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valouriousknight.bsky.social
Valour
@valouriousknight.bsky.social
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Writer, Anglican, Awesome Theological Mushroom, Crip, AuDHD, deafened 🧑‍🦼, parent, nerd, knitter, enthusiastic reptile keeper, Part Dragon, proud trans dude he/him. Queer AF.
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valouriousknight.bsky.social
This weeks #PoemsAbout is #Ceasefire, so here's mine

(Read the screenshots left to right!)

@alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk
If protesting genocide makes you A terrorist! Then we should all be terrorists If shouting in vain to stop the murder and eradication of a people who were already under occupation means that somehow, the true aggressors are really pensioners and priests holding cardboard signs, Instead of the IDF, Then you should call us all aggressors I dont know how not to scream at the sight of Another Tiny Emaciated Body I dont know how to swallow the gas drenched lies that: -Journalists are subversive agents, -Hospitals are weapons caches, -Children throwing stones are enemy combatants Or that a colonising settler nation, are the true victims here All I can do is beg you to cease fire and remember the words of the Prophet who said 'do justly, love mercy and walk humbly' .... While I pray for justice to arrive
August 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

First time I've tried a #PoemsAbout so here's my attempt for this weeks prompt of #BlackSky
Screenshot of a Poem written by Valour Black Sky As storm fronts move in, Bringing thunderous explosions of ignorance And whip fast electrical strikes When swirling shades of grey and black Replace the clear blue skies of my youth; I sit In the darkness And try so hard To be a glimmer Of light In this facist blackout
August 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
valouriousknight.bsky.social
I do love it when Judith Butler gives into to their inclination for pithily dry sarcasm
A screenshot from Who's Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler The highlighted text reads: "Apparently, one should not be free to deny the “natural” & inevitable character of heterosexual marriage, nor to change the sex assigned at birth, but one sure can refuse to bake a cake for a gay couple’s marriage on the grounds that one’s religious liberty would be denied in doing so.Long live freedom!"
August 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I can now tick 'ride a train over the forth bridge off mah bucket list'
A terrible photo taken from the train going over the Forth Bridge. Its blurry, and the image is wobbly. You can see the Firth of Forth very blurrily, and some of the red beams of the bridge. The light is still very good because this is Scotland after midsummer.
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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This is St Aloysius - I was trying to find a closer up image but this is the best one of the ones on Wikipedia
An almost full length shit of the inside of St Aloysius Church in Oxford, also known as the Oxford Oratory. The church is late Victorian, and has a magnificent reredos, with niches filled with statues of the communion of saints.
June 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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I meant this bit - I'd clocked the school in the 18th C build - I just have no idea what the heck you'd call that end wall or the arches!
A screenshot of Milton Abbey, with a big red line drawn around a particular end wall of the church, because Valour is trying to find out what it's actually called and what it was originally meant to be!
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
valouriousknight.bsky.social
Today I gave an excellent presentation at work on why people should just be nice to queers, especially us degenerate trans folks and it went well and I got to have about James Barry and Charlotte D'Eon de Beaumont and stuff but I am VERY TIRED NOW

Have a goat
June 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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White guy, grey suit, outraged expression
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Halfway through this magnificent and hilarious book, and it is almost as delightful as having lunch with @joannanadin.bsky.social, which is one of my favourite things to do, because Jo is excellent

Anyway, go read the book people, it's brilliant
A picture of the front cover of 'Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of Yes' by Joanna Nadin
May 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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OK, it looks better than I thought, but bloody hell why can't I be a fashionable and aesthetic queer?
Valour, and trans guy, looks at the camera as he takes a mirror selfie. He is wearing smart green trousers, a pink formal shirt and a purple floral tie. He also wears a mask, and black chunky framed glasses.
May 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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A marked up version of the document Ben posted in his original post, describing various forms of reformed Catholic and protestant denominations. My choices are A HODGE PODGE
April 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
valouriousknight.bsky.social
Time to go learn how to take care of pigs!!!

Here's some baby goats from Monday's farm hours.
Two white baby goats scrambling over a pile of logs. The bigger of the two baby goats is Number Nine, who is about 8 weeks old. The smaller goat is about 2 weeks old.
April 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
valouriousknight.bsky.social
#TransDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TDOV25

Always out, always loud, always proud, always fighting

Trans Pride forever ❤️
Valour, a fat trans guy is sitting in his wheelchair in the sunshine and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a London Zoo Baseball cap, black glasses, a green jumper and a jacket covered in a bright sunflowers print.
March 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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It has been A Good Day
A picture of Valour, a fat trans man, cuddling Number Nine - a small white goat kid, who is about three weeks old. A picture of Number Nine, the goat kid. It is a close up picture his eyes are pale blue and he is nuzzling Valour's hand A picture of Valour, a fat trans guy, sitting on a log pile, surrounded by goats! One goat is nuzzling his ear and another goat is in front of him, demanding head scritches A picture of Valour in a book shop. He is crouched on the floor evaluating his book purchases.
March 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I just milked a goat. And cuddled another goat who is in early labour. And had a very baby goat fall asleep on my lap, while his mum was milked.

Goats are AWESOME
Valour, a fat trans guy, wearing a green fleece, black glasses and a London zoo baseball cap, is knelt in hay, checking on a very pregnant goat who is in early labour. The goat is brown and white ND has big floppy ears, and is pregnant with at least twins.
March 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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True conversation that just took place in my house.
A screenshot detailing a conversation between Valour, his eldest child, and Vimes the dog (Part 1): Vimes The Dog: AWOO AWOOOO ALARM AWOO **three guys outside cleaning ice off their van** Me: wtf ? Eldest: ah there's three guys outside cleaning ice of their van Eldest (as the dog, obvs): BUT GUYS THE ICE IS A GIFT FROM GOD, WHY WLD YOU REMOVE IT Eldest (as themself):Vimes ice is not a gift from God. Or Jesus. Or the other guy. Me (confused): Do you mean the Holy Spirit? Part 2 of the conversation between Valour, his Eldest child and Vimes The Dog: Eldest: Yes. The other guy, it goes God, Jesus, The Other Guy Me: Welp, I guess at least, I've finally managed to teach you that there's a Trinity, even if you can't name them all
March 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Pictures from this morning's farm adventures. The fibre arts group was great, and I'm excited at the prospect of us processing some whole fleeces as a group and learning to do some new things like chain plying and weaving.
A picture of Valour, a fat trans man, wearing a green fleece and using a walking stick, meeting Number Four, who is a small, brown and white female goat. Valour and Fox look happily at the camera. They are both wearing glasses and green fleeces (not matching ones!). Two of the farm goats - one white and one brown and white - look at the camera, while stuffing their faces with hay Chickens!!! A whole flock of chickens
February 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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I HAVE FINISHED THE BOOK!!!!
À screenshot of the final page of the Kindle edition of Diarmid Maculloch's "History of Christianity the first 3,000 years"
February 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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God bless Cardinal Newman, queer icon that he is ♥️
Screenshot of a footnote in Diarmid Maculloch's History of Christianity the first 3,000 years which reads: "After the publicity triggered by the Church authorities’ recent inept removal of Newman’s remains from his Birmingham grave (which he had stipulated that his body must share with the corpse of his lifelong companion, Ambrose St John), the Cardinal’s unexpected emergence as a gay icon was not an asset to the cause of his sainthood"
February 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Ooh, aspirations !! I think @amandycat.bsky.social def sees me as a Saucy Manuscript Man given the whole "headbutting the exhibit" and "looking lovingly at the Luttrel Psalter"
Valour, a fat trans guy in a green jumper, looks lovingly at the Luttrel Psalter, on display in the Mediavel Women exhibition at the British Library.
January 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
valouriousknight.bsky.social
Time to read about trans identities in the 1800s!
À picture of the book "Female Husbands: A Trans History" by Dr Jen Manion. The cover has the images of Mary and James Holt - James is one of the female husbands depicted in the book
January 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Have a Christmas montage of this ridiculous creature from our Christmas holiday (like everyone in this house, he is happiest in rural Scotland. We do not like city living)
Vimes, a large red bloodhound is sat on a leather sofa with his human grandad. He has partially thrown himself backwards to demand a cuddle. Vimes the bloodhound running through his favourite field. His ears are flying behind him as he bounds along. Vimes the bloodhound lying on the carpet having a nap À picture of Vimes, a large red bloodhound, with his human sibling known as The Goblin. He is trying to sit on her lap, even though she is a small gangly teenager, and he is demanding she stroke his ears.
January 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Today brings a wonderful gift from @pipofsuffolk.bsky.social and I am SO EXCITED TO READ IT.
Photo of a paperback book - "The Stripping of the Altars" by Eamon Duffy. This is a book about the Reformation in England and is a key text for anyone studying that era of English ecclesiastic history.
January 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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With thanks to @theodramatist.com - I've come out as Tractarian, which I'm not sure quite represents me, but isn't that far off the mark.

uquiz.com/quiz/HAHqMm/...

(Also, I grew up Catholic, attending the Oxford Oratory Newman just went home)
An image of a quiz outcome. The text reads: "Your Result: Tractarian You have a favorite between Keble and Pusey and you still think Newman was a traitor, even though you have no problem using Tract 90 to the letter as an argument for why it's better to speak about the Church IN England than the Church OF England. You can be found arguing that Anglicanism is a third thing like Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism and you have spirited debates about whether the Anglican tradition started in the 3rd century or 597. You have very strong views about Baptismal Regeneration and ex opere operato, but you would rather be in a church with Evangelicals than Old High Church folks. You have almost certainly told someone that "The Oxford Movement was about theology; Anglo-Catholicism came later and is more about aesthetics"
January 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Was it this by chance??
Screenshot of an email - text reads: I hope you are well. Many thanks for contacting me to share your and your daughter’s experiences. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to share your views on this important matter. I share the Government’s commitment to making sure that trans people can live their lives with equality, dignity and respect. As you will be aware, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care made a statement on puberty blockers in the House of Commons on 11 December 2024, which can be viewed here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-12-11/debates/03C1AD39-5B5E-4568-BFF3-FC6DB87575E6/details In addition, you can read further information from the Government on this decision at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ban-on-puberty-blockers-to-be-made-indefinite-on-experts-advice You may also wish to read this recently updated page from the Department of Health and Social Care: https://healthmedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/11/puberty-blockers-what-you-need-to-know/ I will bear in mind the points you have made and many thanks once again for getting in touch. Yours sincerely, Anneliese
December 30, 2024 at 5:14 PM