Leo Astrum
@leoastrum.bsky.social
queer SFF writer | he/they | UK-based | the autistic transmasc that infantilisers warned you about | icon: cosmitasia
currently writing: Wake at Landfall (sci fi novel)
currently writing: Wake at Landfall (sci fi novel)
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Leo Astrum
@leoastrum.bsky.social
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I'm Leo, a trans (+otherwise queer) and disabled writer. I write pieces about queer and disabled people finding justice and love in speculative settings - see any published works in the thread below!
My website/blog: leoastrum.wordpress.com
I'm Leo, a trans (+otherwise queer) and disabled writer. I write pieces about queer and disabled people finding justice and love in speculative settings - see any published works in the thread below!
My website/blog: leoastrum.wordpress.com
Perhaps it makes me a bitter person, but it WAS satisfying to see that the guy who left the previous company I worked for to move to an AI company got laid off last month because the company hasn't been successful enough. Sure, leave your stable job of a decade to join a startup. See how that goes
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Perhaps it makes me a bitter person, but it WAS satisfying to see that the guy who left the previous company I worked for to move to an AI company got laid off last month because the company hasn't been successful enough. Sure, leave your stable job of a decade to join a startup. See how that goes
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Above all it’s offensive that we should deliberately try to reduce the number of *successful* asylum claims. We are still a wealthy country. We welcome a (shamefully) tiny share of the world‘s refugees. It should be an honour & pleasure to welcome people who need sanctuary. Shame on Labour. /end
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Above all it’s offensive that we should deliberately try to reduce the number of *successful* asylum claims. We are still a wealthy country. We welcome a (shamefully) tiny share of the world‘s refugees. It should be an honour & pleasure to welcome people who need sanctuary. Shame on Labour. /end
I arrived at my parents' house (haven't been since June, when it was unfurnished and had no water) fifteen minutes into my mother's drama society meeting and was unceremoniously shuffled into the spare bedroom. There are SO many boxes in here holy shit
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I arrived at my parents' house (haven't been since June, when it was unfurnished and had no water) fifteen minutes into my mother's drama society meeting and was unceremoniously shuffled into the spare bedroom. There are SO many boxes in here holy shit
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When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When people say that Wuthering Heights doesn't have anything to do with race or that no film has engaged with race, what they mean is that for them Romani people do not count and they also haven't been paying attention. I'm going to share a little material from a recent talk. Content note: racism 1/
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COULD NOT AGREE MORE
Also, use sources in a way other than 'I don't like this and I'm going to rip it apart.' Citation is praxis. Cite what you love, give it credit, treat it with respect. We are all part of a long tradition.
Also, use sources in a way other than 'I don't like this and I'm going to rip it apart.' Citation is praxis. Cite what you love, give it credit, treat it with respect. We are all part of a long tradition.
My fellow trans people who write theory and articles, I am going to say this with love, but also bluntly. You need to cite your sources properly and in your theory books include a works cited/bibliography. It doesn't "make it less accessible for the average reader"-
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
COULD NOT AGREE MORE
Also, use sources in a way other than 'I don't like this and I'm going to rip it apart.' Citation is praxis. Cite what you love, give it credit, treat it with respect. We are all part of a long tradition.
Also, use sources in a way other than 'I don't like this and I'm going to rip it apart.' Citation is praxis. Cite what you love, give it credit, treat it with respect. We are all part of a long tradition.
Because I moved to a new, unfurnished place, I bought + assembled a bed. But the bed was cheap. And my little brother was very late to helping me assemble it and I was very tired when putting it together
Anyway like a month and a half later the bed falls apart every time I move. I hate it here
Anyway like a month and a half later the bed falls apart every time I move. I hate it here
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Because I moved to a new, unfurnished place, I bought + assembled a bed. But the bed was cheap. And my little brother was very late to helping me assemble it and I was very tired when putting it together
Anyway like a month and a half later the bed falls apart every time I move. I hate it here
Anyway like a month and a half later the bed falls apart every time I move. I hate it here
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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i love body modification + HRT <3
May 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
i love body modification + HRT <3
Mantra for the month is definitely 'do it tired' because what with the move and my job I don't think other settings exist and I would like to do things, actually
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mantra for the month is definitely 'do it tired' because what with the move and my job I don't think other settings exist and I would like to do things, actually
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After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
thetransfemininereview.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️⚧️📚 #transbooks
The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
There's no distinct past self, to me - that was me, they just hadn't figured some stuff about themselves out yet. "Once I transitioned" is a concept that didn't happen all at once and is still happening; there's no 'before' and 'after' that couldn't erase everything between those points, either.
How do you explain what happened to your past self once you transitioned?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
Are they dead? Alive within you? Never alive in the first place? Or something else entirely?
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
There's no distinct past self, to me - that was me, they just hadn't figured some stuff about themselves out yet. "Once I transitioned" is a concept that didn't happen all at once and is still happening; there's no 'before' and 'after' that couldn't erase everything between those points, either.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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The page for the #transhet jam is up! It'll run from Jan. 1st to March 9th, 2026! Start your new year off right with a sexy new project.
JOIN HERE: itch.io/jam/the-tran...
JOIN HERE: itch.io/jam/the-tran...
November 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The page for the #transhet jam is up! It'll run from Jan. 1st to March 9th, 2026! Start your new year off right with a sexy new project.
JOIN HERE: itch.io/jam/the-tran...
JOIN HERE: itch.io/jam/the-tran...
Now I'm feeling up to writing again I am perhaps inevitably thinking about publishing again but it just feels like a terrible time for that. I am so very awful about giving up before I begin, and I shouldn't look for excuses to call publishing a write-off, but the landscape seems....bad!
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Now I'm feeling up to writing again I am perhaps inevitably thinking about publishing again but it just feels like a terrible time for that. I am so very awful about giving up before I begin, and I shouldn't look for excuses to call publishing a write-off, but the landscape seems....bad!
I have had a certified Year (esp the last couple months) but I think. Maybe. My brain is beginning to have room for proper writing/reading things again
(Bought a house. No big deal, yknow, just my brain being monopolised for logistical/financial thoughts All The Time)
(Bought a house. No big deal, yknow, just my brain being monopolised for logistical/financial thoughts All The Time)
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I have had a certified Year (esp the last couple months) but I think. Maybe. My brain is beginning to have room for proper writing/reading things again
(Bought a house. No big deal, yknow, just my brain being monopolised for logistical/financial thoughts All The Time)
(Bought a house. No big deal, yknow, just my brain being monopolised for logistical/financial thoughts All The Time)
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‘women are not usually
interested in science fiction’
interested in science fiction’
October 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
‘women are not usually
interested in science fiction’
interested in science fiction’
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The "I don't have time to read lots of dusty tomes for research, so I just ask a bot for a summary" thing keeps coming up. I just can't relate to anyone who isn't incandescently excited about digging into an archive and spending days deciphering Victorian handwriting. It's like a party drug to me.
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The "I don't have time to read lots of dusty tomes for research, so I just ask a bot for a summary" thing keeps coming up. I just can't relate to anyone who isn't incandescently excited about digging into an archive and spending days deciphering Victorian handwriting. It's like a party drug to me.
Maybe Hades 2 has finally cured me of being a hater and I can enjoy Greek myth-related media now
(I studied classics - I'm historically really picky. But Hades 2 is REALLY GOOD)
(I studied classics - I'm historically really picky. But Hades 2 is REALLY GOOD)
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Maybe Hades 2 has finally cured me of being a hater and I can enjoy Greek myth-related media now
(I studied classics - I'm historically really picky. But Hades 2 is REALLY GOOD)
(I studied classics - I'm historically really picky. But Hades 2 is REALLY GOOD)
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I want to see all of my fellow trans writers succeed. Even if you write things that aren’t my interests. Even if you market or talk about your stuff in ways I wouldn’t. Even if I don’t know you personally. It’s like how I see wanting my friends to succeed: the more of us succeed, the better.
September 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I want to see all of my fellow trans writers succeed. Even if you write things that aren’t my interests. Even if you market or talk about your stuff in ways I wouldn’t. Even if I don’t know you personally. It’s like how I see wanting my friends to succeed: the more of us succeed, the better.
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
theonion.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:
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being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic
September 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic
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It is time to announce the semifinalists for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.
Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.
Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
September 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It is time to announce the semifinalists for the Small Spec Book Awards.
Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.
Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.
Thank you to our readers, who worked diligently to assign ratings to all books. The competition was close.
Authors, we hope you are proud of your stories because we are. Thank you for sharing them with us.