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Building a future where 2SLGBTQ+ folks have the safety and resources to thrive in Oklahoma and everywhere we call home. www.freedomoklahoma.org

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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
As you can see from our legislative watch list, week 12 is off to a busy start at the #OKleg with several bills threatening harm to 2SLGBTQ+ folks scheduled to be heard in Senate Committees. www.freedomoklahoma.org/advocacy
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We're in House Public Health where today's agenda again includes SB 904, the shucked bill targeting Medicaid coverage of gender confirming care for trans folks while attempting to expand barriers to care for all Oklahomans.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The #okleg is still up to business as usual (derogatory) and that means today we're tuned into the Senate Retirement and Govt Resources Committee where Chair David Bullard is schedule to present HB 1219, a bill censoring government celebration of/support of/outreach to 2SLGBTQIA+ folks.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I was going to write today, but until we know more, I don't have any new words for this moment. What I will say is that if you are reeling, and you know you want to be part of making things better, Mariame Kaba and I wrote a book for you. I hope it helps.
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Let This Radicalize You
Doing Justice: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 02/04/2026
‼️It’s day 4 of our week of action against Flock ALPR’s & we’re whipping up a social media storm! Repost this message + tag @lowes-official.bsky.social demanding they drop Flock contracts ASAP & prioritize customer safety over ICE collaboration 🙅🏽‍♀️ toolkit: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/defl...
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We're tuned in virtually this morning for House Public Health where they're set to hear SB 904 by Senator Gollihare and Representative Kannady, a bill shucked to target Medicaid coverage of trans healthcare for folks of all ages + create a broader desert of healthcare impacting everyone.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Our second major deadline of session is over, and with it, we've got our eyes on 29 bills active this session, and 15 more that are carried over from last year and still eligible to advance.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Unfortunately, we've been watching the Oklahoma Senate for the last 12 hours. And they're now set to hear SB 904, a shucked bill now attacking gender confirming care for trans folks of all ages in Oklahoma, sometime shortly (relative). You can watch the live hearing, here oksenate.gov/live-chamber
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Sorry to leave this unfinished yesterday. After spending the entirety of the day at the Capitol, members of the House wrapped up early for an event without hearing HB 3242.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
We're in the House Gallery this morning, where anti-trans policy HB 3242 by Rep Hasenbeck is one of 52 bills scheduled to be heard today. You can follow along with the House today online sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00283/Harmon...
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House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 22
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We're in House Rules on the last day of Committee Deadline. The committee has moved to a larger room, 450, and is still standing room only.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
We're in House Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight today after waiting a bit to get into a hearing room. With 33 bills on the agenda in a small room, there's quite a crowd trying to listen to legislation. You can follow along with everything we're following here. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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2026 Freedom Oklahoma Legislative Tracker
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
As you know, we've been testing out various platforms for live lege updates. If you prefer Bluesky, please let us know. Today we're following along with House Government Oversight where HB 3031 by Kevin West is on the agenda. You can follow everything we're tracking: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Today, we're prepping for Oklahoma's second explicitly anti-trans bill in as many days. We could always use the support to fund the fight for freedom here in Oklahoma. www.freedomoklahoma.org/donate
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
The occupation of stolen land is active, here in Oklahoma and beyond, and it has always been Indigenous Peoples who have always shown us the blueprint for joyous, resilient survival that tears down empires and rejects the colonial project.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Every year, as October begins, we celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ history month. Marsha Pay-It-No-Mind Johnson said, “History isn’t something you look back at and say it was inevitable.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
There is a lot going on right now and Ryan Walters not being over our students directly is good, in this moment. But where is he going? What does it mean for the state, the nation, for our fight?
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
I don't know about you all, but I'm more of a movie/documentary guy myself.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Its National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day. Each year about 500,000 people are diagnosed with HIV. Did you know 54% of people living with HIV in the US are over 50 years or older? Right now the congress is looking to cut well over $2 BILLION in HIV prevention funding.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Beloveds, Back-to-school ads mixed with articles about how to talk to your children about school shootings. How have we allowed that to be possible? We are holding Minnesotans close in the wake the mass shooting that took 2 lives and left 17 injured yesterday.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Cheers to a Deeply Impactful 4 Years, Fitz! You've been asking us to re-imagine what our work looks like. Our individual roles, new ways to talk to one another, and what Oklahoma we'd want to live in.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
❤️Join AIDS Walk OKC - 8.22.25 - For A Night with Purpose❤️ Thousands of Oklahomans are living with HIV, facing challenges like limited access to care, provider shortages, housing insecurity, and constant stigma from seeking healthcare to community.
ID: On a red waved background, the text reads "red rendezvous burlesque masquerade. hosted by Bronwen Belmontt, featuring performances by Maxx LaTour and Ceej the Troll. Get your tickets today at AIDS Walk OKC dot org." With an AIDS Walk OKC logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
A little while back Councilor Jobeth asked us to come out and table for another round of Tenants Know Your Rights training. It was nice to be in that room learning and sharing knowledge with neighbors.
ID: A collage of photos taken from Tuesday nights Tenant Know Your Rights event put on by City Councilor JoBeth Hamon and the ACLU of OK. The text reads "tenants: know your rights - rewind," with a Freedom Oklahoma logo next to it, and a rewind symbol in the top right corner.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
It doesn't matter that folks who don't live here think Oklahoma is affordable, especially if the people who DO live here can't afford it. Have you hear about the Tenants Know Your Rights training happening tomorrow night? We'll be there! More Here: linktr.ee/freedomoklahoma
Image ID: On a brown background there is a photo of two hands, one putting keys in another. The text reads " tenant know your rights. Learn how to protect your rental rights, handle disputes, and advocate on your behalf. Training: August 5th, downtown library @ 6pm. This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the Metropolitan library system." There is an ACLU of Oklahoma logo and a legal aid services of Oklahoma logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Have you read our August newsletter..? 👀 The world's changed so much over the last 10 yrs, we've been thinking about what that means for Freedom Oklahoma & the communities build with. As we move forward, Cole, our Executive Director has some words to share. link in bio♥️🔗
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I'm always grateful to share space with and learn from leaders across the country working towards HIV modernization. It was exciting to see so much of this year's programming be HIV-focused.
ID: On a collage of writings, trinkets, maps, art, beads and ribbons the Leadership Conference reflection of our Director of Systems and Access as quoted in the thread.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
"In 2024 I attended Leadership Conference as an elected from a red state having introduced the states HIV decriminalization policy * being able to improve it during my time in the OK Legislature - work I got to engage with because of Guiding Right, Freedom Oklahoma, Equality Fed & countless others"
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Its June 30th, but is Pride ever really over?? We're taking this time to recommit to advocacy and organizing across Oklahoma and within the 39 sovereign tribal nations that call this land home. This is our petition to make 2025 more gay 👀🌈
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Today is National HIV Testing Day....and according to our own Oklahoma State Health Department "Oklahoma Among Seven States With Highest Rural HIV Burden," as of February 2022.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Jim Obergefell held the hand of his dying husband, John Arthur, and carried their love all the way to the Supreme Court. In that courtroom, their grief and devotion helped shatter centuries of legal exclusion.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“I’m 77 years old. I don’t have time to wait.” Edie Windsor was quoted as saying in a 2018 article by Matt Baume for Them. And she didn’t wait—she fought. She took down DOMA with the help of so many around her.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Liberation has Always Been Expensive. From the commodification of our free time with no living wage in sight, to state mandated slavery through our carceral system.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
F*CK The Supreme Court
F*CK SCOTUS

ID1: a horror movie style graphic with a duotone picture of the SCOTUS building in the background with text overlay including 3 quotes from Justice Sotomayor's dissent and dripping title font "United States v Skrmetti" with footer text "F*ck the court, trans youth deserve gender affirming care everywhere we call home" with an image of the current supreme court justices with x's on the faces of those who lent their power to upholding the ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.
