Michel Lee Garrett
@michelleegarrett.bsky.social
Author, editor, poet | Queer, trans, she/her | LGBTQ+ advocate | BOOKS: Born a Ramblin’ Man (Shotgun Honey), Transcendent Love (JKP Books) | Occasionally a pink cat named Princess | Opinions mine | leegarrett.net
Thanks so much to the Mid-State Literacy Council for inviting me to read from my collection Born a Ramblin’ Man and deliver my lecture “Crime Fiction as Social Critique: Justice, Injustice, and the Fine Art of Murder” as part of their annual book fair!
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thanks so much to the Mid-State Literacy Council for inviting me to read from my collection Born a Ramblin’ Man and deliver my lecture “Crime Fiction as Social Critique: Justice, Injustice, and the Fine Art of Murder” as part of their annual book fair!
Happy November 14 to all who celebrate
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy November 14 to all who celebrate
😭🙌😭🙌😭🙌
There’s so much to be done for queer and trans justice, equality, and liberation.
We’ve lost so much ground in the past year.
But we haven’t lost this.
There’s so much to be done for queer and trans justice, equality, and liberation.
We’ve lost so much ground in the past year.
But we haven’t lost this.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
😭🙌😭🙌😭🙌
There’s so much to be done for queer and trans justice, equality, and liberation.
We’ve lost so much ground in the past year.
But we haven’t lost this.
There’s so much to be done for queer and trans justice, equality, and liberation.
We’ve lost so much ground in the past year.
But we haven’t lost this.
For the love of god, get out there and vote
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
For the love of god, get out there and vote
What is this feeling, so sudden and new?
November 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What is this feeling, so sudden and new?
What fresh hell is this
October 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What fresh hell is this
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Honored to have helped co-organize and speak at a march and rally on the PA capitol yesterday
This was a work of partnership and solidarity - including Centre LGBT+, PA Youth Congress, UDTJ, TransYOUniting, the PA Trans Equity Project, and the ACLU.
Together, we win.
Honored to have helped co-organize and speak at a march and rally on the PA capitol yesterday
This was a work of partnership and solidarity - including Centre LGBT+, PA Youth Congress, UDTJ, TransYOUniting, the PA Trans Equity Project, and the ACLU.
Together, we win.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
Honored to have helped co-organize and speak at a march and rally on the PA capitol yesterday
This was a work of partnership and solidarity - including Centre LGBT+, PA Youth Congress, UDTJ, TransYOUniting, the PA Trans Equity Project, and the ACLU.
Together, we win.
Honored to have helped co-organize and speak at a march and rally on the PA capitol yesterday
This was a work of partnership and solidarity - including Centre LGBT+, PA Youth Congress, UDTJ, TransYOUniting, the PA Trans Equity Project, and the ACLU.
Together, we win.
Rocky Horror at Millbrook Playhouse— let’s do the time warp againnnnn!!!!
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Rocky Horror at Millbrook Playhouse— let’s do the time warp againnnnn!!!!
Equal Rights, Equal Care: Join LGBT+ organizations from across PA to march on our state capitol in Harrisburg this Sunday, Oct. 26 to demand our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of queer and trans happiness.
Learn more: linktr.ee/erecpa
Learn more: linktr.ee/erecpa
October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Equal Rights, Equal Care: Join LGBT+ organizations from across PA to march on our state capitol in Harrisburg this Sunday, Oct. 26 to demand our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of queer and trans happiness.
Learn more: linktr.ee/erecpa
Learn more: linktr.ee/erecpa
NO ONE TALK TO ME, IM BUSY
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NO ONE TALK TO ME, IM BUSY
Diamonds are a femmes best friend
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Diamonds are a femmes best friend
All hat, no cattle
October 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
All hat, no cattle
Been pretty depressed lately, so for the first time in some years, I’m revisiting this old friend, who always found ways to lend me strength and wisdom in times of trial.
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Been pretty depressed lately, so for the first time in some years, I’m revisiting this old friend, who always found ways to lend me strength and wisdom in times of trial.
dress for the job you want
September 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
dress for the job you want
What I wore for the rapture: No makeup, red glasses, a velvety button up shirt the same color as my hair, cherry earrings, a moon necklace, black jeans and red flats (not pictured), and a headband made by my friend and small business Avabelle Crowns
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What I wore for the rapture: No makeup, red glasses, a velvety button up shirt the same color as my hair, cherry earrings, a moon necklace, black jeans and red flats (not pictured), and a headband made by my friend and small business Avabelle Crowns
👏Have I mentioned👏
🏳️⚧️I’m still looking for trans writers🏳️⚧️
✍️for a book I’m editing✍️
💖compiling true t4t love stories?💖
Full details: www.leegarrett.net/transcendent...
🏳️⚧️I’m still looking for trans writers🏳️⚧️
✍️for a book I’m editing✍️
💖compiling true t4t love stories?💖
Full details: www.leegarrett.net/transcendent...
September 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
👏Have I mentioned👏
🏳️⚧️I’m still looking for trans writers🏳️⚧️
✍️for a book I’m editing✍️
💖compiling true t4t love stories?💖
Full details: www.leegarrett.net/transcendent...
🏳️⚧️I’m still looking for trans writers🏳️⚧️
✍️for a book I’m editing✍️
💖compiling true t4t love stories?💖
Full details: www.leegarrett.net/transcendent...
No makeup, no coffee, family morning commute selfie - with hot air balloon!
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
No makeup, no coffee, family morning commute selfie - with hot air balloon!
Dozens of trans people are murdered in targeted violence each year.
Largely by gun violence, specifically.
The number of trans murders has increased at the same time that anti-trans rhetoric has intensified.
And Black trans women are murdered at the highest rates.
Largely by gun violence, specifically.
The number of trans murders has increased at the same time that anti-trans rhetoric has intensified.
And Black trans women are murdered at the highest rates.
September 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Dozens of trans people are murdered in targeted violence each year.
Largely by gun violence, specifically.
The number of trans murders has increased at the same time that anti-trans rhetoric has intensified.
And Black trans women are murdered at the highest rates.
Largely by gun violence, specifically.
The number of trans murders has increased at the same time that anti-trans rhetoric has intensified.
And Black trans women are murdered at the highest rates.
This post got me like
September 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This post got me like
projection is a hell of a drug
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
projection is a hell of a drug
I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of
destroying the god damn ring
destroying the god damn ring
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I chime in with a haven’t you people ever heard of
destroying the god damn ring
destroying the god damn ring
setting SMART goals
August 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
setting SMART goals
She speaks the truth
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
She speaks the truth
Take us out to the ball gaaaaaaammmmeeeeee
August 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Take us out to the ball gaaaaaaammmmeeeeee