The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it & the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state. thenation.com/article/societ…

WATCH (premiere): Coming up at 6 PM today, a reading by Tawseef Khan from his powerful, memorable debut #Determination, longlisted for the Jhalak Prose Prize youtu.be/X8T2trHoQtQ #JhalakShowcase #JhalakPrize25

I helped put this journal together with a lot of super talented writers. Do Check it out!

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Read an EXCLUSIVE interview with the inimitable Mattilda B Sycamore AND an extract from her forthcoming novel Terry Dactyl 🪶🦖This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Check out the art by @Anne_L_Kersha in the NEW issue of Fruit. 🍊 This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Get twisted in language with Jade Prince in ‘Homophones’. 💋🎶This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Leave your pride at home with Jahan Khajavi in ‘Hunting Scene’ 🦁This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

Happy paperback publication day to me! Celebrating by doing an unboxing of my copies. Aren’t they beautiful?! 😻 #Determination

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Explore composting and lesbian separatism with Kate Schneider in ‘The worm forgives the maritozzi’ 🪱 👩‍🌾This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Caleb Simon tells about his shoe collection in ‘Footnotes’ 👢 👟👞This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Read Dustin Ariel Segura-Suarez’s own private Idaho in ‘Fragments’ 🐠This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk 🍊 #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

If you hold a placard saying you support Palestine Action, you get nicked. If you hold a banner saying 'Kill 'Em All' outside a hotel housing asylum seekers, the police look the other way.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Lose your cool with David McGovern in ‘i feel love’ 💘 This and more in fruitjournal.co.uk 🍋 #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #nonfiction #poetry #fiction

Very happy to have a poem in the latest issue of Impossible Archetype, alongside loads of fantastic queer poetry. Do check it out! 📝

🚨The brave activists on board the flotilla have asked for all eyes to stay on them tonight as they near the danger zone. There's a tracker here: globalsumudflotilla.org. And YouTube feed here: tinyurl.com/33v877d6.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 QUEER WRITERS! We’re open for submissions until 31st December. 🍊 We’d love to read your most boundary-bending writing – fiction, non-fiction, poetry, hybrid & visual work all welcome. Check out our guidelines at fruitjournal.co.uk/submit/ 🥝 #LGBTQ #writing #queer

✨BLACKBOX MANIFOLD 35✨ is now live, with poems by Shara McCallum, Dorothy Lehane, Rebecca Goss, Angela Gardner, Philip Terry, and others. Plus Adam Piette reviews Keaton Sutherland and Jennifer Scappettone blackboxmanifold.sites.sheffield.ac.uk