Michael Tino
@revmtino.bsky.social
Queer Unitarian Universalist minister in New York. Dad to a really amazing kiddo. Actively pursuing justice and liberation for all people.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
So glad Rev. Donté will be leading us into this darkest time of the year on Sunday.
CLF weekly worship! Sun, Nov 16, at 8pm ET/5pm PT & Mon, Nov 17 at 1pm ET/10am PT: clfuu.org/worship
Many are experiencing days that are darker due to the seasons with celebrations that center the “return of the light.” Let's reconsider our relationship to the dark as the place we find redemption.
Many are experiencing days that are darker due to the seasons with celebrations that center the “return of the light.” Let's reconsider our relationship to the dark as the place we find redemption.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So glad Rev. Donté will be leading us into this darkest time of the year on Sunday.
If you are more worked up about the possibility of a consensual same-sex sexual encounter than you are about child rape, there is something seriously wrong with you.
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are more worked up about the possibility of a consensual same-sex sexual encounter than you are about child rape, there is something seriously wrong with you.
Ok, Kim Davis, you can take a seat—yes, the one way in the back, next to Andrew Cuomo.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ok, Kim Davis, you can take a seat—yes, the one way in the back, next to Andrew Cuomo.
Dear Andrew Cuomo-
Don’t let the TSA pat your ass on your way out of town.
-NYC
Don’t let the TSA pat your ass on your way out of town.
-NYC
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Dear Andrew Cuomo-
Don’t let the TSA pat your ass on your way out of town.
-NYC
Don’t let the TSA pat your ass on your way out of town.
-NYC
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This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me.
Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.
A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.
A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is why Gavin Newsom is a non-starter for me.
Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.
A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
Sure, he's "a fighter" who's landed a few good punches on Trump, but that's not the same thing as a leader.
A real leader doesn't fight back against an authoritarian takeover by using the most vulnerable as his shield.
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Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
October 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”
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October 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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CHHOP (Caring for the Hungry & Homeless of Peekskill)
Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill:
Our mission is to alleviate homelessness and hunger in Peekskill and its neighboring communities. We strive to promote self-sufficiency by providing ...
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October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Job's wife is vilified for her anguished response to tragedy in her household. What if we listened more closely to her challenge? Instead of avoiding the pain, we allowed a more courageous faith?
Job's wife is vilified for her anguished response to tragedy in her household. What if we listened more closely to her challenge? Instead of avoiding the pain, we allowed a more courageous faith?
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Not the government shutdown, or the millions about to lose their healthcare and SNAP benefits, or the farmers declaring bankruptcy, or record closures of small businesses, or rising unemployment or the weakening dollar
The fucking ballroom.
Got it.
The fucking ballroom.
Got it.
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Not the government shutdown, or the millions about to lose their healthcare and SNAP benefits, or the farmers declaring bankruptcy, or record closures of small businesses, or rising unemployment or the weakening dollar
The fucking ballroom.
Got it.
The fucking ballroom.
Got it.
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Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"
October 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Protesters have blocked the westbound side of Canal. They are chanting "ICE out of New York now!" and "Liberation, not deportation!"
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To honor Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, we carry on her fight for trans and queer liberation. She met violence and oppression with humor, love, and defiance, building spaces of resilience through decades of fearless community care and activism.
To Honor Miss Major, We Fight for the Trans and Queer Spaces She Built
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy embraced the messiness of revolt with magnetic optimism.
truthout.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
To honor Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, we carry on her fight for trans and queer liberation. She met violence and oppression with humor, love, and defiance, building spaces of resilience through decades of fearless community care and activism.
Calling the East Wing “Eleanor Roosevelt’s legacy,” and not, say, the UN Declaration on Human Rights, is what is a real threat to her legacy.
October 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Calling the East Wing “Eleanor Roosevelt’s legacy,” and not, say, the UN Declaration on Human Rights, is what is a real threat to her legacy.
I cannot give a flying fuck about the East Wing of the White House when SNAP benefits are being paused, millions are losing their healthcare, air traffic controllers are working without pay, and masked ICE thugs are attacking people in the street.
October 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I cannot give a flying fuck about the East Wing of the White House when SNAP benefits are being paused, millions are losing their healthcare, air traffic controllers are working without pay, and masked ICE thugs are attacking people in the street.
At what point can Grijalva get someone else to swear her in? Her election has been certified. Can’t any judge swear her in?
I continued to be baffled at this. It looks terrible for Johnson, for the GOP, and most of all for Trump - drawing extra attention to the Epstein story - while further energizing Dems. And for what? To postpone by a bit one moderately tough vote?
Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD (lower left) tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in. Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks. "This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
At what point can Grijalva get someone else to swear her in? Her election has been certified. Can’t any judge swear her in?
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I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
October 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...
"The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least." - Zohran Mamdani, 10/11/2025
Maybe what “centrist” Democrats really fear about Mamdani being elected mayor is that their skillful evasion of living up to their rhetoric will be exposed.
Maybe what “centrist” Democrats really fear about Mamdani being elected mayor is that their skillful evasion of living up to their rhetoric will be exposed.
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"The man with the most power has expended enormous energy targeting those with the least." - Zohran Mamdani, 10/11/2025
Maybe what “centrist” Democrats really fear about Mamdani being elected mayor is that their skillful evasion of living up to their rhetoric will be exposed.
Maybe what “centrist” Democrats really fear about Mamdani being elected mayor is that their skillful evasion of living up to their rhetoric will be exposed.
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CLF weekly worship! Sunday, Oct 12, at 8pm ET/5pm PT & Monday, Oct 13 at 1pm ET/10am PT: clfuu.org/worship
Rev. Meg Barnhouse said, "I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, not every idea." What ways can we affirm each other & maintain the humanity of all?
Rev. Meg Barnhouse said, "I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, not every idea." What ways can we affirm each other & maintain the humanity of all?
October 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
CLF weekly worship! Sunday, Oct 12, at 8pm ET/5pm PT & Monday, Oct 13 at 1pm ET/10am PT: clfuu.org/worship
Rev. Meg Barnhouse said, "I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, not every idea." What ways can we affirm each other & maintain the humanity of all?
Rev. Meg Barnhouse said, "I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every person, not every idea." What ways can we affirm each other & maintain the humanity of all?
For years, the state of Arkansas limited mail to incarcerated people to four single-sided pages. This meant that CLF had to break up our resource mailings for people in that state--sometimes into dozens of packages, each with four pages. 1/4
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clfuu.org/beloved
Overcoming Isolation with Beloved Community
Overcoming Isolation with Beloved CommunityYour gift helps build sacred connectionIsolation is not an accident — it’s a core feature of the carceral system. Incarcerated people are deliberately cut of...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
For years, the state of Arkansas limited mail to incarcerated people to four single-sided pages. This meant that CLF had to break up our resource mailings for people in that state--sometimes into dozens of packages, each with four pages. 1/4
clfuu.org/beloved
clfuu.org/beloved
This may be minor in the larger face of fascism, but it is physically revolting to me. I have been to Wounded Knee, and solemnly listened while Lakota teachers told the story of the massacre perpetrated there. I have knelt on the blood-soaked ground and wept. There is no honor in this history.
Pro-massacre, pro-genocide.
What’s next? Calley posthumously being awarded the DSC? The excusal of atrocities during conflict is a pillar of MAGA national security.
September 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This may be minor in the larger face of fascism, but it is physically revolting to me. I have been to Wounded Knee, and solemnly listened while Lakota teachers told the story of the massacre perpetrated there. I have knelt on the blood-soaked ground and wept. There is no honor in this history.
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A quick update today, followed by a longer story about the importance of online community.
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#MutualAid #CommunityCare #HelpFolksLive 💸💕
The update: ⬇️
gofund.me/f6b9afec
#MutualAid #CommunityCare #HelpFolksLive 💸💕
The update: ⬇️
Donate to Help this chosen family make ends meet!, organized by Rosemary Amico
The short story:
Three humans (and our two cats) have had a string of bad l… Rosemary Amico needs your support for Help this chosen family make ends meet!
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September 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A quick update today, followed by a longer story about the importance of online community.
gofund.me/f6b9afec
#MutualAid #CommunityCare #HelpFolksLive 💸💕
The update: ⬇️
gofund.me/f6b9afec
#MutualAid #CommunityCare #HelpFolksLive 💸💕
The update: ⬇️
Hypocrisy doesn’t matter to people with no ethics.
September 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hypocrisy doesn’t matter to people with no ethics.
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My congregation includes over 2,000 incarcerated people. Each day, prisons do their best to isolate and dehumanize our beloved. Each day, we dig deeper to provide connection and support. This work is hard and we need to raise funds to support it. Can you help? www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...
Michael Tino
Overcoming Isolation with Beloved CommunityYour gift helps build sacred connectionIsolation is not an accident — it’s a core feature of the carceral system. Incarcerated people are deliberately cut of...
www.zeffy.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My congregation includes over 2,000 incarcerated people. Each day, prisons do their best to isolate and dehumanize our beloved. Each day, we dig deeper to provide connection and support. This work is hard and we need to raise funds to support it. Can you help? www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundra...