Averie 💫🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@therealaverie.bsky.social
he/they
Former co-chair and current advisor for SYP Scotland. Queer, trans, cat parent, etc. Spends 5 out of 7 days in admin hell 🔥
Former co-chair and current advisor for SYP Scotland. Queer, trans, cat parent, etc. Spends 5 out of 7 days in admin hell 🔥
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
PSA for anyone who doesn't want to have their inactive Twitter handles sold off to random people on the internet
Looks like it's time to delete my old account, that site is in hell now
Looks like it's time to delete my old account, that site is in hell now
So X is selling off the handles of “inactive” users, meaning I had to log in and post for the first time in two years just to make sure some Nazi asshole didn’t purchase my old screen name and impersonate me. 😑🤮
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
PSA for anyone who doesn't want to have their inactive Twitter handles sold off to random people on the internet
Looks like it's time to delete my old account, that site is in hell now
Looks like it's time to delete my old account, that site is in hell now
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Brianna was killed because she was trans.
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Brianna was killed because she was trans.
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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@jessothomson.co.uk said: “We are seeing a concerted effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights in this country. If these efforts succeed they will take us back decades. We must not accept it.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/christian-institute-civil-service-pride-ban-lanyards-b2810866.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/christian-institute-civil-service-pride-ban-lanyards-b2810866.html
Christian campaigners in legal bid to ban civil servants from Pride
The Christian Institute claims civil service endorsement of Pride breaches rules on impartiality
www.independent.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@jessothomson.co.uk said: “We are seeing a concerted effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights in this country. If these efforts succeed they will take us back decades. We must not accept it.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/christian-institute-civil-service-pride-ban-lanyards-b2810866.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/christian-institute-civil-service-pride-ban-lanyards-b2810866.html
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Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
August 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Support your public library. Defend your public library. Slay the enemies of your public library.
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Your regular reminder that John Boyne is such a shitty author that he copied a Zelda recipe for a magic potion into one of his books.
August 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Your regular reminder that John Boyne is such a shitty author that he copied a Zelda recipe for a magic potion into one of his books.
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Taking on the EHRC in court will be long and costly.
Now more than ever, we need your help 👇
goodlawproject.org/donate/
Now more than ever, we need your help 👇
goodlawproject.org/donate/
Support us | Good Law Project
We can only keep fighting thanks to individual donations. Our people-powered model keeps us fiercely independent, so we can hold power to account.
goodlawproject.org
July 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Taking on the EHRC in court will be long and costly.
Now more than ever, we need your help 👇
goodlawproject.org/donate/
Now more than ever, we need your help 👇
goodlawproject.org/donate/
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wonder if decades of mocking media studies as a Mickey Mouse subject has anything to do with this at all
The House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. Its core message is that the UK is falling behind, and it’s putting democracy at risk.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...
committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...
Media literacy - Committees - UK Parliament
This inquiry will seek to establish a clear vision for what good media literacy would look like in the UK, and examine the barriers to achieving this vision. The committee will consider the roles and ...
committees.parliament.uk
July 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
wonder if decades of mocking media studies as a Mickey Mouse subject has anything to do with this at all
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Hello brave new world! Starting off on here with a bang by announcing that my debut novel Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock is shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for 2025! As I have about four followers so far this feels a bit like bragging to an empty room but I’m very happy to be here!
May 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hello brave new world! Starting off on here with a bang by announcing that my debut novel Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock is shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award for 2025! As I have about four followers so far this feels a bit like bragging to an empty room but I’m very happy to be here!
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Trans Kids Deserve Better are legends.
July 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trans Kids Deserve Better are legends.
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i'm sorry for posting facts:
July 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
i'm sorry for posting facts:
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the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
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It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
July 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
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Unsubscribe to this vile paper.
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Unsubscribe to this vile paper.
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Reminder that Sandie Peggie changed in a private room before Dr Upton even worked there so the entire basis of her claim is nonsense
bsky.app/profile/tehs...
bsky.app/profile/tehs...
July 30, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Reminder that Sandie Peggie changed in a private room before Dr Upton even worked there so the entire basis of her claim is nonsense
bsky.app/profile/tehs...
bsky.app/profile/tehs...
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t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
t's amazing how this is from more than 20 years ago but very well could have been from today.
Decided to get back into the hellhole that is online dating, and my god, the bullets I've dodged 💀💀💀
a man in a cape is flying through the air
Alt: Neo from The Matrix dodging bullets
media.tenor.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Decided to get back into the hellhole that is online dating, and my god, the bullets I've dodged 💀💀💀
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Here’s a letter template you can send to your MP right now (copying in all the usual suspects) which highlights a bunch of serious issues with how the EHRC have conducted themselves.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Procedural Issues in the EHRC
This letter will be useful for MPs who maybe don’t know / care that much about “trans stuff” but *will* have concerns about lack of independence and proper procedural processes in a statutory body lik...
docs.google.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Here’s a letter template you can send to your MP right now (copying in all the usual suspects) which highlights a bunch of serious issues with how the EHRC have conducted themselves.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Love this illustration by Robert Lawson depicting Pan silhouetted against the rising sun, with a little elf or fairy listening to his pipes from behind a standing stone.
May 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Love this illustration by Robert Lawson depicting Pan silhouetted against the rising sun, with a little elf or fairy listening to his pipes from behind a standing stone.
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92 years ago today the world’s only research institute about trans people was destroyed by the Nazis.
All transphobia is inherently fascist.
All transphobia is inherently fascist.
May 6, 1933. Berlin. The 1st LGBTQIA+ center was destroyed by Nazis.
The Institute for Sexology was a pioneer place for trans studies. There was the 1st trans organization.
A forgotten history to remember in this dark times for trans people
blogs.mediapart.fr/yonatan/blog...
@transhistoryweek.com
The Institute for Sexology was a pioneer place for trans studies. There was the 1st trans organization.
A forgotten history to remember in this dark times for trans people
blogs.mediapart.fr/yonatan/blog...
@transhistoryweek.com
Sexology and transidentities, a forgotten history. Part 1 : The Eldorado (1919-1933)
According to the French sociologist Arnaud Alessandrin, 'the transidentities term, wich appeared in Germany at the begining of the 20th century, refers to a set of practices for identifying with a di…
blogs.mediapart.fr
May 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
92 years ago today the world’s only research institute about trans people was destroyed by the Nazis.
All transphobia is inherently fascist.
All transphobia is inherently fascist.
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@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social has warned a kneejerk reaction to implement EHRC's interim guidance on the Supreme Court ruling could make trans lives in the UK "almost unliveable". She also suggested the UKG should consider amending the law if that's the case.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Nicola Sturgeon says trans lives could be 'almost unliveable' as she speaks on Supreme Court ruling
Nicola Sturgeon has spoken out about the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman
www.scotsman.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@nicolasturgeon.bsky.social has warned a kneejerk reaction to implement EHRC's interim guidance on the Supreme Court ruling could make trans lives in the UK "almost unliveable". She also suggested the UKG should consider amending the law if that's the case.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...