A. J. Sass
@sassinsf.com
Award-winning author, figure skater, & typewriter tinkerer
⛸️ Ana on the Edge
✈️ Ellen Outside the Lines
⛺️ Camp QUILTBAG
📚 Just Shy of Ordinary
✡️ Shabbat Is ...
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⛸️ Ana on the Edge
✈️ Ellen Outside the Lines
⛺️ Camp QUILTBAG
📚 Just Shy of Ordinary
✡️ Shabbat Is ...
rep: @thejordache.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/matokah | 📍SF + VT
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A. J. Sass
@sassinsf.com
· Sep 2
My debut picture book, SHABBAT IS ..., releases today 😊
Available where all books are sold. And here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/a-j-s...
Available where all books are sold. And here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/a-j-s...
So proud of my state's efforts to protect trans youth!
1. Good news for trans people in Vermont.
A bill was just filed that would fund private trans youth care clinics across the state.
It would be a major shield from Trump funding threats which have caused hospitals to shut their doors.
But it has to pass first.
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A bill was just filed that would fund private trans youth care clinics across the state.
It would be a major shield from Trump funding threats which have caused hospitals to shut their doors.
But it has to pass first.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Vermont Bill Would Create State Trust Fund For Private Trans Youth Care Clinics As Trump Threatens Hospital Funding
The bill would establish the Affirming Health Care Trust Fund, administered by the State Treasurer, to support clinics and providers outside the reach of federal funding threats.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
So proud of my state's efforts to protect trans youth!
I'm gonna read a boatload of queer books. And write some too.
I'm looking forward to both. Happy New Year.
I'm looking forward to both. Happy New Year.
Give yourself something to look forward to next year. Something less substantial than a resolution which can carry regret if you can't stick to it. Think of a book you want to read, a genre of music you'd like to learn more about, a curiosity to chase no matter how trivial. Keep your spark lit.
January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
I'm gonna read a boatload of queer books. And write some too.
I'm looking forward to both. Happy New Year.
I'm looking forward to both. Happy New Year.
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2025 was *brutal*, in all those personal hard to explain ways I don’t really share online.
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
2025 was *brutal*, in all those personal hard to explain ways I don’t really share online.
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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I went to bed last night thinking about the shooting at Brown University and woke up to the news about the shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. This is a sick planet.
George Carlin said it best: "Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet."
George Carlin said it best: "Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet."
At least 11 people were killed by gunmen who targeted a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Live Updates: Police Say Jewish Community Targeted in Deadly Sydney Attack
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I went to bed last night thinking about the shooting at Brown University and woke up to the news about the shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. This is a sick planet.
George Carlin said it best: "Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet."
George Carlin said it best: "Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet."
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Please consider signing this petition to stop this debate and read the comments from alumni and students at the school expressing their thoughts on why this event should not be happening at their public high school.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-w...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-w...
Sign the Petition
Stop the WHS TPUSA club from pushing bigotry into our school.
www.change.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Please consider signing this petition to stop this debate and read the comments from alumni and students at the school expressing their thoughts on why this event should not be happening at their public high school.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-w...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-w...
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A local Irvine high school's Turning Point USA club has organized a debate on “transgenderism and same sex marriage”.
Not only are people’s lives and identities not up for debate, but this is also dangerous, thinly veiled bigotry.
I have friends with queer kids at this school and I'm livid.
Not only are people’s lives and identities not up for debate, but this is also dangerous, thinly veiled bigotry.
I have friends with queer kids at this school and I'm livid.
Sign the Petition
Stop the WHS TPUSA club from pushing bigotry into our school.
www.change.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A local Irvine high school's Turning Point USA club has organized a debate on “transgenderism and same sex marriage”.
Not only are people’s lives and identities not up for debate, but this is also dangerous, thinly veiled bigotry.
I have friends with queer kids at this school and I'm livid.
Not only are people’s lives and identities not up for debate, but this is also dangerous, thinly veiled bigotry.
I have friends with queer kids at this school and I'm livid.
I've got a poem in NO BRAIN THE SAME. I'm so excited for everyone to see this special book next year!
