Untitled Poem w/ commentary I See In one Salt drop Multitudes Gone But who follows behind

2024 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Religion (Adult Nonfiction) These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The Religion finalists of the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards.

Honored that our book For Times Such as These was nominated in the religion category of the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards!

Exhibit 1 - 26 Feb 2025 OSD Policy – #63, Att. #1 in TALBOTT v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00240) – CourtListener.com NOTICE by TELITA CROSLAND, DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PETER B. HEGSETH, MARK F. AVERILL, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TERENCE EMMERT, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAV...

Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."

A sad day for this nation.

To answer some quick questions about my latest story:
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere

Big news out of D.C. district court —>

Nazis Burned Trans Books To Usher In Fascism: Now Trump Does The Same Transgender people have often been a canary in the coalmines of Democracy.

1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.

Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.

This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.

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Yes, if you are wondering, this does bear some similarities to yesterday's lawsuit brought in DC that I mentioned here, including Lambda Legal's presence as counsel. (Yesterday's suit also included NAACP LDF and Covington & Burling as counsel.)

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Agenda for the board meeting. Link: https://bov.virginia.edu/sites/g/files/jsddwu1171/files/2025-02/%2725%20FEB%2021%20SPECIAL%20MEETING%20OF%20THE%20FULL%20BOARD%20BOOK.pdf

Charlottesville:
The UVA Board of Visitors is hosting a “special meeting of the full board” this Friday, Feb. 21 from 9:30-11:30AM to discuss and possibly restrict gender-affirming care at UVA medical facilities for those <19 again despite the executive order being blocked twice in court last week.

Over 2,000 webpages containing LGBTQ+ information have been removed from federal government websites.

NEWS: I am awaiting the written order here, but we have a second TRO against part of Trump's executive order restricting access to gender-affirming care for trans people under 19.

I’m on antibiotics for an infection. With a week like this, show the healthcare professionals in your life some love—they are people too—people who invested years of their lives helping others.

They literally want affirmative action for white people.

There's a protest at Stonewall.

(This didn't go well for the haters last time around.)

Mass terminations of probationary employees: is there any recourse? According to media reports, several agencies have begun mass terminations of probationary employees. These agencies include the Department of Education, Small Business Administration, the CFPB, and…

Remember - even probationary employees have workers’ rights. True in excepted service as well.

federalworkerrights.com/2025/02/13/m...

Getting word that a few hospitals are offering trans care again after the EO was blocked by a federal judge.

Please send the decision to your hospital, and PLEASE send me a message if your hospital has resumed care, as I’m doing a story on this.

The National Park Service has deleted transgender content from the Stonewall National Monument website.

Marsha

Sylvia

Appalling, soulless erasure that will not stand.

Still up, for now, on the site are pictures of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, who would have words (or more) with whomever at the NPS did this today.

Just sat through PFLAG v Trump;
National temporary restraining order issued!

It’s springtime for tech bros in America. Winter for women and minorities.

Until recently — it listed a core value:

Diversity: Encourage, embrace and continually enlist the support and inclusion of all members of our diverse international community.

—> that value is gone from their website.

But it still says:

Ethics:
Insist on the highest ethics in everything we do.

The organization sent an email to membership today. That said in part:

“While AFCEA is an independent, nonprofit association, our relevance and impact depend on the strong partnership and support of the U.S. military, allied and government agencies.”

I guess this sort of thing was too objectionable to be allowed to continue.

AFCEA — a nonprofit that describes itself—

AFCEA brings people together from all demographics worldwide to strengthen global security, provide education and help prepare tomorrow's science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce.

Just shuttered its Women’s program and IDEA (diversity)

2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Note there's a hearing tomorrow in federal court where families and doctors are requesting an injunction against the order itself. Should they win a bench ruling, providers can continue to offer care without risks to their funding as soon as tomorrow.

📣 DO YOU SUPPORT TRANS YOUTH? Join us tomorrow Thursday 2/13 at 12pm for a rally to support the first nationwide challenge to Trump’s gender affirming care executive orders.

See you there and tell your friends! 💙💗🤍

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

How is he getting this information? Is he looking at ethics forms, and if so, where are the privacy act attorneys???

Kennedy Center Board elects President Donald J. Trump as Board Chair (WASHINGTON)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announces executive leadership changes, effective immediately. At a Kennedy Center Board meeting this afternoon, the Board elected President of the United States Donald J. Trump as Kennedy Center Board Chair, replacing former Chair David M. Rubenstein. The Board also terminated Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter’s contract and announced Richard Grenell as interim Kennedy Center President. Fourteen new Kennedy Center Board of Trustee members were also announced today including President Donald J. Trump, Susie Wiles, Dan Scavino, Allison Lutnick, Lynda Lomangino, Mindy Levine, Usha Vance, Pamela Gross, John Falconetti, Cheri Summerall, Sergio Gor, Emilia May Fanjul, Patricia Duggan, Dana Blumberg, bringing the total number of board members to 31. To view full list, please see here.

Just got this press release. Beyond dystopian.