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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@planetx.bsky.social

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A lovely young woman. Author of the GALAXY series, JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS, HAWKGIRL, THE DC BOOK OF PRIDE, and THE WIZARD, THE WITCH & THE WILD ONE graphic novel.
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Agent: @inthesestones.bsky.social

https://www.jadziaaxelrod.com

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@planetx.bsky.socialMay 12, 2026, 4:27 PM Pinned

I wrote some great books you should own.

GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR

GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DREAM GIRLS

HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY

THE DC BOOK OF PRIDE

THE WIZARD, THE WITCH AND THE WILD ONE: PRELUDE
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@newlevant.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:03 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

On the first National Coming Out Day, in 1988, ACT UP stormed the FDA headquarters to demand faster development of HIV/AIDS treatments.

[Photo of QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE page 38]
“On the first National Coming Out Day, in 1988, ACT UP protested the slow testing of potential AIDS medications. They pict a unique target with the power to make the changes: the FDA headquarters.”

[Full-page illustration of of ACT UP protesting at the FDA headquarters, which looks like a boring office building. Riot cops guard the door. Overhead, ACT UP has hung a “SILENCE = DEATH” banner and various posters. Protesters in white lab coats with “FDA Has [red handprints]” written on the back hold up their bloody-looking hands. Protesters doing a die-in hold gravestone-shaped signs reading “Dead from lack of drugs,” “R.I.P. killed by the F.D.A.,” “Killed by the system,” “I died for the sins of the FDA,” “Dead from lack of dextran sulfate.” Overlaying the illustration are protest chants: “The FDA has blood on its hands!” “FDA! Don’t delay! Fifty-two will die today!” “Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS!”]

“They forced the FDA to approve and release drugs faster, and got people with AIDS involved in designing the drug trials. ACT UP’s media coverage created a powerful image of people with AIDS and their allies.”
@newlevant.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:00 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

National Coming Out Day is way deeper than a social media trend. October 11th was chosen because it’s the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

[Photo of QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE page 36]
“In the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic began ravaging the gay community. Gay organizations made heroic efforts to care for the sick, but the Reagan administration’s response was murderously slow. Being out, loud, and public was a way to cut through stigma, media silence, and government neglect.”
[reproduction of a poster which reads “Fighting For Our Lives: An AIDS Candlelight March, May 2, 1983. It’s illustrated with a drawing of a man in a sweater crying and holding up a candle.]
“In 1987, more than half a million people joined the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. The AIDS Memorial Quilt visualized the tragedy with grave-sized panels, sewn by loved ones, spread over the National Mall.”
[Drawing of people walking around the AIDS quilt. One of the panels is visibly labeled “Rock Hudson.”]
[Drawing of Narrator-Hazel, commenting on the page.]
“The quilt was first displayed with 1,920 panels and has since expanded to almost 50,000 panels—a fraction of the mounting deaths.”

“More men were ‘outed’ by illness than had ever come out before—even celebrities at the highest echelons.[Photo of QUEER AND HOW WE GOT HERE page 37]
“The march also introduced the nation to ACT UP, a group fighting for their lives for treatments to be developed faster. Their motto: ‘United in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.’”
[Illustration of a bloc of ACT UP marchers carrying a banner that says “SILENCE = DEATH.” Next to them, a guy in a wheelchair holds a sign saying “ACT UP: AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power.” Other marchers hold up protest signs with Reagan’s face and “AIDSGATE” written underneath, and a sign with a pink triangle, evoking the holocaust. Together, the marchers shout: “Act up! Fight Back! Fight AIDS!”]

“Following the march, activists formed ACT UP direct-action chapters all over the country.”

“Jean O’Leary and Robert Eichberg proposed National Coming Out Day for October 11, the anniversary of the march.
[Drawing of Jean O’Leary talking]
“As long as the overwhelming majority of our community remains closeted, we will continue to be dismissed.”

[Drawing of Robert Eichberg talking]
“With Coming Out Day happening, we can expect this country to go through some real self-examination.”
@btmcclure.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:50 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

I mean I’ve never really “come out” but all my friends probably know at this point. My preferred pronouns are he/they because I don’t always feel like a man and I’m a raging polyamorous bisexual And frankly, trying to pretend I wasn’t was killing me

@tayloreric.devOct 11, 2026, 11:53 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

It’s time.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:36 AM

Thank you! But I shouldn't have to tell a little stuffed bull on the internet about the importance of managing expectations.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:35 AM

Thank you, but the whole system runs on lowered expectations.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:27 AM

A few of my Shitty Sketches™️ from Philly Comix Expo:

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:02 AM

Correct.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 12:59 AM

Absolutely not. Cable orders a meat-lovers every time, while Stryle orders what ever topping combination will infuriate those around him the most. "You heard me right, Mr. Pizza Man. I desire anchovies *and* pineapple!!!!"

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 12:55 AM

It's the Secret Origin of Galaxy's plunging neckline.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 12:19 AM

I came out as queer when I was teenager. I came out as trans 10 years ago. Coming out can be difficult, but I truly believe living as your authentic self is worth it.

A panel from GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN  by Jadzia Axelrod, Rye Hickman and Jodie Troutman, in which teenage Galaxy confronts Superman in midair.

GALAXY: I know what I look like, okay?!
SUPERMAN: ...okay?
GALAXY: I fought to look like this. I could have stayed in hiding, but I didn't. It's not been everything I thought it was going to be, but it is still better than hiding.
@stackeddeckpress.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:42 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

Four Seasons of Fear: A Year of Queer Horror is now a Project We Love on @kickstarter.com! Find out what has them all atwitter! Back it today!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

#projectwelove #kickstarter #lgbtqcomics #horror #horrorcomics #lgbtq

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 11:53 PM

Where else would you get a cool necklace?

@saracentury.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:04 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

I do think we should teach art students about Lichtenstein, as in like this is precisely who benefits when you view the vast majority of creators as workhorses deserving of nothing more than scraps while elevating a small handful of the already-privileged as rare geniuses.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:17 PM

Thanks! I got it from two lesbian witches in a graveyard.

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:33 PM

Good Hair Days deserve to be documented.

Jadzia's face.
@coreybrickley.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:27 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

Silent Hilladelphia

Elevated Line septa stop on a rainy overcast dayShovel taped to a crutchLead pipe with tape wrapped around one base
@planetx.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:55 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

Today's Style

Jadzia is wearing a necklace with a large amethyst crystal, a long-sleeved black dress with a low scooped neckline, tall black socks,  and black Solovair boots.
@planetx.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:45 PM

GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by me, @deuxdel.bsky.social, and @airy.bsky.social

bookshop.org/a/125145/978...

@planetx.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:04 PMReposted by @planetx.bsky.social

A panel from HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY by Jadzia Axelrod, Amancay Nahuelpan, Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimarães, Carrie Strachan, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, with Galaxy speaking and the word balloon positioned as if she is saying the quoted post.
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