Michael Langan

I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.

Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.

actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

You can sign anonymously if you need to.

Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.

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Anas Al-Sharif pictured with his two young children that he is holding. They are all smiling.

Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.

Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:

RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal

the Polari Prize First Book longlist, with Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu and Ciara Maguire crossed out as they've withdrawn

The Polari Prize Longlist with Rhian Elizabeth crossed out as she's withdrawn

New update on author withdrawals from the Polari Prize in protest of the inclusion of a proud transphobe

From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire

From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth

I find the provision of third spaces as a “solution“ to banning trans people from bathrooms so offensive and dunno about y’all but im not gonna participate in my own segregation

Love this …Dog befriends an otter and they meet up every day 💙😎💙

#writing #writingcommunity #pride #lgbtqia

No Kings #nokings

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Announcing the Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2025 - The Literary Consultancy TLC hosts 9th year of LGBTQ+ Free Reads for Pride 2025

This year’s #LGBTQ+ Free Reads Scheme in conjunction with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social is now open! Deadline is end of #pridemonth and more details are here: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno... 🌸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏻

Huge congratulations to the #curae prize winners! 🌸💜🫶🏻

Lisbon’s jacaranda season is always spectacular…

Phew!

I’m diabetic but I’d risk a coma for these… 🤤

Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd

The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary

The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy

The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!

It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"

Closing this now. So with 3 donations, adding up to £540 and £1,060 received through the fundraiser - which I am closing today - we shall call it a £550 bursary for each of the three category winners announced on 1st June.

Thank you so much to everyone.
Book tokens too!

It’s been great to be involved in the judging of this year’s Curae Prize once again - for writers who are also carers. We See You!! 🙏🏻🫶🏻🌸 #curae

NONFICTION (including creative nonfiction)

This is a car park for the parents of DISABLED children. Georgie Steele.
The Life I Lead. Elaine Gregersen.
200 Pink Buns. Rebekah Lawler
Metamorphosis. Anoushka Yeoh
Displaced. Sue Wright
#Curae

Thread. It is a great honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers

POETRY CATEGORY

Mistletoe. Sam Garvan
Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon
Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell
I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson
The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli.
thecuraeprize.uk

Articles about trans people in the Guardian/Observer, Telegraph, Times and Mail since Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, not one of which has been written by a trans person. Barely even featured actual trans people.

Thursday - 28
Friday - 18
Saturday - 14
Sunday - 14
Monday - 14

Faber Launches 2025 FAB Prize with a Publishing Deal for the Winner Faber announces the opening of the 2025 FAB Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the winner.

From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.

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Should we be surprised at @theguardian.com reporting on the U.K.’s Supreme Court ruling without once acknowledging it’s own role in the normalisation of transphobia over the past few years..? 🤷🏻‍♂️🏳️‍⚧️ #transrightsarehumanrights

Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project Stand up for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.

We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️

We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮

So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.

Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

If you can help, please do. #curae is not publicly funded - it’s me and a very small volunteer team. We’re up to £820 on the bursary fund for our three eventual winners. Unpaid care is intersectional with financial hardship & many challenges. Let’s do this.

As seen on a Lisbon post box… 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🫶🏻

Oooh it’s only a few weeks until we announce the #Curae 2025 shortlist I AM EXCITED ARE YOU EXCITED.

Fundraiser for writers’ bursaries is still running, below. Do please help me if you can. This is the only opportunity of this kind for unpaid #carers 💙📚