Rep. Leigh Finke
@leighfinke.bsky.social
Minnesota rep, matka, art person, tree person.
she//her
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The Democratic Party is far from perfect, but they are the coalition that has invited us in. To lose what we have won inside the Democratic Party would be catastrophic .
I am a democrat and I will never stop fighting for trans liberation both in this country and in our party.
I am a democrat and I will never stop fighting for trans liberation both in this country and in our party.
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Democratic Party is far from perfect, but they are the coalition that has invited us in. To lose what we have won inside the Democratic Party would be catastrophic .
I am a democrat and I will never stop fighting for trans liberation both in this country and in our party.
I am a democrat and I will never stop fighting for trans liberation both in this country and in our party.
Visible northern lights in the Twin Cities tonight. If you can’t see them clearly use your phone camera. It’s beautiful.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Visible northern lights in the Twin Cities tonight. If you can’t see them clearly use your phone camera. It’s beautiful.
The 8 democrats who betrayed our party would rather have a MAGA government in charge than a thriving progressive movement in this nation.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The 8 democrats who betrayed our party would rather have a MAGA government in charge than a thriving progressive movement in this nation.
It doesn't matter who you think I am, Representative. And, again: I am not trying to change your mind.
I am just trying to live this life I love. I am working to ensure that other trans and nonbinary folks can live a life they love, too.
I know who I am. I love being trans. I am whole.
I am just trying to live this life I love. I am working to ensure that other trans and nonbinary folks can live a life they love, too.
I know who I am. I love being trans. I am whole.
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It doesn't matter who you think I am, Representative. And, again: I am not trying to change your mind.
I am just trying to live this life I love. I am working to ensure that other trans and nonbinary folks can live a life they love, too.
I know who I am. I love being trans. I am whole.
I am just trying to live this life I love. I am working to ensure that other trans and nonbinary folks can live a life they love, too.
I know who I am. I love being trans. I am whole.
I literally am following in her footsteps: She has trusted me to carry the E.R.A. after she pushed for years as author (and she comforted me when we couldn’t get it through the senate on the last day of 2024; through my tears she smiled and said ‘we will get it done, one day’. We will!!).
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I literally am following in her footsteps: She has trusted me to carry the E.R.A. after she pushed for years as author (and she comforted me when we couldn’t get it through the senate on the last day of 2024; through my tears she smiled and said ‘we will get it done, one day’. We will!!).
I did not get involved in the politics of the Saint Paul mayoral race. I respect both candidates and their efforts to better our city.
Now that we have results, I just want to say congratulations to mayor elect @kaohlyforstp. Kaohly and her team ran an incredible campaign, in only 90 days.
Now that we have results, I just want to say congratulations to mayor elect @kaohlyforstp. Kaohly and her team ran an incredible campaign, in only 90 days.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I did not get involved in the politics of the Saint Paul mayoral race. I respect both candidates and their efforts to better our city.
Now that we have results, I just want to say congratulations to mayor elect @kaohlyforstp. Kaohly and her team ran an incredible campaign, in only 90 days.
Now that we have results, I just want to say congratulations to mayor elect @kaohlyforstp. Kaohly and her team ran an incredible campaign, in only 90 days.
are you sure got everyone there @startribune.com ??????
this is beyond absurd.
this is beyond absurd.
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
are you sure got everyone there @startribune.com ??????
this is beyond absurd.
this is beyond absurd.
It’s the last day to vote for the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social's Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award. I'm nominated and I'd love to have your vote! vote until midnight, and let your friends know!
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October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s the last day to vote for the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social's Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough Award. I'm nominated and I'd love to have your vote! vote until midnight, and let your friends know!
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just in case your not tracking:
cis women taking testosterone: medical magic
trans mascs taking testosterone: end of civilization
cis women taking testosterone: medical magic
trans mascs taking testosterone: end of civilization
October 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
just in case your not tracking:
cis women taking testosterone: medical magic
trans mascs taking testosterone: end of civilization
cis women taking testosterone: medical magic
trans mascs taking testosterone: end of civilization
"right away when session starts" we will be ready to defend the law and the rights of all our kids.
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"right away when session starts" we will be ready to defend the law and the rights of all our kids.
Honored to be nominated for the Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough award by LGBTQ Victory Institute.
Please consider heading to the Victory site and voting for me! Voting ends midnight on Oct 27.
Appreciate you all!!!🩵🩷🤍🖤🤎
Vote here:
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Please consider heading to the Victory site and voting for me! Voting ends midnight on Oct 27.
Appreciate you all!!!🩵🩷🤍🖤🤎
Vote here:
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October 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Honored to be nominated for the Tammy Baldwin Breakthrough award by LGBTQ Victory Institute.
Please consider heading to the Victory site and voting for me! Voting ends midnight on Oct 27.
Appreciate you all!!!🩵🩷🤍🖤🤎
Vote here:
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Please consider heading to the Victory site and voting for me! Voting ends midnight on Oct 27.
Appreciate you all!!!🩵🩷🤍🖤🤎
Vote here:
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Very powerful Win at the Minnesota Supreme Court today in Jaycee Cooper versus USA powerlifting.
The law in Minnesota is clear: Transgender people have a right in Minnesota under the Minnesota human rights access to full inclusion and the Supreme Court has upheld that fact.
The law in Minnesota is clear: Transgender people have a right in Minnesota under the Minnesota human rights access to full inclusion and the Supreme Court has upheld that fact.
October 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Very powerful Win at the Minnesota Supreme Court today in Jaycee Cooper versus USA powerlifting.
The law in Minnesota is clear: Transgender people have a right in Minnesota under the Minnesota human rights access to full inclusion and the Supreme Court has upheld that fact.
The law in Minnesota is clear: Transgender people have a right in Minnesota under the Minnesota human rights access to full inclusion and the Supreme Court has upheld that fact.
Small portion of my remarks to the Duluth DFL this weekend.
We must see the human spark in everyone. We must remember why we do the work we do. If we can’t do that, we’re all cooked.
We must see the human spark in everyone. We must remember why we do the work we do. If we can’t do that, we’re all cooked.
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Small portion of my remarks to the Duluth DFL this weekend.
We must see the human spark in everyone. We must remember why we do the work we do. If we can’t do that, we’re all cooked.
We must see the human spark in everyone. We must remember why we do the work we do. If we can’t do that, we’re all cooked.
They’re saying 100-150,000 in Minneapolis today.
A great rally. An important moment. Let’s ake it forward.
A great rally. An important moment. Let’s ake it forward.
October 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
They’re saying 100-150,000 in Minneapolis today.
A great rally. An important moment. Let’s ake it forward.
A great rally. An important moment. Let’s ake it forward.
Freedom of the Press.
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Freedom of the Press.
I know she still is.
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I know she still is.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has died. She was 78.
As an activist for our shared liberation, I am so grateful I had the opportunity to share space with her on this earth, even a handful of times. Miss Major showed us how to do this work. Our fight is just, and lifelong; let her light lead us onward.
As an activist for our shared liberation, I am so grateful I had the opportunity to share space with her on this earth, even a handful of times. Miss Major showed us how to do this work. Our fight is just, and lifelong; let her light lead us onward.
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has died. She was 78.
As an activist for our shared liberation, I am so grateful I had the opportunity to share space with her on this earth, even a handful of times. Miss Major showed us how to do this work. Our fight is just, and lifelong; let her light lead us onward.
As an activist for our shared liberation, I am so grateful I had the opportunity to share space with her on this earth, even a handful of times. Miss Major showed us how to do this work. Our fight is just, and lifelong; let her light lead us onward.
Everybody’s in this fight together.
Solidarity is the only way out.
I am so grateful to know that our DV advocates are fighting, unwaveringly, for all of us.
Solidarity is the only way out.
I am so grateful to know that our DV advocates are fighting, unwaveringly, for all of us.
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Everybody’s in this fight together.
Solidarity is the only way out.
I am so grateful to know that our DV advocates are fighting, unwaveringly, for all of us.
Solidarity is the only way out.
I am so grateful to know that our DV advocates are fighting, unwaveringly, for all of us.
It does not make sense.
The treatment Rep Franson is receiving should be fully covered by insurance. Gender health care is not "trans only" care, its for all of us. If we ever get over the moral panic of trans existence, we can do SO much good together for everyone's health and mental well being.
The treatment Rep Franson is receiving should be fully covered by insurance. Gender health care is not "trans only" care, its for all of us. If we ever get over the moral panic of trans existence, we can do SO much good together for everyone's health and mental well being.
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It does not make sense.
The treatment Rep Franson is receiving should be fully covered by insurance. Gender health care is not "trans only" care, its for all of us. If we ever get over the moral panic of trans existence, we can do SO much good together for everyone's health and mental well being.
The treatment Rep Franson is receiving should be fully covered by insurance. Gender health care is not "trans only" care, its for all of us. If we ever get over the moral panic of trans existence, we can do SO much good together for everyone's health and mental well being.
Screenshot from Blois' Morning Take.
It's the kind of maddening circular reasoning that leads to status quo and voter alienation. Whether or not you think Fateh's policies would help these problems, Frey's policies CREATED them. Jacob Frey IS the mayor of Minneapolis, and has been for 8 years.
It's the kind of maddening circular reasoning that leads to status quo and voter alienation. Whether or not you think Fateh's policies would help these problems, Frey's policies CREATED them. Jacob Frey IS the mayor of Minneapolis, and has been for 8 years.
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Screenshot from Blois' Morning Take.
It's the kind of maddening circular reasoning that leads to status quo and voter alienation. Whether or not you think Fateh's policies would help these problems, Frey's policies CREATED them. Jacob Frey IS the mayor of Minneapolis, and has been for 8 years.
It's the kind of maddening circular reasoning that leads to status quo and voter alienation. Whether or not you think Fateh's policies would help these problems, Frey's policies CREATED them. Jacob Frey IS the mayor of Minneapolis, and has been for 8 years.
I’m happy Klein wants to thoughtfully navigate the difficulties created by GOP anti-trans efforts. We have to, for trans people’s sake AND everyone else’s. But know who @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social should ask these questions to? Trans folks!
we cannot allow decisions about us to be made without us.
we cannot allow decisions about us to be made without us.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I’m happy Klein wants to thoughtfully navigate the difficulties created by GOP anti-trans efforts. We have to, for trans people’s sake AND everyone else’s. But know who @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social should ask these questions to? Trans folks!
we cannot allow decisions about us to be made without us.
we cannot allow decisions about us to be made without us.
Trans people deserve the same life and security as all others in this nation, and democrats should be proud of the fact that we fight for everyone.
More from my visit to @jonlovett.bsky.social lovett or Leave It from @crooked.com .
More from my visit to @jonlovett.bsky.social lovett or Leave It from @crooked.com .
September 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trans people deserve the same life and security as all others in this nation, and democrats should be proud of the fact that we fight for everyone.
More from my visit to @jonlovett.bsky.social lovett or Leave It from @crooked.com .
More from my visit to @jonlovett.bsky.social lovett or Leave It from @crooked.com .
Feeling lucky to see Jesse Welles at Farm Aid in Minneapolis.
September 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Feeling lucky to see Jesse Welles at Farm Aid in Minneapolis.
had a wonderful time visiting Lovett or Leave It with @jonlovett.bsky.social in Los Angeles last week.
I was given the chance to do something which is becoming exceedingly rare: celebrate how wonderful it is to be trans, and how everyone benefits from trans liberation.
@crooked.com
I was given the chance to do something which is becoming exceedingly rare: celebrate how wonderful it is to be trans, and how everyone benefits from trans liberation.
@crooked.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
had a wonderful time visiting Lovett or Leave It with @jonlovett.bsky.social in Los Angeles last week.
I was given the chance to do something which is becoming exceedingly rare: celebrate how wonderful it is to be trans, and how everyone benefits from trans liberation.
@crooked.com
I was given the chance to do something which is becoming exceedingly rare: celebrate how wonderful it is to be trans, and how everyone benefits from trans liberation.
@crooked.com
The MN Gun Lobby is coming after me for my advocacy against gun violence.
They put my photo on the ENVELOPE of their gun propaganda. Over on X they are calling me a “coffin surfer” (whatever that means).
They want us to be afraid, but this behavior betrays the truth: they are afraid.
And should be.
They put my photo on the ENVELOPE of their gun propaganda. Over on X they are calling me a “coffin surfer” (whatever that means).
They want us to be afraid, but this behavior betrays the truth: they are afraid.
And should be.
![Screenshot from Twitter account of the MN Gun Owners Caucus. The tweet says, "If there is ever a moment in which we can do it, this is it, right?" [Rep. Leigh] Finke said.
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COFFIN SURFER.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:32zmchvr6zoiwucghuapueci/bafkreidgtnxvouqopyslkybc5li6y5lpymah5y4t6gr2wq2fi4uxoczpb4@jpeg)
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The MN Gun Lobby is coming after me for my advocacy against gun violence.
They put my photo on the ENVELOPE of their gun propaganda. Over on X they are calling me a “coffin surfer” (whatever that means).
They want us to be afraid, but this behavior betrays the truth: they are afraid.
And should be.
They put my photo on the ENVELOPE of their gun propaganda. Over on X they are calling me a “coffin surfer” (whatever that means).
They want us to be afraid, but this behavior betrays the truth: they are afraid.
And should be.