Breakthrough At the Lit Lab
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
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Starter Packs
Created by Breakthrough At the Lit Lab (1)
First Starter Pack
Our first starter pack, made by a few people in our Discord celebrating LGBTIA+ art. Mostly written word, but some other types of art too.
@buffer.com
Create and share social media content anywhere, consistently. Built with 💙 by a global, remote team. ⬇️ Learn more about Buffer & Bluesky https://buffer.com/bluesky
@translifeline.org
Peer support & crisis hotline for the trans community. 🇺🇸 877-565-8860 🇨🇦 877-330-6366 website: translifeline.org donate: https://give.translifeline.org
@amaralynn.bsky.social
Whimsical neurosparkly enby blob of anxiety and chronic pain/fatigue, writes and sometimes does art. Lover of moths/mothman, monsters, & music. Host: #QueerWriters #QueerWritersChat #LGBTQWriteAThon #IAmNonbinary www.amarajlynn.com/links Pfp ibbywonder
@hilaryagro.bsky.social
Resources here! ➡️ linktr.ee/hilaryagro Anthropology PhD candidate at UBC. I think capitalism is bad and dr*gs are good. Land Back. Is Gaeilgeoir mé 💚 she/her
@fightforaunion.bsky.social
We’re not resting until all working people are treated with dignity and respect. We're fighting for economic and racial justice. Join us. #UnionsForAll https://fightforaunion.org/
@katmabu.bsky.social
Running for Congress (IL-09) because we deserve Democrats who actually do something | katforillinois.com
@brettbobculbert.bsky.social
HUSBAND 😊 DOG PAPA 🐶 ACTOR 🎬 INSTA https://www.instagram.com/brett.culbert?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr Lift spirits 💫 https://m.imdb.com/name/nm4028190/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Currently on - 🎥 Netflix-Rebel Moon - 🎥 ABC-General Hospital
@adampknave.com
Eisner & Harvey award winning editor and writer of comics, prose, and other stuff. Bi chaos gremlin. Lives in Portland, OR with a cat named Pants. Irrationally stans Winnipeg. He/Him https://www.adampknave.com/
@ingloriousgigi.bsky.social
Call me Gigi! (they/them) 🏳️⚧️ Best selling author of diverse LGBTQ+ romance books and episodic serials. I also publish dark romance and paranormal romance books as Jasper Hyde. 🔞ADULTS ONLY! https://tinyurl.com/ypee4v36
@junlper.beer
my name is june - she/her - evil transsexual disinfo influencer co-host on the western kabuki podcast: http://www.westernkabuki.com/ - a show about what’s going on online i write at https://cant-ever-die.ghost.io/ a reputable journalist at @theonion.com
@citizen022.bsky.social
art, pot, freedom, drown it all out with color #noAI #noNFTs #myownimagination #nothingisforsale #myartisfree #stealwhatyoucan #repostwhatyouwant #endcapitalism #creationisresistance
@girldrawsghosts.bsky.social
Artist and movie nerd. Midwest ex-pat. I draw cool stuff at https://www.patreon.com/GirlDrawsGhosts
@ansitru.bsky.social
#crochet & #crossstitch • #illustration • #pixelart • #coffee she/her No AI, NFT or crypto. Don't repost my art without permission. LINKS: https://linktr.ee/ansitru COMMISSIONS: studio.ansitru@gmail.com
@thestarfishface.bsky.social
Art person, YouTuber, hype man. She/her 💜 Makes a webcomic http://castoff-comic.com ❤️ Makes silly videos http://YouTube.com/TheStarfishface 🧡 Makes merch http://TheStarfishface.com 💛 Makes friends (hopefully) Website: thestarfishface.carrd.co
@queer-autistics.bsky.social
queer, trans, ND, multiracial black+brown, disabled, plural+DID, adult-bodied, etc etc ★ we don't usually talk much lol ★ no alt text = no repost ★ content may trigger https://queer-autistic-things-shop.fourthwall.com run by @teyviary.bsky.social
@meeshpottery.bsky.social
Small-batch handmade artisan #ceramics. 🌈 IG: @meeshpottery. Web & #pottery blog: Meeshpottery.com.
@themindofaleaf.bsky.social
Pottery. Permaculture. Wilderness adventures ✨️ "Being good doesn't make you right. Being right doesn't make you good"
@mxgio.bsky.social
Queer artist. Self taught. Mostly watercolor, ink and gouache. Animal rescue enthusiasts. Living in Texas. Trying to stay positive and live in gratitude daily.
@trip.bsky.social
He/Him. Fantasy Author. Londoner. 🏳️🌈 Mythopoeic Award Finalist. A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY (Titan); Editor & Co-Founder @bonabooks.bsky.social; FAERIE’S BARGAIN (Choice of Games); Rep: Max Edwards, AppleTree Literary https://linktr.ee/TripGaley
@chrismccartney.bsky.social
(he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
@bonabooks.bsky.social
Publishing queer Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror from London, UK. Founded by @trip.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social and @robwillb.bsky.social. I Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024) https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
@robwillb.bsky.social
Writer, copy editor/proofreader of sci-fi and fantasy, co-founder @bonabooks.bsky.social, co-editor of I Want That Twink OBLITERATED!, theatre gay, Jim Henson expert, actual Muppet. Still buys physical media. Lives in London on a narrowboat. He/him.
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@gideonmarcus.bsky.social
"Irresistibly middle-aged." Science fiction author and time traveler. Nominated for the Hugo; treasures his Space Cowboy award. https://gideonmarcus.com Like science fiction and time travel? Go here: https://galacticjourney.bsky.social/
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
@catrambo.bsky.social
They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Mansplain at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
@victorialbrun.bsky.social
SF/F writer. Words in Nature Future, Clarkesworld, Uncharted Magazine, & other nice places. Editor at 100-Foot Crow. victoriabrun.com
@arlozgraves.bsky.social
Author of Horror, Fantasy, and other oddities. Black Rose (Graveside Press) The Duskingr Saga (Quills and Cosmos Press, beginning: 2025) This Song is Not For You (Graveside Press 2026) arlozgraves.com
@creepshannah.bsky.social
horror/dark fantasy author and reader. audhd, ocd, cptsd. disabled. lesbian. married. if you hear distant circus music, that's me.
@planetx.bsky.social
A lovely young woman. Author of GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR, HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY, THE DC BOOK OF PRIDE, and THE VOICE OF FREE PLANET X. She/her
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@a-knifey-crab.bsky.social
Do not return to monke, my underlings. Evolve to crab!
@genderferaldistro.bsky.social
Currently managed by an NB Filipinx in ívil̃uwenetem Meytémak (Cahuilla), Yuhaaviatam/Maarenga’yam (Serrano), and Payómkawichum (Luiseño) land that colonizers named the Inland Empire. Zine, sticker, and COVID-conscious supply distro.
@cjaralore.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Queer Romantasy Author | GRAVITY'S FIRE 🙇🏼♂️ Introvert | 😼 Cat Owned | 💚 Romantic 🌐 cjaralore.com | 🔗 linktr.ee/cjaralore
@the-book-wormhole.bsky.social
SF Booktuber & Writer & Editor @ Android Press SF fan first, human being second
@shaneblackheart.com
Author of dark LGBTQ+ speculative fiction | 30s | 🏳️⚧️Agender (they/them) | Gray-ace | Plural | AuDHD | Disabled | 🧛🏻 #QueerHorror Website: https://shaneblackheart.com My books on Itchio: https://shaneblackheart.itch.io/
@gaylydreadful.bsky.social
🍅 approved critic. Cohost Dread Central's Rondo Award-nominated Scarred for Life Podcast. Contributor to Second Sight and Vinegar Syndrome Blu Ray Releases. Owner Gayly Dreadful. GALECA member. He/Him. Omaha based.
@jameskennedy.bsky.social
Musician, author & podcaster from Wales 🏴 Album : http://linktr.ee/makeanger Book : http://linktr.ee/noisedamage Podcast : http://linktr.ee/jameskennedypodcast Instagram: http://Instagram.com/jameskennedyUK
@wolfandwyldbooks.com
Independent online & pop-up bookstore based in Manitou Springs, Colorado | Specializing in LGBTQ+ books 🐺⛰️📚 📚👊 #bookpunk | Library Lover: search.worldcat.org https://linkpop.com/queer
@brclothwrites.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #NYC 🏳️🌈 Author of MADAME ELDRIDGE’S WAYWARD HOME FOR UNRULY BOYS BenjaminRyanBooks.com Amazon Best Seller, Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award, Book Fest Award Winner, & Book Blogger’s Novel of the Year Award FINALIST! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@prideandpagesbooks.bsky.social
🌈📚 The best LGBTQ+ ebook deals and new releases delivered right to your inbox! Sign up and more: https://www.prideandpagesbookclub.com/links
@author-rosie-dawn.bsky.social
(Any pronouns) 🏳️⚧️ A cozy queer romance author always ready for a cup of tea~<3 https://linktr.ee/AuthorRosieDawn
@berschein.com
Writer, Illustrator and enjoyer of ramen, space, and speculative/science fiction. hate & bigotry aren’t welcome here. We share this rock, let’s act like it. Explore Malin Galaxy here: https://berschein.com
@zeegiesbrecht.bsky.social
Queer Artist / Painter Graduated from The Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, based in Boston-USA linktr.ee/giesbrecht/
@oliviawaite.com
Writer of queer romance and sff. Half agony, half hope, bisexual. She/her. Romance fiction columnist for the NYTBR: #RomanceColumn OliviaWaite.com
@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
The 🌎’s oldest and largest library association. Find us at https://ala.org. We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines