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Ellen Shanna Knoppow

@ellenshanna.bsky.social
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Queer journalist and activist 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ she/her/hers Proud Michigander No random DMs

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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Look who discovered the heating pad. #caturday
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Joanna Whaley, formerly a pastor in some of the nation's most prominent megachurches, endured 15 years of conversion therapy. Find out why she's now running for state representative in Michigan's House District 2. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/this...
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Ennui #caturday
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
You never known where your cat might find a portal to another dimension. #caturday
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Happy Thursday to all who celebrate! 💃
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Happy Friday, MiGOP! www.metrotimes.com/news/politic...
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‘Traditional family values’ Michigan lawmaker appears in adult hookup sites  - Detroit Metro Times
The name, email address, and home address of Republican state Rep. Bryan Posthumus of Kent County, along with a credit card bearing his name, appear in data from Ashley Madison, a website for people s...
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
How I feel about the demolition of the East Wing is probably akin to the way the French feel about the loss of their cultural heritage from the Louvre. Who else is taking this very personally??
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Detroit says #NoKings
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Someone wake up Marc, the winner is a Venezuelan woman. 👏👏👏
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The Rapture is just a distraction from the Epstein Files.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
September 16 to 23 is Bisexual Awareness Week. And I really need a reason to celebrate. 🎉
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Political violence is disgusting. It is also true that Charlie Kirk was disgusting.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
The cis gay white men who supported an LGB-only amendment to ELCRA are the same cis gay white men who prioritize saving equal marriage over the very existence of trans people.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
FUCK NO
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Opinion | Is It Time to Stop Snubbing Your Right-Wing Family?
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
My Pride Month editorial for the Detroit Free Press: Because everyone deserves to experience joy in being who they are. (And fuck today’s #SCOTUS ruling.) #trans #transjoy #LGBTQIA #queer #pride #Michigan
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It can be a scary time to be trans, but there's joy in living with authenticity | Opinion
Trans Americans' rights and identity are under attack. These trans Michiganders want to share the joy that comes with gender affirmation.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Ferndale, MI #NoKings
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“a furious and public row” 💥🥊🍿🥤
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Bridget Butts had her job taken away by Donald J. Trump. Here's why she has hope. #trans #lgbtq #queer #pride #RuthEllisCenter #Detroit #Michigan www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/this...
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This Black trans woman lost her job because Trump ended LGBTQ+ grants. Here's why she has hope. - LGBTQ Nation
"I've been homeless before, like, real homeless. Not like, ‘Oh, I'm sleeping on somebody's couch.’ I mean, eating out the trash."
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Pride, @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social and Noa! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #HateWontWin
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Great teamwork, Rep. @mikemcfall.bsky.social and @emmezanotti.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
erininthemorning.com
MI Republicans Think It's “Inappropriate” to Ask GOP Lawmaker to Prove Their Gender
Woolford would not publicly disclose his medical history, but under his own proposed laws, children across Michigan might have to.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In Warren, Michigan at the 100 Days protest. Photo credit: @charlesgaba.com. Follow Charles for the latest on healthcare policy.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
#Handsoff #protest in Ferndale, Michigan. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Yes, I'm a #queer #Michigander, but for the past year I've been contributing to #OurLivesMagazine, Wisconsin's source for everything #LGBTQ. Check out Tony and Kevin's story on page 24 in the latest issue. Or read here how they keep #ChippewaFalls clean with their business, Ope! Its Soap.
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Cleaning Up in Chippewa Falls
Tony Liedl and Kevin Brylski are blending Wisconsin cultural expressions like “You betcha” with LGBTQ visibility via their Chippewa Valley soap business, Ope! It’s Soap.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A good turnout today for the protest at Hart Plaza in solidarity with our neighbors in Windsor. We the people dissent!!
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Federal judge strikes down trans military ban!
erininthemorning.com
“Soaked in Animus”: Federal Judges Strikes Down Trump’s Trans Military Ban
“The cruel irony is that thousands of transgender servicemembers have sacrificed—some risking their lives—to ensure for others the very equal protection rights the Military Ban seeks to deny them.”
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Members of Minnesota’s National Guard received an email Thursday explaining how to initiate voluntary separation from the army if they have a “current diagnosis, history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with gender dysphoria.” www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
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Minnesota National Guard members receive email instructing those with gender dysphoria to voluntarily separate
The email to National Guard members lays out a timeline for service members who experience gender dysphoria to voluntarily separate from the military.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Canada's "fentanyl czar" is going to be about as busy as the old Maytag repairman.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
AP reporters have been barred from presidential events for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico. apnews.com/article/ap-w...
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White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute
The White House says news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico are telling “lies."
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The Budget Lab at Yale University estimates that trump’s tariffs would cost the average American household $1,000 to $1,200 in annual purchasing power.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
“As a mom of a gay woman, I want my daughter to have full access to the same rights and freedoms as everyone else in our state. I will continue to fight for the LGBTQ+ community and make Michigan a safe space for all.” -Gov. Whitmer My latest for @lgbtqnation.com www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/dona...
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Donald Trump is coming for our rights. Democratic governors need to join the fight. - LGBTQ Nation
Blue state governors can help blunt the impact of the next administration. Here's what they're working on and what more they could do.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My cat is long dead but typewriters are forever. Here’s my 1940s Remington Remette portable. Isn’t she cute?
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Happy New Year to everyone who voted for Kamala Harris! Everyone else may fuck off.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Opinion | if Jesus were alive today, he would be a CEO. by Bret Stephens
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Thanks to President Biden, the holidays will not be merry and bright for many military families. It didn't have to be this way. www.hrc.org/press-releas...
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President Biden Signs Defense Bill Blocking Health Care For Trans…
Thousands of Military Families Now Face Loss of Medically Necessary Care for Their Children
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God @thegodshow.com · 23/12/2024
I hate when kids learn Santa isn’t real because they’re one step away from figuring out I don’t exist either.
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Jane Norman @janenorman.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
NEW President Biden is commuting the death sentences to life without parole for 37 of 40 people on federal death row. Excludes the Boston bomber, Charleston AME church shooter, Tree of Life synagogue shooter.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
This perv drops into my DMs, I ask him what he wants and he calls me a literal Nazi. Maybe this isn’t a friendly place after all.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
TERM LIMITS?—Can we ask how long this Congresswoman has been actually suffering from dementia? She has ranked last, as the LEAST effective GOP legislator, for 2 straight terms already.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
So that we have less of this. bsky.app/profile/drer...
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Tip: This is how to keep the Catholics and their many children away at your friend’s holiday open house. #familyplanning #abortionaccessfront
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Happy Winter Solstice, Bluesky! Tis the season for reason. www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/chri...
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Christian conservatives rage at Winter Solstice celebrators: "THIS IS OUR SEASON, NOT YOURS" - LGBTQ Nation
It's intended to taunt a religious freedom organization.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Happy Friday, Bluesky. Insurance will waive the copay for my tests. And that means Grandma can go to Vegas for Christmas this year.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Predicting an uptick in google searches for “symptoms of polio.”
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Each side features two beveled glass windows. Purchased for $10 at a garage sale in Clawson, MI during Obama's first term.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
When fascism arrives in America it won’t know how to spell it.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
My interview with Fred Karger.
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Why Fred Karger, the first gay presidential candidate, has a beef with LGBTQ+ organizations - LGBTQ Nation
Fred Karger ran as a Republican for president. Years later he voted for Pete Buttigieg. Here's what he thinks about the election.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/11/2024
To be fair, this is probably healthier than his usual diet of roadkill.
RFK Jr in formal attire, wearing a white shirt, tie, and dress pants, is seated on a private jet. He is holding a McDonald's burger in its packaging, with a meal tray in front of him containing fries, additional food packaging, and a Coca-Cola bottle.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Well said.
Tweet saying

This isn’t a cabinet. 

This is a junk drawer.
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Ellen Shanna Knoppow @ellenshanna.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I like this place already. Maybe I’ll post some pictures of my typewriters.
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