Andrew Ives, Ed.D. (he/him)
@experiencedrew.bsky.social
Queer disabled scholar practitioner in higher education. Loving partner and dog dad.
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Exploring self-love by embracing interdependence | Andrew Ives | TEDxUWLaCrosse
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Thank you for coming to or watching my TEDx talk. Exploring self-love through interdependence.
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Tis the season for me to loudly say that Christmas (aka holiday) trees with overt Christian symbols have no place at a public college. These symbols have a chilling effect on belonging for some LGBTQ+ students, international students, and students of color. #CallMeMrGrinch #ItsDrGrinch
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Tis the season for me to loudly say that Christmas (aka holiday) trees with overt Christian symbols have no place at a public college. These symbols have a chilling effect on belonging for some LGBTQ+ students, international students, and students of color. #CallMeMrGrinch #ItsDrGrinch
Just watched this last night. A film for the soul. For all who believe in love, in hope, and in each other. Thank you Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley, Tig Notaro, and Ryan White ❤️❤️
Director Ryan White, producer Tig Notaro, and Megan Falley (Gibson's partner) discuss making the stirring Come See Me in the Good Light about the late poet and activist.
Queer poet Andrea Gibson's 'wild energy' lives on in new doc
Director Ryan White, producer Tig Notaro, and Megan Falley (Gibson's partner) discuss making the stirring Come See Me in the Good Light about the late poet and activist.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Just watched this last night. A film for the soul. For all who believe in love, in hope, and in each other. Thank you Andrea Gibson, Megan Falley, Tig Notaro, and Ryan White ❤️❤️
Grateful I got to hear @seemiaroll.bsky.social as the AHG keynote. An amazing remembrance of Alice Wong and commitment to be part of an accessible future. I’m filled with hope!
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Grateful I got to hear @seemiaroll.bsky.social as the AHG keynote. An amazing remembrance of Alice Wong and commitment to be part of an accessible future. I’m filled with hope!
Classroom view from my first day of class! Teaching LGBTQ+ Youth Psychology this semester!
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Classroom view from my first day of class! Teaching LGBTQ+ Youth Psychology this semester!
Just finished @drkevinrmcclure.com’s The Caring University. I think this is a must read for seasoned or emerging leaders in higher education. What can we do to create more caring workplaces? What steps can we take to reduce harm and spread love? #highered #studentaffairs
July 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Just finished @drkevinrmcclure.com’s The Caring University. I think this is a must read for seasoned or emerging leaders in higher education. What can we do to create more caring workplaces? What steps can we take to reduce harm and spread love? #highered #studentaffairs
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AWN celebrates Disability Pride Month in July!
![[Image description:
Illustration and text against a very pale blue background.
Text in the colors of the disability pride flag reads:
“AWN CELEBRATES
DISABILITY PRIDE
JULY 2025”
Across the image are digital illustrations of seven people who display a wide range of ages, height, hair color / style, clothing style and color, and using different types of mobility devices.
In the lower right hand corner is the awn logo:
A large pink “a” with a pale teal winged spoonie dragonfly, below is our url: awnnetwork dot org. ]
#disability #DisabilityPrideMonth
#Disability #DisabilityPride2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreig2j7hkap4f435oahgq35cso2orkmygomm5m7pwfgt7qw5wi4jk4u@jpeg)
July 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
AWN celebrates Disability Pride Month in July!
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Authoritarianism wants me quiet. Fascism wants me to be orderly. So I’m going to be loud, gay, and unapologetically expressive. My existence is resistance.
July 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Authoritarianism wants me quiet. Fascism wants me to be orderly. So I’m going to be loud, gay, and unapologetically expressive. My existence is resistance.
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This is not about advantage or protecting women; it’s theater mixed with harm to stigmatize trans people, erase their identities and existence from public life, and roll back (the minuscule) civil protections that existed. All of which will further harm cis women too.
July 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is not about advantage or protecting women; it’s theater mixed with harm to stigmatize trans people, erase their identities and existence from public life, and roll back (the minuscule) civil protections that existed. All of which will further harm cis women too.
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Wild in this moment is watching institutions like UPenn throw the most vulnerable under the bus to *maybe* get funding again despite evidence to the contrary (see Columbia).
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Wild in this moment is watching institutions like UPenn throw the most vulnerable under the bus to *maybe* get funding again despite evidence to the contrary (see Columbia).
Institutions of higher education have to find a way to move beyond federal compliance to do the right thing. We must create cultures of courage, justice, and inclusion. We need more courageous leaders. Over reliance and compliance will never be the answer.
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Institutions of higher education have to find a way to move beyond federal compliance to do the right thing. We must create cultures of courage, justice, and inclusion. We need more courageous leaders. Over reliance and compliance will never be the answer.
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As fascism rises, we get to see who resists & who collaborates.
Penn & UVA are collaborating — folding like cheap tents. They won’t benefit, of course, since a bully always comes back for more.
And history will remember. Just like history remembers who made what choices in the 1930s.
Penn & UVA are collaborating — folding like cheap tents. They won’t benefit, of course, since a bully always comes back for more.
And history will remember. Just like history remembers who made what choices in the 1930s.
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
As fascism rises, we get to see who resists & who collaborates.
Penn & UVA are collaborating — folding like cheap tents. They won’t benefit, of course, since a bully always comes back for more.
And history will remember. Just like history remembers who made what choices in the 1930s.
Penn & UVA are collaborating — folding like cheap tents. They won’t benefit, of course, since a bully always comes back for more.
And history will remember. Just like history remembers who made what choices in the 1930s.
Happy disability pride month!
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Happy disability pride month!
Hello 👋🏻 your fellow radicalized queer here to say everyone is deserving of love and acceptance. I love dreaming about that future and am never going to stop.
June 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Hello 👋🏻 your fellow radicalized queer here to say everyone is deserving of love and acceptance. I love dreaming about that future and am never going to stop.
I’m thinking about hope today and the ways in which hope can inspire. LGBTQ people have a long history of giving each other hope for a better world. I just listened to Harvey Milk give me hope. We’ve got to give them hope.
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Harvey Milk: Give Them Hope | Inspiring Speech by LGBTQ+ Activist
YouTube video by Voices Through History
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June 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I’m thinking about hope today and the ways in which hope can inspire. LGBTQ people have a long history of giving each other hope for a better world. I just listened to Harvey Milk give me hope. We’ve got to give them hope.
youtube.com/watch?v=ZqTI...
youtube.com/watch?v=ZqTI...
Gender affirming care is healthcare. LGBTQ youth suicide hotlines are lifesaving. Now is the time to support your local LGBT organizations.
This government means to destroy us. We resist together, in community. We survive together, in community.
This government means to destroy us. We resist together, in community. We survive together, in community.
June 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Gender affirming care is healthcare. LGBTQ youth suicide hotlines are lifesaving. Now is the time to support your local LGBT organizations.
This government means to destroy us. We resist together, in community. We survive together, in community.
This government means to destroy us. We resist together, in community. We survive together, in community.
Pride flags being removed from government offices in a neighboring community. This is why we need put loud Pride!
a couple of cartoon characters are holding rainbow flags in front of a crowd .
Alt: Two Simpsons cartoon characters twirling rainbow flags in front of a crowd .
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June 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pride flags being removed from government offices in a neighboring community. This is why we need put loud Pride!
Spending the morning prepping for a dissertation defense (my first time being on a committee). I just have to re-express my love for qualitative research in higher education. There are such rich, beautiful ways that we can transform the world.
June 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Spending the morning prepping for a dissertation defense (my first time being on a committee). I just have to re-express my love for qualitative research in higher education. There are such rich, beautiful ways that we can transform the world.
Just finished reading Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P Johnson and I have to say this is a must read. We are all in dented to Marsha’s legacy.
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline
Black transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolu...
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June 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Just finished reading Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P Johnson and I have to say this is a must read. We are all in dented to Marsha’s legacy.
Queer joy = @billiamives.bsky.social saying “THE NEW WICKED TRAILER IS OUT” before “good morning” 🏳️🌈
June 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Queer joy = @billiamives.bsky.social saying “THE NEW WICKED TRAILER IS OUT” before “good morning” 🏳️🌈
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WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT THE GAYS ARE TAKING OVER
June 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT THE GAYS ARE TAKING OVER
Pride month! Queer joy! Queer Resistance! Pride Month!
June 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pride month! Queer joy! Queer Resistance! Pride Month!
There is nothing like hearing my husband laugh while he’s watching a silly little program! Joy unlocked 🥰
May 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
There is nothing like hearing my husband laugh while he’s watching a silly little program! Joy unlocked 🥰
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Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase is “technically a wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
cc @bsky.app #A11yFail #A11y #Accessibility
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
cc @bsky.app #A11yFail #A11y #Accessibility
May 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase is “technically a wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
cc @bsky.app #A11yFail #A11y #Accessibility
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
cc @bsky.app #A11yFail #A11y #Accessibility
I love graduation season. I love the hope. I love the love. I love education!
May 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I love graduation season. I love the hope. I love the love. I love education!