@saltychaplain.bsky.social
Queer, Transmasc Ordained Pastor and chaplain (they/them but occasionally they/he) Trans refugee from the Midwest now in PNW. Exvangelical, fighting shame, purity culture. Being gayer and more trans louder in answering the call of the divine
It’s incredible for Trump to post an AI video showing him slobbing out with Netanyahu while Elon is made to like this. Has it gone so far that Elon runs Trump’s Truth Social account too now?
I can’t believe this is real.
I want one!
And also. I’ve been hanging around because I rode with someone. Nobody is talking to me, engaging with me. I keep smelling myself and checking the mirror wondering if I am doing something wrong (I’m not). It feels bad.
They do a big food giveaway. I guess she assumed I was there at the wrong time for that, but it was pretty ugly. Shouldn’t talk to the food bank attendants that way either.
Visited a “progressive” congregation that is festooned with rainbows and all are welcomes.
Instead of being welcomed, the self-described “woman in charge” (a lay leader not the pastor) accosted me with “Can I HELP you?” As if I didn’t belong and wasn’t a visitor
I won’t be back.
Do better UCC.
An excellent article on the problems with Texas’s new Bible-based curriculum for elementary schools.
forward.com/opinion/6776...
Need a non nyt link because I won’t pay them (they platform transphobia)
About 5 weeks and change ago
Struggling with @libertymutual insurance treating me terribly and demanding I pay for my own rental car after my car got stolen. Anyone able to advocate or talk through this? I need help.
I did use it. Thanks
New header image just dropped!
I took this photo and did the edit! It’s free to use without credit. It makes a great Bluesky header!
It’s a whole industry. The one in St. Louis is now traveling and making big money being awful. Ex husband is getting in the game too.
Blocked it says
Let today’s Capitol Hill bathroom sit-in spark an era of radical defiance. Trans folks refuse to bow to hate and bigotry. We demand dignity and respect. We will fight like our ancestors. We are building with our elders and peers. And trans youth will inherit a better world.
📸: Alexa Wilkinson
Why is “transing” a verb. It’s a mess.
From one very worried trans person to another, thank you for being there.
Hey Erin- I am following assigned media and saw your beloved is too. They are new to me- but look to be okay. Are they credible to share from or are they big grain of salt? I have depended on your excellent reporting for years but you can only cover so much - so tentatively excited for trans news
Is this because of a spelling error or something with the first usage? There’s no eraser so the writer just.. did it again?
Something that always falls flat with "civil unions were a stepping stone to marriage" stuff is that A) most places didn't have civil unions legal (only 3 by 2006), and B) Anti-gay laws proliferated after the first two states recognized them.
They didn't "help earn marriage equality" at all.
Why are his cabinet picks the worst of boomer daytime tv?
For those looking for a good blocklist, this seems to be the definitive TERF blocklist out there.
If anyone has any other good blocklists for anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ hate accounts, share them here as well.
bsky.app/profile/hedg...
Do all gay funerals end with Somewhere over the rainbow (but also Rainbow Connection). In my experience, the ones I officiate always do, as well as ones I’ve attended. But a man yesterday who had lived through the worst of the AIDS crisis said he didn’t think so. If it’s not - what has been used?