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Because I am getting this question dozens of times in my DMs from trans people/parents... If you're trying to move for safety:
Countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Spain, France.
States: Any blue state on my risk assessment map, which I'll update post-election.
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As we all await the outcome of what feels like a make-or-break election, I want to offer some perspective, if you’ll hand a fellow with eight-plus decades the mic for a moment.
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Polls are open for this year's Youth Art Contest! Voting ends April 26.
Vote for grades K – 5 art: woobox.com/vvh92k
Vote for grades 6 – 8 art: woobox.com/nu5d53
Vote for grades 9 –12 art: woobox.com/bvfoej
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FUCK YEAH: Watch Professor Timothy Snyder completely destroy Marjorie Taylor Greene for lying about “Nazis in Ukraine.” – at Brooklyn, NY
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Nex Benedict should still be alive. Nex deserved not only a safe and nurturing environment to learn, but an environment that actively disrupted anti-2STGNC+ rhetoric and worked to ensure that vulnerable students were safe. Read more, here: freedomoklahoma.org/news/nex… – at Owasso, OK
ALT A photo of Nex Benedict from the Mowery Funeral Service Website on a blue background, with yellow beams shining behind them. Text “Rest in Power, Nex” with a Cherokee rose motif on the right side of the image.
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1. Earlier this month, a mysterious woman appeared before a school board in Texas and claimed that, when she was 11, she READ A SCHOLASTIC BOOK THAT SPARKED A DEBILITATING PORN ADDICTION.
We investigated.
And it's ABSOLUTELY WILD what is happening.
🧵
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A divide between (many) cis people and (many) trans people that cis folks may not realize is that trans people often actively avoid learning, and genuinely do not want to know, each other's deadnames.
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1.8 million LGBTQ+ youth consider suicide each year and 1 attempts suicide every 45 seconds. Trans youth are 2.5x more likely to attempt suicide.
But having just one accepting adult reduces suicide for LGBTQ+ youth by 40%.
Trans kids will die because of this toxic garbage from @TGC. It is evil and we must clearly designate it as such.
It’s especially wicked to publish on the day before Thanksgiving when many trans youth will be with their families. This is anti-Christ.
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Little known fact:
Although much has been written about America's PAST treatment of Black veterans, few people are aware that tens of thousands of Black people who served in the US Armed Forces are technically and legally excluded from Veterans Day.
A thread (and a story)
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The outdoors are for everyone.
"Well, yeah, of course," some might say.
But when you're someone grappling with feeling "different," when you don't feel safe to be completely yourself at home, at work, in your community - the outdoors provides refuge...
ALT A colorful gradient of Washington state's native flowers and plants - arranged to represent an L G B T Q Plus Pride flag
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I don’t think the right wing bigots terrorizing the queer community understand who they’re dealing with or just how many of us already went through absolute hell to stay on this planet
We literally looked death in the eyes and found ways to keep living and we’re not leaving now
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As much as I respect and appreciate queer people and allies who are patiently attempting to meet our enemies with love and education…
Might I humbly suggest we all start using “fuck you” a little more often and enthusiastically?
Sometimes it’s all that needs to be said
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Ay, the turtles are out:
🐢 Stop to move them only if you can SAFELY PULL ENTIRELY OFF THE ROAD.
🐢 Grasp the shell firmly.
DO NOT fumble the turtle.
🐢 Move the turtle off the road in the direction it was already heading.
🐢 Then go back to minding your own business.
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Here's the whole story about how Twitter is saturated with animal cruelty videos — and how it was even algorithmically boosting them until we reached out for comment.
America's preteens know this site has a gore and snuff problem. Some adults don't.
nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/c…
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Last year, law enforcement officers across Spokane County shot at nine people. Six of them died.
It was the most police shootings in recent memory. spokesman.com/stories/2023/a…
