Kurt (they/them)

Happy Halloween 🎃👻 #quiltsky #garmentsewing #spookyvest

A wash machine on its side taken apart and ready for its clutch to be replaced

Proof!

A person wearing a newly made matching short sleeve button up and paper bag shorts. The print is a black background with purple, pink, red and blue flowers.

A person wearing a newly made pair of paper bag shorts. The print is a black background with purple, pink, red and blue flowers.

Made some paper bag shorts to match the button up I made last year. Finally have a matching set! #sewing #peppermintpatterns #springshorts #garmentmaking #memade #diy

A mid century modern dining chair with black leather seats

A newly upholstered mid century modern dining chair with a white/neutral/orange/blue patterned fabric seat

Re-upholstering my dining chairs. Finally getting rid of this leather. I've had these for 10 years and summers were brutal on leather. Time to breathe. #diy #upholstery

Love it! How are you attaching the yarn? I usually make button holes and crochet into those but am interested in other options

This is why they need all the distractions. This is a rich vs. everyone else game.

A tortoiseshell/calico cat named Maya sits on a bed with a rainbow ribbon toy.

Happy Birthday Maya ❤️🕊️ You would've turned 11 today. Miss you everyday. Hope you're being mischievous and getting all the belly rubs in kitty heaven 😘

Pier 39 by Isabell Kraemer

Thank you!

A person wears their knit striped tank top that has a boat neck that sags in the back.

A person wears their knit striped tank top that has a fixed neckline with a ribbed collar.

OG boat neck looked weird in the back. Added some short rows and a ribbed collar. Much better! #knitsky #knitting #summerknits

According to Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania, 51,000 additional Americans will die each year if Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is passed.

The Republican reconciliation bill which makes massive cuts to Medicaid in order to pay for huge tax breaks for billionaires is not just bad public policy.

It is not just immoral.

It is a death sentence for struggling Americans.

The 600ft pride flag in Philly ❤️🏳️‍🌈 #pride #philly

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Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.

Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.

This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.

Take it here:

DOJ Says Susman Godfrey Is National Security Threat... For Giving Money To GLAD - Above the Law Stupid, but also disturbing.

Absolutely insane filing. The Trump government is arguing that a law firm is a national security threat because it was part of the lawsuit against the transgender military ban.

We are just STEPS away from Russia-style designating LGBTQ+ orgs "extremist and terrorist organizations"

That part

A mom and adult child posing in front of a quilt too they sewed together

A quilt top of neutral colors hanging over a banister. The quilt has a variety of stars, diamonds, stripes, and squares.

Happy Mother's Day! Grateful for my mom who taught me to sew, and the time we get to spend together #quilting. Here's our latest #Roam quilt top! #modernquilting #tarafaughnan

Pier 39 by Isabell Kraemer. It's a fingering weight pattern but I made gauge. I found that the remix is much thinner than it's branded as.

An unfinished knit tank top with white and grey stripes sits on top of a colorful quilt.

Progress on a striped summer tank. Using Berroco Remix Light which is 100% recycled fibers 🌎♻️ #knitsky #knitting #wip

Trump Administration to defund suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth starting in October A leaked budget draft shows the federal government's plans to eliminate all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.

A leaked budget draft from the Trump government shows that they plan to defund the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.

Trying to eliminate these lifesaving services is nothing short of cruel.

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Countries Should Accept Transgender Refugees From The United States The situation on the ground for transgender people is deteriorating in real time in the United States. Other countries should open up refugee programs to allow those moving from the US.

1. It is time that countries begin accepting trans refugees from the United States.

Refuge has always been a defining act in times of political persecution—this is one of those moments. History will remember who opens the door.

I make the case in my latest.

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PA Senators McCormick and Fetterman aren't even pretending to listen to their constituents. These responses they're sending about every concern submitted are doubling down on their autonomy to act for their own self interest...NOT for us...

AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.

Just updated the calendar & WOW! There is something for everyone!!!

We have soooo many political events coming up in next two months… unions, climate, criminal justice, transit, civil rights, media reform - all open to the public. Some in person, some online.
phillyactivist.com/events/

Trans people belong everywhere! #TDOV #Philly

1 WEEK!! 4/5 Join Us as we tell Musk-Trump #HANDSOFF our Democracy! Agenda below. 🧵

Trump’s Anti-Voter EO Could Disenfranchise Hundreds of Thousands of Trans People The order, like similar state-level policies, would disenfranchise trans voters en masse.

1. Trump's voting EO that attacked mail-in ballots and required voter ID could be devastating for transgender people.

Trans people often have trouble updating birth certs, and passports right now are held up.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Them: “no ‘war plans’ were discussed”

The chat:

As Laverne Cox said, they’re worried about the wrong 1%. 👏🏽

🎥 credit: @lavernecox on IG

For ppl who are still surprised that trans folks are overrepresented among the left's fighters - and I know you're out there - remember many of our rights are owed to ppl who had nothing to lose.

We had no right to be free from rape in prison until a trans woman.

www.wonkette.com/p/a-black-tr...

The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.

Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...