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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · 24d

#nashville friends, don’t miss this! We’ll have #zines and #stickers to share as well as good vibes and lots of #joy

Event flyer: Mapping Southern Joy an “Alive with Pride” exhibition event with special guest Mapping Trans Joy. Community Room, Central Library m, Vanderbilt University. 9/23, 5:30pm

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · 26d

Oops, fixed

Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · 26d

No, but we’ll mail you some for free ❤️

Just dm an address and we’ll drop some in the mail

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Sep 9

We’ll be in Nashville this month! Come say hello if you can

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#transJoy #trans #fun

Flyer for event: Mapping Southern Joy: an “alive with pride “ exhibit event with special guest Mapping Trans Joy. Sept. 23 at 5:30pm. Community Room Central Library, Vanderbilt University

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Aug 24

Be trans
Do class war

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Aug 22

Hey beautiful #trans, #nonbinary, #genderQueer, #genderNonConforming friends, don’t forget that you can always browse a map full of stories of joy. Sometimes it really helps

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www.mappingtransjoy.org

Mapping Trans Joy

A trans joy-as-resistance project. Let's reimagine our geography through a lens of trans joy.

www.mappingtransjoy.org

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Aug 21

May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.

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Milo @miloblue.bsky.social · Aug 21

OMG, this is amazing! @mappingtransjoy.org is such a great project!

Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Aug 20

New Zine! Free to download!

"This zine is about our first year doing these events. We did events in #Louisiana, #Mississippi, #Georgia, #Florida, and #WestVirginia. This is documentation of the work we’ve done and some of the amazing orgs we worked with."

www.mappingtransjoy.org/blog/on-the-...

New Zine! On the Road with MTJ — Mapping Trans Joy

Documenting our first year on the road.

www.mappingtransjoy.org

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Aug 20

New Zine! Free to download!

"This zine is about our first year doing these events. We did events in #Louisiana, #Mississippi, #Georgia, #Florida, and #WestVirginia. This is documentation of the work we’ve done and some of the amazing orgs we worked with."

www.mappingtransjoy.org/blog/on-the-...

New Zine! On the Road with MTJ — Mapping Trans Joy

Documenting our first year on the road.

www.mappingtransjoy.org

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Aug 17

We were part of the Louisiana Zine Fest in Baton Rouge and showed up in this nice audio piece from WRKF

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#louisiana #batonRouge #zines #zine #zineFest

www.wrkf.org/wrkf-news/20...

Countercultures converge at the Baton Rouge Zinefest

People from across the state came to share their zine, small magazines containing various art forms, with people at the Baton Rouge Zinefest

www.wrkf.org

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 30

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · Jul 30

I moved to Bandcamp & YouTube last year and while I do miss the convenience of Spotify, like Twitter it is a platform of pure evil and I'm well rid of it

Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

Artists and listeners are leaving the platform after its CEO invested in defence technology. Here are your options – along with how to keep your playlists

www.theguardian.com

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Jul 29

If you’re in the area, be sure to stop by the fest to say hi!!

louisianazinefest.com

Louisiana Zine Fest - Louisiana Zine Fest

Date: Friday, August 1, 2025 Time: 12pm - 8pm Place: Main Library at Goodwood 7711 Goodwood BlvdBaton Rouge, Louisiana(Map) Register to table! Volunteer! Educational zines! Art zines! Poetry zines! Co...

louisianazinefest.com

Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Jul 29

New #zine!!! “On the Road with Mapping Trans Joy”

All about our first year on the road, featuring trips to #nashville, #westVirginia, #atlanta and #florida

We’re premiering this zine at the Louisiana Zine Fest and then we’ll have it on our website for download

#zines #zineFest #transJoy

Zine cover, “on the road with Mapping Trans Joy”

Zine page about trip to ATL for an event at Charis Books & More

Zine page about trip to Nashville for mural painting

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · Jun 2

Happy pride month ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

A sign in the background says New Hope church, God says homosexuality is in. In the foreground there are two men smiling holding the letter s that they've taken from the sign

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Jesse Duquette @jesseduquette.bsky.social · Jun 1

Pride Month is here guys, buckle up for some a-grade pandering from the same folks bankrolling obliteration

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · Jun 1

Happy Pride, fellow fruits

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TC @tcustodis.bsky.social · Jun 1

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Be gay do crow stuff

#pridemonth #pridecrows

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · May 31

Screenshot of scene from the old game Oregon Trail. There is a green graphic on a black background. The graphic is of an ox pulling a wagon and below it is says YOU HAVE LISTENED TO RFK Jr.

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · Jun 1

Happy Pride, Beloved Friends and Family

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Don’t forget your bricks today

#pride #fuckYeahTrans #transPride #trans

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · May 28

Do you love trans joy? Do you love blogs?

Well, this is very exciting news for you: We now have a blog!

www.mappingtransjoy.org/blog

Follow along as we continue our adventures!

#transJoy #trans #blog

Blog | Mapping Trans Joy — Mapping Trans Joy

www.mappingtransjoy.org

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · May 24

Prepping bracelets for upcoming events

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Five untied bracelets, using letter beads to spell out, “joyfriend” kissy face” sir hugs-a-lot” and “let’s be joyfriends”

Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · May 21

Baton Rouge is having a #zine fest!

Hell yeah, we’ll be there

Come join us!!
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Louisiana Zine Fest, happening in Baton Rouge, August 1, 2025

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · May 15

We had a good time talking about #queer and #trans digital resources yesterday at #arlisna2025

Big thanks to everyone who attended, and big love to our fellow presenters!

We wrote a little thing about it!

www.mappingtransjoy.org/blog/mtj-at-...

Our Presentation at ARLIS/NA — Mapping Trans Joy

We got to talk about MTJ at the Art Libraries Society of North America! It was fun!

www.mappingtransjoy.org

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Mapping Trans Joy 🏳️‍⚧️ @mappingtransjoy.org · May 14

It’s gonna be rad 💜💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