Cheryl Morgan
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social
Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
This is Australia. In the UK she’d probably get a peerage.
Anti-Trans Activist Kirralie Smith Ordered To Pay Almost $100k & Issue Public Apology Following Vilification Ruling
www.starobserver.com...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Anti-Trans Activist Kirralie Smith Ordered To Pay Almost $100k & Issue Public Apology Following Vilification Ruling - Star Observer
Anti-trans activist Kirralie Smith has been ordered to pay $95,000 and issue a public apology after vilifying two trans women.
www.starobserver.com.au
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is Australia. In the UK she’d probably get a peerage.
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This is an exciting opportunity for several folks in my circles. Please repost! I love this project to death and cannot wait to see what happens.
Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This is an exciting opportunity for several folks in my circles. Please repost! I love this project to death and cannot wait to see what happens.
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Recently published: The Sea-Stone Sword by Joel Cornah. There be pirates, obviously. But also dinosaurs, and a gay main character, and a race of intelligent penguins...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Recently published: The Sea-Stone Sword by Joel Cornah. There be pirates, obviously. But also dinosaurs, and a gay main character, and a race of intelligent penguins...
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
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Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
wizardstowerpress.co...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
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@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it.
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
The UK puberty blocker trial is an ethical breach and a threat to trans youth’s health and rights - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia
The recently announced PATHWAYS clinical trial protocol on puberty blockers (also known as puberty suppressing hormones) for young trans people in the UK represents a deeply troubling escalation in th...
tgeu.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it.
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical.
And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).
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Want to stop Nigel Farage from trying to buy his way into Welsh politics and his rich ex-Tory donors? 🤯
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Want to stop Nigel Farage from trying to buy his way into Welsh politics and his rich ex-Tory donors? 🤯
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
In Wales, people-powered politics can stop Reform!
Join Plaid Cymru today and help us create a fairer, more ambitious Wales - together. 💚
🔗 www.partyof.wales/join
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Today I opened a box... of me!!!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Today I opened a box... of me!!!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
☠️👽👻👹🧜♂️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Queer As Folklore is back in shops and available online from @manchesterup.bsky.social!
Streeting using the same tactics that worked so well against trans kids on a different community 🧵👇
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Streeting using the same tactics that worked so well against trans kids on a different community 🧵👇
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Also if you want to give JKR a black eye Fight Like A Girl 2 is relentlessly trans positive, has a bunch of trans authors in it and is published by a trans-owned company, and we ain't going anywhere....
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2: Amazon.co.uk: McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Morgan, Lou, Garland, Dolly, Davies, K T, Morgan, Cheryl, Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne, Bond, C...
Buy Fight Like A Girl: Volume 2 by McKenna, Juliet E, Smith Spark, Anna, Ware, Danie, Sebold, Gaie, Morgan, Lou, Garland, Dolly, Davies, K T, Morgan, Cheryl, Clarke, Roz, Hall, Joanne, Bond, Charlotte...
www.amazon.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Also if you want to give JKR a black eye Fight Like A Girl 2 is relentlessly trans positive, has a bunch of trans authors in it and is published by a trans-owned company, and we ain't going anywhere....
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
www.amazon.co.uk/Fight-Like-G...
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Day 3 of Book Advent 📚
Fire Logic by @lauriejmarks.bsky.social, epic war fantasy with guerrilla warfare among the farmsteads and iron workers, with a wonderfully diverse cast reflecting the equality they are fighting for, and elemental magic and touches of fantasy bringing colour to life.
Fire Logic by @lauriejmarks.bsky.social, epic war fantasy with guerrilla warfare among the farmsteads and iron workers, with a wonderfully diverse cast reflecting the equality they are fighting for, and elemental magic and touches of fantasy bringing colour to life.
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Day 3 of Book Advent 📚
Fire Logic by @lauriejmarks.bsky.social, epic war fantasy with guerrilla warfare among the farmsteads and iron workers, with a wonderfully diverse cast reflecting the equality they are fighting for, and elemental magic and touches of fantasy bringing colour to life.
Fire Logic by @lauriejmarks.bsky.social, epic war fantasy with guerrilla warfare among the farmsteads and iron workers, with a wonderfully diverse cast reflecting the equality they are fighting for, and elemental magic and touches of fantasy bringing colour to life.
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Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...
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Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
All That Means or Mourns - Reactor
Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most…
reactormag.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
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Just a remind that I'm running a six-week illustration course after Christmas – and the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin does gift vouchers! @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...
Book Illustration with Oisín McGann - Irish Writers Centre
6-week course focusing on learning the skills involved in book illustration with Oisín McGann. Beginning Wednesday, 14th January, 6.30-8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just a remind that I'm running a six-week illustration course after Christmas – and the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin does gift vouchers! @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...
#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...
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Here’s some great info about the Anthropic Settlement for textbook and academic authors.
www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...
www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...
Anthropic Settlement
TAA Position Statements
www.taaonline.net
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Here’s some great info about the Anthropic Settlement for textbook and academic authors.
www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...
www.taaonline.net/anthropic-se...
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I've been hearing a lot about AI generated writing lately, and how it's permeating the literature industry, so I investigated.
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Why I Won't Use AI for Writing: A Deep Dive into AI Literature – DAN HANLY
Are AI tools like ChatGPT good for writers? No. I analyse the impact of AI in literature, from copyright laws (Thaler v Perlmutter) to the homogenization of prose to figure out why.
danhanly.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've been hearing a lot about AI generated writing lately, and how it's permeating the literature industry, so I investigated.
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
Summary: "AI is a fundamental and overall net harm to the literature ecosystem."
danhanly.com/2025/12/why-...
#ai #literature #llm #writing #author
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✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿
Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to magicwitchcraft2024@gmail.com ☺️
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According to @thetimes.com, people leaving Christianity in the UK are now more likely to become Pagans than converting to any other faith: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
Paganism is top choice for Christians who convert to new faith
The religious landscape in the UK has changed rapidly, with 83 per cent of those abandoning Christianity now identifying as atheist or agnostic
www.thetimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
According to @thetimes.com, people leaving Christianity in the UK are now more likely to become Pagans than converting to any other faith: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...
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Recently publlished, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re...
And then order: wizardstowerpress.co...
And then order: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Recently publlished, the first of a brand new series by Chaz Brenchley. Read a review by KJ Charles here: www.goodreads.com/re...
And then order: wizardstowerpress.co...
And then order: wizardstowerpress.co...
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Excellent book, compulsive reading. A tale of changelings, hags and things that lurk in ancient barrows.
Recently published, the new Green Man book: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excellent book, compulsive reading. A tale of changelings, hags and things that lurk in ancient barrows.
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Ben Jeapes was a Guest of Honour at BristolCon this year. We are lucky enough to publish a couple of his books. Want to know what happens to the British Royal Family in the far future? Try this: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Ben Jeapes was a Guest of Honour at BristolCon this year. We are lucky enough to publish a couple of his books. Want to know what happens to the British Royal Family in the far future? Try this: wizardstowerpress.co...
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With Girlguides and the WI announcing that the new laws are forcing them to exclude trans girls and women, it seems like a good time for any cis women who haven't signed Not In Our Name yet to do so. Stand with our sisters.
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
With Girlguides and the WI announcing that the new laws are forcing them to exclude trans girls and women, it seems like a good time for any cis women who haven't signed Not In Our Name yet to do so. Stand with our sisters.
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
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If you’re a Guide Leader you can join this public Facebook group, created to push back against the trans-exclusionary policy they’ve just adopted…
👉 www.facebook.com/share/g/16i8...
👉 www.facebook.com/share/g/16i8...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If you’re a Guide Leader you can join this public Facebook group, created to push back against the trans-exclusionary policy they’ve just adopted…
👉 www.facebook.com/share/g/16i8...
👉 www.facebook.com/share/g/16i8...
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Here’s some giant Cerne Abbas energy for you to get your day going!! 😁
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Here’s some giant Cerne Abbas energy for you to get your day going!! 😁