tom sayers
@tomatoslayers.bsky.social
she/they 🏳️⚧️, journalist & audio extrodinaire, advisory board for @transnews.network, words in slate, uncloseted media, trans news network & gay times, tomsayers.co on the web, tomatoslayers.115 on signal
The far-right are weaponizing your freedom of speech to give themselves legal permission to try and cure people of queerness. But that's not possible, nor does it need to be.
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The far-right are weaponizing your freedom of speech to give themselves legal permission to try and cure people of queerness. But that's not possible, nor does it need to be.
if you cut lily allen open she'd bleed london wtf was she ever doing in new york anyways
October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
if you cut lily allen open she'd bleed london wtf was she ever doing in new york anyways
lily allen's new album
October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
lily allen's new album
brilliant read about how american exceptionalism is the very thing that will bring american downfall
Debris from the demolition of the East Wing is scattered across the White House lawn and @ryanlcooper.com writes that this striking visual makes the stakes of what is happening clear. Trump is “literally and symbolically ripping out the core of American democracy.”
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Goodbye, White House. Hello, Trump House. - The American Prospect
It turns out that the notion of American exceptionalism actually makes the country more vulnerable to an authoritarian takeover. But it’s not too late to stop Trump’s attempt to consolidate a dictatorship.
trib.al
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
brilliant read about how american exceptionalism is the very thing that will bring american downfall
So grateful to everyone who shared and supported this fundraiser. In the first month, we’ve reported some relevant and important stories, with plenty more to come! 🏳️⚧️🩷🎉🍾
Wow--we just hit our extended goal of $20,000 for our launch fundraiser!
A huge thank you to our generous donors and supporters who have brought us to this point. This money will provide us with at least 6 months of operations and allows us to focus on hard-hitting journalism.
A huge thank you to our generous donors and supporters who have brought us to this point. This money will provide us with at least 6 months of operations and allows us to focus on hard-hitting journalism.
Please donate to our LAUNCH fundraiser here with FREE gifts! Your tax deductible donations serve a dual purpose: Keeping trans journalists out of poverty, and funding high-quality exclusive journalism the trans community needs that you won't find anywhere else.
Share it with your friends!
Share it with your friends!
August 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So grateful to everyone who shared and supported this fundraiser. In the first month, we’ve reported some relevant and important stories, with plenty more to come! 🏳️⚧️🩷🎉🍾
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Wow--we just hit our extended goal of $20,000 for our launch fundraiser!
A huge thank you to our generous donors and supporters who have brought us to this point. This money will provide us with at least 6 months of operations and allows us to focus on hard-hitting journalism.
A huge thank you to our generous donors and supporters who have brought us to this point. This money will provide us with at least 6 months of operations and allows us to focus on hard-hitting journalism.
Please donate to our LAUNCH fundraiser here with FREE gifts! Your tax deductible donations serve a dual purpose: Keeping trans journalists out of poverty, and funding high-quality exclusive journalism the trans community needs that you won't find anywhere else.
Share it with your friends!
Share it with your friends!
LAUNCH FUNDRAISER: Help fund trans journalism with a donation to Trans News Network!
"With your help, I can actually build myself a solid future - one without being left on the streets, wondering where I'm gonna sleep that night." Trans News Network , the newsroom formerly known as Ma...
transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Wow--we just hit our extended goal of $20,000 for our launch fundraiser!
A huge thank you to our generous donors and supporters who have brought us to this point. This money will provide us with at least 6 months of operations and allows us to focus on hard-hitting journalism.
A huge thank you to our generous donors and supporters who have brought us to this point. This money will provide us with at least 6 months of operations and allows us to focus on hard-hitting journalism.
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Hey y'all, do you know how often over the years I've pitched pieces about trans realities in the South and gotten nowhere?
Instead TNN paid for and supported my latest, on what we're up against in NC and all the history behind it.
If you want to see more unapologetic trans journalism, donate here.
Instead TNN paid for and supported my latest, on what we're up against in NC and all the history behind it.
If you want to see more unapologetic trans journalism, donate here.
Thank you to all of our readers for supporting Trans News Network.
We are only three days away from the end of our launch fundraiser with just over $2000 left from our goal. Help us publish more work like this one and keep trans journalists out of homelessness with a tax-deductible donation here!
We are only three days away from the end of our launch fundraiser with just over $2000 left from our goal. Help us publish more work like this one and keep trans journalists out of homelessness with a tax-deductible donation here!
LAUNCH FUNDRAISER: Help fund trans journalism with a donation to Trans News Network!
"With your help, I can actually build myself a solid future - one without being left on the streets, wondering where I'm gonna sleep that night." Trans News Network , the newsroom formerly known as Ma...
transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
August 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hey y'all, do you know how often over the years I've pitched pieces about trans realities in the South and gotten nowhere?
Instead TNN paid for and supported my latest, on what we're up against in NC and all the history behind it.
If you want to see more unapologetic trans journalism, donate here.
Instead TNN paid for and supported my latest, on what we're up against in NC and all the history behind it.
If you want to see more unapologetic trans journalism, donate here.
Ever since she was little, Kenzie knew she was queer. She also remembers dragging her feet as her mom sent her off to American Heritage Girls, a Christian extremist alternative to the Girl Scouts.
“I describe it as Girl Scouts but indoctrination," she told me.
“I describe it as Girl Scouts but indoctrination," she told me.
August 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ever since she was little, Kenzie knew she was queer. She also remembers dragging her feet as her mom sent her off to American Heritage Girls, a Christian extremist alternative to the Girl Scouts.
“I describe it as Girl Scouts but indoctrination," she told me.
“I describe it as Girl Scouts but indoctrination," she told me.
did you go to american heritage girls or trail life usa? DM me #journorequest
July 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
did you go to american heritage girls or trail life usa? DM me #journorequest
DM me with your scouting stories if you’re trans and forced into the wrong gender troop 🫶🏻
hi, i'm looking for someone who is queer or trans or both and went to american heritage girls when you were younger for a story about the strict gender roles they force upon children. i'd love to hear your story & you can remain anonymous #journorequest
July 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
DM me with your scouting stories if you’re trans and forced into the wrong gender troop 🫶🏻
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the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
Come forward if you had any bad experience as a trans person in any scouting group, actually! I need your stories for piece I’m writing #journorequest
hi, i'm looking for someone who is queer or trans or both and went to american heritage girls when you were younger for a story about the strict gender roles they force upon children. i'd love to hear your story & you can remain anonymous #journorequest
July 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Come forward if you had any bad experience as a trans person in any scouting group, actually! I need your stories for piece I’m writing #journorequest
hi, i'm looking for someone who is queer or trans or both and went to american heritage girls when you were younger for a story about the strict gender roles they force upon children. i'd love to hear your story & you can remain anonymous #journorequest
July 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
hi, i'm looking for someone who is queer or trans or both and went to american heritage girls when you were younger for a story about the strict gender roles they force upon children. i'd love to hear your story & you can remain anonymous #journorequest
also last week my sound art was part of @auntnellproduction.bsky.social's new project, The Sound of Trans Freedom which explores the archive of Press for Change, a formative lobbying group that brought about the Gender Recognition Act in the United Kingdom
Listen now 🎧🔊
Listen now 🎧🔊
The Sound of Trans Freedom
Content Warning: Please note this piece includes stories of transphobia and explicit language.
