A pink background decorated with rainbows and dashed lines in the colors of the lesbian pride flag. The text reads, “Lesbian Visibility Week Bundle; 94 sapphic & lesbian books for $40 USD; 4/20 - 4/26; exclusively on Itch.io”

Happy #LesbianVisibilityWeek! To help celebrate the occasion, @elizamaresauthor.bsky.social organised this amazing itch bundle with 94 sapphic books for only $40!

My two books, This Is How Immortals Die and Garden of Rotten Roses, are participating!

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Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury Book by Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards

#FreddieMercury is my favorite entertainer so I had to read this. Lots of details about his life and the AIDS epidemic, but not as much about his songwriting and artistry. Overall it’s a great read and worth checking out #books #BookSky #EveryQueenSong

Text reads: 20 books with lesbian characters to read this lesbian visibility week

20 queer book covers for books with lesbian characters at the centre: ▪️ The Devil She Knows by Alexandira Bellefleur ▪️ The Relationship Mechanic by Karmen Lee ▪️ Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson ▪️ Zipper Mouth by Laura Weeks ▪️ Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell ▪️ Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line by Elizabeth Lovatt ▪️ An Education In Malice by ST Gibson ▪️ The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri ▪️ Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer ▪️ Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain ▪️ Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin ▪️ Unsuitable: A History Of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst ▪️ In At The Deep End by Kate Davies ▪️ A Game In Yellow by Hailey Piper ▪️ Where Shadows Bloom by Patrice Caldwell ▪️ The Girl From The Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag ▪️ Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto ▪️ Gideon The Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ▪️ Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray ▪️ Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfireld

Book cover for Voice Like A Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson - STAFF PICK

#LesbianVisibilityWeek runs from 20th to 26th of April this year - the perfect time to pick up a few books and add them to your reading list!

From lesbian history to erotic romance, epic fantasy and queer horror, here are 20 queer stories with lesbian characters at the centre:

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📚 🎧 📱 Right to Read Day is about protecting the freedom to read. It's a moment to recognize the people standing up for access and to keep the momentum going. Learn more here ➡️ https://bit.ly/43D9Dtw

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It’s Lesbian Visibility Week!

Here are some brilliant lesbian books with BIPOC MCs (I have to use “Sapphic” on TikTok because the algorithm doesn’t like the L-word).
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A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.

We uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US. It has operated under the radar for decades.

Until now.

A mine despoiled the beauty of the rainforest. This Goldman Prize winner took action "We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.

"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine. n.pr/3QbDxTA

Lightning, a running robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, finished a 21-kilometer (13 mile) run in Beijing in a stunning 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by more than six minutes. https://cnn.it/4mLRxQ8

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik

Iran Says Blockade Of Its Ports Will Come At ‘Significant Costs For Everyone’ As Oil Rises Iranian officials warned that its oil exports cannot be restricted while “expecting free security for others,” through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials warned that its oil exports cannot be restricted while “expecting free security for others,” through the Strait of Hormuz.

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Mobile operators and global groups are testing ultracheap 4G phones across six African countries, hoping to close the continent’s device affordability gap restofworld.org/2026/gsma-cheap-smartpho...

The "threat" to accept payment in RMB is a red herring, to get U.S. attention. The issue here is whether UAE is physically able to sell oil for ANYTHING if the Strait remains closed, and what will happen financially if they can't.

A room of one’s own on Wikipedia: The editors who have been doing justice to women on the internet for over a decade The initiative seeks to correct biases and show the protagonists of history beyond their role as daughters or wives

A room of one’s own on Wikipedia: The editors who have been doing justice to women on the internet for over a decade

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Employers trust them in their homes. But can immigrant nannies and cleaners trust their employers? Domestic workers — many of them lacking permanent legal status — live in fear of their employers, who they say are now more likely to use their immigration status to exploit them.

From inside their employers’ homes, domestic workers — nannies, home cleaners and health aides — have watched attitudes on immigration shift to the right. They know some of the people who employ them may be the very people who want them out of the country.

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ICE caught generating illegal warrants, and a surge in pro-Trump AI. Let's talk about it.

Inquiring minds want to know

🚨𝗡𝗕𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗺𝗯𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹: Trump’s approval rating has sunk to a new second-term low of just 37%.

Meanwhile, 67% of Americans disapprove of his handling of the Iran war.

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

Stop praising Orbán for not attempting a coup.

He only stepped down because Magyar's win was too massive to steal.

He rigged the constitution, captured the institutions, and used state media to his advantage.

He did everything he could to destroy democracy, and he failed

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.

Photo shows a heap of older style phones with the text “Planned obsolescence is now outlawed in France. It is a crime to intentionally reduce the lifespan of a product to force customers to replace it.”

Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

Mamdani: "What are we fighting for?. When you look back at the history books of our party, 100 years ago we had a very clear vision of what we were fighting for. It's sad that for too many Americans, when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, then have to turn to a history book."

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

This smart dog knows about politics, he literally gives a shit.😆😆

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business.

WE Pay for