Erica Vogel
@ericavogel.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Author of Advice From Your Trans Aunty. She/hers Queer trans woman, author, public speaker, consultant.
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I’m back. I’ve been up to a lot of different things.
Started a new comic - Ungovernable.
I’ve started working on my 2nd book - a path forward out of this point in time for the LGBTQ fam.
Was Schitt’s Creek Dr Clara Mandrake for Halloween.
Heading to the Lgbtq Victory conference on 2 weeks.
Started a new comic - Ungovernable.
I’ve started working on my 2nd book - a path forward out of this point in time for the LGBTQ fam.
Was Schitt’s Creek Dr Clara Mandrake for Halloween.
Heading to the Lgbtq Victory conference on 2 weeks.
I’m back. I’ve been up to a lot of different things.
Started a new comic - Ungovernable.
I’ve started working on my 2nd book - a path forward out of this point in time for the LGBTQ fam.
Was Schitt’s Creek Dr Clara Mandrake for Halloween.
Heading to the Lgbtq Victory conference on 2 weeks.
Started a new comic - Ungovernable.
I’ve started working on my 2nd book - a path forward out of this point in time for the LGBTQ fam.
Was Schitt’s Creek Dr Clara Mandrake for Halloween.
Heading to the Lgbtq Victory conference on 2 weeks.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I’m back. I’ve been up to a lot of different things.
Started a new comic - Ungovernable.
I’ve started working on my 2nd book - a path forward out of this point in time for the LGBTQ fam.
Was Schitt’s Creek Dr Clara Mandrake for Halloween.
Heading to the Lgbtq Victory conference on 2 weeks.
Started a new comic - Ungovernable.
I’ve started working on my 2nd book - a path forward out of this point in time for the LGBTQ fam.
Was Schitt’s Creek Dr Clara Mandrake for Halloween.
Heading to the Lgbtq Victory conference on 2 weeks.
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social hey friend, it’s been a bit.
Though I’m rarely on this platform now, I read your newsletters every week and try to watch your YouTube when I can.
I’m amazed by the leadership you display every single day. You are a godsend.
All the love.
Though I’m rarely on this platform now, I read your newsletters every week and try to watch your YouTube when I can.
I’m amazed by the leadership you display every single day. You are a godsend.
All the love.
August 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social hey friend, it’s been a bit.
Though I’m rarely on this platform now, I read your newsletters every week and try to watch your YouTube when I can.
I’m amazed by the leadership you display every single day. You are a godsend.
All the love.
Though I’m rarely on this platform now, I read your newsletters every week and try to watch your YouTube when I can.
I’m amazed by the leadership you display every single day. You are a godsend.
All the love.
Yesterday was an awful day for trans people in the Democrat party. Full of the worst transphobia because we spoke up about @petebuttigieg.bsky.social trans comments this week.
Today I wrote an open letter I hope he reads.
ericavogel.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
Today I wrote an open letter I hope he reads.
ericavogel.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
July 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Yesterday was an awful day for trans people in the Democrat party. Full of the worst transphobia because we spoke up about @petebuttigieg.bsky.social trans comments this week.
Today I wrote an open letter I hope he reads.
ericavogel.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
Today I wrote an open letter I hope he reads.
ericavogel.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
A new post is out on my episodic memoir Blue Sky Bird!
The "Under Pressure" episode talks about my coming of age as a queer and trans teen in the midst of the AIDS crises in 1987.
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
The "Under Pressure" episode talks about my coming of age as a queer and trans teen in the midst of the AIDS crises in 1987.
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
Under Pressure
Ep 3
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June 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A new post is out on my episodic memoir Blue Sky Bird!
The "Under Pressure" episode talks about my coming of age as a queer and trans teen in the midst of the AIDS crises in 1987.
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
The "Under Pressure" episode talks about my coming of age as a queer and trans teen in the midst of the AIDS crises in 1987.
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
… holy shit!!!! I thought of you immediately!! A double narcissistic collapse!
God knows who’ll we’ll all be after a weekend of scorched earth between these two.
