Undocumented people are being taken to Guantánamo - a place built to torture terrorists, you think you’re safe? This is just the beginning.

How uncomfortable are you willing to get to truly stand for what’s right? Before it’s too late.

Hate to break it to you, but venting online, and boycotting Target aren’t going to be enough to stop what’s in motion now.

You think it’s hard to cut Amazon out of your life? What happens when it’s your medication you can’t access?

I was encouraged to see some cis friends who showed up today. I hope I see more do so in the future.

We don’t need anymore allies. We need co-conspirators. We need action takers. We need bravery and courage - people willing to stand close enough to be hit by the rocks being thrown at us.

If you ever asked yourself what you would have done during the civil rights movement, or in nazi Germany… the answer is, exactly what you are doing right now.

These are but a few real impacts on my life, and possibilities that may come.

This is not fun. I don’t have time for it. I don’t have energy for it. I’m barely staying afloat. So what excuse do you have?

I and my friends will lose access to healthcare, gender will legally defined as only two genders at the state level, we will be forced to use bathrooms that are not safe, and I will be able to be legally discriminated against just for being who I am if it is “against their religion.”

If the bills that have passed 1 chamber, the past couple of days, go on to be signed into law, this is some of what we face:

I am no longer seen as a whole person by my government who says there are only two genders. So what about me? Where does that leave me? What will that mean?

Friends who work in Nat. Parks, and in DEI offices have lost their jobs.

But we don’t do it because it’s fun… or “for attention” as some might say. We do it because we have to

It’s not easy or fun. To wake up and go hear legislators spew lies from pulpits or to your face, to watch bills be passed that out your rights on the line, to work extra hours so that you can take time out of your week to protest..