Proofs! NO BRAIN THE SAME, the third book in our young activists series with @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social and @jbradley.bsky.social coming June 2 to a shelf near you. The poems: inspirational. The art: spectacular. 💕📚💕
#NBTS #poetry #pb #neurodivergence #edusky #librarians #teachers #allies #book
#NBTS #poetry #pb #neurodivergence #edusky #librarians #teachers #allies #book
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I've got a poem in NO BRAIN THE SAME. I'm so excited for everyone to see this special book next year!
Shabbat Is and Just Shy of Ordinary made this list!
Gift Guide: Chanukah/Hanukkah 5786
Give a loved one celebrating the Festival of Lights the joy of queer Jewish literature! Kids Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown – to the library, to the dentist, even…
Give a loved one celebrating the Festival of Lights the joy of queer Jewish literature! Kids Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown – to the library, to the dentist, even…
Gift Guide: Chanukah/Hanukkah 5786
Give a loved one celebrating the Festival of Lights the joy of queer Jewish literature! Kids Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown – to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a girl, not a boy, like everyone thought at first.
lgbtqreads.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Shabbat Is and Just Shy of Ordinary made this list!
Thanks so much for including Shabbat Is and Just Shy of Ordinary!
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thanks so much for including Shabbat Is and Just Shy of Ordinary!
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Happy news! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me made ALA Booklist’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Books for Youth list! We are honored! Congratulations to all the creators of these fantastic books! ✨ tinyurl.com/5xkyavh6 #kidlit #booksky
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy news! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me made ALA Booklist’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Books for Youth list! We are honored! Congratulations to all the creators of these fantastic books! ✨ tinyurl.com/5xkyavh6 #kidlit #booksky
Oh hey, another reason to hate this timeline - attempts to deport people INDIGENOUS to North America.
Make it make sense
Make it make sense
📍 𝐃𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐄, 𝐈𝐎𝐖𝐀:
A Native American woman was nearly deported after a jail mistakenly placed an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer on her file — despite her clear tribal identity and legal status. #AbuseofPowerWatch
A Native American woman was nearly deported after a jail mistakenly placed an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer on her file — despite her clear tribal identity and legal status. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Native American nearly deported after Polk County jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman born in Phoenix was wrongly flagged for deportation at an Iowa jail after an ICE detainer mix-up, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.
www.kcci.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh hey, another reason to hate this timeline - attempts to deport people INDIGENOUS to North America.
Make it make sense
Make it make sense
🤡 🤡 🤡
I am literally supposed to travel out of the country next week. Someone go to DC and smack these policymakers upside their heads for me pls
I am literally supposed to travel out of the country next week. Someone go to DC and smack these policymakers upside their heads for me pls
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🤡 🤡 🤡
I am literally supposed to travel out of the country next week. Someone go to DC and smack these policymakers upside their heads for me pls
I am literally supposed to travel out of the country next week. Someone go to DC and smack these policymakers upside their heads for me pls
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made a simple yet quick fan-art drawing of Millie from Just Shy of Ordinary (ㆁωㆁ)
author of the book; @sassinsf.com
#justshyofordinary #fanart #bookfanart
author of the book; @sassinsf.com
#justshyofordinary #fanart #bookfanart
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
made a simple yet quick fan-art drawing of Millie from Just Shy of Ordinary (ㆁωㆁ)
author of the book; @sassinsf.com
#justshyofordinary #fanart #bookfanart
author of the book; @sassinsf.com
#justshyofordinary #fanart #bookfanart
Aww, I love this - thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Aww, I love this - thank you!
Thanks. You’d think they’d want to focus on things that actually matter. Like the government shutdown maybe? And yet … 🫠
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanks. You’d think they’d want to focus on things that actually matter. Like the government shutdown maybe? And yet … 🫠
Ughhh. So, what, this means the passport I paid for is unusable AGAIN?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Ughhh. So, what, this means the passport I paid for is unusable AGAIN?
While saying they support inclusivity … I know the government is forcing a lot of orgs into terrible choices but compliance with discriminatory policies is still a choice you don’t have to make imo.
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
While saying they support inclusivity … I know the government is forcing a lot of orgs into terrible choices but compliance with discriminatory policies is still a choice you don’t have to make imo.
Here’s the text of the email, part 1/?
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here’s the text of the email, part 1/?