On set of The Moon is a Hologram! We had a Pink Cadillac!!!

Got some new trans books recently. #samreads. A bunch I've already read and loved enough to grant them some prime real estate on my bookshelf, a few (Sisters of Manchester, Queer Saints II, The Brute & Trans Rites) are new additions :) (+ my little clown opossum from a local queer art con!).

Lux took me out to Queer Lit followed by pre-birthday drinks in the gay village. I had a really fun time. Life has been pretty hard lately, it was good to get away and forget about all the bs for an evening.

Another fantastic day of filming for The Moon is a Hologram! We shot with the incredible India Willoughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social and the very talented Jay Giblin. Only three more scenes left to shoot! #filmsky 🎥

Big news everybody! I can finally share that the one and only Kate Nash will play a role in The Moon is a Hologram! #filmsky 🎥

Currently reading: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy #booksky 📚

I’m coming to #London #Manchester #Edinburgh and #Glasgow touring a book on the long history of #transgender people and the fight for #LGBTQ rights against Nazis in the #Weimar. I’m a journalist, an author, a TV host, a PhD, a podcaster. Interview me. Let’s annoy #TERFS @theguardian.com any takers?

Got to meet the incredible @junodawson.bsky.social at a Q&A/ book signing at Queer Lit! Such a great evening! #booksky 📚

Got to meet the incredible @junodawson.bsky.social at a Q&A/ book signing at Queer Lit! Such a great evening! #booksky 📚

Currently reading: Love You Madly, Holly Woodlawn by Jeff Copeland #booksky 📚

Sisters of Manchester is a supernatural horror novel featuring a trans main character, witches, time travel, Motörhead and recipes for poisonous cookies. (seriously don't make those cookies) "A spellbinding dark tale of female empowerment and witchcraft." - Lloyd Kaufman

This week I have officially begun working on the soundtrack to the new Selene Kapsaski (Spidarlings) feature film The Moon is a Hologram. It's throwing me back to the decade I first entered a recording studio... kinda nice x

I spoke with the wonderful Diana Abbani about my book "The Hour of Absinthe", published as part of the #MECAM blog series on TRAFO (the Blog for Transregional Research): trafo.hypotheses.org/60708 Do have a look! 🗃️🍸 #DrinkingStudies #Absinthe #HistoryOfAlcohol #Colonialism #ColonialHistory #Maghreb

Currently reading: The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story by Brandy Schillace Truly fascinating read! @bschillace.brandyschillace.com #booksky 📚

Currently listening to...

In 1959, a young John Waters posted announcements on telephone poles of his Baltimore neighbourhood to advertise his puppet shows. He made as much as $50 a week doing puppet shows. #Filmsky 🎥 #JohnWaters

OMG! Olivie Blake is coming to Manchester! Already got tickets for the event! Can't wait for Girl Dinner! Gifted & Talented was one of my favourite books of the year. #booksky 📚 @olivieblake.bsky.social

At Trans Pride Manchester

Very sad news 😥 RIP Tom Lehrer

London Trans Pride 2025 #LondonTransPride

🏳‍⚧ 100,000 people marched at London Trans+ Pride yesterday - but the BBC, Times, Telegraph & Daily Mail ignored it completely. These outlets publish dozens of anti-trans stories a week. But when trans people show joy, pride, and solidarity? 🦗 Silence. #TransPride #MediaBias Read why it matters ⬇️

London Trans Pride 2025 #LondonTransPride

Jade Bird's new album Who Wants to Talk About Love? is incredible! An instant contender for my fav album of 2025 so far!

Horror icon Jeffrey Combs has joined the cast of MYSTERY OF THE MOTHMAN, an upcoming horror movie that will feature practical Mothman creature effects from Steven Kostanski (The Void, Psycho Goreman)! "We’re aiming to create a genuinely terrifying practical Mothman."

shattered. Andrea Gibson was my blueprint. I attended a reading of theirs in college and it made me first question my gender. Fuck fuck fuck

Jessie Leiper in The Moon is a Hologram

More from Sparkle Weekend 2025

Book Brat #booksky

Truly amazing list of 108 new books by transfeminine authors published this year that should keep you busy reading! Also awesome to see that my new book To Hell or High Water that I wrote with Beth Warburton made the list 😁🥰 #booksky 📚

Book Brat #booksky

Another fantastic, highly creative but also very long day of filming for The Moon is a Hologram! It was a day filled with gore, slime and joy. Only 4 more scenes left to film and we are officially done with principal photography! I'll be sending some more teaser stills/behind the scenes pics later

Pride Month may be over, but transfem authors still need your support!!! Our community raised 64% of our $5000 goal by the end of June 🥳🩷 Your reward was to set my reading goal for the rest of the year, which is now 26 books. Wayyy too easy 😏 If we hit 4k? I'll double that. If we hit 5k? TRIPLE

Went to the Trans+ Mass Lobby in Westminster yesterday. Never got to speak to my MP (he was hiding and refused to come out) but ended up being interviewed by the BBC.

Make sure you turn up to the Mass Lobby tomorrow - 1-4pm.

Check out this great review for my latest book To Hell or High Water from The Strawberry Post "On the surface it seems like a simple thriller, but it’s much deeper tale too, and one you’ll probably not expect, but it’s so brilliant and it will stay with you long after you’ve read it." #booksky 📚

9 days to go until the Trans Solidarity Alliance Mass Lobby! I will be in London & have requested a meeting with my MP to discuss how the supreme court ruling and EHRC Guidance will negatively affect people's lives. There is still time to sign up, if you are Trans or an ally let your voice be heard!

I don't have to read the synopsis, based on the cover and title alone I'm sold. #booksky 📚

“Collect books, even if you don’t plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.” - John Waters #booksky 📚

I binge-watched What It Feels Like for a Girl and I can't stop thinking about it. it's simply beautiful though it has left me an emotional wreck after. I instantly went out and bought Paris Lees' book.

Edmund White, the author and memoirist whose work told and shaped modern queer literature, died on June 3, 2025, at his home in Manhattan. He was 85.

OMG 😮🐊❤️

How your email finds me.

✍🏼 Write to your MP to inform them of how the EHRC has been systematically trying to undermine trans rights. @philippaeast.bsky.social has written a template letter to help you out… 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Very sad news. RIP Valerie Mahaffey

Happy belated to Rainer Werner Fassbinder who would have turned 80 yesterday!

Saw Iggy Pop last night with @rahelkapsaski.bsky.social at the O2 Warhouse in Manchester! Such a fantastic show and super fun night. ❤