M-son
@masoninky.bsky.social
Proud Kentuckian. 🏳️⚧️Doing my best to make my state a better place to live for everyone. He/him
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M-son
@masoninky.bsky.social
· Dec 14
My name is Mason and I'm a trans advocate in Kentucky.
If you are trans or have questions about being trans and you need help or someone to talk to, especially if you are in Kentucky, DM me. I'm happy to talk!
If you are trans or have questions about being trans and you need help or someone to talk to, especially if you are in Kentucky, DM me. I'm happy to talk!
I am offering a sum of up to $200 for anyone willing to put me into a coma from now until the holidays are over
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I am offering a sum of up to $200 for anyone willing to put me into a coma from now until the holidays are over
My last point of the year of the year on #tdor: I wish I could do this over and over and over again.
I could not imagine being in a tomb with my deadname on it and buried in a dress. I wish there was justice in the world.
I could not imagine being in a tomb with my deadname on it and buried in a dress. I wish there was justice in the world.
November 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My last point of the year of the year on #tdor: I wish I could do this over and over and over again.
I could not imagine being in a tomb with my deadname on it and buried in a dress. I wish there was justice in the world.
I could not imagine being in a tomb with my deadname on it and buried in a dress. I wish there was justice in the world.
Sorry for TDoR posting on the day after TDoR but I was so focused on making the vigil come together that I didn't even have the time and energy to post. And I need to get it all off my chest somehow
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sorry for TDoR posting on the day after TDoR but I was so focused on making the vigil come together that I didn't even have the time and energy to post. And I need to get it all off my chest somehow
Also for TDOR I want to remember Henry Berg-Brousseau, a young man I got to work with at the Fairness Campaign. He testified against a bathroom ban in 2015, when he was still in high school. He was forced to use the wrong bathroom and bullied because of it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Also for TDOR I want to remember Henry Berg-Brousseau, a young man I got to work with at the Fairness Campaign. He testified against a bathroom ban in 2015, when he was still in high school. He was forced to use the wrong bathroom and bullied because of it.
This year for TDOR was my first one organizing an event. I designed a brochure and included names and brief descriptions for everyone on the list in the US so I read every person's story and I mourn every single one of them.
#tdor
#tdor
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This year for TDOR was my first one organizing an event. I designed a brochure and included names and brief descriptions for everyone on the list in the US so I read every person's story and I mourn every single one of them.
#tdor
#tdor
We also lost a sister from Louisville this year. I don't have as much information on her, especially beyond what is already online.
She died when she was hit by a car on her bike at a neighborhood intersection.
She died when she was hit by a car on her bike at a neighborhood intersection.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We also lost a sister from Louisville this year. I don't have as much information on her, especially beyond what is already online.
She died when she was hit by a car on her bike at a neighborhood intersection.
She died when she was hit by a car on her bike at a neighborhood intersection.
Kentucky lost a sister from Mayfield (western KY) this year.
Hope Youngblood was an advocate for the LGBTQ community and a filmmaker who moved to LA slightly before her death to pursue her dreams of filmmaking.
#tdor
Hope Youngblood was an advocate for the LGBTQ community and a filmmaker who moved to LA slightly before her death to pursue her dreams of filmmaking.
#tdor
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Kentucky lost a sister from Mayfield (western KY) this year.
Hope Youngblood was an advocate for the LGBTQ community and a filmmaker who moved to LA slightly before her death to pursue her dreams of filmmaking.
#tdor
Hope Youngblood was an advocate for the LGBTQ community and a filmmaker who moved to LA slightly before her death to pursue her dreams of filmmaking.
#tdor
This year we lost one of our siblings from Lexington. Arty Gibson was a young trans man from Lexington. He liked Pokemon and anime and was loved by his community. He and his financee Juli moved to Portland shortly before he took his life in June.
#tdor
#tdor
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This year we lost one of our siblings from Lexington. Arty Gibson was a young trans man from Lexington. He liked Pokemon and anime and was loved by his community. He and his financee Juli moved to Portland shortly before he took his life in June.
#tdor
#tdor
Unfortunately I am breaking the #1 role of the Internet which is I am responding to Facebook comments again.
![Wes Overton: what are they remembering their life prior to hallucinating
Mason Kalinsky: Hey Wes. Great question. We had this gathering to remember all the people who were murdered or killed themselves for being trans, including one trans 23 year old from Lexington. We invited his teachers and friends to speak because he didn't have a funeral because his parents didn't accept him
James Bramel: what exactly is a transgender day of remembrance (thinking emoji) Are they remembering the genitals they got rid of (different thinking emoji)
Mason Kalinsky: [a copy/paste of the previous message but with Hey James instead of Hey Wes]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ncoimn7ilxrujfyskk367w6x/bafkreif7lyfxmbelhunhyaebocjzgpbqr32ytgot3bv5xnbpqq74ttz73m@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Unfortunately I am breaking the #1 role of the Internet which is I am responding to Facebook comments again.
I'm speaking at TDOR and what the fuck do I say
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I'm speaking at TDOR and what the fuck do I say
So if you're cis and you know a trans person struggling to access hormones...
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours
In the space of an afternoon, I booked an appointment with my GP, talked through my symptoms, and walked out with a prescription for HRT in…
medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
So if you're cis and you know a trans person struggling to access hormones...
I feel like it's a positive sign for our democracy that there aren't Kalashi bets on who will get named in the Epstein files.
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I feel like it's a positive sign for our democracy that there aren't Kalashi bets on who will get named in the Epstein files.
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This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
House Dems unite to tell GOP to stop "demonizing" trans people with "dehumanizing" slurs - LGBTQ Nation
Rep. Nancy Mace's "tra**y, tra**y, tra**y!" tirade is just one example.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is the hardest I have seen any member of Congress work to try and address transphobia in Congress, and her ability to get nearly all Democratic lawmakers to sign onto this letter is something any first would applaud
Writing little tiny bios for each person for TDOR and am really fucked up about it.
How do I sum up an entire life in a few phrases?
How do I sum up an entire life in a few phrases?
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Writing little tiny bios for each person for TDOR and am really fucked up about it.
How do I sum up an entire life in a few phrases?
How do I sum up an entire life in a few phrases?
This has permanently altered my vocabulary
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This has permanently altered my vocabulary
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An analysis of news pieces about Trump’s anti-trans decrees found that “70 percent did not include a quote from a single trans person. Instead, journalists turned to cisgender sources — mostly government officials — to speak about trans people, their lives, and how they would be affected.”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An analysis of news pieces about Trump’s anti-trans decrees found that “70 percent did not include a quote from a single trans person. Instead, journalists turned to cisgender sources — mostly government officials — to speak about trans people, their lives, and how they would be affected.”
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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this is harassment. it's abusive. and it places a congresswoman's life in danger. i don't care what you think of mcbride herself or trans women in general.
condemn this behavior. tell those we elected that it's time for them to publicly condemn this behavior, too.
condemn this behavior. tell those we elected that it's time for them to publicly condemn this behavior, too.
someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
i will not share the video
but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
this is harassment. it's abusive. and it places a congresswoman's life in danger. i don't care what you think of mcbride herself or trans women in general.
condemn this behavior. tell those we elected that it's time for them to publicly condemn this behavior, too.
condemn this behavior. tell those we elected that it's time for them to publicly condemn this behavior, too.
This is a good thread to read to see exactly what is happening there.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is a good thread to read to see exactly what is happening there.
I had to send an email to ~15 trans people that I've helped apply for their passports about this today explaining what was going on and even though I know it's not my fault I still feel like I've let them down.
Fuck. I just got a card with the right gender and turned it in to get a book.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court lets Trump block passport sex markers for trans and non-binary people
Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docket
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I had to send an email to ~15 trans people that I've helped apply for their passports about this today explaining what was going on and even though I know it's not my fault I still feel like I've let them down.
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1. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration.
The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling.
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The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
SCOTUS Rules Against Trans People's Passport Gender Markers In Shadow Docket Ruling
The administration has previously indicated it could revoke some trans people's passports if it got this ruling.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
1. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration.
The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Fuck. I just got a card with the right gender and turned it in to get a book.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US supreme court lets Trump block passport sex markers for trans and non-binary people
Decision by high court’s conservative majority is Trump administration’s latest win on emergency docket
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck. I just got a card with the right gender and turned it in to get a book.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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It genuinely is weird not voting today. I feel like I've voted on something every year since I could vote
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It genuinely is weird not voting today. I feel like I've voted on something every year since I could vote