Shaun Dawson
@iamsdawson.bsky.social
She/They
🥷 Storyteller · DIY Detective · Disruptor
✊🏾 Unapologetically Black + Queer
https://linktr.ee/iamsdawson
🥷 Storyteller · DIY Detective · Disruptor
✊🏾 Unapologetically Black + Queer
https://linktr.ee/iamsdawson
Racist white people and transphobic Black people speak the same language. Both terrified of difference. Both addicted to control. Both using scripture to hide insecurity. assignedsex.substack.com/p/either-we-...
Either We All Eat or We All Starve: Why Trans Liberation Is Black Liberation
On the shared roots of white supremacy and transphobia, and the lie we inherited
assignedsex.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Racist white people and transphobic Black people speak the same language. Both terrified of difference. Both addicted to control. Both using scripture to hide insecurity. assignedsex.substack.com/p/either-we-...
I know there’s enough Black engineers, PMs, UX designers to build a TikTok alternative that stays independent. The REAL question is: Can we keep it from getting bought out? Or is capitalism just gonna capitalism?
If you’re #blackintech & interested or know someone, drop their @. #Blacksky
If you’re #blackintech & interested or know someone, drop their @. #Blacksky
January 28, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I know there’s enough Black engineers, PMs, UX designers to build a TikTok alternative that stays independent. The REAL question is: Can we keep it from getting bought out? Or is capitalism just gonna capitalism?
If you’re #blackintech & interested or know someone, drop their @. #Blacksky
If you’re #blackintech & interested or know someone, drop their @. #Blacksky
Facebook spies too, but TikTok’s algorithm tracks your face, voice, movements.
Aug 2024: they updated the policy to collect data on trans, nonbinary, and citizenship status. Most people missed it.
NOW people tied to the current admin own it.
So I had to tap out. 🤷🏾
Aug 2024: they updated the policy to collect data on trans, nonbinary, and citizenship status. Most people missed it.
NOW people tied to the current admin own it.
So I had to tap out. 🤷🏾
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Facebook spies too, but TikTok’s algorithm tracks your face, voice, movements.
Aug 2024: they updated the policy to collect data on trans, nonbinary, and citizenship status. Most people missed it.
NOW people tied to the current admin own it.
So I had to tap out. 🤷🏾
Aug 2024: they updated the policy to collect data on trans, nonbinary, and citizenship status. Most people missed it.
NOW people tied to the current admin own it.
So I had to tap out. 🤷🏾
Reposted by Shaun Dawson
The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color.
All. People. Of. Color.
All. People. Of. Color.
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color.
All. People. Of. Color.
All. People. Of. Color.
Trans joy is not an attack on you.
Trans existence is not a debate topic.
Trans life is not your moral emergency.
Trans existence is not a debate topic.
Trans life is not your moral emergency.
January 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Trans joy is not an attack on you.
Trans existence is not a debate topic.
Trans life is not your moral emergency.
Trans existence is not a debate topic.
Trans life is not your moral emergency.
5 reasons Black trans joy gets treated like a crime:
1. You’re proving their beliefs aren’t solid
2. You’re a mirror they never asked for
3. You’re revealing their real fears
4. You’re showing what control costs
5. You’re proof freedom is contagious
#lgbtq #transisbeautiful
Full piece: 👇🏾
1. You’re proving their beliefs aren’t solid
2. You’re a mirror they never asked for
3. You’re revealing their real fears
4. You’re showing what control costs
5. You’re proof freedom is contagious
#lgbtq #transisbeautiful
Full piece: 👇🏾
Trans Joy Is Not an Attack on You
Explore why trans joy threatens oppressive systems. This essay analyzes the real reasons behind transphobia and how trans liberation challenges patriarchy, control, and fear.
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
5 reasons Black trans joy gets treated like a crime:
1. You’re proving their beliefs aren’t solid
2. You’re a mirror they never asked for
3. You’re revealing their real fears
4. You’re showing what control costs
5. You’re proof freedom is contagious
#lgbtq #transisbeautiful
Full piece: 👇🏾
1. You’re proving their beliefs aren’t solid
2. You’re a mirror they never asked for
3. You’re revealing their real fears
4. You’re showing what control costs
5. You’re proof freedom is contagious
#lgbtq #transisbeautiful
Full piece: 👇🏾
This iPhone update got my ADHD brain fighting for its life.
January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This iPhone update got my ADHD brain fighting for its life.
I’m cutting back on coffee and honestly this might be my villain origin story.
January 16, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I’m cutting back on coffee and honestly this might be my villain origin story.
For everyone doing quiet, unglamorous healing in the background: what’s the title of this chapter of your life?
I’m in my “Learning to Receive” chapter and it’s real uncomfortable.
#Blacksky
I’m in my “Learning to Receive” chapter and it’s real uncomfortable.
#Blacksky
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
For everyone doing quiet, unglamorous healing in the background: what’s the title of this chapter of your life?
I’m in my “Learning to Receive” chapter and it’s real uncomfortable.
#Blacksky
I’m in my “Learning to Receive” chapter and it’s real uncomfortable.
#Blacksky
I’m dating my body with consistency, and my body is showing up with results.
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I’m dating my body with consistency, and my body is showing up with results.
If you’re a part‑time creator juggling a full‑time job, this is for you.
What’s the hardest part: coming up with ideas, being consistent, or actually pressing “post” and letting everybody see you?
#Artists
What’s the hardest part: coming up with ideas, being consistent, or actually pressing “post” and letting everybody see you?
#Artists
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
If you’re a part‑time creator juggling a full‑time job, this is for you.
What’s the hardest part: coming up with ideas, being consistent, or actually pressing “post” and letting everybody see you?
