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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy

@rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social

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Mya Byrne aka Mimi Rae, Americana’s transsexual rockstar. https://linktr.ee/myabyrnemusic Me? An acclaimed artist, writer, lez butch femme something she/her, leather princess, guitar nerd, likes trains.

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 19h

Preparing a new swath of songs to record next year, and sitting quietly on a couch in my favorite town looking at trees

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 1d

I hate you @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 1d

This is my takeaway after listening to a lecture by a badass Black Panther anarchist tonight at the West Oakland Public Library.

Community organizing requires community collaboration too

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 1d

Those who learn from the past and try to repeat it are bound to fail

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 1d

Those who learn from the past and try to repeat it are bound to fail

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 2d

I need this

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 4d

A woodcut style ink drawing of a Tardigrade: "Just because I can survive harsh conditions doesn't mean I should have to."

(If anyone knows the artist, I'd love to make (a version) of this available for sale and can only find tumblr replies via tineye.)

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · 6d

Be normal about and to trans women challenge

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 2d

I say this all the time. Stay gold ppl

zøë wolfe 🏳️‍⚧️ @glitchwolfe.studio · 10d

Did you know you can just give HRT a try? If you realize it's not for you, you can just stop! I gave myself 1 month to change my mind. By day 30 I had wondered why I ever waited so long.

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TV-MA @tv-ma.bsky.social · 2d

I always say, if you're on the fence about hrt, the answer is probably yes. If it hasn't crossed your mind, you're probably ok 👍🏽

zøë wolfe 🏳️‍⚧️ @glitchwolfe.studio · 10d

Did you know you can just give HRT a try? If you realize it's not for you, you can just stop! I gave myself 1 month to change my mind. By day 30 I had wondered why I ever waited so long.

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 2d

Hashtag not surprised

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you as always dear @rachelcholst.bsky.social for seeing us and documenting this particular struggle

Rachel Cholst @rachelcholst.bsky.social · 2d

Moreover, I am especially grateful to artists like @idiotwitchamelia.bsky.social, @jessyedmusic.bsky.social, @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social, and @paisleyfields.bsky.social for giving of themselves when it would be so much easier not to

nodepression.org/queer-countr...

QUEER COUNTRY: Will You Let Queer Country Be Outlawed?

“Outlaw country” often evokes a certain rough-and-tumble (cis white) dude — The kind of person who doesn’t take any shit and isn’t interested in conforming to Music Row’s ideals of what it means to “b...

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 2d

So damn true

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 2d

I look really cute in California

Trans girl, sleepy face and big brown eyes stares at the camera, she’s got a little remnant of last night‘s makeup on and some visible cleavage and is wearing a black tank top

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Chica Marx @mckenziewark.bsky.social · 2d

I'd rather talk about music by ppl who live in my actual world, who I can go hear without paying exorbitant ticket prices. Who make music that connects to my life. This new @junglist.bsky.social album, for example. It slaps. hannahaccount.bandcamp.com/album/echo-w...

Echo Worship, by Hannah Account

9 track album

hannahaccount.bandcamp.com

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

My friend‘s literal fairytale wedding at Children’s Fairyland was epic. I saw an albino raccoon and I danced with so many people. I love to dance so much and it’s been a while. And I got a Magic Key!

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Don’t go out in full sun btwn 10am-2pm

Always put on sunscreen

Do chin exercises

Do everything you’ve always wanted

Eat well

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Sounds like a smart move

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Go if you can, stay if it feels good

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 3d

I'm on my way down to Santa Cruz! Please don't let me be lonely this evening.......

Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 6d

Santa Cruz! I am coming to you!

This Sunday, Oct. 5, I'll be at Bookshop Santa Cruz for the kickoff of Banned Books Week. Fight for your right to read the stories you love <3

Banned Books Night: Read for Your Rights!
OCT. 5TH AT 5:00
BOOKSHOP SANTA CRUZ
SC PL
SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARIES
With bestselling author Charlie Jane Anders, Director of Santa Cruz Public Libraries Christopher Platt, and author and bookseller Yves • At Bookshop Santa Cruz
GENSORSHIP is so 1984
FOR YOUR RIGHTS
ALAAmericanLibraryAssociation
©2025 American Library Association ala.org/bbooks

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

I need to figure out how to make my aereolae bigger

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Awwwww I wish I was cuddling you and feeding you grapes you gorgeous babe you

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Also steady massage (ahem)

Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Just spent a lovely morning w @swanreal.bsky.social here in my fave neighborhood in Berkeley, singing songs and talking about nice things, the sun is shining, and we’re going to a chosen family wedding at Fairyland tonight. joy is freaking powerful

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats @susanstryker.bsky.social and @mckenziewark.bsky.social !!

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 4d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Mimi Rae Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 3d

*oakland yeesh I forgot how to spellcheck