Dr. Redfern Jon Barrett

@Redfern
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#Nonbinary author to Proud Pink Sky – set in the world’s first #LGBTQ+ state. My essays, reviews, and short stories have appeared in Guernica, Strange Horizons, Passages North, PinkNews, Booth, FFO, ParSec, Orca, and Nature Futures. I hold a Ph.D. in #Literature and currently live in #Berlin.

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Website:https://www.redjon.com/
Publisher:https://www.bywaterbooks.com/product/proud-pink-sky-by-redfern-jon-barrett/

Just had my first Nazi on Mastodon experience:

- It is apparently “objective” to hate #LGBTQ people
- We “infest” cultures (typical far-right dehumanising rhetoric)
- And the old classic, equating LGBTQ people with paedophilia

I’ve reported the account, but am still uncertain as to how Mastodon works with server rules, etc, and would appreciate any help. It’s one of the replies to this post I made:

https://mastodon.social/@Redfern/112563762064332668

Of course it’s an account with an anime avatar and “traditional” font

Having a pink and red day today — doing everything I can to bring colour to this city of monochrome streetwear…

#Berlin #nonbinary

For those who don’t know, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance is a new German party that broke off from The Left and have what I would call an anti-LGBTQ and pro-Russian agenda.

But for a new “left-wing”‘splinter group they sure have a lot of resources! In Berlin they seem to have more ads than the other parties, and are the only ones I’ve seen with subway ads and motorised billboards.

I wonder where their money is coming from…

Georgia only just passed its Russian law, and the government has already introduced legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people. This is by no means accidental.

Like it or not, we have become a geopolitical signal. We often symbolise the 'degenerate' West – as well as opposition to it. In the world of 2024, queer folk are not seen as people, we are tools. We are international scapegoats.

And when they come for us, they're coming for democracy itself. Our freedom is everyone's freedom.

#lgbtq #queer

It can be rough, dealing with people who are hostile to my (un)gendered self — you never know when it’ll happen or what trouble you’ll get.

But I got two compliments on my orange-pink eyeshadow today, and each brought a smile to my face! And they’ll have no idea what a difference they made!

Imagine thinking that the true goal of feminism is making sure women have faces that are feminine enough.

There's absolutely no way this app will go wrong...

Today I am Greenfern!

Today I’m trying green eyeshadow for the first time…

I quite like it!

#nonbinary #queer

I just got my author copies for The Giddy Death!

Of course I couldn't resist doing a little make up to try and match the gorgeous cover...

#nonbinary #polyamory #lgbtq #books #amwriting

My publisher made this wonderful graphic to celebrate my book's release today, and I have to share it!

I absolutely love the cover! And it's just in time for Pride Month!

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#books #writing #reading #ebook #amWriting