Lore update: I'm switching things up and changing the name I go by from Liz to Eli.
This decision has been a while in the making, made more complicated by the fact that I have written publications and work history in my previous name. But words can (and should) be edited. I'm trans and non-binary, and I'm ready for my name to not scream "woman" every time someone comes across my writing or meets me for the first time.
Here's a lil snapshot of what gender euphoria looks like for me these days. Enjoy 😘 and happy pride month y'all
#name #nickname #lore #newsagents #update #trans #nonbinary #gender
Video description: a series of photos of me, a blue haired human with tattooes and nose piercings, blue eyes, and sometimes smiling. Text overlay reads: "Why I'm changing my name to Eli. Starting drag as Eli Horizontal felt hot, silly, and affirming. It's pride month. It's gendy nooch. Names are gifts, and I'm re-gifting 💅"
The Trans Book Festival line-up really is that good 😍 get ya tickets quick, it's this weekend!!
Link in bio for tix, or head to TransBookFestival.org for more info 🩷🩵🤍
#transbookfest #transbookfest2026 #tbf #tbf2026 #literaryfestival
Looks fake. Isn't.
Obsessed with these walking locations for breaks in between writing at Varuna 😍 feeling very lucky and like a smug slug about it all.
1. Me in front of Katoomba Falls
2. Katoomba Falls
3. Juliet's balcony
4. Blue Mountains reflected in my pink sunnies
5. Blue Mountains and lots of trees
6. Sunshine behind a mossy tree branch
7. My hiking-flushed face
8. Forest trail
9. Three Sisters in the distance
One week at Varuna done, one to go 😍 what a treat to get to stay in this beautiful part of the country to write, read, cuddle cats, meet old friend's bubs, hike, and write some more.
@nationalwritershouse
Image descriptions:
1. Varuna
2. Blue Mountains
3. Me with a fluffy white cat
4. That same fluffy cat with their tum out
5. Writing desk and misty skies
6. The view through a window
7. Fluffy cat between legs
8. Vines wrapping up a tree
9. Me with @joshmackenz and @zozzzo3 's kiddo
10. Me + kiddo again
11. Purple flowers
12. Sunrise through a window
13. Sitting in front of the fireplace
14. Less fluffy cat
15. Less fluffy cat + legs
16. Bear room
17. Varuna behind tall flowers
Introducing Prose Pals: Literary Speed Friending session with Eli Sutherland and Logan Trask.
Excited for Trans Book Festival but nervous to walk into a big festival without knowing many people yet? Come along to Prose Pals: a Literary Speed-Friending session with other trans and gender diverse writers!
Buy tickets to this workshop, as well as all other TBF 2026 events, at the links in our bio. Note: this workshop is for trans and gender diverse people only.
artists: @bby_punk@elisutherlandwrites
Image descriptions: Four images. Image one displays the Trans Book Festival 2026 logo above a photo collage of Logan Trask and Eli Sutherland and the text “Prose Pals: Literary Speed Friending session. 14:30 - 16:30 Friday 17 April. Studio Take Care, Brunswick.” Image two displays the TBF 2026 logo above the text “Prose Pals: Literary Speed Friending session. Excited for Trans Book Festival but nervous to walk into a big festival without knowing many people yet? Come along to Prose Pals: a Literary Speed-Friending session with other trans and gender diverse writers! 14:30 - 16:30 Friday 17 April. Studio Take Care, Brunswick. Tickets and info at: transbookfestival.org.” Image three displays the TBF 2026 logo above a smiling Eli Sutherland and the text “Eli Sutherland they/them.” Image four displays the TBF 2026 logo above Logan Trask eating icecream and the text “Logan Trask they/them.”
#TransBookFest2026 #Transgender #Festival #WritersFestival #Workshop
I didn't know T worked that fast 🤨 or maybe @nationalwritershouse can just see the future. Either way, happy Trans Day of Visibility from this bear to you 🩷🩵
Okay but this was the cuntiest wedding I've ever been to 💅
I'm so privileged to share in your life and love @bby_punk and @matilly21
Thanks for letting me wear a suit, cut my hair, eat the best vegan cake in the world, hear your duet, and for making me cry so many times in one day 😘😭
Image descriptions:
1. Colourful bridesmates surrounding the newly married couple. 📷 @georgiawiggs
2. Til and Logan singing a duet in the wedding finest.
3. Logan, @mikaela.hetherington and me smiling at the camera.
4. @iamdalews eating vegan cake.
5. A moment for the teal suit 🩵.
6. Colourful bridesmates surrounding the newly married couple again. 📷 @georgiawiggs
Introducing The World in Your Hands: Fantasy and Sci-fi Wordbuilding workshop with Eli Sutherland.
Worldbuilding in fantasy and science fiction can create a living, breathing environment that a story lives within. Connect with other writers, and explore and play in crafting a new fantastical world with others in this worldbuilding workshop.
Buy tickets to this workshop, as well as all other TBF 2026 events, at the links in our bio. Note: this workshop is for trans and gender diverse people only.
Artists: @elisutherlandwrites
Image descriptions: Two images. Image one displays the Trans Book Festival 2026 logo above a smiling photo of Eli Sutherland and the text “The World in Your Hands workshop with Eli Sutherland. 09:30 - 11:30 Friday 17 April. Studio Take Care, Brunswick.” Image two displays the Trans Book Festival 2026 logo above the text “The World in Your Hands workshop. Worldbuilding in fantasy and science fiction can create a living, breathing environment that a story lives within. Connect with other writers, and explore and play in crafting a new fantastical world with others in this worldbuilding workshop. 09:30 - 11:30 Friday 17 April. Studio Take Care, Brunswick. Tickets and info at: transbookfestival.org.”
#TransBookFest2026 #Transgender #Festival #WritersFestival #Workshop
Six hands, six tits 😌
1. Pride Fair Day
2. Six legs
3. 3 tongues
4. Reflections
5. Angie McMahon
6. Bbs first hockey
7. Baba watching The Boyfriend
8. Lilac Clothing the Gaps
9. New hat slur
10. Touching grass
11. Haunted portraits
12. New hair
13. Melbourne Ducks 2-14
Proud to stand side by side with First Nations people and other @readerswritersagainstgenocide on this Day of Mourning. The struggle against colonisation and genocide of First Nations people is a worldwide and shamefully continuing one. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land 🖤💛❤️
