Aiden Quinn
@aidenquinn.bsky.social
They/them.
Trans.
Public Health and Advocacy.
Trans and Queer Health Researcher.
Trans.
Public Health and Advocacy.
Trans and Queer Health Researcher.
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NPS [Feb 12] -- Natl Park Service scrubs "TQ+" from Stonewall National LGBTQ+ Monument in Christopher Park & the accompanying text. Monument to a riot launched by trans women of color like Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P Johnson reads "LGB."
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
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February 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
NPS [Feb 12] -- Natl Park Service scrubs "TQ+" from Stonewall National LGBTQ+ Monument in Christopher Park & the accompanying text. Monument to a riot launched by trans women of color like Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P Johnson reads "LGB."
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😡😡😡 This issue isn't permissiveness, whatever the hell that it supposed to mean. The issue is that the only place for this person to receive addiction treatment was in PRISON. The issue is *accessibility to treatment*, which in our system is out of reach of those who need it the most.
Opinion | We Thought We Were Compassionate, but We Were Too Permissive
A friend’s journey through drugs and homelessness was aggravated by West Coast decriminalization. There’s a better path forward.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
😡😡😡 This issue isn't permissiveness, whatever the hell that it supposed to mean. The issue is that the only place for this person to receive addiction treatment was in PRISON. The issue is *accessibility to treatment*, which in our system is out of reach of those who need it the most.
Did someone stand up for her?
Mrs. McBride, that is not Nazi Mary Miller.
Mrs. McBride, that is not Nazi Mary Miller.
Rep. Mary Miller introduces Rep. Sarah McBride as “The Gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride.”
Performative cruelty.
Performative cruelty.
February 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Did someone stand up for her?
Mrs. McBride, that is not Nazi Mary Miller.
Mrs. McBride, that is not Nazi Mary Miller.
Sir. That is the definition of a disparity.
February 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sir. That is the definition of a disparity.
Where’s the lie?
Crockett: “I’m tired of the white tears. If you’re competent you’re not concerned. When you compare me to Greene/Boebert there’s no comparison… The only ppl crying are mediocre white boys beaten out by people that had to work much harder.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DFp8K0M...
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Where’s the lie?
Why do other countries pay a fraction of the cost for prescription drugs? I’ve got one answer, it rhymes with snational snhealthcare, and has nothing to do with tariffs.
Trump defends his controversial new tariffs: “Will there be some pain? Yes, maybe (and maybe not!). But we will make America great again, and it will all be worth the price that must be paid.”
February 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Why do other countries pay a fraction of the cost for prescription drugs? I’ve got one answer, it rhymes with snational snhealthcare, and has nothing to do with tariffs.
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Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
February 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
Where the fuck is Congress and why are they allowing this to go on unchecked?
February 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Where the fuck is Congress and why are they allowing this to go on unchecked?
Hahaha it got worse 😭😭🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Just released memorandum from OPM:
Federal facilities will now have a bathroom ban for transgender people.
It will go into effect on the 31st.
It also has a slew of effects and puts into place the 1st anti-trans EO policies for every agency.
This will have a ton of impacts very quickly.
Federal facilities will now have a bathroom ban for transgender people.
It will go into effect on the 31st.
It also has a slew of effects and puts into place the 1st anti-trans EO policies for every agency.
This will have a ton of impacts very quickly.
January 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hahaha it got worse 😭😭🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
I am so, so, soulfully tired. And it’s been one week.
How long before they come after trans adults, too?
How long before they come after trans adults, too?
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I am so, so, soulfully tired. And it’s been one week.
How long before they come after trans adults, too?
How long before they come after trans adults, too?
Yeah. Like me. My entire job is dependent upon grant funding.
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Yeah. Like me. My entire job is dependent upon grant funding.
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I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
Are we supposed to be surprised by this?
House Republican introduces long-shot measure to let Trump seek a third term
The proposed amendment would let presidents who served non-consecutively seek a third term.
www.axios.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Are we supposed to be surprised by this?
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Welp. Guess I won’t be applying for that NIH grant we’ve been working towards for over a year.
NIH appears to have canceled/postponed all of its study sections—the independent review panels that approve federal grants for health research.
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
Such grants fund the work/salaries of 300k people at more than 2,500 institutions
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Welp. Guess I won’t be applying for that NIH grant we’ve been working towards for over a year.
@altnps.bsky.social HHS is gonna need some going rogue guidance.
🛑JUST CANCELLED—Trump HHS has just cancelled key meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB) & CDC’s Environmental Public Health Threats meeting—➡️all because of Trump WH’s new blackout of all HHS external comms. My god.
January 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
@altnps.bsky.social HHS is gonna need some going rogue guidance.
Click on it. Is this real fucking life right now?
DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency
The people voted for major reform.
Doge.gov
January 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Click on it. Is this real fucking life right now?
Stop. Asking. Queer. People. For. Unpaid. Labor.
Our lives suck right now, especially those of us who are trans. You want us to be Professionally Trans for you? FUCKING PAY US FOR IT.
Our lives suck right now, especially those of us who are trans. You want us to be Professionally Trans for you? FUCKING PAY US FOR IT.
January 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Stop. Asking. Queer. People. For. Unpaid. Labor.
Our lives suck right now, especially those of us who are trans. You want us to be Professionally Trans for you? FUCKING PAY US FOR IT.
Our lives suck right now, especially those of us who are trans. You want us to be Professionally Trans for you? FUCKING PAY US FOR IT.
Full text, Protecting Women from a Gender Ideology Extremism
Read it. Know what we are fighting. Know your primary sources.
Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Full text, Protecting Women from a Gender Ideology Extremism
Read it. Know what we are fighting. Know your primary sources.
Cool, cool. Does this mean I’m gonna lose my job that largely relies on Federal contracts for funding?
ABC White House correspondent just released ANOTHER anti-trans EO expected that we did not cover in our piece this morning:
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
January 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Cool, cool. Does this mean I’m gonna lose my job that largely relies on Federal contracts for funding?
Calling this a victory relies on the assumption that the incoming administration will respect the rule of law which makes these immigrants ‘safe’.
Laws only work if the collective agrees to abide by them. We *know* this won’t be the case.
Laws only work if the collective agrees to abide by them. We *know* this won’t be the case.
Almost unnoticed in the chaos of the California fires and the circus of hearings for Donald Trump's inept cabinet nominees
Came the news that President Biden-in the waning days of his term
Extended Temporary Protected Status to almost 1 million immigrants
So they'll be safe for the next 18 months
Came the news that President Biden-in the waning days of his term
Extended Temporary Protected Status to almost 1 million immigrants
So they'll be safe for the next 18 months
January 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Calling this a victory relies on the assumption that the incoming administration will respect the rule of law which makes these immigrants ‘safe’.
Laws only work if the collective agrees to abide by them. We *know* this won’t be the case.
Laws only work if the collective agrees to abide by them. We *know* this won’t be the case.
I fucking hate it here.
SCOTUS announces it will hear whether or not LGBTQ inclusive education is unconstitutional.
Not great for LGBTQ people, and could be disastrous to teaching that we have a history and have existed alongside everyone else for centuries.
Not great for LGBTQ people, and could be disastrous to teaching that we have a history and have existed alongside everyone else for centuries.
January 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I fucking hate it here.
Cishet Christian white *man*, specifically.
These confirmation hearings are just theater.
Do you honestly think Republicans, the party that thinks toxic imbecile Donald Trump is qualified to be president, is going to find *any* white person unqualified for *anything*?
Do you honestly think Republicans, the party that thinks toxic imbecile Donald Trump is qualified to be president, is going to find *any* white person unqualified for *anything*?
January 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cishet Christian white *man*, specifically.
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