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a quarterly mag of non-binary & genderqueer & two-spirit writers that’s sweet & stings | imprint of
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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Nov 20
Being here for the duration & doing the dishes. Altar rails & touching up mullets. Disastrous atrophy & boba tea. Setting our fields ablaze.

beestung #25 is here!

www.beestungmag.com
Floral and honey yellow background. Text that reads beestung issue #25. "They made me and dissected me and sold me for ¥68 a ticket to college girls who all come with best friends and cups of boba tea." —Yufan Lu
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"Sharing my little, teal hormone tablets
with the trans girl who spent the night
was a communion infinitely more holy"

—Willow Sipling

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One Poem by Willow Sipling – beestung
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January 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
beestung.bsky.social
"Sharing my little, teal hormone tablets
with the trans girl who spent the night
was a communion infinitely more holy"

—Willow Sipling

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One Poem by Willow Sipling – beestung
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January 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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katjoplin.bsky.social
A snapshot look into my day-to-day life, "My Japan," has been published by Voyapon! The drag, ballroom, and journalism joy of Tokyo

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My Japan: A Week of Drag Queens, Ballroom, and Queer Joy
Voyapon contributor, Kat Joplin, details a week in her life in Tokyo as a drag performer, teacher, and flâneuse.
voyapon.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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"I couldn't reverse engineer the art of eating soup"
A Diner's Guide to Avoiding Paradox, in @beestung.bsky.social beestungmag.com/issue21/one-...
One Poem by Elizabeth R. McClellan – beestung
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January 28, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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fiyahlitmag.bsky.social
A friendly reminder that submissions CLOSE for our upcoming issue this Saturday. Keep them coming! Share with a Black SFF writer in your circle 🖤🖤🖤

Guidelines here: fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
January 26, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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alanastorm.bsky.social
For both issues of @readeasel.bsky.social I grabbed the PDF along with a physical copy, and the PDF is nice, but it always pales in comparison to the real thing.
A photograph of the photography magazine Easel sitting on top of the cardboard mailer it was sent in.
January 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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theoceanisgay.bsky.social
Let the Moon Wobble is an Honor Book for the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Stonewall Book Award! I'm so grateful 🥰
CHICAGO — The 2026 Stonewall Book Awards for Adult Non-Fiction and Literature were announced Sunday, Jan. 25 by the Rainbow Roundtable of the American Library Association (ALA), during a virtual event. “Dead Girl Cameo” by m. mick powell and published by One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House, and “Gayasians” by Mike Curato and published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc. are the 2026 recipients of the Stonewall Book Awards – Barbara Gittings Poetry and Literature Awards, respectively. Three Barbara Gittings Literature Award Honor Titles were named: “Awakened” written by A.E. Osworth and published by Hachette Book Group “Let the Moon Wobble” written by Ally Ang and published by Alice James Books “The Lilac People” written by Milo Todd and published by Counterpoint Press Book cover of Let the Moon Wobble by Ally Ang
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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jackiedwrites.bsky.social
If you’re going to #AWP26 and you want to support trans youth and you also love free drinks, save the date!
Event flyer: THE BODY POLITIC: A TRANS & NONBINARY READING & DISSUSSION Ralsing Funds For TRANS YOUTH EMERGENCY PROJECT featuring J Brooke, Kelsey L. Smoot, Jendi Reiter, Jackie Domenus FREE COCKTAILS & GREAT MUSIC! Thursday March 5, 2026, 6:00-7:30pm The Black Genius Art Show 106 N. Eutaw St. Suite 1 Baltimore, MD 21201 Trans Youth Emergency Project flyer reading: WE HELP FAMILIES OF TRANS YOUTH THROUGH THE MAZE OF ACCESSING HEALTH CARE IN THIS TIME OF CRISIS PATIENT NAVIGATION to care providers unimpacted by restrictions TRANS YOUTH EMERGENCY "PROJECT TRAVEL GRANTS to help get your family to your appointment WRAPAROUND SUPPORT with resources and resilience tools GET SUPPORT www.TransYouthEmergencyProject.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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sundresspub.bsky.social
Applications are due THIS SUNDAY for Summer 2026 residencies! This summer we have fellowships for writers of color and trans writers through the Smokelong Quarterly fellowship! Scholarships are also available! www.sundresspublications.com/safta/reside...
Residency applications due on February 1st
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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abigailravenheart.bsky.social
Two gorgeous works. "Deeply Infiltrative" and it's succinct exploration of the discrimination trans people face in the pursuit of healthcare is so loud. We fight and die seeking treatment. This line resonates, radiates:

"you know, you are not supposed to be here"

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Two Poems by Michal ‘MJ’ Jones – beestung
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January 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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"we built a new language
from dial-tones, we held
each other to our ears
& laughed & laughed"

—iris nguyễn

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One Poem by iris nguyễn – beestung
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January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
beestung.bsky.social
"we built a new language
from dial-tones, we held
each other to our ears
& laughed & laughed"

—iris nguyễn

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One Poem by iris nguyễn – beestung
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January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
PS WE ARE IN THE RED AGAIN AND WE KNOW EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING BUT WE ARE STILL HERE AND KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW THIS, SO IF YOU WANNA DONATE, HIT THE CHUFFED chuffed.org/project/crip... we gotta reimb people particularly in the UK and Canada but any currency works.
Crips for eSims for Gaza
Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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lilacperil.bsky.social
WORKSHOPS ARE BACK, BABY 🫦

Writing For Trans Justice with KB Brookins

Join us for a free, virtual workshop about how to write and pitch op-eds, and what op-eds can do for trans rights!

Register here: Writing for Trans Justice with KB Brookins www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-fo...
A graphic with a brown background and an illustrations of a large lunar moth. The text reads: LILAC PERIL PRESENTS Writing for Trans Justice: the who / what / when / where / why of writing, pitching, and landing op-eds about trans issues with KB BROOKINS a free virtual workshop Feb 21, 2026 1 - 2 PM EST A graphic with a brown background an illustration of a butterfly on a branch. The text reads: WORKSHOP TOPIC. Writing for Trans Justice: the who / what / when / where / why of writing, pitching, and landing op-eds about trans issues. We'll be going over the basics of writing and pitching opinion editorials (op-eds) and what op-eds can do for trans rights! Free, trans led, and community oriented.This will be a 1-hour time commitment.
January 26, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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haymarketbooks.org
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.

We’ve also added a list of additional recommended reading:
Free Ebooks: Abolish ICE, Abolish the Border
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice an...
www.haymarketbooks.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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beestung.bsky.social
"I was all mare, fawn, & galloped stallion

setting our fields ablaze, wild with want"

—Michal ‘MJ’ Jones

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Two Poems by Michal ‘MJ’ Jones – beestung
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January 26, 2026 at 12:49 PM
beestung.bsky.social
"I was all mare, fawn, & galloped stallion

setting our fields ablaze, wild with want"

—Michal ‘MJ’ Jones

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Two Poems by Michal ‘MJ’ Jones – beestung
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January 26, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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sundresspub.bsky.social
Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length prose manuscripts in all genres. All authors are welcome to submit manuscripts during our reading period! Submissions are free for writers of color and those who purchase a book! www.sundresspublications.com/submit#prose
January 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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bzz bzz bzz we're still looking for work for our february and may issues from two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers bzzzzzzz

we pay $20

find out more >>>>> beestungmag.com/about/
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January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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MnNEAT has created these communication tools to help nonspeakers, or those who may lose speech due to stress, invoke their rights if they are stopped by ICE. As always, please be very careful when taking something out of a bag or wallet in front of police or ICE. mnneat.wixstudio.com/mnneat/safet...
MnNEAT | Rapid ICE‑Related Safety & Community Care Resources
MnNEAT stands with our community and against ICE. This rapid‑response effort for community care provides downloadable disability access resources to support individuals during the current emergency…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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"like i said it didn’t really matter that we still hadn’t even had sex, so we undressed each other for the first time and we let the water run over us, hot and stinging our brownskin red"

—n.l. rivera

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One Poem by n.l. rivera – beestung
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October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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"i don’t want a pushcart or hugo or nebula. i don’t want a nobel or pulitzer, to write a national book. i want to be free. i want you to be free."

—Erica Rivera

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One CNF Prose Poem by Erica Rivera – beestung
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October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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"Not queer like a rainbow slapped onto a Wells Fargo debit card, gay as in let's hurl a Molotov cocktail thru the window of the bank at nightfall and kiss while we watch the glass shatter like a supernova."

—Ally Ang

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Two Poems by Ally Ang – beestung
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October 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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ziibiing.com
I added a page to the website where you can send a little love note to folks in Minnesota.

I keep getting lovely emails about how people are inspired by the resistance, but I would like to actually put these together for folks on the ground to read when they need to.
Send a Love Note — Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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billie.bookstoreromanceday.org
Giving a boost to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social who were on the front lines during the George Floyd protests & are doing the same now. They're closed to shopping today, but are in the store to hand out whistles, stickers, etc. & provide bathroom access.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM