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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
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NASA posted a photo of Jupiter under ultraviolet light 🏳️⚧️
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NASA posted a photo of Jupiter under ultraviolet light 🏳️⚧️
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My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
We Have to Move
"There are living, breathing people all around you who need your sense of decency to be made material. Don’t give up on them, or on you."
organizingmythoughts.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."
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notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
October 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?
anyway that’s why these events are important
anyway that’s why these events are important
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Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.
The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...
By Erick Galindo
The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...
By Erick Galindo
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Here are 10 practical tips, based on Retana’s advice, for talking to kids about ICE raids and helping them cope with fear and uncertainty. Each point is presented in english y español.
The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...
By Erick Galindo
The full guide: lataco.com/kids-ice-tal...
By Erick Galindo
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Everyone from Oklahomans for Equality, GLAAD, and the Human Rights Campaign to AFT President Randi Weingarten
told me that Ryan Walters’ resignation is great news for young people in Oklahoma.
www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...
told me that Ryan Walters’ resignation is great news for young people in Oklahoma.
www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...
Oklahoma advocates & educators celebrate state superintendent Ryan Walters’ resignation as ‘pivotal moment’
The controversial Republican announced his resignation on Fox News.
www.advocate.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Everyone from Oklahomans for Equality, GLAAD, and the Human Rights Campaign to AFT President Randi Weingarten
told me that Ryan Walters’ resignation is great news for young people in Oklahoma.
www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...
told me that Ryan Walters’ resignation is great news for young people in Oklahoma.
www.advocate.com/news/ryan-wa...
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Federal judges have levied an “ego-driven, petty” attack that targets a transgender civil rights attorney.
We spoke with legal journalist, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, to discuss the importance of this case:
We spoke with legal journalist, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, to discuss the importance of this case:
How federal judges put a trans civil rights lawyer under criminal investigation
An “ego-driven, petty” attack targets attorneys who fought a transgender care ban in Alabama.
www.motherjones.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Federal judges have levied an “ego-driven, petty” attack that targets a transgender civil rights attorney.
We spoke with legal journalist, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, to discuss the importance of this case:
We spoke with legal journalist, @chrisgeidner.bsky.social, to discuss the importance of this case:
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“Art has always been a form of resistance and healing. If they want to erase symbols of pride and acceptance, then we’ll create even more of them. This isn’t just about paint, it’s about community, visibility, and love.”
apnews.com/article/flor...
apnews.com/article/flor...
Parking spots used as colorful protest against Florida crackdown on rainbow crosswalks
An Orlando restaurant owner has turned 49 parking spots outside her eatery into art spaces. This move is in response to a state mandate removing rainbow-colored crosswalks and other street art in Flor...
apnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“Art has always been a form of resistance and healing. If they want to erase symbols of pride and acceptance, then we’ll create even more of them. This isn’t just about paint, it’s about community, visibility, and love.”
apnews.com/article/flor...
apnews.com/article/flor...
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My translation of poetry and prose by Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, the late Taiwanese transgender poet and writer whose life was tragically cut short by a mountain trekking incident at age 19.
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
“And if you get lost and walk into your heart yourself, then it’ll be your turn to become a mountain."
Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" by Liu Chen-Chun, translated from Chinese by Tony Hao.
theoffingmag.com/translation/...
Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" by Liu Chen-Chun, translated from Chinese by Tony Hao.
theoffingmag.com/translation/...
Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" - The Offing
Translation - The Offing Magazine
theoffingmag.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My translation of poetry and prose by Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, the late Taiwanese transgender poet and writer whose life was tragically cut short by a mountain trekking incident at age 19.
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
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I wrote about covering the aftermath of the immigration raids in Venture County this week. Most of what’s on my mind in this piece is dark and angry—none of this should be normal. A man shouldn’t have died running for his life
Thru all this, the community care in the county was a sight to behold.
Thru all this, the community care in the county was a sight to behold.
Great reporting by @melbuer.bsky.social from the scene of a large raid at cannabis farms in California in which one worker was killed and a couple hundred others were arrested.
www.welcometohellworld.com/a-life-was-s...
www.welcometohellworld.com/a-life-was-s...
A life was snuffed out in the pursuit of a quota
He was forced to make an impossible choice by the federal government
www.welcometohellworld.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I wrote about covering the aftermath of the immigration raids in Venture County this week. Most of what’s on my mind in this piece is dark and angry—none of this should be normal. A man shouldn’t have died running for his life
Thru all this, the community care in the county was a sight to behold.
Thru all this, the community care in the county was a sight to behold.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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Trump’s White House is demanding I apologize for saying that ICE is acting like a force of terror.
But they are. They’re kidnapping innocent people, deporting them with no due process, and have zero accountability.
The White House needs to apologize to the American people.
But they are. They’re kidnapping innocent people, deporting them with no due process, and have zero accountability.
The White House needs to apologize to the American people.
July 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Trump’s White House is demanding I apologize for saying that ICE is acting like a force of terror.
But they are. They’re kidnapping innocent people, deporting them with no due process, and have zero accountability.
The White House needs to apologize to the American people.
But they are. They’re kidnapping innocent people, deporting them with no due process, and have zero accountability.
The White House needs to apologize to the American people.
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Book people: the following small presses have just lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Please consider supporting them!
A Thread.
A Thread.
July 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Book people: the following small presses have just lost funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Please consider supporting them!
A Thread.
A Thread.
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I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.
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"They have borrowed directly from Nazi sources to make the very same points that the Nazis were making. They understand very well that the way to establish a form of government that is not bound by law or reason is to declare a state of emergency." https://trib.al/oj9zJgE
Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming “Emergencies”
Far-right rhetoric is suffused with dark talk of impending calamities. It’s a favorite trope of autocrats who are, themselves, the calamity.
trib.al
July 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"They have borrowed directly from Nazi sources to make the very same points that the Nazis were making. They understand very well that the way to establish a form of government that is not bound by law or reason is to declare a state of emergency." https://trib.al/oj9zJgE
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The Trump administration just dropped 8 immigrants — who they were previously holding in a shipping container in Djibouti — into war torn South Sudan.
Cruel. Inhumane. There aren’t words to describe how disgusting this is.
We’ll keep fighting. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump...
Cruel. Inhumane. There aren’t words to describe how disgusting this is.
We’ll keep fighting. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump...
Trump administration deports 8 migrants to South Sudan
The migrants were the subject of a lawsuit that halted their deportation to South Sudan and diverted them to a U.S. military base in Djibouti.
abcnews.go.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Trump administration just dropped 8 immigrants — who they were previously holding in a shipping container in Djibouti — into war torn South Sudan.
Cruel. Inhumane. There aren’t words to describe how disgusting this is.
We’ll keep fighting. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump...
Cruel. Inhumane. There aren’t words to describe how disgusting this is.
We’ll keep fighting. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump...
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fwiw, i don’t personally think that either doomerism OR toxic positivity is what this moment calls for; i think what we actually need to be collectively looking towards is a secret third thing (hopepunk)
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
fwiw, i don’t personally think that either doomerism OR toxic positivity is what this moment calls for; i think what we actually need to be collectively looking towards is a secret third thing (hopepunk)
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
it’s cool and important to give a shit, and to look for ways to help each other.
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There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
June 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There's a lot to be said about identity, solidarity. But a simple place to start: the people who are willing to fight for their neighbors when their neighbors have different problems have a very, very good chance of having neighbors to fight with when you all share problems
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Unfortunately, I think It's Happening Here
July 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Unfortunately, I think It's Happening Here
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Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
June 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
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this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely