T. M. Shannon 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him)
@tmshannonauthor.com
Catholic Bisexual living on Cabrogal land with Bipolar 1/ADHD and a penchant for writing, blogging, and gaming
Currently neck deep in the overhaul of Three Ways, catch up with the posts and a short story on my site https://tmshannonauthor.com/
Currently neck deep in the overhaul of Three Ways, catch up with the posts and a short story on my site https://tmshannonauthor.com/
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Jesus, Mary, and a Guy Called Santa Incoming
And clocking in at a 10 -minute read, not bad for a day’s effort, it’s my December post going live on the 1st Sunday of Advent—not long now to sit down to another viewing of Die Hard.
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Ooh, last Sunday of November and first Sunday of Advent, must be time for a blog post and a pinned post
This month, I got hooked on Diablo II Resurrected, got a terrible heart diagnosis, and had some ruminations about the last written chapter
Happy reading
#WritingCommunity
#ReaderSky
#BookSky
This month, I got hooked on Diablo II Resurrected, got a terrible heart diagnosis, and had some ruminations about the last written chapter
Happy reading
#WritingCommunity
#ReaderSky
#BookSky
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Person I met this week: "What's your kid's name?"
Me: "Loki"
Them: "Oh, cool! They changed their name when they came out as nonbinary"
Me: "No, that's their birth name. My husband and I are just weird."
Me: "Loki"
Them: "Oh, cool! They changed their name when they came out as nonbinary"
Me: "No, that's their birth name. My husband and I are just weird."
December 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Person I met this week: "What's your kid's name?"
Me: "Loki"
Them: "Oh, cool! They changed their name when they came out as nonbinary"
Me: "No, that's their birth name. My husband and I are just weird."
Me: "Loki"
Them: "Oh, cool! They changed their name when they came out as nonbinary"
Me: "No, that's their birth name. My husband and I are just weird."
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remember in ur fight against transphobia, please dear god don't parrot talking points from fucking kiwifarms an cis youtubers about trans folks you dont like. otherwise ur just as fascist as the rest of 'em, and if yer trans yourself ur a fuckin moron setting urself up for bein backstabbed by nazis!
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
remember in ur fight against transphobia, please dear god don't parrot talking points from fucking kiwifarms an cis youtubers about trans folks you dont like. otherwise ur just as fascist as the rest of 'em, and if yer trans yourself ur a fuckin moron setting urself up for bein backstabbed by nazis!
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As the year winds to an end, being hit on by two trans femmes despite my Aro/Ace labels really made me realize sometimes people see us as some trophy to be won over with enough effort. So I must foster the belief to please treat friends like friends and try to read the room better before acting ✌️
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
As the year winds to an end, being hit on by two trans femmes despite my Aro/Ace labels really made me realize sometimes people see us as some trophy to be won over with enough effort. So I must foster the belief to please treat friends like friends and try to read the room better before acting ✌️
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Probably 99+% of homophobia is based in misogyny.
(This includes misogynist women who are squicked by gay men and cis men who attack lesbians because no woman is allowed to be beyond their reach. But homophobic men are mainly offended by gay men acting like or assuming the role of a woman.)
(This includes misogynist women who are squicked by gay men and cis men who attack lesbians because no woman is allowed to be beyond their reach. But homophobic men are mainly offended by gay men acting like or assuming the role of a woman.)
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Probably 99+% of homophobia is based in misogyny.
(This includes misogynist women who are squicked by gay men and cis men who attack lesbians because no woman is allowed to be beyond their reach. But homophobic men are mainly offended by gay men acting like or assuming the role of a woman.)
(This includes misogynist women who are squicked by gay men and cis men who attack lesbians because no woman is allowed to be beyond their reach. But homophobic men are mainly offended by gay men acting like or assuming the role of a woman.)
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www.youtube.com/shorts/TVkxl... Fun fact about Middle Eastern queers: almost nobody knows about trans lives in the southern marshlands of Iraq - the term for them is Mustarjil.
Unfortunately in contemporary Iraqi law transgenders aren't valid.
Unfortunately in contemporary Iraqi law transgenders aren't valid.
LGBTQ Rights in the Middle East #geography #country #turkey #lgbt #saudiarabia #israel #jordan #iran
YouTube video by DK Guides
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December 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
www.youtube.com/shorts/TVkxl... Fun fact about Middle Eastern queers: almost nobody knows about trans lives in the southern marshlands of Iraq - the term for them is Mustarjil.
Unfortunately in contemporary Iraqi law transgenders aren't valid.
Unfortunately in contemporary Iraqi law transgenders aren't valid.
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It finally happened. I got one of those "so bad it's good" queer haircuts. Partner described it as "Patrick Swayze meets a friar." It is my moment. Of course, I mostly got it to grow out my hair so I can get a better haircut later.
December 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It finally happened. I got one of those "so bad it's good" queer haircuts. Partner described it as "Patrick Swayze meets a friar." It is my moment. Of course, I mostly got it to grow out my hair so I can get a better haircut later.
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Every queer person knows exactly what dogwhistle the threat of “normalcy” is.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Every queer person knows exactly what dogwhistle the threat of “normalcy” is.
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this blue lady shit is horrifying, the day we get news that the US is going to start basically enabling the rape of trans women, the biggest subject of "" left"" twitter is dogpiling and bullying and lying about a trans woman who committed the crime of venting after being hurt by an ex
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
this blue lady shit is horrifying, the day we get news that the US is going to start basically enabling the rape of trans women, the biggest subject of "" left"" twitter is dogpiling and bullying and lying about a trans woman who committed the crime of venting after being hurt by an ex
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Newsom lost me (and many others, I hope) when he threw our trans friends under the bus.
Trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights are human rights!
Look, I'm just gonna tell cishet white people right now--Newsom ain't the one. You got Walz and Pritzker out here. You do not need a Bill Clinton clone wearing Mitt Romney's skin.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Newsom lost me (and many others, I hope) when he threw our trans friends under the bus.
Trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights are human rights!
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SOMEONE PLEASE...
#LockThemAllTheFuckUp
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@jaredkushner 🧚💄🌈
#LockThemAllTheFuckUp
🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
@realDonaldTrump 🍊🚽💩🇷🇺
@MELANIATRUMP 🥴🖕🏽
@BARRONTRUMP 🤏🏽🚌
@TiffanyATrump 🥴👅✌🏼
@DonaldJTrumpJr ❄️👃🏻🌬️
@kimguilfoyle✌🏼👅
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@LaraLeaTrump 🖕🏽🥴
@IvankaTrump 🥴🖕🏽
@jaredkushner 🧚💄🌈
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
SOMEONE PLEASE...
#LockThemAllTheFuckUp
🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
@realDonaldTrump 🍊🚽💩🇷🇺
@MELANIATRUMP 🥴🖕🏽
@BARRONTRUMP 🤏🏽🚌
@TiffanyATrump 🥴👅✌🏼
@DonaldJTrumpJr ❄️👃🏻🌬️
@kimguilfoyle✌🏼👅
@EricTrump 🥴🤏🏽🚌
@LaraLeaTrump 🖕🏽🥴
@IvankaTrump 🥴🖕🏽
@jaredkushner 🧚💄🌈
#LockThemAllTheFuckUp
🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒🔒
@realDonaldTrump 🍊🚽💩🇷🇺
@MELANIATRUMP 🥴🖕🏽
@BARRONTRUMP 🤏🏽🚌
@TiffanyATrump 🥴👅✌🏼
@DonaldJTrumpJr ❄️👃🏻🌬️
@kimguilfoyle✌🏼👅
@EricTrump 🥴🤏🏽🚌
@LaraLeaTrump 🖕🏽🥴
@IvankaTrump 🥴🖕🏽
@jaredkushner 🧚💄🌈
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"According to survey data from the DOJ ... incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12 times the rate of other incarcerated people."
"Department of Justice plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities."
"[T]akes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act."
#USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #Bathrooms #SexualViolence
"[T]akes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act."
#USA #Incarceration #Healthcare #Bathrooms #SexualViolence
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"According to survey data from the DOJ ... incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12 times the rate of other incarcerated people."
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Somehow people equate trans rights with a loss of some of their rights. Or a loss of their gender based in-group belonging. Like the cis dudes who are suddenly more machismo to prove they still are (have power to define) masculine. 1.
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Somehow people equate trans rights with a loss of some of their rights. Or a loss of their gender based in-group belonging. Like the cis dudes who are suddenly more machismo to prove they still are (have power to define) masculine. 1.
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Catholic YouTubers Try To Blame Gay People For the 'Male Loneliness Epidemic" youtu.be/e28Pd7KuYT4?...
Catholic YouTubers Try To Blame Gay People For the 'Male Loneliness Epidemic"
YouTube video by Cade Bradley
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Catholic YouTubers Try To Blame Gay People For the 'Male Loneliness Epidemic" youtu.be/e28Pd7KuYT4?...
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If you ask me, for example "why in god's name would a trans woman with a history of petty crime and homelessness and a cop start dating?" I can and WILL explain for well over an hour
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
If you ask me, for example "why in god's name would a trans woman with a history of petty crime and homelessness and a cop start dating?" I can and WILL explain for well over an hour
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We all need to move beyond the sex-gender binary in our analyses of transphobia. One reason is that you just can’t have a good response to “why can’t x trans person be a feminine guy/masculine girl” if u still subscribe to this framework
December 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
We all need to move beyond the sex-gender binary in our analyses of transphobia. One reason is that you just can’t have a good response to “why can’t x trans person be a feminine guy/masculine girl” if u still subscribe to this framework
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and back the the beginning: trans on trains
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
and back the the beginning: trans on trains
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fake leftists: "oooh I'm so anti capitalist anyways here's how the biggest manifestation of capitalism is actually super good, queer and feminist"
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
fake leftists: "oooh I'm so anti capitalist anyways here's how the biggest manifestation of capitalism is actually super good, queer and feminist"
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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"West, as far as you're going."
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"West, as far as you're going."
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The #crowd pulsed around him, faces lit by the gobos, lasers, and strobes as the bass throbbed, his passage slow while he scrutinised the cameras
Off the dance floor at last, pasy the back bar, he went to the left-side booths, eyes out for his quarry
#Whistpr
#WritingCommunity
#ReaderSky
Off the dance floor at last, pasy the back bar, he went to the left-side booths, eyes out for his quarry
#Whistpr
#WritingCommunity
#ReaderSky
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for December 7, 2025: #CROWD
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.
Tag your post: #whistpr
Word for December 7, 2025: #CROWD
#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The #crowd pulsed around him, faces lit by the gobos, lasers, and strobes as the bass throbbed, his passage slow while he scrutinised the cameras
Off the dance floor at last, pasy the back bar, he went to the left-side booths, eyes out for his quarry
#Whistpr
#WritingCommunity
#ReaderSky
Off the dance floor at last, pasy the back bar, he went to the left-side booths, eyes out for his quarry
#Whistpr
#WritingCommunity
#ReaderSky
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#pretendpanel Dec 6
Two things: Feeling terrible and not having time.
When I haven't been working or taking care of cats this year, I've been too tired and unfocused to write. I feel sick most days: congested, pain, etc. I'm just impressed I wrote part of a short story and came up with ideas!
Two things: Feeling terrible and not having time.
When I haven't been working or taking care of cats this year, I've been too tired and unfocused to write. I feel sick most days: congested, pain, etc. I'm just impressed I wrote part of a short story and came up with ideas!
#pretendpanel, I hope you find today's question just as engaging as yesterday's, even if the emotions might be a bit more negative surrounding the question...
December 6th: What was the most challenging aspect of writing for you in 2025?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
December 6th: What was the most challenging aspect of writing for you in 2025?
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#pretendpanel Dec 6
Two things: Feeling terrible and not having time.
When I haven't been working or taking care of cats this year, I've been too tired and unfocused to write. I feel sick most days: congested, pain, etc. I'm just impressed I wrote part of a short story and came up with ideas!
Two things: Feeling terrible and not having time.
When I haven't been working or taking care of cats this year, I've been too tired and unfocused to write. I feel sick most days: congested, pain, etc. I'm just impressed I wrote part of a short story and came up with ideas!
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December 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM