Laura Beth Chapin
@laurabethchapin.bsky.social
LGBTQ, Pro-Democracy, Anti-Fascist, BLM, Trans Rights Are Human Rirgts 🏳️⚧️, 🌊💙🌊 #BlueResister, she/her, 🏳️🌈 Kindness Matters. 🚫MAGA 🚫Haters
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(3) Judge: So what issues are these people creating?
Lawyer: <Crickets>
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Transgender people meet or exceed the standards of military service.
Lawyer: <Crickets>
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Transgender people meet or exceed the standards of military service.
March 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
(3) Judge: So what issues are these people creating?
Lawyer: <Crickets>
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Transgender people meet or exceed the standards of military service.
Lawyer: <Crickets>
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Transgender people meet or exceed the standards of military service.
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TERFs are totally missing the point of Sam Rockwell's White Lotus monologue
www.out.com/commenta...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
TERFs are totally missing the point of Sam Rockwell's 'White Lotus' monologue
Transphobes claim that the scene exposes trans women in all their "fetish-y addict glory."
www.out.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
TERFs are totally missing the point of Sam Rockwell's White Lotus monologue
www.out.com/commenta...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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This is an interesting data point.
According to Danish TV2, representatives from the USA have been going door-to-door in Nuuk over the past few days to find Greenlanders who wanted to be visited by Usha Vance. After they failed to find anyone, the visit was cancelled. nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01...
Kampen om Grønlands fremtid
Hvad sker der? USA's vicepræsident, J.D. Vance, og andendamen Usha Vance har annonceret, at de besøger en militærbase i Grønland fredag. Reaktionerne på den ny...
https://nyheder.tv2.dk/live/2025-01-06-kampen-om-groenlands-fremtid/amerikanere-stemte-doerklokker-i-nuuk-foer-aflyst-besoeg-siger-steinmetz?entry=2b1ef233-8348-47f6-8219-f8783a4b72cd
March 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is an interesting data point.
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This is what we've become. The United States is the Evil Empire™.
March 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is what we've become. The United States is the Evil Empire™.
"I hope you know the world is better because you are in it."
December 25, 2024 at 3:48 PM
"I hope you know the world is better because you are in it."
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100%
AOC: “Oh, I don’t think we’re witnessing the START of an oligarchy. I think we are fully here.” 🇺🇸
December 22, 2024 at 7:18 AM
100%
Dehumanization is a process. This reminds me of Arendt's concept of superfluous wealth using superfluous people as a means of fueling endless expansion. Homeless people are inherently rightless and considered both superfluous and outside of society.
December 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
💯
Genuinely the right outcome isn't going to be won by making random members of the public go through complex debates about the pros and cons of particular drug regimes for affirming trans youth.
December 13, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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blocking jesse singal AND his pathetic followers means:
1. You won’t see pedophilia apologia (already in his comments about how pedophiles are “the most marginalized,” see pic)
2. you won’t see transphobia
3. you won’t see personal thoughts and anecdotes masquerading as journalism
1. You won’t see pedophilia apologia (already in his comments about how pedophiles are “the most marginalized,” see pic)
2. you won’t see transphobia
3. you won’t see personal thoughts and anecdotes masquerading as journalism
December 9, 2024 at 2:36 PM
⤵️
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According to the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey of over 92,000 trans people age 16 and up, nearly 50 percent have considered leaving their state of residence due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws, while around 5 percent have actually been internally displaced.
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
‘Not Everyone Can Leave’: Survival Advice from Trans Teens in Texas
Media attention often focuses on trans teens fleeing the anti-trans states they’re living in. But what about those who can’t leave?
www.texasobserver.org
November 30, 2024 at 7:33 PM
According to the 2022 U.S. Trans Survey of over 92,000 trans people age 16 and up, nearly 50 percent have considered leaving their state of residence due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws, while around 5 percent have actually been internally displaced.
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
Via @truthout.org @deceleration.bsky.social
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People are not ready for the level of insanity that's coming. A brief list of things that are nearly 100% guaranteed to happen:
* Prosecution of Democrats, journalists, and public figures (Fauci) that angered Trump (or Kash Patel)
* Court martialing or replacing much of military leadership. 1/n
* Prosecution of Democrats, journalists, and public figures (Fauci) that angered Trump (or Kash Patel)
* Court martialing or replacing much of military leadership. 1/n
December 1, 2024 at 2:33 PM
People are not ready for the level of insanity that's coming. A brief list of things that are nearly 100% guaranteed to happen:
* Prosecution of Democrats, journalists, and public figures (Fauci) that angered Trump (or Kash Patel)
* Court martialing or replacing much of military leadership. 1/n
* Prosecution of Democrats, journalists, and public figures (Fauci) that angered Trump (or Kash Patel)
* Court martialing or replacing much of military leadership. 1/n
I fear the "horrifying catastrophe" will come sooner, rather then later, starting with the collapse of Ukraine when Trump withholds further aid.
November 29, 2024 at 8:06 PM
I fear the "horrifying catastrophe" will come sooner, rather then later, starting with the collapse of Ukraine when Trump withholds further aid.
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“[What] we don't want to reckon with is that there's something going on in the character of Americans that wants to divide and to stigmatize. . . .Through that lens, what's happening to trans people makes total sense. It decodes everything.”—@imarajones.bsky.social
Trans Journalist Imara Jones: 'There's Something Wrong With the Character of This Country'
"There’s something wrong with the character of this country." Trans journalist Imara Jones on why a small population was put at risk to win an election.
www.rollingstone.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:50 PM
“[What] we don't want to reckon with is that there's something going on in the character of Americans that wants to divide and to stigmatize. . . .Through that lens, what's happening to trans people makes total sense. It decodes everything.”—@imarajones.bsky.social
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Ok, say I’m willing to compromise on trans issues in sports and kids hormones, and like that.
I now look forward to conservatives fighting for my rights on all other issues. That’ll happen, definitely!
I now look forward to conservatives fighting for my rights on all other issues. That’ll happen, definitely!
November 28, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Ok, say I’m willing to compromise on trans issues in sports and kids hormones, and like that.
I now look forward to conservatives fighting for my rights on all other issues. That’ll happen, definitely!
I now look forward to conservatives fighting for my rights on all other issues. That’ll happen, definitely!
George Carlin was a prophet. "Its a big club and you ain't in it , , , They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. . . .. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests."
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George Carlin - It's A BIG Club & You Ain't In It!
YouTube video by SkyEcho7
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November 26, 2024 at 9:19 PM
George Carlin was a prophet. "Its a big club and you ain't in it , , , They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. . . .. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That's against their interests."
youtu.be/Nyvxt1svxso?...
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