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Gender-affirming care saves lives

graphic for hammajang luck's award eligibility. the background is a nebula with green, teal, and gold colors and the cover of hammajang luck is in the foreground. the text reads "Hammajang Luck Awards Eligibility." "Hammajang Luck is nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award in Science fiction." "Hammajang Luck is eligible for the Nebula Award for Best Novel." "Makana is eligible for the Astounding Award." "Hammajang Luck is eligible for Best Novel at the Hugos." "*this is due to Hammajang Luck first being published in the UK in 2024, then the US in 2025. timelines are funky!"

updated eligibility post!

this year HAMMAJANG LUCK is eligible for the Goodreads Choice Award in the Science Fiction category, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the Hugo award for Best Novel. Makana is eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer!

mahalo for your consideration!!!

graphic for hammajang luck's award eligibility. the background is a nebula with green, teal, and gold colors and the cover of hammajang luck is in the foreground. the text reads "Hammajang Luck Awards Eligibility." "Hammajang Luck is nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award in Science fiction." "Hammajang Luck is eligible for the Nebula Award for Best Novel." "Makana is eligible for the Astounding Award." "Hammajang Luck is eligible for Best Novel at the Hugos." "*this is due to Hammajang Luck first being published in the UK in 2024, then the US in 2025. timelines are funky!"

updated eligibility post!

this year HAMMAJANG LUCK is eligible for the Goodreads Choice Award in the Science Fiction category, the Nebula Award for Best Novel, and the Hugo award for Best Novel. Makana is eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer!

mahalo for your consideration!!!

a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.

a world without trans people has never existed and never will

“Are the fae open source” is the kind of deranged sentence that keeps me addicted to microblogging. Beautiful poison Rappaccini flower.

saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away

Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions For younger writers, ages 15-21

I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...

And another from @gollancz.bsky.social , Hammajang from @makana-yama.bsky.social ( maybe best described as a cyberpunk lesbian space heist) here in an edition to which photography does no justice, because it literally shimmers. thebookshop.ie/makana-yamam...

Sci-fi books with non-binary main characters for Transgender Awareness Week:

- Key Lime Sky by Al Hess
- Hammajang Luck by @makana-yama.bsky.social
- Terms of Service by @cielpierlot.bsky.social
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Illustration of a mouse watching the sun rise in the Arizona desert.

Arizona sunrise

Our December calendar is live! So many games! Come join! All tickets are in our linktree: linktr.ee/sidequestbooks #ttrpg

Image is a beige banner with a red ribbon at the top right. At the bottom left side of the banner is holy. The text on the banner states: Bookmas Extravaganza at All She Wrote Books; ONE NIGHT ONLY Monday, December 15th; Exclusive Experience Includes: 30 minutes of private shopping; a personal shopper; limited edition gifts. Gift wrapping included.

Don your gay apparel for this private shopping EXTRAVAGANZA! For ONE NIGHT ONLY, we're opening the bookstore on a Monday (yes, you read that right) for limited 30-minute private shopping appointments on 🗓 MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH, with appointments slots available from 4 pm to 9 pm.

An illustration of the swedish chef but borgified, like the Star Trek borg; one half of his face is a robot as is one hand, which ends in whisks. SMORGAS'BORG RESISTANCE IS HERDY FLERPTY FLOOPIN

A yellowed and very worn paper card that has been taped back together: YOUR STORY HAS TOUCHED MY HEART Never before have I met anyone with more troubles than you. Please accept this token of my sincerest sympathy.

Someone handed this to my grandpa in an Inwood bar, c. 1946

There it is

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Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

MAHALO KEIR!!!!!!!

Winter is coming and a tent is a poor shelter. Please donate if you can.

AHHHHHHH MAHALO!!! hope you enjoy!!!

If you're an author of queer lit with copies burning a hole in your pocket (or tumbling off your shelves) and you want to contribute a few to the Bookish Holiday Drive, please email me at LGBTQReads@gmail.com to let me know!

anyone have recommendations for good pens for book signing? my sharpies are NOT cutting it

a poorly drawn cat viewed from above. the cat has a star shaped patch on its back!!

a tuxedo cat lying stretched out on a wooden floor beside a patterned rug. the cat’s back has a distinctive white star-shaped patch surrounded by black fur

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YOOOOOOOOOOOO CONGRATS CUZ

LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of bookish respite, you can fill out this form to be matched with a bookish donation from one of many contributing authors and agents!

LGBTQReads Bookish Holiday Drive

The holidays are right around the corner, and we here in the LGBTQReads community know things are particularly tight this season. And so, if you're struggling to afford gifts for a loved one who happens to be a queer lit fan, or you yourself just need a moment of…

Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025! Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.

Hammajang Luck is up for a Goodreads Choice Award in the science fiction category!!! if you enjoyed my heist lesbians, you can vote in the first round here

mahalo nui loa!!!

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Opening Round: Vote for the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction of 2025! Discover the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction in the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.

Hammajang Luck is up for a Goodreads Choice Award in the science fiction category!!! if you enjoyed my heist lesbians, you can vote in the first round here

mahalo nui loa!!!

books have no tech tree, no fog of war