Let's not forget that Seymour called New Zealand's first Iranian born member of parliament, a woman whose parents fled the regime as dissidents, a "menace to freedom" resulting in her needing extra security as threats increased He directed contributed to her being hounded out of public life

we are mere hours from Trump admin officials going on TV and talking about how women and LGBTQ people are oppressed in Iran and that's why we need to bomb them meanwhile half the US has forced-birth laws in place and Kansas just revoked every trans person's drivers license

"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo “History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

Had a really lovely time at the Rainbow Stars Unite launch last night. I got a story in a book! You can see it right there! Thanks to everyone who made this collection possible and to any and all readers (maybe you???) who purchase it. Which you can, here: books2read.com/RainbowStars

I'm dropping this #pretendpanel late because I've been at the launch party for this wonderful anthology. Please consider grabbing yourself a copy, because all funds go to OutLine Aotearoa, a charity which has helped many people in the Rainbow community here in NZ. books2read.com/RainbowStars

What's that? I'm a published author now and folks should pick up a copy of the anthology my debut short story 'Speakeasy' can be found in among a bevy of great works with all the proceeds going to charity at books2read.com/RainbowStars ? Well, I never!

When I was a kid I restarted my Leaf Green cartridge because I wanted to play as a girl (because for some reason that seemed really fun and appealing??) and one time my cousin looked over my shoulder and asked me why I was playing as a girl and I had to lie and say it was to differentiate save files

Today a shared vision hits the shelves! Rainbow Stars Unite is more than an anthology; it's a conversation, a community, a spectrum of queer realities we desperately need. If you've ever felt unseen, these stories are for you. Available NOW: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerJoy #QueerWriters 📚💙

Today, a shared vision hits the shelves! Rainbow Stars Unite is more than an anthology; it's a conversation, a community, a spectrum of queer realities that we desperately need. If you've ever felt unseen, these stories are for you. Available NOW: books2read.com/RainbowStars

I am a pretty solitary writer most of the time. I'm faintly supersticious of sharing ideas before they feel ready, they need to live in my head for a while. But you need feedback eventually and thankfully I do know people who can give that.

It may be a vain hope, but crossing my fingers that Pokemon Gen 10 ditches the open world gimmick and goes back to a finite world full of stuff happening, instead of a huge world filled with nothing.

Today a shared vision hits the shelves! Rainbow Stars Unite is more than an anthology; it's a conversation, a community, a spectrum of queer realities we desperately need. If you've ever felt unseen, these stories are for you. Available NOW: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerJoy #QueerWriters 📚💙

All it took to create a genocidal moral panic against trans people was a few supposedly liberal outlets to turn on us (including this guy's employer!). It's nice he's unconcerned but no, the impact will be very, very bad.

Maybe we could all learn a lesson here about how throwing trans people under the bus is actually electoral suicide for centre left parties. Would be nice.

Imagine my surprise. Can this please be the last time media treats a NZF members bill ballot submission as a good faith attempt to change the law rather than a cheap headline hook? (As the story notes, Joel at the Spinoff is one of the few who've already stopped giving NZF what they want)

A shitty news day for a lot of people, but at least one of them is Keir Starmer

I’m transgender, I live in Kansas, if you want to help rn donate to either the ACLU of Kansas or the ACE foundation in Wichita - the ACE foundation especially is the organization that will help people with money for groceries, rent, etc. More orgs also included in attached img acefoundationict.org

I hope NZ Labour is watching UK Labour and going "ooh wouldn't want to do that"

Hey, folks. If you're able to donate to a Kansas LGBTQ+ or trans rights org, please do so! Check out the thread below for more details. I donated $25 but I'm sure anything would be appreciated. paypal.com/donate/?host...

People don’t “identify as trans or queer” they ARE those things. Pronouns generally aren’t “preferred” those are just the pronouns of that person. Waffling language leads to thinking these things are optional, not factual.

