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astranovus.bsky.social
Astra Novus they/it
@astranovus.bsky.social
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drag alien crash landed in Galway, Ireland
gay, but with a special connection to music, there are many things that are interesting about me.
18+ 🌈👾
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astranovus.bsky.social
Reading this on the same day the Irish Taoiseach prostrates himself in the Oval Office is making me sick.

Fuck Trump.

GOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/gop-...
GOP lawmakers pass bill allowing child genital exams without parental consent - LGBTQ Nation
And that was actually an improvement over a previous version of the bill.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
This is where anti-trans discourse gets you.

Protecting women and girls somehow equating to inspecting their genitals.

Disgusting, gross behaviour.
aridrennen.bsky.social Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · Mar 4
BREAKING - a bill mandating genital inspections to participate at all age levels of girls' and women's sports fails in the U.S. Senate. It needed 60 votes to move forward.
A screenshot of the U.S. Senate chamber during a session. Several senators and staff members are present, some standing and talking while others are seated at their desks. The chamber has blue carpeting with gold accents, wooden desks, and a raised platform where the presiding officer is seated. Above the chamber doors, an inscription reads "E PLURIBUS UNUM." At the bottom of the image, a text overlay shows the results of a vote: "YEA 51 NAY 45" It states: "Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the consideration of S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Bill." In the top right corner, the CNBC TV18 logo is visible, indicating that this was a televised broadcast. In the bottom right corner, a red button labeled "SUBSCRIBE NOW" is also present.
March 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
This is messed up, but funny how their little minds are so fixated on the gender binary. The definitions don't exactly mirror one another. So drag kings are dominant while drag queens are sensual.

What's a sexy gender non-conforming drag thing to do but gyrate provocatively on stage 😘
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Feb 28
Watching a new drag ban hearing in Montana and we have new definitions of drag.

These are wild yall.

Look at the definition of drag king. This would ban lots of butch lesbian singers lol.
February 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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transfury.bsky.social
The baseline of Queer Resistance is Survival: don't burn yourself out.

Don't get bogged-down in the news. Sleep enough, eat enough, REST enough, and seek some joy. Reinvest some time into hobbies.

Queer Fightback can only be accomplished when you have looked-after yourself: Queer Joy is Rebellion.
February 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
I was delighted to bring Viktor to @disgracefulcabaret.bsky.social at Akumakon last night.

Viktor Nation, how we feeling? 🥵

#cosplaydrag #nerdlesque #arcanecosplay
A drag thing dressed as Viktor from season 2 of Arcane. Viktor has chin-length brown hair with blond highlights. He wears a blue cloak held up with a gold belt over his glorious evolution skin. Viktor holds a large stick and a notebook with hextech sketches
February 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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frankiegolucky.bsky.social
For valentine’s, @astranovus.bsky.social and I (Frankie Stein) were in a drag show!

#weirddrag #fatliberation #drag
Two people in costume pose together. On the left Astra Novus is dressed as Viktor (S2) from Arcane, and on the right Frankie Stein is wearing a monochrome black and white outfit with colourful clown makeup on (wearing black suit pants, tie, waistcoat and little cone hat with a white pompom, and white shirt)
February 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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wamorrison95.bsky.social
The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other
The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI followed by a next arrow The Stonewall Inn and The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative are outraged and appalled by the recent removal of the word 'transgender' from the Stonewall National Monument page on the National Park Service website. This blatant act of erasure not only distorts the truth of our history, but it also dishonors the immense contributions of transgender individuals - especially transgender women of color - who were at the forefront of the Stonewall Riots and the broader fight for LGBTQ+ rights. SIGBI
February 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
astranovus.bsky.social
Excited to bring Piltover's favourite misguided genius to Akumakon tomorrow with @disgracefulcabaret.bsky.social

#cosplaydrag #nerdlesque #ViktorNation #arcane
Poster for Disgraceful Cabaret at Akumakon 2025 Feb 14th 7-8.30pm. €10 on the door. University of Galway. Poster is in pink and neon green and depicts Poppy DeScrace in a pink curly wig wearing green tuile. A drag thing dressed as Viktor from Arcane season 2 in a seated position
February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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disgracefulcabaret.bsky.social
Our next show is this Friday at Akumakon! 7-8.30pm €10 on the door! Join us for a jam packed show of Cosplay Drag & Nerdurlesque! We'll have a merch stand with performer merch & raffle tickets! so bring cash! ;)

#DisgracefulCabaret #Akumakon #irishcosplay #nerdlesqueireland #supportlocaldrag
February 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
The cultural importance of the US means that what happens there doesn't always stay there. I love the response by Argentinian activists to the MAGA-like statements by their president at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

🌈✊

tinyurl.com/4bw86nfh
‘Make Argentina Gay Again’: Argentines hold anti-fascist pride march - Buenos Aires Herald
The queer community’s call to march against Javier Milei’s Davos speech received international support
tinyurl.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
Getting excited for an upcoming show at Akumakon 2025 with Disgraceful Cabaret, but I have a lot to prep between now and then.

I have a vision, a song and a bad wig so here's hoping it comes together🤞✨

#drag #cosplay #nerdlesque
Poster for upcoming drag show by Disgraceful Caberet at Akumakon 2025. Poster depicts a drag alien (drag maul) making a suggestive pose with a lightsaber with the Connemara countryside in the background. Text on the poster reads: Astra Novus, Disgraceful Cabaret, Akumakon 2025, Feb 14th 7-8.30pm €10 on the door, University of Galway. Drag Kings, Drag Queens, Drag Things! Burlesque, Nerdlesque, Cosplay, Best Dressed, Prizes!
February 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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nmireland.bsky.social
We're looking for a researcher with LGBTQ+ expertise and lived experience to develop a Queer Tour for NMI – Collins Barracks, launching May 2025 for the 10th Anniversary of Marriage Equality.
#LGBTHistory
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
January 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
Great video. The grim message was lightened somewhat by the interesting use of fruit 😂

#resist

youtu.be/EgUE0mA0Fis?...
How Empires Fall and Why the US is Next
YouTube video by uncivilized
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January 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
This is bringing me joy today. One of our island's most famous writers, in a love letter to his wife, discussing the pleasure of fucking
"a farting woman when every fuck drives one out of her."

Shame around sex is constructed and we should all revel in our desires.

#SexPositive
A black and white image of Irish author James Joyce wearing a boater and black suit with a bow tie. Accompanied by text that reads "fucking I ever gave you, darling. My prick was stuck up in you for hours, fucking in and out under your upturned rump. I felt your fat sweaty buttocks under my belly and saw your flushed face and mad eyes. At every fuck I gave you your shameless tongue come bursting out through your lips and if I gave you a bigger stronger fuck than usual fat dirty farts came spluttering out of your backside. You had an arse full of farts that night, darling, and I fucked them out of you, big fat fellows, long windy ones, quick little merry cracks and a lot of tiny little naughty farties ending in a long gush from your hole. It is wonderful to fuck a farting woman when every fuck drives one out of her. I think I would know Nora’s fart anywhere. I think I could pick hers out in a roomful of farting women. It is a rather girlish noise not like the wet windy fart which I imagine fat wives have. It is sudden and dry and dirty like what a bold girl would let off in fun in a school dormitory at night. I hope Nora will let off no end of her farts in my face so that I may know their smell also."
January 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
Solidarity with all trans siblings in the US. It is so hateful that trans lives will be a battleground in this tyrannical administration.

Small comfort that at least there is scope for a fight.

#TransRights
katiecouric.bsky.social Katie Couric @katiecouric.bsky.social · Jan 21
On day one, Trump targeted transgender and nonbinary Americans, aiming to roll back policies on federal identity documents and prison housing. However, his administration will likely face legal challenges ahead as his administration pushes a stance denying gender diversity.
On Day One, Trump Takes a Strong Stance on Transgender Americans
His administration will likely run into legal trouble as it implements policies on federal identity documents and housing in federal prisons.
katiecouric.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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junlper.beer
that moment when gender is definitely an unchangable biological truth so you have to enforce it via fascistic law
January 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
astranovus.bsky.social
*spoiler for Pose s.2

Been watching Pose with the gf as an antidote to today.

Of course it happened to be the episode where we lost the iconic Candy Ferocity. Cathartic tears were shed.

#QueerResistance
a man in a police uniform holds a woman 's hand in front of a sign that says fx on it
Alt: a gif from the show Pose showing Elektra, Lulu and Candy being arrested at a ball while wearing royal finery
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM