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Hola! FL-Based LCSW doing the work. 🌈🌴🌞Advocacy, equality, equity, accessibility, and mental health. Sharing art, updates, research, and resources while promoting self-care and authenticity. Let’s build a stronger, more supportive community!
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Turns out not being mad that a far-right hate influencer got shot is NOT a fireable offense if you are a teacher or professor.

1A wins again.
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Oh my goodness what incredible, incredible news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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NEW: Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises.

Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.

By @emcahan.bsky.social
For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...
www.propublica.org
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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I would like to invite you to a comedy and theater festival in Los Angeles (and online) created out of spite, to remind us all - They cannot kill our joy. They cannot erase it and they cannot outlaw it. This is the JOY WHO LIVED! (please share!)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ang...
February 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Can’t believe I’m busting this classic line out, but apparently it’s needed: People don’t choose to be trans. This is saying people should be allowed to discriminate because of how somebody was born.
Iowa lawmakers pass bill removing trans civil rights protections, sending it to governor
Protesters filled the Iowa Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers passed a bill removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.
www.desmoinesregister.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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"before the first abortion ban went into effect, the rate of sepsis for this patient population was remarkably steady.

After the first ban was passed in 2021, it shoots up by more than 50%"

@propublica.org's Lizzie Presser on the increased threat of sepsis, post-Roe:
More pregnant women face life-threatening sepsis in wake of strict abortion laws
In the years since the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion and since Texas instituted one of the country’s strictest abortion bans, the state has seen an increased rate of sepsis among wome...
www.pbs.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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February 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM