Michelle H-P
michelleh-p.bsky.social
Michelle H-P
@michelleh-p.bsky.social
Pacific Northwest living educator and gender and human rights researcher with a post doc on intersectional climate action and disaster leadership. Working with Global Affairs Canada in the Maldives over the next few months.
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NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.**

One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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On Jan. 31, Pratt-Chapman was notified that funding for her research on LGBTQ+ cancer data collection had been terminated.

As a consequence, the ability to do science for an entire generation could be lost, she said. Read her interview with @bcrodriguez.bsky.social here
This cancer researcher was studying LGBTQ+ people. Her work is now in limbo.
Mandi Pratt-Chapman of the George Washington Cancer Center said Trump’s directives threaten to erase years of scientific work.
19thnews.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Proud to be part of the team who worked on the Durham Region (Ontario, Canada) 2SLGBTQI+ health gap analysis! Check it out here: www.durhamchc.ca/wp-content/u...
www.durhamchc.ca
January 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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My thoughts on Americans’ interest in the #4B movement: a reactionary fantasy—what seems to me like TERF libertarianism—based on the bad faith gender binary intended to punish men with no real strategy or interest in creating collective feminist communities:

www.advocate.com/voices/4b-sc...
The tragedy of 4B: Scissoring out the patriarchy, but not scissoring each other
"The irony of 4B is that it doesn’t even scissor out the patriarchy because its logic continues to center it...", writes Marcie Bianco.
www.advocate.com
November 13, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Some helpful things to keep in mind for not only my fellow trans and gender nonconforming fam, but also cis people who want to support your loved ones.

www.advocate.com/news/transge...
7 steps for transgender people preparing for federal crackdowns under Trump
Donald Trump has pledged severe federal crackdowns on transgender people. Erin Reed outlines steps for preparing for these challenges, sharing stories from trans individuals who are already taking act...
www.advocate.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:51 PM