PLEASE SHARE: We are concerned that several CCNY students who have been arrested, predominantly students of color, have spent their 2nd night in jail and have yet to be arraigned. NY law requires arraignment within 24 hrs of arrest.

We demand their prompt processing and release.

I got to speak to one of our amazing queer elders for LGBTQ&A Podcast this week. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Gigi Raven Wilbur is intersex, bisexual, nonbinary, polyamorous, and teaches BDSM.

'I never believed that sex was a sin, even when the church spit it out as a sinful thing.'

Wow.

'Jean Stein was a passionate advocate for Palestinian rights...the Estate of Jean Stein has directed PEN America to donate the $75,000 award to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.” lithub.com/the-pen-americ…

In solidarity with PEN America United & Writers Against the War on Gaza I've decided to withdraw my book from consideration for the PEN America Jean Stein Award and Voelcker Award. Thank you to the independent judges of both prizes for the recognition and all their hard work.

I withdrew my work from consideration for the Jean Stein Award. I can't align myself w/ a human rights org that waits 5 months to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, while platforming zionists & pretending there's nuance to genocide.
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✊🏽Writers Against the War on Gaza
✊🏽PEN America United

In solidarity with the writers boycotting the PEN America World Voices Festival; PEN America United; Writers Against the War on Gaza; and all the other writers who have declined PEN awards this week––

I got speak to one of our trans elders, Mia Yamamoto, for LGBTQ&A Podcast. 🥰

Mia is 80 and still a practicing criminal defense attorney.

“We have to actually be seeking out allies. Be an ally. Stand up for communities that are being oppressed. That is where you find some nobility.”

“Let me stop you right there…”

Caribbean nation Guyana is booming after discovering oil. BBC’s Stephen Sackur puts it to President President Dr Irfaan Ali; lobbyists say oil is bad for the climate.

Dude wasn’t having it. Mans was ready!

In the 1970s, Sandy Stone worked with the lesbian separatists at Olivia Records before going on to write the landmark essay:

'The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto'

It's now considered *the founding document* of trans studies.

Guernica extends solidarity with #Gaza & stands against the Zionist.
The Guernica bombing, carried out by the Nazi & Italian Fascist war planes during the Spanish Civil War. It's acknowledged as one of the initial attacks in modern military aviation on unarmed civilians.

Gay people be like “he saved my life” and it’s THE PEOPLE WHO REPORT MORE STRESS by Alejandro Varela

(A queer book rec 🧵 of books that saved my life)

Delighted to see THE STONE HOME on this Library Journal Editors' Picks of the Season list, alongside my faves R.O. Kwon 권오경's EXHIBIT & Rachel Khong's REAL AMERICANS 🤍

libraryjournal.com/story/Signs-of…

Hi friends, in case you haven't seen this yet, a ton of writers and their publishers — myself and W. W. Norton & Company included — are donating signed books to #BooksforGaza , helping Gazan children receive crucial surgeries. Do your shopping here, and all proceeds will go to this cause!

My first novel is out in paperback NOW!
It's queer, sexy, anti-capitalist.
It has a late 90s soundtrack.
It dissects suburbs & latinx hierarchy.
Wrote it in 2019.
Published it in 2022.
My mom said it was much better than she expected.
THE TOWN OF BABYLON
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691130/t…

One of my FAVORITE books of 2022 is out now in paperback! Get your copy of Alejandro Varela's National Book Award Finalist THE TOWN OF BABYLON today penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691130/t…

A note about PEN America no longer serving as a co-sponsor of my book launch in LA next month. Questioning our complicity and that of our institutions, and asking them, and ourselves, to do better is the very least we can do.

A lovely spot of good news. Thank you The Story Prize. And congrats to everyone else.

Two Black students at my school, Northwestern University, were arrested by the Chicago police because they made an artwork, a facsimile of the school paper with real news about mass killing + their opinion about the role of our institution. How is this illegal? Drop these charges

Beloved trans author, performer and activist Cecilia Gentili has passed away. She spoke with us in 2022 about her memoir, which powerfully depicted abuse, sex work, forgiveness, friendship and class mobility. Rest in peace 🤍

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