Sarah Maywalt
LightNews LightNews
banner
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Sarah Maywalt
@sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
120 followers 39 following 1.3K posts
Super Duper Villain. Used to love #curling. Best friend of CHESTR. I use my evil powers for good.

And I'm #trans. Deal with it.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Sarah Maywalt @sarahmaywalt.bsky.social · Oct 16
I wrote Dean Gemmell, CEO of #USACurling, a letter. And when I say "wrote," I mean WROTE. It will take two posts to show it all. The text will be in the alt. (1/2)

#Curling #trans #WeBelong
Page 1 of letter to Dean Gemmell: Hello Dean, I’m writing this letter old-school, because I want you to understand the importance of this fight to me, and emails are way too easy to ignore. At this point, I have no illusions that simple argument will change your or USA Curling’s minds, but I want you to understand some things. To start, you have no idea what it is like to be trans. I spent my entire childhood trapped, alone, and terrified. I feared what would happen if anyone else found out who I really was inside, but that wasn’t all. I feared myself. I thought that this made me a freak or a monster. That was how the world viewed people like me back then. We were either punchlines or perverts. I was a child. I believed them. I couldn’t even expect my family to accept who I was. My life was excruciating and hopeless. There was no help to be had. There was no light at the end of the tunnel. I know what suffering is, Dean. I’ve lived it. Page 2 of letter to Dean Gemmell: There are more trans people out now than there used to be. This isn’t because there’s something in the water, and it isn’t just because it has felt safer to be trans in recent years. Part of the reason there are more trans people visible now is because they are still alive. When you said, patronizingly, that my anger could be better directed elsewhere, that wasn’t just completely awful to say to a person in pain from injustice you are a part of. It’s also dead wrong. Right now, nearly all the voices who had claimed to support trans people have fallen conspicuously silent, and many of them, including USA Curling, are taking part in a new wave of propaganda and oppression toward transgender people. People in the media are calling us “insane,” “perverts,” “predators,” “murderers,” “terrorists.” They say we are unsafe. Our suffering is making a big comeback. Most like me, who had the strength to endure this before, will survive, but a lot of these trans kids who are alive now wouldn’t have made it if they grew up when I did. Each back that turns on them now is another straw. Will USA Curling’s capitulation be that last straw that breaks a kid? I don’t know. More importantly, you don’t know. I’ll tell you one thing for certain, it will be part of the weight that breaks more than one. Page 3 of letter to Dean Gemmell: My anger is directed at many, many places right now. USA Curling did something despicable. I have access to USA Curling. USA Curling will hear my anger. And to the suggestion that USA Curling standing up wouldn’t change things, I’ll say this: What the hell does that matter? Since when was it OK to do something wrong because you thought it wouldn’t matter? I was taught, and I believe with all my heart, that the times when doing something right seems pointless are the most important times to do so. That is the difference between integrity and cowardice. History is full of times when cowardice allowed atrocities to happen. “But Sarah,” I hear you say, “these aren’t atrocities against trans people.” To that I say, not yet. Once you start compromising your integrity, your morals, it becomes easier to do so again. Just add the new compromise to the permission structure you’ve already built for yourself. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. This is how a society gets to the point where they are willing to exterminate a group of people. This is why this moment matters. Page 4 of letter to Dean Gemmell: Had USA Curling stood up for its trans and non-binary members, it would have taken a small weight off many people who are currently being crushed. It would have given hope to people who desperately need some. It would have assured other vulnerable curlers that they had an ally. It might just have inspired others to stand up as well. I’m fighting. I worry it’s pointless, but I’m not going to stop. I’m not going to leave the bat on my shoulder as the third strike whizzes past. I’m going down swinging. I’m shocked so few are willing to do the same, but that only strengthens my resolve. To be honest, I’m not sure you, or USA Curling, even cares. Even if you do, you don’t care enough. I’m not even sure that you understand the problem.
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
This isn't the worst week of my life, but it's up there.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
And yes, I'm trying to make "lunaversary" a thing.

I can't stand people who say "one month anniversary." That's like saying "one month annual report." It makes no sense!
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today I celebrate one month (1st lunaversary) of my #USACurling insult card campaign!

Today's insult:

Dear Dean,

Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. Thanks for making our lives that much more miserable, Fathead.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
I think it would be better if I stopped curling altogether.

I'm in constant agony over the continued discrimination and the platitude-professing apathy of the community I thought had accepted me.

But quitting would let them off the hook.

I'd rather die.

I'd. Rather. Die.
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

Have we made curling great again yet, Fathead?

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Late with the post, but it was sent!

Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

You are A COWARD!

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 19, 2025 at 3:27 AM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Spoiler: Bill Maher is too much of a coward to do stand-up anymore.

Still keeping his BS HBO show where he can control the audience.
Headline: Bill Maher Reveals Shocking Reason for His Decision to Retire
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

You are a Times Square Elmo in a human suit.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
As you know, yesterday was CHESTERday. Here is CHESTR'S #USACurling insult:

USA Curling is...

AYN ELEEVAYTOWR FOOLL AWF FAHRTS!!!!!

(translation: an elevator full of farts!)

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
This is my yearly reminder that if you are paying $60+/month for Adobe Creative Cloud Pro, attempt to cancel your subscription.

As you go through the cancellation menu, you will be offered the same subscription for $30/month for a year.

When that is about to end, do the same thing.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult,

Dear Dean,

You are more disappointing than Hawaiian pizza.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
If you're trans or otherwise LGBTQ+ or pregnant or had an abortion or not Christian or have any of the previously mentioned people in your life, you should already be wary of going to a Catholic hospital.

Still, fuck the Catholic church.

www.oregonlive.com/health/2025/...
U.S. bishops ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals. What does that mean for Oregon’s largest health system?
Providence officials said they are aware of the bishops’ revisions but are not making any immediate changes.
www.oregonlive.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

You are NOT "on fleek"!

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

I know you're telling yourself that you're still a good person...

but you're not.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
I haven't read the article yet, but the headline made me laugh harder than I have in years.
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 11d
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles
November 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
I'm bad at social situations. I have difficulty with emotional regulation. I know that makes me difficult to deal with at times.

Then, I have trouble figuring out if I've hurt the people I like, because I can't read cues.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult is about the current Olympic trials:

Dear Dean, (<---- Fathead)

Don't forget to remind your elite curlers where any funding from USA Curling comes from: OUR SUFFERING!

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

The IOC is not going to let you off the hook, Fathead.

(I also note that I'm taking a shine to "Fathead")

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

You smell like feet, burnt feet.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Yesterday was CHESTERday.

His #USACurling insult:

GNOH WAN LIKS U!!

LUV,
CHESTR

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
This is #USACurling postcard #20 and that means I've burned through my first sheet of stamps!

Today's insult:

Dear Dean,

Your haircut makes your head look fat, Fathead.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
The postcard described and the empty postage sheet.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
If you look into Cornell's agreement there is an almost innocuous clause stating that it will comply with the Department of Justice's "Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination" of July 29, 2025

Find that document here: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

#WeBelong
Justice Department Releases Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice released Guidance to ensure that recipients of federal funding do not engage in unlawful discrimination.  In particular, it clarifies that federal antidis...
www.justice.gov
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Cornell caved.

statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
Today's #USACurling insult:

Dear Dean,

You know, I'm not usually one to worry about "Thank You" cards, but since our suffering is paying your mortgage, it's a real "Richard" move not to send one.

#curling #trans #WeBelong #OperationUnrelentingStench
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
sarahmaywalt.bsky.social
This is true.

youtu.be/ru6xsLirFrQ?...
Donald Trump is a sociopath
YouTube video by JoJoFromJerz
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM