Zan Hartman

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

14.10.2025 01:16 — 👍 8205    🔁 2707    💬 100    📌 178

Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.

06.08.2025 23:36 — 👍 6376    🔁 2417    💬 115    📌 151

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

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Looking forward to recording with this wonderful cast!

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Screenshot of a website featuring a photo of a blue-haired voice actor and a background image of a kayak on the river.

Commercial demo complete and new website launched! zanhartman.com

02.04.2025 22:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

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A group photo of seven improv teammates and their coach.

Seven improv teammates taking a bow.

Just finished up a great Level 1 class at Washington Improv Theater! It was a joy to play with my wonderful teammates, Seven-Sided Dice!!

29.03.2025 23:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Our stage is your stage"

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SELF headline: How to Make Your Local Youth Sports Leagues More Welcoming to Trans Kids

SELF headline: All Your Questions About Trans Kids in Sports, Asked and Answered

SELF headline: How Playing Sports Changed This Trans Kid’s Life

SELF headline: Youth Sports Can Be Life-Changing—Here’s Why Everyone Should Get to Play

Wow: SELF magazine has published a series called “Let Them Play,” featuring stories about trans youth and sports, written and edited entirely by queer and trans people.

This is how you change media.

www.self.com/package/let-...

25.08.2023 14:32 — 👍 2925    🔁 1169    💬 14    📌 28

1998 Newsweek cover about the "ex-gay" movement

It's good to have a reminder that it was only a couple decades ago that media outlets would publish "ex-gay" movement nonsense as front page stories. It puts the current obsession with "detransitioners" in perspective. It's the same panic, same tactic.

17.08.2023 23:36 — 👍 2205    🔁 713    💬 37    📌 33

Photo of Justin Pearson

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Democrat Justin Pearson, a member of the ‘Tennessee Three,’ wins back state House seat after expulsion.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Democrat Justin Jones, a member of the ‘Tennessee Three,’ wins back Tennessee state House seat after expulsion.

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This is the REAL threat of AI. Not that foolish "they'll revolt and kill us all" stuff.

30.07.2023 14:17 — 👍 150    🔁 53    💬 3    📌 2

Seriously, we're not talking shit to be dicks. We like the app. It's a nice app. It's got cool stuff. And cool people. It's all pretty looking and shit. I like it.

But we ALSO like not-racism. This app could be perfect if you could just focus on the not-racism.

That's all we're saying, man. 😭

14.07.2023 19:59 — 👍 2746    🔁 727    💬 26    📌 29

If you're enjoying Bluesky and you don't want it to turn into the cesspool of hate that Twitter did, you best speak up now. Cut that 'I don't know what to say' shit out and amplify Black and queer voices, because the BS team ain't listening to us.

13.07.2023 08:49 — 👍 2575    🔁 1525    💬 19    📌 49

when people say stuff like this i always think of the twitter thread about the bartender kicking out a nazi.

if you let them hang out here, they will bring their friends.

13.07.2023 17:23 — 👍 651    🔁 269    💬 12    📌 5

If Bluesky isn't safe for Black users then I don't want any part of it. Refuse to take part in yet another walled garden of white leftists convincing themselves they're the only good people.

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This is what y’all always fail to grasp

When you prioritize the Black folx, who both sit at the intersection of EVERY marginalization AND are the DIRECT targets of white supremacy and anti-Blackness, all others are protected by default…but what the fuck do I know

13.07.2023 15:17 — 👍 199    🔁 85    💬 4    📌 5

Tech is NOT neutral nor apolitical AND addressing this is T&S and content moderation 101 and to have failed at this for so long is inexcusable

Also @bsky.app it’s long past time for leadership to apologize & seek to make amends with the communities they INVITED here but weren’t prepared to support

13.07.2023 13:24 — 👍 442    🔁 173    💬 7    📌 3

My first impression of this site was delight that the queer and trans community was so central, but if it's not safe for all marginalized groups, it fails.

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