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Tom Duane

@ddkt69.bsky.social

First open queer and first HIV+ NYS Senator (fmr.1999-2012) & first self-identified HIV+ candidate elected in US (NYC Council (1991)Dem. Very left/ progressive. Proud Teacher. And now Podcaster & wait for it—Writer.

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Not angry with HRC.Understand & Agree 100%. However as Left,Queer,HIV+,Dem., (&HRC donor & supporter) just don’t like any group treated unfairly or unjustly.
And, I’m likely making add’l contribution this week to HRC!

19.05.2025 20:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not angry with HRC. Understand sentiment and agree 100%.However as Left,Queer,HIV+Dem.-and HRC supporter,just don’t like any group treated unfairly.
And,likely sending additional contribution to HRC this week!

19.05.2025 20:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just concerned about Clowns. I am pretty sure that Professional Clowns as a group are among the most diverse and their skill set TRUMPS pathetic MAGA types who tragically are the present day Republicans. They are followers and that requires no skill.

19.05.2025 19:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Miss you a lot, too!❤️🩷❤️

15.04.2025 10:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Unlike the windbreaker with the same distinctive logo (Thank You Riki & Denise) gifted to me decades ago, my Menace, Resistance and Fighting Spirit — always consistent. It — the jacket must have shrunk LOL!

25.02.2025 02:45 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Proud to wear t-shirt. I have windbreaker with logo gifted to me (Thank You Riki & Denise)
decades ago. My Menace, Spirit and Resistance remains consistent and strong. However, it — the jacket —doesn’t fit anymore LOL!

25.02.2025 02:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
A nearly 100 people wearing t-shirts the Transexual Menace logo

A nearly 100 people wearing t-shirts the Transexual Menace logo

The most Menaces gathered in a single location is a decade!

23.02.2025 05:23 — 👍 170    🔁 18    💬 7    📌 2
A photo of a large rectangular black window in a red brick building, with STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR CENTER on a sign over the window, and the pledge above in purple neon within it. Fans and signs fill out the bottom edge.

A photo of a large rectangular black window in a red brick building, with STONEWALL NATIONAL MONUMENT VISITOR CENTER on a sign over the window, and the pledge above in purple neon within it. Fans and signs fill out the bottom edge.

I keep coming back to this photo I took yesterday of the Stonewall Inn, and the vow written in neon in the window, which I think we would all do well to live by right now:

“In the name of those who came before me, I pledge to be brave, to be true to myself, and to fight like hell for equality.”

23.02.2025 14:36 — 👍 369    🔁 123    💬 2    📌 0

New Yorkers protest after Trump administration scrubs transgender references from Stonewall National Monument’s website

25.02.2025 01:51 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Please. No more speeches in the Senate about “freedom” until one Republican has the guts to stand up to Trump’s lies about Ukraine & Putin. Ukraine did not start this horrific war. Russia did. Zelensky isn't a dictator. Putin is. The US must not enter into an alliance with Putin.

24.02.2025 19:52 — 👍 13342    🔁 2453    💬 332    📌 102
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Medicaid is not for sale.
NASA is not for sale.
The Post Office is not for sale.
America is not for sale.

We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

21.02.2025 19:19 — 👍 104491    🔁 24054    💬 2425    📌 1320
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El Salvador: Children to Be Moved to Adult Prisons El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved measures that will transfer children to the country’s adult prison system, exposing them to a heightened risk of abuse and violating international juven...

El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved measures that will transfer children to the country’s adult prison system.

Placing children in adult prisons will only worsen their exposure to abuse and undermine their chances of rehabilitation.

24.02.2025 16:24 — 👍 90    🔁 47    💬 4    📌 3

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