Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
NPS [Feb 12] -- Natl Park Service scrubs "TQ+" from Stonewall National LGBTQ+ Monument in Christopher Park & the accompanying text. Monument to a riot launched by trans women of color like Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P Johnson reads "LGB."
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13.02.2025 23:12 β
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Opinion | We Thought We Were Compassionate, but We Were Too Permissive
A friendβs journey through drugs and homelessness was aggravated by West Coast decriminalization. Thereβs a better path forward.
π‘π‘π‘ This issue isn't permissiveness, whatever the hell that it supposed to mean. The issue is that the only place for this person to receive addiction treatment was in PRISON. The issue is *accessibility to treatment*, which in our system is out of reach of those who need it the most.
13.02.2025 14:36 β
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Did someone stand up for her?
Mrs. McBride, that is not Nazi Mary Miller.
08.02.2025 22:33 β
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Sir. That is the definition of a disparity.
08.02.2025 22:30 β
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Whereβs the lie?
04.02.2025 16:26 β
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Why do other countries pay a fraction of the cost for prescription drugs? Iβve got one answer, it rhymes with snational snhealthcare, and has nothing to do with tariffs.
02.02.2025 16:24 β
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Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as βtransgender,β βimmigrant,β βL.G.B.T.β or βpregnant people.β
02.02.2025 01:05 β
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Where the fuck is Congress and why are they allowing this to go on unchecked?
01.02.2025 03:14 β
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Hahaha it got worse πππ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈββ§οΈ
30.01.2025 00:42 β
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I am so, so, soulfully tired. And itβs been one week.
How long before they come after trans adults, too?
30.01.2025 00:37 β
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Yeah. Like me. My entire job is dependent upon grant funding.
28.01.2025 16:27 β
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I am begging the national media to start taking this seriously.
Stop buying the claims that the framing of "temporary" or "pause."
They are altering the review processes of federally funded scientific research from merit-based peer review processes to political screening by ideologues.
28.01.2025 01:46 β
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Probably. Theyβre often so white that garlic is probably too spicy for them.
25.01.2025 00:23 β
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Absolutely
23.01.2025 21:57 β
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Welp. Guess I wonβt be applying for that NIH grant weβve been working towards for over a year.
23.01.2025 01:24 β
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@altnps.bsky.social HHS is gonna need some going rogue guidance.
22.01.2025 23:07 β
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DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency
The people voted for major reform.
Click on it. Is this real fucking life right now?
21.01.2025 21:35 β
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Stop. Asking. Queer. People. For. Unpaid. Labor.
Our lives suck right now, especially those of us who are trans. You want us to be Professionally Trans for you? FUCKING PAY US FOR IT.
21.01.2025 17:05 β
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Cool, cool. Does this mean Iβm gonna lose my job that largely relies on Federal contracts for funding?
20.01.2025 17:40 β
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Oh hey, is that me? Because I have no fucking idea what this is going to mean. Except that Iβm scared.
20.01.2025 17:35 β
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Naw, that takes effort. Complaining about the tiktok ban only took posting something. Keyboard activism at its finest.
20.01.2025 02:39 β
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Hahahaha you think they care about rules and order? This only extends protection if they respect the rule of law, which we know they donβt.
We canβt be this stupid.
19.01.2025 17:06 β
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Calling this a victory relies on the assumption that the incoming administration will respect the rule of law which makes these immigrants βsafeβ.
Laws only work if the collective agrees to abide by them. We *know* this wonβt be the case.
19.01.2025 17:04 β
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I fucking hate it here.
18.01.2025 00:39 β
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Cishet Christian white *man*, specifically.
15.01.2025 15:43 β
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