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Hazel Newlevant
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Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · Dec 18
So… preorders are open for my upcoming graphic novel, QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE. It’s a memoir comic about gender and relationships, AND it’s a history comic about the activists who created the context for my life!

Preorder for 20% off with code NOVL20: www.thenovl.com/landing-page...
Cover reveal! [cover of QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE: A PERSONAL HISTORY by Hazel Newlevant. Cover illustration: a white transmasculine person with pink hair and a pink shirt holds up a portrait, in the center of a wall of portraits of various queer activists from the 1900s to the 90s. In the foreground, two tabby cats look up at the wall.] Coming May 2026
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lianakangas.com
For those that can't escape Photoshop, (such as myself RIP) request an agent to speak with on their virtual assistant to switch your plan not listed on the site. I requested to REMOVE generative AI "features" or extra apps -- it took me about an hour, but my plan went from 22.99 to 15.99 a month.
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media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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gregpak.net
Set up a page of fundraisers for victims of ICE in NYC. Please do check it out! comixaction.com/nyc-fundrais...
NYC fundraisers for ICE victims - Comix Action
To donate to a group that’s providing a range of direct aid and services to immigrants targeted by ICE, check out Mi Tlalli. And here are some GoFundMes for families with members abducted by ICE, most...
comixaction.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
newlevant.bsky.social
. @alignny.bsky.social has a petition to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social calling for clean air in NYC schools! Sign and contact the Mayor’s office!!
Saving energy, protecting health, and improving learning outcomes: win-win-win.
www.nyclimateworks.org/green-health...
February 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
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coolzonemedia.bsky.social
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ✏️

Margaret continues her interview with Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up

@margaret.bsky.social @benpassmore.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff ✏️ Margaret continues her interview with Black history comic author Ben Passmore about his new book Black Arms to Hold You Up @margaret.bsky.social ‪‪@benpassmore.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/part-one-ben-passmore-on-black-history-320479634
February 4, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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newlevant.bsky.social
Despite everything, I am trying to organize a book tour for QUEER & HOW WE GOT HERE in late May and June.
Who wants to have me? 💁🏻 perhaps your school or library has funds for me to give a talk or workshop?
newlevant.bsky.social Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · Dec 18
Curious about the histories of:
Coming Out as a social practice?
The hetero/homo/bi sexual schema?
Birth control and the Sexual Revolution?
Drag kings?
Lesbian dating practices?
The Battered Women’s Movement?
Nonbinary genders?

PREORDER!

20% off: NOVL20
www.thenovl.com/landing-page...
[cover of QUEER & HOW WE GOT HERE] Explores the histories of: Coming Out as a social practice Sexuality labels Trans kids AFAB “crossdressing” Birth control and the Sexual Revolution Discovery and synthesis of sex hormones Drag Kings Lesbian dating The Battered Women’s Movement Lesbian separatism Nonbinary genders English-language pronouns The concept of Masculinity Transgender medicine
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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fst.bsky.social
a human worker could decide not to do this. ai is designed to strip power from labor.
February 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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boxbrown.bsky.social
You cant be neutral on a moving milk hotel
February 2, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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longcovidjustice.org
Action alert - We're co-sponsoring @meactnet.bsky.social's ICE Makes Me Sick campaign.

Use this easy tool to send a quick message to your House reps: makesmesick.org?source=direc...

Tell reps to stop bankrolling ICE violence while slashing our healthcare & homecare. Fund healthcare, not violence!
February 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
newlevant.bsky.social
Despite everything, I am trying to organize a book tour for QUEER & HOW WE GOT HERE in late May and June.
Who wants to have me? 💁🏻 perhaps your school or library has funds for me to give a talk or workshop?
newlevant.bsky.social Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · Dec 18
Curious about the histories of:
Coming Out as a social practice?
The hetero/homo/bi sexual schema?
Birth control and the Sexual Revolution?
Drag kings?
Lesbian dating practices?
The Battered Women’s Movement?
Nonbinary genders?

PREORDER!

20% off: NOVL20
www.thenovl.com/landing-page...
[cover of QUEER & HOW WE GOT HERE] Explores the histories of: Coming Out as a social practice Sexuality labels Trans kids AFAB “crossdressing” Birth control and the Sexual Revolution Discovery and synthesis of sex hormones Drag Kings Lesbian dating The Battered Women’s Movement Lesbian separatism Nonbinary genders English-language pronouns The concept of Masculinity Transgender medicine
February 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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mythjae.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Jasmine Walls, an award-winning writer, editor, hot chocolate connoisseur, and founder of @bonedustpress.bsky.social
My work is unapologetically queer, inclusive, and heartfelt.

Portfolio: www.jasminewalls.com

I'm open for writing work, ready with original pitches, and viciously anti-AI.
The cover of The Traitor & The Wretch, black and white illustration showing the two main characters, one surrounded by stylized daggers and holding one of his own, and the other trapped by chains, skulls, and bones. The cover art is by Any Phillips, the book is written by Jasmine Walls, and the interior illustrations are by Rowan MacColl. The cover of 'The Last Session Volume 1, Roll For Initiative' graphic novel showing a group of D&D players and their respective in-game characters. Art by Dozerdraws, written by Jasmine Walls, and letterer by Micah Myers. The cover of BROOMS, a witchy southern graphic novel with an entirely BIPOC cast. Written by Jasmine Walls, Illustrated by Teo DuVall, with colors by Bex Glendining, and lettering by Ariana Maher. The cover of Vixen: NYC, drawn by Vasco Georgiev, showing a young Black woman in a cropped orange cardigan and high waisted blue panets with her hair half down and straightened, and half in braids. SHe is surrounded by ghostly glowing animal spirits, incliding a racoon, tiger, dog, eagle, an monkey on her shoulder, and a snake wrapped around her like a friend. She is gazing around a night-time New York City street in wonder. Written by Jasmine Walls, Inks by Manou Azumi, Backgrounds by Toby Fan, Flats by Hailey Stewart, Renders by BBM, Letters by Micah Myers
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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rosasparks.bsky.social
It’s Black History Month and JDilla anniversary/birthday. Here’s the first page of the visual interpretation of Telephone by Erykah Badu.
Telephone by me, Blyss andArklay Green
February 2, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”
deardara.bsky.social Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl @deardara.bsky.social · 6d
Greetings from inside the economic blockade zones of Minneapolis and St Paul! Don’t look away, please. We need you. It’s been a month and they’re trying to destroy us.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
newlevant.bsky.social
Please my heat is so expensive 😫🥶
nychange.bsky.social New York Communities for Change @nychange.bsky.social · 7d
We’re out door knocking in Wakefield in the BX for a #GasFreeNYC!

✅ save money
✅ create good jobs
✅ cut pollution
By eliminating oil/gas boilers => modern, energy efficient heat pumps.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
and @council.nyc.gov should fund, implement the program!
Nycc person in orange nycc gear stands next to a guy holding a campaign clipboard. They’re in front of a stoop to what looks like a 2 family home
February 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
newlevant.bsky.social
Election Day is tomorrow?!????
dianaforqueens.com Diana Moreno @dianaforqueens.com · 5d
It's finally here: our Election Day is TOMORROW!

We need your help to Get Out The Vote. We'll be talking to voters on the streets and on the doors from 6am to 9pm on Tuesday; even an hour of your time can make a huge impact.

Sign up for a shift: dianaforqueens.com/gotv
February 2, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
always illuminating getting to talk
with Bea, who with Death Panel has created one of those rare outlets where you can try to make sense of the world live on a mic—this one was especially that kind of episode. solidarity w everyone still in the streets and helping people stay there.
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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ashantifortson.com
Hi! I'm Ashanti Fortson, a queer Afrolatine multidisciplinary artist working as a graphic novelist & illustrator. I also embroider and needle-felt. I'm interested in color, texture, evocation, and emotion.

Available for freelance!
Check out my shop! 💜

🎨 ashantifortson.com
🛍️ seatoad.bigcartel.com
Illustration of an albatross pressing its weight down on a curled-up person, its huge wings closing in on them. The person has long dark hair that curls around them, around the albatross' feet, and tangles around the albatross' body. The person is surrounded by corals, seashells, and forget-me-not flowers. Comic page from my short horror comic, The Hue of Heaven. Cassandra, a disabled Black teenager housed in the Cardinal's supposedly-altruistic home for sick and disabled youth, anxiously wonders where her friend Antonio has been taken after the surgery that would cure him. She encounters the Cardinal on a walk and asks him if Antonio is walking. The page is tense and chilly, emphasizing the distrust Cassandra has for the Cardinal. Illustration in limited color showing various vignettes of people engaging in fun summer activities, like going to a concert, but they are all unmasked. A figure in the center is isolated in a dark void, ignored by the other figures. The central figure is the only one masking Photo of three needle felted little mushroom creatures in a line. The first has a square green cap and a surprised face. The second has a golden round cap and a smiling face. The third has a pink gilled cap and a blushing face. What you don't see in the photo is that all three have big booty cheeks.
November 10, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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oliveoilcorp.bsky.social
Hi #portfolioday! My name's Olivia and I'm a queer Black graphic novelist, writer and illustrator. [horror/speculative fiction focus]

