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Bentley Hudgins
@bentleyforus.bsky.social
Georgia State Director, @hrc.org
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WE save US. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍉
(views expressed are only mine)
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.

The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Yeah, I’m not going to let people whose K Street gigabrain strategy lost us three branches of government convince me into conceding that working people of all lived experiences, including queer folks, don’t deserve to have a voice in the political process.
New report urges Democrats to abandon focus on LGBTQ+ support - buff.ly/h4bCLzH
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I find it incredibly striking that Marci Overstreet would choose to campaign alongside Mary Norwood, who infamously attempted to help Trump overturn Joe Biden’s victory after the 2020 election. www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
Ex-Atlanta mayoral hopeful Mary Norwood aids Trump’s bid to overturn Georgia election results
Local and education news for metro Atlanta from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
www.ajc.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Y’all ready, Georgia? We may have No Kings, but we do have a pro-equality Senator to re-elect!
In his first term, Senator Jon Ossoff fought for all Georgians by voting for the Respect for Marriage Act & cosponsoring the Equality Act.

We are thrilled to endorse Jon Ossoff for re-election to the U.S. Senate. https://bit.ly/3L8rCTP
October 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Republicans have shut down the federal government for nearly a month, decimated public health funding, suing to permanently undo the Voting Rights Act, advocating to bring back conversation therapy and are still using ICE as a paramilitary to snatch people from their homes and off the the sidewalks.
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Amen
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As SCOTUS begins hearing a case on bans regarding “conversion therapy” today, remember this - LGBTQ+ identity is a beautiful part of the human experience that doesn’t need to be “fixed.” Queer people, you are made of stardust and galaxies. You are infinitely wonderful and belong here 🫶🏼
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Speaker Johnson is refusing to call Congress back into session because there is enough votes to force the release of the Epstein files. After all the screaming about “protecting women” from transgender people, the GOP has shut down the entire government to protect actual pedophiles.
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trey Reed and Corey Zukatis deserved lives of abundance, hope, and opportunity. May they rest in peace. Both cases demand a full investigation.
September 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The South has got something to say! Over 100 people showed up to canvass in a special election runoff for Debra Shigley with @ossoff.bsky.social, @reproductivefreedomforall.org and our @hrc.org family! We can win this, y’all!

Volunteer with us: mobilize.us/hrcga
September 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The @wsj.com has not done nearly enough to repair the harm.

Email them and demand better: HRC.im/wsj
September 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A lot of y'all didn't decry "political violence" when Tortuguita was shot 14 times in cold blood by state troopers, but have a lot to say about someone whose assailant remains at large with an unknown motive. Why is it complicated when the victim is brown?
Why is it so easy then the victim is white?
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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The U.S. government has become a neofascist regime run by a sociopath.

Keeping it funded now is to participate in the most atrocious abuse of power in U.S. history.

So I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole thing down.
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A moment of silence for Donal-
August 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So you mean JD VANCE went to PEACHTREE CITY to tell Georgians that crime has people hiding in their homes? They only crime happening in that city is white collar and not having a golf cart 🥴
August 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Your leadership is feckless, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social. Resign and let someone who can see the imposition of military forces on our civilian streets and call it what it is. Pathetic.
Jeffries on Trump planning a military crackdown in Chicago: "We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people as part of his effort to manufacture a crisis and create a distraction because he's deeply unpopular"
August 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We can thank Brian KKKemp and Georgia Republicans for their bills to allow anyone to have a gun anywhere they want. The GOP’s obsession with guns makes all of us less safe. www.11alive.com/article/news...
Live coverage | 'Active shooter' situation reported at Emory Atlanta Campus
This is a developing story.
www.11alive.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The man who helped pass Georgia’s abortion ban, suppress Black votes, undermine unions and working people, and attacked Georgia’s LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities wants to be a Democrat Governor? You MUST be joking 🤡
August 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Mike Collins can’t even spell the name of the state he wants to represent in the US Senate. 🤭
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Trans friends in ATL or who can get to ATL, the comrades at Snap Co are running a free passport clinic from Aug 18-26! More details here: www.snap4freedom.org/event-detail...
Free Passport Clinic 2025 | SnapCo
Need a passport? Need to update your gender marker? SnapCo has you covered. Join us in Atlanta from August 18 to 26 for a FREE, in-person Passport Clinic for trans and non-binary people. All costs cov...
www.snap4freedom.org
July 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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John Oliver doesn’t get enough credit for having a show with a strong viewpoint who will oftentimes devote 20-25 minutes to a topic, sometimes one that you can’t hear about on American television anywhere else, and manage to be pretty consistently funny while doing it. It’s a hell of a balancing act
If you don't know much about the debate over transgender athletes and think that Gavin Newsom sounds reasonable, please give this a watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSS...
Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
July 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Florida is committing "enforced disappearance," a very serious violation of international human rights law.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
July 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM