Sarah
@sarahvestal.bsky.social
Tax CPA, PhD Mgmt. Red state refugee.
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This incredible article from Julia Serano has recently been adapted into a YouTube video essay.
juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...
Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms (& other “sexual predator” tropes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK41...
juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...
Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms (& other “sexual predator” tropes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK41...
Transgender People, Bathrooms, and Sexual Predators: What the Data Say
Note added February, 2025: this piece has recently been adapted into a YouTube video essay.
juliaserano.medium.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This incredible article from Julia Serano has recently been adapted into a YouTube video essay.
juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...
Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms (& other “sexual predator” tropes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK41...
juliaserano.medium.com/transgender-...
Debunking Myths About Trans People & Restrooms (& other “sexual predator” tropes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK41...
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Here's a US News real estate list of most dangerous cities:
Memphis#1
3 are in MO (St. Lou, Springfield, KC)
3 are in LA (Alexandria, NOLA, Monroe)
3 are in OH (Cleveland, Canton, Dayton)
2 in AL (Anniston and Birmingham)
Little Rock
Myrtle Beach
realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki...
Memphis#1
3 are in MO (St. Lou, Springfield, KC)
3 are in LA (Alexandria, NOLA, Monroe)
3 are in OH (Cleveland, Canton, Dayton)
2 in AL (Anniston and Birmingham)
Little Rock
Myrtle Beach
realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki...
realestate.usnews.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Here's a US News real estate list of most dangerous cities:
Memphis#1
3 are in MO (St. Lou, Springfield, KC)
3 are in LA (Alexandria, NOLA, Monroe)
3 are in OH (Cleveland, Canton, Dayton)
2 in AL (Anniston and Birmingham)
Little Rock
Myrtle Beach
realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki...
Memphis#1
3 are in MO (St. Lou, Springfield, KC)
3 are in LA (Alexandria, NOLA, Monroe)
3 are in OH (Cleveland, Canton, Dayton)
2 in AL (Anniston and Birmingham)
Little Rock
Myrtle Beach
realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki...
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transition care for trans people is life saving healthcare. the only regret with my transition is that i didn’t start when i was younger. fuck everyone who is cheering on the destruction legal trans healthcare, and fuck those indifferent to it
June 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
transition care for trans people is life saving healthcare. the only regret with my transition is that i didn’t start when i was younger. fuck everyone who is cheering on the destruction legal trans healthcare, and fuck those indifferent to it
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BREAKING: We're suing to block an Arkansas law that forces the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom and library.
June 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
BREAKING: We're suing to block an Arkansas law that forces the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom and library.
“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”
The 98-page report, “‘They’re Ruining People’s Lives’: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Youth in the US,” documents the devastating consequences of these bans for transgender youth, inclu...
www.hrw.org
June 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re Ruining People’s Lives”
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
Pride Steps, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
June 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Pride Steps, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
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Repeat after me: Treatment for trans-youth saves lives.
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."
Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
www.motherjones.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Repeat after me: Treatment for trans-youth saves lives.
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."
"The consensus of the evidence supports that the treatments are effective in terms of mental health, psychosocial outcomes, and the induction of body
changes consistent with the affirmed gender in pediatric [gender dysphoria] patients."
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Transphobes who are obsessed with determining if strangers are transgender are called “transvestigators.” When you see that word, you know that someone is obsessed with other people’s genitals.
We used to call such people “perverts.”
We used to call such people “perverts.”
April 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Transphobes who are obsessed with determining if strangers are transgender are called “transvestigators.” When you see that word, you know that someone is obsessed with other people’s genitals.
We used to call such people “perverts.”
We used to call such people “perverts.”
Hello Lower Nob Hill! Great to be back in the city!
April 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Hello Lower Nob Hill! Great to be back in the city!
"I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'"
Herb Caen
Herb Caen
April 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'"
Herb Caen
Herb Caen
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we made a critical error allowing reactionaries to make-up concepts like “biological sex” and frame them as non-ideological when it’s the exact opposite: people who undergo HRT *are literally changing their biological sex.* this is not some philosophical distinction, it is actual biological reality.
April 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
we made a critical error allowing reactionaries to make-up concepts like “biological sex” and frame them as non-ideological when it’s the exact opposite: people who undergo HRT *are literally changing their biological sex.* this is not some philosophical distinction, it is actual biological reality.
Red buds showing out at LR Central!
March 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Red buds showing out at LR Central!
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
Damn, AR!
1. In one of the most extreme anti-trans bills of 2025, a bill in Arkansas would make "contributing to social transitioning" of trans youth against the law.
It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.
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It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.
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Arkansas Bill Would Make “Contributing To Social Transitioning” Of Trans Youth Against The Law
House bill 1668 is one of the most extreme anti-transgender bills of 2025.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Damn, AR!
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More and more traditional media is calling it like it is...
The manufactured trans-panic is a scam.
USAToday's resoundingly laid it out 👇
Amplify this message widely.
#Silence=Erasure
The manufactured trans-panic is a scam.
USAToday's resoundingly laid it out 👇
Amplify this message widely.
#Silence=Erasure
They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports
The president, politicians and right-wing activists are lying to you about trans women in sports to get what they want.
ftw.usatoday.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
More and more traditional media is calling it like it is...
The manufactured trans-panic is a scam.
USAToday's resoundingly laid it out 👇
Amplify this message widely.
#Silence=Erasure
The manufactured trans-panic is a scam.
USAToday's resoundingly laid it out 👇
Amplify this message widely.
#Silence=Erasure
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If there is one article your right-leaning anti-trans grandma should read 👇
"The social stigma of living according to one’s gender identity when it’s out of sync with one’s birth sex is intense. Overcoming it and living as who you know yourself to be requires extraordinary courage."
"The social stigma of living according to one’s gender identity when it’s out of sync with one’s birth sex is intense. Overcoming it and living as who you know yourself to be requires extraordinary courage."
Stand With Trans Americans
You don’t have to understand everything about the transgender experience to know that Trump’s acts of humiliation and dehumanization are unjust and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
If there is one article your right-leaning anti-trans grandma should read 👇
"The social stigma of living according to one’s gender identity when it’s out of sync with one’s birth sex is intense. Overcoming it and living as who you know yourself to be requires extraordinary courage."
"The social stigma of living according to one’s gender identity when it’s out of sync with one’s birth sex is intense. Overcoming it and living as who you know yourself to be requires extraordinary courage."
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
Scary.
All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool
January 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Scary.
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Most of our problems could be solved by properly funding public education.
January 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Most of our problems could be solved by properly funding public education.
Thinking a cute apartment in SF Lower Nob Hill would be great fun and a safer environment for me than Little Rock. I do love Polk St!
December 8, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Thinking a cute apartment in SF Lower Nob Hill would be great fun and a safer environment for me than Little Rock. I do love Polk St!
Yep, I am one that is leaving AR.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers — physicians, teachers, professors, and more — are packing their bags and moving to blue states.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers — physicians, teachers, professors, and more — are packing their bags and moving to blue states.
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
newrepublic.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Yep, I am one that is leaving AR.
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The amount of irrational hate of trans people from otherwise educated, informed people I know just shocks & saddens me to no end. It's so deep-seated & visceral. They can never point to one time, ever, that a trans person has ever hurt them.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.
November 16, 2024 at 6:58 AM
The amount of irrational hate of trans people from otherwise educated, informed people I know just shocks & saddens me to no end. It's so deep-seated & visceral. They can never point to one time, ever, that a trans person has ever hurt them.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.
The power of ignorance and right-wing fear-mongering.