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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Grab some antlers and put on some flannel for the "Open Season Stag Party," hosted by Sir Josef, Mr. Michigan Leather 2027. Basket raffle and silent auction; all proceeds go to MML travel fund. Consider bringing a sweet box-mix treat to benefit LAAN pantry. See you Nov. 14 at Esquire! $5 cover.

Summary of event: picture of two deer clashing with antlers. Stag party is Nov. 14 at Esquire Bar.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meet your Mr. Michigan Leather 2027!!

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

First vacation in two years, and slowing down time with a Polaroid.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

One year on testosterone, and one month out for top surgery. I'm filled with joy and hope.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Gender-affirming surgery set for Sept. 2. Feels like revolution.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A watched 'stache never sprouts.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Belted out some Janis during karaoke last night, and the limitations from T were a challenge. As awkward as it was, it also proved euphoric.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Today I hit the big screen during a presser for Cobalt Magnet, an international nuclear preparedness drill. More than 3,000 people took part in the exercise.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Zoning out during Shibari class = radical resistance and trans joy.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Shibari knots, rope harnesses and inverted suspension. Nothing like predicament bondage to distract from the predicament at hand.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I shaved my baby 'stache for an interview, and it's slow-rolling a return appearance. Boo.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Nothing that a roll through the car wash can't cheer up.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Michigan Capitol Rotunda, State of the State address.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Do you love Star Wars? Are you looking for new friends? The Lansing Area AIDS Network will be hosting a speed friending (platonic speed dating) event Saturday, May 3 to raise money for our Prevention and Harm Reduction program. Join us beginning at 7 p.m. at Esquire Bar in Old Town, Lansing.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

My brain is fried. I love a platform that doesn't require a TLDR.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Finally painted over the radioactive green walls. Virginia was right. There's a lot to be said about having a room of one's own.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Just spent a crazy amount of time trying to figure out the bathroom situation at IKEA before committing to a road trip.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Home projects inevitably present diminishing returns. Third trip to Lowe's in two hours, just for a bedroom painting gig.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Prepping to paint a room, and wishing I had the fury of a scorned younger self so I could move this furniture.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thank you. I had just written her a note a month before she died. Truly a loss.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Dorothy Allison once placed her hand on the small of my back while I read a poem. She also taught me the art of slitting a vein so honest words could land on a page. She said “I believe that storytelling can be a strategy to help you make sense out of your life,” and helped me make sense of mine.

nytimes.com

Dorothy Allison, Author of ‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ Dies at 75

She wrote lovingly and often hilariously about her harrowing childhood in a working-class Southern family, as well as about the violence and incest she suffered.

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Trans Fury @transfury.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

The baseline of Queer Resistance is Survival: don't burn yourself out. Don't get bogged-down in the news. Sleep enough, eat enough, REST enough, and seek some joy. Reinvest some time into hobbies. Queer Fightback can only be accomplished when you have looked-after yourself: Queer Joy is Rebellion.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Just when dysphoria had me spinning my wheels, a colleague called me "sir" today. Gender euphoria engaged.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It's a good thing I healed my asthma because I need every bit of my lungs to breathe today.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Resolved. Not turning back. I mean, c'mon. My 'stache is just starting to show!!!!

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

“…the price that America must pay for the continued oppression of the Negro and other minority groups is the price of its own destruction.” — Martin Luther King Jr., The American Dream: July 4, 1965

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Latest USPS Forever "Love" stamp features an untitled drawing by artist @keithharing.bsky.social

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

It's a rare day that I turn on the heat in the chicken coop. But these girls are ready for their subzero slumber party.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I would never try, babe. ❤️❤️

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Back before live-streaming, we had cassette tapes. Interestingly, two decades later, the conference topic remains relevant. @ire-nicar.bsky.social

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Gender-affirming doc just increased my T dose to three pumps gel. He said to fasten my seat belt because this is where the rubber meets the road!!

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Now that all my affairs are in order, I get to focus on fun stuff ... like the little hairs popping out on my chinny-chin-chin! T is magic. #gendereuphoria

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It was not optimal. But I was able to get a muscle relaxer IV drip while watching "A Christmas Story" on loop.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I was in for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Feeling better today. Never got admitted, but spent waaaay too much time on a stretcher in a hallway.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Xmas bronchitis, pneumonia and a stay in the hospital may have had me down, but not out enough to give up on the gym. Feels great to be back.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Crisis of confidence meets imposter syndrome.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Staying on good terms with the ex is worth everything when it comes with access to his award-winning chili recipe.

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Wrestling isn't fake. People are fake. (American Lucha Libre, The Fledge, Lansing, MI)

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Sir Josef Bathory @sirjosef.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

"Babygirl" is an erotic thriller and also an honest meditation on the vulnerabilities in D/s relationships. #goodgirl

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