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S Bear Bergman
@sbearbergman.bsky.social
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Writer, storyteller, publisher, advice guy, crankypants. Always looking for people to talk to and things to eat. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Boston! Come see the show @broadwayworld.com called “skillful, deeply affecting, funny and sad and sweet and difficult and true,” and @intermissionmag.bsky.social says is “a solo show with a sense of heart and honesty that'll leave your cheeks wet and your chest warm.”

TICKETS! bpt.me/6732394
This is a flyer for a show called “the first Jew in Canada: a trans tale“ written and performed by S. Bear Bergman. The show will be performed on November 2, 2025 at 40 Berkeley St. in Boston at 5 PM. There’s a QR code for more information and notes that it will be interpreted into ASL.
October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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I have enormous dog; also very good.
My 80 pound mutt Francis is tan with white feet and a black nose and ears, plus varied dramatic black markings around his eyes. He is seen here stretched out on a gray couch, with his head resting on a stuffed IKEA shark. The entire situation is Extremely adorable.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Francis, teaching his graduate seminar in coziness. Enrolment opens soon for his summer intensive, rolling on your back in a cool bed of clover.
A very a very dignified looking tan dog with a black muzzle dog is curled into a circle on the couch. His head rests on a mustard coloured yellow cushion, and over his head is a faux fur fuzzy blanket. He looks a bit ridiculous but very cozy - he picked his head up just as I raised my camera, in case it was peanut butter.
September 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Little wins but Troy Kostur looking hot (without additional context) in the Bottega Veneta ad wrapper for the Sunday NYT about the poetry of gesture qualifies I think.
Famous Deaf stage and screen actor Troy Kostur looking hot and broody in a fashion portrait. His hair is long, he’s wearing a black suit, and his famously large and quick hands are stacked under his chin. Big text reads The Poetry Of Gestures and above there’s some woven leather sleeves.
September 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Stephen Miller & @StephenM The Democrat Party does not believe in citizenship or nationhood. If a foreign tourist comes to a baby mill motel, delivers a child, and then flies home, Democrats say that child is just as American as the boys at Normandy. 2) Rep. Ted Lieu • • @RepTedLieu • 19h If you're born in America, you're an American. Pass it on.
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The 2SLGBTQ- positive kids press I founded and run, Flamingo Rampant, sent books to Broadway today for No Book Ban’s activation at John Proctor Is The Villian, giving away challenged and banned books. So glad to be there with Metatron’s Children!
The photo was taken outside of the Broadway theater currently showing “John Proctor is the villain,“ and three people are standing, all wearing beanies for the show, with arms full of books. They’re smiling at the camera, getting ready to give away a whole bunch of challenged and banned books. The person on the right is holding a copy of Metatron‘s children, a book we publish.
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Hello, I would like to be mutuals with people who have one of these, thank you:
A nylon rainbow bracelet that reads Stonewall 25, 1994. Underneath is printed Massachusetts and a series of numbers that blurred out after 003. The bracelet is resting on a light wood table and the corner of a jewellery box is beside it.
April 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Someone has written in black marker on a bright red wall “if you love someone trans, you’re lucky.”
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Ratios vary but it’s all versions of this:
In my open palm are two individually wrapped fruit flavoured hard candies, one green and one purple, and a flat pinkish-grey rock with an interesting pattern of lightly quartz-flecked small circles. It’s not visible in the photo but bonus content for screen reader users - the quartz makes the circles slightly sparkly.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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A jobsite style sign reading 0 Days Since Cis Nonsense.
February 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Same, friend (me yesterday in the parking lot of a Costco while some bro in his wankpanzer honked at me):
A deep mottled slate blue cloudy sky with a few pink stripes at the top gives way to bright, rich pink and orange sunset at the bottom of the image. A light pole with a double fixture glows off to the side.
January 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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We got a button maker.
A homemade green pin reads “transphobes can eat shit” in slightly wonky handwritten black ink, and below it is a small illustration of a pile of shit.
January 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Somebody drew me at my show tonight and it’s so cool you guys:
A sharpie drawing has been made of a page from a theatrical program for the show The First Jew In Canada - A Trans Tale, and the page is mostly thanks to my friends and family. On the program the artist has sketched me in jeans and a button up shirt with a vest, one hand in my pocket and the other gesturing with a microphone; he has also drawn in my beard and glasses to suggest a face. Besides me a small stool and table are drawn as well.
January 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Kurt from the television show Glee, in his cheerleading uniform, is pointing upwards. Black block text over the image says “this”
January 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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ONE MORE DAY to apply to be part of our Flamingo Rampant Champions internship in February! Are you a student or early professional in or, comms, marketing, library science or education? Details at www.flamingorampant.com/champions-pr...
FLAMINGO RAMPANT CHAMPIONS COHORT BRING THE LOVE IN FEBRUARY FOR A FLAMINGO RAMPANT BOOK @ flamingorampant.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I am posting this not just because my husband is a damn genius (though he is) but because I think a whole heck of a lot of people are very reasonably worried about this right now, and this trans-led workshop will be helpful:
Webinar PARENTING TRANS KIDS IN TOUGH TIMES January 30, 2025 (Thursday) 4PM - 5:30PM PST EVENT DETAILS Policies and laws that deny transgender kids recognition, inclusion, support and access to gender affirming healthcare have been passed in many U.S. States as well as the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Parents of trans kids in states and provinces where anti-trans policies and laws have been adopted and those who live in 'safe places for now but fear this changing are understandably very concerned about the safety and wellbeing of their kids. Anti-trans laws and policies are not supported by evidence but they signal to the public that transgender kids are an appropriate target for hostility and exclusion. Scholarly research indicates that best practices for the well-being of transgender kids (and cisgender kids too) include the right of all children to gender self-determination, the importance of family support and advocacy, the appropriateness of institutional support and inclusion, and access to affirming healthcare for kids who need it. The purpose of this webinar is to provide parents of trans kids with resources to help you understand the current political moment and support and advocate for your kids. PANELISTS Dr. Travers Professor of Sociology, Simon Fraser University Dr. j wallace skelton Assistant Professor of Queer Studies in Education, University of Regina Mandy Giles Founder of Parents of Trans Youth SCAN QR CODE TO REGISTER
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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A blonde girl looks through binoculars in the first frame and stand on a ladder looking into the distance in the second frame. Text reads “looking for who the fuck asked you.”
December 22, 2024 at 3:42 AM
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A small boy holds a magnet board on which he has written the word No over and over, filling most of the screen.
December 15, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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Rescued swan chicks armed with thermoses and surfboards Conservationists say it's important to look after birds when the cold snap bites the most. A baby swan that was frozen to death on an icy Reykjavik pond was rescued over the weekend by conservationists who learned of the chick's plight on Facebook. A photo of a swan chick frozen to death on a frozen pond in Reykjavík was posted on the Facebook group Birds in Iceland. Conservationist Kerstin Langenberger, who was visiting Reykjavik, was tipped off about the chick and immediately set out on a rescue mission. The first task was to check if the bird was actually stuck and not just sleeping. It turned out to be stuck, so the next step was to ensure safety on the ice during the rescue. So Kerstin and her friend set off armed with thermoses and surfboards, in case the ice gave way. It's important to consider the birds in such severe frosts. The rescue reportedly went very well. By massaging the feathers with hot water, the chick was freed in three minutes. Kerstin said he was happy to be free and flew away as soon as he was freed. he got free. Kerstin says it's important to keep an eye on the birds in the freezing cold weather. Many of them rely on human food, but it's also important to keep an eye out for any of them getting stuck on the ice, as no one is specifically looking into such rescues.
December 3, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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Kurt from Glee in his cheerleading uniform pointing up with one sassy finger. Block text in black reads THIS
December 3, 2024 at 6:42 PM
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I made the mistake of looking at the American news and I am so exhausted, and sad, and angry. Ohio functionally banning trans people from schools, and that’s just a thing now?
A cartoon of a worksite styled days-since-injury sign that reads “0 days since cis nonsense.”
November 27, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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I made this during the early part of COVID and I have not lacked for opportunities to use it since:
Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka looking avid and creepy, with text that reads “imagine how much smarter you’d seem if you bothered to read the article.”
November 27, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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Dear Netflix, my Nana is 101 and still has all her marbles and I am pretty sure she would slap Jake Paul for a small fraction of what you paid Tyson. Just saying.
This is a photo of me and my Nana, with our foreheads leaned together in a fond pose, both smiling at the camera.
November 16, 2024 at 6:19 AM
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I made this sometime in the early COVID days and I have not lacked for opportunities to use it since:
An image of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka, in the original Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory, wearing a smirk and a purple velvet jacket. The text reads “imagine how much smarter you’d seem if you’d bothered to read the article“
November 15, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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My 14yo is making connections puzzles for our fam while @nytguildtech.bsky.social is on strike and just wondering if there’s an apprenticeship program or…?
Memories Cold Stars Thought Caught Drought Carbon Gold Silver Dark Planets Wolves The rising sun Brought Iron Helium Connections (Shir addition) Send answers to me
November 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM