AJ Fitzwater 🏳️⚧️
@ajfitzwater.bsky.social
SFF Word Unicorn from the void. they/them causing may/hem.
“No Man's Land”: http://books2read.com/u/38ngRV
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social
“No Man's Land”: http://books2read.com/u/38ngRV
“The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper”: http://books2read.com/u/3kpE6L
Website: ajfitzwater.com
Repped by: @knifewitch.bsky.social
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a woman is standing in front of a pink wall with her arms in the air and says `` glitter for everyone ! ''
Alt: A person with dark hair, wearing a white hat and glasses, dances while spreading glitter. The text reads "Glitter for everyone!"
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Ending the week with some really great news:
I am now agented!
I have signed with @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social. I'm stoked to be working with Fab, who shares my vision for my work. It's great to have a path forward for Lineage!
Lesgoooooo!
I am now agented!
I have signed with @knifewitch.bsky.social at @kiagency.bsky.social. I'm stoked to be working with Fab, who shares my vision for my work. It's great to have a path forward for Lineage!
Lesgoooooo!
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One of the interesting things (to me) about the transphobe-led assault on appropriate healthcare for trans kids is the complete disregard for lived experience.
Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One of the interesting things (to me) about the transphobe-led assault on appropriate healthcare for trans kids is the complete disregard for lived experience.
Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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Like many trans people of my generation, I went through childhood and adolescence with no support.
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I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that
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Transition is a practice of self-abolition, and it demonstrates that abolition involves both destroying/ending and building/creating in a way that threatens all ideologies of natural right, of hierarchy and power with a simple gesture of desire and self-knowledge
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Transition is a practice of self-abolition, and it demonstrates that abolition involves both destroying/ending and building/creating in a way that threatens all ideologies of natural right, of hierarchy and power with a simple gesture of desire and self-knowledge
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If you want a good summary of what's happened this week, what happens next, what the NZ anti-trans network wants to happen next, and some things you can do to help, here's your listen.
1/200 S2E173 - Puberty Blocker Ban
We speak with @jennifilm.nz about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children.
w/ @mythros.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
We speak with @jennifilm.nz about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children.
w/ @mythros.bsky.social @kyledchurch.bsky.social
1/200 S2E173 - Puberty Blocker Ban — 1/200
We speak with Jen Shields about the ideologically motivated, against all evidence, decision by the National coalition government to effectively ban puberty blockers specifically for trans children...
www.1of200.nz
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you want a good summary of what's happened this week, what happens next, what the NZ anti-trans network wants to happen next, and some things you can do to help, here's your listen.
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2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
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The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
November 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The myth is circulating again that it was more radical otg activists and assimilationist gays ("boots and suits") teaming up that was responsible for queer communities' gains late '60s on.
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
The history doesn't back this up. What actually happened is more revealing. 🧵
Let's start with Stonewall...
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Really not loving the Under New Management approach MRM has taken. From contracts to communication, and on. But this misunderstands how both newsstand/bookstore sales and archiving work. Like, before we even hit the "And the preceding 74 years of pub were...?", how do you not put month/year on here?
First new issue of F&SF in ages says it is "Volume 1."
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Really not loving the Under New Management approach MRM has taken. From contracts to communication, and on. But this misunderstands how both newsstand/bookstore sales and archiving work. Like, before we even hit the "And the preceding 74 years of pub were...?", how do you not put month/year on here?
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This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This is very sad news, but I am glad to see that The Deadlands will continue.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
Read this and then: support the zines and publishers you love. It is tough, rough times for small publishers and zines. Do what you can to help them continue their good work.
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So many doctors, medical experts, paediatric organisations, human rights organisations, and medical organisations coming out against the government’s ban on puberty blockers.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So many doctors, medical experts, paediatric organisations, human rights organisations, and medical organisations coming out against the government’s ban on puberty blockers.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
It’s a tsunami of support for the trans community, and boy are the anti-trans bigots mad about it.
Yes.
Do you all feel absolutely crazy as I do with everything going on? Please say yes
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Yes.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
"It is extremely common for medicines to be used when there are limitations in the quality of evidence, and the fact that trans health is uniquely held to an impossible standard is political."
Rainbow orgs have released a statement: “The banning of puberty blockers is an example of government overreach and political attacks on healthcare… it is an unprecedented and inherently discriminatory use of the Medicines Act to deny healthcare to a particular population on the basis of their sex”
Government Overreach in Healthcare with Puberty Blockers Decision — Rainbow Support Collective
www.rainbowsupportcollective.nz
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
"It is extremely common for medicines to be used when there are limitations in the quality of evidence, and the fact that trans health is uniquely held to an impossible standard is political."
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Without downloading any new pics describe your gender.
"Remember THIS!"
*mech punch*
*Pacific Rim theme plays*
*mech punch*
*Pacific Rim theme plays*
give every transgender person a mech suit
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"Remember THIS!"
*mech punch*
*Pacific Rim theme plays*
*mech punch*
*Pacific Rim theme plays*
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happy International Men's Day to trans men only, you guys worked your asses off to earn this and are playing the game on a level cis men cannot even imagine
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
happy International Men's Day to trans men only, you guys worked your asses off to earn this and are playing the game on a level cis men cannot even imagine
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this is a key point - they know they're not dangerous cos if there was really an issue with 'side effects' it would be a blanket ban rather than different ONLY for trans kids
they KNOW this is purely to target trans people & the split policy is them overtly bragging about the fact. It's pure evil
they KNOW this is purely to target trans people & the split policy is them overtly bragging about the fact. It's pure evil
What even is the basis on which you can give puberty blockers to cis kids but not trans kids? Ridiculous govt.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 AM
this is a key point - they know they're not dangerous cos if there was really an issue with 'side effects' it would be a blanket ban rather than different ONLY for trans kids
they KNOW this is purely to target trans people & the split policy is them overtly bragging about the fact. It's pure evil
they KNOW this is purely to target trans people & the split policy is them overtly bragging about the fact. It's pure evil
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The day before TDoR is just cruelty. Open full-throated evil.
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The day before TDoR is just cruelty. Open full-throated evil.
If your heart is heavy, check in with this local web series.
E hoa mā, the Gender Agenda is a real excellent web series from Aotearoa for and about trans people, and the season 2 premiere has just landed! Keep an eye out later this season for a familiar face 👀 youtu.be/t9rlYnNmieE?...
How To Transition: Am I doing it right? | Episode 1 | The Gender Agenda S2 🌈 ⚧
YouTube video by The Gender Agenda
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
If your heart is heavy, check in with this local web series.
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PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
PATHA's statement has been published: patha.nz/news
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It's also Trans Day of Remembrance tomorrow. This decision will actively contribute to there being more names on the list of people we honour next year.
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It's also Trans Day of Remembrance tomorrow. This decision will actively contribute to there being more names on the list of people we honour next year.
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Just a reminder to all my queer and trans whānau who feels like you're being told you shouldn't exist - every day you keep going, those people lose. You don't even have to get out of bed to be victorious.
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Just a reminder to all my queer and trans whānau who feels like you're being told you shouldn't exist - every day you keep going, those people lose. You don't even have to get out of bed to be victorious.
I've got nothing to say that hasn't already or will be said about this virulently transphobic policy and government.
We'll do what we've always done and hold our trans community close. We get by on spit and bricks.
We'll do what we've always done and hold our trans community close. We get by on spit and bricks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I've got nothing to say that hasn't already or will be said about this virulently transphobic policy and government.
We'll do what we've always done and hold our trans community close. We get by on spit and bricks.
We'll do what we've always done and hold our trans community close. We get by on spit and bricks.