Faefyx Collington
@faefyx.bsky.social
Author
(They/Them)
Fiction: Mystery, Sci-fi, Fantasy
Non-fiction: LGBTQ+ issues, current affairs, and pop culture
Representation: Mark O'Brien, Azantian Literary Agency (ALA)
(They/Them)
Fiction: Mystery, Sci-fi, Fantasy
Non-fiction: LGBTQ+ issues, current affairs, and pop culture
Representation: Mark O'Brien, Azantian Literary Agency (ALA)
Reposted by Faefyx Collington
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. @lgbtqnation.com has put together this Flipboard Storyboard, with stories from @getvillarreal.bsky.social, @faefyx.bsky.social and others.
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Trans Remembrance & Awareness
Trans Day of Remembrance and Awareness Week highlight both the challenges and the resilience of trans communities. This collection brings together key reporting, personal stories, and moments of actio...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. @lgbtqnation.com has put together this Flipboard Storyboard, with stories from @getvillarreal.bsky.social, @faefyx.bsky.social and others.
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I spoke with a mother who had to take her whole family to a new country and leave their life behind so their trans daughter could grow up safely.
It's a story of the grief and difficulty around leaving, but also of the hope for the future in a new home.
Read it all through the link.
It's a story of the grief and difficulty around leaving, but also of the hope for the future in a new home.
Read it all through the link.
Grief mixed with sunshine: A trans kid & her family fled the U.S. to find hope & home in Uruguay - buff.ly/ds3rfBi
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I spoke with a mother who had to take her whole family to a new country and leave their life behind so their trans daughter could grow up safely.
It's a story of the grief and difficulty around leaving, but also of the hope for the future in a new home.
Read it all through the link.
It's a story of the grief and difficulty around leaving, but also of the hope for the future in a new home.
Read it all through the link.
The Dems won big last week. But as anti-trans candidates failed after following Trump's lead, all he cared to do was lie about the economy.
Anti-trans Republicans lost last week. Donald Trump doesn’t care. - buff.ly/IWMYndm
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Dems won big last week. But as anti-trans candidates failed after following Trump's lead, all he cared to do was lie about the economy.
The views for my runs have changed a lot since April. Those waters are high and churning. I’m sure that isn’t symbolic of anything.
(First picture: river on my run yesterday, second picture: lake on a run back in April.)
(First picture: river on my run yesterday, second picture: lake on a run back in April.)
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The views for my runs have changed a lot since April. Those waters are high and churning. I’m sure that isn’t symbolic of anything.
(First picture: river on my run yesterday, second picture: lake on a run back in April.)
(First picture: river on my run yesterday, second picture: lake on a run back in April.)
From trying for that Nobel Peace Price, to knocking down the East Wing of the White House—I have a theory that explains what Trump is doing.
Read the full thing on @lgbtqnation.com
Read the full thing on @lgbtqnation.com
Everything Donald Trump is doing makes sense – if he’s dying - buff.ly/XltvDb7
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From trying for that Nobel Peace Price, to knocking down the East Wing of the White House—I have a theory that explains what Trump is doing.
Read the full thing on @lgbtqnation.com
Read the full thing on @lgbtqnation.com
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Donald Trump’s Education Department (ED) released a new rule to deny student loan forgiveness to people who work for LGBTQ+ organizations.
November 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Donald Trump’s Education Department (ED) released a new rule to deny student loan forgiveness to people who work for LGBTQ+ organizations.
We talked about the 25th Amendment during Trump’s first term. It’s past time we talked about it again.
It’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment to protect America from Donald Trump - buff.ly/u9jjCXD
October 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We talked about the 25th Amendment during Trump’s first term. It’s past time we talked about it again.
So, this is some bullshit.
President will now force airlines to guess passengers’ genders if they have X gender markers - buff.ly/4Mjn8VW
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
So, this is some bullshit.
The Trevor Project has a new longitudinal study - the results might not be surprising, but they're important and highlight ways to help queer youth.
The 2024 election year may have made LGBTQ+ mental health worse - buff.ly/apwKVGy
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Trevor Project has a new longitudinal study - the results might not be surprising, but they're important and highlight ways to help queer youth.
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The administration is pressuring this city to drop LGBTQ+ protections. They’re trying to stop it. - buff.ly/6phPF7j
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The administration is pressuring this city to drop LGBTQ+ protections. They’re trying to stop it. - buff.ly/6phPF7j
Miss Major Griffin-Gracey fought for trans rights and prison reform and came out of retirement to fight back against an increase in anti-trans legislation.
Trans rights activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracey passes away at age 78 - buff.ly/o0KVs1l
October 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracey fought for trans rights and prison reform and came out of retirement to fight back against an increase in anti-trans legislation.
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Readers are happier than non-readers — for all we joke about ignorance being bliss, and for all keenly developed empathy will result in some very justified outrage, life is enriched by experiencing the literary arts.
Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Readers are happier than non-readers — for all we joke about ignorance being bliss, and for all keenly developed empathy will result in some very justified outrage, life is enriched by experiencing the literary arts.
Whether it's Gays Against Groomers, the Women's Liberation Front, or the LGB Alliance, there are LGB groups so desperate to hurt trans people that they are trading in their own protections to do it.
Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.
Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.
Anti-trans gay people are putting their own rights in danger in their war on trans people - buff.ly/l9JAVPt
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Whether it's Gays Against Groomers, the Women's Liberation Front, or the LGB Alliance, there are LGB groups so desperate to hurt trans people that they are trading in their own protections to do it.
Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.
Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.
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Trans people have to wait an average of 25 years for care in the UK, new report finds - buff.ly/qJTWd9c
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trans people have to wait an average of 25 years for care in the UK, new report finds - buff.ly/qJTWd9c
The attack on trans rights in the planned appropriations bill is a canary in the coal mine for impending authoritarian rule, and not enough people are talking about it.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
Republicans made government funding all about trans rights. Democrats need to speak up too. - buff.ly/WUbBYOl
October 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The attack on trans rights in the planned appropriations bill is a canary in the coal mine for impending authoritarian rule, and not enough people are talking about it.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
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Judge ends Arizona’s “irrational” policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers - buff.ly/Y9VFfRS
October 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Judge ends Arizona’s “irrational” policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers - buff.ly/Y9VFfRS
A sitting US president did this.
I really thought I was beyond being surprised by the hateful nonsense this man will get up to.
I really thought I was beyond being surprised by the hateful nonsense this man will get up to.
Donald Trump posts racist deepfake AI video to complain about Democrats’ “woke trans bulls**t” - buff.ly/D8eYC1q
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
A sitting US president did this.
I really thought I was beyond being surprised by the hateful nonsense this man will get up to.
I really thought I was beyond being surprised by the hateful nonsense this man will get up to.
If you've just tested out life without the Disney+ subscription, there's some good reasons to consider keeping things that way. Bringing Kimmel back doesn't atone for what they've done.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
Don’t reup your Disney+ & Hulu subscriptions just yet - buff.ly/HqxSzBV
September 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
If you've just tested out life without the Disney+ subscription, there's some good reasons to consider keeping things that way. Bringing Kimmel back doesn't atone for what they've done.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.
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The house opposite ours often gets deliveries from Tesco, and one of their vans has an image of a lot of strawberries on the side. My 3-year-old took to calling it "the strawberry van" so I thought "but what if...strawberry van", and here we are.
#watercolour #art #painting #illustration
#watercolour #art #painting #illustration
September 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The house opposite ours often gets deliveries from Tesco, and one of their vans has an image of a lot of strawberries on the side. My 3-year-old took to calling it "the strawberry van" so I thought "but what if...strawberry van", and here we are.
#watercolour #art #painting #illustration
#watercolour #art #painting #illustration
This was never about Charlie Kirk, it was about finding an excuse to do what Trump and his team already had planned.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com
The Trump admin was waiting for something like Charlie Kirk’s death to attack free speech rights - buff.ly/2uDgwOh
September 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This was never about Charlie Kirk, it was about finding an excuse to do what Trump and his team already had planned.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com
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This is such a good read and an important topic
Too often, trans men are left out of the conversations that we have. I set out to answer "why?"
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.
The artifice of male supremacy: Why trans men are often ignored in the debate about trans rights - buff.ly/YS8gllc
September 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is such a good read and an important topic
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“‘If people don’t know who we are, we’re never going to be safe. They will never know how to take care of our needs when we are elderly, infirm, vulnerable in any way. […] I think if people understand our bodies and who we are, we’ll be safer in the world.’”
Excellent article, @faefyx.bsky.social!
Excellent article, @faefyx.bsky.social!
The artifice of male supremacy: Why trans men are often ignored in the debate about trans rights - buff.ly/YS8gllc
August 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“‘If people don’t know who we are, we’re never going to be safe. They will never know how to take care of our needs when we are elderly, infirm, vulnerable in any way. […] I think if people understand our bodies and who we are, we’ll be safer in the world.’”
Excellent article, @faefyx.bsky.social!
Excellent article, @faefyx.bsky.social!
Too often, trans men are left out of the conversations that we have. I set out to answer "why?"
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.
The artifice of male supremacy: Why trans men are often ignored in the debate about trans rights - buff.ly/YS8gllc
August 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Too often, trans men are left out of the conversations that we have. I set out to answer "why?"
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.
“Whatever the Republican Party once stood for, it is no more. A lot of the blame for that can be laid at Trump’s door, but he was really just the final nail in the coffin. At some point, they became far more obsessed with just holding power rather than with doing anything constructive with it.”
Texas Republicans perfectly represent the death of the Republican Party - buff.ly/eWHMk8f
August 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“Whatever the Republican Party once stood for, it is no more. A lot of the blame for that can be laid at Trump’s door, but he was really just the final nail in the coffin. At some point, they became far more obsessed with just holding power rather than with doing anything constructive with it.”
Go read this book fascinating fantasy detective story.
It's the first time I saw the pronouns ze/zir in print.
It's the first time I saw the pronouns ze/zir in print.
Self-promoting video game memes GO!
I. Write. Fantasy! My novel, THE IMAGINARY CORPSE, about an ex-imaginary friend facing trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer of ideas is available along with some short fiction via the links at tyler-hayes.com/publications!
I. Write. Fantasy! My novel, THE IMAGINARY CORPSE, about an ex-imaginary friend facing trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer of ideas is available along with some short fiction via the links at tyler-hayes.com/publications!
August 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Go read this book fascinating fantasy detective story.
It's the first time I saw the pronouns ze/zir in print.
It's the first time I saw the pronouns ze/zir in print.