Michael Langan
@michaellangan.bsky.social
Liverpudlian-Lisboeta, writer, editor, teacher, mentor, feminist, anti-fascist, 🏳️🌈 sissy, trans-affirming, anti-racist, pro-Palestine, etc. https://www.lumebooks.co.uk/book/shadow-is-a-colour-as-light-is/
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I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’m so proud to be part of this initiative.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
Parents have set it up BUT we welcome ALL OF YOU to sign our Transparent Pledge in support of trans+ people.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
You can sign anonymously if you need to.
Let’s get to 500 signatures by Monday.
Share. Share. Share.
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Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
August 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Anas Al-Sharif was one of the most remarkable reporters of his generation. For 673 days, he defied Israeli threats to kill him.
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
Al Jazeera now confirm their crew in Gaza City have all been assassinated:
RIP reporters Anas Al-Sharif & Mohammed Qareqea and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher & Mohammed Nofal
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New update on author withdrawals from the Polari Prize in protest of the inclusion of a proud transphobe
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
August 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New update on author withdrawals from the Polari Prize in protest of the inclusion of a proud transphobe
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
From the First Book longlist: Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire
From the main award longlist: Rhian Elizabeth
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I find the provision of third spaces as a “solution“ to banning trans people from bathrooms so offensive and dunno about y’all but im not gonna participate in my own segregation
June 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I find the provision of third spaces as a “solution“ to banning trans people from bathrooms so offensive and dunno about y’all but im not gonna participate in my own segregation
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Love this …Dog befriends an otter and they meet up every day 💙😎💙
June 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love this …Dog befriends an otter and they meet up every day 💙😎💙
June 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This year’s #LGBTQ+ Free Reads Scheme in conjunction with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social is now open! Deadline is end of #pridemonth and more details are here: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno... 🌸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🫶🏻
Announcing the Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2025 - The Literary Consultancy
TLC hosts 9th year of LGBTQ+ Free Reads for Pride 2025
literaryconsultancy.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This year’s #LGBTQ+ Free Reads Scheme in conjunction with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social is now open! Deadline is end of #pridemonth and more details are here: literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno... 🌸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🫶🏻
Huge congratulations to the #curae prize winners! 🌸💜🫶🏻
Introducing our three 2025 #Curae prize winners
Poetry. Charlotte Ansell. 'Sinkhole'
Nonfiction. Rebekah Lawler. '200 Pink Buns'
Fiction. Judy Gordon. 'Phyllis'
thecuraeprize.uk
Poetry. Charlotte Ansell. 'Sinkhole'
Nonfiction. Rebekah Lawler. '200 Pink Buns'
Fiction. Judy Gordon. 'Phyllis'
thecuraeprize.uk
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June 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Huge congratulations to the #curae prize winners! 🌸💜🫶🏻
Lisbon’s jacaranda season is always spectacular…
May 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Lisbon’s jacaranda season is always spectacular…
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Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Just ten years ago the UK was top of the list - the best place in Europe for LGBT rights. We are now 22nd
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
The only country to drop faster in one year than us is Hungary
The government needs to act in a major way before this becomes their entire legacy
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The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"
May 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"
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Closing this now. So with 3 donations, adding up to £540 and £1,060 received through the fundraiser - which I am closing today - we shall call it a £550 bursary for each of the three category winners announced on 1st June.
Thank you so much to everyone.
Book tokens too!
Thank you so much to everyone.
Book tokens too!
#Curae prize results announced at 12. The bursary fund will close at the end of the day. If you can help, please do. The prize - an unique initiative for unpaid #carers - receives no industry funding at all. www.gofundme.com/f/curae-2025...
Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organized by Anna Vaught
Hello everyone,
I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers
www.gofundme.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Closing this now. So with 3 donations, adding up to £540 and £1,060 received through the fundraiser - which I am closing today - we shall call it a £550 bursary for each of the three category winners announced on 1st June.
Thank you so much to everyone.
Book tokens too!
Thank you so much to everyone.
Book tokens too!
It’s been great to be involved in the judging of this year’s Curae Prize once again - for writers who are also carers. We See You!! 🙏🏻🫶🏻🌸 #curae
FICTION
Phyllis. Judy Gordon.
The Last Days of Theophrastus. Fin Keegan
El Arquitecto in Prague. John Lugo-Trebble
High Plateau. Polly Card.
Much Loved Pet, Late of This World, Returns in Hologramic Form. JL Bogenschneider.
#Curae
We are so proud of you all and of all our entrants.
Phyllis. Judy Gordon.
The Last Days of Theophrastus. Fin Keegan
El Arquitecto in Prague. John Lugo-Trebble
High Plateau. Polly Card.
Much Loved Pet, Late of This World, Returns in Hologramic Form. JL Bogenschneider.
#Curae
We are so proud of you all and of all our entrants.
May 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It’s been great to be involved in the judging of this year’s Curae Prize once again - for writers who are also carers. We See You!! 🙏🏻🫶🏻🌸 #curae
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NONFICTION (including creative nonfiction)
This is a car park for the parents of DISABLED children. Georgie Steele.
The Life I Lead. Elaine Gregersen.
200 Pink Buns. Rebekah Lawler
Metamorphosis. Anoushka Yeoh
Displaced. Sue Wright
#Curae
This is a car park for the parents of DISABLED children. Georgie Steele.
The Life I Lead. Elaine Gregersen.
200 Pink Buns. Rebekah Lawler
Metamorphosis. Anoushka Yeoh
Displaced. Sue Wright
#Curae
May 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
NONFICTION (including creative nonfiction)
This is a car park for the parents of DISABLED children. Georgie Steele.
The Life I Lead. Elaine Gregersen.
200 Pink Buns. Rebekah Lawler
Metamorphosis. Anoushka Yeoh
Displaced. Sue Wright
#Curae
This is a car park for the parents of DISABLED children. Georgie Steele.
The Life I Lead. Elaine Gregersen.
200 Pink Buns. Rebekah Lawler
Metamorphosis. Anoushka Yeoh
Displaced. Sue Wright
#Curae
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Thread. It is a great honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers
POETRY CATEGORY
Mistletoe. Sam Garvan
Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon
Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell
I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson
The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli.
thecuraeprize.uk
POETRY CATEGORY
Mistletoe. Sam Garvan
Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon
Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell
I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson
The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli.
thecuraeprize.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thread. It is a great honour to announce the shortlist for the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers
POETRY CATEGORY
Mistletoe. Sam Garvan
Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon
Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell
I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson
The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli.
thecuraeprize.uk
POETRY CATEGORY
Mistletoe. Sam Garvan
Diagnosis. Elizabeth Loudon
Sinkhole. Charlotte Ansell
I Love Him (like salt and water). Emma Wilson
The Shop at the End of a Wave. Ia Kozoboli.
thecuraeprize.uk
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Articles about trans people in the Guardian/Observer, Telegraph, Times and Mail since Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, not one of which has been written by a trans person. Barely even featured actual trans people.
Thursday - 28
Friday - 18
Saturday - 14
Sunday - 14
Monday - 14
Thursday - 28
Friday - 18
Saturday - 14
Sunday - 14
Monday - 14
April 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Articles about trans people in the Guardian/Observer, Telegraph, Times and Mail since Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling, not one of which has been written by a trans person. Barely even featured actual trans people.
Thursday - 28
Friday - 18
Saturday - 14
Sunday - 14
Monday - 14
Thursday - 28
Friday - 18
Saturday - 14
Sunday - 14
Monday - 14
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From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.
Please share :)
Please share :)
Faber Launches 2025 FAB Prize with a Publishing Deal for the Winner
Faber announces the opening of the 2025 FAB Prize for undiscovered writers and illustrators of colour, with a publishing deal for the winner.
www.faber.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
From Faber the FAB Prize highlights new talent from underrepresented backgrounds with a publishing deal for the winner.
Please share :)
Please share :)
Should we be surprised at @theguardian.com reporting on the U.K.’s Supreme Court ruling without once acknowledging it’s own role in the normalisation of transphobia over the past few years..? 🤷🏻♂️🏳️⚧️ #transrightsarehumanrights
April 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Should we be surprised at @theguardian.com reporting on the U.K.’s Supreme Court ruling without once acknowledging it’s own role in the normalisation of transphobia over the past few years..? 🤷🏻♂️🏳️⚧️ #transrightsarehumanrights
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We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
Fighting fund for trans rights | Good Law Project
Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the rollbacks on trans rights in the UK.
goodlawproject.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We won't stop fighting for trans rights 🏳️⚧️
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
We’re creating a fighting fund to look at both domestic and international cases, all the way up to the European Court of Human Rights.
Join us 👇
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
April 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇
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On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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If you can help, please do. #curae is not publicly funded - it’s me and a very small volunteer team. We’re up to £820 on the bursary fund for our three eventual winners. Unpaid care is intersectional with financial hardship & many challenges. Let’s do this.
Today I launch a fundraiser to support the 2025 #Curae prize for unpaid carers who are also writers or would like to be. Anything you can add to the pot will go directly towards bursary funds for our three winners (announced 1st June).
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
gofund.me/1d8c6564
All in, we can transform lives here x
Donate to Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers, organised by Anna Vaught
Hello everyone,
I am Anna (aka Dr Anna Vaught - and you may kno… Anna Vaught needs your support for Dr Anna Vaught: Curae Writing Bursaries for unpaid carers
gofund.me
April 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If you can help, please do. #curae is not publicly funded - it’s me and a very small volunteer team. We’re up to £820 on the bursary fund for our three eventual winners. Unpaid care is intersectional with financial hardship & many challenges. Let’s do this.