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Gwendolyn Ann Smith
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I foster communities, I shape opinions, and I dance the dream. columnist for Bay Area Reporter and online support staff. ⚧ and proud.
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Gwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · Oct 10
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students.

www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
How a Free Speech Group Helped Right-Wing Dark Money Undermine Protections for Trans and Nonbinary Students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression weighed in on a case brought by Parents Defending Education in Ohio.
www.importantcontext.news
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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moreandagain.me
It's wild because the only reason they don't have sidewalks is racism.

Reason #250387 why the suburbs are trash.
tishdelish.bsky.social Tish. @tishdelish.bsky.social · 19h
the suburbs not being fully walkable is crazy. sidewalks just be ending out of nowhere.
December 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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fridaypacific.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
oklasotagal.bsky.social Brittany S. @oklasotagal.bsky.social · 2d
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Do want
katestrasdin.bsky.social Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d
I wouldn’t feel as if it were Christmas if I didn’t share Balmain’s 1955 cocktail dress. I can only imagine how the wearer felt, arriving in this perfect Christmas gown. To all those who celebrate, I hope you are enjoying peace with favourite people. Sold via #KerryTaylorAuct #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
A black sleeveless cocktail dress with round neck and nipped in waist. The bodice and bell shaped skirt are decorated with embroidered green holly leaves and small red chenille berries The bodice detail of the Holly embellished cocktail dress that shows the lavish embroidery across its surface A photograph of a model wearing the Balmain holly cocktail dress in 1955
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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cameroncorduroy.bsky.social
it's unironically this bit except the teacher got fired for giving Calvin a zero
December 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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bloomfilters.plus
every time i think about the countries where you can just buy hrt otc it reminds me that while transphobic violence is as old as patriarchies are, the most nonsensical aspects of the anti-transition sexual and moral panic in the core feel like some kind of uniquely anglosphere neurotoxin
December 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
gwensmith.com
My haul from @bonkina.bsky.social , thanks to @nora.zone and @peculiarityshop.bsky.social for their gorgeous work.
December 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
merry Christmas Bluesky, may your Alf’s be merry and bright (censored edition)
Nude Alf with presents with a Christmas tree covering up the bait and tackle
December 25, 2023 at 10:10 PM
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transadvocate.com
At this point, every OU student should just cut and paste this "essay" into EVERY SINGLE essay and demand that unless they get to also get to pass the class, they're being religiously oppressed. Because, at OU, apparently the subject doesn't matter anymore.

Physics paper? Cut & paste this essay.
novaaaaaaa.bsky.social Novaaaaa @novaaaaaaa.bsky.social · 2d
I read the entire document like they keep getting cutoff by a monotone voice going: "cite", "off-to-pic", "in-sulting"

Ngl they seemed like they would've let it pass if the student made any actual arguments instead of just going "uhh God trust bro"
transadvocate.com The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 3d
Hi @nbcnews.com. Why didn’t you include the image to this 4th-grade level paper? The story isn’t this paper was university-level. That’s a lie. The story is that a paper like this gets to pass for university-level if you claim to be oppressed for being on the Right. That’s the story. Do your job.
December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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mattbaume.bsky.social
The ideal queer Xmas brunch group
The obviously better toys from the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer special
December 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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nocontexttrek1.bsky.social
🎅🏼
Scene from the Deep Space 9 holiday spectacular. Weyoun is alien pictured in mid-thought. He has large and extra long ribbed ears that stretch further down the face than earth humans, aligning more with the jaw line, and have horizontal loafy ridges up and down. He's also quite pale with v dark hair. Closed caption reads, "Oh, ho, ho, ho."
December 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
gwensmith.com
evidence, schmedivence. I'm always gonna go with Gwen being trans, just 'cuz
December 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
gwensmith.com
A holiday tradition!
December 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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transgenderreport.com
Federal judge in Pittsburgh blocks DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena

www.lawdork.com/p/br...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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 9:19 AM
gwensmith.com
Guess this explains all the bits delivered to Seattle Franerisco.
faineg.bsky.social Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d
OpenAI partnered with NORAD Santa Tracker this year to ensure that no corner of American government or childhood tradition is free from the Sacred Slop Funnel:

openai.com/index/norad-...
OpenAl and NORAD team up to bring new magic to "NORAD Tracks Santa" Listen to article 1:31 Share Every December, millions of families worldwide follow along as the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa's journey across the globe. It is a tradition full of wonder, and this year we are excited to add a few new touches to help parents make the season feel even more magical. As part of the annual NORAD Tracks Santa program, OpenAl worked with NORAD to create three simple holiday tools within ChatGPT that parents and Christmas enthusiasts can use to bring extra joy into their homes. These are intuitive, fun, and easy ways to add something special to the celebrations. These tools are included in NORAD's holiday activities on the www.NORADSanta.org website.
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
gwensmith.com
Hey @mattbaume.bsky.social ? Thanks for introducing the Jinkx and DeLa Holiday Special to me and mine. It was the perfect salve this holiday season.
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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transgenderreport.com
Kobach’s attorneys cite proposed federal rule that would effectively ban transgender care as evidence in Douglas County case

www2.ljworld.com/new...

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Kobach’s attorneys cite proposed federal rule that would effectively ban transgender care as evidence in Douglas County case
Attorneys for the State of Kansas who are defending a state law banning gender-affirming care for minors have notified a Douglas County judge that a recent national development affects their case — namely, the Trump administration’s proposed rule that would prohibit hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid from administering puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones […]
www2.ljworld.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
gwensmith.com
A caucasian man in an olive green shirt and camouflage military style cap. He is holding a stuffed, preserved pheasant on a pole, and standing in a field. This is Chuck Testa, who was a member for about 10 seconds about a decade ago, thanks to his commercials for his taxidermy business where he would proclaim something along the lines us, "Is this a bird... Nope! It's Chuck Testa!"
December 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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explaintrade.com
Why is this advice always aimed at children avoiding their parents, and never at older people belligerently and inevitably regurgitating Facebook opinions so offensive their own kids would rather skip Christmas dinner than endure them?
danielsohege.bsky.social Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 2d
Yeah, no thanks.

Stop guilting people about being estranged from family members. It someone is they likely have personal reasons for being so.
SARAH DITUM Stick with family, whatever it says online Estrangement from parents or children seems to be growing, prompted by internet chatrooms advising 'no contact' Sarah Ditum Tuesday December 23 2025, 8.03pm, The Times
December 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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jentrification.com
FSAstore.com!!!
December 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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thelibbiegrant.bsky.social
THIS is how capitalism and everything about the current American system of governance and way of life will be overturned and remade. And it’s going to get *even more heinous than this* before we reach table-flip point. Infanticide against child rape victim’s baby is the grim tip of the iceberg.
trans.bsky.social Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 3d
Donald Trump is in the Epstein Files, allegedly involved in child trafficking & infanticide.

Any political system that allows a man this evil to become president is irredeemable & must be abolished.

The leadership of the New York Times continues to defend these atrocities.
December 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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transexualmenace.bsky.social
🚨Now is the time to submit your public comments to oppose trans healthcare restrictions🚨

Be a Menace 🔥🔥🔥

www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access
Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit deta...
www.americanprogress.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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acosta32jp.bsky.social
This is insane, literally watching the DOJ become the President’s personal lawyer
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: SOME DOCUMENTS RELEASED CONTAIN UNTRUE AND SENSATIONALIST CLAIMS MADE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE FBI RIGHT BEFORE 2020 ELECTION

* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE

@reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
gwensmith.com
The Internet ruined me
nutshellgulag.bsky.social NutshellGulag @nutshellgulag.bsky.social · 4d
From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
A black and white photo from an old baking cookbook which shows how to shape the dough for a crown brioche. It looks suspiciously like a certain obscene meme picture (goatse) that Bluesky just banned.
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM