Issa M. Mas (She/Her)
@issamas.bsky.social
Single Mom. Native New Yorker. Writer. Queer. Peer Support Specialist. Public Speaker. Black Buddhist Boricua. Author of Grief Thoughts: Brief Anecdotes About Profound Loss https://linktr.ee/IssaMas
In light of the SCOTUS’s decision to uphold TN’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth today, I wanted to make sure that trans folx and parents of trans youth know about this.
June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In light of the SCOTUS’s decision to uphold TN’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth today, I wanted to make sure that trans folx and parents of trans youth know about this.
My latest on what “solidarity” requires in order to be effective. Substack link in my bio on my Linktree.
June 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My latest on what “solidarity” requires in order to be effective. Substack link in my bio on my Linktree.
Not even Orla can save them now. #ElonialynMonroe #DonaldFKennedy
June 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not even Orla can save them now. #ElonialynMonroe #DonaldFKennedy
Me, every time I see there’s a new EO.
April 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Me, every time I see there’s a new EO.
These moving words are from my @deeshaphilyaw. At a time in which I struggle with terror and hopelessness and rage and despair, I will use these words to remind myself that I am my father’s child — and I will use my ferocity of spirit to speak and write the words they cannot take from me.
February 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
These moving words are from my @deeshaphilyaw. At a time in which I struggle with terror and hopelessness and rage and despair, I will use these words to remind myself that I am my father’s child — and I will use my ferocity of spirit to speak and write the words they cannot take from me.
Ochún y Yo by @adibanelson, illustrated by @alleannaharris, is a new children’s book about a beautiful little Black girl of Puerto Rican descent and the way goddess Ochún guides and protects her — translated into Spanish by yours truly! I even narrated the audiobook!🇵🇷❤️💛
linktr.ee/issamas
linktr.ee/issamas
January 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ochún y Yo by @adibanelson, illustrated by @alleannaharris, is a new children’s book about a beautiful little Black girl of Puerto Rican descent and the way goddess Ochún guides and protects her — translated into Spanish by yours truly! I even narrated the audiobook!🇵🇷❤️💛
linktr.ee/issamas
linktr.ee/issamas
Everyone is rightly noting Octavia Butler’s prescience in Parable of the Sower when looking at the CA fires, but it’s her prescience in Parable of the Talents that always makes me slack-jawed in awe.
January 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Everyone is rightly noting Octavia Butler’s prescience in Parable of the Sower when looking at the CA fires, but it’s her prescience in Parable of the Talents that always makes me slack-jawed in awe.
For those who don’t know, there is a lifeline specifically for Trans folx:
January 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
For those who don’t know, there is a lifeline specifically for Trans folx:
Whats your most favorite holiday song of all time?
Mine is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.”
Mine is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.”
December 16, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Whats your most favorite holiday song of all time?
Mine is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.”
Mine is Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas.”
My Spotify Wrapped playlist said, “It’s just Hozier, Jungle, and Coltrane, Bish 🙄.”
December 7, 2024 at 3:29 PM
My Spotify Wrapped playlist said, “It’s just Hozier, Jungle, and Coltrane, Bish 🙄.”
Me, to my child: Let’s watch old Christmas specials together!
Me, to my child, halfway through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer:
Me, to my child, halfway through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer:
December 4, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Me, to my child: Let’s watch old Christmas specials together!
Me, to my child, halfway through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer:
Me, to my child, halfway through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer:
