Z H Challah esq., Cavalier of the 8th
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Z H Challah esq., Cavalier of the 8th
@challahchic.bsky.social
Poet. Butch. Boy dyke. Librarian. Chronically stressed. On at least three tiers of gender at all times.
(they/them, ey/em, ze/hir, etc)

Welcome to the cat colony.
It's been a whole day and I'm still not done crying over XG's Cocona coming out as nonbinary, and their group members doing the photoshoot and styling for their announcement 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
#XG #COCONA #JURIN #CHISA
December 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Sometimes ppl ask me my thoughts about Robert Crumb and whether I am in class or in person I will gleefully tell anyone:

Fuck Robert Crumb. Robert Crumb could die in the next five minutes and I would celebrate by having a drink. All my homies **HATE** Robert Crumb & he is a urine stain on comics 🙂🙃
Bob Crumb coming out of retirement just to say "RFK Jr. is right about vaccines and my ex-wife should've taken more advice from me" is such a fitting end to Boomer Americana and everything the "alt-comix" movement claimed to stand for
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I wanted small pierced earrings (gold)
You gave me slippers (grey)
My mother told me she would scold
Unless I wrote to say
How much I liked it.
Not much.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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For the uninitiated, Weird Al is a life long, church going Christian who has refused to make his parodies laden with adult themes because he thinks that is morally wrong. I am a die hard Weird Al fan and accept that’s he’s very socially conservative. When you’ve lost the Weird Al’s of the world…
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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nobody fucking talk to me im still crying i cant cope with this
December 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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#XG 's #Cocona comes out as AFAB Transmasculine Non-Binary, reveals top surgery scars in powerful post
XG's Cocona comes out as AFAB Transmasculine Non-Binary, reveals top surgery scars in powerful post
XG member Cocona has made a courageous and deeply personal announcement regarding their gender identity.On December 6, Cocona took to XG's official…
www.allkpop.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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But most of all, confident, which is wonderful to see. I'm so glad for them

While you don't only want to see things like this as LGBTQ+ representation, it's a watershed moment nonetheless in that regard for it to happen
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Actually somewhat-massive news, COCONA, one of the members of the all-Japanese based-in-Korea group XG, has come out as non-binary transmasc and having had top surgery

Which for an active idol in either country is just unheard of, never mind one at such a big group. They look amazing!
XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
The 20-year-old rapper announced the news in an Instagram post: “I was born and perceived as female, but that label never represented who I truly am. I live in a way that feels more masculine and true...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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OMG???? 🥺🥺🥺🥺 this is big and i’m so proud of them and glad they are comfortable enough to share this with us
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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oh my god cocona i’m so proud
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Cocona from xg came out as transmasc non-binary let's gooo 🏳️‍⚧️
December 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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glad that more people are looking back at HERO and how it was the real genesis of anti trans laws
IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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California unveiled an online portal to report potentially illegal activity by federal law enforcement, including ICE agents, to the state Department of Justice.
You can now report crimes by federal agents in California
California unveiled an online portal to report potentially illegal activity by federal law enforcement, including ICE agents, to the state Department of Justice.
www.berkeleyside.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is a self-care checkpoint

Post your favorite selfie that makes you feel good about yourself.
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Writing indie fiction is resistance.

Reading indie fiction is resistance.

Supporting indie authors is resistance.

If you can afford it, this bundle gets you 64 amazing titles.

Fight against AI slop. Support indie authors. Read great books.

itch.io/b/3409/end-o...

🌈🚀💫 #Booksky 💙📚
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
o lol ofc a trans guy giving the lightest criticism about how talia talks about leslie feinberg got ppl jumping down his throat
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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what better to cozy up with this winter than a book with a trans mc?? These four are also all very different in genre!
HOLIDAY SALE! For all of December all of our ebooks are 99 cence!! Check em out here www.phosphorpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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the fact that patreon employees will just straight up say, to your faces now, "I stalked your other accounts and found something in a *cartooning style* that made me personally uncomfortable so I'm taking your income away" should be way more alarming to people.
◇Turns out it was a combination of Patreon thinking Karen and Emily looked too much like minors, and not wanting to mix sex and hypno bc that's inherently noncon and against the rules. After a few days of scrambling we abandoned our Patreon and set up our SubscribeStar.◇
October 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Pitch for Traditional Chanukah Beverage:

2 parts Curaçao
1 part rum
2 parts seltzer
Garnish of small bits of grated potatoes, added naturally from the Traditional Chanukah Latke Disaster
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
One of my few non-narrative, non-history podcasts took a sideswipe at AO3‘s content policy and im tired enough at this point that I think I’ll just drop them
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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What gets me is that fanfic/fanart creators have been talking about the subject of getting dogpiled, harassed, and pressured *for so many years now* about making dark/unsettling content, and let nobody listened to the canary in the coal mine because “stupid fandom drama”
alternatively we as a society could realize that fiction is about playing with dolls and that horrible things happening to them doesn't matter because it's all toys.

but that seems more complicated than just bringing back big box PC games and publishing books alongside them
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Damn man RIP
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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daydreaming about my twin!Chan skz mafia au again
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.

It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM