Chris Damian
@cdamianwrites.bsky.social
JD, CSMA. I write on Catholicism, (homo)sexuality, race, creativity. Occasionally mistaken for a theologian (which I am not). Corporate attorney on the side. https://linktr.ee/chrisdamian
Holding many things today: excited to premiere a little series on LGTBQ+ Catholic experiences, and also full of grief over the experiences of Liam Conejo Ramos, Aliya Raman, Patty O’Keefe, Brandon Sigüenza, and so many others in the Twin Cities community.
chrisdamian.substack.com/p/lgbtq-pane...
chrisdamian.substack.com/p/lgbtq-pane...
LGBTQ+ Panel Live Premiere and Updates from Minnesota
A few months ago, I had the privilege of spending a weekend with LGBTQ+ Catholic and ex-Catholic creators for a series of discussions on Catholic teaching and culture, trauma and mental health, and fi...
chrisdamian.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Holding many things today: excited to premiere a little series on LGTBQ+ Catholic experiences, and also full of grief over the experiences of Liam Conejo Ramos, Aliya Raman, Patty O’Keefe, Brandon Sigüenza, and so many others in the Twin Cities community.
chrisdamian.substack.com/p/lgbtq-pane...
chrisdamian.substack.com/p/lgbtq-pane...
Wasn’t planning on 😭😭😭 this morning but then I saw these from the McKnight Foundation
February 6, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Wasn’t planning on 😭😭😭 this morning but then I saw these from the McKnight Foundation
Happy Friday Twin Cities! Today support for our neighbors and responding to ICE includes yoga fundraising, a protest caravan, free community screenprinting, rapid response training, and more!
You can check out the list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
You can check out the list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
Chris Damian (@chrisdamian)
Happy Friday Twin Cities! Today support for our neighbors and responding to ICE includes yoga fundraising, a protest caravan, free community screenprinting, rapid response training, and more! You can ...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Happy Friday Twin Cities! Today support for our neighbors and responding to ICE includes yoga fundraising, a protest caravan, free community screenprinting, rapid response training, and more!
You can check out the list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
You can check out the list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
People can be reached. Minds can be changed. Lots of Americans just aren’t being exposed to the truth, or it’s not being presented in a way that’s accessible to them. Not everyone can be reached. But many can be. Let’s bring them along.
February 5, 2026 at 10:45 PM
People can be reached. Minds can be changed. Lots of Americans just aren’t being exposed to the truth, or it’s not being presented in a way that’s accessible to them. Not everyone can be reached. But many can be. Let’s bring them along.
Very excited to finally get this out into the world! Link in profile to sign up to get notified of the release!
Part 1 release: Monday, Feb 9 @ 7pm CT
Part 2 release: Wednesday, Feb 11 @ 7pm CT
Part 3 release: Monday, Feb 16 @ 7pm CT
Part 1 release: Monday, Feb 9 @ 7pm CT
Part 2 release: Wednesday, Feb 11 @ 7pm CT
Part 3 release: Monday, Feb 16 @ 7pm CT
February 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Very excited to finally get this out into the world! Link in profile to sign up to get notified of the release!
Part 1 release: Monday, Feb 9 @ 7pm CT
Part 2 release: Wednesday, Feb 11 @ 7pm CT
Part 3 release: Monday, Feb 16 @ 7pm CT
Part 1 release: Monday, Feb 9 @ 7pm CT
Part 2 release: Wednesday, Feb 11 @ 7pm CT
Part 3 release: Monday, Feb 16 @ 7pm CT
Happy Thursday to the Twin Cities and our supporters! Here’s the latest list of ways to show up for the community, from donating SkyMiles to get people back home to free ICE Out screen printing to bridge brigades to noise demos where ICE agents are staying! Stay strong, Minnesota!
February 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Happy Thursday to the Twin Cities and our supporters! Here’s the latest list of ways to show up for the community, from donating SkyMiles to get people back home to free ICE Out screen printing to bridge brigades to noise demos where ICE agents are staying! Stay strong, Minnesota!
Happy Wednesday! Lots happening in and around the Twin Cities to support our neighbors. You can donate SkyMiles to immigrants to get home, join the “Bridge Brigade” in Golden Valley, get trained on community defense, and more! List is below!
And list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
And list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Happy Wednesday! Lots happening in and around the Twin Cities to support our neighbors. You can donate SkyMiles to immigrants to get home, join the “Bridge Brigade” in Golden Valley, get trained on community defense, and more! List is below!
And list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
And list with links here: substack.com/profile/1198...
Went to caucus tonight. We sat in folding chairs and drafted resolutions that we hope will turn into legislation, and we signed up to get more involved. Room was mostly young people who love this state and the wonderful people in it. #minnesota
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Went to caucus tonight. We sat in folding chairs and drafted resolutions that we hope will turn into legislation, and we signed up to get more involved. Room was mostly young people who love this state and the wonderful people in it. #minnesota
Here’s my take: I’m so proud to celebrate the many LGBTQ+ people I know who are loving America’s children.
February 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Here’s my take: I’m so proud to celebrate the many LGBTQ+ people I know who are loving America’s children.
Come minnesotano e amante dell'Italia, sono profondamente grato. Non tutti gli americani sono fedeli a Trump. Sosteniamo i veri valori americani e cristiani ed esprimiamo gratitudine per coloro che ci spronano a promuovere la vera pace e la giustizia.
Minnesota ❤️ Italia
Minnesota ❤️ Italia
February 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Come minnesotano e amante dell'Italia, sono profondamente grato. Non tutti gli americani sono fedeli a Trump. Sosteniamo i veri valori americani e cristiani ed esprimiamo gratitudine per coloro che ci spronano a promuovere la vera pace e la giustizia.
Minnesota ❤️ Italia
Minnesota ❤️ Italia
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There's something uniquely disgusting about Elon, the man who has done more than any other human alive to immiserate the world's poorest, claiming to want to end poverty
February 3, 2026 at 2:22 PM
There's something uniquely disgusting about Elon, the man who has done more than any other human alive to immiserate the world's poorest, claiming to want to end poverty
Agents lying about rights. Children exposed to tear gas. Pets abandoned by ICE in homes and cars after detaining their owners. This is just some of what we're seeing in the Twin Cities. And it's why I've been putting together this ICE response handbook. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Chris's ICE response handbook
Chris’s ICE response handbook 1. Some notes on this handbook 3 2. Emergency one-pager 4 3. Accounts and resources to follow 5 a. Instagram accounts: 5 b. Websites 5 c. Resource lists 5 4. Get involv...
docs.google.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Agents lying about rights. Children exposed to tear gas. Pets abandoned by ICE in homes and cars after detaining their owners. This is just some of what we're seeing in the Twin Cities. And it's why I've been putting together this ICE response handbook. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Something striking about Dr. Nicolosi’s defense of conversion therapy: he misrepresents ***his own work***
youtu.be/Vxr0NqGi7vg
youtu.be/Vxr0NqGi7vg
The Truth About Dr. Joseph Nicolosi Jr.'s "Reintegrative Therapy" Research
YouTube video by Chris Damian
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February 2, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Something striking about Dr. Nicolosi’s defense of conversion therapy: he misrepresents ***his own work***
youtu.be/Vxr0NqGi7vg
youtu.be/Vxr0NqGi7vg
In the Star Tribune today. It’s not that we can’t have sympathy for the church that got protested, or that we necessarily agree with the protest. It’s that our sympathy is being spent on people facing actual violence daily.
January 31, 2026 at 10:40 PM
In the Star Tribune today. It’s not that we can’t have sympathy for the church that got protested, or that we necessarily agree with the protest. It’s that our sympathy is being spent on people facing actual violence daily.
Sometimes you don’t need to argue. Just ask questions and let them prove themselves wrong. And then thank them for it 😊
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Sometimes you don’t need to argue. Just ask questions and let them prove themselves wrong. And then thank them for it 😊
So proud of this city. And I can confidently say that, if we don’t win, we won’t threaten our allies. So that’s something.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
“The Nation” Nominates Minneapolis for the Nobel Peace Prize
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
So proud of this city. And I can confidently say that, if we don’t win, we won’t threaten our allies. So that’s something.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Grateful to talk with @bayareareporter.bsky.social about preparing for a potential ICE operation in your city. Preparing now can help you be ready to have a safe, peaceful, and impactful response.
www.ebar.com/story/162646...
www.ebar.com/story/162646...
After Minneapolis, SF’s Castro asks how can it prepare for ICE
Castro-area stakeholders and community groups are weighing options as to how they can prepare should a surge of federal agents not acting like traditional law enforcement come to the Bay Area.
www.ebar.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Grateful to talk with @bayareareporter.bsky.social about preparing for a potential ICE operation in your city. Preparing now can help you be ready to have a safe, peaceful, and impactful response.
www.ebar.com/story/162646...
www.ebar.com/story/162646...
Don’t tell me you think that children have a right to a mother and a father,
when you defend children being separated from their mothers and fathers.
when you defend children being separated from their mothers and fathers.
January 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Don’t tell me you think that children have a right to a mother and a father,
when you defend children being separated from their mothers and fathers.
when you defend children being separated from their mothers and fathers.
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i continue to ask what people are still doing on the fascist white supremacy platform that generates child pornography
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 AM
i continue to ask what people are still doing on the fascist white supremacy platform that generates child pornography
I continue to update my ICE response handbook, largely a compilation of resource and ways to get engaged. You're welcome to repurpose. And let me know if you have feedback. The main goal of this is to help you and your communities!
You can find it here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
You can find it here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Chris's ICE response handbook
Chris’s ICE response handbook 1. Some notes on this handbook 2 2. Some upcoming virtual trainings and events 3 3. How to get involved – Twin Cities direct action 4 a. Resource lists 4 b. Joining rap...
docs.google.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I continue to update my ICE response handbook, largely a compilation of resource and ways to get engaged. You're welcome to repurpose. And let me know if you have feedback. The main goal of this is to help you and your communities!
You can find it here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
You can find it here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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I heard Tillis on the radio this morning. Not only is he calling for Noem to resign, he would like to see Miller gone as well, saying that "Steven Miller always lives up to my expectation of incompetence."
BREAKING: Two Republican senators, Thom Tillis and Lisa Murkowski, call for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to resign.
Two Republican senators call for Kristi Noem to resign as DHS secretary
Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis are the first GOP members of Congress to call for Noem to step down as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I heard Tillis on the radio this morning. Not only is he calling for Noem to resign, he would like to see Miller gone as well, saying that "Steven Miller always lives up to my expectation of incompetence."
So grateful to have joined 2400+ Catholics this evening to pray and process what we are facing as a country. I briefly shared my experiences, along with other Minnesotans. We are tired, but we are motivated. And we will continue on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfQ...
Taken, Broken, Shared: Catholic Witnesses Today
YouTube video by Jesuits West Faith Doing Justice
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:56 AM
So grateful to have joined 2400+ Catholics this evening to pray and process what we are facing as a country. I briefly shared my experiences, along with other Minnesotans. We are tired, but we are motivated. And we will continue on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqfQ...
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This calm courage and determination is so powerful. So thankful to have her as a rep.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This calm courage and determination is so powerful. So thankful to have her as a rep.
People call Minnesotans rioters, but not a single building has burned. The only smoke has been from chemical weapons deployed by ICE in our neighborhoods. Only ICE has fired their guns.
We are fighting armed occupation with whistles, cameras, and community.
And we are winning.
We are fighting armed occupation with whistles, cameras, and community.
And we are winning.
January 27, 2026 at 11:33 PM
People call Minnesotans rioters, but not a single building has burned. The only smoke has been from chemical weapons deployed by ICE in our neighborhoods. Only ICE has fired their guns.
We are fighting armed occupation with whistles, cameras, and community.
And we are winning.
We are fighting armed occupation with whistles, cameras, and community.
And we are winning.