Had so much fun with my newest @medium.com article! This one’s about a lot of things: my earnest love of wandering aimlessly in #Skyrim, Studio #Ghibli and ma (間) in filmmaking and beyond, and the constant overstimulation of the digital world 🌍 Read it for free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood 🌲🌌🌙

Now announcing: the first annual Trans Masc Protag Jam~🏳️‍⚧️ From August 8 to September 30, we're inviting you to make a project (games, books, comics, etc.) with a trans masculine protagonist and offering limited cash prizes to the judge's favorites (that's us!). Jam with us~🏳️‍⚧️ 🎨@nommedeploom.itch.io

Can u imagine if the anti-trans billionaires spent the money they are currently using to try & wipe us off the face of the planet on stopping the climate crisis instead

Today, we will be reporting on London Trans+ Pride. A sizeable crowd have already arrived at Langham Place, including @tacc.org.uk

why have imposter syndrome over creating art when some people need to beg the environment destroying plagiarism machine to do it for them

If you’re a transmasc, a lover of the fantasy genre, a lover of transmascs, or some combination of the three, you don’t want to miss this absolutely gorgeous zine 🏳️‍⚧️🐉✨And by buying a copy you’ll be supporting Rainbow Railroad and helping ensure at-risk queer folks’ safety. Let’s get to $1k! 🌈

World Beyond Zine // PREORDERS EXTENDED!@worldbeyondzine.bsky.social · 2w ago

time is running out to get a copy of the World Beyond the Wand #transmasc #fantasy #zine! if you order now, you can also get PDF copies of our prior sci-fi and horror themed zines--add some trans magic to your library! we've raised over $800 for Rainbow Railroad--how far can we go? links below 🧵

I love the format of “cotton rose blues” by @sorrenbriarwood.com (Flame) and Katerina Dementeva (Spark) in Issue Seven - what a haunting, emotional piece. Check it out, page 13: www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... #poetry #litmag #writingcommunity

It's #DisabilityPride Month, so here's some writing tips from me, a full-time professional author who is disabled and lives with multiple chronic illnesses. I deal with chronic pain and fatigue, executive dysfunction, brain fog, and mobility issues. I have been a professional author sinve 2021.

over the course of my life i've heard many many people say "it's too bad hitler didn't find success as an artist, maybe this could have all been avoided" and rowling really gives the lie to that

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3w ago

The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.

This is why the Philosophy Tube episode on conversion therapy in Britain was so carefully worded and went through lawyers first! It’s difficult to educate the public on topics that rich and powerful groups do not want people to know about

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3w ago

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Fantastic post and well worth a read!

Rien Gray@riengray.bsky.social · 4w ago

So I couldn't find the original thread, and therefore have written my own analysis and put it on my website (to avoid censorship for bluntly discussing sexual content). There's also an indecent amount of food metaphors. Enjoy? www.riengray.com/blog/the-perpetual-disappointment-of-if-only-eroticism

Politicians who are silent on LGBTQ+ rights have no place at Pride

You don’t get to show up for the glitter and the dancing only to fail to speak out, says Zack Polanski

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Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · last mo.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social in the Indie today. At least one politician turns out for us. app.independent.co.uk/2026/07/04/3...

I need to save some money for a chair that won't exacerbate my dislocating joints and migraines while I work, so I'm now taking 🧜‍♂️MERMAID COMMISIONS!🧜‍♀️ ko-fi.com/c/40c0e2f663 I also offer wizard commissions, and thus have invented the best economy ever known to humans. and i'm very humble about it 😘

It’s a good day to donate to a queer org 💕🏳️‍⚧️ And if you donate to Rainbow Railroad, you can also get an awesome fantasy genre themed zine made by cool trans people and filled with stories, art, plus some awesome digital merch (including a chaotic one-page TTRPG written by yours truly!) Win-win!

World Beyond Zine // PREORDERS EXTENDED!@worldbeyondzine.bsky.social · last mo.

it's a hell of a day for trans rights, but we press onwards-- we're trying to raise money for the Rainbow Railroad, which feels pertinent today! how it works: 🪄 you donate to them: rainbowrailroad.org/donate 🪄 show us your receipt: forms.gle/zCRXc6riTLaL... 🪄 we send you our digital zine

Fix your hearts or die. You know how many of us joke that Pride month should be followed by Wrath? This year I feel a deep, burning fury towards all who use transgender lives as political propaganda. We are human beings. You cannot erase us. Happy Pride. Trans liberation at any cost. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

I was lucky enough to write a spark AND a flame for the new issue of S2F 🕯️♥️ This was such a special and rewarding writing process and I think the results really speak for themselves. If you want to read some truly unique collaborative poetry, check it out below 👇👇👇

Spark to Flame@s2fjournal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Issue Seven of S2F is published! www.s2fjournal.com/assets/Issue... In this issue, we have two co-authored poems and eleven poems created through our "spark-to-flame" process. Thank you to the cover artist, Adam (see more of his work on Instagram at @digitallycomposed)

I have a tiny new flash fiction piece out with @100footcrow.bsky.social ☕️🧛‍♀️🌙 Written especially for fans of coffee shop meetcutes, urban fantasy, and clueless lesbians ♥️ Find it at the link below!

100-Foot Crow Magazine@100footcrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you missed last week's 100-word story, make sure you check it out now: "Strange Customs" by @sorrenbriarwood.com! 100footcrow.com/strange-cust...

It’s really frightening.

this is what I mean when I say "don't let orgs and managers see discriminating against trans folk as the path of last resistance". transphobes are persistent and annoying. be just as annoying. show them compliance is going to be a legal nightmare

broth b4 hoes@antinoe.prettyfem.me · 3mo ago

if you're cis and you are asked by your management to police bathrooms, "can you confirm in writing that you are ordering me to approach customers to discuss their sex?" is an email no manager wants to reply to

From 1st to 22nd in just ten years. "It’s a damning reflection of the UK's slide away from being a world leader on LGBTQIA+ rights."

UK drops in Rainbow Map scoring again, as Spain takes top spot

The United Kingdom has slid down yet again in the ILGA Europe annual Rainbow Map ranking of countries’ LGBTQIA+ rights provisions.

wearequeeraf.com

Our breakdown of Wes Streeting’s donors has been doing the rounds online for the last year. Now we’ve updated it – with another £55,000 from OPD Group.

I have a poem out in this lovely edition of @mosspuppymag.bsky.social, ‘to mourn you ancient creatures,’ which you might enjoy if you were the kind of kid who ever cried over mankind’s vicious extermination of wolves 🐺 🌿♥️

Moss Puppy Magazine@mosspuppymag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're excited to share that Moss Puppy Magazine Issue 10: Paw Paths is live! Check it out at the links below. 🍃 🐶 💚 View the issue online: mosspuppymag.com/issue-10-paw... Print copies are available on Lulu: www.lulu.com/shop/moss-pu...

FYI trans Americans with a Canadian ancestor can apply for expedited processing on their applications for Canadian citizenship!

Enormous for a Mushroom, Small for a Hat@marisasandlin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Oh, this is fantastic!

“I’m not one of those people that has issues with flowers,” he says, ripping them out of their flowerbeds by the roots.

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · 3mo ago

Wes Streeting insists he's not 'God botherer who has issues with trans people' in meeting with bereaved mother Caroline Litman 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/wes-streetin...

Okay so the news is out, I can stop chewing drywall keeping this secret since October, my short story “The Two Great Love Stories of Egon Brechtford” is gonna be in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social’s newest anthology!! Ghosts! Bisexuality! Love that transcends time and death! Sentient stuffed animals!

Catastrophically excited to have my work in the upcoming @rainbowcrate.bsky.social anthology🥹 ♥️ This is such a special collection- a bright spring bouquet, magicked into bloom by a team of incredibly talented queer creatives. And I promise, you are not ready for the majesty of the full cover reveal!

Rainbow Crate@rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌼 Book 1 for June is our third original anthology: Let Your Queerness Bloom, selected by Rainbow Crate and edited by Rachel Skelton! Celebrate spring with queer short stories!

Lyrics from The House Always Wins by Grace Petrie seem pertinent here… (NB: Nigel went to Dulwich College, which according to The Tab, was *more* expensive than Eton in 2023.)

BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Nigel Farage was born a multimillionaire. The ONLY jobs he has ever done after going to one of the most expensive Private Schools in the UK. Are Stock Trader and Politician. He has never worked a useful job for anyone but himself in his entire life.

Having cats is funny because you can be over 5,500 miles from them and hear something fall in another room and still your first thought is that they knocked something over.

A quick heads up; The UK government is currently holding a consultation on the Online Safety Act. The consultation lasts until the end of next month. Please fill it out if you live in the UK and/or share it around to get more eyes on it. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Growing up in the online world: a national consultation

We are consulting on further measures to prepare children for the future in an age of rapid technological change. This includes potential age restrictions on social media and other services such as ga...

gov.uk