Reg Calcagno

Sorry, best he can offer is a strongly worded letter or mealy mouthed attempt at a troll on social media.

All while pretending it’s about ‘government experience’ rather than ideology. We have an entire intellectual elite that is allergic to clearly stating what they think and providing evidence.

Bald eagle with long eyelashes, pink talons, trans pride colored tail feathers, trans and gay pride colored wings, and wearing a harness, while flying over a rainbow road. The human rights campaign name and logo are bottom right with pride colored stars at the bottom.

This image from HRC goes so hard

These Colors Don't Run: HRC Grows to Record 3.6 Million Members,… Rally to Free Andry Hernández Romero, World Pride Activities Among Newsmaking Events in June

Pride was a protest. It is again.

This feels quite hollow when the court also decided they didn't need to hear from a single transgender person over the course of their case.

happy ten year anniversary to this post

Hey GOP, listen up: @mcbride.house.gov has a message for you and your taunts. 🤭

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.

Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.

Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good

While Trump drones on with his lies, let's remember: He's no king.

We'll keep fighting his agenda in the courts, in Congress, and in our communities.

If Republicans knew the history of their own party's name, they would know that most of the people who have ever identified as any form of "Republican" across the centuries would find this deeply offensive

I too would like to be a fifth place finisher and blame my mediocrity on a trans woman. It's called Riley Gainesing

This. Over and over again. Lift up the people doing the work. Look for the helpers.

its a great day to cheer on the reporters in congress who will run around all day asking lawmakers about this pause.

this is their moment and, talking to some of them privately, i’m expecting journalists to rise to the occassion today.

some might not, but we should reward the ones who do.

We have been in this bizarre spiral my entire life:
1. Democrats ignore right-wing radicalization to focus on economic issues.
2. Right-wing media accuses Democrats of being out-of-touch leftist elites.
3. Centrist media repeats right-wing framing.
4. Democrats double down on economic issues.

Opinion | As a seasoned Republican senator, I know that Hegseth, Gabbard, and Patel are historically awful nominees. But if I don’t vote for them, I’ll be primaried by someone who’d stand back and let Trump destroy our government.

amidst all of the hand-wringing about "do i need to watch this hearing or that hearing or watch the inauguration, do i need to tape my eyes open and take in all the horror" no. we can all break off a piece of it and fight back together. I give you permission to turn the TV off - but not to disengage

Well frak, now I want to do a rewatch

From @deadder.bsky.social in support of @anntelnaes.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

One of the hardest classes I took in college was Sociology of Immigration, because we had to look up all these diagrams and all the required forms, and remember what they were. It felt impossible.

And that was kind of the point.

Transgender youth endangered as anti-trans defense budget is signed into law by Biden The newly signed bill bars the military's insurance from covering gender-affirming care for minors.

www.advocate.com/news/trans-y...

When the commentators start talking about us as political chits, a stat to remember:

“The Trevor Project, which provides support for LGBTQ+ youth considering death by suicide, saw a 700 percent increase in calls, texts, and chats after the November election.”

You can't watch this and tell me that she's just a politician

You can't tell me she isn't fully conscious of the weight of the decisions she makes as a trailblazer for our community

She's the person we need in Congress in this moment, and for years to come, and I am so very proud of her

Sarah McBride: "I worried that the heart of this country wasn't big enough to support someone like me. And over the last decade, I have been able to bear witness to change that once seemed so impossible to me as a kid that it was almost incomprehensible ... I carry that with me."

I’m constantly baffled by these people

This was a great piece to read. For folks in Nashville, there’s a free screening of the Mama Bears documentary tomorrow night! Sign up here www.mobilize.us/hrc/event/58...

Learning that both of you are on here was a highlight of my day

“Opposing trans lives has become the foremost focus of the modern conservative party, in part because they have little else to say, policy-wise,” writes @transscribe.bsky.social on Ohio's State Issue 1 initiative.

https://xtramagazine.com/power/ohio-ballot-measure-transphobia-255099