… holy shit!!!! I thought of you immediately!! A double narcissistic collapse!
God knows who’ll we’ll all be after a weekend of scorched earth between these two.
June 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
… holy shit!!!! I thought of you immediately!! A double narcissistic collapse!
God knows who’ll we’ll all be after a weekend of scorched earth between these two.
… holy shit!!!! I thought of you immediately!! A double narcissistic collapse!
God knows who’ll we’ll all be after a weekend of scorched earth between these two.
I loved getting to talk about alkyship on Now its Ruined!! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M4LpkR/
TikTok - Make Your Day
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June 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I loved getting to talk about alkyship on Now its Ruined!! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M4LpkR/
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social not sure if you saw this yet, but just came across Biden-Harris admins quietly released guidance from Jan 19 2025 on maintaining national resilience.
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May 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social not sure if you saw this yet, but just came across Biden-Harris admins quietly released guidance from Jan 19 2025 on maintaining national resilience.
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/u...
Hey Hey, it's time for another episode of my memoir series Blue Sky Bird over at substack. This time, it's a primer on my parents so that I can begin to relay some of the truly messed things I lived through.
May 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Hey Hey, it's time for another episode of my memoir series Blue Sky Bird over at substack. This time, it's a primer on my parents so that I can begin to relay some of the truly messed things I lived through.
Ask yourself a very important question today … why are we anchoring on Biden’s health in relationship to his admin? What is to be gained and by whom? There is one person who benefits GREATLY from this media obsession in this moment. The media at large is a fascist enabling co-operative. Full stop.
May 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ask yourself a very important question today … why are we anchoring on Biden’s health in relationship to his admin? What is to be gained and by whom? There is one person who benefits GREATLY from this media obsession in this moment. The media at large is a fascist enabling co-operative. Full stop.
Show us your writing process in a gif
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Show us your writing process in a gif
A new episode is up on my memoir Blue Sky Bird. Title: Bad to the Bone.
"I was perpetually in motion both physically & mentally as an eleven-year-old. Wild, untethered, silly, adventurous, dramatic, & moody. I was a child aggressively unmanaged by their parents."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
"I was perpetually in motion both physically & mentally as an eleven-year-old. Wild, untethered, silly, adventurous, dramatic, & moody. I was a child aggressively unmanaged by their parents."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
Ep 1: Bad to the bone
Goblin mode activated!
open.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A new episode is up on my memoir Blue Sky Bird. Title: Bad to the Bone.
"I was perpetually in motion both physically & mentally as an eleven-year-old. Wild, untethered, silly, adventurous, dramatic, & moody. I was a child aggressively unmanaged by their parents."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
"I was perpetually in motion both physically & mentally as an eleven-year-old. Wild, untethered, silly, adventurous, dramatic, & moody. I was a child aggressively unmanaged by their parents."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
Hey friends it's time for a new venture from me – a memoir. Blue Sky Bird is an episodic memoir covering the wild, weird, wacky, and challenging aspects of my life - which I've been asked for a lot. I'll be publishing on substack in micro chapters every 2 weeks. Please check it out. Link in comments
May 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hey friends it's time for a new venture from me – a memoir. Blue Sky Bird is an episodic memoir covering the wild, weird, wacky, and challenging aspects of my life - which I've been asked for a lot. I'll be publishing on substack in micro chapters every 2 weeks. Please check it out. Link in comments
We are starting to Win. We have the momentum. Despite how draconian Trump gets, even he knows he is loosing. Which is why he is going to get worse.
We need to turn up the heat so that more companies & conservatives have to break with him out of their own self-preservation.
Do. Not. Stop.
We need to turn up the heat so that more companies & conservatives have to break with him out of their own self-preservation.
Do. Not. Stop.
May 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We are starting to Win. We have the momentum. Despite how draconian Trump gets, even he knows he is loosing. Which is why he is going to get worse.
We need to turn up the heat so that more companies & conservatives have to break with him out of their own self-preservation.
Do. Not. Stop.
We need to turn up the heat so that more companies & conservatives have to break with him out of their own self-preservation.
Do. Not. Stop.
That Tesla earnings call was wild yesterday. 71% reduction in year over year earnings for Q1 is catastrophic … especially because it’s still sliding.
I promise you every CEO is remembering today that the American public opinion of their product is something they cannot toy with.
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I promise you every CEO is remembering today that the American public opinion of their product is something they cannot toy with.
1/2
April 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
That Tesla earnings call was wild yesterday. 71% reduction in year over year earnings for Q1 is catastrophic … especially because it’s still sliding.
I promise you every CEO is remembering today that the American public opinion of their product is something they cannot toy with.
1/2
I promise you every CEO is remembering today that the American public opinion of their product is something they cannot toy with.
1/2
So he had to back off firing the Fed chair Powell, and is beginning to lift tariffs on China because the market tanked again … all his billionaire buddies scolded him for losing their money. Not to mention what we’ve all done to Tesla, Target, Meta etc...
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April 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
So he had to back off firing the Fed chair Powell, and is beginning to lift tariffs on China because the market tanked again … all his billionaire buddies scolded him for losing their money. Not to mention what we’ve all done to Tesla, Target, Meta etc...
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I had a new friend ask me yesterday if I wasnt just truly exhausted with all the anti trans talk & am I okay.
You know what, that’s all it takes to check in on your trans friends.
Yes it’s all a lot right now. Even if this all gets stopped in the courts, having the value of my life debated
1/2
You know what, that’s all it takes to check in on your trans friends.
Yes it’s all a lot right now. Even if this all gets stopped in the courts, having the value of my life debated
1/2
April 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I had a new friend ask me yesterday if I wasnt just truly exhausted with all the anti trans talk & am I okay.
You know what, that’s all it takes to check in on your trans friends.
Yes it’s all a lot right now. Even if this all gets stopped in the courts, having the value of my life debated
1/2
You know what, that’s all it takes to check in on your trans friends.
Yes it’s all a lot right now. Even if this all gets stopped in the courts, having the value of my life debated
1/2
I love it when intolerant people rant about all that they lost because people around them won’t tolerate intolerance.
Like girl if you gonna die on that hill … you’re gonna do it alone.
Far more often than people admit, that hill is really just you being a giant asshole to everyone around you.
Like girl if you gonna die on that hill … you’re gonna do it alone.
Far more often than people admit, that hill is really just you being a giant asshole to everyone around you.
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I love it when intolerant people rant about all that they lost because people around them won’t tolerate intolerance.
Like girl if you gonna die on that hill … you’re gonna do it alone.
Far more often than people admit, that hill is really just you being a giant asshole to everyone around you.
Like girl if you gonna die on that hill … you’re gonna do it alone.
Far more often than people admit, that hill is really just you being a giant asshole to everyone around you.
Hard day today. I’m really struggling with depression and powerlessness. It’s the kind of day where I need to be quiet, think, feel, and remember that while my inner flame might be burning low, all it needs is some love and care.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but don’t let your flame go out.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but don’t let your flame go out.
April 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hard day today. I’m really struggling with depression and powerlessness. It’s the kind of day where I need to be quiet, think, feel, and remember that while my inner flame might be burning low, all it needs is some love and care.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but don’t let your flame go out.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this, but don’t let your flame go out.
“Perfection is the enemy of progress”
- Winston Churchill
Further “It is what it is” is a phrase I use frequently.
We are in a time where pursuit of perfection is killing us. The “what it is” is that we are at war for the soul & life of the US. 1/2
- Winston Churchill
Further “It is what it is” is a phrase I use frequently.
We are in a time where pursuit of perfection is killing us. The “what it is” is that we are at war for the soul & life of the US. 1/2
April 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Perfection is the enemy of progress”
- Winston Churchill
Further “It is what it is” is a phrase I use frequently.
We are in a time where pursuit of perfection is killing us. The “what it is” is that we are at war for the soul & life of the US. 1/2
- Winston Churchill
Further “It is what it is” is a phrase I use frequently.
We are in a time where pursuit of perfection is killing us. The “what it is” is that we are at war for the soul & life of the US. 1/2
Buying myself black patent leather chunky loafers with gold equestrian accents to highlight my sleek all black lewk, with a red lip, for a big financial tech presentation that I just crushed is pretty much the dream come true for my 20 something self who never though girlhood was possible for me.
April 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Buying myself black patent leather chunky loafers with gold equestrian accents to highlight my sleek all black lewk, with a red lip, for a big financial tech presentation that I just crushed is pretty much the dream come true for my 20 something self who never though girlhood was possible for me.
Hey you, yes you. Did you know I wrote a book that was published last November? It’s all about questions and answers on the trans experience. 48 of them to be exact.
Advice From Your Trans Aunty
You haven’t bought it yet???? 😳
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Advice From Your Trans Aunty
You haven’t bought it yet???? 😳
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April 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hey you, yes you. Did you know I wrote a book that was published last November? It’s all about questions and answers on the trans experience. 48 of them to be exact.
Advice From Your Trans Aunty
You haven’t bought it yet???? 😳
1/2
Advice From Your Trans Aunty
You haven’t bought it yet???? 😳
1/2
I rarely ever mention my kids with much detail here. But for those keeping up with my life, my daughter is struggling mentally & emotionally after Thursday, but she’s still here, she’s still going.
Times are truly difficult for trans people & harm is on the rise …
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Times are truly difficult for trans people & harm is on the rise …
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April 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I rarely ever mention my kids with much detail here. But for those keeping up with my life, my daughter is struggling mentally & emotionally after Thursday, but she’s still here, she’s still going.
Times are truly difficult for trans people & harm is on the rise …
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Times are truly difficult for trans people & harm is on the rise …
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Please reach out to someone when you are at risk of self-harm.
My adult trans kiddo called me last night because she knew I’d answer. She made it through the night.
If you don’t have that option, please make a call to trans lifeline when you need it.
translifeline.org
My adult trans kiddo called me last night because she knew I’d answer. She made it through the night.
If you don’t have that option, please make a call to trans lifeline when you need it.
translifeline.org
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April 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Please reach out to someone when you are at risk of self-harm.
My adult trans kiddo called me last night because she knew I’d answer. She made it through the night.
If you don’t have that option, please make a call to trans lifeline when you need it.
translifeline.org
My adult trans kiddo called me last night because she knew I’d answer. She made it through the night.
If you don’t have that option, please make a call to trans lifeline when you need it.
translifeline.org
@everywhereist.bsky.social & @nicsigni.bsky.social you both might enjoy the Now It’s Ruined podcast.
2 gals that ruin things by discussing it’s history hilariously. To date hammocks, false eyelashes, and chainsaws(this one is grisly so fair warning).
And I will ruin something with them in June!
2 gals that ruin things by discussing it’s history hilariously. To date hammocks, false eyelashes, and chainsaws(this one is grisly so fair warning).
And I will ruin something with them in June!
April 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@everywhereist.bsky.social & @nicsigni.bsky.social you both might enjoy the Now It’s Ruined podcast.
2 gals that ruin things by discussing it’s history hilariously. To date hammocks, false eyelashes, and chainsaws(this one is grisly so fair warning).
And I will ruin something with them in June!
2 gals that ruin things by discussing it’s history hilariously. To date hammocks, false eyelashes, and chainsaws(this one is grisly so fair warning).
And I will ruin something with them in June!
A new post to the Trans Aunty Substack is out!
"...in times of stress and turmoil, when we are pushed to the breaking point, living by our principles helps us navigate through it all with our sense of self and humanity intact."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
"...in times of stress and turmoil, when we are pushed to the breaking point, living by our principles helps us navigate through it all with our sense of self and humanity intact."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
Guiding Principles
Shining light on my path ahead
open.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A new post to the Trans Aunty Substack is out!
"...in times of stress and turmoil, when we are pushed to the breaking point, living by our principles helps us navigate through it all with our sense of self and humanity intact."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...
"...in times of stress and turmoil, when we are pushed to the breaking point, living by our principles helps us navigate through it all with our sense of self and humanity intact."
open.substack.com/pub/ericavog...