Eliel Cruz
@elielcruz.com
Let's Create Some Good In the World. Community organizer, media strategist, writer. Columnist @ Gay Times Mag. Co-founder @GenderLib.com
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Eliel Cruz
@elielcruz.com
· Nov 19
Every day, GLM fights for a world where gender liberation is non-negotiable. Where trans, intersex, nonbinary, and cis people alike can live free from control—over our bodies, genders, choices, and futures.
Asking for money will never come easy to me! But I'm proud of what we're building at @genderlib.com & need the support to help us grow. A thread on first year highlights:
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The "nobodies" doing "nothing" are the ELITES and most of the politicians representing you. PEOPLE in their communities are in motion, everywhere. You just have to pay attention and importantly you have to JOIN THEM.
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The "nobodies" doing "nothing" are the ELITES and most of the politicians representing you. PEOPLE in their communities are in motion, everywhere. You just have to pay attention and importantly you have to JOIN THEM.
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regular US policing.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
regular US policing.
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BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena.
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
New, at Law Dork:
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
www.lawdork.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
BREAKING: Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena.
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
New, at Law Dork:
The latest loss for DOJ, regarding the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's patients, also brings news that DOJ has started scaling back its requests following its many losses.
New, at Law Dork:
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my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
A Florida official wants to cancel a sold-out Christmas drag show. The queens are performing anyway
A Drag Queen Christmas, featuring artists from RuPaul’s Drag Race, will stop in Pensacola despite the state attorney general’s efforts to stop it
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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Update: @nywfp.bsky.social's Working Families Guarantee Mass Call will now be on Wed, Jan 21 @ 6pm.
On this date we'll see the governor's Executive Budget and know if her rhetoric as universal childcare ally is real...
...by seeing if she proposes taxing the rich.
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
On this date we'll see the governor's Executive Budget and know if her rhetoric as universal childcare ally is real...
...by seeing if she proposes taxing the rich.
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
December 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Update: @nywfp.bsky.social's Working Families Guarantee Mass Call will now be on Wed, Jan 21 @ 6pm.
On this date we'll see the governor's Executive Budget and know if her rhetoric as universal childcare ally is real...
...by seeing if she proposes taxing the rich.
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
On this date we'll see the governor's Executive Budget and know if her rhetoric as universal childcare ally is real...
...by seeing if she proposes taxing the rich.
www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
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vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
vanity fair photographer christopher anderson posts this story on his instagram, suggesting he intentionally posed stephen miller underneath a painting of native americans
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David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
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"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"ICE and CBP must be abolished" is the only reasonable position. We can debate the specifics of new agencies for immigration functions, but these agencies are simply too infected with a culture of impunity, racism, and fascism to continue. They're gangs with badges.
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No student journalist should ever have to write this kind of story www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Active shooter on campus, no suspects in custody, Department of Public Safety reports
The alert and call were sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice.
www.browndailyherald.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
No student journalist should ever have to write this kind of story www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
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Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reminder that Adolph Hitler, the Ayatollah Khamenei and Vlad Putin were all Time's People of the Year, so you can decide for yourself on which side of the split this grouping fits
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"Quilen Blackwell, owner of a Chicago nonprofit that employs at-risk youth to turn vacant lots into flower farms, has won CNN’s Hero of the Year Award."
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
South Side flower shop owner named CNN's Hero of the Year
Quilen Blackwell says he will use the $100,000 prize to expand his nonprofit Chicago Eco House, which grows flowers on previously vacant South and West side lots, and Southside Blooms, an Englewood fl...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"Quilen Blackwell, owner of a Chicago nonprofit that employs at-risk youth to turn vacant lots into flower farms, has won CNN’s Hero of the Year Award."
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/12...
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this week, congress has agreed to ban trans participation in sports at military academies and the opening bid to fix aca subsidies bans trans care coverage on obamacare exchanges
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
this week, congress has agreed to ban trans participation in sports at military academies and the opening bid to fix aca subsidies bans trans care coverage on obamacare exchanges
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
why does it feel like we’re not seeing a five alarm fire from the lgbtq+ advocacy groups yet
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Transgender women have been playing women’s tennis in USTA for 50 years!
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Transgender women have been playing women’s tennis in USTA for 50 years!
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
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“Regardless, a cis woman refusing to share space with a trans woman is no different – and no less wrong – than a white woman refusing to share space with a Black woman”
^^ This Right Here ^^
^^ This Right Here ^^
Our regular contributor @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy is also an alumnus of Northwestern. They wrote about their anger and disappointment after Northwestern caved on trans rights to secure federal funding from the Trump admin.
On Trading Truth for Transphobia — Assigned
A trans alum of Northwestern University reflects on their capitulation to Trump.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Regardless, a cis woman refusing to share space with a trans woman is no different – and no less wrong – than a white woman refusing to share space with a Black woman”
^^ This Right Here ^^
^^ This Right Here ^^
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For the first time since 1988, the U.S. did not officially commemorate World AIDS Day.
At the same time, the Trump admin is degrading America’s most basic HIV protections and unraveling decades of progress. The consequences will be grave if things are not turned around. Read more from my story here
At the same time, the Trump admin is degrading America’s most basic HIV protections and unraveling decades of progress. The consequences will be grave if things are not turned around. Read more from my story here
America’s most basic HIV protections are in danger as a decade of progress unravels
Health experts are alarmed as Republicans degrade the country’s pivotal HIV programs — and break promises made during Trump’s first term.
19thnews.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. did not officially commemorate World AIDS Day.
At the same time, the Trump admin is degrading America’s most basic HIV protections and unraveling decades of progress. The consequences will be grave if things are not turned around. Read more from my story here
At the same time, the Trump admin is degrading America’s most basic HIV protections and unraveling decades of progress. The consequences will be grave if things are not turned around. Read more from my story here
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For #GivingTuesday: Thanks to a group of affirming parents of trans youth, every donation made up to $40,000 will be matched. But we have to raise it!
Contribute at any level –– $25, $100, or $500 –– and your contribution will be doubled.
Help us reach our goal bit.ly/GLMEndOfYear 🏳️⚧️💕
Contribute at any level –– $25, $100, or $500 –– and your contribution will be doubled.
Help us reach our goal bit.ly/GLMEndOfYear 🏳️⚧️💕
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For #GivingTuesday: Thanks to a group of affirming parents of trans youth, every donation made up to $40,000 will be matched. But we have to raise it!
Contribute at any level –– $25, $100, or $500 –– and your contribution will be doubled.
Help us reach our goal bit.ly/GLMEndOfYear 🏳️⚧️💕
Contribute at any level –– $25, $100, or $500 –– and your contribution will be doubled.
Help us reach our goal bit.ly/GLMEndOfYear 🏳️⚧️💕
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Asking for money will never come easy to me! But I'm proud of what we're building at @genderlib.com & need the support to help us grow. A thread on first year highlights:
Every day, GLM fights for a world where gender liberation is non-negotiable. Where trans, intersex, nonbinary, and cis people alike can live free from control—over our bodies, genders, choices, and futures.
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Asking for money will never come easy to me! But I'm proud of what we're building at @genderlib.com & need the support to help us grow. A thread on first year highlights:
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Support @genderlib.com today ... they're matching funds secure.actblue.com/donate/glmen...
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Support @genderlib.com today ... they're matching funds secure.actblue.com/donate/glmen...
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My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My uncle, Douglas Colesworthy, on the AIDS Memorial Quilt. He died in 1987. Silence = death.