Jonathan Lenore Kastin
@someofourstars.bsky.social
Poet, teller of tales, weaver of spells (He/they)
AB(SOLUTELY) NORMAL 2023. TRANSMOGRIFY! 2023. WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT 2024.
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AB(SOLUTELY) NORMAL 2023. TRANSMOGRIFY! 2023. WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT 2024.
https://linktr.ee/jonathanlenorekastin
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I’m periodically going to be posting fundraising skeets for @fightforthefuture.org as we get into our year end push.
Unfortunately, we’re facing a big budget gap this year. We lost major funders over our principled stances.
We stay fighting. But we need your support
Fightforthefuture.org/donate
Unfortunately, we’re facing a big budget gap this year. We lost major funders over our principled stances.
We stay fighting. But we need your support
Fightforthefuture.org/donate
Donate
Donate We rely on donations from everyday people just like you to fund our strategic activism. Please make a recurring donation to our organization so we can continue to fight for your digital rights....
Fightforthefuture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I’m periodically going to be posting fundraising skeets for @fightforthefuture.org as we get into our year end push.
Unfortunately, we’re facing a big budget gap this year. We lost major funders over our principled stances.
We stay fighting. But we need your support
Fightforthefuture.org/donate
Unfortunately, we’re facing a big budget gap this year. We lost major funders over our principled stances.
We stay fighting. But we need your support
Fightforthefuture.org/donate
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This deserves a lot more attention, as the AIDS genocides too often aren't viewed as such, and their devastating impact on trans women erased.
Trans women face far worse impacts from AIDS. Especially when combined with poverty, less access to trans healthcare, and racism.
Trans women face far worse impacts from AIDS. Especially when combined with poverty, less access to trans healthcare, and racism.
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This deserves a lot more attention, as the AIDS genocides too often aren't viewed as such, and their devastating impact on trans women erased.
Trans women face far worse impacts from AIDS. Especially when combined with poverty, less access to trans healthcare, and racism.
Trans women face far worse impacts from AIDS. Especially when combined with poverty, less access to trans healthcare, and racism.
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There's just 2 days left to bid on an array of stunning art, books, mentoring sessions and experiences all in aid of the people of Sudan! Definitely lots of #ArtAdventCalendar worthy pieces there.... #Creatives4Sudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#ArtSky #BookSky #CraftSky #Art
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#ArtSky #BookSky #CraftSky #Art
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There's just 2 days left to bid on an array of stunning art, books, mentoring sessions and experiences all in aid of the people of Sudan! Definitely lots of #ArtAdventCalendar worthy pieces there.... #Creatives4Sudan
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#ArtSky #BookSky #CraftSky #Art
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
#ArtSky #BookSky #CraftSky #Art
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Fave Five: New and Upcoming YA Starring Trans Girls
These are 2024-26 releases. Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller Fawn's Blood by Hal Schrieve Queen of Faces by Petra Lord This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier Bonus: These are all prose novels,…
These are 2024-26 releases. Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller Fawn's Blood by Hal Schrieve Queen of Faces by Petra Lord This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier Bonus: These are all prose novels,…
Fave Five: New and Upcoming YA Starring Trans Girls
These are 2024-26 releases. Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller Fawn's Blood by Hal Schrieve Queen of Faces by Petra Lord This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier Bonus: These are all prose novels, but for a graphic novel, check out Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio and Paulina Ganucheau
lgbtqreads.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fave Five: New and Upcoming YA Starring Trans Girls
These are 2024-26 releases. Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller Fawn's Blood by Hal Schrieve Queen of Faces by Petra Lord This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier Bonus: These are all prose novels,…
These are 2024-26 releases. Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond and Teghan Hammond One of the Boys by Victoria Zeller Fawn's Blood by Hal Schrieve Queen of Faces by Petra Lord This Wretched Beauty by Elle Grenier Bonus: These are all prose novels,…
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GonForth . Unleash hell , find me a donor and grant me strength because no ICE is out
And tomorrow ? We stop making bargains . We start making DEMANDS
And tomorrow ? We stop making bargains . We start making DEMANDS
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share
gofund.me/a5ee0064
gofund.me/a5ee0064
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
GonForth . Unleash hell , find me a donor and grant me strength because no ICE is out
And tomorrow ? We stop making bargains . We start making DEMANDS
And tomorrow ? We stop making bargains . We start making DEMANDS
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The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
ALA welcomes reinstatement of all federal IMLS grants to libraries
Today, the American Library Association (ALA) greeted an announcement by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that it had reinstated all the agency’s grants.
www.ala.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored all previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
"Restoration of these grants is a massive win for libraries of all kinds in all states."
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The House just held a hearing on 19 (!!) bills related to "kids safety" including several that could mandate online ID checks / age verification, like KOSA and the SCREEN Act.
But the reality is that online ID checks would actually make kids LESS safe, not more safe. www.stoponlineidchecks.org
But the reality is that online ID checks would actually make kids LESS safe, not more safe. www.stoponlineidchecks.org
ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The House just held a hearing on 19 (!!) bills related to "kids safety" including several that could mandate online ID checks / age verification, like KOSA and the SCREEN Act.
But the reality is that online ID checks would actually make kids LESS safe, not more safe. www.stoponlineidchecks.org
But the reality is that online ID checks would actually make kids LESS safe, not more safe. www.stoponlineidchecks.org
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Transgender women have been playing women’s tennis in USTA for 50 years!
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Transgender women have been playing women’s tennis in USTA for 50 years!
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I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time.
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I was so happy to contribute a teen gift to this toy drive that my friend @prisonculture.bsky.social is co-organizing. Everything is SO EXPENSIVE right now. Let's brighten the holiday for some young folks during this tough time.
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy link: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen gift purchase link: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
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If you want shelves full and branches open, back the pushback. Donate now and your gift is matched 100% during Match-a-versary. We can’t afford to fall short.
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you want shelves full and branches open, back the pushback. Donate now and your gift is matched 100% during Match-a-versary. We can’t afford to fall short.
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
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Izolde is a wonderful member of our local trans community who's going through a really rough time right now. Please help if you can!!!
i should have got this up sooner, but i was ashamed; need to try to raise money for rent again this month and i remain (mostly; might have PT work!) unemployed as we approach year end.
please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
ko-fi.com/iafishman/go...
please help me keep myself and my partner housed.
#helpsky #MARequest #transcrowdfund
ko-fi.com/iafishman/go...
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Izolde is a wonderful member of our local trans community who's going through a really rough time right now. Please help if you can!!!
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
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Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...
Library Board | Irving, TX Official Website
irvingtx.gov
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Short notice, but if anyone is served by the Irving County Library board in Texas they have a Library board meeting tomorrow Dec 1 that might discuss LGBTQ+ materials, new bylaws, & collection development policy. Time & location: irvingtx.gov/index.php?se...
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Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you to everyone who's shared & donated for their generosity. Support has slowed a lot, & Archita would be very grateful if you could help her reach her goal and some semblance of security in this terrible time.
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You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
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Trans? Under 25? 🏳️⚧️
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
Are you trans and under 25? You could receive a free gift from Trans Secret Santa
Are you trans and under 25? You could receive a free gift under a heartwarming Trans Secret Santa campaign. Here's how to apply.
www.thepinknews.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trans? Under 25? 🏳️⚧️
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
There's a few hours left to sign up for a free festive gift from our Trans Secret Santa community project 🎄🎁
Read more: www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/t...
Sign up here: www.transsecretsanta.co.uk
Registrations close just before midnight tonight ⌛
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We've been a little quiet as the House, our next focus is on vacation. While we wait for the next stage you can also support our efforts by donating to Authors Against Book Bans.
Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We've been a little quiet as the House, our next focus is on vacation. While we wait for the next stage you can also support our efforts by donating to Authors Against Book Bans.
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Want one? To celebrate the 12/1 launch of The Teacher, I'm giving away 3 signed copies. Just leave a comment or a like so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat.
Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for sharing this story about what language, listening, and love can still try to do.
Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for sharing this story about what language, listening, and love can still try to do.
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Want one? To celebrate the 12/1 launch of The Teacher, I'm giving away 3 signed copies. Just leave a comment or a like so I see you, and I'll drop your name in the hat.
Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for sharing this story about what language, listening, and love can still try to do.
Thanks to @maudlinhouse.bsky.social for sharing this story about what language, listening, and love can still try to do.
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We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
snyder.substack.com/p/freedom-is...
Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
snyder.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
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do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!
Realistically if you follow me there's probably someone in your circle this would make a great gift for! Possibly that person is you!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
do you or someone you buy gifts for love speculative fiction? activism? HAVE I GOT THE BOOK FOR YOU! Getting fantastic reviews already! Out THIS TUESDAY!
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What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb):
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
Indie Bites | Indie Fantasy Magazine
A non-profit quarterly magazine of indie fantasy authors, bloggers and illustrators.
www.silversunbooks.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What we’d love to see in our submissions box for our Ruins & Rituals issue (by 28 Feb):
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
- fantasy horror set in the ruins of civilisation
- forgotten rituals turned folklore
- tricksy protagonists
- swoony romance and queer HEAs
- nothing that isn’t fantasy!
- also cats
www.silversunbooks.com
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We are a Small Business. And it is Saturday.
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Tenebrous Press - The Home of New Weird Horror
Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are a Small Business. And it is Saturday.
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
Give the Gift of Weird to your Loved Ones.
Give the Gift of Weird to Yourself.
You deserve Weird. We all deserve Weird.
🖤☠️
💀print books
💀eBooks
💀audiobooks
💀magazines
💀shirts, patches & more:
store.tenebrouspress.com
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I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm doing a christmas signing at @booksellercrow.bsky.social on 6th Dec alongside all kinds of massive names. Preorder your Lokis here and I will deface them in any way you like on the day! booksellercrow.co.uk/shop-tag/lou... (Preorders close on Monday)