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jonathan kinsman

@manykinsmen.bsky.social

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he/him. trans boy/glorious twink does poems. sub poet laureate. debut poetry collection the fireman’s daughter out with @brokensleepbooks.

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Nov 14

anyway here’s what I’m like live. thanks @iamloudpro.bsky.social for facilitating me being live.

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Jonathan Kinsman - Everybody (Against Cringe) || Spoken Word Poetry ||

YouTube video by I Am Loud Productions

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · 1d

if any member of the cast in one of these upcoming harry potter projects would truly like to apologise to trans people for their involvement they can start by paying me £300 to cover the cost of a private blood test that I can’t get at my gp now because they refuse shared care agreements now.

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · 13d

so the new archbishop seems broadly okay but her stance on queer marriage is not great she said that “marriage is between one man and one woman for life”. wild stance for anyone in THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND to have. we do not have a fucking leg to stand on.

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Aug 29

correction, i will be out of a job at the end of september because my boss needs the rest of the time to wind the business down

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Aug 29

my job will be disappearing out from under me in mid november (the post office is closing). if anyone would like to employ me that would be grand. i’m trying to relocate to york, but if anyone knows of any remote work i will gladly take that.

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Aug 25

as venue captain last year i legitimately posted flyers that has been left behind back to someone.

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Peter Collins @peter.polari.com · Aug 25

Gay men in the UK only have an equal age of consent because the gov was forced to by the European Court of Human Rights (implementing the European Convention on Human Rights).

They say they want to remove protections from people they deem as “other” but they want to remove human rights from us all.

roterote @roterote.bsky.social · Aug 24

David Blunkett a UK Labour Lord in the House of Lords is telling Keir Starmer to suspend the European Convention on Human Rights to deport asylum seekers.

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Kathleen Jamie @kathleenjamie.bsky.social · Aug 10

Arresting the poets are we? Not a good look.

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · Aug 10

Queer writers are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with their Trans+ family, friends, and colleagues - and against the creeping normalisation of transphobia.

When figures like John Boyne use their platform to legitimise their transphobic rhetoric, they doesn’t just negatively impact Trans+ people

Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · Aug 10

UPDATE: 10 of the 24 longlisted authors have now withdrawn from the Polari Prize.

First Book:
Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire

Main award:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth

Judging panel:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes

The Polari prize first book Longlist with crosses over books by
Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Ciara Maguire to show they've withdrawn

The polar prize award Longlist with crosses over books by
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth to show they've withdrawn

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Jul 2

hello trans friends in the uk. i’m finally in a position to go private for a diagnosis and prescription. where did your or your loved ones go and were they able to get a shared care agreement from the nhs?

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Jun 15

Pontefract belongs in Wales. Put it back!!!

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · May 27

what does the dead dad club do for father’s day? like it’s coming up next month and i don’t have a father or a grandfather to spend it with.

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · May 15

ahead of the weekend i need you to know that my gf judges each eurovision act very carefully…

under the robot wars scoring criteria:
-damage
-aggression
-control
-style

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · May 13

someone who can make a physical book pls have me guest edit something (bonus points if it’s especially for trans poets) thanks

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · May 2

i have zero gigs on my calendar. book me pls.

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Apr 22

The reality of the rhetoric around trans people on this country is that I went from using the gents toilets pretty much all the time in 2022 to never using them in public in 2024.

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Apr 2

I would pay good money for a Mike Flanagan adaptation of Shadow Over Innsmouth.

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 24

I was not expecting the film that made me feel the most seen since Everything Everywhere to be Conclave but here we are

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 21

if everyone I love could stop dying for five minutes, please

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RRRMMM @strongmisgiving.bsky.social · Feb 18

VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we POST?
ESTRAGON: Yes, let's POST.

*They do not POST*

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 14

an incomplete list of people that in the uk do not or do not always have that without terms and conditions attached that are not imposed upon others:

- disabled people
- immigrants
- trans people
- widows and widowers
- nonmonogamous people

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 14

once again reminding everyone that st valentine was put to death for performing marriage ceremonies for people who could not legally marry under roman statute at the time. the best way to honour him is by campaigning for and preserving the right to marry for any consenting adults who love each other

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 12

tragic: worst person you know has admin privileges

jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 7

my plan was electromagnets

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jonathan kinsman @manykinsmen.bsky.social · Feb 7

billionaires want to go to space so badly because guillotines need gravity to function

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · Feb 3

I'm gonna die mad at the fact that we call non-prescription medicine, the kind you can get anywhere in the store, "over the counter." But the medicine that the pharmacist literally has to hand me over a counter? That stuff is we classify as "not available over the counter." Fuck you!!

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