#Artists
What’s the hardest part: coming up with ideas, being consistent, or actually pressing “post” and letting everybody see you?
#Artists
Friendly Reminder: If you’re a Black, Brown, queer, trans, or disabled artist, you never really get to step outside politics. Your work either names what’s happening or helps erase it.
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Friendly Reminder: If you’re a Black, Brown, queer, trans, or disabled artist, you never really get to step outside politics. Your work either names what’s happening or helps erase it.
Intersectionality is why Black, brown, Indigenous, immigrant, Muslim, disabled, queer, trans and other marginalized communities clocked ICE as lethal years ago.
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Intersectionality is why Black, brown, Indigenous, immigrant, Muslim, disabled, queer, trans and other marginalized communities clocked ICE as lethal years ago.
Reposted by Shaun Dawson
the black diaspora hurts cuz:
it's not fair other poc can have intact cultures that couldn't be destroyed through assimilation and imperialism but black Americans had to rebuild everything only for what we make to be discarded, looked down on, and appropriated by everyone not just white people.
it's not fair other poc can have intact cultures that couldn't be destroyed through assimilation and imperialism but black Americans had to rebuild everything only for what we make to be discarded, looked down on, and appropriated by everyone not just white people.
January 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
the black diaspora hurts cuz:
it's not fair other poc can have intact cultures that couldn't be destroyed through assimilation and imperialism but black Americans had to rebuild everything only for what we make to be discarded, looked down on, and appropriated by everyone not just white people.
it's not fair other poc can have intact cultures that couldn't be destroyed through assimilation and imperialism but black Americans had to rebuild everything only for what we make to be discarded, looked down on, and appropriated by everyone not just white people.
Being Black, nonbinary, queer, neurospicy and broke isn’t a conversation starter, it’s the reason I’m exhausted.
January 9, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Being Black, nonbinary, queer, neurospicy and broke isn’t a conversation starter, it’s the reason I’m exhausted.
Reposted by Shaun Dawson
Friendly Reminder: Anti-trans and pro-Black can’t coexist. Being pro-Black includes all Black people. Yes, even the ones you pretend not to see.
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
The Nod: Black Trans Men, Recognition, and Brotherhood
What it means for Black trans men to be recognized as men. Exploring hypervisibility, belonging, and the power of simple recognition in navigating Black manhood.
assignedsex.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Friendly Reminder: Anti-trans and pro-Black can’t coexist. Being pro-Black includes all Black people. Yes, even the ones you pretend not to see.
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
Currently babysitting my mom’s new puppy. He’s a Shih Tzu chihuahua mix with a very “unique” face.
She named him “Koda” but he definitely looks more like a “Frank” to me.
#dogsky
She named him “Koda” but he definitely looks more like a “Frank” to me.
#dogsky
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Currently babysitting my mom’s new puppy. He’s a Shih Tzu chihuahua mix with a very “unique” face.
She named him “Koda” but he definitely looks more like a “Frank” to me.
#dogsky
She named him “Koda” but he definitely looks more like a “Frank” to me.
#dogsky
If you’re still “not political,” you’re fine with state violence as long as it skips you.
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
If you’re still “not political,” you’re fine with state violence as long as it skips you.
Trying to stop living in survival mode as a Black person is wild because… what do you even replace it with? If you’ve started that process, what was your first non-survival habit?
#Blacksky #mentalhealth
#Blacksky #mentalhealth
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Trying to stop living in survival mode as a Black person is wild because… what do you even replace it with? If you’ve started that process, what was your first non-survival habit?
#Blacksky #mentalhealth
#Blacksky #mentalhealth
Friendly Reminder: Anti-trans and pro-Black can’t coexist. Being pro-Black includes all Black people. Yes, even the ones you pretend not to see.
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
The Nod: Black Trans Men, Recognition, and Brotherhood
What it means for Black trans men to be recognized as men. Exploring hypervisibility, belonging, and the power of simple recognition in navigating Black manhood.
assignedsex.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Friendly Reminder: Anti-trans and pro-Black can’t coexist. Being pro-Black includes all Black people. Yes, even the ones you pretend not to see.
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
#BlackTransMen #LGBTQ #BlackSky
Reposted by Shaun Dawson
Marlon Wayans says he has a ‘natural instinct’ to protect his trans son
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Marlon Wayans says he has a 'natural instinct' to protect his trans son
Actor and comedian Marlon Wayans has said he has a "natural instinct" as a parent to protect his trans son, Kai, who he is "proud" to support.
www.thepinknews.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Marlon Wayans says he has a ‘natural instinct’ to protect his trans son
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Reposted by Shaun Dawson
So if the first book in my Black, queer, magical girl series is about the next generation of magical girls.
And the second is them stepping back and wondering why the monsters are returning.
It only makes sense that Book 3 introduces us to the original team, illustrated here by Tiana Conyers 👀👀👀
And the second is them stepping back and wondering why the monsters are returning.
It only makes sense that Book 3 introduces us to the original team, illustrated here by Tiana Conyers 👀👀👀
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
So if the first book in my Black, queer, magical girl series is about the next generation of magical girls.
And the second is them stepping back and wondering why the monsters are returning.
It only makes sense that Book 3 introduces us to the original team, illustrated here by Tiana Conyers 👀👀👀
And the second is them stepping back and wondering why the monsters are returning.
It only makes sense that Book 3 introduces us to the original team, illustrated here by Tiana Conyers 👀👀👀
Every time I reread a book, I realize the plot didn’t change, I did. Growth is rude like that.
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Every time I reread a book, I realize the plot didn’t change, I did. Growth is rude like that.