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A photo of Rita Hester in Boston.

This Transgender Day of Remembrance, I'm thinking of our trans neighbors whose lives were stolen by hate & prejudice.

Folks like Rita Hester, a Black trans woman and beloved community member who was killed in the #MA7, and whose murder sparked this important day of recognition.

Rita Hester was a transgender woman who was killed in her apartment in Boston in 1998. Though her death was the inception behind the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international movement, her death has yet to be solved. Rita was described as ebullient (cheerful and full of energy), larger-than-life, a phenomenon, and a fixture in her community. While we celebrate TDOR, we cannot forget to say her name.

The event honours Rita Hester whose murder on Nov 28th '98 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” project and San Francisco vigil in '99. Rita’s murder (like most anti-trans murder cases) has yet to be solved

#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Plus she does the whole "I'm not black I'm OJ" thing when it comes to showing solidarity and actually helping our trans siblings in the United States

Please help
Me not be
Homeless
I can not
Survive in
The streets

The stakes are too high to wait: we need to impeach Trump now.

I’ll be speaking at the Remove the Regime rally in Washington, DC this Saturday. I hope to see you there!
@flareusa.bsky.social @removalcoalition.bsky.social

Oof

#AntiAbortion #HatingWomen

South Carolina is trying YET AGAIN to pass a bill that will impose the death penalty or imprison women (life sentence) who lose their baby for any

Death penalty and life imprisonment for a miscarriage or abortion is pure hatred of women.

Please share far and wide ⬇️

Kuma, a sleek, black panther-like cat, is wearing a black velvet hat He has a turquoise collar on as well

Kuma is a handsome dud, quite dapper: Cat in hat part deux
#catinhat #hedgewatch #cats #catsofblusky

Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.

Evangellion kinda goes hard as a middle name

Ah.. Ito.. bleh

You telling your therapist this like

YouTube video by Respair Production & Media One Million Experiments: In The Field | Ep 1 - Rebirth in Minneapolis

Ep 1 takes us to Minneapolis, the center of the 2020 uprising, to explore what has grown from the ashes of righteous anger. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuKv... #onemillionexperiments

YouTube video by Stay Tuned ‘This is not a safe state for people like me’: Life in Florida as a trans teen

"Hernando County, Fla., a place at the center of controversy last year after a teacher was investigated for showing a Disney movie with a gay character. For one full school year we followed a trans student struggling through her senior year with new restrictions on her healthcare and bathroom use."

A black and white cat lying on a bed.

(Benson has to go in tomorrow for further testing.

We are scared 😢 Can we please get a paw circle for him?)

Judge Failed to Disclose Personal Ties to Prosecutor in Two Death Row Cases Veteran prosecutor Fern Smith convicted both Tremane Wood and Richard Glossip. She calls a judge in both cases a friend.

Judge Failed to Disclose Personal Ties to Prosecutor in Two Death Row Cases

Another must-read article from @lilianasegura.bsky.social

theintercept.com/2025/11/12/r...

The same voices opposing abortion are ALSO targeting birth control access. But we are NOT backing down. Use #ThxBirthControl Day to share your stories and remind everyone why access is so essential 🙌

Brianna Ghey's Phone Didn't Stab Her 28 Times The trans girl murder victim's mom has turned her death into an unrelated political crusade against teenage phone use. Note: I want to be clear upfront that I have no issue with Esther Ghey, mother o...

For my newsletter, I talked about the proposed teenage phone restrictions in the name of a murdered teenage trans girl.

(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...

Checked out my insurance options for next year. My existing plan will...

• have higher premiums
• have significantly higher deductibles
• cover less care

Great system we have here!

I guess we’re going to war with Nigeria now… With tensions rising between the US and Venezuela, the President made a bold move to threaten military action against a major ally in the African continent

With tensions rising between the US and Venezuela, the President made a bold yet idiotic move to threaten military action against a major ally in the African continent thereeftip.substack.com/p/i-guess-we...

SNAP pause set to take hold, and why we should be pissed This year, instead of Thanksgiving, we get Thanks-taking.

This year, instead of Thanksgiving, we get Thanks-taking.
- Arin Waller thereeftip.substack.com/p/snap-pause...

MAGA resorting to voter intimidation? What to expect The Department of Justice announced it will be monitoring elections in 6 U.S. counties but many believe it to be a ploy to allow voter intimidation from ICE agents

It is speculated that the DOJ may be deploying ICE agents at polling places in certain counties thereeftip.substack.com/p/maga-resor...

The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in. After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.

The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.

After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.

grist.org/transportati...

#Climate #Shipping #Transportation #Ship

Gov. Healey's mixed message on housing for those most in need - CommonWealth Beacon AS A FAMILY medicine physician at Boston Medical Center, I have cared for hundreds of individuals and families experiencing homelessness over the last 20

OPINION: AS A FAMILY medicine physician at Boston Medical Center, I have cared for hundreds of individuals and families experiencing homelessness over the last 20 years. The landscape of housing services […]

USDA Says It Won’t Use Emergency Funds to Provide SNAP Benefits During Shutdown The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says it lacks the legal authority to use contingency funds for food assistance benefits, increasing the likelihood that millions of people will go without aid next month. Earlier this month, the agency told states to postpone sending November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), due to the government shutdown, which began Oct. 1. As a result, state agencies have begun warning SNAP recipients that benefits will not be available.

USDA Says It Won’t Use Emergency Funds to Provide SNAP Benefits During Shutdown

Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ buff.ly/LJqNwA9

Assata Shakur inspires new generations fighting for Black liberation Assata Shakur, who died Sept. 25 while in exile in Cuba, has shaped contemporary movements of Black freedom fighters, activists say

“For Black folks who have been involved in liberation work, it seems like Assata’s always been in the lexicon.”

Assata Shakur’s legacy inspires new generations fighting for Black liberation, writes Tamar Sarai. The late revolutionary has shaped contemporary movements of Black freedom fighters.

What Being Trans in Prison Is Really Like Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.

Amid a wave of anti-trans legislation, and the violence that often follows, four people share their experiences in the criminal justice system.

Listening to Mr Morale by Kendrick Lamar, Drake wishes he could be this deep

In Seattle Mayoral Race, Tensions Between Crackdown and Compassion on Homelessness Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has ramped up sweeps of homeless encampments in his first term. In his reelection bid, he faces a progressive challenger who wants to curb them.

A Seattle human rights activist who supports mayoral candidate Katie Wilson says the surge in the city’s homeless encampment sweeps is pointless. “You’re going to sweep them and they’ll be gone, but they're just going to come right back.”