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can y'all stop erasing us from gov websites for two goddamn seconds, please? I have a midterm paper to finish. fuckers.

I relied on RAINN after I was assaulted in 2016.
I am trans.
shame on you, RAINN.

A screenshot of a Twitter/X exchange. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) tweets: "One of the first things Hitler did upon gaining power was apply aggressive censorship." The tweet has 1.1K replies, 1.7K retweets, 14K likes, and 346K views. Below, a user named "punished evan loves worf" (@eeesssjjj) replies with a single word: "cisgender." Below the reply, a notification from X states: "Visibility limited: this Post may violate X’s rules against Hateful Conduct," with a "Learn more" link. The interface follows X's standard dark theme, with Elon Musk’s profile picture showing him speaking on stage with an American flag in the background.

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

news of more trans deaths keep rolling in and somehow I have to give a shit about this shitshow of a class to get a useless degree where overnight over half of the job listings I was looking at disappeared entirely in this burning fuck of a dying empire

I've been leaning hard on "I'm still vertical" lately

it's not so much senioritis as it is The-World-Is-On-Fire and I-Can't-Possibly-Give-Two-Shits-About-This-Subject-Because-It-Isn't-a-Stimulating-Enough-Distraction.

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I think I might try to stream-of-consciousness this thing

My particular friend @bequeermakestuff.bsky.social has opened up their Be Queer Make Stuff grant for trans/nonbinary/ gender diverse crafters

bequeermakestuff.com/grant/

Please apply and share, and donate if you can 💜

tired of censoring myself & I need an outlet so....hi bluesky 👋🏻
I'm in hell.

so pretty! 😍

Climate Mindfulness Circle Saturday at 3pm Pacific. Check it out at lu.ma/climate-emot...

Sam and Olivia close together in a dimly lit home. Olivia is sitting cross-legged on the edge of the table while Sam is standing close to her. They are gazing into each others eyes while Olivia’s hand rests on Sam’s chest.

In a dimly lit room, Olivia is laying on her back on top of a table while Sam is leaning over her. They’re looking at each other with their heads close to each other.

Sam and Olivia 🌹

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!

Coincidentally wearing my NASA t-shirt today, thinking about the pale blue dot and Sagan’s vision of how studying the cosmos should broaden our perspectives.

Washingtonians: Please sign in "pro" for rental stabilization! Share your story if you've faced housing insecurity in Washington. This can be couch surfing, priced out on rent so you have to move, sleeping in your car, etc. Graphics from Q Law Foundation.
Link to sign:
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Senate?s...

I started reading your books before I was out as trans. thank you for being publicly supportive

We are Securing Trans Futures SWWA!

🏳️‍⚧️ 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐞:
We're a group of trans and nonbinary individuals living in Southwest Washington who formed community, and want to protect ourselves in the face of real threats that impact our ability to live freely in this world.