Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧
@benjiw.bsky.social
Live/work in Birmingham, UK. Kent @ Canterbury & Goldsmiths Alum. Bright/Breezy. Books. Queer Christian. Living with cancer.🌹🏳️🌈
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Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧
@benjiw.bsky.social
· Feb 23
Donate to an amazing cause today.
Anything you can give will make a huge difference!
donate.justgiving.com
OUTpatients is the UK’s only LGBTIQ+ cancer charity. They’re proudly led by & for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer, and work hard to support and advocate for our community.
They’ve been an amazing support to me and I want them to help whoever needs it.
donate.justgiving.com/charity/OUTp...
They’ve been an amazing support to me and I want them to help whoever needs it.
donate.justgiving.com/charity/OUTp...
Good morning! Happy Monday.
March 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Good morning! Happy Monday.
Oh my goodness. My favourite Sondheim performed back back in the day is getting rescreened.
How amazing!
www.whatsonstage.com/news/sondhei...
How amazing!
www.whatsonstage.com/news/sondhei...
Sondheim's Company, with Adrian Lester, to be broadcast on BBC this month
Sondheim and Furth’s iconic musical will be shown next weekend
www.whatsonstage.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Oh my goodness. My favourite Sondheim performed back back in the day is getting rescreened.
How amazing!
www.whatsonstage.com/news/sondhei...
How amazing!
www.whatsonstage.com/news/sondhei...
Hello hello Bluesky followers.
Think of this as a safe rest point. A checkpoint you can stay for a while. You won’t lose any progress by being here.
Just think to yourself
“May I feel safe. May I feel content. May I feel strong. May I live with ease.”
Think of this as a safe rest point. A checkpoint you can stay for a while. You won’t lose any progress by being here.
Just think to yourself
“May I feel safe. May I feel content. May I feel strong. May I live with ease.”
March 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hello hello Bluesky followers.
Think of this as a safe rest point. A checkpoint you can stay for a while. You won’t lose any progress by being here.
Just think to yourself
“May I feel safe. May I feel content. May I feel strong. May I live with ease.”
Think of this as a safe rest point. A checkpoint you can stay for a while. You won’t lose any progress by being here.
Just think to yourself
“May I feel safe. May I feel content. May I feel strong. May I live with ease.”
Reposted by Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧
On the radio this weekend: David Sedaris, Tig Notaro, Ryan Knighton, and the late David Rakoff in his final performance on the show.
Invisible Made Visible - This American Life
David Sedaris, Tig Notaro, Ryan Knighton, and the late David Rakoff, in his final performance on the show.
www.thisamericanlife.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
On the radio this weekend: David Sedaris, Tig Notaro, Ryan Knighton, and the late David Rakoff in his final performance on the show.
@overstatedpathos.bsky.social thanks for sharing the post
March 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
@overstatedpathos.bsky.social thanks for sharing the post
@noshayminthat.bsky.social Thanks for sharing. 💙
March 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
@noshayminthat.bsky.social Thanks for sharing. 💙
Absolutely bowled over. My cancer portrait has raised over £3,000! 😭 Words can't express my gratitude. To everyone who donated, shared, or simply offered kind words, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This means the world.
gofund.me/36d2da2a
gofund.me/36d2da2a
Donate to Benji’s Big Brummie (Blue)Print, organised by Liz Garlinge
Hello, we are Ruth Harvey and Liz Garlinge, two admirers of the man, the legend, la gran… Liz Garlinge needs your support for Benji’s Big Brummie (Blue)Print
gofund.me
March 21, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Absolutely bowled over. My cancer portrait has raised over £3,000! 😭 Words can't express my gratitude. To everyone who donated, shared, or simply offered kind words, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This means the world.
gofund.me/36d2da2a
gofund.me/36d2da2a
Reposted by Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧
Anal Cancer Awareness Day. March 21st 2025.
It's time to Talk, Share and Raise Awareness
Anal Cancer Awareness Day is the official day to raise awareness of anal cancer around the world.
