iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 09/10/2026

Texts that make me, a butch lesbian lock in; when your bisexual bestie of twenty years asks about carabiners.

Chat bubble of “As a butch lesbian can you tell me where to buy carabiners”

Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 04/10/2026

Today’s fit was called out by a friend as “Briar, only you could turn middle aged lady poncho into teen tomboy” and I see the vision and take the compliment 🥰

Selfie of a fit that’s somehow both middle aged lady and teenage tomboy; rocking a pink and white tartan poncho

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 01/10/2026

Turns out, all I really needed to pick up my week was going to the queer line dancing in a hot pink tartan skirt

Mirror selfie showing off a tartan fit in black and pink

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 20/07/2026

Ya girl finally got around to it (read; got the correct dosage of her adhd meds) and setup her email, bluesky handle and a new website as @briar.gay at briar.gay cause I'm briar and I'm pretty gay as in a butch lesbian.

briar.gay in a trans flag gradient cause it's my website and it's my name and i'm pretty gay.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 15/07/2026

So, all the gals are going feral for a Motoko PFP on discord, but have y’all considered like I have being the brunette pouting that her lesbian vacation was cut short?

Brunette anime girl pouting that her lesbian vacation scene was cut short, from Ghost in the Shell 2026, second episode

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 01/07/2026

Show me a picture that captures your essence

Briar spinning in her skirt in the park, as artfully shot in black and white by her internationally award winning nature photographer acquaintance

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 15/06/2026

Assigned Misato Katsuragi after transition. 🤔 Maybe I should get a cropped red leather jacket

90% Misato then 65% Kaworu, Rei and Ritsuko on the Neon Genesis Evangleion Personality Test

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 20/05/2026

This fit has got me an entire train carriage to myself off peak as I head late into work. The kind of person who has Winston’s gold card stood up and moved as I stepped onto the train Good, I don’t want your bigotry in my presence either today I am writing poetry and spitting fire 🔥

From head to toe she is powerful.
Black face mask, sleeveless flannel vest, leather jacket round her forearms highlighting her biceps, black A-Frame skirt, and 3-inch leather converse heels

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 19/05/2026

Trans girls with glasses

She’s on a train, wearing a hat that says “friend of blahaj”, round glasses, a curve of a smile you can see in her cheeks, a denim dress and a trans flag tartan tie in an elderege knot.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 19/05/2026

I reckon I’ve found my baddie butch selfie angle 💪

She’s flexing in the mirror, the camera angle is looking up longingly. The fit is a muscle flannel shirt cut sleeveless, the better to show off her arms.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 16/05/2026

Had a lovely day at queer markets on Karangahape Road, and got this 🔥 flannel fit that I then ✂️ cut to be sleeveless cause ya girls got arms 💪. I honestly kinda cannot with how much I am smiling in this photo.

I think this is honestly the most smile that’s ever broken out in my face

Selfie wearing a fire red sleeveless flannel top

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 16/05/2026

On a lovely little queer errand day to some markets, so I had to make a pilgrimage stop in at the cuddle puddle of blahaj in ikea before picking up some BRATTBY totes (of course “brattby” is also my type of girl)

Selfie with a cuddle puddle of blahaj in ikea. Ya girl is wearing a mask cause safety first this southern hemisphere winter y’all

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 13/05/2026

Today’s warm and cozy fit bought to you by @silkehartung.bsky.social ‘s cat ear beanie and a jacket from tattys on high street.

Selfie wearing a cat ear beanie, light blue jacket, denim dress and a goofy smile

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 04/05/2026

It's my one year HRT anniversary today! 🏳️‍⚧️ Last year, I was so afraid of taking selfies the only photo I have is of my first prescription box of estrogen patches. This year I did a selfie photo shoot of flexing 💪 in the mirror such that I had to pick my favourite photos. Damn I love being me.

Girl flexing in the mirror. She's wearing a blue crop top, showing her whole midrift and developing core.
She's wearing black pants and shoes, and the whole aesthetic screams that she lifts.
Her arms are highlighted, which is wild because pre-transition she hated her arms and shoulders.
Behind her, are unpacked bags from the FLINTA* camp she was at last weekend.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 28/04/2026

I read a poem for a talent show at "bush camp" - a weekend getaway for lesbians / FLINTA* girls. The poetry reading involves a bit of a flex 💪 so here's the scene setting. If you're a mutual who'd like to see the whole reading, slide into my DMs.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 19/04/2026

My selfie game just gets better and better when the queer gym class goes for the purple bisexual lighting.

Trans girl takes a photo in the mirror (complementary). She’s on the up side of “do I want to date her or be her” because she is her.

The gym is lit with purple bisexual lighting and she is fit.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 18/04/2026

It’s actually a hoodie, that I cut ✂️ the sleeves off and overlocked so it’d not unravel It’s a medium so it’s a tight fit and I call it my anti-dysphoria hoodie as distinct from my, I can still hide it it egg 🥚hoodie collection. I got the same ✂️ cut sleeveless hoodie repoing my queer gym too.

I’m flexing in the mirror, wearing the same rainbow Lego necklace and it’s actually a sleeveless hoodie, atop a rainbow tartan skirt

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 17/04/2026

If you see this quote with a pic of you in glasses

My fit here is very rainbow, with my green chunky boxy glasses that made a bit more sense when I had different name and gender. A rainbow mask sits atop a rainbow Lego necklace then my hoodie says “an accessible world is a better world” which you guessed it, also a rainbow.

This was during pride month, and a lady on the bus asked me if I was gay; like yeah nah lady I’m the most ally you’ve ever seen (the answer is lesbian)

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 17/04/2026

Trans gals first bangs. I’ve had them for like an hour, hence the work bathroom selfie

Bathroom selfie. I’ve got bangs and I’m feeling great about them because I’ve had them for all of an hour. Over my shoulder is a caution sign that is mirrored but it says “slippery when wet” which I dunno why that’s important but I feel that it is

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 16/04/2026

This fit topped the group chat poll for what’s going to be my queerest night out this month … so far.

My fit in purple and tartan yellow, described as slay and iconic by group chat. I am stancing it up, one leg up on a stool in three inch heels, looking at the camera like I know this is fire.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 15/04/2026

When you match your 💅 with your work subtly flagging mechanical keyboard ⌨️ (Keychron Alice layout)

I’ve matched my nails, manicured with a shiny purple and gold ombré with my purple and gold Alice layout mechanical keyboard

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 12/12/2025

Third fit of the December social season. This fit is for the work long lunch, with the theme of “Come as amazing you”. I didn’t really wear ties before transitioning; now I have a bunch of different pride ties like this trans tartan one, and find that ties accent dresses with collars very well.

Mirror selfie. I’m wearing a blue denim dress with a pink linen shirt and a tie that has a tartan pattern in trans flag colours. I’m also wearing heels.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 10/12/2025

Second fit of the December social season. This is for a pottery class with colleagues, and took a while to assemble cause “older clothes you wouldn’t mind getting clay on” is a hard brief in a year 🏳️‍⚧️ transition deeply changed my wardrobe.

Mirror selfie. Im wearing double denim with a sleeveless vest and a white denim skirt. The lighting highlights my arms 💪

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 05/12/2025

First fit of the December social season, for the market day at the d*list a local disability culture org - thedlist.co.nz The hoodie is from their merch collection, with the sleeves cut off and reads “An accessible world is a better world 🌈”

I’m flexing my right arm, in a sleeveless hoodie, rainbow tartan skirt and converse heels. She’s smiling

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 27/09/2025

Another weekend, another layered fit over workout kit. This weekend started with bouldering, and now I’m heading either to a poetry reading, a coffee/chocolate festival or a LEGO show. Haven’t quite decided yet.

Vintage denim jacket and skirt in black layered over a white tank top

Workout kit of a white tank top and grey shorts

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 21/09/2025

The 🏳️‍⚧️ trans butch euphoria of your fit for sewing lessons layering over your kit for gym class.

Gym selfie showing off a lavender short sleeve shirt, blue skirt, lit by purple bisexual lighting

Gym selfie in a tank top and blue yoga shorts lit in dim purple light

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 30/08/2025

Today I learnt a valuable lesson, get the nice manicure 💅 _after_ bouldering and not the week before.

Chipped nail polish in the colours of the trans flag.

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 24/08/2025

This weekends great discovery is that roast broccoli 🥦 and frozen chips 🥔 both want around the same timing (half an hour) and temp (220°c) in the oven.

Roast pan with broccoli on the left and potato fries on the right

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 29/03/2025

Checking in on the way home after the concert; congrats to whomever at Auckland Transport solved the escape room puzzle of the logged out sign.

A bus stop schedule showing upcoming busses

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 29/03/2025

Tonight was a great night, I read a good book on AI, Cybernetics and Corporate Accountability by @dsquareddigest.bsky.social cover to cover, highlighting _way_ too many passages, while at a music festival listening to the Auckland Philharmonic perform dance music

View of the main stage at Synthony. The view is split between red sky and blue lit ground

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Briar Calanthe @briar.gay · 28/03/2025

My bus stop has added a neat escape room twist this weekend; someone needs to find the password and a keyboard so we can log into Windows to see the scheduled departures

A timetable display at a bus stop. It is showing a Windows login screen.

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