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Jayla Howard

@jaylajayw.bsky.social

Attorney, academic, artist, activist, and other things that start with A. Just trying to navigate an increasingly complex world one day to the next.

76 Followers  |  68 Following  |  40 Posts  |  Joined: 12.01.2025  |  1.5204

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Landmark Dinner 2025
@lambdalegal.org

12.10.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Images from a blacklight photoshoot I did a while back.
I hope y'all like em. πŸ₯°

01.09.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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G’mornin

28.08.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Isn’t she gorgeous!?!

25.08.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve not figured out yet how I want to utilize this platform. A photographer I follow on insta clued me in to the fact that one can be more free here with artistic expression than on that platform (nudes, etc.), so I may start using it more for photography and art than discussions like fb. Thoughts?

25.08.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Heard the BEST joke this morning. Props to Christopher Titus.

β€œWe didn’t want a vagina in the White House, so we voted for the other side of the taint”

πŸ˜†πŸ˜πŸ˜†πŸ˜ͺπŸ˜‚πŸ₯Ή

25.05.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mine is that we’ve had our last election

22.05.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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More evidence of the clown in chief bankrupting our economy just like most of his businesses (including casinos β€” how do you bankrupt a casino?!?!?). He is and always was a better con man than business man.

01.05.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s real talk y’all

23.04.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Slainte

21.04.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely new piano room.

14.04.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Haven’t posted in a while. So here’s a pic of my gorgeous wife

07.04.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paxton 'opinion' claims courts lack authority to order gender marker changes, tells state agencies to 'immediately correct' any such changes - Dallas Voice Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ramped up his war on transgender Texans yet another notch today (Friday, March 14), issuing a β€œlegal opinion” declaring that state district courts do not have the jud...

Paxton 'opinion' claims courts lack authority to order gender marker changes, tells state agencies to 'immediately correct' any such changes dallasvoice.com/paxton-opini...

14.03.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah but the irony is that Paxton’s opinion lacks the authority to order the agencies to reverse those actions, not to mention the due course of law and due process clauses of the state and federal constitutions.

16.03.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you’re interested in the legislation and other legal actions being taken against the transgender community, tune in tomorrow.

16.03.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The state and federal legislatures continue their hateful, discriminatory, anti-constitutional attacks against the transgender community. It’s pathetic. But it’s also very frightening.

07.03.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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All of this winning πŸ™„
I can’t take much more #greatagain
My wife’s 401k has dropped $10k since πŸŠπŸ’©πŸ€‘ took office. That’s just over a month. We’ll all be dead broke by thanksgiving at this rate.
#isthiswhatyouvotedfor

05.03.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

249 years of American culture and distinction erased with an immature tyrant’s illegitimate β€œexecutive order”.
That’s how absolutely pathetic this sad excuse for a nation has become.
I’m mourning the loss of my country.
#wehavenoofficiallanguage

03.03.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was indeed calamari. I have no idea why I didn’t see your comment until a month later. Lol. I’m not really understanding this platform very well yet.

03.03.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Quick lesson on American Government:
There are three branches.
The LEGISLATURE writes the law
The JUDICIARY interprets the law
The Executive ENFORCES the law AS WRITTEN by the legislature and INTERPRETED by the judiciary.
These β€œexecutive orders” are an UNCONSTITUTIONAL ABUSE OF POWER
STAND UP!!!

03.03.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just waiting on some wieners.
Happy Saturday y’all.

01.03.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s been a long, tough week. I foresee a lovely soak in my near future. Manifesting it into the universe.

28.02.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity The DHS quietly updated its policy manual earlier this month, removing LGBTQ+ identities from the section prohibiting surveillance based solely on immutable characteristics.

Be vigilant. They’re coming for us.

www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

27.02.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fact!

19.02.2025 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We had a great evening yesterday seeing Artikal Sound System in a teensy venue in Dallas.

16.02.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Y’all doing okay?
It’s a lot going on right now.
Lots of stress and worry.
It’s going to be okay though.
Somehow. Some way. Some day.
Hang in there. I love y’all.

13.02.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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First painting in YEARS! I’m pretty happy with it.

01.02.2025 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Be vigilant y’all. The T (and all subsequent letters) has been erased from the US Government’s international travel website. This used to be for LGBTQIA+ travelers. But to the new government, trans and intersex people don’t exist. This is beyond alarming.

01.02.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So fukkin scary!

26.01.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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