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Amita Swadhin (they/them) @amitaswadhin.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

See you tonight, DC folks! Doors at 5pm, program at 6pm. RSVP: tinyurl.com/TRANSMUTATIONDC

Amita Swadhin (they/them) @amitaswadhin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I’ll be in DC next Tuesday to co-host @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social ‘s film screening with our DC-based board members @queenadesuyi.bsky.social @ahmadgreene.com @its-mbwende.bsky.social at @festivalcenter.bsky.social - I hope to see our DMV community members there!

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mirrormemoirs.bsky.social @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Our deepest gratitude to everyone who has donated to Transmutation: A Ceremony since 2021. Please help this sacred production cross the finish line 🖤 You can become a sponsor via the RSVP pages or by emailing us. Please spread the word!

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mirrormemoirs.bsky.social @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

We still need to raise $65,000 to produce this film screening and live performance series! If you or your workplace are interested and able to support, we have sponsor levels ranging from $500 to $25,000. Seats are free, donations are encouraged and welcome.

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mirrormemoirs.bsky.social @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

In 2025, we celebrate 4 years of our theater project, “Transmutation: A Ceremony,” supporting 4 Black & Afro Latina trans women sharing their survivorship, resistance & resilience. We’re taking this show on the road! 🎥 DC: May 20 🎥 Oakland: June 5 🎥 Long Beach CA: June 11 🎭 NYC: October 10 & 11

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RootsAction @rootsaction.org · 24/04/2025

NYPD officers attended a training telling them that Palestinian symbols like the watermelon & the keffiyeh, as well as phrases such as “settler colonialism” & “all eyes on Rafah," were antisemitic. Shameful that so many pushed the IHRA definition of "antisemitism," which was used in this training.

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Training for NYPD Officers Categorized the Keffiyeh and Watermelon as…

Experts say the training reinforced a police culture that treats Palestinians and their supporters with suspicion and brutality.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/04/2025

For a lot of trans Catholics, Pope Francis offered hope for acceptance and at a minimum, dignity for us. He was a good man in a deeply flawed institution and it was clear he was always trying his best to move the church in a better direction. www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/pos...

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How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to trans sex workers - The Washington Post

As Pope Francis moves to cement his legacy, he has opened the Vatican to a new community – transgender sex workers. It is a part of a broader outreach toward the LGBTQ+ community that has stirred ange...

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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

DO NOT RANK CUOMO, WHO WILL LET ICE KIDNAP YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, AND MAYBE YOU OFF THE STREET. DO RANK: 1. Zohran Mamdani 2. Brad Lander 3. Jessica Ramos 4. Zellnor Myrie 5. Adrienne Adams

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Movement for Family Power @movfamilypower.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

In April 1983, Reagan declared the first Child Abuse Prevention Month as he slashed social programs & expanded the family policing system that itself abuses children. 42 yrs later, the gov is STILL using this playbook. So let’s be clear about what child abuse prevention really IS & what it IS NOT ⬇️

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Engineers in Chicago have created carbon-negative building materials using seawater, electricity, and CO2. The technique mimics how corals build reefs, and generates substances similar to concrete while permanently sequestering carbon dioxide. buff.ly/Dn8EiXA #ShareGoodNewsToo

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New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable

The innovative process developed by Professors Alessandro Rotta Loria and Jeffrey Lopez converts CO2 into solid, durable, carbon-trapping materials.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 21/03/2025

we’re so grateful for the strong reaction people are having to Vivian Wilson’s convo w Ella Yurman ❤️‍🔥 @teenvogue.com it feels worth noting that Elon Musk spent a chunk of the day of his daughter’s first cover story tweeting anti-trans propaganda mixed with anti-journalist memes

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Vivian Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Going Viral, and Protecting Trans Youth

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter is coming into her own.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20/03/2025

Musk ran with the fact that some of the people charged with the Tesla vandalism may be gender non-conforming, suggesting that it pointed to a larger phenomenon of violence perpetrated by trans people.

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Tesla's in trouble. Elon blames...trans people?

Musk and his acolytes blame the massive protests on transgender people's supposed penchant for violence.

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

New research confirming what was anticipated: abortion bans have been more likely to force Black, Hispanic, and poor people to give birth www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

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The Women Most Affected by Abortion Bans

After the Dobbs decision, births rose in states with bans, but more for some women than others.

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Lindsay Toczylowski @l-toczylowski.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

This case should be a wake up call. Our client has been disappeared and locked up solely based on his tattoos. It is naive to think this kind of incarceration with no chance to refute the charges against you will be limited to asylum seekers. If this goes unchallenged, who could be next?

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Pauline Park @paulinepark.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#Druids survived the Christianization of #Ireland & the notion that #StPatrick driving snakes out of Ireland represents the violent suppression of #paganism is among many other myths that need to be debunked & #StPatricksDay is actually an Irish American creation... irishpagan.school/saint-patric...

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 17/03/2025

The second @genderlib.com mass call is tonight at 7pm ET. If you’re interested in our work, what we’re hearing about the state of gender-based threats, and what’s ahead for Trans Week of Visibility & Action. Register and join us at bit.ly/GLMCALL2

A flyer for the Gender Liberation Movement’s “Mass Call” event on Monday, March 17, at 7 PM EST. The flyer features bold black and purple text and a link to join the call (bit.ly/GLMCALL2). The background includes a triangular design with two transgender women of color passionately speaking into microphones, overlaid with a vibrant purple hue. A rainbow flag is visible in the lower left corner. The bottom right corner contains the phrase “Consider this your call to action” in bold black and purple text.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 17/03/2025

The Trump administration deported Brown University assistant professor and surgeon Rasha Alawieh to Lebanon, despite a Massachusetts court having ordered the administration not to remove her from the state that same day. Alawieh has a valid H-1B visa and has lived in the U.S. since 2018.

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Trump Officials Deport Brown University Doctor, Seemingly Defying Court Order

The administration has been ordered at least twice to respond to allegations that it has openly defied court orders.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/03/2025

Researchers have reported a link between cardiovascular issues and hot weather, forecasting that heart disease could double or triple in the next 25 years if current climate trends continue ⤵️

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Report forecasts climate change to drive rise in heart disease

Researchers say 50,000 years of healthy life lost annually in Australia to weather-linked cardiovascular disease.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/03/2025

Help us make the upcoming congressional recess one for the history books. We’ve put together a detailed toolkit to help you plan events in your districts, make the most of town halls, and put Members of Congress on blast if they try to hide from constituents: indivisible.org/muskorus

(over images of Elon Musk and Congress) MUSK OR US
RECESS
MARCH 15-23

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Prism @prismreports.org · 04/03/2025

Indigenous & rural organizers in Minnesota prioritize clean water over ‘green’ nickel mine, Joseph Mogul reports. With the Trump administration back in office, local organizing to protect water & uphold the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s treaty rights is paramount. prismreports.org/2025/03/03/m...

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Organizers in Minnesota put clean water before ‘green’ nickel mine

For Indigenous and rural organizers, protecting water and upholding the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s treaty rights is paramount

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/03/2025

Agreed with Gillian here. If you called your Senator (or didn't) to tell them to vote against a trans sports ban, it's important that you also call them and thank them for their vote. NO Democrat broke on this. myreps.datamade.us

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My Reps

Enter your address to find and contact your federal, state, county and local elected representatives

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Indigenous Food Reciprocity as a Model for Mutual Aid. For centuries, Native communities have focused on the collective rather than the individual. civileats.com/2025/03/03/i...

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Indigenous Food Reciprocity as a Model for Mutual Aid

For centuries, Native communities have focused on the collective rather than the individual. Here’s what we can learn from them.

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Matt Ford, Ph.D., P.E. @zeotherm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

"It could result in genital exams and more." I've long wondered how people will react when they realize that is what will be required to play little league sports should shit like this pass. I am sure the kind parents who have been my kids coaches over the years did not sign up for that

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RR Edmonds @rredmondsart.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Time to teach our children that no one has a right to touch them. Bodily autonomy means your body is yours. Privacy is sacred.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/03/2025

1. Happening now, the United States Senate is considering S9, a bill that would ban transgender people from playing sports of their gender identity from chess to darts and everything in between. It could result in genital exams and more. I'm covering live. Watch: www.senate.gov/legislative/...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 03/03/2025

1. Reports this week revealed that DHS has rescinded guidance banning surveillance based on someone's gender identity or sexual orientation. We have confirmed those reports. The latest from S. Baum, who goes over steps you can take to protect yourself. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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DHS Now Allows for Surveillance based on Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity

If you or your loved ones are part of the LGBTQ community, there are steps you should take to protect yourself.

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I learned that around 3 million military connected kids- largely children of veterans who have left the service are dependent on Medicaid. This breaks my heart both at the threat to their healthcare access and the fact that we clearly need to do more to help veterans make this transition

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Proposed budget cuts focused on medicaid cuts would directly impact the 37 million children covered by Medicaid (almost half of US kids)

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Headed home from the meeting of medical school pediatric chairs - many of them also Chief Medical Officers for children’s hospitals. so much at stake for the health of children- all children

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 28/02/2025

Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism Join us for a timely conversation with @davarianbaldwin.bsky.social, @jfernandez1202.bsky.social, Sarah Haley, Robin D.G. Kelley, Barbara Ransby, & Robyn Spencer-Antoine Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET RSVP to attend: www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Black Studies and the Fight Against Fascism

Davarian Baldwin
Johanna Fernandez
Sarah Haley
Robin D.G. Kelley
Barbara Ransby
Robyn Spencer-Antoine

Tuesday, March 4 at 6:00 pm ET

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“Transgender people need champions and voices and not people voting against people because they’re afraid—they need somebody willing to take it on the chin, and I’m willing to do that,” Iowa State Sen. Tony Bisignano told me. www.advocate.com/politics/ton...

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Iowa senator condemns GOP in fiery speech over trans civil rights repeal: ‘Shame on all of you Christians’ (exclusive)

State Sen. Tony Bisignano doubled down on calling out Republican lawmakers for stripping away civil rights protections for transgender people in an interview with The Advocate.

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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 28/02/2025

ok, cis folks—if you said you'd stand with trans folks, it's time. S.9 is the senate's sports ban bill—a big step to making trump’s executive order a federal law, which is much harder to undo. it can be stopped *monday.* short call scripts for dem & GOP senators ⬇️🧵 legiscan.com/US/bill/SB9/...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/02/2025

Finally. A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States. I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it. It is NOT just for athletes. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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State Department visa policy could bar trans people from traveling to U.S.

Violations could result in travel bans beyond just athletes

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

LGBTQ+ Americans are more likely to experience domestic violence, partner abuse or dating violence. They're more vulnerable to losing housing and jobs because of their identity. Now, the organizations that help them expect their federal funding to dry up under the Trump administration.

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Groups helping LGBTQ+ victims of violence could face a catastrophic loss of federal funding

These nonprofits say there’s no way for them to do their work and comply with Trump’s executive orders.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

#Erasure If you are silent I'm the face of this, it will not save or spare you. Whether we count them or not trans people have always existed and will always exist. www.statnews.com/2025/02/25/c...

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CDC will no longer process transgender data

The agency's decision will likely affect a number of federal health surveillance systems that serve as critical resources for researchers.

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Last year I had an enlivening conversation about #PracticingNewWorlds w/ @amitaswadhin.bsky.social & Mirror Memoirs & hope to join the good folks @upendmovement.org who are are reading it in April. If you are reading #PracticingNewWorlds w/ others I will happily join a convo about it if I am able!

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Disability Culture Lab @disabilitylab.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Trans liberation and disability justice are one fight.

Image features torn paper strips in the colors of the Trans and Disability Pride Flags (blue, white, pink, green, yellow, red, and dark gray. A transparent black square sits over the colorful background.

Light blue text reads: “Trans liberation and disability justice are one fight. We work as one community to protect our rights and freedom, including our civil rights under Section 504. We refuse to leave transgender and gender nonconforming people behind or treat their civil rights as a bargaining chip. And we reject anyone who believes justice can be achieved for disabled people at the expense of trans people.”

There are also logos for American Association of People with Disabilities, Disability Culture Lab, National Disabled Legal Professionals Association, and New Disabled South.

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Amita Swadhin (they/them) @amitaswadhin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I can’t stop thinking about Sam Nordquist: how his mother described him as a kind & generous young man, how he was tortured, murdered, how media’s erased his race, youth, sometimes even trans-ness, and are sharing pre-transition photos of him. BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER. www.them.us/story/sam-no...

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Here Is What We Know About the Disturbing Killing of Black Trans Man Sam Nordquist

Nordquist was visiting New York from Minnesota when he was reported missing by his mother. He was 24.

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