It's time to Talk, Share and Raise Awareness
Anal Cancer Awareness Day is the official day to raise awareness of anal cancer around the world.
March 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Anal Cancer Awareness Day. March 21st 2025.
It's time to Talk, Share and Raise Awareness
Anal Cancer Awareness Day is the official day to raise awareness of anal cancer around the world.
It's time to Talk, Share and Raise Awareness
Anal Cancer Awareness Day is the official day to raise awareness of anal cancer around the world.
Reposted by Benji W 🏳️🌈🇬🇧
GUINNESS RECORD!
Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller The Mousetrap celebrates its 30,000th performance in the West End today. The genre-defining murder mystery opened in 1952 and continues to enthral audiences more than 70 years on.
Congratulations!
Post: International Agatha Christie Festival
Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller The Mousetrap celebrates its 30,000th performance in the West End today. The genre-defining murder mystery opened in 1952 and continues to enthral audiences more than 70 years on.
Congratulations!
Post: International Agatha Christie Festival
March 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
GUINNESS RECORD!
Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller The Mousetrap celebrates its 30,000th performance in the West End today. The genre-defining murder mystery opened in 1952 and continues to enthral audiences more than 70 years on.
Congratulations!
Post: International Agatha Christie Festival
Agatha Christie’s iconic thriller The Mousetrap celebrates its 30,000th performance in the West End today. The genre-defining murder mystery opened in 1952 and continues to enthral audiences more than 70 years on.
Congratulations!
Post: International Agatha Christie Festival
Good morning. I was hoping for something of a lie in… body clearly has something else in mind. Slept well but shifted due to meds yesterday. Yesterday was good but anyone that saw me said how tired I looked.
March 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good morning. I was hoping for something of a lie in… body clearly has something else in mind. Slept well but shifted due to meds yesterday. Yesterday was good but anyone that saw me said how tired I looked.
#NowPlaying A Kiss At The End of the Rainbow - Mitch & Mickey. (Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara)
music.apple.com/gb/album/a-k...
music.apple.com/gb/album/a-k...
A Kiss At the End of the Rainbow by Mitch & Mickey on Apple Music
Song · 2003 · Duration 2:31
music.apple.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
#NowPlaying A Kiss At The End of the Rainbow - Mitch & Mickey. (Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara)
music.apple.com/gb/album/a-k...
music.apple.com/gb/album/a-k...
I know I’m linking to Amazon and they’re a Big Bad..
They have a clutch of Octavia E Butler novels as part of their Kindle Daily Deal offers.
Having to resist but it’s making my fingers itch.
www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encoding...
They have a clutch of Octavia E Butler novels as part of their Kindle Daily Deal offers.
Having to resist but it’s making my fingers itch.
www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encoding...
Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Daily Deals: Kindle Store
Online shopping for Kindle Daily Deals from a great selection at Kindle Store Store.
www.amazon.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I know I’m linking to Amazon and they’re a Big Bad..
They have a clutch of Octavia E Butler novels as part of their Kindle Daily Deal offers.
Having to resist but it’s making my fingers itch.
www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encoding...
They have a clutch of Octavia E Butler novels as part of their Kindle Daily Deal offers.
Having to resist but it’s making my fingers itch.
www.amazon.co.uk/b/?_encoding...
A few years ago I participated in an auction & bought a unique poster for The Erpingham Camp by Joe Orton from Leonie Orton (Joe's sister). It’s a priceless piece of queer history that I get to enjoy.
Arranging with the Orton Archive to pass the poster over on a long term/permanent loan.
Arranging with the Orton Archive to pass the poster over on a long term/permanent loan.
March 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A few years ago I participated in an auction & bought a unique poster for The Erpingham Camp by Joe Orton from Leonie Orton (Joe's sister). It’s a priceless piece of queer history that I get to enjoy.
Arranging with the Orton Archive to pass the poster over on a long term/permanent loan.
