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Cranky Queer Guide to Chronic Illness
@crankyqueer.bsky.social
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#Queer and #trans #disabled people have always had to find new paths for our survival

#Illder storyteller and strategist: http://thecrankyqueer.substack.com

#PandemicsAreChronic

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MONDAY! I'm part of this important discussion hosted by @avac.org's The Choice Agenda & @hanc-legacyproject.bsky.social:
We Declare: Turning "The People's Declaration" Demands into
Actions & Accountability on #HIV
Nov 17 10AM ET
tinyurl.com/demandsintoa...
a huddle of people with arm around each other next to this text: The Choice Agenda & The Legacy Project invite you: We Declare Turning "The People's Declaration" Demands into Actions & Accountability on HIV Nov 17 10AM ET https://tinyurl.com/demandsintoactions
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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NOV 14 - 5:45 pm
PROTECT #TRANS FUTURES ACT UP #BOSTON
NO HEALTHCARE.
NO GALA.
Come picket the @fenwayhealth.bsky.social Gala. Show Fenway Health and their donors #transgender healthcare will NOT be abandoned.
Bring a mask, a sign, and a friend.
SOWA POWER STATION,
550 HARRISON AVE
Silhouette of a crowd with fists in the air in front of pink buildings with text reading NOV 14 - 5:45 pm PROTECT TRANS FUTURES ACT UP BOSTON NO HEALTHCARE. NO GALA. Come picket the Fenway Gala. Show Fenway Health and their donors trans healthcare will NOT be abandoned. Bring a mask, a sign, and a friend. SOWA POWER STATION, 550 HARRISON AVE
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Silhouette of crowd with fists in the air in front of pink buildings with text reading: NOV 14 - 5:45 pm PROTECT TRANS FUTURES ACT UP BOSTON NO HEALTHCARE. NO GALA. Come picket the Fenway Gala. Show Fenway Health and their donors trans healthcare will NOT be abandoned. Bring a mask, a sign, and a friend. SOWA POWER STATION, 550 HARRISON AVE
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Please join me in contributing to @longcovidjustice.org ! By funding their work, you are helping to strengthen powerful networks of chronically ill and disabled people who are enduring, connecting and creating.

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
pink/purple circles read: COVID isn't over. Long COVID isn't over. AIDS isn't over. The background is a blue and yellow color gradient that says "our struggles are connected. join us on Oct 16! tiny.cc/hcp1024. Inspired by Jennie Brier/HIstory Moves. The Long COVID Justice logo in the right lower corner has the name plus a light purple fist.
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Just another Bunny Witch for #Zohran @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
A white person in bright yellow jacket sitting on steps outside Brooklyn house wearing witch hat and bunny ears behind a sign reading WITCHES FOR ZOHRAN. Other signs say BODEGA CATS FOR ZOHRAN, PRINCESSES FOR ZOHRAN, and BUNNIES FOR ZOHRAN
October 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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for example:
screenshot from a Long COVID research survey reading: In the last 2 weeks how often have you been bothered by the following (please provide a response for each symptom)? with the questions: I have felt nervous or anxious Unable to stop or control worry Worried too much about different things Difficulty relaxing I get angry or irritable easily I'm afraid something bad might happen Little interest or pleasure in doing things I feel low, depressed, or hopeless And all the answers are almost every day or more than half the days. Except the question that says "little interest or pleasure in doing things" which says Not at All.
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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This is going to be a powerful conversation on Wednesday :

29.10.25: : 9 to 10:30 AM ET

The Choice Agenda invites you...

DO NOT CHECK THAT BOX

Impacts from the Assault on Transgender Communities & DEI

Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild

More info, register:
tinyurl.com/dontcheckthatbox
a row of black cartoon fists in front of a trans flag color gradient dominates the flyer which reads: The Choice Agenda invites you... DO NOT CHECK THAT BOX Impacts from the Assault on Transgender Communities & DEI Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild 29.10.25 More info, register: tinyurl.com/dontcheckthatbox
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#NYC I just got added to the bill of this longstanding storytelling event in Gowanus, #Brooklyn, hosted by @kellidunham.bsky.social. Please come if you’d like.

Friday, October 24 · 7 – 9pm

How to Build a Fire
Open Source Gallery Inc.
306 17th Street Brooklyn, NY 11215

photo credit Emily Farthing
outdoor headshot, with blurred yellow and green leaves in background, of a white guy with scruffy white chin hair, brown hair curling above shoulders, an intense blue hoodie under and above black layers, and lighter blue-framed glasses, with a half smile towards the camera. photo credit to Emily Farthing.
October 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Call to action with trans color stripes EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! ACT UP BOSTON
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
crankyqueer.bsky.social
With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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With stripes of trans flag colors: EMERGENCY RALLY Fenway Community Health Center Join us to protest Fenway's new policy ending all transgender healthcare for those under the age of 19 Friday 10/17/25 1340 Boylston Street 4 - 6 PM We cannot allow our institutions of health to abandon transgender youth! Fenway's caving to bureaucratic fear sets a precedent that the administration's threats are effective and only serves to validate their continued efforts to chip away at the rights of our most vulnerable here in Massachusetts! Logo for ACT UP BOSTON
October 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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10/29: 9 am eastern: DO NOT CHECK THAT BOX:

Join our panelists for an unflinchingly honest & interactive conversation as we assess the impacts of the ongoing assault on #transgender communities, gender affirming health care, data collection, & #DEI Diversity, Equity and Inclusion writ large.
Six raised cartoon fists in front of a color gradient of trans flag colors below these words : The Choice Agenda invites you... DO NOT CHECK THAT BOX Impacts from the Assault on Transgender Communities & DEI Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild Below the fists is the date of the event and registration info: 29.10.25 More info, register: tinyurl.com/dontcheckthatbox
October 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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This one below is from the #NoKings toolkit - their entire site does not mention #trans people afaik.
Blue background with white letters reads: WHAT IS "NO KINGS"? In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump's birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation failed, and the story became a rallying point for a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs. NO KINGS is a peaceful national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration, which they have doubled down on since June. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting and detaining people without warrants; threatening to overtake elections; gutting health care, environmental protections, and education when families need them most; rigging maps to silence voters; ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities; and driving up the cost of living while handling out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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TONIGHT! How to organize effectively to win! With #HIV movement legends Jose deMarco from ACT UP Philly and Tana Pradia and Evany Turk from @pwnusa.bsky.social www.mobilize.us/pwn-usa/even.... This is going to be good!
on an abstract swirly orange and peach background, a beige square shows the photos and names of Jose Demarco, Tana Pradia and Evany Turk over the title How to Organize Effectively, Thursday September 25, 2025 6:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm CT / 4:00 pm MT / 3:00 PM PT bit.ly/policytrainings25
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Eli reads questions that we will discuss after the next poem: 1) What do you dream about
"enough"? 2) What's your version of pluralism and transformation that lives in your best dream of the world?
Photo of Eli Clare speaking as Trishala Deb looks at him, with his words transcribed on a screen above their heads: “are: One: What do you dream about "enough"? And the second one is: What's your version of pluralism and transformation that lives in your best dream of the world? Very soon we're going to turn those two questions over to you. And... Is my mic on? Am I being amplified? Okay.]”
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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And here we are!
Photo of two seated speakers with mics and wearing black KN95 mask - Eli Clare on the right is a trans masculine white person in dark jeans, sneakers and a button down gray shirt. To his left is Trishala Deb , a femme presenting person of color wearing black boots , dark leggings and a brown cardigan over black shirt.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Almost-outside air quality levels and M Gessen: “what is hope and where do we get some? #TheMazals @jfrejnyc.bsky.social
Foreground shows Aranet Co2 meter reading 671 in my hand in front of crowd in front of stage far away where M Gessen is speaking
September 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM