Amy Stanley
@adstanley.bsky.social
Autistic writer, C19 cautious. Aussie in the UK, tofu eating wokerati. She/her.
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Unfriendly reminder: the Polari is a prize one submits one's book to (correct me if I'm wrong, but this is from listening to nominees & looking up the procedure), which means Boyne or someone acting on his behalf submitted to an LGBTQ+ prize not believing LGBTQ+ is a community then got mad about it.
Boyne now denying that the LGBTQ+ community exists because he doesn't get to win a prize for his book. I'm starting to wonder whether he genuinely thought proclaiming himself a TERF would have no blowback or whether he's just pretending.
Polari Prize: John Boyne says ‘there is no such thing as LGBTQ+’
Gay 'TERF' author John Boyne has said 'perhaps there is no such thing as LGBTQ+' after the 2025 Polari Prize was halted.
www.thepinknews.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Unfriendly reminder: the Polari is a prize one submits one's book to (correct me if I'm wrong, but this is from listening to nominees & looking up the procedure), which means Boyne or someone acting on his behalf submitted to an LGBTQ+ prize not believing LGBTQ+ is a community then got mad about it.
Reposted by Amy Stanley
Basically I am still incredibly angry with M&S even if they're supposedly supporting the trans woman here and not actually making any negative policy changes, because they've avoidably allowed a piece of propaganda to fester which, despite being a lie, has indelibly entered people's consciousness
August 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Basically I am still incredibly angry with M&S even if they're supposedly supporting the trans woman here and not actually making any negative policy changes, because they've avoidably allowed a piece of propaganda to fester which, despite being a lie, has indelibly entered people's consciousness
Yikes, given all the allusions to his own sexual status (I was going to say sexuality - I more mean, the "look at me, I f***" vibe, not that he's gay), the sex negativity is really jarring.
August 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Yikes, given all the allusions to his own sexual status (I was going to say sexuality - I more mean, the "look at me, I f***" vibe, not that he's gay), the sex negativity is really jarring.
For someone who's been silenced, he sure is loud.
August 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
For someone who's been silenced, he sure is loud.
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Free speech to someone like this really just means "you should be forced to listen to what I say and can never disagree".
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Free speech to someone like this really just means "you should be forced to listen to what I say and can never disagree".
"Have kids. Not kids you can't afford. No, we won't help if you can't afford them. Just have kids."
August 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Have kids. Not kids you can't afford. No, we won't help if you can't afford them. Just have kids."