Being nice to trans people really did turn out to be a load bearing part of liberal democracy ey

Deeply evil, genocidal policy. Here are some orgs that may be able to help: Across Bsky, many people have shared Trans Continental Pipeline. This is a grassroots mutual aid network turned based in Denver that helps LGBTQ+ individuals relocate from unsafe situations to Colorado. tcpipeline.org

The problem with these hopey changey candidates that everyone gets invested in is that they often turn out to just be regular-ass politicians and well, whoops, I guess we're stuck hoping the next manic pixie dream mayor won't be such a disappointment.

MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.org

the best time to stand up for us was years ago when we told you where this was all heading until cis people decide to stop this, it’s gonna continue you see where this is heading the second best time to stand up for us is NOW

Right wing parties are openly pursuing genocide against trans people and all the centrist liberals just go "try not to make too much of a mess while you're doing that"

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

If you do not fight at the barricade of trans healthcare you will fight at the barricade of the most stigmatized medication you are on and you will do it with fewer experienced allies because you left trans people to die.

The first teaser for Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is here 👀 Starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson. In theaters August 7.

#Pokemon30 Who’s your favourite… …starter? …Pokémon? …Eeveelution? …legendary?

I mean, it's easy to be fooled by nostalgia, I get that, but Beast Wars really is a minor miracle. In one episode Dinobot just does the "to be or not to be" speech and you're like "yes it is entirely appropriate to compare this to Hamlet"

this shit was and still is shakespeare to me

From secret K Road bars to starship solitude, from summer camp talks to magical girl battles—this is the sound of queer hearts finding their frequency across Aotearoa. Grab your copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerPoetry #ComingOutStories #QueerFantasy #QueerSciFi

First trailer for Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA.’ Starring Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder, it follows a director rebooting a slasher film obsessed with the original “final girl” actor. In theaters August 7. #TeenageSexAndDeathAtCampMiasma #JaneSchoenbrun

Puberty blockers ban anxiety grinds on as ‘very, very worried’ children and families look for support

It is 1954, gender-affirming care is criticised as “experimental” It is 1981, gender-affirming care is criticised as “experimental” It is 2002, gender-affirming care is criticised as “experimental” It is 2017, gender-affirming care is criticised as “experimental” It is 2026, gender-affirming ca

I know the response of 'you're causing irreversible harm to children's bodies!' to trans healthcare for kids comes from transphobia, plain and simple. But it's wild that the same people are never vocal about MUCH more common things that ACTUALLY cause irreversible harm. Take high school football...

Everyone here is a victim of the depraved BBC's failure to act

UK Labour are gonna hand the country over to these people because they cared more about killing trans people than stopping fascism.

"Marvel meets the Office" isn't something I'd want to be within a hundred miles of even if it weren't AI. That's all this technology is ever gonna produce, aimless mash-ups of stuff everyone's already tired of.

Really appreciated this video. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8x6VLwV/

Not a single story, but a constellation. Shining with queer lives from Waitakere camps to the pink glow of a distant planet. Grab your copy of RAINBOW STARS UNITE here: books2read.com/RainbowStars #QueerAnthology #SpecFic #LiteraryFiction #ContemporaryFantasy #QueerPoetry #QueerJoy

What amazing news! The web series is classic, but the TV show is amazing! I'm so glad it's getting a wider release for more folk to join in the fun!

The fact the political and media classes still happily congregate on the nazi child porn site long after anyone normal has fled says more about them than about BlueSky or any other site. They prefer their nasty little bubble of influence, that's their stupid problem.

Absolutely incredible thread, deserves a film treatment on par with All the President’s Men or Spotlight or Denial, and fuck the Beeb for perfidy.

A while ago I came back to a manuscript I'd started in my twenties and abandoned after about ten chapters and was like "oh the main character is clearly trans, that is obviously what I was writing about, I just didn't notice before." (You'll be able to read that sometime this year). #pretendpanel

Again, why the hell were right wing parties pursuing policies that will kill trans people invited along to this? What does pride matter if we open it up to these people?