The Sound of Trans Freedom, produced by Tash Walker for Aunt Nell, is an audio journey of four trans so
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July 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
also last week my sound art was part of @auntnellproduction.bsky.social's new project, The Sound of Trans Freedom which explores the archive of Press for Change, a formative lobbying group that brought about the Gender Recognition Act in the United Kingdom
Listen now 🎧🔊
Listen now 🎧🔊
ICYMI last week I sat down with Rep. Seth Moulton's new competitor @beth4ma.bsky.social for @transnews.network in MA to talk grassroots campaigns, Dem support for trans rights and Palestine, and the fact that America could have nice things
‘Absolutely Not’: Rep. Moulton’s Trans Primary Opponent Defies Dems on Trans Rights, Palestine and more, in Exclusive Interview
Bethany Andres-Beck is directly challenging an anti-trans incumbent in a deep blue Massachusetts seat, and hopes to channel grassroots energy against party leadership to show that voters support trans...
transnews.network
July 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
ICYMI last week I sat down with Rep. Seth Moulton's new competitor @beth4ma.bsky.social for @transnews.network in MA to talk grassroots campaigns, Dem support for trans rights and Palestine, and the fact that America could have nice things
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from the river to sea, palestine will be free
July 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
from the river to sea, palestine will be free
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Several anti-trans bills with sweeping implications are moving through Congress rapidly, with provisions that would fully ban gender affirming care for undocumented immigrants, federal workers, and more.
Written by @thefreeradical.org, edited by @madycast.com & @davidforbes.bsky.social
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Written by @thefreeradical.org, edited by @madycast.com & @davidforbes.bsky.social
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The Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills Moving Through Congress No One’s Talking About
Republicans are jamming in dozens of anti-trans measures across a series of government funding bills. Few Democrats have spoken out against them. The failure of Democrats, the press and Gay Inc organi...
transnews.network
July 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Several anti-trans bills with sweeping implications are moving through Congress rapidly, with provisions that would fully ban gender affirming care for undocumented immigrants, federal workers, and more.
Written by @thefreeradical.org, edited by @madycast.com & @davidforbes.bsky.social
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Written by @thefreeradical.org, edited by @madycast.com & @davidforbes.bsky.social
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So cool to sit down with @beth4ma.bsky.social this week talking Dem support for trans rights and what America could have AND bag the first story for @transnews.network under the new name all in one week!
Read the story and full interview below 👇🏻
Read the story and full interview below 👇🏻
NEW: In our first article post-relaunch, we interview Seth Moulton's trans primary challenger, Bethany Andres-Beck.
Andres-Beck told us they see connections between trans and Palestinian liberation, and disagrees that trans rights cost Democrats the 2025 election.
transnews.network/p/moultons-t...
Andres-Beck told us they see connections between trans and Palestinian liberation, and disagrees that trans rights cost Democrats the 2025 election.
transnews.network/p/moultons-t...
‘Absolutely Not’: Rep. Moulton’s Trans Primary Opponent Defies Dems on Trans Rights, Palestine and more, in Exclusive Interview
Bethany Andres-Beck is directly challenging an anti-trans incumbent in a deep blue Massachusetts seat, and hopes to channel grassroots energy against party leadership to show that voters support trans...
transnews.network
July 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So cool to sit down with @beth4ma.bsky.social this week talking Dem support for trans rights and what America could have AND bag the first story for @transnews.network under the new name all in one week!
Read the story and full interview below 👇🏻
Read the story and full interview below 👇🏻
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madycast.com is dead, long live the TRANS NEWS NETWORK!!!
This effort and relaunch has taken months of collective effort to prepare for and put together. We really appreciate your support!!!!
Thank you so much for getting us this far.
This effort and relaunch has taken months of collective effort to prepare for and put together. We really appreciate your support!!!!
Thank you so much for getting us this far.
ANNOUNCEMENT: MadyCast News is now the Trans News Network, a non-profit worker-run newsroom under our 501c(3) host, Community Partners.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
MadyCast News Relaunches as Trans News Network, a Worker-Run Nonprofit Newsroom
MadyCast News is relaunching as the Trans News Network, a worker-run nonprofit newsroom under Community Partners, and leaving Substack for Beehiiv
transnews.network
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
madycast.com is dead, long live the TRANS NEWS NETWORK!!!
This effort and relaunch has taken months of collective effort to prepare for and put together. We really appreciate your support!!!!
Thank you so much for getting us this far.
This effort and relaunch has taken months of collective effort to prepare for and put together. We really appreciate your support!!!!
