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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Jun 27

Any creators interested in crowdfunding (or even just being an artist for a job)—you should know about "1,000 true fans."

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1,000 True Fans

This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This revi...

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Jun 26

I got to be on set for the filming of this and it was even more chaotic in person if you can believe it

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How Do You Impress an Alien? | Brian David Gilbert Asks Hank Anything

YouTube video by Complexly

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · May 22

omg yay! the display case is my baby and I'm so proud of it

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · May 21

speaking of hank! I'm in charge of managing the crash course coin campaign this year and it rules. Crash Course is one of those things that's just GOOD. It's used by more people than we'll ever be able to track to teach everything from history to sex ed. I love working here!

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 20

The only reason the second way works is because people like you take a moment to decide whether you're able to support this year. Good things are not inevitable, they only exist because we make it happen. Make it happen here: complexly.info/CCcoin25-6

The 2025 Crash Course Coin

At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free!

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · May 21

my partner just sent me this with a victorious "suck it, hank!"

@hankgreen.bsky.social

screenshot of today's connections on hard mode

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Kalpar @thekalpar.bsky.social · May 9

I was very nervous meeting @lasertheboy.bsky.social when he held a concert with his sister in a local game shop. But he's been pretty cool. Even let me hide with him during a show once.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · May 4

Screw "never meeting your heroes." What were some times you met your heroes and they were super cool?

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Stitches in Time: Doctor Who in Chronological Order! @whostitched.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks to everyone for a great first (13.8 billion) year(s)! Especially my wonderful producer @benpaddon.net and the best cohost a gal could ask for in @mandyqueersolid.bsky.social 💜

Stitches in Time: A Doctor Who Podcast: Year One: 13.8 billion BC to 4221 BC.

Pictured: Hosts Becca McGlynn and Mandy Oquendo; Producer Ben Paddon; and guests Riley Silverman, Laser Webber, Jessica Reiner-Harris, Dan Peck, Michael Nixon, Ivy Hanover, Amy Vorpahl, Emily Henry, Sara Caplan, Will Overgard, Kevin Burnard, Vera Wylde, Josh Closs, Dino Andrade, and Dave Bulmer.

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Please do!

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you so much!!

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Silence for two minutes

@mkpinla.bsky.social : "she was that cool girl from the party!"

(who is "she", nobody knows)

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

thank you so much.

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

I'm riding high today after last night's premiere of my new musical "Love Chicken", written with @mkpinla.bsky.social and Tony Gonzalez. It's a scary time, but people coming together really does make me feel great. 😊

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Overall, we put on more than 30 events, plus classes and parties, and paid over $17,000 directly to trans creators. There are a few days left of the festival—and yes, we have to do it again, because we learned so much. I've also assembled the board for a non-profit for ongoing programming!

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

We prioritized accessibility and diversity, and thanks to the work of dspstudio.la, recorded and streamed most of the shows. Incredible volunteers leveled up the festival in gorgeous ways, including this "Common Room"-inspired set with "F*ck t*rfs" written backwards above the shelves.

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

Venues, tech, and promotion were funded by crowdfunding, so theater artists needed only to create something wonderful - and got 100% of their ticket sales as profit (this never happens in festivals). Participants ranged from first-timers to big names like Chaz Bono and Rebecca Sugar.

all-trans reading of streetcar named desire

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

I know *so many* of trans theater artists who just need an opportunity to make inspiring art. So, with the help of my partner Maddox K. Pennington and producer Petey Gibson, I founded THE JOY WHO LIVED, a performing arts festival!

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

When I learned that the Potter play would be coming to Los Angeles for several months, I got sad. I knew folks would go see this play, despite JK Rowl*ng saying that folks spending money to see her stuff is an endorsement of her ideals. So we did something about it!

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Apr 21

I love my neurodivergent partner and also this morning I had to say to him - "Let's pretend like I entered the conversation when you started talking out loud"

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Mar 28

Heck. yes.

www.autostraddle.com/the-joy-who-...

Trans Comedians and Theatre Makers Create J.K. Rowling Counter-Programming

"It's really a choose your own adventure. You could just go see really great comedy. You could go see these tiny independent solo shows. There's a reading of A Streetcar Named Desire with Alexandra Bi...

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Hal Lublin (He/Him) @hallublin.com · Mar 18

@markgags.bsky.social & I are LIVE on YouTube (youtube.com/@wegotthispo...) at 7pm PT with @lasertheboy.bsky.social & @jessethorn.bsky.social to celebrate MaxFunDrive - support @wegotthispodcast.bsky.social at maximumfun.org/join with a new, upgrading, or boosted membership!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

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We Got This With Mark and Hal: The Podcast @wegotthispodcast.bsky.social · Mar 18

@markgags.bsky.social & @hallublin.bsky.social are LIVE on YouTube (youtube.com/@wegotthispo...) at 7pm PT with @lasertheboy.bsky.social & @jessethorn.bsky.social to celebrate MaxFunDrive - support us at maximumfun.org/join with a new, upgrading, or boosted membership!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD

We Got This

Video companions to the "We Got This with Mark and Hal" podcast, plus whatever weird things we think of and post here.

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Laser 🏳️‍⚧️ @lasertheboy.bsky.social · Mar 12

idk how tuned in you are to your friends who are trans/undocumented/immigrants/etc, but these days, we are having real conversations about what we're going to do in the camps they send us to. This isn't a joke, and now is the time for you to say something.