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davidbtn2.bsky.social
Welsh, Brightonian, London librarian (and writer). The G & Q in LGBTQ+ (he/him).
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He’s in then he’s out, he’s up then he’s down 😬

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It takes a lot to stand up to the anti-trans activists in this environment and no doubt the accusations of 'handmaiden' and 'traitor' are being slung at her right now so if her suggestion of a different category was clumsy, speak to her rather than vilify her? www.scenemag.co.uk/simone-biles...

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What in the name of Kylie is this, and why is this my first time of seeing it?! 🤯 youtu.be/bGVQsRo9p4g?...

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We should celebrate trans lives, in their splendour and variety, as evidence of what human life can be, containing multitudes. I came to understand this so late and so slowly, perhaps because my own life as a cis, straight husband and father is so conventional. And I'm still learning it now.

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Suzanne Moore ranting about What It Feels Like For A Girl in the very same publication giving it a great 4-star review is sending me 😅

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Pride is a protest, pass it on.

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Lovely friend @davidbtn2.bsky.social shared this with me earlier! They really are some wonderful & heartbreaking stories! If you do one thing today for pride month please read about these incredible humans. Their story’s will stay with me 🏳️‍🌈🫶🏳️‍⚧️ stevereevesphotographer.com/street-portr...

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Today I’ve learnt anti-trans organisation, FiLiA, whose website claims they’re challenging “sex-based injustices” (and count JK Rowling among their speakers), is due to hold its annual conference at the Brighton Centre in October. I’ve emailed my concerns. [email protected] I said:

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Is it the weekend yet?

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www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0... From novels and short-story collections to genre-defying nonfiction studies, these works capture the range and diversity of LGBTQ life.

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This is a gorgeous project, 'Before we were proud' 💕 stevereevesphotographer.com/street-portr...

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So much manufactured outrage against queer folk in the culture wars, boils down to cis/het folk blithely strolling into queer spaces and queer conversations and completely misunderstanding them. Let me explain 1/

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That new Megan film looks amazing!

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Homophobe Notices Flag In Shop

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Gender critics right now in the Musk vs. Trump sitch 😬

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Trump and Musk are at war, and I am here for it.

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As we celebrate Pride, remember those who are not here. 40,000 squares of the AIDS Memorial Quilt on display October 11-13 1996 on the National Mall in Washington D.C.

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To live 80 years, to work, to fall in love, to raise a family who loves you, to move through society with dignity, and for all that to be taken away in mere moments by a couple of teenagers. What are we? 😔

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“When they are released, they’ll still have their full lives ahead of them. They can rebuild their lives. We can’t.” Very moving statement from family of Bhim Kohli, as a 15-year old boy is jailed for seven years and a 13-year-old girl given a youth rehabilitation order.

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