Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚

@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Auckland based writer. Trans, Ace, Autistic. She/Her. Fix your heart or die My novel DIDO ON THE EDGE is OUT NOW where good books are sold! Order links: biancaparkerauthor.com

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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

What offends me about this is how lazy it is. It's just stealing Pete Hegseth's material, they've added nothing. They can't even be bothered coming up with their own bullshit.

The Post@thepost-nz.bsky.social

“This is fashionable nonsense and a desire to appeal to a little woke community. Sorry. It adds nothing to combat capability, nothing.”

thepost.co.nzRon Mark on why NZ First wants to rid the military of ‘man buns’The man vying to be the next defence minister says man buns “don’t scare anybody”.

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TheSarapocalypse
@sarainchch.bsky.social

NZF going full toxic Hegseth. "The woke bullshit of diversity, equity and inclusiveness has gone too far. The sinking of a $100 million ship is evidence of that ... and soldiers with man buns: They don't scare anybody."

The Post@thepost-nz.bsky.social

“This is fashionable nonsense and a desire to appeal to a little woke community. Sorry. It adds nothing to combat capability, nothing.”

thepost.co.nzRon Mark on why NZ First wants to rid the military of ‘man buns’The man vying to be the next defence minister says man buns “don’t scare anybody”.

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The Loch Ness Monster
@nessiopeia.space

The important distinction is that Dems aren’t fighting for rights we don’t have, they’re fighting (if indeed they are and not just sentencing us to death for our inconvenience) for rights they LOST for us. Things were better for trans people a decade ago and it’s their fucking fault it’s worse.

The Loch Ness Monster@nessiopeia.space

The reason it’s like this is because republicans latched onto it as a way to make fun of democrats and instead of standing up for us the party had collectively dragged their feet or actively resisted helping us. Talarico is running partially in a platform that would ban the care I saw in Texas.

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Dido has a bit of a... complicated experience in this area. She's not someone who meets people easily to begin with and when presented with a potential "found family" her first instinct is to run away. She does eventually make a connection but it's hard won. #LitHodgepodge 27

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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Dido would be like one of those My Little Ponies that changes colour when you dip it in water (wait, is that a thing? Am I imagining this?). Wendy would want to be a Transformer, one of the ones that turns into a plane AND a tank. #Octember

Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social

Please try to remember the 26th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: What would your character be if they were a children's toy? A teddy, a jack-in-the-box, or a dolly? A cursed furby monster that's supposed to be "jolly"? AND, who would want to play with them? 1/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Dido isn't marvelous at lying, though when she, say, has to infiltrate an orgy thrown by murderous pigs she will make the effort. Wendy makes up stuff all the time, often just for the heck of it. Did she really sleep with Winston Churchill? Even she's not quite sure. #LitHodgepodge 26

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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉
@bootstheory.bsky.social

This is why litmus test slogans like "trans women are women" are important. Because disingenuous dickheads will vomit a whole lot of nice-sounding pap about love and acceptance and respect and tolerance in order to placate you directly underneath the next bus if they think it will get them votes

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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Dido would be like Tweety Bird in that one Looney Tunes short where he keeps turning into a giant monster, but only when Sylvester is looking. She'd be very apologetic about it. 1/2 #Octember

Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social

Please try to remember the 25th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: What would your characters be if they were a horror movie villain? Not just a "guy with knife" but a "I was impaled by a tree trunk and walked it off" kind of villain? 1/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Andrew Dickson
@andrewdickson13.bsky.social

Voting is a massive pain in my ample arse. I hate peopleing, and I hate the silent Presbyterian eyeball-judgement in the queue. Whatever, I’ll do my civic duty. But Luxon’s coalition of calamity just made doing yours that little bit harder, and why you have until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT to enrol. #nzpol 🧵👇

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Oh wow so it's not just pro-trans symbols the BBC will censor, it's *anything* queer related. Yeah, Britain is cooooked

