Anthony Velasco
@anthonyvelasco.bsky.social
Director of Gender Health & Wellness Services • Nurse Practitioner • PhD @cuanschutz.bsky.social • J&J Health Equity Scholar • Stigma & Trans Health Researcher • he/they/siya • Views are my own 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ • https://linktr.ee/anthonythenp • #NurseSky
How do you fit 5 years worth of work in a 10-minute podium presentation? 😅
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
How do you fit 5 years worth of work in a 10-minute podium presentation? 😅
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We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
March 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.
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Filed in District Court today. Judge Berman Jackson making sure the record will always be reflective of what really happened that day.
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Filed in District Court today. Judge Berman Jackson making sure the record will always be reflective of what really happened that day.
Let us not be defined by history as a generation complicit to the injustice of the most vulnerable. Instead, let our generation be known as a generation defined by our act of resistance, subversion, and survival.
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Let us not be defined by history as a generation complicit to the injustice of the most vulnerable. Instead, let our generation be known as a generation defined by our act of resistance, subversion, and survival.
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
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February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Contact your legislators with a simple message - PEPFAR is a humanitarian effort & supports global stability, and must be fully funded & supported. Let them know you are a nurse or healthcare provider & a constituent. #NurseSky
Here is the link to identify your representative: www.congress.gov
Here is the link to identify your representative: www.congress.gov
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Contact your legislators with a simple message - PEPFAR is a humanitarian effort & supports global stability, and must be fully funded & supported. Let them know you are a nurse or healthcare provider & a constituent. #NurseSky
Here is the link to identify your representative: www.congress.gov
Here is the link to identify your representative: www.congress.gov
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
We’re in a hellscape.
February 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We’re in a hellscape.
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We say that people don't notice constitutional regime collapse because it comes on too slowly but I'm not sure how much faster it could be happening; we are literally at concentration camps on day 9.
January 29, 2025 at 11:39 PM
We say that people don't notice constitutional regime collapse because it comes on too slowly but I'm not sure how much faster it could be happening; we are literally at concentration camps on day 9.
Good morning co-conspirators! What kind of good trouble are we doing today?
January 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Good morning co-conspirators! What kind of good trouble are we doing today?
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How it started and how it's going. This is why I think it's all a political stunt and setting president for further abuses of power. Jack puts it much more eloquently below.
January 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
How it started and how it's going. This is why I think it's all a political stunt and setting president for further abuses of power. Jack puts it much more eloquently below.
Horoscope: The best business to enter this new year is none of your.
January 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Horoscope: The best business to enter this new year is none of your.
Let’s not forget that of all the nurses that died from COVID, 21% were Filipino, even though Filipinos only represent 4% of all US nurses. #NurseSky
As we approach the 5th anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, I hope people will remember the sacrifices made by Filipino nurses, who make up a large part of the American nursing workforce and suffered huge losses. I wrote this story in 2020 and still think about it. www.statnews.com/2020/04/28/c...
Nursing ranks are filled with Filipino Americans. The pandemic is taking an outsized toll on them
Death notices published in recent weeks starkly show that the #coronavirus pandemic is hitting Filipino American health care workers especially hard.
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December 31, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Let’s not forget that of all the nurses that died from COVID, 21% were Filipino, even though Filipinos only represent 4% of all US nurses. #NurseSky
Going after progress over perfection this new year. Taking the time to savor every victory, no matter how small! ❤️
December 29, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Going after progress over perfection this new year. Taking the time to savor every victory, no matter how small! ❤️
Here’s a little reminder: Surround yourself with people that makes you feel good about yourself. ❤️
a group of older women are dancing in a living room . one of the women is wearing a pink sweater .
ALT: a group of older women are dancing in a living room . one of the women is wearing a pink sweater .
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December 28, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Here’s a little reminder: Surround yourself with people that makes you feel good about yourself. ❤️
Don’t feel obligated to visit toxic family members during the holidays.🥰
December 24, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Don’t feel obligated to visit toxic family members during the holidays.🥰
It wasn’t love at first sight (or so they say), but it was the understanding, respect, and love they have for each other that made their 49 years of marriage successful. Happy 49th wedding anniversary to my mom and dad! ❤️
December 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
It wasn’t love at first sight (or so they say), but it was the understanding, respect, and love they have for each other that made their 49 years of marriage successful. Happy 49th wedding anniversary to my mom and dad! ❤️
Facebook reminded me that 4 years ago today, I was told that I should “stop stirring the pot” for questioning the structural racism, sexism, and transmisogyny that exist in society. So now, imma need all your help to decide which one I should use today? ☺️
December 15, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Facebook reminded me that 4 years ago today, I was told that I should “stop stirring the pot” for questioning the structural racism, sexism, and transmisogyny that exist in society. So now, imma need all your help to decide which one I should use today? ☺️
Let’s work towards a future where everyone has access to the care & support they need to thrive. Let us ensure that HIV is no longer a barrier to equality, but a challenge that we confront together—through compassion, advocacy, and the tireless pursuit of justice for all. #NurseSky #MedSky
December 1, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Wicked isn't just a musical—it's a political commentary. At its core, it explores the silencing of those who don’t conform and how the majority often stays complicit in maintaining oppressive systems. A powerful reminder that fighting for justice is not just for a few, but a fight for all.
a witch holding a broom with the words time to try defying gravity written below her
ALT: a witch holding a broom with the words time to try defying gravity written below her
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November 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Wicked isn't just a musical—it's a political commentary. At its core, it explores the silencing of those who don’t conform and how the majority often stays complicit in maintaining oppressive systems. A powerful reminder that fighting for justice is not just for a few, but a fight for all.
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I told my friend I don’t even know the point of doing research anymore with our incoming administration. She tells me research is more important than ever right now.
How can I think like my friend and get that motivation…
How can I think like my friend and get that motivation…
November 30, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I told my friend I don’t even know the point of doing research anymore with our incoming administration. She tells me research is more important than ever right now.
How can I think like my friend and get that motivation…
How can I think like my friend and get that motivation…
Who else thinks that ham is much better than turkey?
a man in a pink pig costume is shaking hands with a woman in a pink dress .
ALT: a man in a pink pig costume is shaking hands with a woman in a pink dress .
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November 29, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Who else thinks that ham is much better than turkey?