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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 30/08/2026

A bit more progress – Star (genderhacked Megaman X) can run! Also, she has eyeshadow that matches her current armour. #romhack #megaman #gamedev #trans #transgender

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 30/08/2026

Our PAX panel was just accepted: Designing for joy: Creating gender euphoria in games! with @natbott.omg.lol & @raynavia.bsky.social. Games are more than just entertainment. They're spaces for belonging, self-discovery and joy. What if we designed games for euphoria from the start? #gamedev #trans

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 16/08/2026

Be a Girl in Earthbound — Genderhacking! Today I'm talking genderhacking – changing the genders of characters in videogames!

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Be a Girl in Earthbound — Genderhacking!

Today I'm talking genderhacking – changing the genders of characters in videogames!

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 06/08/2026

OK! First time as a co-CI on an NMHRC grant! The project will offer technological support to trans youth with exercising. FINGERS CROSSED!

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 04/08/2026

I started even later... it's lovely to finally inhabit a body that I enjoy. It's tanken a lot of work to get here. It probably only would have been less if I'd transitioned as a teen, but I doubt that was possible in the 90s. Finding yourself and being yourself at any age is the best.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 28/07/2026

TAPS completely catastrophically implodes if you give it Japanese text, surprising no one. ANYWAY... I'll share a bit about Katie Seaborn and I's acceptance work on X ジェンダー (X-Jendā / X-Gender) gamers later. #CHIPLAY26

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 26/07/2026

OK. Finally ready to try out Earthbound (Mother 2). I've got the Transternalbound #romhack set up so I can play in a gender affirming way! #snes #trans #transgender www.romhacking.net/hacks/9714/

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 26/07/2026

Successfully have Star (genderhacked Megaman X) beaming in (and blinking) in-emulator! #romhack #megamanx #snes #trans #transgender

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 26/07/2026

Doing sprite work on my genderhack of Megaman X. I *think* I've got a design that works (original X and evolution in the 2nd image). It's interesting that the sprite constraints push back on the original character design. (Pink pixels are the original silhouette.) #romhacking #megaman #trans

Pixelated image of a partial-perspective side-view of a woman in blue armour with blue hair. She has white fists and large ear cups with antennae sticking off of them.

A series of pixelated images of a partial-perspective side-views of a character in blue armour. The leftmost is male, with a helmet. The remaining five are a woman with blue hair. She has white fists and large ear cups with antennae sticking off of them.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 19/07/2026

My genderhack of Megaman X – MegaStar is finally coming together! I've mostly got the portrait sorted, I've added a star glyph (to replace the name "X"), and updated pronouns. Screenshots are all in-emulator. #romhack #snes #megaman #transgender

Screenshot of a video game. Black screen with an anime woman in blue armour with a cannon on her right arm. The text reads "Mega Star Specification".

Screenshot of a video game. Black screen with an anime woman in blue armour with a cannon on her right arm. A purple reticle is over the cannon-arm. The text reads "arms are equipped with: star-buster (mega buster mark17), energy amplifier, variable weapon system"

Screenshot of a video game. A red screen with blue-white text on it that reads: WARNING: STAR IS THE FIRST OF A NEW GENERATION OF ROBOTS WHICH CONTAIN AN INNOVATIVE NEW FEATURE - THE ABILITY TO THINK, FEEL AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS. HOWEVER THIS ABILITY COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. IF STAR WERE TO BREAK THE FI..."

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 17/07/2026

Major success in my romhacking project – thanks to others' tools, I can now decompress, edit, and re-compress sprites! The image may LOOK LIKE garbage, but that's just because I found the sheet with the text, rotated it 90 degrees, and put it back in. AND IT WORKED! #romhack #snes #megaman

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 14/07/2026

Updated version of Megaman X, but girl! My first time doing (remixing?) pixel art. I'm feeling pretty happy about the eyes and hair. Unfortunately I think I have to recolour after reflecting on how palettes work. #romhack #retrogaming #genderhack #pixelart #snes

Pixel art of an anime woman in futuristic armour. Her hair and eyes are blue. The armour is grey, with the right arm being a cannon.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 13/07/2026

Working on a #romhack of Megaman X, because I'd rather play it as a girl. So... first step is redoing the "weapon get" screen, which I'll use as the basis for changing the sprites. I haven't done her head yet, but so far so good...

Tile image from the SNES version of Megaman X that shows X facing the camera. The image shows a pixelated woman in blue armour; one arm is a cannon.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 03/07/2026

I somehow successfully painted a #Miku mug. Reasonably pleased with it, but we'll see how it turns out after firing (the colours should get brighter)! #art #hatsunemiku #ceramics

Photograph of a hand with teal nailpolish holding a grey mug. The mug has a painting of Hatsune Miku on it.

Photograph of a hand with teal nailpolish holding a grey mug (the back side). The mug has a painting of "01" in red block print on it.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 28/06/2026

I am happy to report that I am brilliant. After a lot of time grappling with it, I have managed to properly position, double-sided print, and cut all of the signatures for my #DnD DM's notebook. This is challenging because it has multiple sections with two-page spreads. #bookbinding #stationery

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Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

This is something I highlight in convos. The content & the work is human but packaged as a shiny thing that lives in the cloud. The extractivism & exploitation is real. Please watch @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social; as workers we must show solidarity with annotators & labellers. #ResistAI

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Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️‍⚧️ @snapdragoness.itch.io · 27/06/2026

Busy downloading all the gender-swap mods for #retro games...

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 23/06/2026

All Characters are Trans Now! Representation matters and LGBTQIA+ folks make our own.

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All Characters are Trans Now!

Representation matters and LGBTQIA+ folks make our own.

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Ariana Serpentine @arianaserpentine.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I want to emphasize this because it’s trans history. In the 80s and 90s a lot of trucking companies paid well and covered transition care. There were a lot of trans women that took jobs as truckers, transitioned, and quietly disappeared into their lives. Nothing white collar about it.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 13/06/2026

Designing the pages for my #DnD DM notebook. NPC sheets spread horizontally, two per spread. They have a party affinity tracker on the side for use with a paperclip (see: youtu.be/ILajAMmXqlw?...). #bookbinding #ttrpg

Photograph of a hand holding open a spread of two pages. The bottom right corner is labeled "NPCs". The top and bottom halves of the spread contain repeated information fields for TTRPG NPCs, including name, alignment, stat block, source, mods, pers., desc., 'ships, secrets, and notes. The edge of the page says party affinity, with a heart at the top, followed by numbers 5--1.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 13/06/2026

Covers for #DnD notebook are assembled and drying! #bookbinding #stationery #dragon

Photograph of two book covers. One has the title "Smol Dragon Delves" with pink dragons on it. The other is plain black. Both have rainbow glitter backs and corners.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 13/06/2026

Progress on my new #DnD DM notebook! Covers in progress, but still need to finish designing the pages. #bookbinding #stationery

Photograph of the Dragon Delves hardcover with a custom "Smol Dragon Delves" notebook cover on top. Both have a purple / blue / pink colour scheme.

Photograph of the backside of two notebook covers on a cutting mat.

Photograph of the backside of two notebook covers on a cutting mat with a yellow back pasted on.

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Becinator @artdragon86.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

1. If they're making decisions based on summaries created by AI, then they ARE using AI for decision-making. 2. If every AI-led process has to be verified and validated by staff, surely it's faster and easier (and less destructive to the environment) to just get staff to do the work from the start?

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 25/05/2026

Metroid's Samus is Trans! My first video on #videogame #history and #transgender experiences. If you enjoy, I'd appreciate sharing! 😊 I'm aiming to make these a regular thing. #metroid #samus youtube.com/shorts/kEhH0...

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Metroid's Samus is Trans

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 25/05/2026

Cosmic Princess Kaguya #review: A heartwarming yuri love story set in the near future + an online world. It features a really fun fusion of old Japan and sci fi. The animation is fluid and as silly as needed. Bonus: no fanservice! I absolutely loved it; probably in my top 10. #anime

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 23/05/2026

A little #gunpla on a Saturday morning. Tiny robot head from the Aerial Rebuild. #GWitch #gundam

Manicured hand holding a tiny detailed head from a mecha model over a cutting mat.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 21/05/2026

After many setbacks, I have now crafted a replica of the #NES #Metroid game manual! For better or worse, I apparently own zero staples (but at least four staplers), so I stitch-bound it with embroidery floss in a dark blue to coordinate the cover. #bookbinding

Photograph of a yellow booklet on a cutting mat. The cover says "METROID" in dark blue, with "Instruction Booklet" at the bottom.

A hand holding open a booklet over a cutting mat. The booklet is stitch bound at the centre. It shows several items from the game Metroid.

Photograph of an open booklet held over a cutting mat. The booklet is open to a two-page spread of the game map.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 21/05/2026

Additional #Gunpla acquired. Getting the Demi Barding gives me most of the #GWitch models I'm after!

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 19/05/2026

Played with colouring my tiny Metroid manual. Kinda like how it came out! #Metroid #NES #Papercraft

Photograph of a hand with painted nails holding a tiny, coloured print of a game map on paper. The background shows a screen with the original map.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 19/05/2026

I'm sharing a game map collage I made a while back – it includes references to all the games included!

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Game Map Collage

A game map collage for some research on critical computing and borders in video games.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 18/05/2026

With the situation for #trans folks in the US and UK, and politicians trying to bring all that hate to Australia... it just feels really hard to persist some days.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 15/05/2026

I have made a tiny #Metroid NES manual. It's a prototype to make sure I have the page ordering right for a full-size replica. Buuuuut it might also need to be a prototype for a tiny book charm... #bookbinding

Photograph of a hand holding a sheaf of tiny papers in front of a laptop. The front page says "Metroid".

Photograph of a hand holding a sheaf of tiny papers in front of a laptop. The pages are open to show a centrefold map from the game.

Photograph of a hand holding a sheaf of tiny papers in front of a laptop. The pages are open to show text and screenshots from the game.

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 13/05/2026

Ack! Need to play @annapurna.com 's Mixtape tonight before I head to ABC Studios tomorrow! (I suppose as an 80's kid I am the core demographic...)

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Trans Gamer Prof. 🏳️‍⚧️ @transgamer.prof · 13/05/2026

Prepping a #gamedev industry talk on what we learned about #agender gamers in our last study.

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that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

as someone who worked on bg3, I fully agree - it's so utterly hypocritical how these platforms treat sex and eroticism - they want to make bank off big releases (and payment processors conveniently look the other way when this happens!) but strangle entire swathes of content from indies

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Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️‍⚧️ @snapdragoness.itch.io · 09/05/2026

PSA: I have launched a place to share more of my research on games, my fight for trans inclusivity, and my AI critiques. I'm working on posting short videos from there as well. If you're interested, please follow @transgamer.prof (and you can find me on the web at transgamer.prof).

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Nerdy queer game design history.

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Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 08/05/2026

The contempt that game publishers have for the people who make games hasn't ever been a secret...at least not if you are in the industry, or paying attention to the labor struggles of games workers. What GenAI is really good at is making the subtext of their loathing of creatives into text.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 08/05/2026

updated to link to all I know of; please sign: openletter.earth/open-letter-... > Colleagues and I have written and published: Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia. Also there are versions in Dutch, French, German, Italian, and Spanish olivia.science/ai/#activism

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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

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Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 07/05/2026

I don't really care WHAT you use AI for, what excuses you have, what allowances you make yourself. Nothing is going to magically get you over the hurdle of data centers ruining the planet and poisoning communities.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/05/2026

Trevor Project released its annual LGBTQ youth mental health report. The results are shocking. 40% of trans youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Trans youth who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.

Key findings from The 2025 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People include:

36% of LGBTQ+ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year, including 40% of transgender and nonbinary young people.
1 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the past year.
44% of LGBTQ+ young people who wanted mental health care in the past year were not able to get it.
90% of LGBTQ+ young people said recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws, policies and debates caused them stress or anxiety.
LGBTQ+ young people of color attempted suicide at higher rates than their White peers, and nearly a third (32%) also experienced racial or ethnic discrimination, in addition to anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination.
Transgender and nonbinary young people who wanted hormones but couldn’t access them were nearly twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who could.
Over half (59%) of LGBTQ+ young people ages 13-17 experienced bullying in the past year, and those who did reported significantly higher rates of attempting suicide in the past year than their peers.
LGBTQ+ young people who reported living in very accepting communities attempted suicide at less than a third of the rate of those who reported living in very unaccepting communities.

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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 07/05/2026

If you’re trans & born before 2000, when asked who you are you can legit answer: “Do not ask me for a single title, I have crossed millennia under different names and worn more than one form besides. Revered by some and feared by many, I am remembered differently in each age that survives me.”

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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The world's first English-language Jubensha Convention is starting in two days! We have speakers from around the world presenting new talks and research, workshops for budding designers, free games to play, and more. We sold out weeks ago and could've easily doubled our attendees – incredible!

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Jubensha Con 2026

The world's first convention about jubensha

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Phoebe Toups Dugas 🏳️‍⚧️ @snapdragoness.itch.io · 06/05/2026

Well I was avoiding using Chrome, but I guess it's time to just delete it as a security threat.

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Dr Florence Smith Nicholls @florencesn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Academia

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