Sassify Zine

Artist Facilitator and Educator. Sharing diverse LGBTQ+ voices.

[Sassify Zine @SassifyZine]

There is strength in tenderness.
A queer couple caught in a moment of intimacy. They embrace with love and without shame to fill your feed with lots of trans joy.

A reminder that the trans, intersex, and non-binary communities are just ordinary people living ordinary lives.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:*

**“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.”**

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolor painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

**I’m writing this to tell you something simple:**

**Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.**

Let these years ahead be your *treasure years*.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

*With love and gentleness,*

— Patricia Routledge

[Sassify Zine @SassifyZine]

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[The Common Press Bookshop @TheCommonPress]

We can't lose another queer space in London! Help us save the Common Press by donating at the link below. Led by BIPOC, trans folks, and queer women, we have been ranked as one of London’s top 10 independent bookshops by @thebookseller 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔥
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[🌈The Where True Love is Movement 🏳️‍⚧️ @WhereTrueLoveIs]

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[marysocontrary @so_contrary]

Monday

[PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 @prideukorg]

Happy Pride Month! 😍🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️

[george @StokeyyG2]

What the fuck have I just heard…😭😭😭

[King💅🏾Femme @king_femme]

You Can Be Ken, Barbie, Both, Neither, Everything and All Of The Above! 💅🏾🏳️‍⚧️

[PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇬🇧 @prideukorg]

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[Sassify Zine @SassifyZine]

@InPostUK The too many attempts message keeps appearing. Even on my first attempt to get my parcel. Not sure what else I can do? HELP!

[Sassify Zine @SassifyZine]

Spreading some queer joy by dancing to Lonnie Lester, Ain’t that a shame.

#northernsoul #northernsouldancing #queerjoy

[Switchboard @switchboardLGBT]

Switchboard has your 2023 Guide to Pride: a list of locations & dates for Pride events across the UK! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎉

Please share this thread to let others know when & where their nearest Pride events are happening. Thanks for helping spread the word!

[Fesshole🧻 @fesshole]

When someone is taking too long in a public toilet, I pull the handle so they know someone's waiting and they always come out pretty quickly after. Small trick but very effective.

[Openly 🏳️‍🌈 @Openly]

🇱🇺 Luxembourg’s openly gay prime minister has backed #LGBTQ+ rights in the EU's parliament.

🗣️ @Xavier_Bettel also chastised member state Hungary, which banned discussions of homosexuality and gender identity in schools and the media, at a plenary session in Strasbourg.

[Jam Face @jam_face]

Buffy vs Faith, Graduation Day part 1.

[Consortium @LGBTConsortium]

LGBT+ organisations across the UK stand as one. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill must be implemented. We have written to @RishiSunak and @10DowningStreet urging them to stop any challenges to the Bill.

Read the statement here:
https://t.co/Yau3Z21A2W

@stonewalluk

[Sassify Zine @SassifyZine]

@katemarlais @alexdeboo @SassifyZine I create a mix of digital and hand drawn illustrations plus I run a zine.