hi, cis folks!

if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.

the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.

we need you to call senators: reps.fyi

more info & script downthread.🧵

Paywall link: archive.md/4PI9T

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

😎 Not all of us can attend a rally.

👉 There are many ways to #SpeakUp and #FightBack.

💪 Please share widely. Invite a friend to join you in an action and pass it on.

Johanne Sacrebleu, you are already my favorite film of the year

hi, cis folks! meet S.9. it's the senate sports ban for trans athletes—a big step to something making trump’s executive order federal law, which is much harder to undo.

short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️.

if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time.🧵


legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

💥One of the biggest barriers to accessing abortion is the cost!💥

Abortion Funds work directly with clinics to offer financial support to patients. Abortion seekers deserve accessible quality care. Abortion funds make that possible

Find your local fund & donate here❤️‍🔥

abortionfunds.org/find-a-fund/

To mark "Trump will declare a national emergency for mass deportations" day: here is the initial spreadsheet of our crowd-sourced *local* immigration advocacy/support organizations.

Please share widely, put to good use, and keep letting me know about more organizations folks can connect with.

I also think in general when it comes to black americans expressing themselves, unless it's like Black Panther where there's a CIA guy saving the day or something, it'll always be vilified as too violent, rowdy, or sexual. Before hip-hop was invented, there was this poster in New Orleans

Blue Oval workers cited safety concerns, especially about handling dangerous chemicals, as one of the main reasons they're organizing, Labor Notes Organizer Luis Feliz Leon reported on the Kentucky battery plant workers' drive to join the UAW: labornotes.org/2024/11/kent...

This month, Starbucks workers have been organizing in stores all over the country. Our union is getting bigger + stronger every single week! 🔥✊

WORKERS JUST WON UNIONS IN:

✅Oceanside, CA
✅San Jose, CA
✅Baton Rouge, LA
✅South Jordan (SLC), UT
✅Springfield, MO
✅Buffalo, NY
✅2 stores in NYC!

The Mosfilm Youtube channel is absolutely full of beautifully restored Russian films from the past hundred years, all free and open to the public. It's a really extaordinary act of archival generosity.

www.youtube.com/@Mosfilm_eng

Trans day of remembrance. Don't just focus on those trans people who have been murdered by strangers in public. Also remember the trans people who were denied healthcare, allowed to die in prison, encouraged to kill themselves by their loved ones, buried under the wrong name by their families.

This bill is so so bad. Please take a moment to use this tool and tell your elected officials not to destroy nonprofits that fight for justice.

act.eff.org/action/tell-...

Very relaxed