Riley BQ
@rileybq.bsky.social
(they/them)
Disabled artist and storyteller
Proudly 🏳️🌈Queer & Trans🏳️⚧️
📍Moh’kinsstis (Calgary)
Disabled artist and storyteller
Proudly 🏳️🌈Queer & Trans🏳️⚧️
📍Moh’kinsstis (Calgary)
So Carney is not as leftist as I’d like but watching Canadians unite around his campaign is bringing me hope
I like how he stands up to Trump. I like the new housing plan. And I looove hearing from older voters that they’re going to vote lib instead of con for the first time 🙌🏻
#canadapoli
I like how he stands up to Trump. I like the new housing plan. And I looove hearing from older voters that they’re going to vote lib instead of con for the first time 🙌🏻
#canadapoli
April 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So Carney is not as leftist as I’d like but watching Canadians unite around his campaign is bringing me hope
I like how he stands up to Trump. I like the new housing plan. And I looove hearing from older voters that they’re going to vote lib instead of con for the first time 🙌🏻
#canadapoli
I like how he stands up to Trump. I like the new housing plan. And I looove hearing from older voters that they’re going to vote lib instead of con for the first time 🙌🏻
#canadapoli
Trans pride today, trans pride tomorrow, trans pride forever!
We’re not going anywhere ✊🏻🏳️⚧️
#transrightsarehumanrights
#queerart
We’re not going anywhere ✊🏻🏳️⚧️
#transrightsarehumanrights
#queerart
March 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Trans pride today, trans pride tomorrow, trans pride forever!
We’re not going anywhere ✊🏻🏳️⚧️
#transrightsarehumanrights
#queerart
We’re not going anywhere ✊🏻🏳️⚧️
#transrightsarehumanrights
#queerart
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An MLK jr. quote from yesterday. Good reading for right now if anyone needs it
January 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
An MLK jr. quote from yesterday. Good reading for right now if anyone needs it
Reposted by Riley BQ
Hey a great way to start organzing and protect your community is to wear an N95 or better as were in a "quademic." No one is saving you if you become disabled. Community organizing regularly leaves disabled people for dead. Actively pursue anti-ableist organaizing.
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Hey a great way to start organzing and protect your community is to wear an N95 or better as were in a "quademic." No one is saving you if you become disabled. Community organizing regularly leaves disabled people for dead. Actively pursue anti-ableist organaizing.
Sometimes looking at the devastation that capitalism, colonialism, and Christian nationalism (among other things) have caused, it feels like #climategrief and despair might swallow me whole.
Holding on to the quote-
Holding on to the quote-
January 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Sometimes looking at the devastation that capitalism, colonialism, and Christian nationalism (among other things) have caused, it feels like #climategrief and despair might swallow me whole.
Holding on to the quote-
Holding on to the quote-
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What’s it called when you are racist against robots
January 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
What’s it called when you are racist against robots
Every now and then I say something to my husband like “California’s on fire again”
And it feels like the opening scene of an apocalypse movie where the unaware family keeps going about their daily life not clocking that the world is slowly ending
And it feels like the opening scene of an apocalypse movie where the unaware family keeps going about their daily life not clocking that the world is slowly ending
January 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Every now and then I say something to my husband like “California’s on fire again”
And it feels like the opening scene of an apocalypse movie where the unaware family keeps going about their daily life not clocking that the world is slowly ending
And it feels like the opening scene of an apocalypse movie where the unaware family keeps going about their daily life not clocking that the world is slowly ending
All I want is a smart watch app designed for disability 🙏🏻
I recently got a Garmin watch and can’t figure out how to set it up to meet my needs.
My goals change based on how I’m doing that day- step goals, what is a “high” heart rate, etc
I really need different settings for different days!
I recently got a Garmin watch and can’t figure out how to set it up to meet my needs.
My goals change based on how I’m doing that day- step goals, what is a “high” heart rate, etc
I really need different settings for different days!
January 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All I want is a smart watch app designed for disability 🙏🏻
I recently got a Garmin watch and can’t figure out how to set it up to meet my needs.
My goals change based on how I’m doing that day- step goals, what is a “high” heart rate, etc
I really need different settings for different days!
I recently got a Garmin watch and can’t figure out how to set it up to meet my needs.
My goals change based on how I’m doing that day- step goals, what is a “high” heart rate, etc
I really need different settings for different days!
Update- they did not. I *officially* have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos
Today I’m finally seeing the specialist who can diagnose my #hypermobility as a disorder
I’m expecting to be diagnosed with hEDS but maybe they’ll surprise me with something fun and fresh lol
I’m expecting to be diagnosed with hEDS but maybe they’ll surprise me with something fun and fresh lol
December 24, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Update- they did not. I *officially* have hypermobile Ehlers Danlos
Today I’m finally seeing the specialist who can diagnose my #hypermobility as a disorder
I’m expecting to be diagnosed with hEDS but maybe they’ll surprise me with something fun and fresh lol
I’m expecting to be diagnosed with hEDS but maybe they’ll surprise me with something fun and fresh lol
December 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Today I’m finally seeing the specialist who can diagnose my #hypermobility as a disorder
I’m expecting to be diagnosed with hEDS but maybe they’ll surprise me with something fun and fresh lol
I’m expecting to be diagnosed with hEDS but maybe they’ll surprise me with something fun and fresh lol
Sometimes a person is a good person but they’re still ableist
Sometimes they’re actively, intentionally ableist. But other times, they just haven’t done the work to unpack internalized ableism
They’re not TRYING to hurt you. But it’s ok if the microagressions still hurt
#disabilty
Sometimes they’re actively, intentionally ableist. But other times, they just haven’t done the work to unpack internalized ableism
They’re not TRYING to hurt you. But it’s ok if the microagressions still hurt
#disabilty
December 19, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Sometimes a person is a good person but they’re still ableist
Sometimes they’re actively, intentionally ableist. But other times, they just haven’t done the work to unpack internalized ableism
They’re not TRYING to hurt you. But it’s ok if the microagressions still hurt
#disabilty
Sometimes they’re actively, intentionally ableist. But other times, they just haven’t done the work to unpack internalized ableism
They’re not TRYING to hurt you. But it’s ok if the microagressions still hurt
#disabilty
Downtown businesses having codes to get into the washroom is just another form of hostile architecture that targets unhoused folks… right?
That’s what it seems like to me
That’s what it seems like to me
December 2, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Downtown businesses having codes to get into the washroom is just another form of hostile architecture that targets unhoused folks… right?
That’s what it seems like to me
That’s what it seems like to me
I had top surgery 2 years ago and recently looked back at pictures of me at 18/19 years old
It is so so clear to me how unhappy and dissociated I was before coming out and transitioning
The joy and self love I have now was worth every moment of rejection
#transgender #topsurgery
It is so so clear to me how unhappy and dissociated I was before coming out and transitioning
The joy and self love I have now was worth every moment of rejection
#transgender #topsurgery
December 2, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I had top surgery 2 years ago and recently looked back at pictures of me at 18/19 years old
It is so so clear to me how unhappy and dissociated I was before coming out and transitioning
The joy and self love I have now was worth every moment of rejection
#transgender #topsurgery
It is so so clear to me how unhappy and dissociated I was before coming out and transitioning
The joy and self love I have now was worth every moment of rejection
#transgender #topsurgery
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Canadian assisted dying laws would be a lot more progressive if it wasn't being largely used as an alternative to being crushed by poverty and societal indiference by those who are too disabled to pay the tithe at the altar of capitalis.
One of reasons I fear slippery slope into eugenics with assisted dying policies is how little outrage there is when disabled people are harmed
When DNRs are put on us without consent. When - like Stephanie Lavoie - we’re denied the care we need to survive & do MAiD instead
No one speaks up for us
When DNRs are put on us without consent. When - like Stephanie Lavoie - we’re denied the care we need to survive & do MAiD instead
No one speaks up for us
December 2, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Canadian assisted dying laws would be a lot more progressive if it wasn't being largely used as an alternative to being crushed by poverty and societal indiference by those who are too disabled to pay the tithe at the altar of capitalis.
Group therapy for #adhd where the facilitators also have adhd has been so so cool
It actually feels like a non judgemental, supportive space
I truly think that lived experience is a huge asset for therapists and other mental health professionals
It actually feels like a non judgemental, supportive space
I truly think that lived experience is a huge asset for therapists and other mental health professionals
November 26, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Group therapy for #adhd where the facilitators also have adhd has been so so cool
It actually feels like a non judgemental, supportive space
I truly think that lived experience is a huge asset for therapists and other mental health professionals
It actually feels like a non judgemental, supportive space
I truly think that lived experience is a huge asset for therapists and other mental health professionals
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The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.
November 25, 2024 at 10:16 PM
The road to the Handmaid’s Tale world is lined with smiling people telling you to stop overreacting.
It’s beginning to feel a lot like time to get into fascist fighting shape 👊🏻
I’ve struggled with consistent exercise since leaving college sports but I am not in protesting/punching n@zis condition
Time to enter my fitness bro era 🏋️
#transrightsarehumanrights #fightthesystem #leftist
I’ve struggled with consistent exercise since leaving college sports but I am not in protesting/punching n@zis condition
Time to enter my fitness bro era 🏋️
#transrightsarehumanrights #fightthesystem #leftist
November 24, 2024 at 6:21 PM
It’s beginning to feel a lot like time to get into fascist fighting shape 👊🏻
I’ve struggled with consistent exercise since leaving college sports but I am not in protesting/punching n@zis condition
Time to enter my fitness bro era 🏋️
#transrightsarehumanrights #fightthesystem #leftist
I’ve struggled with consistent exercise since leaving college sports but I am not in protesting/punching n@zis condition
Time to enter my fitness bro era 🏋️
#transrightsarehumanrights #fightthesystem #leftist
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This is me today and I'm not having a good time guys ☹️ #Chronicillness #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #migraine
November 21, 2024 at 3:05 PM
This is me today and I'm not having a good time guys ☹️ #Chronicillness #chronicpain #fibromyalgia #migraine
Today (or yesterday I guess) was my 2nd chest-iversary
I am so thankful that I had top surgery. I have never ever regretted it
An incomplete list of things I love since surgery:
-white tshirts
-sunbathing
-swimming
-dancing
-tight hugs
-laying on my stomach
-being alive
10/10 recommend 💕🏳️⚧️
I am so thankful that I had top surgery. I have never ever regretted it
An incomplete list of things I love since surgery:
-white tshirts
-sunbathing
-swimming
-dancing
-tight hugs
-laying on my stomach
-being alive
10/10 recommend 💕🏳️⚧️
November 23, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Today (or yesterday I guess) was my 2nd chest-iversary
I am so thankful that I had top surgery. I have never ever regretted it
An incomplete list of things I love since surgery:
-white tshirts
-sunbathing
-swimming
-dancing
-tight hugs
-laying on my stomach
-being alive
10/10 recommend 💕🏳️⚧️
I am so thankful that I had top surgery. I have never ever regretted it
An incomplete list of things I love since surgery:
-white tshirts
-sunbathing
-swimming
-dancing
-tight hugs
-laying on my stomach
-being alive
10/10 recommend 💕🏳️⚧️
A poem for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 21, 2024 at 5:38 AM
A poem for Trans Day of Remembrance
A simple but life changing shift for me was to ask myself “why do I have to do it that way?”
As someone with #adhd there are tons of tasks I struggle to do. But turns out sometimes it’s the specific way of doing that task that I can’t do, not the task itself
For example:
🧵1/4
As someone with #adhd there are tons of tasks I struggle to do. But turns out sometimes it’s the specific way of doing that task that I can’t do, not the task itself
For example:
🧵1/4
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
A simple but life changing shift for me was to ask myself “why do I have to do it that way?”
As someone with #adhd there are tons of tasks I struggle to do. But turns out sometimes it’s the specific way of doing that task that I can’t do, not the task itself
For example:
🧵1/4
As someone with #adhd there are tons of tasks I struggle to do. But turns out sometimes it’s the specific way of doing that task that I can’t do, not the task itself
For example:
🧵1/4
A gay little Christmas card for your consideration!
I had a lot of fun with this one
#queer #queerart #christmas
I had a lot of fun with this one
#queer #queerart #christmas
November 18, 2024 at 9:22 PM
A gay little Christmas card for your consideration!
I had a lot of fun with this one
#queer #queerart #christmas
I had a lot of fun with this one
#queer #queerart #christmas
Lately the worst part of my #adhd is time blindness. I just can’t seem to stop
-accidentally taking on more things than I have time for
-procrastinating bc I have no clue how long tasks actually take
-scrambling and panicking last minute
-being furious with myself for repeating the cycle 🤡
-accidentally taking on more things than I have time for
-procrastinating bc I have no clue how long tasks actually take
-scrambling and panicking last minute
-being furious with myself for repeating the cycle 🤡
November 17, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Lately the worst part of my #adhd is time blindness. I just can’t seem to stop
-accidentally taking on more things than I have time for
-procrastinating bc I have no clue how long tasks actually take
-scrambling and panicking last minute
-being furious with myself for repeating the cycle 🤡
-accidentally taking on more things than I have time for
-procrastinating bc I have no clue how long tasks actually take
-scrambling and panicking last minute
-being furious with myself for repeating the cycle 🤡
The Inglewood Bird Sanctuary is one of my favourite places in Calgary.
At this time of year I love the stillness of autumn, the busy muskrats, Northern Flicker calls and friendly chickadees 🪶
It feels easier to breathe when I’m immersed in nature
#yyc #calgary #nature #birding
At this time of year I love the stillness of autumn, the busy muskrats, Northern Flicker calls and friendly chickadees 🪶
It feels easier to breathe when I’m immersed in nature
#yyc #calgary #nature #birding
November 15, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Therapist: *reminding me that healthy time management will help me enjoy my weekend*
Me, 24 hours later: *fighting for my life to avoid the one brief, necessary task that would allow me to relax*
Me, 24 hours later: *fighting for my life to avoid the one brief, necessary task that would allow me to relax*
November 15, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Therapist: *reminding me that healthy time management will help me enjoy my weekend*
Me, 24 hours later: *fighting for my life to avoid the one brief, necessary task that would allow me to relax*
Me, 24 hours later: *fighting for my life to avoid the one brief, necessary task that would allow me to relax*