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s-a-s-s.bsky.social
#SASS and @goldencrownls.bsky.social are coming together this week to stand up against book bans. Join us and add your voice to make sure we can keep using ours to tell our stories. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
marinestjean.bsky.social
Happy Banned Book Week!
If you're a sapphic author, sign up with @gcls-wa.bsky.social and @s-a-s-s.bsky.social. With more and more people trying to erase us, our stories are more important than ever.
#sapphicswiththebanned #sapphic #lesfic #bannedbookweek #bannedbooks #sapphicbooks
Tyton cover Our Books our rights #sapphicwiththebanned
October 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
bywaterbooks.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈📚🚫 You can’t delete what refuses to disappear.

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LetFreedomReadDay #ReadForYourRights #StandUpForReading #FreedomToRead #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks #BookFreedom #SapphicsWithTheBanned
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
jeleakauthor.bsky.social
I stand with Golden Crown Literary Society and the Sapphic Action Support Squad to support those working to ensure books remain accessible. It goes without saying that this applies not only during #BannedBooksWeek but every day. Please like and share to show your support!🫶

#SapphicsWithTheBanned
In honor of Banned Book Week. Graphic text reads: I STAND WITH GCLS & SASS Efforts to silence diverse voices, especially sapphic and women-loving-women stories, are a direct threat to free expression and to the readers who need to see themselves represented. I believe every story matters, and I am committed to promoting, protecting, and uplifting sapphic literature as an act of resistance, visibility, and pride. I offer my full support to those working to ensure these stories remain accessible and celebrated. Hastag Sapphics With The Banned
October 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social
You know what sucks? Needing to have #BannedBooksWeek.
You know what doesn't suck? Authors getting together to fight back. Our books & representation matter & we will not be silenced.
I proudly support the work being done by @goldencrownls.bsky.social & @s-a-s-s.bsky.social.
#SapphicsWithTheBanned
Image with a black background and text that says "I STAND WITH GCLS & SASS. Efforts to silence diverse voices, including sapphic and women-loving-women stories, are a direct threat to free expression and to the readers who need to the see themselves represented. I believe every story matters, and I am committed to promoting, protecting, and uplifting sapphic literature as an act to of resistance, visibility, and pride. I offer my full support to those working to ensure these stories remain accessible and celebrated. GOLDEN CROWN LITERARY SOCIETY. SAPPHIC ACTION SUPPORT SQUAD. #SapphicsWithTheBanned
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
s-a-s-s.bsky.social
They are trying to silence us, but we keep writing. Our history won’t be erased, our lives won’t be forgotten, our love will not be stopped.

#SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
s-a-s-s.bsky.social
These books with LGBTQ+ characters have already been banned in many places. By banning the experiences of others, no one grows. Read about the experiences of others. Practice empathy. It’s only in coming together and learning from each other that we grow.

#SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
anakwrenn.bsky.social
I stand with @s-a-s-s.bsky.social & @goldencrownls.bsky.social

I stand with the authors of banned books.

I stand with the readers who want to read WTF they want to read.

I stand with storytellers and for the stories told.

#SapphicsWithTheBanned
#bannedbookweek
October 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
rachelspangler.rachelspangler.com
Queer books aren't the only books being targeted by book bans. The stigma on neurodivergence and mental health, as well as outright ableism often shape attempts at censorship. Representation matters!

#standwiththebanned #BannedBooksWeek #sapphicswiththebanned #sapphic #lesbian #mentalhealth
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
s-a-s-s.bsky.social
If our stories weren’t powerful, they wouldn’t be banning them. Queer books save lives. #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
goldencrownls.bsky.social
Banned but not erased.

28% of all books banned for LGBTQ+ representation feature a transgender and/or genderqueer character.

These stories matter.
#ReadBannedBooks #QueerLit #SapphicStories #TransVoices #WLW #SapphicsWithTheBanned #GCLS
October 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
bywaterbooks.bsky.social
🏳️‍🌈📚🚫Censorship can suck it—read a banned book, stay badass.

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LetFreedomReadDay #ReadForYourRights #StandUpForReading #FreedomToRead #DefendTheFirst #ReadBannedBooks #BookFreedom #SapphicsWithTheBanned
October 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
s-a-s-s.bsky.social
Our video is too long to post here (because we have so many wonderful authors involved!) so please check it out on Instagram or the Facebook page. Listen to our voices, so we can continue to use them.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPpMkuo...

#SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
jeleakauthor.bsky.social
When things start going sideways, it's hard to know how to help. #BannedBooksWeek reminds us that our voices can be silenced at any time. Here are a few tips on how we can support authors and keep those voices loud and accessible. Representation matters. Always. 🫶

#SapphicsWithTheBanned #WLW
A graphic with a checklist. Text reads: Supporting Sapphics Request their books at your local library Follow and engage with authors on social media Buy books from indie, small, and mid-size publishers Write and post positive reviews online Share your favorite books and creators with others Support LBGTQ+ Orgs Protect Our Stories. Support Our Community. Hashtag Sapphics With The Banned Circular logos of Golden Crown Literary Society and Sapphic Action Support Squad Graphic containing the book cover of In the Shadow of the Past (Shadow Series Book 1) by J.E. Leak Text reads: SCRIPTED IN SAPPHIC A sultry spy falls for the wrong woman. Now it's going to cost her. 1940s Sapphic Noir vibes Slooow Burn FORBIDDEN LOVE REVIEWERS SAY (Graphic of five stars) "I think it's safe to say that J.E. Leak has written one of the best sapphic series of all time with her four Shadow books." -Queer Aussie Reviews Hashtag Sapphics With The Banned Circular logos for Golden Crown Literary Society ans Sapphic Action Support Squad
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
rachelspangler.rachelspangler.com
Queer characters of color face extra scrutiny, and when complicated by things like immigration status or class struggle it’s an all out battle. We must fight for the right to tell full stories about whole people!
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#bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #sapphic #sapphicromance #sapphicswiththebanned
October 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
s-a-s-s.bsky.social
The human, and queer, experience includes all abilities and neurotypes. The drive to silence disabled voices is intersectional with the drive to silence queer voices. 1/2
#SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
averybrooksauthor.bsky.social
I value my right to write sapphic literature that uplifts and connects with the sapphic community as much as I love to read the works that have saved me and continue to inspire me. There’s a lot at stake. Our voices, our stories, our lives, our history.
#SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek #wlw
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
rachelspangler.rachelspangler.com
It’s banned books week and I never take for granted that my right to write our lives and love stories is one we’ve had to fight (and keep fighting) for!
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#standwiththebanned #bannedbooks #BannedBooksWeek #sapphicswiththebanned #sapphics #sapphicromance #lesbian #trans #nonbinary #queer #lgbtqia
October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
rachelspangler.rachelspangler.com
This Banned Books week it's more important than ever for queer authors, readers, and allies to stand up and fight censorship. Read banned books, amplify the voices of queer writers, refused to go quietly!

#bannedbooks #BannedBooksWeek #standwiththebanned #sapphicswiththebanned #censorship
October 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
kellyfarmerauthor.bsky.social
It's #InternationalLesbianDay during #BannedBooksWeek. All my books have at least 1 lesbian main character.
I'm proud to write stories about women falling ridiculously in love with one another. Bringing joy to the world is why I write these stories. You can't ban queer joy. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
#SapphicsWithTheBanned
Image with a black background and the book covers for Out on the Ice, Unexpected Goals, Calling the Shots, It's a Fabulous Life, Secret Spark and Fanning the Flames. The text says "My Books. My Right to Write. Our Books. Our Rights. #SapphicsWithTheBanned
October 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
goldencrownls.bsky.social
At the GCLS, we uplift sapphic and women-loving-women voices so they’re seen, celebrated, and never erased.

GCLS is excited to partner with SASS throughout this week to promote protecting Sapphic Stories.

#SapphicsWithTheBanned #SapphicLit #BookBans #LGBTQAuthors #WLWStories #GCLS
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
anakwrenn.bsky.social
Become the books that are being erased, the stories that are being silenced.

Stitch them inside you. Smuggle them into the world.

Share and spread the Word.

#BannedBooksWeek
#StandWithTheBanned
#SapphicsWithTheBanned
October 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
marinestjean.bsky.social
Taking a stand against banned books with @s-a-s-s.bsky.social and @gcls-wa.bsky.social. #SASS #sapphicswiththebanned #bannedbookweek
Cover for The Smith our books our rights I stand with gcls and sass. Efforts to silence diverse voices, especially sapphic and women loving women stories are a direct threat to free expression and to the readers who need to see themselves represented. I believe every story matters and i am committed to promoting protecting and uplifting sapphic literature as an act of resistance visibility and pride. I offer my full support to those working to ensure these stories remain accessible and celebrated.
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
cheri-ritz.bsky.social
I stand with GCLS & SASS because every story matters! #SapphicsWithTheBanned #BannedBooksWeek
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM