Somewhere on the DIY/anarchist bingo card: -Avoided holding someone accountable because we were waiting on group consensus - also cuz "I've known them forever tho'" - & also: "But we have to care that they've *been through some shit*" Miss us with systems that support abusers. 🏳️‍⚧️🤘

Nonbinary listen of the week: Check out King Princess's new album. You won't regret it. kingprincess.bandcamp.com/album/girl-v...

It's been a year since our EP, Give It Extra Teeth, was released. Celebrate by giving it a listen! #NeverForget sparklingurbana.bandcamp.com/album/give-i...

Mainstream news is a thing, but uh... Sparkling Urbana has some big news of our own coming up. Stay tuned if the chaos hasn't stopped you from listening to trans music. 🤠

The infantilization of conservatives by liberals is both dumb and dangerous. These people have agency and they know exactly what they're doing. No amount of education or "exposure therapy" is going to change the hate and bile and racism that fills their black hearts.

The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified

They say "can't be done for trans-ing gender" bc they know procedures alone don't cause harm. More cis than trans kids take hormone blockers for precocious puberty. More cis adults need HRT to regulate biological deficits. Breast surgeries--far more common for cis men & women. These r morality bans

Everyone’s allowed to produce music how they want, and this is just my opinion, but in today’s day, social media makes everything so polished. We see the highlight reel of everybody’s lives. Im tired of the art being as overproduced as everything else we consume. I wanted my record to reject that

Happy birthday, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social! We hope folks celebrate this badass FrontEnby by checking out the PupJeffRosentockEkkoAstral tour and also supporting other nonbinary and trans artists. <3 We need joy as much as ever these days, and Jeff and co truly brought the joy to Chicago on Friday.

Just like anti-vaxers, people who dislike immigrants are a weird terrible fringe group and we should treat them like the weird terrible fringe group they are.

This is why there is so much joy in the DIY music scene.

no pride before liberation, no visibility before our freedom

We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now

maybe it's just personal bias but for real all the chicago area bands I've become friendly with in the past couple years should all be world famous bc there's an *insane* amount of talent here

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. No one else can extinguish what comes from within. Burn bright or burn it down, babes. 🤘🔥

just reupping this and also chicago/north burb folks you gotta TRUST me this lineup whips and is worth giving to a good cause www.woodstockilpride.com/event-ticket...

That's the plan. Not stopping any time soon.

The new #saoirsedream is a twinkly dreamy gritty rollercoaster ride and we highly recommend it. #TransTunes saoirsedream.bandcamp.com/album/saoirs...

If you haven't heard "Seed of Doubt" by Chicago band Truth or Consequences New Mexico, you should check it out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmed...

There isn't a version of "existence is resistance" for allies. You don't get to just quietly appreciate trans folks and act like that's enough. Now is the time to get vocal and active. That can mean tons of different things, but you gotta start somewhere.

hope yall are wearing your rain pants today if you are out cycling, you may get wet, and not in the fun way #cycleto

They don’t understand you at all You undress like a switchblade I keep watch at the door No one’s looking for us

Queer songs to spiral to. One of our first singles, "Sandra", @ The Sovereign 2.13.25

Not to speak for @lillywachowski.bsky.social, but Musk claiming extirpating gov't foundations must be done bc "We're fighting the matrix big time here"--does seem like The Matrix is just trans folks living our lives. Sry being cute & liberated is such a problem. re: www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

1. Despite Republican attacks in recent years, America is queerer than ever before. LGBTQ+ identification has risen to 9.3% in the last Gallup Poll, a huge jump from 7.6% last year. I cover the latest numbers in my story. Subscribe to support my journalism.

I guess if ur queer & want to give ur body extra teeth and toomuch guts, and u want to fill u, fill u up, cuz no one owns a god, & every beast spill blood & offer some to fill u, fill you up, cuz you create yourself... you'd prob'ly like this grunge record songwhip.com/sparklingurb...

Sparkling Urbana stands with trans folks now and always.