Zapphire Martyr 🏳️⚧️
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I'm a Zapphire Martyr, a broke transgender woman writing my way out of exile.
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Zapphire Martyr | Substack
I'm Zapphire Martyr, a broke trans femme writing my way out of exile. Click to read Zapphire Martyr, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.
zapphiremartyr.substack.com
🌈 hey, i'm zapphire martyr (her/she)
🖋️ i write queer fiction, trans poems, & sometimes just scream into the void in verse and stories about becoming, breaking, and surviving beautifully.
🖤 follow for lit with bite, and the occasional feral sentence
✉️ subs & words: zapphiremartyr.substack.com
🖋️ i write queer fiction, trans poems, & sometimes just scream into the void in verse and stories about becoming, breaking, and surviving beautifully.
🖤 follow for lit with bite, and the occasional feral sentence
✉️ subs & words: zapphiremartyr.substack.com
The Lie of “Finding Your Audience”
Art should always be fluid...
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February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Imagine hating a puppet.
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Imagine hating a puppet.
FUCK ICE
Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
FUCK ICE
I’m done trying to be palatable.
I wrote about trans identity, feminism, privilege, and why moderation always serves fascism.
Dig it? Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/zapphire...
I wrote about trans identity, feminism, privilege, and why moderation always serves fascism.
Dig it? Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/zapphire...
February 2, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I’m done trying to be palatable.
I wrote about trans identity, feminism, privilege, and why moderation always serves fascism.
Dig it? Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/zapphire...
I wrote about trans identity, feminism, privilege, and why moderation always serves fascism.
Dig it? Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/zapphire...
She's writing again ...
Zapphire Martyr
A glimpse of a future...
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January 19, 2026 at 8:59 AM
She's writing again ...
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People are incapable of learning from history.
Markey: ICE has become the criminals they say they are supposed to be catching
January 14, 2026 at 12:08 PM
People are incapable of learning from history.
🌈 hey, i'm zapphire martyr (her/she)
🖋️ i write queer fiction, trans poems, & sometimes just scream into the void in verse and stories about becoming, breaking, and surviving beautifully.
🖤 follow for lit with bite, and the occasional feral sentence
✉️ subs & words: zapphiremartyr.substack.com
🖋️ i write queer fiction, trans poems, & sometimes just scream into the void in verse and stories about becoming, breaking, and surviving beautifully.
🖤 follow for lit with bite, and the occasional feral sentence
✉️ subs & words: zapphiremartyr.substack.com
Zapphire Martyr | Substack
I'm Zapphire Martyr, a broke trans femme writing my way out of exile. Click to read Zapphire Martyr, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.
zapphiremartyr.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🌈 hey, i'm zapphire martyr (her/she)
🖋️ i write queer fiction, trans poems, & sometimes just scream into the void in verse and stories about becoming, breaking, and surviving beautifully.
🖤 follow for lit with bite, and the occasional feral sentence
✉️ subs & words: zapphiremartyr.substack.com
🖋️ i write queer fiction, trans poems, & sometimes just scream into the void in verse and stories about becoming, breaking, and surviving beautifully.
🖤 follow for lit with bite, and the occasional feral sentence
✉️ subs & words: zapphiremartyr.substack.com
Four months on HRT❤️ I'm loving it. It feels so great to be congruent with how I feel inside🏳️⚧️🌈🥹❤️
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Four months on HRT❤️ I'm loving it. It feels so great to be congruent with how I feel inside🏳️⚧️🌈🥹❤️
One month on HRT ❤️❤️
October 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
One month on HRT ❤️❤️
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I was just reminded that your worth is not tied to your productivity or how you best assist other people.
You have worth because you /exist/.
As it made me sour to read because anything that remotely touches on my actual feelings sparks that reaction, maybe you need the reminder, too. 😘
You have worth because you /exist/.
As it made me sour to read because anything that remotely touches on my actual feelings sparks that reaction, maybe you need the reminder, too. 😘
July 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I was just reminded that your worth is not tied to your productivity or how you best assist other people.
You have worth because you /exist/.
As it made me sour to read because anything that remotely touches on my actual feelings sparks that reaction, maybe you need the reminder, too. 😘
You have worth because you /exist/.
As it made me sour to read because anything that remotely touches on my actual feelings sparks that reaction, maybe you need the reminder, too. 😘
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My painting NORTHERN ENGLAND
July 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My painting NORTHERN ENGLAND
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Need something to read?
In the last six months, transfeminine authors have published over 108 new books to keep you busy on the beach! 🏳️⚧️📚
As always, this list is a collaborative effort, so thank you so much to all of the authors and editors who helped me put it together 🩷🩷🩷
In the last six months, transfeminine authors have published over 108 new books to keep you busy on the beach! 🏳️⚧️📚
As always, this list is a collaborative effort, so thank you so much to all of the authors and editors who helped me put it together 🩷🩷🩷
108 New Transfeminine Releases from the First Half of 2025
Every book published by a transfeminine author in Q1 and Q2 of 2025. Read a book you’ve never heard of!
thetransfemininereview.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Need something to read?
In the last six months, transfeminine authors have published over 108 new books to keep you busy on the beach! 🏳️⚧️📚
As always, this list is a collaborative effort, so thank you so much to all of the authors and editors who helped me put it together 🩷🩷🩷
In the last six months, transfeminine authors have published over 108 new books to keep you busy on the beach! 🏳️⚧️📚
As always, this list is a collaborative effort, so thank you so much to all of the authors and editors who helped me put it together 🩷🩷🩷
Just a kiss 💋💋
July 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Just a kiss 💋💋
Yaaaay my new Substack poem is finally up...
The Light-bringer
The patriarchy demonizes light...
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June 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Yaaaay my new Substack poem is finally up...
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Lesbian book stack in the lesbian pride flag colors 🌈
June 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Lesbian book stack in the lesbian pride flag colors 🌈
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Sorry I've been a bit quiet on here and Substack. Had a lot of stuff going on, events and such. Fill do some new stuff here soon😘😘
June 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Sorry I've been a bit quiet on here and Substack. Had a lot of stuff going on, events and such. Fill do some new stuff here soon😘😘
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“When people fall in love with someone's flowers, but not their roots, they don't know what to do when autumn comes.”
Source unknown. But so profound.
Source unknown. But so profound.
May 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“When people fall in love with someone's flowers, but not their roots, they don't know what to do when autumn comes.”
Source unknown. But so profound.
Source unknown. But so profound.
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You know what you call people who murder children?
People who murder children .
People who murder children .
May 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
You know what you call people who murder children?
People who murder children .
People who murder children .
Tolerance paradox, eh? 😘😘
May 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Tolerance paradox, eh? 😘😘
Getting used to the digital "pencil"
May 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Getting used to the digital "pencil"
My first try at digital painting haha got a little tablet drawing thingy today 😍
May 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My first try at digital painting haha got a little tablet drawing thingy today 😍