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Rikki De La Vega
@rikkidelavega.bsky.social
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Writer of smart smut, author of "Prudery and the War on Sex" and the Free Spirits series; ally to sex work & trans communities, left-libertarian feminist
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assignedmale.bsky.social
Legitimate reasons
4 frame comic. A guy with a shirt with Rando written on it tells the author : so tired of hearing the left talk about fascism. it feels so disrespectful to compARE WHAT'S HAPPEning in the u.s. to the millions of victims of Nazi Germany. She replies : you seem to think that the death camps happened overnight, but it was a multi- decades long crescendo, filled with people telling the regime critics to stop overreacting. by its nature, the only moment you can call out fascist rhetoric is before fascism is fully up and running. I'd rather speak up early and be wrong than not saying anything and my silence be complicit. considering how in its first year, this u.s. admin has already caused 625k+ public man- made deaths* by terminating USAID progams and disappeared thousands of migrants, I'd say their contempt for human life should give anyone legitimate reasons to be worried. Source : *impactcounter.com, by Boston u. researcher Brooke nichols
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU???!!!
Alt text: A post on X by Brianna Wu reads: “Trans sisters. I’m pretty sure I was wrong. I am sorry. I genuinely thought that as a trans woman, if I ceded some points with the gender critical crowd we could have a healthier conversation and arrive at better public policy. The problem is, they are getting crazier and more extreme. If you admit ‘trans women don’t belong in women’s sports,’ they agree, but call you a man the whole time. If you admit, ‘I understand I am a biological man, but this is how I want to live my life and talking about me like this is degrading,’ they scream about free speech. If you admit that hurtful language is part of free speech but you don’t have to associate with people that degrade you, they act like the victim and call you a man and then say you should be thrown in an insane asylum. It’s like this on everything. They are incapable of looking for a middle ground on bathrooms. They want maximalist policies on everything. They’d throw a fully transitioned, fully passing trans woman in male prison genpop and laugh as she got aids from being raped. I want a middle ground on so many of these policies. BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM IS THEY DO NOT. They enjoy degrading us, it’s fun for them. So, sisters. I genuinely don’t know what to do. I think many of our most extreme ideas are bad. But theirs are worse. So if I have to pick, I choose us. I wish there were a political vehicle for compromise and medical safeguarding. But that just simply does not exist.” The post timestamp reads 6:52 AM, Nov 1, 2025, with 39.6K views.
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
"What does antifa do?" My personal experience with antifa.
4 frame comic. 1st frame shows the silhouette of a protest. text reads : anti-fascism isn't just about wearing cool scarves and ski goggles. when terfs* announced that they were organizing a protest at a library I was speaking at, they showed up and outnumbered the terfs. 2nd frame shows the silhouette of someone at a computer. text reads : it's antifa geeks monitoring alt-right online groups who told me that they found my address, 8 years ago. I could get to safety and make sure nothing happened, thanks to them. 3rd frame shows the antifa logo. text reads : it's an undercover antifa who told me Proud boys were planning to crash a library talk I was giving. they still did it, but we could prepare accordingly and the talk went as planned. 4th frame shows a protest with a "good night white pride" banner. text reads : it's a whole squad of anti- fascists who showed up to keep a neo-nazi group at bay from a family event I was speaking at. they stayed until the end to accompany participants to their car or all the way to their home. the police was aware of the threat but didn't do sh*t.
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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erininthemorning.com
Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · Oct 14
The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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assignedmale.bsky.social
Who is Carl Schmitt, the authoritarian political theorist that the New Right and the Neocons are obsessed with?
before being the obsession of peter thiel and every favourite podcaster of your incel cousin, schmitt was the jurist who came up with the theoretical legal foundation for the nazi party's power grab and subsequent atrocities. he wrote: "sovereign is he who decides on the exception." he believed that constitutional democracies were facades for the total power of the execu- tive, since the legislative was powerless during exceptional times. schmitt also wrote about the friend-enemy distinction, which he saw as the basis of the politic. people are sorted into groups, either with you or against you, in a struggle for survival. big incel vibes, I know. in his view, liberalism challenged that "natural order" by restricting the power of the executive and by easing the distinctions with enemy groups, which he thought led to social paralysis and racial decay.
October 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Under pressure from Texas government officials, Angelo State University in Texas is banning all discussion or mention of the existence of trans people along with banning the LGBTQ pride flag from campus and forced misgendering of trans people.

conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
Alt text: Screenshot of a document outlining a new university policy. The bullet points state: No discussion of transgender topics or anything suggesting more than two genders. All information in syllabi about transgender topics must be removed. Instructors must use students’ given names, not preferred names. Safe-space stickers, LGBTQ flags, etc. are banned and must be removed. Employees must remove pronouns from email signatures. The university will not support faculty who teach or discuss these topics in class.
September 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”
September 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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esqueer.net
This isn't about antifa, this is about the NGO's. The goal here is to eliminate philanthropic support to major liberal groups through intimidation. They're going to starve liberal groups of funding while hitting them with millions in legal fees from investigations.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump to sign order designating antifa a terrorist organization
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order as soon as Monday designating the antifa movement a "terrorist organization," the White House said, after promising actions targeting left-wing groups following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.reuters.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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corynnoble.bsky.social
This Wednesday 9/24 I'll be joining @danklefstad.bsky.social and Eva Vertrice on their #vampchat podcast to talk about my novel "Vesper Glen" ... vampchatwithdanandeva.podbean.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
rikkidelavega.bsky.social
Proud to live in a city where hospitals care enough about patients to stand up to bigotry & bullying!!
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 14
1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.

Many complied and shut down their programs.

Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.

And now, they just beat Trump in court.

Subscribe to support our journalism.
Boston Children’s Fights Back For Trans Kids: Judge Quashes Trump Subpoena
Around 2,000 BCH employees and untold numbers of patients were targeted by the DOJ. A judge just told them, “No.”
www.erininthemorning.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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It has come to my attention that many of you have been sharing this photo of Streeting and Mandelson widely.

Please remember that Wes Streeting does not like it being shared widely. So please do not share it widely and on every possible occasion. We wouldn’t want to upset him would we?
Mandelson and Streeting
September 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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erininthemorning.com
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
rikkidelavega.bsky.social
If you had any doubt about the anti-trans movement being fascist & genocidal ... READ THIS!!!
August 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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transgenderreport.com
New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed several high-profile bills this week that would have negatively affected LGBTQ residents, especially transgender people and students.

gomag.com/article/ne...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Vetoes Her Own Party's Anti-LGBTQ Bills - GO Magazine
Governor Kelly Ayotte defied GOP lawmakers by rejecting legislation targeting transgender rights, LGBTQ books, and student privacy.
gomag.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
rikkidelavega.bsky.social
Narrator of “Harry Potter” audiobooks calls transphobic JK Rowling “a lost cause” www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/narr...
Narrator of "Harry Potter" audiobooks calls transphobic JK Rowling "a lost cause" - LGBTQ Nation
“She has been radicalised, I fear," renowned gay actor Stephen Fry said of the children's author.
www.lgbtqnation.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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The New York Times covers trans issues the way Fox News covers ICE protests.

Both lead the country to believe there is a conflagration by highlighting a few fires over and over, while ignoring the fact that most people just want to live their lives without the government in their faces.
June 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
rikkidelavega.bsky.social
The first five of my Free Spirits books have just been re-released on Amazon!!
May 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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erininthemorning.com
More on how this will likely play out:

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ericmgarcia.bsky.social Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · May 25
Mark Takano, the chairman of the Congressional Equality Caucus, pointed out the main way that the Big Beautiful Bill's trans Medicaid ban can die:
-It likely won't survive the Byrd rule from the parliamentarian
-Democrats would need to raise a point of order
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ bans transgender care for Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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erininthemorning.com
I have a huge request for my readers: Trump's tax and spending bill will be moving through the Senate. Senators can invoke the Byrd Rule to try to remove the anti-trans Medicaid ban and EHB changes.

You can find and call your senator here and ask them to do that.

Please share as well.
U.S. Senate: Contacting U.S. Senators
www.senate.gov
May 29, 2025 at 4:52 AM
rikkidelavega.bsky.social
Maine wins major court victory about trans rights against president - LGBTQ Nation www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/main...
Maine wins major court victory about trans rights against president - LGBTQ Nation
Maine's governor told the president she'd see him in court. And she just won.
www.lgbtqnation.com
May 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Have signed, and if you're a writer of theatre, film, TV, radio, prose, poetry, comedy, or journalism based in the UK, you can too -

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April 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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If my rights as a trans woman are able to be removed in an instant, yours can too

In today’s independent: m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
April 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
rikkidelavega.bsky.social
#writerslift I recently read an Advance Review Copy of this book & gave it 5 stars on Goodreads ... CHECK IT OUT!!
corynnoble.bsky.social Coryn Noble @corynnoble.bsky.social · Apr 19
#writerslift

My vampire novel "Vesper Glen" is now available in ebook form on B&N, Apple Books and other vendors ... and soon to be available as ebook and paperback on Amazon!

books2read.com/vesperglen/
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Vesper Glen by Coryn Noble
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April 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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My vampire novel "Vesper Glen" is now available as an ebook thru Amazon Kindle, as well as Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, and many other ebook retailers ... and coming out soon as paperback!

www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5NT7B3D/
Vesper Glen
Vesper Glen - Kindle edition by Noble, Coryn. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Vesper Glen.
www.amazon.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM