Jen Cousins
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Mom 🏳️⚧️ LGBTQ+ rights activist 🏳️🌈 social justice warrior ⚔️ she/her | views expressed are my own
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In May 2022 I was invited to testify to the House Oversight Committee about the perils of Florida’s “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” law (HB1557). I will always fight for the rights of our queer and trans youth. Catch my testimony at the 1:01:22 mark 👇
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Thank you so much Orlando Pride, it was an honor to serve as a Grand Marshal and spend a beautiful day celebrating our queer and trans joy and resistance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thank you so much Orlando Pride, it was an honor to serve as a Grand Marshal and spend a beautiful day celebrating our queer and trans joy and resistance 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Rest in power Miss Major, I am so lucky I ever shared space with such a legend 🏳️⚧️
October 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Rest in power Miss Major, I am so lucky I ever shared space with such a legend 🏳️⚧️
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We love hearing stories like this as we wrap up the first week of school in Central Florida! Affirming teachers and schools help LGBTQ+ students thrive and succeed 🫶🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
August 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We love hearing stories like this as we wrap up the first week of school in Central Florida! Affirming teachers and schools help LGBTQ+ students thrive and succeed 🫶🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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As has been made clear before, the claim that everyone at Alligator Alcatraz has final orders of removals is just a straight up lie, point blank.
Edgar, a #DACA recipient who was unjustly imprisoned at the Everglades detention camp, tried to tell mass deportation agents that he has active protections.
"They (ICE) said DACA was canceled [my note: not true], that I would stand no chance in stay in the country.”
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"They (ICE) said DACA was canceled [my note: not true], that I would stand no chance in stay in the country.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/alligat...
Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are DACA recipients and have no criminal history, despite Trump's "worst of the worst" claims
Some "Alligator Alcatraz" detainees are among the more than half a million recipients of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, or DACA.
www.cbsnews.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As has been made clear before, the claim that everyone at Alligator Alcatraz has final orders of removals is just a straight up lie, point blank.
Actual Facebook post by the DHS made on the same day Trump says the Feds are taking over DC. Totally not Nazi propaganda.
August 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Actual Facebook post by the DHS made on the same day Trump says the Feds are taking over DC. Totally not Nazi propaganda.
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Behold the private citizen turned Heritage Foundation martyr: Kim Davis. Four marriages. One jail stint. Hundreds of thousands owed for trampling rights. Out of office since 2019, still clawing to void your marriage — a trailer-park tyrant with a cross and a grudge.
August 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Behold the private citizen turned Heritage Foundation martyr: Kim Davis. Four marriages. One jail stint. Hundreds of thousands owed for trampling rights. Out of office since 2019, still clawing to void your marriage — a trailer-park tyrant with a cross and a grudge.
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I'm no consultant, but I think it's a losing strategy for Dems to appeal to the "reasonable concerns" of voters who can be won over with this kind of gutter level transphobia and homophobia.
August 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I'm no consultant, but I think it's a losing strategy for Dems to appeal to the "reasonable concerns" of voters who can be won over with this kind of gutter level transphobia and homophobia.
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And the Dems are caving like the spineless cowards they are.
You will never appease fascists.
You will never appease fascists.
Republicans are reprising a key attack line from last year’s presidential race for elections this year and next – betting that anti-trans messaging will help them counter Democrats running on GOP-led cuts to Medicaid and other parts of Trump’s policy megabill.
Republicans reprise anti-transgender ‘Kamala is for they/them’ ads for the midterms | CNN Politics
Shortly after former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced his plans to run for Senate, a group backing Republicans released an ad with an echo of last year’s presidential campaign.
www.cnn.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
And the Dems are caving like the spineless cowards they are.
You will never appease fascists.
You will never appease fascists.
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A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military.
And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.
And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.
August 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A video arguing that women shouldn’t be able to vote was just shared by Trump’s Secretary of Defense, the guy in charge of our whole military.
And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.
And Democratic Party leaders still can’t stand up to this administration?! Our rights are on the line and all our party leaders offer us is silence.
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It wasn’t that long ago that Florida was chiefly known for 2 things: 1. the place of choice for retired folk, and 2. one of the favourite, possibly biggest tourist destination in the U.S. Now…it’s all about shackles, misery and inhumane treatment.
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Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
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July 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It wasn’t that long ago that Florida was chiefly known for 2 things: 1. the place of choice for retired folk, and 2. one of the favourite, possibly biggest tourist destination in the U.S. Now…it’s all about shackles, misery and inhumane treatment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Join us on Saturday for this important event!!
🚨THIS WEEKEND!!!
Join us on Saturday for a post-Skrmetti Town Hall with Simone Chriss of Southern Legal Counsel. Simone is one of Florida’s foremost legal experts on trans rights and will share valuable insight on what the ruling means for youth and families in Florida 🏳️⚧️
Join us on Saturday for a post-Skrmetti Town Hall with Simone Chriss of Southern Legal Counsel. Simone is one of Florida’s foremost legal experts on trans rights and will share valuable insight on what the ruling means for youth and families in Florida 🏳️⚧️
July 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Join us on Saturday for this important event!!
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We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
“a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population”
A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.
#Gaza
A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.
#Gaza
July 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
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Grateful to our partners at the Education Action Alliance for also taking a stand against the Florida Department of Education’s discriminatory memo #StrongerTogetherForPublicEd
Florida’s Letter Misses The Mark, Education Action Alliance Demands Schools Center on Student Success
Phoenix, AZ — Florida Education Commissioner Kamoutsa's recent letter highlighting the important rights that parents in Florida already hold. While it is clear that parental involvement is a key facto...
www.educationactionalliance.org
July 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Grateful to our partners at the Education Action Alliance for also taking a stand against the Florida Department of Education’s discriminatory memo #StrongerTogetherForPublicEd
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On his first day in office, Florida’s new Commissioner of Education went on a new attack against LGBTQ+ students. We strongly reject his bigoted tropes and call on the entire State Department of Education and Board of Education to do better when it comes to our most vulnerable students.
July 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On his first day in office, Florida’s new Commissioner of Education went on a new attack against LGBTQ+ students. We strongly reject his bigoted tropes and call on the entire State Department of Education and Board of Education to do better when it comes to our most vulnerable students.
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almost all of this comes from tactics honed in repro, but having watched this stuff develop and metastasize in state legislatures i'm convinced that this particular genre of inverted policyfucking is directly downstream of specifically sb8's legally inexplicable success
A GOP House Appropriations bill would ban the Justice Department from suing states that ban gender-affirming care and restrict trans athletes’ participation in sports
It specifically says that federal funds cannot be used to challenge anti-trans laws
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It specifically says that federal funds cannot be used to challenge anti-trans laws
appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
July 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
almost all of this comes from tactics honed in repro, but having watched this stuff develop and metastasize in state legislatures i'm convinced that this particular genre of inverted policyfucking is directly downstream of specifically sb8's legally inexplicable success
School starts soon in Florida & we’ve somehow found a commissioner of education who is more repugnant than the previous one.
Would like to point out that all of these ppl can fuck themselves in the most acrobatic way possible bc my LGBTQ kids will continue to live & thrive under your cruelty 🖕
Would like to point out that all of these ppl can fuck themselves in the most acrobatic way possible bc my LGBTQ kids will continue to live & thrive under your cruelty 🖕
July 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
School starts soon in Florida & we’ve somehow found a commissioner of education who is more repugnant than the previous one.
Would like to point out that all of these ppl can fuck themselves in the most acrobatic way possible bc my LGBTQ kids will continue to live & thrive under your cruelty 🖕
Would like to point out that all of these ppl can fuck themselves in the most acrobatic way possible bc my LGBTQ kids will continue to live & thrive under your cruelty 🖕
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Celebrating the vibrant and diverse non-binary community today and every day! 💛🤍💜🖤
July 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Celebrating the vibrant and diverse non-binary community today and every day! 💛🤍💜🖤
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Thank you so much to everyone who came out for Lectures on Tap with Our Florida, Youth Action Fund, Sunrise, Zoa Glows & our hosts at the Drunken Monkey. If you missed this incredible event, hit the QR code in our photos to donate and help keep one of Florida’s only LGBTQ+ affirming schools open 🫶🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
July 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who came out for Lectures on Tap with Our Florida, Youth Action Fund, Sunrise, Zoa Glows & our hosts at the Drunken Monkey. If you missed this incredible event, hit the QR code in our photos to donate and help keep one of Florida’s only LGBTQ+ affirming schools open 🫶🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
🚨ACTION ALERT
Sayfollah Musallet was tragically *beaten to death* by *illegal* Israeli settlers in the West Bank on 7/11/25.
In moments like these, silence is unacceptable. Click to call on ALL Florida officials to publicly denounce this murder & stand in solidarity with the Muslim community.
Sayfollah Musallet was tragically *beaten to death* by *illegal* Israeli settlers in the West Bank on 7/11/25.
In moments like these, silence is unacceptable. Click to call on ALL Florida officials to publicly denounce this murder & stand in solidarity with the Muslim community.
TAKE ACTION: Demand Elected Officials Speak Out!
We urge all Florida officials—especially those in the Tampa area—to denounce this murder and stand in solidarity with the Muslim community during this time of grief and injustice.
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July 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🚨ACTION ALERT
Sayfollah Musallet was tragically *beaten to death* by *illegal* Israeli settlers in the West Bank on 7/11/25.
In moments like these, silence is unacceptable. Click to call on ALL Florida officials to publicly denounce this murder & stand in solidarity with the Muslim community.
Sayfollah Musallet was tragically *beaten to death* by *illegal* Israeli settlers in the West Bank on 7/11/25.
In moments like these, silence is unacceptable. Click to call on ALL Florida officials to publicly denounce this murder & stand in solidarity with the Muslim community.
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1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
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Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
After Trans People, Trump Now Erasing Bisexual People From Stonewall National Monument
The "History and Culture" page no longer includes bisexual rights.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
1. Earlier this year, Trump erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument webpage, digitally burning the history we helped create.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, he's doing the same to bisexual people.
No marginalized group will be safe from the admin's moving targets.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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We live in a nation where I am now sending out alerts about what the U.S. attorney general is doing in our name.
It’s a lot to sit with.
It’s going to get a lot darker before it starts getting lighter, but I will keep doing what I do. And, it will get lighter again.
It’s a lot to sit with.
It’s going to get a lot darker before it starts getting lighter, but I will keep doing what I do. And, it will get lighter again.
ALERT: Attorney General Pam Bondi is apparently threatening some of those providing medical care to their minor transgender patients.
If you receive one of these subpoenas, please reach out, have your lawyer do so, or send me a copy. My email is in bio, as is my Signal.
If you receive one of these subpoenas, please reach out, have your lawyer do so, or send me a copy. My email is in bio, as is my Signal.
July 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
We live in a nation where I am now sending out alerts about what the U.S. attorney general is doing in our name.
It’s a lot to sit with.
It’s going to get a lot darker before it starts getting lighter, but I will keep doing what I do. And, it will get lighter again.
It’s a lot to sit with.
It’s going to get a lot darker before it starts getting lighter, but I will keep doing what I do. And, it will get lighter again.
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Genuine question: what ideas do people have for real theories of change to fight surveillance in this moment.
Like, it's not like you can run a "tell Palantir to stop being Palantir" campaign or a "Tell ICE to stop being fucking fascists" campaign.
What is actionable, winnable? Where do we focus?
Like, it's not like you can run a "tell Palantir to stop being Palantir" campaign or a "Tell ICE to stop being fucking fascists" campaign.
What is actionable, winnable? Where do we focus?
July 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Genuine question: what ideas do people have for real theories of change to fight surveillance in this moment.
Like, it's not like you can run a "tell Palantir to stop being Palantir" campaign or a "Tell ICE to stop being fucking fascists" campaign.
What is actionable, winnable? Where do we focus?
Like, it's not like you can run a "tell Palantir to stop being Palantir" campaign or a "Tell ICE to stop being fucking fascists" campaign.
What is actionable, winnable? Where do we focus?
The free state of Florida was planning to remove our rainbow crosswalks before the Trump admin even sent the letters out.
This FDOT memo is dated 6/30 (they are obsessed with pulling shit like this during Pride Month). The Trump administration didn’t send its letters to all 50 govs til 7/1.
This FDOT memo is dated 6/30 (they are obsessed with pulling shit like this during Pride Month). The Trump administration didn’t send its letters to all 50 govs til 7/1.
July 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The free state of Florida was planning to remove our rainbow crosswalks before the Trump admin even sent the letters out.
This FDOT memo is dated 6/30 (they are obsessed with pulling shit like this during Pride Month). The Trump administration didn’t send its letters to all 50 govs til 7/1.
This FDOT memo is dated 6/30 (they are obsessed with pulling shit like this during Pride Month). The Trump administration didn’t send its letters to all 50 govs til 7/1.
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If you consider the existence of trans people in this country more threatening than the existence of concentration camps in this country, then your understanding of both history and humanity is fundamentally flawed.
July 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you consider the existence of trans people in this country more threatening than the existence of concentration camps in this country, then your understanding of both history and humanity is fundamentally flawed.