Kevin Irvine

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When in Rome…
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Donate to Help a Young Trans Person Access Long-Awaited Top Surgery, organized by Katherine Lindsay Help a Young Trans Person Access Long-Awaited Top Surgery … Katherine Lindsay needs your support for Help a Young Trans Person Access Long-Awaited Top Surgery

The 18 y.o. transgender son of a friend of mine had their top surgery from UI Health canceled, very recently. He has a chance to get it done this Thursday, but needs to raise $11K to pay for it! Please donate, if you can. Thanks! Read more here: gofund.me/7b00013c #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Round iron cover with a hashmark pattern, a ring of circles over the marks, concentric rings around a hole at its center and a ring of letters, “T P T & T Co.”

Vintage sign for The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. has a bell-shaped logo at its center has these words on it, “Local and Long Distance Telephone” and below that, the words “Bell System.”

The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. started in 1906 in San Francisco, but this cover was found in Seattle, for #ManholeCoverMonday
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Part of street cut out, very abused manhole cover, with an old streetcar track in background.

Manhole cover with exposed streetcar track. @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

Englewood Clay Products manhole cover

Englewood Clay Products, Oak Park, IL #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social

Golden hour #manholecovermonday pic. Spotted along the canal next to the Monon bridge in Broad Ripple.
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Cracked CITY #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
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DC SL-TS

Washington DC

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Oldie #ManholeCoverMonday #Ulm @ironcovers.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @jillthewheel.bsky.social @spark1emark.bsky.social @oldandslow.bsky.social @richardmortimer.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @jamesfinngarner.bsky.social @tycjanc.bsky.social

Event flier with white background and trans flag smudge. Text says: "Unite for Trans Youth Lives Rally & Protest | Sunday, August 10 1PM, Federal Plaza, Chicago" with logos from Brave Space Alliance, CTC, Indivisible Chicago, and Trans Up Front IL

Across Illinois and the nation, trans youth are under attack.
Join us in our continued fight to protect trans youth lives!

✊🏽 Trans youth deserve care. ✊🏽 Trans youth deserve safety. ✊🏽 Trans youth deserve to live. ✊🏽 Trans healthcare is a human right.

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Event flier with brick background and spotlights. Text says: "Chuckles for Charity Standup Comedy Showcase Friday August 1st, 7PM" in neon light-looking text. "Benefiting Trans Up Front Illinois, Location My Buddy's Chicago, 4416 N Clark St. ASL Interpreted Show. Reservations available at MyBuddysChicago.com"

Looking for an awesome comedy event tomorrow night with funds raised going to support Trans Up Front?! Come hang out with us and see an amazing, inclusive, interpreted standup comedy showcase tomorrow at My Buddy's, 7pm!

www.exploretock.com/mybuddys/eve...

Event flier with multicolor confetti on a white background. In the center is a large blue circle outline with text inside saying "Sat. July 26, 2025 11 AM in the Loop | 22nd annual Chicago Disability Pride Parade | Celebrate ADA 35th Year! | Details at disabilityprideparade.org"

🥳📣 Looking for something fun to do in Chicago tomorrow? Come check us out in the Chicago Disability Pride Parade or show up early and come walk or ride with us! There'll also be a resource fair at the end.

For more details including route, go to disabilityprideparade.org

White background with a teal, pink and white flag that borders the side and bottom. Text in black that says Gender Affirming Care is LIFESAVING. We can help! Do you need help navigating gender affirming care due to the ongoing recent roll backs in our hospital systems or don’t know where to go to get care? TUF is working directly with medical providers to give direct referrals so no individuals or families are left behind. on the bottom it says Contact us today! www.transupfrontil.com/GAC *Current response time is can be up to 72 hours. Please be patient as we navigate a high volume of requests

In one week, we have helped over 50 families secure new providers after rollbacks to gender-affirming care. We are continuing to provide rapid responses to anyone seeking help.

If you or someone you know needs help accessing gender-affirming care — we’re here for you.

📲 www.transupfrontil.com/gac

The sound of the trains on the new tracks

The entrance to the Red Line station on the north side of Lawrence Avenue

The entrance turnstiles

The escalator

The wall of the Aragon Ballroom stands to the left of the Red Line tracks, with the new Lawrence station platform to the left.

The new Red Line stations are now open. This is Lawrence.

The Uptown: Chicago's Endangered Movie Palace - CityFiles Press The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace gathers the work of a dozen contemporary photographers to tell the story of a theater built “for all time.”

Closed since 1981, the Uptown Theatre turns 100 years old in August. To mark the occasion, CityFiles Press is publishing "The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace," which I co-authored with James A. Pierce. Preorder for $40 here: www.cityfilespress.com/books/the-up...

Protest flier with dark grey crumpled paper background and two trans flag colored smudges. Text says "Unite for Trans Youth Lives | Fight back against attacks on gender affirming medical and mental health services | Sunday, August 10th 1pm | Federal Plaza, Chicago" Partnership logos on the bottom are for Chicago Therapy Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Trans Up Front Illinois, and Equality Illinois.

Even in a sanctuary state, we're feeling direct impact of the anti-trans war being inflicted by the administration. Join us to fight back against the attacks on gender affirming medical care and mental health services. Join us to fight for trans youth.

Sunday, August 10, 1pm, Fedral Plaza, Chicago

Infographic with dark grey background and circular Trans Up Front Illinois logo on the top right. Title text: "Colors of the Disability Pride Flag" First section is in green with an icon of a brain and the 5 senses with a hand, nose, eye, tongue, and ear. Text in a green box says "Sensory Disabilities | Including D/deaf, hard of hearing, and blind communities, as well as people without other senses." The second section is blue with an icon of a head with scribbly brains. Text in a blue box says "Emotional & Psychiatric Disabilities | Such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, schizophrenia, eating disorders, etc..." The third section is white with an icon of a face outlined with a dashed line. Text in the white box says "Invisible and Not Yet Diagnosed Disabilities." The fourth section is gold with an icon of the neurodiversity symbol which is infinity shaped and rainbow colored. Text in the gold box says "Neurodiversity | Such as autism, ADHD, tourettes, synesthesia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, etc..." The fifth section is red with the icon of an active person in a wheelchair. Text in the red box says "Physical Disabilities | Including physical disabilities people are born with or acquire due to trauma, genetics, illness, age, etc..." The last section is in white text on the dark grey background and says "The charcoal gray background commemorates disabled people who have died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness, and eugenics."

Did you know that July is its own pride month?
Did you know that Disability Pride has its own flag?
Did you know that every color has its own meaning?

Trans Up Front is trans and disability led and provides services through the lens of access so you know there is always space for you here with us!

Foreground is a round iron sewer cover with a hash mark pattern in a residential intersection. In the background is a light blue house adjacent to a massive evergreen tree with wavy branches covered with thousands of spiky leaves.

Closer up pic of the monkey puzzle tree in the front yard of a residential corner lot, with a cute light blue house with white trim behind it.

From Seattle, Washington, a sewer cover near a monkey puzzle tree (best tree name ever!) for #ManholeCoverMonday
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Senatus Populusque Romanus
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Yo La Tengo and Doug Martsch of Built to
Spill cover Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” last night at the Salt Shed.

Saturday, hundreds of Chicagoans took to the streets to demand Gov. Pritzker get back to work this summer and pass funding to save public transit.

We need you to call your legislators TODAY and demand they save transit NOW at savetransit.org

The Birdbrain Case for Stopping Lincoln Yards Development The discovery of grassland-loving dickcissels on the site of Sterling Bay's stalled megadevelopment suggests the value of preserving open land.

I recently noticed an unexpected bird singing in the Lincoln Yards site near the Hideout — a dickcissel. Here's my story about it for @chicagomag.com: www.chicagomag.com/city-life/th...

Bell Telephone manhole cover

The Bell, Oak Park, IL #manholecovermonday @sparrersway.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social

#København Steadfast Tin Soldier for #manholecovermonday Took me many nights to draw.l, but worth it. Found on Bredgade near Nyhavn. www.tombino.shop/customcoaste... @kevinirvine.bsky.social
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#ManholeCoverMonday #Stuttgart suburb @jjtindall.bsky.social @oldandslow.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @tycjanc.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @giegerj.bsky.social @richardmortimer.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @jlempieri.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @slucy.bsky.social

At Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. The sultan shat here. And his wives, eunuchs, harem and janissaries. #manholecovermonday @rogersparkman.bsky.social @robertloerzel.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social

A manhole cover shows a picture of a heron-type bird and plants. Bright green paint highlights the abbrevation "MMSD." The writing around the rim says: "Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District / Partners for a Cleaner Environment"

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District "Partners for a Cleaner Environment" #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social @sparrersway.bsky.social @willpunctuate.bsky.social @rogersparkman.bsky.social @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social @ironcovers.bsky.social @jjtindall.bsky.social

A nicely worn EJIW spotted in Elk Rapids MI.
Not too far from East Jordan.
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#ManholeCoverMonday 🕳️ 📸 In Wesmont, 💭, I wonder if Hinsdale knows? 🦨

#ManholeCoverMonday 🕳️
📸 In Wesmont, 💭, I wonder if Hinsdale knows? 🦨
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