Dr. Redfern Jon Barrett
@redfernjon.bsky.social
Nonbinary author to PROUD PINK SKY and THE GIDDY DEATH.
Ambitopia evangelist.
Written for Guernica, Strange Horizons, Reckoning, PinkNews, Nature Futures.
They/them.
Rep: Jonathan Villegas, Olswanger Lit.
Website: redjon.com
Home: Berlin.
Ambitopia evangelist.
Written for Guernica, Strange Horizons, Reckoning, PinkNews, Nature Futures.
They/them.
Rep: Jonathan Villegas, Olswanger Lit.
Website: redjon.com
Home: Berlin.
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Hi to all the new followers!
I'm a queer author with two novels out: PROUD PINK SKY is set in the world's first gay state, while THE GIDDY DEATH is all about polyamory and nonbinary life.
I also love make up! The more colour the better!
You can read more about me and my work at redjon.com
I'm a queer author with two novels out: PROUD PINK SKY is set in the world's first gay state, while THE GIDDY DEATH is all about polyamory and nonbinary life.
I also love make up! The more colour the better!
You can read more about me and my work at redjon.com
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People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
People vastly underestimate how important trans* rights are in the contemporary fight for freedom.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
If you cannot make your own choices for your body, the name you go by, or even the very clothes that you wear, then you are not, in any sense, meaningfully free.
Sometimes I like to stop and imagine what the world would be like if everyone spent their free time reading* books.
*listening to books counts too
*listening to books counts too
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sometimes I like to stop and imagine what the world would be like if everyone spent their free time reading* books.
*listening to books counts too
*listening to books counts too
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
Reposted by Dr. Redfern Jon Barrett
Making anti-gay jokes about a figure you don't like diminishes gay people much more than it does the person your comments are aimed at.
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Making anti-gay jokes about a figure you don't like diminishes gay people much more than it does the person your comments are aimed at.
Making anti-gay jokes about a figure you don't like diminishes gay people much more than it does the person your comments are aimed at.
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Making anti-gay jokes about a figure you don't like diminishes gay people much more than it does the person your comments are aimed at.
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Silly at is seems, I once thought I was too tall to be nonbinary.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Silly at is seems, I once thought I was too tall to be nonbinary.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
Silly at is seems, I once thought I was too tall to be nonbinary.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Silly at is seems, I once thought I was too tall to be nonbinary.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
All the examples I'd seen were faint and fey. Androgyny is often portrayed as small, femme, even dainty. How could I be 6'6" (198cm) and genderqueer?
Well, I already was! 🌈
Also: once you're my height you don't stand. You *loom*.
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Berlin winter approaches, meaning it’s time to whip out the big coat…
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Berlin winter approaches, meaning it’s time to whip out the big coat…
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
Berlin winter approaches, meaning it’s time to whip out the big coat…
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Berlin winter approaches, meaning it’s time to whip out the big coat…
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
It’s also a perfect opportunity to pair it with my new favourite lipstick! 💄
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FRIENDS! 💛
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
FRIENDS! 💛
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
My team at @bluebackpack.bsky.social and I just released The Berlin Apartment, the game we’ve worked on for the past 4 years! 😭💛
Give us so much love, wishlist and buy! ✨
store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/...
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Feeling like I’m living up to my colourful name this afternoon…
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Feeling like I’m living up to my colourful name this afternoon…
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
Feeling like I’m living up to my colourful name this afternoon…
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Feeling like I’m living up to my colourful name this afternoon…
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
Have a bloody marvellous day, everyone! ❤️
It's always astonished me, the lengths people will go to try and please grumpy men.
Folk will fall over themselves to make grumpy men happy, get their approval, earn their attention. No matter how little they get back.
It's a social patriarchy that transcends generations. It never seems to end.
Folk will fall over themselves to make grumpy men happy, get their approval, earn their attention. No matter how little they get back.
It's a social patriarchy that transcends generations. It never seems to end.
November 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's always astonished me, the lengths people will go to try and please grumpy men.
Folk will fall over themselves to make grumpy men happy, get their approval, earn their attention. No matter how little they get back.
It's a social patriarchy that transcends generations. It never seems to end.
Folk will fall over themselves to make grumpy men happy, get their approval, earn their attention. No matter how little they get back.
It's a social patriarchy that transcends generations. It never seems to end.
Meeting with my Berlin writing group today and I’m dressed to meet the autumn!
Have a great weekend, especially to all the writers and readers out there! 📚💞
Have a great weekend, especially to all the writers and readers out there! 📚💞
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Meeting with my Berlin writing group today and I’m dressed to meet the autumn!
Have a great weekend, especially to all the writers and readers out there! 📚💞
Have a great weekend, especially to all the writers and readers out there! 📚💞
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Check out my latest blog post: The Article, the Prize, and the Podcast!
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
The Article, the Prize, and the Podcast — Redfern Jon Barrett
The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving! I continue to be thrilled at being represented by Jonathan ...
www.redjon.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Check out my latest blog post: The Article, the Prize, and the Podcast!
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
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🌈📚
📖 Proud Pink Sky
by @redfernjon.bsky.social
break down the binary between utopia and dystopia--presenting an ambitopian vision of the world's first gay state
Bookshop Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library search.worldcat.org
#booksky #queerbooks #lgbtqia
📖 Proud Pink Sky
by @redfernjon.bsky.social
break down the binary between utopia and dystopia--presenting an ambitopian vision of the world's first gay state
Bookshop Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library search.worldcat.org
#booksky #queerbooks #lgbtqia
Proud Pink Sky
Check out Proud Pink Sky - <p><strong>In this stunning work of speculative urban fiction, Redfern Jon Barrett breaks down the binary between utopia and dystopia--presenting an ambitopian vision of the...
bookshop.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🌈📚
📖 Proud Pink Sky
by @redfernjon.bsky.social
break down the binary between utopia and dystopia--presenting an ambitopian vision of the world's first gay state
Bookshop Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library search.worldcat.org
#booksky #queerbooks #lgbtqia
📖 Proud Pink Sky
by @redfernjon.bsky.social
break down the binary between utopia and dystopia--presenting an ambitopian vision of the world's first gay state
Bookshop Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
Library search.worldcat.org
#booksky #queerbooks #lgbtqia
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🏳️🌈📚 At Bywater Books & Amble Press, stories aren’t just what we publish—they’re who we are.
👊👉 Inclusive. Respected. Queer-centered. Authentic. Artistic. Bold. Independent.
👀 Check us out today: bywaterbooks.com
#LGBTQBookSky #QueerReads #QueerBookRecommendations #BookSky #AuthorSky
👊👉 Inclusive. Respected. Queer-centered. Authentic. Artistic. Bold. Independent.
👀 Check us out today: bywaterbooks.com
#LGBTQBookSky #QueerReads #QueerBookRecommendations #BookSky #AuthorSky
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🏳️🌈📚 At Bywater Books & Amble Press, stories aren’t just what we publish—they’re who we are.
👊👉 Inclusive. Respected. Queer-centered. Authentic. Artistic. Bold. Independent.
👀 Check us out today: bywaterbooks.com
#LGBTQBookSky #QueerReads #QueerBookRecommendations #BookSky #AuthorSky
👊👉 Inclusive. Respected. Queer-centered. Authentic. Artistic. Bold. Independent.
👀 Check us out today: bywaterbooks.com
#LGBTQBookSky #QueerReads #QueerBookRecommendations #BookSky #AuthorSky
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It was a fantastic reading at Berlin's Z-Bar last night! My friend Orla and I were performing a new short story of mine, a comedy horror that went down really well with the audience.
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It was a fantastic reading at Berlin's Z-Bar last night! My friend Orla and I were performing a new short story of mine, a comedy horror that went down really well with the audience.
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
It was a fantastic reading at Berlin's Z-Bar last night! My friend Orla and I were performing a new short story of mine, a comedy horror that went down really well with the audience.
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It was a fantastic reading at Berlin's Z-Bar last night! My friend Orla and I were performing a new short story of mine, a comedy horror that went down really well with the audience.
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
Despite being more introverted in my day-to-day life, I absolutely love being on stage. What a great evening!
Getting ready to read at Z-Bar for tonight’s Tapwater literary event!
I hope I’m pink enough! 🌸
#Nonbinary #Berlin
I hope I’m pink enough! 🌸
#Nonbinary #Berlin
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Getting ready to read at Z-Bar for tonight’s Tapwater literary event!
I hope I’m pink enough! 🌸
#Nonbinary #Berlin
I hope I’m pink enough! 🌸
#Nonbinary #Berlin
Check out my latest blog post: The Article, the Prize, and the Podcast!
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
The Article, the Prize, and the Podcast — Redfern Jon Barrett
The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving! I continue to be thrilled at being represented by Jonathan ...
www.redjon.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Check out my latest blog post: The Article, the Prize, and the Podcast!
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
"The world will insist on still existing, and so I continue to exist within it. Yet this genderfree giant hasn’t only enduring, but thriving!"
Click the heart at the end to win my geeky love! 💞
www.redjon.com/news/2025/11...
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Having a colourful day today! Green eyeshadow and sweater, pink trousers, an orange jacket, and a scarf that the shopkeeper helpfully informed me is “supposed to be for women”. Still, it fits my neck perfectly!
Hope everyone’s enjoying a bright and beautiful autumn so far!
#Nonbinary #Berlin
Hope everyone’s enjoying a bright and beautiful autumn so far!
#Nonbinary #Berlin
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Having a colourful day today! Green eyeshadow and sweater, pink trousers, an orange jacket, and a scarf that the shopkeeper helpfully informed me is “supposed to be for women”. Still, it fits my neck perfectly!
Hope everyone’s enjoying a bright and beautiful autumn so far!
#Nonbinary #Berlin
Hope everyone’s enjoying a bright and beautiful autumn so far!
#Nonbinary #Berlin