'dance as if' @vervepoetrypress.bsky.social will be launched on 25 Sept at the Edge of the World Bookshop in Penzance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Other events to follow.
#danceasif #booklaunch #poetry #poetswhodance

Thinking globally, but acting locally sparked a movement, that has ultimately spread the Safe Space initiative nationwide

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/how-my-local-action-turned-into-a-national-movement-creating-safe-spaces-for-trans-people/

I’ve seen the impact of what MPs hearing supportive information about the Trans+ community has 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/ive-seen-the-impact-of-what-mps-hearing-supportive-information-about-the-trans-community-has/

I'll be reading at #northcornwallbookfestival on Sat 27 Sept with @pascalepetit.bsky.social & running a workshop on writing from the body on Sun 28 at 10 am. Booking open now via #endelientaarts
endelienta.org.uk/whats-on/ncb...

#poetry
#batteryrocks
#danceasif
#beast
#poetryincornwall
#festival

How can we use history stories as a tool for liberation? Three Trans+ creatives share their insights

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/how-do-we-tell-trans-history-so-we-can-all-learn-from-it/

What is the Purpose of Pride is an extremely important question in 2025 as we face an existential threat the likes and magnitude we have not seen since the 1930s, when we were forced to wear pink triangles because of who we love and whom we wanted to be loved as.

The Supreme Court has sided with cruelty. Again. This time, it’s trans kids who pay the price. In this powerful piece, lawyer and democracy expert @importantmeagan.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on the new ruling upholding the TN ban on gender-affirming care, and sounds the alarm on what's next.

Our team is over the moon 🌙 that #HeightenedScrutiny will premiere at #Sundance today. Learn more on our website: https://buff.ly/3WA1jZx

@chasestrangio.bsky.social @paolamendoza.bsky.social @lavernecox.bsky.social

I love it. In addition to being a beautiful skin-tone color, 17-1230 Mocha Mousse evokes soil, earth.

Every #WorldAIDSDay, I honor Bob Finney, the ACLU Southern California photographer and next door neighbor who planted the seeds of my love of photography. He was there when I was born, and I miss him still.

I dedicated my latest #BlackStudies article to him.

read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...

🏳️‍⚧️ Dora Richter, one of the first trans femmes known to have medically transitioned was thought to have been murdered at the Nazi raid on the world’s first transgender clinic, actually survived, recently discovered documents revealed this summer👇

www.wearequeeraf.com/historians-t...

Gaza health ministry: We are issuing an urgent warning that all hospitals in the Gaza Strip will cease to function or reduce their services within 48 hours due to the occupation's obstruction of fuel supplies.
www.rfi.fr/fr/en-bref/2...

Faculty mentoring in academic institutions, a thread.
As I advance in my academic career (read: as I keep getting more gray hair), I've come to appreciate, even more than before, the profound responsibility we (senior-ish faculty) have to support and nurture emerging talent, not diminish it.

I think now is a good opportunity for cis people to step back and learn from how trans people are responding to Sarah McBride’s handling of the GOP’s transphobia.

A lot of trans folks are saying representation isn’t enough. They want a politics of liberation.

What are you doing to resist Trump's corruption? I'm reading about farmworkers who are organizing to protect immigrant laborers. A clip:

"We need to recognize that we’re in a position of power, not weakness, because we hold the levers of the food system."

Don't surrender in advance! Fight back!

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky