Lane Smith 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥
@leftlanesmith.bsky.social
Author of "78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World" (Sounds True, 2024)
Tarot & Politics zine editor • they/he
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Bi Trans GenX Anarchist in Baltimore City
www.mxlanesmith.com
Tarot & Politics zine editor • they/he
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 Bi Trans GenX Anarchist in Baltimore City
www.mxlanesmith.com
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I didn't play with Barbies as a kid & neither did my brother & neither did my daughter, so I had no precedent to go by, but my youngest child just entered the "cutting Barbie's hair" phase and I was totally unprepared... for it to look this good??? ✂️
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I didn't play with Barbies as a kid & neither did my brother & neither did my daughter, so I had no precedent to go by, but my youngest child just entered the "cutting Barbie's hair" phase and I was totally unprepared... for it to look this good??? ✂️
ten years apart
(world's greatest "ally" at a 2015 TDOR march vs 8 months on T, November 2025)
(world's greatest "ally" at a 2015 TDOR march vs 8 months on T, November 2025)
November 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ten years apart
(world's greatest "ally" at a 2015 TDOR march vs 8 months on T, November 2025)
(world's greatest "ally" at a 2015 TDOR march vs 8 months on T, November 2025)
Mom: So I know you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, and you don't like turkey either, is that right?
Me: Yeah.
Mom: I'm trying to decide if I want to buy myself a turkey; I kind of like to cook one & then eat nothing but turkey leftovers for a few months.
Me: I know, that's WHY I don't like it.
Me: Yeah.
Mom: I'm trying to decide if I want to buy myself a turkey; I kind of like to cook one & then eat nothing but turkey leftovers for a few months.
Me: I know, that's WHY I don't like it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Mom: So I know you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, and you don't like turkey either, is that right?
Me: Yeah.
Mom: I'm trying to decide if I want to buy myself a turkey; I kind of like to cook one & then eat nothing but turkey leftovers for a few months.
Me: I know, that's WHY I don't like it.
Me: Yeah.
Mom: I'm trying to decide if I want to buy myself a turkey; I kind of like to cook one & then eat nothing but turkey leftovers for a few months.
Me: I know, that's WHY I don't like it.
47 years on Earth 🥳
3.5 years out as trans 🏳️⚧️
8 months on testosterone
This year hasn't been fun, it's been pretty hard on multiple levels, & yet it contained some of the most joyful & fun moments of my entire life - because testosterone lets me be in my body instead of disconnecting into my brain.
3.5 years out as trans 🏳️⚧️
8 months on testosterone
This year hasn't been fun, it's been pretty hard on multiple levels, & yet it contained some of the most joyful & fun moments of my entire life - because testosterone lets me be in my body instead of disconnecting into my brain.
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
47 years on Earth 🥳
3.5 years out as trans 🏳️⚧️
8 months on testosterone
This year hasn't been fun, it's been pretty hard on multiple levels, & yet it contained some of the most joyful & fun moments of my entire life - because testosterone lets me be in my body instead of disconnecting into my brain.
3.5 years out as trans 🏳️⚧️
8 months on testosterone
This year hasn't been fun, it's been pretty hard on multiple levels, & yet it contained some of the most joyful & fun moments of my entire life - because testosterone lets me be in my body instead of disconnecting into my brain.
Last night I stepped outside to pull down my mask and get some fresh air because I was dancing hard & it was hot inside, and so then I actually got to have the experience of making a big entrance back into a crowded room to the tune of Here Comes Your Man. Dreams do come true, lol! 🔥🕺🏼🪩
I have never heard the Pixies' "Here Comes Your Man" and not imagined it as theme music for me entering a room.
youtu.be/LKVrRzr6CM4?si
youtu.be/LKVrRzr6CM4?si
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Last night I stepped outside to pull down my mask and get some fresh air because I was dancing hard & it was hot inside, and so then I actually got to have the experience of making a big entrance back into a crowded room to the tune of Here Comes Your Man. Dreams do come true, lol! 🔥🕺🏼🪩
I love punk & so I unabashedly love that there's now a version of Fairytale of New York with no f-slur in it, plus Good Charlotte are from Maryland. Hell yes.
November 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I love punk & so I unabashedly love that there's now a version of Fairytale of New York with no f-slur in it, plus Good Charlotte are from Maryland. Hell yes.
It's about to be Sag season baybeeee 🎉
Tonight the Sun and Moon ☀️🌒 will be in Sagittarius and I'll be at a dance party with a Leo friend 🔥🔥
🎶 "Too hot to handle, let's go!" 🎶
youtu.be/09QbKrAxzrk
Tonight the Sun and Moon ☀️🌒 will be in Sagittarius and I'll be at a dance party with a Leo friend 🔥🔥
🎶 "Too hot to handle, let's go!" 🎶
youtu.be/09QbKrAxzrk
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It's about to be Sag season baybeeee 🎉
Tonight the Sun and Moon ☀️🌒 will be in Sagittarius and I'll be at a dance party with a Leo friend 🔥🔥
🎶 "Too hot to handle, let's go!" 🎶
youtu.be/09QbKrAxzrk
Tonight the Sun and Moon ☀️🌒 will be in Sagittarius and I'll be at a dance party with a Leo friend 🔥🔥
🎶 "Too hot to handle, let's go!" 🎶
youtu.be/09QbKrAxzrk
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Show me an apolitical story and I will show you unconscious bias.
November 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Show me an apolitical story and I will show you unconscious bias.
Congrats, buddy! 🎉❤️
Official Announcement!!! Today, the poetry anthology I was a content editor for is off to the publisher!
"Witness: Gathering Voices in Protest" is a collection of protest poetry from across all walks of American life, speaking out against our current political leadership.
More details to come!
"Witness: Gathering Voices in Protest" is a collection of protest poetry from across all walks of American life, speaking out against our current political leadership.
More details to come!
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Alt: a black background with a pattern of crowns crossed out with the words no kings
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Congrats, buddy! 🎉❤️
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Been thinking about this timing a LOT 🥺 and how this is such a significant lunation, with Mercury cazimi and the water trines... if ever there was a time for a queer New Moon ritual to strengthen support for trans people... 👀
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Been thinking about this timing a LOT 🥺 and how this is such a significant lunation, with Mercury cazimi and the water trines... if ever there was a time for a queer New Moon ritual to strengthen support for trans people... 👀
"Disabled oracles... will light the way to the future."
Rest in power, Alice Wong.
Rest in power, Alice Wong.
From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Disabled oracles... will light the way to the future."
Rest in power, Alice Wong.
Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
How do writers use Tarot? What relationship does Tarot have with science fiction & fantasy? Why would science-minded writers use spiritual tools? Is asking Tarot just like asking an LLM?
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
@brightflame.bsky.social and I will discuss our thoughts on these topics THIS SUNDAY at @sfwa.org Quasar!
It's true, knowing more trans folks helps you value trans people more & feel hotter as a trans person yourself. I am so lucky that I know a fuckton of incredible, rad, smokin hot trans folks in person. I wouldn't without first having been exposed to trans stories in writing & seeing myself in them.🏳️⚧️
Unearthing the hidden history of a singular trans punk zine: defector.com/unearthing-t...
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It's true, knowing more trans folks helps you value trans people more & feel hotter as a trans person yourself. I am so lucky that I know a fuckton of incredible, rad, smokin hot trans folks in person. I wouldn't without first having been exposed to trans stories in writing & seeing myself in them.🏳️⚧️
I think over the next couple weeks of Mercury Retrograde leading up to my birthday I'm going to clean up my office and go through the drawers and boxes that have old stickers, pins & patches I've accumulated & actually put them on my water bottles, bags & things!
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I think over the next couple weeks of Mercury Retrograde leading up to my birthday I'm going to clean up my office and go through the drawers and boxes that have old stickers, pins & patches I've accumulated & actually put them on my water bottles, bags & things!
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Whistle up Baltimore.
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Whistle up Baltimore.
Fun fact, when my agent first reached out to me, he told me he represented both of these authors and I was like "yeah right, you just happen to mention two of the authors I respect most, sure, whatever you say scammer" but after some deeeep research 🦂 I found he was telling the truth. Anyway, THIS!🔥
We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us!
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Fun fact, when my agent first reached out to me, he told me he represented both of these authors and I was like "yeah right, you just happen to mention two of the authors I respect most, sure, whatever you say scammer" but after some deeeep research 🦂 I found he was telling the truth. Anyway, THIS!🔥
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We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us!
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're hosting "Writing and Resistance" a workshop and conversation with KIESE LAYMON, ROBERT JONES, JR. and DEESHA PHILYAW on Dec. 14! All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project. Join us!
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
Register:
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/wri...
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A new opportunity may have already arrived, water signs. baltimorebeat.com/november-202...
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new opportunity may have already arrived, water signs. baltimorebeat.com/november-202...
First frost today ❄️, and my belly is full of pumpkin red curry 🤤🧡
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
First frost today ❄️, and my belly is full of pumpkin red curry 🤤🧡
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The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The arc of history is a foot-long, but it bends towards justice.
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it's pretty cool trying your ass off. being passionate about the things you create. gushing about your characters. talking loudly about all of it. there's nothing cringe or annoying about it. who cares if someone laughs? or whatever they think. fuck 'em. their joylessness does not pertain to you
May 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
it's pretty cool trying your ass off. being passionate about the things you create. gushing about your characters. talking loudly about all of it. there's nothing cringe or annoying about it. who cares if someone laughs? or whatever they think. fuck 'em. their joylessness does not pertain to you