Arranging with the Orton Archive to pass the poster over on a long term/permanent loan.
Oops! by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Apple Music
Song · 2017 · Duration 3:11
music.apple.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Drop a picture of yourself and turn it B&W
March 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Drop a picture of yourself and turn it B&W
Popped my feet up, got some grapes to nibble, got a book about Julian of Norwich to finish.
Restful evening ahead. Really looking forward to it.
Restful evening ahead. Really looking forward to it.
March 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Popped my feet up, got some grapes to nibble, got a book about Julian of Norwich to finish.
Restful evening ahead. Really looking forward to it.
Restful evening ahead. Really looking forward to it.
Tea, toast, marmalade achieved. 🍞
March 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Tea, toast, marmalade achieved. 🍞
When I first moved back to Birmingham in the early aughts I was a victim of homophobic hate crime. Spoke to the police and they were amazing. I also found the pansy project to be a gentle way to mark the location. I appreciated them adding my pansy to the map.
thepansyproject.com/locations/
thepansyproject.com/locations/
Locations
The Map The Google Map above includes every pansy planted at sites of homophobia and transphobia since the launch of The Pansy Project in 2005. City locations can be ‘searched’ in the m…
thepansyproject.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When I first moved back to Birmingham in the early aughts I was a victim of homophobic hate crime. Spoke to the police and they were amazing. I also found the pansy project to be a gentle way to mark the location. I appreciated them adding my pansy to the map.
thepansyproject.com/locations/
thepansyproject.com/locations/
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People who screenshot people on the other app here and go “LOOK HOW BAD THEIR VIEWS ARE” aren’t helping
March 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
People who screenshot people on the other app here and go “LOOK HOW BAD THEIR VIEWS ARE” aren’t helping
Book series suggestion of the day: The Murderbot sequence by Martha Wells.
I’d heard good things about the sequence of books but wasn’t prepared for the levels of snarky fun in the books. It’s a lovely blend of humour, action and heart. It’s very good.
I’d heard good things about the sequence of books but wasn’t prepared for the levels of snarky fun in the books. It’s a lovely blend of humour, action and heart. It’s very good.
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Book series suggestion of the day: The Murderbot sequence by Martha Wells.
I’d heard good things about the sequence of books but wasn’t prepared for the levels of snarky fun in the books. It’s a lovely blend of humour, action and heart. It’s very good.
I’d heard good things about the sequence of books but wasn’t prepared for the levels of snarky fun in the books. It’s a lovely blend of humour, action and heart. It’s very good.
I read: Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration
The company, launched in 2011, has been acquired by new company Boundless, after writers have been left unpaid for months
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I read: Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Good morning, slept really well last night. The little gadgets to help my mobility (and keep my independence) are bringing me peace of mind.
I appreciate the NHS so much. They’ve been a constant in my life from cradle to now. We have to preserve it, cherish it and fight hard for it.
I appreciate the NHS so much. They’ve been a constant in my life from cradle to now. We have to preserve it, cherish it and fight hard for it.
March 19, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Good morning, slept really well last night. The little gadgets to help my mobility (and keep my independence) are bringing me peace of mind.
I appreciate the NHS so much. They’ve been a constant in my life from cradle to now. We have to preserve it, cherish it and fight hard for it.
I appreciate the NHS so much. They’ve been a constant in my life from cradle to now. We have to preserve it, cherish it and fight hard for it.
My Facebook algorithm is so broken it just served me a Paris Hilton post.
I hate Facebook but it is ever so useful for what I’m doing at the moment.
I hate Facebook but it is ever so useful for what I’m doing at the moment.
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My Facebook algorithm is so broken it just served me a Paris Hilton post.
I hate Facebook but it is ever so useful for what I’m doing at the moment.
I hate Facebook but it is ever so useful for what I’m doing at the moment.
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Friends don’t let friends buy a Tesla.
March 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Friends don’t let friends buy a Tesla.