I keep thinking about the Noem letter demanding voter records from Minnesota - sent literally hours after Pretti was murdered - because they clearly saw the threat of more murders as leverage against the state

McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring

Just putting a little reminder out that we are still open for cover art submissions!

Listen up, friends--we need cover art! Are you the one who will design the cover of our next anthology? Submissions are completely free, and the selected art will be paid $150 at publication. #artists #coverart #indiepress

Donald's existence is an argument for abortion.

It's not surprising that a rapist's presidential administration is removing standards intended to prevent rape. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

On this day in 1983, #siouxsieandthebanshees released "Nocturne" - their live double album featuring material from 1981's Juju and 1982's A Kiss in the Dreamhouse as well as their newest song, "Dear Prudence". #RobertSmith of #TheCure was on guitars for this recording.

I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…

Waters: This is an important press conference that is being held to let you know what we're all doing: resisting this lowdown dirty no good filthy president

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 🇪🇺

21 Nov 2025 -- Alabama Public Library Service votes to move all books in teens and children's sections with any content on “transgender procedures, gender ideology or the concept of more than two biological genders” and move them to adult sections. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office

Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract. Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.

Don’t forget to check out my interview of publisher @transfriend.bsky.social about growing up trans in the Midwest during the 90s and what little queer media was available to him. #publishing #WritingCommunity #QueerBooks #transrightsarehumanrights

Now is a great time to submit your essay to the Small Robin Press Spring 2026 anthology themed "Walls." https://smallrobinpress.com/2025/10/07/submissions-are-open/

We are open for submissions! Send us your best, and feel free to ask questions. We're friendly, and we would love to hear from you.

Right now on TransFriend you can join a fabulous book giveaway with Karla Marie Sweet's new release, False Idols. transfriend.substack.com/p/book-givea...

There's still one day left to get your comments in for a chance to win a signed copy of Karla Marie Sweet's new book, False Idols!

There's still one day left to get your comments in for a chance to win a signed copy of Karla Marie Sweet's new book, False Idols!

We should all have a plan.

If you're trying your absolute best to put into the world what you'd like to see more of and feeling completely overwhelmed, please read this: You are NOT wrong. It is NOT pointless. Fascism works exactly how it's making you feel: Depleted. Run-down. Recharge when you must. Then keep being you.

Serious question to all my #publishing friends, #authors, and #bookshops out there... Are there any established book distributors for queer/trans indie presses? Not amazon or ingramspark or any of those routes. An actual company choosing to work with queer presses. @genderwildpress.bsky.social

Submissions for Our Next Anthology Open on October 1 Small Robin Press will open to submissions for our next anthology on October 1! Stop by to learn about our guidelines and requirements. https://smallrobinpress.com/2025/09/17/submissions-for-our-next-anthology-open-on-october-1/

Right now on TransFriend you can join a fabulous book giveaway with Karla Marie Sweet's new release, False Idols. transfriend.substack.com/p/book-givea...

Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory? Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”

You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.

I'm so excited to host this inspiring interview with my good friend, Troy Ford. Buy his book! Support queer authors! Give the big 5 the middle finger!

“Libraries should be beautiful and open; inviting, not intimidating. It’s not a shrine, but a place where you can spend time freely, take part in discussions, public consultations, or meet people,” he says. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Small Robin Press is still just a tiny fledgling in the world of books, but we don't mind being small. Our submissions will be opening soon (October 1, to be specific) for our next anthology. Is it too early to get excited about that? smallrobinpress.com

Hello BlueSky #authors #writers and #books ! Small Robin Press is just showing up to get to know you. We're a tiny publisher of small (but important) books. Our first book is available right now on our website! smallrobinpress.com/product/you-...

Indie presses offer a completely different author-publisher experience, and a lot of writers are taking note. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Never Newsom. Never.

This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end

It is so wild seeing a bunch of people in the replies telling trans people to shush under a video of a trans woman talking about how we are always shushed! Way to prove our point! Maybe listen to us when we talk about Newsom and stop shushing us?

Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social

GenderWild is pleased to announce that we are now working with four brilliant authors!

Oh look! A totally random post by your friendly, overwhelmed underdog publisher!

Reminder that @genderwildpress.bsky.social is now open for business and taking submissions from queer authors. Robin, who is an online friend of mine, is running this and is good people. #publishing #WritingCommunity #booksky #LGBTQ

So proud of being able to say I'm working with Robin to help queer and trans stories be told!

Please also share this widely with your friends, family, and community members. Being a small, new press means there are lots of places that haven’t heard about us yet, but your networking can make an immediate positive impact. 3/3

I started GenderWild Press genderwild.substack.com to provide space for trans, nonbinary, intersex, and genderqueer people to tell our own stories, write our own books, and keep our histories alive. If you have a story to tell, please consider submitting your manuscript to GenderWild. 2/3

They’re trying to silence us. They are trying to erase us. They are targeting our children. They are criminalizing our medical care. So what do we do about it? Get loud, get proud, and keep showing up as our gorgeous, beautiful selves. genderwildpress.com #queerstories #transstories #trans 1/3

This month and every month we celebrate Pride! 🌈🏳️‍🌈 Celebrate with us and support our authors! 🔗Get this chapbook: www.smallharborpublishing.com/chapbooks/ma... #pridemonth #indiepublishing #lgbtqbooks #poetry

Lots of doomday coverage after Skrmetti dropped, but let hear from the legal team on the case: "Notably, however, the decision is based on the record in and context of the Tennessee case and therefore does not extend to other cases concerning discrimination based on transgender status."

This about sums it up.

it is important to put into words how devastating these scotus opinions will be for the entirety of lgbtq+ america, as they appear to normalize conversion therapy in a way that’ll absolutely impact all letters in our rainbow

The Supreme Court: Gender dysphoria is a discomfort with one's own sex Also the Supreme Court: This is not sex based discrimination, it's discrimination based on gender dysphoria

New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' *More of this, please*"

US v Skirmetti dropped. I’m trying not to be devastated. I know this was the expectation anyway, but this will have profound implications for trans-affirming care throughout the US. I can't help but feel the weight of it all.