Lane Smith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘🏻🖤🔥

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Author of "78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World" (2024) Macmillan/ St. Martins Essentials/Sounds True Tarot & Politics zine editor • they/he 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 Bi Trans GenX Anarchist in Baltimore City www.mxlanesmith.com

Two super itchy foxes in a Baltimore backyard
Blurry pic of a fox with no bush to their tail
Photo of a squirrel crossing a sidewalk with no fluff on their tail
Photo of Lane wearing a black and purple tie dye shirt with a graphic of skeletons dancing around a globe in pink and blue that says "Transphobia Has No Place In This World" while holding up The World card from the Blood Moon Tarot by Sam Guay which has a black and purple swirled background and a person holding a roumd shell with pink and blue spiraling out from it.
Photo of the sun looking like an orange ball through the grey haze of wildfire smoke, behind tree branches.
Photo of Lane dressed in a black fishnet top with a black binder and slutty short shorts with a trans flag seatbelt belt (from my IG Stories with the caption: "Someone called me 'charming,' if you can believe it! 👑 [crown emoji]).
Instagram post from anarkiss_zine listing 76 contributors to Issue 13, including Lane Smith
Photo of an almost full yellow moon behind branches that add definition to its face while a pigeon is caught flapping mid takeoff in the foreground
Title in blue/purple/pink gradient: Read/Display for Pride Month! Image of 78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World by Lane Smith. Text is in black block print letter evoking protest posters in front of a stencil design yellow sun with rainbow rays. In white chalklike lettering on the black background around the book are points about why it should be included in Pride displays: • Homage to transgender Tarot ancestor, Rachel Pollack • Stonewall history section (Fool) • ACT-UP history section (Death) • Section on kink, which belongs at Pride! (Moon) • Section on shared struggle for body autonomy by birthing people, trans people & sex workers (Strength) • Intersections of queerness with race, class & disability and arrows pointing out Transgender author and Rainbow protest poster cover design
Photo of Lane lounging in bed on light purple sheets wearing a darker purple and black tie-dye T-shirt from Transfigure Print Company that says "Transphobia Has No Place In This World" in pink, blue and white with a graphic of skeletons dancing around a globe and additional occult symbolism.
A brown hand wearing a black bullet ring on the ring finger emerging from a sleeve in a black and white Palestinian keffiyeh pattern holding an automatic rifle with green olive branches and red poppies. The image is formatted like a Tarot card with Tarot & Politics written in red on the top border and Vol. III in red on the bottom border.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Astrology Writer to join our team at Chani Nicholas Incorporated. The job: We are seeking a traditional astrologer and experienced writer with proven success in creating accurate and engaging content. Candidates with at least five years of traditional (Hellenistic) astrology and at least ten years of writing experience are encouraged to apply. The Senior Astrology Writer will work closely with the Content, Copy, and Marketing teams to create astrological content that encourages our readers' self-acceptance, healing, and growth.
Lane on Instagram Stories: And that hasn't stopped or even slowed down. Abolish ICE, urgently. And abolish the police. There is no relatively good cop. Sharing a post from so.informed that says: Report: Police in the U.S. killed an average of 3 people per day in 2025; only 7 days all year in which they did not kill someone. Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit organization that publishes the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on police violence in the U.S., released its report for 2025. Here are the key takeaways from the report: Police killed at least 1,171 people in 2025 (an average of 3 people killed per day) There were only 7 days in 2025 where police did not kill someone Police in Alaska and New Mexico killed people at the highest rates in the nation in 2025 Most killings by police began with traffic stops, mental health checks, disturbances, non-violent offenses, and where no crime was alleged Black people are more likely to be killed by police (3X more likely to be killed by police than white people) Police killings have increased in red states and decreased in blue states; increasing in rural areas and decreasing in urban areas Explore more data on mappingpoliceviolence.us
"Next Year" by Macklemore (feat. Windser) Next year's gonna be better than this 'cause New Year's Eve comin' with a fresh kiss, yeah Next year's gonna be better than this Next year's my come up I've been lackin' but I can feel that it's the one All the last three-sixty-five one sucked Like God group texted the world and dumped us But, but, but, you better watch my bounce back I'ma be the man in here Glass to the sky, like we tryna grab the chandelier I'd like to take this opportunity and toast to me For bein' exactly who I'm supposed to be 'Cause life is gonna do what life does I don't wanna look back and regret who I was Let go of the expectations and then fire one Forget the tally sheet before all my time's up And I know I gotta roll with it I'm well aware the universe doesn't owe me shit I know that all of this pain leads to growth, I think That next year's gonna be better than this
Lane at the top of a snow-covered hill near a brick building, wearing a grey winter coat and brown corduroy pants, sitting on an orange toboggan-style plastic sled, ready to shove off.
Lane's hand holding up a black ornament with studs and spikes all over it in like a "Biblically accurate angel" kinda pattern looping around it, held up in front of an empty store shelf with pink Christmas paper with bows on the wall behind.
Photo of Tamsin (redhead white trans woman wearing dark sunglasses and a black corset top) and Lane (greying white trans guy wearing a black t-shirt with the Justice and Tower Tarot cards saying "No Justice, No Peace") at a coffeeshop.
Photo of Lane's chest only, plaid flannels held open to show a green T-shirt with white lettering that says "I will not quietly nor politely sit and make house within the depravity of this killing machine" (a reference to a quote from David Wojnarowicz) followed by "Freedom for Palestine!" (Shirt by Black Lodge Press)
Malibu Barbie with a cute bob and lavender facepaint
Photo of Lane at 37 with short wavy dark blonde hair holding a months-old baby in a carrier and wearing a blue and grey hoodie over a grey and pink striped shirt, at a TDOR march in Baltimore in 2015.
Photo of Lane, a white trans guy with a fade (dark blonde curls on top, the shortest hair silvery white), wearing a slate blue thermal shirt under a blue, grey and tan plaid flannel.
A sliver of New Moon caught in the branches of a big old pine tree in twilit silhouette
Chani app notification that says the Sun is opposing Uranus. Life's too short to do what you're told. So don't.
Tarot Need-to-Knows for SFF Writers 11 am PST Nov 16th Free for Nebula attendees $50 for new guests events.sfwa.org
Photo of a wall under a bridge painted with a blue fist holding a brown thunderbolt and a Gemini symbol with the words "Brown boy down for the revolution" in Baltimore City.
Bright blue morning sky with brilliant white puffy clouds on the Full Moon in Taurus after Mamdani was elected Mayor of NYC
Photo of a cream colored full moon in a darkening sky in a gradient of pink to purple to blue on the horizon, with a few trees and the point of a rooftop.
Photo of a barn at night strung with twinkly lights and patchwork banner garlands and a Palestine flag.
Photo of a bin filled with lollipops and plastic 67s in different colors and fonts
Tired trans guy with the most low-effort costume imaginable for trick or treating with kids - just an "Incredibles" t-shirt over a long sleeve black thermal shirt and a black felt mask.
Stencil pencil sketch of a trans anarchy symbol
Photo of Lane wearing a black masquerade mask, a white T-shirt, a black corduroy jacket, and a silver moon with roses on it on a silver chain.
A tranarchy symbol carved out of pumpkin but not attached to the pumpkin shell
11:00 AM – 12:30PM - Seminar 2.2 Tarot Need-to-Knows for Writers (with Bonus Breakout-Room Chats and Readings!) In an age of portents, how could we resist? Join BrightFlame and Lane Smith for a rich conversation about how and why to incorporate Tarot concepts into your speculative storytelling. What does a structure, an art form, and a ritual like Tarot do for your worldbuilding? How does it empower and how can it be inflected to improve and imperil? This conversation will be followed by a breakout room activity that allows participants (limited sign-up!) to get deeper into the nuances of the form.
Creepy photo of some dirty glass bottles and some kind of large rodent skull lined up on the windowsill of a place that looks like it's made of mud. Trees and blue sky out the window in the background.
Photo of a waning crescent Moon and Venus shining through pink clouds in a blue sky over a softly golden sunrise in Baltimore City
Flaming sunrise
Same sunrise but brighter, fiery orange clouds
Pink sunrise touching ripples and waves of clouds with the Moon high overhead where it's still dark blue.
Fall Harvest & Arts Festival flyer for October 11, 2025
Photo of a can of Space Jellyfish IPA on a bar with strings of lights hung in the dark background.
Tomorrow Will Be Worse Thursday October 16 Old Major 7 pm Featured Readers: RUPERT WONDOLOWSKI JAIME FOUNTAINE KIMBERLEY LYNNE BESU TADESSE LANE SMITH
Photo of a high quality print magazine called The Rebis: Tarot - Creative Writing - Art, with a red cover and Baphomet inspired illustration reflecting the Devil card theme of this year's issue. The magazine is laid on a quilt with a dusty mauve background, green and blue leaves, and red and white berries.
Photo of the Full Moon at 6:50 pm Eastern low in the sky framed by leafy trees in Baltimore.
Jude Law in "Closer" wearing glasses and pulling up his pants
Photo of a patchwork quilt in eerie greens, yellows, pinks, orange, grey and black with insect, spooky tree, moons and bats, and scales & teeth patterns on them, and a matching pillow with some of the same fabrics in the quilt plus a big block in the middle with potion bottles and black roses on a grey background. A plush cupcake with a spider on top, with rainbow striped legs and a rainbow web covering the cupcake frosting. A plush ghost with a pink witch hat and black spiderweb.
Book cover for 78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World by Lane Smith (a large yellow sun with stylized rainbow colored beams evocative of a protest poster).
Photo of Lane holding up a copy of The Modern Fortune Teller's Field Guide by Tom Benjamin, foreword by Maria Minnis (text on book cover in hot pink lettering over an old painting of someone reading palms & cards in black & white). Lane is wearing a dark grey T-shirt with three dancing white skeletons holding the green, white and blue striped Pride flag representing men & masc folks who love other men & masc folks.
Excerpt from the publisher's description of "78 Acts of Liberation: Tarot to Transform Our World" by Lane Smith with the quote "Truth alone will not set us free. We have to act on it." highlighted in red. The full excerpt: "78 Acts of Liberation helps us explore: What our core values are, and how we can put them into action How we can be socially engaged, whatever our life circumstance—whether it's through what we teach our children or through collective action and protest How to sustain ourselves over time and through challenge As Smith explains, 'Truth alone will not set us free. We have to act on it.' This guide offers inspiration for action-action that can feel joyful, hopeful, freeing, and empowering."
Photo of Lane smiling & standing in front of a brick wall with lots of greenery and yellow flowers wearing a black t-shirt with the bisexual pride flag colors in a large bar code design with the words "Assume Nothing" in white all caps going up the side. Lane has his hands in the pockets of black shorts with white unicorn skeletons and vibrant pink, purple, orange, yellow, red and blue bones and skills on them, and is wearing black low top converse sneakers.
Green Day poster circa 1994 (when I was 16, I didn't really put up posters in my room as a young kid).
Photo of Lane in a trans rights t-shirt with sunglasses pushed up on his head next to buddy Cam, another white trans guy with a 90s boy band haircut, wearing a rainbow tie dyed muscle shirt, and a Baltimore Book Festival tent & crowd in the background.
Tranarchy symbol, composed of the transgender symbol which is a combination Mars (circle with an arrow pointing up and left) and Venus symbol (circle with a downward pointing cross) with another arrow, crossed like a "t" coming out of the top right side of the circle, and an "A" for anarchy in the center.
Screenshot of an album on BandCamp released by star brat in Baltimore, Maryland: star brat 24, with a track list in colorful lower case letters reminiscent of sidewalk chalk: names of affection, moonfriend, venusian howl, ghost of mars, rainbow tongue, pace of plants, space n time. (7 tracks, 20 minutes).
Photo of Lane in a dark grey T-shirt with words in bubble letters in a square such that each line of text is a stripe in the trans flag. The words are: Equal Rights, Protection, Acceptance, Respect, Safety, Autonomy, Love.