Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel)

Black and pink graphic titled “Queer Liberation Network Auction”. Beneath the title is a bright gold bubble that says, “Opens March 8th, 2026”. A tagline underneath the start date syas, “Support LGBTQIA2+ Folx Facing Financial Hardship”. At the bottom of the graphic is an illustration of a pink book with an arching rainbow emerging from its open pages.

Black and pink graphic titled “About Lit for Queer Liberation” and containing the following description: “Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where lovers of books, art, and music uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. By bidding on signed books, query critiques, artwork, vinyls, and more, your support directly fuels Queer Liberation Network's work to empower queer and trans people in Texas and beyond. Queer Liberation Network’s work changes lives. When queer and trans people achieve financial liberation — whether that's affording rent, getting out of debt, or escaping abusive environments — the community can thrive.” At the bottom is text that says “Learn more about Lit for Queer Liberation” followed by the shortened URL “bit.ly/LFQL2026”.

🌈 Get ready to bid in the Lit for Queer Liberation Virtual Auction — opening on Sunday, March 8th!

Lit for Queer Liberation is a virtual auction where lovers of books, art, & music uplift LGBTQIA2+ folx facing financial hardship. Here's a preview of some exciting auction items!

🔗 bit.ly/LFQL2026

Guess who just spent about two hours recording stuff without their mic properly plugged in 🤦🏻

🚨 Rare post from us: We are on the lookout for a couple of new editors to work with us, specifically for French and Japanese language comics. You can read the full listing over here peow.studio/blog/newedit...

Sending you and your family all my good thoughts 💜

MUSLIM FUTURES A literary fiction and graphic novel anthology featuring stories set in aspirational futures through a Muslims lens

OK folks, we're about half way through our #MuslimFutures #Kickstarter for #Ramadan. Help Muslims tell their own authentic stories. My essay deals with #Shiism, queer narratives, and #gender beyond a binary. I play a little with language too. :) Prose and #comics

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mus...

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

Graphic featuring open call for panel submissions for the Day of Translation, presented by the Center for the art of Translation and The Center for Fiction. Deadline is May 1st.

📣 Open Call for Panel Submissions! Day of Translation 2026 is a day-long celebration of language and literature, featuring dynamic panels on translation. This year, the event will be held Sept. 24 at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn! Have an idea for a panel? Submit here by May 1: buff.ly/pEQPatx

Authors Guild Launches Expanded "Human Authored" Certification Program - The Authors Guild The Authors Guild announces the official public launch of its groundbreaking “Human Authored” certification program with a modified logo for international use. The program was launched in beta exclusi...

Have you heard of @authorsguild.org's “Human Authored” certification? 💡

The Human Authored certification mark may be used by #authors and #publishers who wish to distinguish their human-written #books from the glut of #AI generated books saturating the marketplace: authorsguild.org/news/human-a...

Good wishes and even more good wishes ❤️

Any freelance designers/typesetters looking for book work? I have a client looking to expand their pool.

That's absurd! 😠

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.

I understand that feeling 🫂

I hope it goes as well as it can!

This month’s Conscious Language Newsletter is out! The most popular articles so far:

#1: Physicians Are Not Providers: The Ethical Significance of Names in Health Care: A Policy Paper From the American College of Physicians

www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

So cathartic!

Thanks! Now I just have to make it through this winter with a very chilly scalp. (Worth it.)

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Thank you!

A selfie of me with a much higher undercut than I've had in a few years. I'm wearing a nylon cape and there are all sorts of reflections of my patchy scalp in the three-way mirror hanging off the door behind me.

New talk, written ✅
Slides, done ✅
New haircut, in progress ✂️

This made me laugh in spirit, experience, and solidarity. Thank you, Jessica.

Fuck Long Covid. And if you don't have it yourself (yet), I recommend you try to avoid it. Be smart, be kind, and wear a mask.

MARCH CARTOON, in support of this and similar posts about not irritating your readers, from @bcdreyer.social.

bsky.app/profile/bcdr...

ivacheung.com/2026/03/peda... #AmEditing

I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them.

At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.

The banner for The Power of Pride Bundle 2026. It depicts a black cat taking a nap amongst an assorted pile of objects associated with projects that may be submitted into the bundle, including a pink game controller, a pencil and paper, a musical note, a 6-sided die, a book, and a black power fist. A rainbow sits behind the logo and cat.

Calling all queer creators on itchio! The #PowerOfPride2026 Bundle is now open for submissions!

Digital games, physical games, books, zines, comics, assets & tools— we're accepting them all! NSFW OK! We want to work with you to share your projects.

itch.io/jam/power-of...

Tell your friends too!

Oooh yes! Have them hire Chelle! Chelle's amazing!

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The creator is also seeking more insights from people who fit the following intersections:

- Black Trans+ creators of cyberpunk
- Current / former Trans+ sex workers who have created / are creating cyberpunk
- Disabled Trans+ creators of cyberpunk

#lgbt #art #blackartist #disabled #bipoc #gamedev