Abigail Lilith Ravenheart
@abigailravenheart.bsky.social
Queer Transfemme Poet (she/her) | Horror Enthusiast | Atheist Hedonist | Kink-positivity Advocate | Quite literally, a dog in the flesh of a woman carved from the flesh of a man | All opinions expressed are solely my own and not reflective of my employer
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I am so very honored to be a contributor in this collection. fwp puts out some of the best in queer writing and it's an incredible feeling to have my work included in this. Expect some commentary on my favorite pieces from my co-contributors soon. 🖤
I still remember the first dress I ever wore. I would give anything to see it again, to hold it, to just remember how much it meant to me then. I've never seen another one exactly like it. The style is probably a little dated now (it was 30 years ago). But I remember the dress clear as day, forever.
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I still remember the first dress I ever wore. I would give anything to see it again, to hold it, to just remember how much it meant to me then. I've never seen another one exactly like it. The style is probably a little dated now (it was 30 years ago). But I remember the dress clear as day, forever.
I'm disgusted that hatred against polyamory has hit the point of being trendy. Similar to how trans identity has been weaponized, visibility without protection is dangerous.
I would think, unfortunately, that legal protections are unlikely under existing laws due to a historical hated of polygamy.
I would think, unfortunately, that legal protections are unlikely under existing laws due to a historical hated of polygamy.
December 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm disgusted that hatred against polyamory has hit the point of being trendy. Similar to how trans identity has been weaponized, visibility without protection is dangerous.
I would think, unfortunately, that legal protections are unlikely under existing laws due to a historical hated of polygamy.
I would think, unfortunately, that legal protections are unlikely under existing laws due to a historical hated of polygamy.
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🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful.
I love you all today as well♡
"We spend ourselves nightly
& wake still gleaming"
This piece by @jonikt.bsky.social hits all the right notes. Possibly the most effervescent work in this anthology, I've been rereading this one frequently for a shot of motivation. It makes me wanna dance!
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
& wake still gleaming"
This piece by @jonikt.bsky.social hits all the right notes. Possibly the most effervescent work in this anthology, I've been rereading this one frequently for a shot of motivation. It makes me wanna dance!
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
LOW FUNDS, BUT WE RICH — Joni K. Thomas — fifth wheel press
Joni Thomas is a poet and photographer based in Richmond, Virginia. Her work has appeared in Transfixmagazine and Anarkiss , exploring themes of transness, roots, and reclamation. Through both poe...
fifthwheelpress.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"We spend ourselves nightly
& wake still gleaming"
This piece by @jonikt.bsky.social hits all the right notes. Possibly the most effervescent work in this anthology, I've been rereading this one frequently for a shot of motivation. It makes me wanna dance!
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
& wake still gleaming"
This piece by @jonikt.bsky.social hits all the right notes. Possibly the most effervescent work in this anthology, I've been rereading this one frequently for a shot of motivation. It makes me wanna dance!
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
Poems like this really scratch a particular itch for me. Something about this intimately detailed recounting of a particular moment, whether real or imagined, is almost like slice of life anime; the daily mundane becomes wistfully beautiful when spoken aloud.
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
psalm 78:25 — Sawyer Katz — fifth wheel press
Sawyer Katz (he/him) is a queer writer, poet, and egg and cheese bagel enthusiast based in Northern Virginia. He has been a featured speaker at his university's Trans and Nonbinary Author Series twic...
fifthwheelpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Poems like this really scratch a particular itch for me. Something about this intimately detailed recounting of a particular moment, whether real or imagined, is almost like slice of life anime; the daily mundane becomes wistfully beautiful when spoken aloud.
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
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We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
We're watching the wholesale burning of every scrap of dignity afforded to trans people in the UK, their rights, their medical services, their employment, their place within society, their bodily functions.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
It is a disgrace, and a disgusting stain on the government and media of this country.
Supporting poetry in print is so crucial, and I cannot recommend fifth wheel press enough for their support of the queer writing community.
There are short reviews of several of the works in this on my page for the curious. tl;dr - absolutely worth it.
Bonus: I'm featured in it too. :3
There are short reviews of several of the works in this on my page for the curious. tl;dr - absolutely worth it.
Bonus: I'm featured in it too. :3
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Supporting poetry in print is so crucial, and I cannot recommend fifth wheel press enough for their support of the queer writing community.
There are short reviews of several of the works in this on my page for the curious. tl;dr - absolutely worth it.
Bonus: I'm featured in it too. :3
There are short reviews of several of the works in this on my page for the curious. tl;dr - absolutely worth it.
Bonus: I'm featured in it too. :3
Imagine being so wealthy you can do anything you want, having literally no obligations to a second of your time, and deciding what you truly value the most with absolute financial and temporal freedom is ruining the lives of an already struggling group, punching down so far you pull your back.
December 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Imagine being so wealthy you can do anything you want, having literally no obligations to a second of your time, and deciding what you truly value the most with absolute financial and temporal freedom is ruining the lives of an already struggling group, punching down so far you pull your back.
"What is more human than being baffled and enraged
By your own kind?"
Absolutely delighted to read this today. An incredibly raw and sincere recounting of a life fought just to be lived. A blistering look at dysphoria and stigma, and the politics of just wanting to exist by @hotpoet.bsky.social
By your own kind?"
Absolutely delighted to read this today. An incredibly raw and sincere recounting of a life fought just to be lived. A blistering look at dysphoria and stigma, and the politics of just wanting to exist by @hotpoet.bsky.social
“My once and future body, sandwiching himself between me
And my ex-lovers, failing to announce how any of us
Might like to be touched.”
From “My Once and Future Body,” a poem by Dylan Mcnulty-Holmes.
theoffingmag.com/poetry/my-on...
And my ex-lovers, failing to announce how any of us
Might like to be touched.”
From “My Once and Future Body,” a poem by Dylan Mcnulty-Holmes.
theoffingmag.com/poetry/my-on...
My Once and Future Body - The Offing
Poetry - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"What is more human than being baffled and enraged
By your own kind?"
Absolutely delighted to read this today. An incredibly raw and sincere recounting of a life fought just to be lived. A blistering look at dysphoria and stigma, and the politics of just wanting to exist by @hotpoet.bsky.social
By your own kind?"
Absolutely delighted to read this today. An incredibly raw and sincere recounting of a life fought just to be lived. A blistering look at dysphoria and stigma, and the politics of just wanting to exist by @hotpoet.bsky.social
"Still, he’d have loved me at my most disgusting."
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
New #poetry from Cora Schipa: "The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die".
The Love of Someone Who Wants to Die | Rust & Moth
I’ve been thinking about scent and memory and my second love, a wisp of boy, rail-thin, sinewy with muscle, veins strung under milk-pale skin and not much taller than me, who left rooms thick with amber...
rustandmoth.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Still, he’d have loved me at my most disgusting."
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
This work reads like a deeply personal recounting, ripe with details demanding to be taken as history. Fascinatingly sincere imagery.
As somebody who has struggled with suicidal thoughts, this tender presentation of that vulnerability hits deep.
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Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
One of my very favorite publications to read. Absolutely worth your time to read some back issues and consider submitting.
Rust & Moth is now accepting poems for our Spring 2026 issue! We read until the solstice hits (Dec 21st).
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
rustandmoth.com/submissions/
Submissions – Rust & Moth
A Journal Of Poetry And The Arts
rustandmoth.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of my very favorite publications to read. Absolutely worth your time to read some back issues and consider submitting.
"meet me in that green space by the river
of forever chemicals and bottle caps because
i cannot get over your face in the sunlight."
This is a beautifully tender work capturing intimacy in every day moments. Put a smile on my face as I read and reread it.
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
of forever chemicals and bottle caps because
i cannot get over your face in the sunlight."
This is a beautifully tender work capturing intimacy in every day moments. Put a smile on my face as I read and reread it.
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
poem found under my windshield wiper — Anya Quesnel — fifth wheel press
Anya Quesnel is a poet from Trinidad and Tobago.
fifthwheelpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"meet me in that green space by the river
of forever chemicals and bottle caps because
i cannot get over your face in the sunlight."
This is a beautifully tender work capturing intimacy in every day moments. Put a smile on my face as I read and reread it.
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
of forever chemicals and bottle caps because
i cannot get over your face in the sunlight."
This is a beautifully tender work capturing intimacy in every day moments. Put a smile on my face as I read and reread it.
fifthwheelpress.com/anth8-backen...
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. While there are far too many of us lost, there are two people I most remember on this day.
The first is Sam Nordquist, a trans man killed almost three months after his mother requested a wellness check which the police refused.
glaad.org/grief-and-fo...
The first is Sam Nordquist, a trans man killed almost three months after his mother requested a wellness check which the police refused.
glaad.org/grief-and-fo...
Grief and Fond Remembrances for Slain Transgender Man Sam Nordquist | GLAAD
On February 13, 2025, the body of Sam Nordquist, a Black transgender man, was found in Yates County, New York. Investigators said stated that Sam was killed after suffering months of prolonged physica...
glaad.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. While there are far too many of us lost, there are two people I most remember on this day.
The first is Sam Nordquist, a trans man killed almost three months after his mother requested a wellness check which the police refused.
glaad.org/grief-and-fo...
The first is Sam Nordquist, a trans man killed almost three months after his mother requested a wellness check which the police refused.
glaad.org/grief-and-fo...
Gods, I'm tired of her hypocrisy. The turncoat pick-me thinks people on Bluesky aren't real, as if her lack of backbone hasn't allowed the abuse to trickle right down to me and you. Ignoring the abuse made it less frequent? Fuck all the way off.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Democrat Sarah McBride on her approach to expanding trans acceptance in Congress — and America
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Gods, I'm tired of her hypocrisy. The turncoat pick-me thinks people on Bluesky aren't real, as if her lack of backbone hasn't allowed the abuse to trickle right down to me and you. Ignoring the abuse made it less frequent? Fuck all the way off.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
I am so very honored to be a contributor in this collection. fwp puts out some of the best in queer writing and it's an incredible feeling to have my work included in this. Expect some commentary on my favorite pieces from my co-contributors soon. 🖤
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I am so very honored to be a contributor in this collection. fwp puts out some of the best in queer writing and it's an incredible feeling to have my work included in this. Expect some commentary on my favorite pieces from my co-contributors soon. 🖤
Reposted by Abigail Lilith Ravenheart
“It feels like every day I look at the news and then the headline just reads, ‘Sorry, more things you've lost,’” Hilborn said.
A succinct summary of the transgender experience in the US, through the lens of our most vulnerable: the youth. This article hurts.
www.advocate.com/politics/tex...
A succinct summary of the transgender experience in the US, through the lens of our most vulnerable: the youth. This article hurts.
www.advocate.com/politics/tex...
Texas teachers are being forced to deadname transgender students under a new state law
A Texas law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.
www.advocate.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“It feels like every day I look at the news and then the headline just reads, ‘Sorry, more things you've lost,’” Hilborn said.
A succinct summary of the transgender experience in the US, through the lens of our most vulnerable: the youth. This article hurts.
www.advocate.com/politics/tex...
A succinct summary of the transgender experience in the US, through the lens of our most vulnerable: the youth. This article hurts.
www.advocate.com/politics/tex...
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“I am expected to answer in every season—yes I am, no, I don’t want what it makes me, yes maybe my fear has followed.”
From “Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” two Micro poems, by Jo Bear.
theoffingmag.com/micro/anothe...
From “Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” two Micro poems, by Jo Bear.
theoffingmag.com/micro/anothe...
“Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” - The Offing
Micro - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“I am expected to answer in every season—yes I am, no, I don’t want what it makes me, yes maybe my fear has followed.”
From “Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” two Micro poems, by Jo Bear.
theoffingmag.com/micro/anothe...
From “Another Nameless Sea” and “Dear, Dirty Dublin,” two Micro poems, by Jo Bear.
theoffingmag.com/micro/anothe...
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
“If everyone who loves trans people cuts off everyone who says the wrong thing, there’s no one left in those people’s lives to help them evolve.”
I am so sick of queer media platforming her like she's a champion for us. No politician has ever disappointed me more.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
I am so sick of queer media platforming her like she's a champion for us. No politician has ever disappointed me more.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Sarah McBride explains how Democrats’ ‘big tent is bisexual’
The Democratic congresswoman from Delaware told an audience at Crooked Con, "You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
www.advocate.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“If everyone who loves trans people cuts off everyone who says the wrong thing, there’s no one left in those people’s lives to help them evolve.”
I am so sick of queer media platforming her like she's a champion for us. No politician has ever disappointed me more.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
I am so sick of queer media platforming her like she's a champion for us. No politician has ever disappointed me more.
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
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Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
Today feels like the first positive day in the news cycle for almost a year. Bonkers to wake up and read news and not be further depressed for once.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Today feels like the first positive day in the news cycle for almost a year. Bonkers to wake up and read news and not be further depressed for once.
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If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.
Succinct. Powerful. Heart-wrenching. Amazing piece.
A poem I wrote some months ago showed up at my door today in the first issue of the relaunched Southerly magazine.
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Succinct. Powerful. Heart-wrenching. Amazing piece.