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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Others I had grabbed but off screen: The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, The Maid & the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. I also wanted to include They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran, but I could not locate my copy 🥲

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon, The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri, Dragonfall by L.R. Lam. Contract Bound by Elle Mae, Hazelthorn by CG Drews, The Bruising Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia, Outdrawn by Deanna Grey, The Luis Ortega Survival Club.

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Books pictured: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, Babel by R.F. Kuang, Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (Illumicrate Version), The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker.

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We have several more buddy reads lined up for the year and I am so excited! I hope you have the best day and you manage to REST for a bit. Can’t wait to cause chaos (the good kind) in your discord server. Here’s to many more shenanigans and all the queer bookish adventures! 🥳

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It’s A Day of Fallen Night, I am so slowly reading it but I am really enjoying the 10% I’ve read this far. A couple of these ones are books we buddy read or ones I told Beck to read because I thought they would enjoy them. (I was right 😌)

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today’s a special day! It’s my bestie Beck’s @becklovesbooks.bsky.social birthday! To celebrate I gathered a bunch of books I associate with Beck. Including one I am currently eye and ear reading! 🧵

Thirteen books arranged in three rows with all the book covers facing the camera. The first row has four books, the second row has four books and the third row has five books. Some books on the edges are cut off.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🌈 In collaboration with Alli Temple @allisontemplebooks.bsky.social , Rainbow Crate is pleased to announce our reprint of Uncharted, and our sequel editions of Unbroken and Unleashed! 🧵

A graphic with a white brick wall background with a thin gold outline. Along the top it reads “Rainbow Crate Presents” with a rainbow icon between crate and presents. Underneath that it says “The Pirate & Her Princess” in black font. Underneath this in smaller black font it reads "Book 1 reprint & sequels!". In the middle of the graphic are 3D book mockups with blank pages displayed. From left to right, the mockups are: Uncharted, Unbroken and Unleashed. Underneath the books it reads “Coming Soon!” in all caps dark blue font. Text at the bottom reads “exclusive dust jackets!”, “illustrated hardcase designs!”, “illustrated endpapers!”, and “printed edges!” in black font.

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Will be live on #twitch all day doing cosy co-working and reading sprints with the best little community. Would love to see you. 💜💜 twitch.tv/becklovesbooks

twitch.tv

becklovesbooks - Twitch

Scottish. Literary variety streamer. Diverse Reading advocate. Talk books with me? :)

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Rainbow After Dark renewal day is January 15th and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about four more days to skip your February renewal if you would like to. 🧵 📷: Thanks to @polycraftory.bsky.social for the photo of our RAD box and some of our edges!

Books pictured by edge: Exposed by H.L. Day, Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson, Phantom & Rook by Aelina Isaacs, Far From Neverland by River Hale, The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard, The Musician & the Monster by Jenya Keefe, Of Tides & Snow by Darva Green, The Pendragon Wytch by C.C. Davie, Hide N’ Seek by Ashley Pines & Eden Emory, On Silver Shores by V.T. Hoàng.

ID: A photo of a Rainbow After Dark box standing on top of eleven RAD editions with the printed edges displayed. The books stand on a wooden table and behind them is a white and black background. Text along the top reads “RAD Renewal Reminder” in white font with a red outline. End ID.

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

My Reading Challenges for This Year! Featuring a horror challenge I've made. And Challenges made by @becklovesbooks.bsky.social and @foreverinastory.bsky.social y'all should hit up their pages for this year's Challenges! #booksky #readersky #diversebooksky #queersky

Be Intentional 2026 full version by Dr. Andy
The Trope Trials Fantasy Reading Challenge 2026 by Beck
Books that Bite Readathon 2026

Diverse Reading Challenge 2026 by Beck
Diversify Your Horror Reads 2026 by me
Diversify Your Romance Books 2026

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Presenting the Diverse Reading Challenge 2025 ♡ Will take part on storygraph, in discord and there will be a wee chat on instagram. Would appreciate a share ♡ Will type prompts in alt text! 💙📚 📚🌈

Prompts by Category

Bodies:

MC has More Than One Disability

Fat Activism

MC has/has had Major Surgery

Cover Depicts Two or More Diverse Bodies

Indie Book with a Disabled MC

Minds:

BIPOC Autistic MC

Chronic Migraines or Headaches

Featuring a Therapist or Therapy

Discusses or Portrays Parasocial Relationships

Healing from or Overcoming Trauma

Lives:

Polyamory

MC is or has Been a Refugee

Invisible Chronic Illness/Disability

Working Class MC

Food Insecurity and/or Challenging Food Access

Places:

A Country with an Ongoing Genocide

Set in a Library or Community Space

Set in Two or More Countries or Territories

Set on a Reservation or Native Land

Short Story Collection set Somewhere Your Heritage Links to

Identities:

Features Deaf Culture

Black Character on Cover

Non-Christian Religious MC

Trans MC in Romance

Found Family by a Latine Author

Styles:

Translated Caribbean Literature

Middle Grade or Young Adult

Includes Second Person Narrative

Retelling Written by an Asian Author

Queer Poetry

Cross:

Longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards

MC with an Intersectional Identity

Queer Book with BIPOC Main Characters

Oppression or Segregation

Memoir of a Marginalised Figure

Recs:

Anthology by Diverse Authors

Disabled Joy

Indigenous Horror

Trans Woman MC or Author

Not Originally Published or Set in the USA or UK

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Jae 🏳️‍🌈 @jaeauthor.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I just finished updating my "Ultimate List of Sapphic Holiday Romances," and I can hardly believe the count: we are officially at 465 titles! If you're looking for a festive sapphic book to snuggle up with this month, check out the list on my website: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-holi...

Sapphic Holiday Romances

Depicted are two women, one white and one Black, in a Santa costume, smiling broadly.

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

And Last but not least and update on all the Challenges I Joined this year and their current progress! #booksky #queersky #diversebooksky #readingchallenges I will absolutely be joining @foreverinastory.bsky.social 2026 be intentional next year! And @becklovesbooks.bsky.social challenges!

2025 Reading Goals
You have read 146 books this year
Books 146/150
97% completed ahead by 8 Books

Be Intentional 2025: Full Version
90%
126/140 prompts done

Read more LGBT books in 2025 100%
Tarot Reading Challenge
100%

Diverse Reading Challenge 93% complete 28/30
The Trope Trials Fantasy Reading Challenge 2025
100% 40/40 prompts done 100% bonus

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, it’s the FINAL DAY of our Last Chance Sale! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵

An image of 33 Rainbow Crate books. There are 27 books in two stacks sitting in front of a white bookshelf. All books in these two stacks have the edges facing the camera. The bookshelf has three shelves and is full of printed edges. The bottom shelf has rainbow flowers sitting on top of the book edges. Text along the top third of the image reads “Last Sale Day!” in white font with a dark pink outline.

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I can't even tell you how many hours I spent on this. There were SO MANY books.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows, we are working on clearing older inventory from our packing center, which means it’s time for a SALE! Get up to 40% off select past books and 20% off select past boxes! Quantities are limited and once they’re sold out, they’re gone! 🧵

An image of 31 Rainbow Crate books. The books are arranged in five rows, with the books slightly alternating where they line up. All book covers face the camera, the books near the edges of the image are more cut off. Text along the bottom reads “Last Chance Sale” in white font with a red outline.

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Return of The First And Last Demon from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social while I wait for things to happen at work. Yesterday was just busy enough I didnt get a chance to finish it. #amreading #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #queersky #readersky

Photo of The First And Last Demon by Hiyodori on a metal desk.

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Short review for Someone You Can Build A Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social unique cover and special edition courtesy of @rainbowcrate.bsky.social #queersky #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #readersky #review

Review 5/5 stars
Whirls review
Autistic eldritch horror who is doing her spit shine best
A cute bear companion
Men being himbos. Himbos everywhere
Sapphic ace romance
Is it really a crime to eat your mom?
Cozy in a creepy way

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! Happy final days of #SapphicSeptember! We are here to celebrate sapphic books and writers. This features almost every single sapphic special edition we’ve done! There’s also some hints as to what’s coming next. 🧵

A graphic with a background of the striped sapphic flag featuring five horizontal stripes in coral, pale yellow, white, mint and amethyst. A white translucent square is overlaid with a thin white outline. Text reads “76 Sapphic Books for Sapphic September”. The 29 is in sapphic colors and each line of text follows in a new color of the sapphic flag with a thin black outline.

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

🌈 October Renewal Reminder! Renewal day is October 1st, 2025 and all subscribers will be charged! There’s about two days left to skip your October renewal if you would like to. 📷: Thank you @becklovesbooks.bsky.social for the photo! 🧵

Books Pictured: The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée, Of Love & Libraries by Brenna Bailey, The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez, Providence Girls by Morgan Dante, A Queer & Cozy Winter: A Rainbow Crate Original Anthology, Outdrawn by Deanna Grey.

ID: Six books are pictured. Three of the books are open displaying the endpapers. The other three books display the front cover. The books are slightly overlapping each other and on a white background. Text at the bottom of the image reads “Oct Renewal Reminder” in white font with a purple outline. End ID.

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Kara BOOOOOchanan 🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @magicariot.com · 15/08/2025

It never stops blowing my mind to see my lil trans magical girl novel here on *this* shelf at Powell’s 🥹

A photo of trans magical girl novel “Magica Riot” on the Staff Picks shelf at Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Some of my favorite sprayed edges of my books that I have from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social can you spot any favorites? Do you recognize some? #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #bookporn

A stack of sprayed edges. Featuring green and space with planets. Ripped feathers. Pretty Christmas lights. Drawing materials on a light pink bg. A graveyard at night. Jellyfish.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

You can buy some public library cards in areas where you don’t live. They’re generally $20-50. Some libraries that offer this are Charlotte-Mecklenberg, Houston, and Chattanooga. If you read a lot of ebooks/audiobooks this gives you more access/shorter holds.

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I am so thrilled and proud to be sharing LORD OF RUIN with you—it has been a labor of love in many ways, and I’ve put my whole heart and soul into bringing you Isaac’s story. Welcome back to Aeravin—the suffering is only getting started.

An image of the hardcover of LORD OF RUIN by KM Enright propped up against a black cat. The cat looks expectantly up at the camera.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 12/08/2025

I'm going on BOOK TOUR!!! Details at charliejaneanders.com/events 💝✨🌞

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

So excited!! Can't wait for Women's & Children First stop!!!

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Rating: 😭😭😭😭😭 Genre: Horror, LGBT, Drama Hours: 13 Format: Audiobook #booksky💙📚 #review #diversebooksky Thank you to @lmjuniper.bsky.social for this absolutely emotionally gutwrenching yet loving read. It altered my brain chemistry 🧵

A collage featuring an older black couple, a greasy white boy, a Korean man, and a sad girl. Surrounded by zombies, a decayed hospital, fungi, and the London underground.

A book cover featuring a destroyed city with a man and a woman on the cover holding weapons.
Titled: How We End
By: LM Juniper

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Books pictured: The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard Demon King’s Gardener Bind Up Vol 1-3 by Rori Thornton Mercy by Ian Haramaki In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I am partial to any kind of character art. I have a hard time visualizing characters so I love seeing an example of what they look like, instead of just picturing a blob. I’ve read all six of these books and would recommend them if you like fantasy (or sci-fi for Junker Seven)!

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Hey friends! I’m featuring some of my favorite covers from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social today! I love all of them, so it was really hard to pick faves.

Books pictured:
The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée
The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard
Demon King’s Gardener Bind Up Vol 1-3 by Rori Thornton
Mercy by Ian Haramaki
In the Roses of Pieria by Anna Burke
Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley

ID: A photo of six books in two rows of 3 book covers each. The books lie in front of a white bookshelf which has rainbow flowers poking out from one of the shelves. Everything lays of a gray wooden floor. End ID.

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Stunning patterned & foiled endpapers in the Rainbow Crate edition, which is still on sale: rainbowcratebookbox.com/products/the...

Close up of the Forbidden Romance candle sitting on the endpapers of the RC edition of The Fall that Saved Us. The candle has a pink label and is topped with a dried orange, rosemary and red sandstones. The endpapers are a patterned design with wings, demon horns, and sword.

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Included in the first photo is the @rainbowcrate.bsky.social edition of The Fall that Saved Us, the @satisfictionbox.bsky.social edition of The Fall that Saved Us and a Forbidden Romance apothecary candle from Fiction Bath Co.

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Add The Flowers I Deserve to your TBR if you love: - An exploration of worth and guilt - Slice of life in a hell castle - Shadow mommy but make it litfic - Hell is real, but is heaven real? - A sad woman & her thoughts Leaving home to join the evil lesbian polycule

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Flowers I Deserve is a standalone FFF Gothic Fantasy with lyrical prose and a quiet heart. Out on October 14th, 2025 from Water Sign Books! Stunning illustration by @artofelaineho.bsky.social & gorgeous cover design by @opulentdesigns121.bsky.social

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Dr. Andy (they/xe) @foreverinastory.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I'm so excited to help reveal the breathtaking cover of The Flowers I Deserve by Tamara Jerée @tamarajeree.com ! If you know me, you know I LOVE Tamara’s writing and I couldn’t be more excited for this upcoming release, if I tried. 🧵

Three books sit above a wood slice. The books from left to right are: Rainbow Crate edition of The Fall that Saved Us, Satisfiction edition of The Fall that Saved Us, and a paperback of A Wolf Steps in Blood. Below this is The Flowers I Deserve (edited in) on the wood slice. A candle sits to the right of it. Below the book are red and black flowers.

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Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

How about a promo day for reasons… if you’ve been affected by the NSFW takedowns and shadowbans on itch, share the other places people can support your work below ⬇️ #WritingPrompt

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It’s your last chance to get a one time purchase or subscribe to Rainbow Crate for the July Hoist the Colors box! Our July books are Fragments of a Fallen Star by @vianoniomoh.bsky.social and Peter Darling by @essaychant.bsky.social 🧵

A graphic of a pride flag flying with a blue sky in the background. At the top in a white font with an orange outline it reads “July Subscriptions Last Chance”. Below this is a translucent gray rectangle. In the rectangle is the July theme image with the cover of Fragments of a Fallen Star on the bottom left and the cover of Peter Darling on the bottom right. Both book covers are outlined in a red frame.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Tell Congress to fund libraries: linktr.ee/tomesandtext...

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Whirl 📚(can't donate) @whirloglyphics.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

This is another beautiful unique cover from @rainbowcrate.bsky.social that I got to read last week. I'm totally in love with this beautiful dust jacket. #booksky💙📚 #diversebooksky #queersky Check thread for review attached!

A cover of a post apocalyptic world and 2 girls holding hands.
Titled: Hearts Still Beating
By: Brooke Archer

Open dual shot of full dust jacket depicting the post apocalyptic landscape of a city.

Nutrition facts of book:
39 chapters, 336 pages
Representation
Genre
Plot
Demographics
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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 23/07/2025

Today is my birthday! It kinda snuck up on me tbh. If you wanna do something nice for me, please RSVP for my upcoming tour: www.charliejaneanders.com/events Or pre-order my weird heartfelt book: buttondown.com/charliejane/... Thank you <3

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Everything You Need to Know About My Next Novel!

Photo: Daderot/Wikimedia It’s almost six months before my next novel comes out on Aug. 19. Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my first novel for adults in...

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SJ Klapecki (should be writing) @sjklapecki.itch.io · 24/07/2025

sent an email to support@itch.io, strongly suggest other writers, artists, game devs, etc. who give a shit do similarly

Email to support@itch.io, subject line "De-indexing of NSFW and adult work." Email content is too long for alt text, so slightly edited for character limit:

Given recent rumours of the delisting and deindexing of adult work across all of itch.io, I wish to ask if these rumours are true (and a binary yes/no answer would be preferred to the question 'Is concealing NSFW and adult work from search and indexes now a policy of itch.io?') and voice my strong opposition to this for a multitude of reasons if it is.

1) "Adult" and "NSFW" are often used to discuss queerness, as queerness almost inherently brushes against topics of sexuality, bodies, and human desire. There are ways to create content about queerness which ARE 'safe for work,' however--

2) There are ongoing campaigns to cast all forms of queer life as sexualized and perverse, not fit for consumption by decent people, and so on. Itch.io risks legitimizing these attitudes by suddenly deplatforming immense amounts of queer art, and thus

3) the de-indexing of adult work will inevitably disproportionately impact already precarious queer artists and writers and game-developers who have trusted itch.io and promoted it as a safe, accepting, place for art that the mainstream may reject. This is a betrayal of thousands of members of your artistic community who have put faith in your website and organization that will inevitably crater the reputation and user base of itch.io.

If this is not the new policy, then I hope whatever technical error occured is resolved. If this is the new policy, I hope you will backtrack. If you will not backtrack, then I will be joining the exodus of writers, artists, game devs, and other creatives who once trusted you as we search for a place where queer art may be, for a time, safe.

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Beck 🌈📚 (she/they) @becklovesbooks.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

More queer recs alert! Made this list of recs for the #tarotreadathon with @foreverinastory.bsky.social We can always find a queer book for any occasion 💙📚 www.instagram.com/p/DL2kfoAgJy...

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✨Stardust Melody✨ — Polyamorous Lesbian Dragon Era @dragonsandsapphics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

@itch.io is suppressing everything, NSFW, Adult and more. please look our for your favourite creators and support us in this time!

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Rainbow Crate @rainbowcrate.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! BIG NEWS: Our June We’re Here, We’re Queer, Get Used to It books have arrived at the port and should be arriving at our packing center this week. Once they arrive the center will ship them out as quickly as possible. 🧵

A graphic of a light brown wooden background. Text at the top reads “Shipping Soon!” in white font with a black outline. In the bottom left is a white Rainbow Crate branded box with sparkling lights coming out of it. Above the box, towards the right, is the June theme image with two book covers below it: It’s A Queer, Queer Summer: A Rainbow Crate Original Anthology and Veil Us In Gold by Shepard DiStasio. Both book covers have a border frame, the Anthology is pink while Veil us in Gold is orange. Text on the bottom center reads “For Address Updates: Please email us at support@rainbowcratebookbox.com with your order number & updated address”.

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