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"My hidden agenda in the book club is to get people excited about reading stories about members of the #LGBTQ+ community who are different than them."
I'm pleased to share my first story for The Advocate, about the joy of #queer folks reading together: https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-book-clubs
#books #bookstodon #Austin #Texas #LGBTQIA+ #culture #Richmond #Virginia @bookstodon
“Our #LGBTQ+ loved ones need both our compassion and our action to make our communities safe and our laws inclusive, so every LGBTQ+ person can be safe, celebrated, affirmed and loved everywhere in the U.S.”
Hate crimes, particularly against LGBTQ community, on the rise: FBI data - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/hate-crimes-lgbtq-community-rise-fbi-data/story?id=113962673
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#news #homophobia #transphobia #politics #USpol #extremism #CriminalJustice
🏳️🌈 📖 Queer Romance Club DECEMBER selection — The Holly Groweth Green 📖 🏳️🌈
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It’s Christmas 1946. Lost in the Hampshire countryside on a snowy Christmas Eve, ex-military doctor Laurence stumbles across lonely Mistle Cottage and its owner: Avery.
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Another tie-breaker needed. I've picked the m/m one as we've had quite a few f/f through the year. (Feel free to read one of the others on the list instead or as well, or recommend your own favourite holiday reads!)
This one looks like a short, sweet read to end the year :)
It's on #KoboPlus for those with subscriptions but will be also available wide.
QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the #QueerRomanceClub and @queerromanceclub tags (that's a fedi.groups group, not the dead gup.pe group).
No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or whenever you read it. CW for spoilers appreciated.
More about QRC here:
https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104
#ChristmasReads @bookstodon
#books #bookClub #GayRomance #lgbtq
🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Via Kyle Griffin:
History has just been made with far too little acknowledgment:
President #Biden sat down with The Washington Blade — marking the first time a sitting president has given an exclusive interview to an #LGBTQ+ news outlet.
Read the president's full conversation with Christopher Kane. https://www.washingtonblade.com/2024/09/16/the-washington-blade-interviews-president-joe-biden/
WaPo:
#Italy passes West's strictest international anti-surrogacy law, effectively barring gay couples from becoming parents
The law threatens would-be parents who use birth mothers abroad with jail time and severe fines in a move that critics say will chiefly target same-sex couples. Adoption, IVF and domestic surrogacy are already banned for gay couples in Italy. #LGBTQ
#sapphicfictionsaturday
I’m reading Hard Lessons by J. Marie Carr. What’s in your hands today? 📖
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTYJNZ6H
IG/Threads: @jancarr621
#whatareyoureading #sapphicbooks #romanticsuspense #murder #stalking #scienceengineering #againstallodds #butchfemme #lesfic #bookstodon #readingcommunity #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
📚 We Could Be Rats by: Emily Austin
Sigrid hates working at the Dollar Pal but having always resisted the idea of growing up into the trappings of adulthood, she did not graduate high school, preferring to roam the streets of her small town with her best friend Greta, the only person in the world who ever understood her. Her...
https://bookblabla.com/book/we-could-be-rats
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #lgbtq #generalfiction #humorous #literaryfiction
📚 The Book of Luke by: Lovell Holder
Following the car accident that ended his football career and left his body scarred, twenty-two-year-old Luke Griffin joins the cast of Endeavor, a new competition-based reality show that pits the tabloids’ darlings against one another in tasks of endurance and problem solving. At first...
https://bookblabla.com/book/the-book-of-luke
#books #reading #libraries #fiction #lgbtq #gayfiction #friendshipfiction #familylife
I am so glad that people are sharing this about a Trans friend coming out to me as a source of joy this holiday! That’s epic! https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-home-of-a-new-name/ #LGBT #TransRights #LGBTQ #Queer
#LGBTQ+ #voters in these 4 #states could swing the 2024 #presidential #election.
LGBTQ+ voters strongly #vote for #democrats
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #Election #Representation #Culture #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #Megathread
Hey, so, Christmas is coming, and I have a little Redbubble store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Rhube/shop?asc=u
Maybe there's something in there you'd like to buy for someone? Some of it is Pride themed, and you'd be supporting a non-binary, disabled artist.
#retro #60s #70s #MidCenturyModern #autumnal #geometric #art #design #redbubble #pride #gifts #Christmas #lgbtq+
Reform UK-run council removes trans books from children’s sections of libraries
Mary-Ann Stephenson, a transphobic TERF, has been confirmed as the new chair of the equalities watchdog of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Human rights have been taken over by haters in the UK.
"Normalizing the abnormal" is what the MAGA-GOP has done with Trump and what "The News" aids and abets hourly
Right Wing Watch:
Anti-#LGBTQ religious-right activist Tony Perkins celebrates the news that corporations are dialing back their support for Pride Month, saying it shows that "we can bring about the collapse of 👉🏼an ideology that seeks to normalize the abnormal."👈🏼
A FREE BookFunnel Love Tale short read. No opt-in required!
https://BookHip.com/LVJVRAF
#shortstory #erotica #BDSM #restraints #butchfemme #readingcommunity #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
Hi guys!
I’m new to mastodon and the fediverse. I’m still trying to figure things out but so far this seems pretty cool!
Here is a list of my interests:
#kpop
#kdrama
#anime
#manga
#genshinimpact
#books
#nonfiction
I am also a part of the #lgbtq community and came here because of #tiktok
I hope to find lots of friends so if you follow me i’ll follow you back!
What Trump’s executive order on gender means for passports
https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/01/24/trump-order-passports-x-gender/
Using this #SilentSunday post to encourage people to look up the closest #LGBTQ #nonprofit to you and donate and/or volunteer. Even the smallest donation amount helps when combined with everyone else’s. Governments and corporations are becoming more conservative, but nonprofit #communityorganizations are still free to honor their missions to support vulnerable populations.
Hey! You in Washington state? Please oppose this bill (HB1038): https://app.leg.wa.gov/PBC/Bill/1038
OPPOSE
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HB 1038: Prohibiting puberty blocking medications, cross-sex hormones, and gender transition surgeries for minors.
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Whether you're trans or not, please oppose this bill and leave a comment 🥺
Because gender-affirming care saves lives and *everyone* should be able to make their own choices about their bodies.
#WashingtonState #PNW #Seattle #CallToAction #LGBTQ #TransRights #ProtectTransYouth
The Trump-administration wants to ban transgender military personnel based on nothing but transphobic prejudices.
https://trans-express.lgbt/post/773914903254876160/the-trump-administration-wants-to-ban-transgender
Geraldine Roman is a politician in the Philippines. On trans rights she says:
"Recognizing our rights and dignity will in no way diminish yours. We are not asking for special privileges or extra rights. We simply ask for equality. With inclusiveness and diversity, our nation has so much to gain."
#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #TransRights #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Queer
Want some good news? Of course you do!
“Just days after marriage equality became the law in Thailand, the country’s national health ministry added hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to the free health services available to Thai citizens.”
“Deputy government spokesperson Anukool Pruksanusak said the allocation was in direct support of the government’s policy on marriage equality, with an emphasis on both physical and mental health for sexually diverse individuals.”
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/thailand-makes-hormone-therapy-free-for-trans-poeple
Yes we know it's not quite February, but we love our history Thursdays here at TransActual.
If you've not heard of Lou Sullivan, look him up. He was a gay, HIV positive, trans man and he did a huge amount for our community in the US and beyond. Lou lobbied for gay, trans men to be given access to medical transition. He was visible so that other gay, trans men could see that they weren’t alone.
#TransHistory #LGBTHM (nearly) #QueerHistory #LGBTQHistory #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #Trans #Nonbinary
A dist. ct in Texas holds Title IX Rule Violates 1st Amendment rights of teachers who want to misgender their students https://buff.ly/4iaFgB0
This is wrong and I have written an entire paper about why: https://buff.ly/3UVrAhd
To start, the teachers' speech is govt speech unprotected by the free speech clause