Thank you so much for getting us this far.
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Please donate to our LAUNCH fundraiser here with FREE gifts! Your tax deductible donations serve a dual purpose: Keeping trans journalists out of poverty, and funding high-quality exclusive journalism the trans community needs that you won't find anywhere else.
Share it with your friends!
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LAUNCH FUNDRAISER: Help fund trans journalism with a donation to Trans News Network!
"With your help, I can actually build myself a solid future - one without being left on the streets, wondering where I'm gonna sleep that night." Trans News Network , the newsroom formerly known as Ma...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Please donate to our LAUNCH fundraiser here with FREE gifts! Your tax deductible donations serve a dual purpose: Keeping trans journalists out of poverty, and funding high-quality exclusive journalism the trans community needs that you won't find anywhere else.
Share it with your friends!
Share it with your friends!
Reposted by tom sayers
ANNOUNCEMENT: MadyCast News is now the Trans News Network, a non-profit worker-run newsroom under our 501c(3) host, Community Partners.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
MadyCast News Relaunches as Trans News Network, a Worker-Run Nonprofit Newsroom
MadyCast News is relaunching as the Trans News Network, a worker-run nonprofit newsroom under Community Partners, and leaving Substack for Beehiiv
transnews.network
July 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT: MadyCast News is now the Trans News Network, a non-profit worker-run newsroom under our 501c(3) host, Community Partners.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
and fund trans journalism
Please donate to our LAUNCH fundraiser here with FREE gifts! Your tax deductible donations serve a dual purpose: Keeping trans journalists out of poverty, and funding high-quality exclusive journalism the trans community needs that you won't find anywhere else.
Share it with your friends!
Share it with your friends!
LAUNCH FUNDRAISER: Help fund trans journalism with a donation to Trans News Network!
"With your help, I can actually build myself a solid future - one without being left on the streets, wondering where I'm gonna sleep that night." Trans News Network , the newsroom formerly known as Ma...
transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
and fund trans journalism
support trans journalism
ANNOUNCEMENT: MadyCast News is now the Trans News Network, a non-profit worker-run newsroom under our 501c(3) host, Community Partners.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
The need for trans journalism that is unapologetic, hard-hitting, radical and high quality is greater than ever.
We need your help to do it.
MadyCast News Relaunches as Trans News Network, a Worker-Run Nonprofit Newsroom
MadyCast News is relaunching as the Trans News Network, a worker-run nonprofit newsroom under Community Partners, and leaving Substack for Beehiiv
transnews.network
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
support trans journalism
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Hey y'all, please support our comrades @transnews.network (including Blade co-op editor @davidforbes.bsky.social) launching a worker-run newsroom that's focused on unapologetic trans journalism.
Please donate to our LAUNCH fundraiser here with FREE gifts! Your tax deductible donations serve a dual purpose: Keeping trans journalists out of poverty, and funding high-quality exclusive journalism the trans community needs that you won't find anywhere else.
Share it with your friends!
Share it with your friends!
LAUNCH FUNDRAISER: Help fund trans journalism with a donation to Trans News Network!
"With your help, I can actually build myself a solid future - one without being left on the streets, wondering where I'm gonna sleep that night." Trans News Network , the newsroom formerly known as Ma...
transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hey y'all, please support our comrades @transnews.network (including Blade co-op editor @davidforbes.bsky.social) launching a worker-run newsroom that's focused on unapologetic trans journalism.
Over the last year, Apple, Alphabet, Netflix, JPMorganChase, PayPal, Costco, Goldman Sachs, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, Kroger and Coca-Cola have all received proposals to review or report on DEI policies, cut connections with LGBTQ advocacy organizations or cease DEI efforts altogether
June 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Over the last year, Apple, Alphabet, Netflix, JPMorganChase, PayPal, Costco, Goldman Sachs, Berkshire Hathaway, Walmart, Kroger and Coca-Cola have all received proposals to review or report on DEI policies, cut connections with LGBTQ advocacy organizations or cease DEI efforts altogether