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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Sam (he/they) @samusc31.bsky.social · 18h

Riley and I have been wanting to watch this one, how is it 👀

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Natalie Zed 🍁 @nataliezed.bsky.social · 4d

Getting to show you all this cover and announce that VILLAIN is officially coming out in May of next year is such a joy and a relief i don't even know how to express it.
www.harpercollins.com/products/vil...

the cover for a book entitled Villain by Natalie Zina Walschots. the cover is a bright magenta with dark blue and teal lettering for the title, and the author's name is in yellow. there is an image of the silhouette of a woman carrying a cane, surrounded by the silhouettes of five superheroes.

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Sam (he/they) @samusc31.bsky.social · 11d

Iconic 💅

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 16d

Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.

The current climate is especially accelerating this.

Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17d

Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...

CDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union Pressure

Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio...

www.afge.org

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · Sep 8

Trans & Nonbinary Creators Boost

- Share your fiction, essays, poetry, fanfic, thinkpieces, and other writing below.
- Go into the replies and look for new works to read and share.
- Follow new trans creators and make your feed brighter!

NSFW and erotica welcome.

#WriteSky #BookSky

The text "Trans author? Share your work below!" with some background in the colours of the trans pride flag.

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David Jenkins @david-jenkins.bsky.social · 26d

General strike anyone?

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Tuttle Tuttle Toil & Trouble 🎃 @katekilla.bsky.social · 28d

I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 28d

also it has really really good music

Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 29d

Listen to me. You have to watch The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. You have to see these fucking puppets dude. There's a puppet show within the show where the puppets are using puppets and it fuckin rips shit. The skeksis are so shitty and I love them and they are all my friends.

the skeksis (weird lizard bird people) charging into battle with big curved swords

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 28d

Since I haven’t posted it in awhile, I loved this illustration of Andrew and Sam by Merwildandco so much I had it framed!! It’s absolutely perfect, 11/10 no notes, that’s them

Illustration of protagonists of Summer Sons, Andrew and Sam; Sam is in a black tank top and has his hand in Andrew’s hair, their faces close together, and Andrew is wearing a black v-neck t shirt

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 29d

i think the @wsj.com should pay every trans person's rent this month

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Sep 8

Y'all, I am *thrilled* to have none other than the illustrious @longtalljodie.com join me and @ryehickman.bsky.social on Team GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN!

To have an all-trans team on this extremely trans book fills me with such joy!

GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by Jadzia Axelrod, Rye Hickman and Jodie Troutman

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · Sep 8

I always love those lists of "35 under 35," but as I get older, I find that I would love to know about innovations/art from people over 65. "65 over 65" please. Elders have incredible ideas that are the result of having seen the full lifecycle of previous ideas and learned from it.

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George @hannahtempler.com · Sep 7

anyway heres the best panel from cosmoknights book 2

a panel from my comic cosmoknights book two. kate and scottie are touching foreheads after a kiss. kate is saying "okay... i see why you princesses are so into being rescued." meanwhile, percy the big pink space tiger, looks on in the background with a curious look on his face

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We Have Always Existed: Transgender History @transgenderhistory.bsky.social · Sep 6

Time is a flat circle

A queer protest from idk the 80s maybe? It's got a guy with a mustache holding up a life size cardboard coffin that says "we're here we're queer we hate the fucking president"

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Erewhon Books @erewhonbooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

He has a taste for voyeurism.

She has a thirst for revenge.

All 👀 on this cover reveal for Bram Stoker Award-winning & internationally bestselling author @monikakimauthor 's next horror novel, MOLKA.

Pre-order now at retailers everywhere!

Available April 28, 2026
Cover Artist: Samira Iravani

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · Sep 4

#Sirens26 Faculty:
Jewelle Gomez: speculative fiction royalty 👑, author of THE GILDA STORIES , the first Black lesbian vampire novel (sequel forthcoming!!). 🧛🏾‍♀️ Novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, Lambda Literary Award-winner, activist, educator, and "foremother of Afrofuturism." Absolute legend. 🌟

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · Sep 4

WE CANNOT LOSE LOYALTY BOOKS THEY ARE AMAZING GO BUY A BOOK PLEASE

they're Black and queer owned. they do great events, in person and virtual. i miss their Silver Spring location so much

Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · Sep 3

"No bookstore that PW has reached out to has been as adversely impacted as @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, which specializes in diverse and intersectional literature ... Sales are down 65% since August 11."

you can shop at Loyalty at loyaltybookstores.com or through Bookshop bookshop.org/shop/loyalty

Washington D.C. Indies Contend With Police and Military Presence

The Trump administration’s military takeover in Washington, D.C., last month is impacting sales and foot traffic to various degrees at indie bookstores across the city.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Sep 4

Florida’s decision to end school vaccine mandates is devastating for children.

They have no agency. They’re relying on adults to protect them.

Many will end up disabled, chronically ill or dying from completely preventable diseases.

It’s eugenics and it’s targeting the most vulnerable

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Assassin's Creed Valhalla has my favourite title screen.
The color reminds me of aurora and I love the red glow of a fire below, combine with the music, it's just muwahhhh sooooooo good.

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · Sep 1

—or The Woods All Black (historical appalachian trans/queer horror about bodily autonomy, ft. shapeshifting and repro justice and gay sex! supernatural woods! fascist religious violence and some good old fashioned bash-back revenge!)

PS: this Sept. also marks four years since Summer Sons debuted!

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · Sep 1

September’s here, and fall is the perfect season for reading spooky queer books…

So why not pick up Summer Sons (southern gothic ft. gay codependency! grief! young men figuring out how to love each other! ghosts and cars and end-of-summer hot nights!)

Copies of Summer Sons and The Woods All Black resting atop a wood pile with little vines all around

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Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · Aug 29

Camila Noceda is hands down one of the best TV Parents from any program in my 37 years of life.

Top tier, right up there with Ben Sisko for my Best TV Parent™️ Awards.

a woman with a rainbow heart on her shirt

Alt: Camila Noceda from the Owl House smiling and holding her waller. She has a rainbow pride heart on her shirt, and the gif creator put a rainbow pride square in the lower left corner

media.tenor.com

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Announcing MAKE ME BETTER (May 2026)

There is no grief at Kindred Cove, because there is no suffering. Nothing's ever lost.
Celia’s ready to be healed by the community that lives there. She’s ready to be transformed.
She's ready to believe.

✨Cover by Will Staehle

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of MAKE ME BETTER features a feminine figure in the middle of a series of distorted concentric rings. The field is black, and the lettering, figure, and rings are all in bright hypercolor. Will Staehle is the artist who created this and I would die in battle for him

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