Right now I'm open to comics [writing and/or drawing] + illustration gigs!
olivia-stephens.com
A greyscale illustration depicting a figure holding a rifle while walking under large cottonwood trees. In the foreground, a breeze flows through the long grasses. Comic page rendered in blue and orange tones. A Black woman stands in the middle of towering trees with large holes in their trunks. She wears a sheer slip dress and looks up at the orange sky. Above her are the words THE SKY HAS A CRACK IN IT. Comic page rendered in pencil, ballpoint pen, and limited digital color. A woman looks up at a large, terrifying creature made of tree branches and severed body parts. Chickadees perch on the creature's wooden limbs. Blue eggs sit in the nest that makes up the creature's head. The creature lowers its long, blood limb towards the woman's face. She looks fearful at first, before closing her eyes and smiling. As this happens, the captions read: "She will give you your words, but only if you give in return. All art demands this of us."
January 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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splendidsun.bsky.social
tbf i cant keep up with everything everyone says or posts ever but still pretty shocked i never heard about the mayor of london doing this til now. Like thats fucking huge to me. not perfect by any means and still too lax about addressing the seriousness of covid and flu but still. huge to me.
newlevant.bsky.social Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · Jan 5
In 2026, let’s convince Mamdani to do like Sadiq Khan and invest in clean air for NYC schools!

NY is currently in an ALL-TIME HIGH flu season.

70% of households getting COVID start with kids, usually in school.

Air purifiers can drastically cut transmission!

www.london.gov.uk/mayor-invest...
Mayor invests £2.7m in air quality filters for schools to clean up air in classrooms
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new £2.7 million programme to deliver indoor air quality filters to hundreds of schools across the capital, bringing cleaner air to tens of thousa...
www.london.gov.uk
January 31, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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computer.gripe
Printed out some COVID mitigation zines today!
Zines are "What's up with COVID and what we can do about it 2026 edition" by @newlevant.bsky.social: newlevant.com/COVIDzine
& "Clean air in your school and everywhere" by @porkpie.ca : www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/aoq13...
Two black and white zines sitting on a shelf. On the left is a larger half page zine titled "What's up with Covid and what we can do about it 2026 edition by Hazel Newlevant" and on the left is a single page minizine titled "Clean air in your school and everywhere"
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
Andrea was wonderful to work with on Gender Queer, if you have a graphic novel pitch ready to go and you are looking for an agent you should send it in! Her submissions are open! www.andreacolvincreative.com/contact
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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gregpak.net
Whoops, I stand corrected, apologies! Gillibrand HAS posted one (1) time about ICE on this website!

Please call her and tell her to publicly call for Hochul to support and pass New York 4 All, which would prevent NY agencies from coordinating with ICE!

(202) 224-4451
kirstengillibrand.bsky.social Kirsten Gillibrand @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social · 12d
Simply put, ICE and DHS are out of control. I cannot and will not support further funding of DHS without increased accountability and reform of the agency.

Read my statement:
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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gayfabfourfan.bsky.social
The new 2026 edition of “What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It” from @newlevant.bsky.social! It’s a handy 10-page ‘zine about COVID harms, mitigations, air purification, etc., with graphic-novel-like illustrations. See link below.
The site for Hazel Newlevant’s 2026 “COVIDzine,” featuring graphic novel-like illustrations. Part of the text (see the link for all the text): “What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition" CD 2026 by Hazel Newlevant is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Download a printable PDF of this zine”
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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derfbackderf.bsky.social
Greg Ketter, the owner of DreamHaven Comics in Minneapolis. A legend in the biz, gassed by ICE. 70 years old and a total badass, both in the biz and on the street fighting for our republic. Salute!
robinbougie.bsky.social Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 13d
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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divyampersaud.com
Yall this is an emergency. Akram is very, very sick, and he's the sole provider of his five siblings and their mom. That includes Sarah, whose life will be under threat if she catches the virus due to her compromised immune system.

Help with medical care + more. chuffed.org/project/help...
Help the Abdelwahed family survive
I'm helping my friend, Akram Abdelwahed, raise funds to help his family survive.
chuffed.org
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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wrigleyfield.bsky.social
This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding.

Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.
Knutson mentioned in passing that his neighbor had “an adopted brown kid down there; they hid her in the basement yesterday.” This kind of thing no longer sounds weird in Minneapolis. Many people are hiding indoors—so many that, in a city with a substantial minority population, I hardly saw any Black or Latino faces on the street.
January 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM