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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab
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We're an online writing community, made by and for LGBTQ+ writers and our ally friends! 🏳️‍🌈 We also commit to mutual aid 💖💪


Check out our zine and more about mutual aid at
https://www.breakthrough-at-the-lit-lab.com/
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Breakthrough At the Lit Lab @breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social · Jan 30
Hello Bluesky! We're Breakthrough at the Lit Lab, an online-based writing group. We're queer, and happy to be here. If you're trying to find a writing group online, link to our site in bio. From Drabbles to dropping sick beats, we have all kinds of writers with us #writinggroups #writingsky
Blue backdrop, white lettering reads "Looking for a writing group? Join us at breakthrough-at-the-lit-lab.com Queer-friendly, based on Discord, Zine on our site"
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didichanoch.bsky.social
Life Is Too Short to spend time with shitty people, even if they ARE your family.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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charliejane.bsky.social
Charisma is a local trans artist, creator, bookseller and all around wonderful human. I've been so lucky to get to hang out with them, and I've gotten to admire their art and their incredible positivity.

They had to move a while back due to fuckery. Please give whatever you can!
habariqueenby.bsky.social Charisma The Queenby @habariqueenby.bsky.social · 3d
Please share and donate if you can! Much much needed and appreciated ❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
genderplasmic.bsky.social Jack @genderplasmic.bsky.social · 3d
I have started an urgent gfm for my partner and friend Charisma and Robin. Please consider supporting them as they face financial hardship and housing insecurity! gofund.me/21cc825a8

@cyberpunk.dog @habariqueenby.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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cristianpintos.com
Her

#art #drawing #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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artgurlroxy.bsky.social
Making this ace pride arcade design into a sticker later!

#art #queerart #asexual #pride
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
With the holidays approaching, many of us will be having dinner with our families, blood, and/or found. Consider writing a scene around a dinner. What kind of implied histories can you weave in through the night? #WritingPrompt #QueerWriters #Typey
Writing Prompt Wednesday - Family Dinner Write a scene at a family dinner. Family can be blood, or found. Consider that many (or all) of these characters have history, and what sort of drama or comedic moment may emerge. Our mascot, Typey the typewriter in the corner beside a large turkey dinner.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
Last night on the red carpet I was asked about the best book I’ve read this year and I babbled nonsensically trying to remember the title. This always happens. I need to make a little list I carry around. The book I MEANT to say was The Bang Bang Sisters by Rio Youers.
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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takaanieyes.bsky.social
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Southern Poverty Law Center honors and memorializes those we’ve lost to anti-trans violence. In today’s political climate, discrimination
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November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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cara.ink
New queer books for you to check out! 🌈❤️

caranox.com/newlgbt112025

🌈🚀💫 💙📚👀 📢📚 🌈📚🪐
Nov 2025 New LGBTQ+ Book Releases (including Familiar!) Graphic has a neon light rainbow background over various designs spelling out "love". The foreground has the above text and an arrow pointing to a graphic cover of Familiar.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
'Why can't I use AI?! Others are using it!!'

Oh good, I see you skipped Human Interaction 101 where we learned that just because others are doing something, we do not also need to do it. Good. Grief.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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bookspotlight.bsky.social
I'm gonna approach everything going forwards like I came from the Inigo Montoya school of querying tbqh.
Inigo: I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
Today (November 20th) is Transgender Day Of Rememberance.
Let's remember those we have lost, and strive for a better future.
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Today, we remember on Transgender day of Remembrance. We remember all the transgender people who are no longer with us, lost to hate violence, suicide, and the immense hardships of systemic oppression.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
This day and age is full of social media and influencers. Write a character who is (or trying to be) an influencer of some kind. Question to consider: What sort of things do they do for their channel? Unboxing videos, food blogging, fashion, etc?
#writingprompt #Typey #queerwriters
Writing Prompt Wednesday - I'm an Influencer This day and age is full of content creation. Write a story where the main character is some kind of internet influencer. From foodbloggers, to fashion makers, decide what style of videos they do, and what kind of story they could be involved in. Our mascot, Typey the Typewriter in the corner with a cellphone
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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willy-o.bsky.social
"Our Lady of Marsupials, Foundress of the Universe, and her consort, the Demiurge, announce the redevelopment of a new heaven and a new earth on the site of the old town square," mixed media on cardboard, 2025.

#art #fineart #collage #blueskycollage #canadianartist #queerart #outsiderart
An old, historic town of eclectic architecture, in the center, a gate is open, above this, the creation of a new universe by two celestial marsupials.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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pitchmyproject.com
🎥 BTS clips of the short film “Not Alone”.

This is the essence of indie film:
✍🏻 Rewriting scenes overnight.
🎥 Shooting with a DIY harness rig
🌅 Losing daylight but still having scenes left to shoot

Huge respect to the cast and crew for making this possible!

#moviesky #filmsky #indiefilm
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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wipsnips.bsky.social
The #WIPSnips word for November 15th is "progress"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag November 15 - progress Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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joshstein.bsky.social
I appreciate this graphic. It's also noteworthy that depending on region and insurance, a Catholic hospital may be the only option. If you're an LGBTQ+ person or are pregnant and in need of emergency care, there's a high likelihood a Catholic hospital will fail to treat you with best practices.
jessdkant.bsky.social Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 14d
Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.
MAP 1| States with the most Catholic hospital beds Percentage of staffed acute care hospital beds that are in Catholic facilities ranging from 20-46%
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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beverlyannemichel.bsky.social
Grab MECHANICAL HEART on sale everywhere!!

b2r: books2read.com/mechanicalhe...
itch: beverlyannemichel.itch.io/mechanical-h...
etsy: www.etsy.com/listing/1843...
kofi: ko-fi.com/beverlyannem...

#booksky #sff #romancelandia 💙📚 🌈📚 🪐📚 🌶️📚
Mechanical Heart. dnd sessions. Nerdy couple. Women in stem. There was only one bed. Exciting twists. Science fiction romance. Soft but protective boy.
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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jollyladyshark.bsky.social
Just go ahead and screenshot this one- it’s gonna be pretty widely applicable for some time to come 😑
#antifascist #transrights #queerart
A deliberately sketchy comic drawing of an angry possum sitting like people. The possum is snarling with their teeth bared and squinting angrily. Their whiskers are all crumpled, and their little arms dangle like t-rex arms. Their feet are like spiky pink stars. The caption reads “Local Queer is getting pretty sick of this shit.”
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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toomanymargins.bsky.social
Are you aware I am trans? I highly dount there's anyone who doesn't. Especially with my book coming out! 🌈📚
shop.toomanymargins.com
#TransAwarenessWeek #LGBTQ #QueerLit #TransVoices #IndieAuthors
a trans pride flag. The text says Happy Trans Awareness Week! November 13-19 @toomanymargins
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
breakthroughlitlab.bsky.social
#WritingPrompt A lot of stories are about someone who is half-human, Blade the sorta-half-vampire who fights vampires, to the more recent, Rumi from #KpopDemonHunters. Write a main character who is half-human, half-something else entirely. Explore the implications and challenges that comes with.
Writing Prompt Wednesday - Half & Half It’s not uncommon for a main character to be half-human half-whatever monster they fight. Rumi from Kpop DemonHunters is half-demon, Blade is a (sort of) part-vampire vampire hunter, and more. Write about a half-human, and the nuances and complications that come with it Our mascot, Typey, the cute cartoon typewriter in the corner with a long purple Rumi wig on.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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danteshepherd.bsky.social
Thinking a lot about this panel from QC right now
Questionable Content panel. "One of the fundamental roles of a community is to care for its members, particularly when broader institutions have failed to do so. You are part of a good community. There is no shame in turning to it for support."
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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tiffanyeauthor.bsky.social
Recent butch/femme fiction new releases through November 9, 2025.
🌈📚💜💙 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance | Butch/Femme Fiction
#romancelandia #booksky #sapphicbooks
#newreleases #butchfemme
Book covers displayed on vintage design coffee cup/reading glasses/open book background for butch/femme fiction new releases for week ending November 9 with the quote, “Books may be the only true magic.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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shinikage221.bsky.social
If anyone has some extra money to spare for a good cause. #fundraise #pets #dog
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Click here to support Tait Rounsaville's story *PuppyVetBills
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November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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aqhpublications.bsky.social
Free queer books for a short window!! Don't let consorship win!

#author #lgbtqia #lgbtqfamily #writer #ebooks 🌈📚 💙📚 🌈💜
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Free queer books
Searching for a new queer story? Grab these books for free for a limited time!
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November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already

www.mta.info/article/f-m-...
F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in December 2025 We're making this change to improve reliability. Here's what you need to know about how your trip may change. New York City Transit
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM