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@drewwest.bsky.social

Married GenX trans woman living in The ATL. Music, travel and technology are my jams. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

103 Followers  |  177 Following  |  253 Posts  |  Joined: 07.07.2023  |  2.0065

Latest posts by drewwest.bsky.social on Bluesky

my employer abandoned the trans community earlier this year to pre-appease the current administration. they've all but dismantled DE&I and i'm expecting at some point worse health insurance coverage for my GAC.

14.08.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my partner and i are heading there next month and i have always felt that weight being lifted off as we take off, but i think it's going to be particular freeing this trip.

14.08.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they won't stop with trans people.

13.08.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What scares me is not just that now the UK becomes a place that as a trans person i probably can't visit safely, but this is exactly where the US is headed. It remains to be seen if Democrats will do the same as Labour in the UK but given all the democrats walking back trans support, it's likely.

08.08.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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9.7.2015 vd3.0 The first of a collaboration between myself and hale. i posted some music on cEvin Key's patreon's discord and they reached out to let me know how much they loved my music and hoped to collaborate one

for the last week i've been collaborating with @hal3music.bsky.social on a pair of tracks. they're coming along, but not quite done. however i thought i'd share where the shorter one is at for those interested in following along: soundcloud.com/transientfai...

08.08.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm losing a lot of followers over this but I don't care. You're asking me to surrender to my own oppression to maintain your own comfort. If preserving democracy requires sacrificing vulnerable communities then democracy isn't worth saving.

07.08.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1445    πŸ” 226    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 19

they are so worth seeing.

05.08.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I know of three places in atlanta that I can go and one I refuse to go to after how I was treated for the first 18 months of HRT. I’m terrified of where this is all headed.

28.07.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This sort of handling of LGBTQ+ content is exactly what will be happening in the US nationally in the very near future. And they wont stop with LGBTQ+ content.

28.07.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

definitely time for a new GP

28.07.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills Moving Through Congress No One’s Talking About Republicans are jamming in dozens of anti-trans measures across a series of government funding bills. Few Democrats have spoken out against them. The failure of Democrats, the press and Gay Inc organizations to raise the alarm shows the need for grassroots organizing among trans people.

The Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills Moving Through Congress No One’s Talking About

transnews.network/p/...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

27.07.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Doge got your social security numbers and all your personal data. ICE has your Medicaid records. NIH would be creating a new "national disease registry," including for autism allowing researchers to access data on Medicare and Medicaid enrollees with autism. See where this is going

27.07.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

I don’t like being right in this area any more than I like being right on where this anti-trans movement is going. It’s horrifying and anti human

26.07.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

everything i've been saying corporations will do with AI is coming true :(

26.07.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i've gotten this question before. my answer was that they hadn't provided enough information about the "better opportunity" for making any decision as better is completely subjective. They came back with increased pay and i said i'm not interviewing for this role only because of the pay.

26.07.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

in my head that's the kindest thing that should happen in hell to them.

25.07.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Crime has gone down in Lexington because we’ve invested in housing-first programs and built mental health services into our public safety strategy.

This EO threatens that progress, while laying the groundwork for the mass internment of our neighbors.

Don’t let anybody tell you that this is normal.

25.07.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 453    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

Horrifying isn't a strong enough word for the current timeline. Can we stop shaming trans people for not talking to their families yet?

25.07.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

sent! hope it helps

22.07.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

do we know if U Chicago stopped all care or is it presently only isolated to youth care? Given what passed in Puerto Rico, I'm sure it's only a matter of time until they start dropping all care.

21.07.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll add that the legal drinking age is 18 in Puerto Rico. So a twenty year old trans person can go drink themselves to death but can't legally get hormones.

17.07.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 347    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...

Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.

www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...

17.07.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2789    πŸ” 1063    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 42

The courts will uphold it.

18.07.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s such a great scene

16.07.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Exactly how does one suck a fuck?" - donnie

16.07.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

pretty sure if all the photos of them together were collected that there would be more photos than trans athletes in the US

16.07.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

starting to feel like i need to find an animator to help me create videos for the brand of audio i do. but i feel like it's an impossible ask for someone else and far too expensive to do. but i really feel like for it to be enjoyed my brand of music needs visual story telling.

13.07.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.

ALL CAPS

THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...

GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

09.07.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1606    πŸ” 661    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 61

If it did then that would maybe be an option. But I still don’t trust elected officials around protecting trans people

10.07.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

if you can find a place that will remain safe for trans people so we don't have to do it again that would be great.

i still very much would like that place to be the netherlands.

10.07.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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