming over from Bradford specially with my Asexual Fairy Tales. 💜🖤🤍 Please get your tickets in advance so the shop owners can sleep at night.🌛

Thank you so much for your talk on Rå yesterday. Sorry I had to miss the second half.

Authors Against Book Bans has joined dozens of other organizations, nonprofits, publishers, & stores to issue this joint statement opposing HR7661

Come on #Manchester! You know you want to be there! #asexuality #LGBTQIA #books

Yep! I’ll be there with my Asexual Fairy Tales ♠️🧚 Get your tickets now!

“The crowd in Jerusalem was lashing out at one of their own, erupting in the horizontal violence that often happens among oppressed people” Do read this post; it’s insightful, and so relevant to today’s world.

#TransDayOfVisibility Should be this… … not that.

Are you in Manchester on 22nd April? Do you want to be? I’ll be there with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social and fellow writers, reading stories and poems - and you can, too! Book your place. I think we’ll have some Asexual Fairy Tales ♠️🧚 #fantasy #LGBTQIA www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...

I can’t be in London but I can show my support. Here I am at home in Bradford with my Hold On To Hope posters. Go show them, people!

Oh, the hypocrisy! Biblical CONTENT: - murder, adultery, war, execution Got to be a ban, right? Biblical VALUES: - act justly, love mercy, walk humbly - love your neighbour as yourself Which are WHERE in your mission?! @authorsabb.bsky.social

Well, there goes half my GCSE/A Level required reading. Also: Jane Austen?!? Surely one of the least explicit writers you can imagine. @authorsabb.bsky.social

Common Bonds 2 gets the Ember seal of approval. @clh2oars.bsky.social #cats #books

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... I’d love to know what fellow aspecs make of this episode. (The series imagines 1 thing suddenly removed from the world). Some positive comments - things we already know as aces - but not one single mention of asexuality.

France has made a powerful step towards challenging the idea that sex is a legal expectation within marriage. What this means for asexual rights, from @theyasminbenoit.bsky.social 

Last night was the New Moon. (That’s why it’s Eid). Today it’s the Spring Equinox. Easter is the first Sunday after the full moon after the Spring Equinox. This is based on the timing of the Jewish Passover (Pesach) as that is when the events of the Easter story took place. 🧵

I’m not even in the US, but as an author of YA LGBTQIA+ fiction, I’m speaking out against HR7661. It affects us all. @authorsabb.bsky.social

Ready to oppose the National Book Ban Republicans are moving through the House of Representatives? Use 5 Calls to contact your Representative in the House. They'll find your rep for you and even have a script!

I’m not even in the US, but as an author of YA LGBTQIA+ fiction, I’m speaking out against HR7661. It affects us all. @authorsabb.bsky.social

What do you MEAN the cozy horror anthology in our preorder Kickstarter are special edition?? No one can get illustrated anthologies when after late orders close??? 😱 😱 😱 WAIT—no one can get the stickers I made too???! Ahhhhhh! Get yours NOW!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bey... #books #horror