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *
Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Dido would probably find any song about her exploits thoroughly embarassing. I mean, imagine someone warbling on about how long you took to come out, that'd be awful. A bard would find Wendy's list of deeds a bit hard to summarise, there's a century's worth of them and most are NSFW. #Octember

Zed Prospero@zprospero.bsky.social

Please try to remember the 24th of #Octember! TODAY'S QUESTION: What would a bard's ballad be of your character's adventures/crimes? Would they sing of heroic deeds? Of love? Or dark deeds and death? (If there's a song that fits, share it!) 1/2 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Recent release you say? Dido on the Edge is out this weekend! A closeted trans girl is spirited away to a dangerous wonderland where a military group run by Wendy from Peter Pan and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz will help her find her way. Order links at biancaparkerauthor.com

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨@cometkins.bsky.social

How about a promo day today? Share the cover (with credits!) of your most recent release, what it's about, and where to find it! #WritingPrompt

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Well, I may have mentioned this tonight, but... after Dido on the Edge is Kinley Martin and the Cloven Eye, a queer detective novel that's feeling pretty complete right now. And then there's the current WIP, The Half-Child's History (a time travel story) which is being revised. #pretendpanel

Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️@karamoonauthor.com

Don't panic #pretendpanel - "I dunno" is an acceptable response to this (though don't feel like you need to post that!). But for those of you who wanna gush about it... October 24th: What comes next after current WIP/recent release? Why that? #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts

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Briar Calanthe
@briar.gay

Having a lovely “in her out and about” queer day in Tāmaki Makaurau, from a dykes & hikes up north somewhere (I dunno 🤷‍♀️, I’m a passenger princess), then a bsky crossover at @bumblebigirl.bsky.social’s debut book lunch, onto Sapphic Sounds Halloween till I Cinderella gay home at midnight 🕛

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Bronwyn Hayward
@bmhayward.bsky.social

TWO DAYS NZ registration cuts off in the midst of this holiday weekend (not after it) 300k+ missing voters elections.nz/stats-and-re... No it’s not more organised No it won’t speed up vote count Yes it is voter suppression Yes it unfairly advantages wealthy/older voters SO Get registered!

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Ahhh-lex Is Writhing
@alexfromawen.bsky.social

So excited for my copy of this to arrive! Lookit those comps!!

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

It's RELEASE DAY! Sound the klaxons! Dido on the Edge is now available for you to read, book lover! This queer fantasy adventure has been compared to Revolutionary Girl Utena, Catcher in the Rye and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Grab a copy today! biancaparkerauthor.com 📚💙 🌈📚 🧡🦄📚 🪐📚 🏳️‍⚧️

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Mieke Em
@twilightbutterfly.bsky.social

Downloaded mine, reading this weekend! 😊

Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

It's RELEASE DAY! Sound the klaxons! Dido on the Edge is now available for you to read, book lover! This queer fantasy adventure has been compared to Revolutionary Girl Utena, Catcher in the Rye and Everything Everywhere All At Once. Grab a copy today! biancaparkerauthor.com 📚💙 🌈📚 🧡🦄📚 🪐📚 🏳️‍⚧️

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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

Dido on the Edge is almost here! You'll be able to hold it in your hot little hands in barely any time at all (or possibly stare at it on the screen of your choice of E-Reader)! You can pre-order it from wherever good books are sold! Find links at biancaparkerauthor.com! 📚💙 🪐📚 🌈📚 🧡🦄📚 🏳️‍⚧️

biancaparkerauthor.comAdventures over a black rainbowBianca Parker's Author Website

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Bianca Michelle Parker 🏳️‍⚧️📚
@bumblebigirl.bsky.social

The Dido on the Edge book launch is TOMORROW. Join us at Time Out Books in Mt Eden for much literary revelry! Grab your copy of this queer fantasy adventure before anyone else gets their grubby little protruberances on it! #booklaunch #transbooks #queerstories #nzbookstagram #kiwiauthor