Sonya's illustrations are STUNNING. Go make friends with her so you can say "I knew her when" 😁

My debut picture book, SHABBAT IS ..., releases today 😊 Available where all books are sold. And here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/a-j-s...

What in the utterly petty hell is this nonsense, Florida 😒

Found this gem on the shelf at Face in a Book in El Dorado Hills. One of my favorite MG writers and this book is so much fun! @sassinsf.com #middlegradereads #shelfie #shelfiemonday

@sassinsf.com Congrats! Your book Ellen Outside the Lines has been selected as a 2025-26 Oregon Battle of the Books selection. OBOB has over 30K participants annually, with 750 schools fielding 8,000 teams of students. We're excited to share your book with Oregon readers!

Guess who's going back to the passport office tomorrow yet again. Someone light a candle for me or something, I am literally leaving on a trip on Friday and I want this nonsense done with 🕯️

Oh hey look, I'm in this one 🙃 (subtly - I'm the declarant from Vermont) If you don't think it's a big deal that the government is refusing to issue me a passport that matches all my other legal identity docs, a reminder that some of us travel internationally for work or other reasons and now can't

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

As far as I've seen, no one who's tried to correct their passport has been able to do so, despite the order being explicitly clear that it is effective immediately Hopefully we'll have updated guidance soon, but the the government not complying with a court order that supersedes an EO is still WILD

SHABBAT IS... by @sassinsf.com is "a picture book that’s as warm as fresh-baked challah" and "a lovely affirmation of both individual practice and communal connection", according to @publisherswkly.bsky.social 🥰 Forthcoming September 2, 2025! awfulagent.com/ebooks/shabb...

featuring ELLEN OUTSIDE THE LINES by @sassinsf.com ✨

New blog post: Great picks for kids for vacation, including books by @rrremylai.bsky.social, @as-king.bsky.social, @sassinsf.com, @dhonielle.bsky.social, @rebstead.bsky.social, @wenmass.bsky.social, Siobhan McDermott, Katherine Rundell, and Allie Millington. www.lisayelon.com/blog/summer-...

Bookshop is hosting a Pride Month sale with some excellent titles! Among them are @dirtbagqueer.rocks's NYT bestselling debut ONE OF THE BOYS, as well as ATHLETE IS AGENDER, a Junior Library Guild Selection, featuring essays by Isaac Fitzsimons and @sassinsf.com 🏈 🏳️‍🌈 💜 bookshop.org/lists/pride-...

You can pick up @dirtbagqueer.rocks's ONE OF THE BOYS, @sassinsf.com's JUST SHY OF ORDINARY, and ATHLETE IS AGENDER (featuring essays by A. J. Sass and Isaac Fitzsimons) in this Pride sale on @bookshop.org!

I’m not putting anyone on a pedestal but at every opportunity to be a shithead who throws marginalized people under a bus this man chooses the opposite and he’s wildly popular because of it and I don’t understand what about that isn’t clicking for other dems

We are a group of LGBTQIA+ middle grade book creators who are hosting this giveaway to support the LGBTQIA+ community this Pride month. By entering this giveaway, you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ middle grade books below! Details: tinyurl.com/mg-giveaway

Today’s the day! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso & me is officially out in the world! I hope this book helps readers and their families feel seen and loved! Thank you with all my heart for supporting our special book! 🌈💖🌈 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713504... #kidlit #booksky

Congrats, @dirtbagqueer.rocks! I am anxiously awaiting the copy I ordered 😁

📚 🥳 🎂 ATHLETE IS AGENDER with @katherinelocke.bsky.social Nicole Melleby, @sassinsf.com Karina Manta, Isaac Fitzsimons, @mlereads.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.com 📅 5-15-25 @ 7:30p ET Register FREE + pre-order option! 🌈 xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/IWF6eaWK?... @lbschool.bsky.social

Dear Axel, Welcome back (I’ve been a tad scared to attempt you for a minute but I’m thrilled you’re still hanging around after all this time we’ve spent apart).

Hi friends! @barnesandnoble.com is having a preorder sale where premium & rewards members can get 25% off all preordered books via their website with the code PREORDER25 from now through Friday 😀 This time around, I have three titles that are eligible.

Night 9! JUST SHY OF ORDINARY by @sassinsf.com https://amzn.to/42rmfpf

400+ signatures and counting! Authors, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, lit agents, industry professionals—will you add your name?

PSA: My BlueSky handle now reflects my author website's domain: bsky.app/profile/sass... No need to do anything on your end - if you were following me already, you're still following me now. Just didn't want anyone to think I deactivated if they tried to find me via my old handle 🫡

April is Autism Awareness Month, and we’re sharing (more) of our favorite queer autistic characters! Last year we shared six books; three of those are back this year, and we’ve got 5 more. Check out the 2025 list (including a link to the 2024 list!) here: duckprintspress.com/2025/04/20/b...

This was such a fun event. Congrats, Team USA, Team Japan, and Team Italy!

Update on Orr v. Trump (trans passport case challenging the executive order that requires passports to list an individual’s birth sex) - preliminary injunction granted, only for the named plaintiffs. The rest of us must wait for a judgment on the merits. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Spotted some familiar names at the Union Square @barnesandnoble.com and @booksofwonder.bsky.social today! 📚👀😁 @matokah.bsky.social @justinepwinans.bsky.social @mtanderson.bsky.social @tayberryjelly.bsky.social

📚 🥳 🎂 ATHLETE IS AGENDER with @katherinelocke.bsky.social Nicole Melleby, @matokah.bsky.social Karina Manta, Isaac Fitzsimons, @mlereads.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.bsky.social! 📅 5-15-25 @ 7:30p ET Register free + pre-order option! 🌈 xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/IWF6eaWK?... @lbschool.bsky.social

As my interfaith family heads towards Passover and Easter, holidays of hope, renewal, and freedom, I’m thinking about recent wins that LGBTQ families have had despite a climate of rising anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and action. #LGBTQ #MomSky mombian.com/2025/04/10/f...

👏 👏 👏 If you're not following @erininthemorning.com on here and/or subscribed to her newsletter, you should be. Sometimes she's the only journalistic source from which to learn about proposed laws that directly impact the trans community.

Mixed feelings here. I remember hearing about this challenge in its inaugural year, as a 15 year old who loved to write. I volunteered for the org, attended Night of Writing Dangerously multiple times, and eventually became a published author. I’ll miss the memories but not what it’s devolved into

Happy #TransDayofVisibility - I’m Andrew, an author who centers queer characters in my books, plus a lifelong figure skater, petter of cats, and new dog dad. Also very tired because our community is still under attack. Keep an eye out for one another, friends. We’re all we’ve got 🩵🤍🩷

So proud of my Minnesota roots 🩵

...and here are a few of my favorite #MiddleGrade #Kidlit #trans authored titles by @matokah.bsky.social, @alexgino.bsky.social, and @kylelukoff.bsky.social. Happy reading, and please suggest more books in the comments if you're so inclined!

Looky what I spotted in the wild in a @barnesandnoble.com store in Exton, PA yesterday! CAMP QUILTBAG by @matokah.bsky.social and Nicole Melleby. (And I didn't even have to turn it face-out - it was already like that!) #kidlit 📚

Trying to make a meal but you have pets

There is now a list of states I won't travel to. &I can't travel out of the country without my passport sex marker being fixed. At least I feel safe in my state of residence. But these are very real concerns for the trans community right now ... and it's also impacting some cis and intersex folks.

A SINGLE BRUTAL FATE is officially out🖤 🗡️

ONE OF THE BOYS has its first starred review 🥺🤧😤💪💯

🌟Cover Reveal 🌟 The cover for TRAIL RIDES & STARRY EYES is here and it's a beaut! @heyalissandra.bsky.social did a fantastic job capturing Cassidy and Wilder! The hand-lettered title! The colors! The sheer awesomeness of it all! 🩷 What do you like most?

This entire thread is a treasure trove of the Department of Justice getting their rear handed to them by Judge Reyes in Talbott v. Trump (trans military ban case). It’ll be appealed no matter how she rules, but I’ll take what happiness I can get from these small wins.

Check out the instructions in the thread below ⬇️

All respect to Sarah McBride. Being deliberately misgendered is painful. Even just getting issued an identity doc that didn’t match the legal sex on all my other government issued docs last week made me an emotional mess for days. It means a lot that McBride clapped back so publicly.

It is so sad that we’ve come to need this at all, but having just had the sex on one of my legal docs forcibly “corrected” after more than a decade of it listing my legal gender, I get the despair many trans folks are feeling right now. It’s cruel and invalidating. Please call if you need it 🩵

At first glance, this just seems funny (&ridiculous). But it’s also a sobering look at how thoroughly this admin is trying to erase the existence of queer citizens. It might have started with trans folks but it absolutely won’t end with us. Speak out while you’re still legally allowed to do so.

The man who officiated marriages in SF years before marriage equality was legalized federally (or even in the state of California) just said trans athletes are a threat to cis women in sports, agreeing with a far-right pundit. Link is below to tell him exactly what you think about this.

my fellow Californians of good moral character… trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE

1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills. While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation. Watch their speech. Subscribe to support our journalism.