ID2: Text on a white background "“Tennessee’s law expressly classifies on the basis of sex and transgender status, so the Constitution and settled precedent require the Court to subject it to intermediate scrutiny. The majority contorts logic and precedent to say otherwise....[The Court] authorizes, without second thought, untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them. Because there is no constitutional justification for that result, I dissent." Justice Sonia Sotomayor Dissenting, US v Skrmetti

ID3: Digital collage with colorful scrapbooking elements along the border and text "Today’s opinion TLDR:
The Court agreed with parts of the Sixth Circuit’s opinion that allows the ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth to take effect, holding that Tennessee’s SB1 does not draw a sex-based (or a trans status-based) line and does not necessitate increased scrutiny. That means SB1 can remain in effect. Notably, however, the decision is based on the record in and context of the Tennessee case and therefore does not extend to other cases concerning discrimination based on transgender status."
ID4: White background with an often meme'd image of Homer Simpson with his lower lip under his teeth as if pronouncing a hard letter "f" with "F*ck the Supreme Court. "
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We have seen a lot of 'Know Your Rights' information, which we are so grateful for...and we also know the way the carceral system works there are other things to consider. So for Oklahoma we've got some rights and realities to think about.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
May we forever remember the 49 lives lost June 12, 2016 with action that never allows it to happen again. Stanley Almodovar III, 23 Amanda Alvear, 25 Oscar A. Aracena-Montero, 26 Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 Martin Benitez Torres, 33 Antonio D. Brown, 30
ID: white background with 7 rows of 7 candles, in each color that makes up a rainbow. Text "Pulse Nightclub June 12, 2016".ID: white background with 7 rows of 7 candles, in each color that makes up a rainbow. Text "Pulse Nightclub June 12, 2016".
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"No C*ps At Pride" isn't clickbait. It's a call to Action, and for some it's a wake up call.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
These are the demands of @dykemarchokc. This weekend we heard of cops at Pride directly combating members of our community.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy Pride, Y'all Marsha P Johnson is famously quoted for saying "No Pride for Some of us Without Liberation for All Of Us" "and the 'P' dont stand for party, y'all" -Mauree's Dentist
image id:  on a faded black background there is rainbow text that reads " May no amount of rainbow, glitters, or discounts, keep us from remembering their silence in a genocide," with a freedom Oklahoma logo, and a hand holding a megaphone in the bottom right corner.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
There is no mistake that George Floyd should still be alive today.
Image ID: A collage of flower surround George Floyd. A Black man wearing a black hoodie, with an ever so slight smile pulling at the right corner of his mouth as you at looking, and a short hair cut. the text on the image reads "George Floyd should still be alive".
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Happy Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day♥️💛💙 Today, we shine a light on the incredible pansexual and panromantic communities, celebrating identities rooted in attraction that transcends gender. It's a powerful reminder that love, connection, and belonging are limitless.
ID: photo of someone holding a pansexual pride flag with text "Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day" and a Freedom Oklahoma logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Harvey Milk was an activist, organizer, and the first openly gay man elected to public office in the country, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the late 1970s.
Image ID: On a background of the gay pride flag there are various photos of Harvey Milk - the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in San Fransisco, different buttons, a photo of the golden gate bridge, and a quote from Harvey Milk that reads “Worry about becoming a human being and not about how you can prevent others from enjoying their lives because of your own inability to adjust to life”. with a Freedom Oklahoma logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We're all doing an extreme level of saving - everyday we wake up. But what does living feel like to you? Over the last 5 years the world has transformed so quickly so our care has hard to change, our processing time has shifted in to warp speed.
Image ID: On a white background there is a boarder made of a collage of shapes, flowers, glitter, textiles, and bugs. This frames a quote by Cole McAfee. The text and quote reads "It is not just that trans lives are worth saving. It is that trans lives are worth living. - Fitz McAfee" There is a freedom oklahoma logo at the top centered and a small cutout of Fitz in a pink romper, red coat, cross body bag in black with a purple patch, and a camera up to their face taking a photo.
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TK-S Is Here Now @timekiller-s.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Gonna just leave this here.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
game 1 tonight, queen? 👀🏀
Image ID: an image of Alex Caruso of the OKC Thunder Basketball team dribbling a basketball. Above Caruso it says "Oklahoma lawmakers passing anti-trans+ policy for political clout." In the background, Nikola Jokic is on his hands and knees. Above Jokic it says "the needs of Oklahomans." In the top right corner, there's a Freedom Oklahoma logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
What does freedom look like to you? We are re-envisioning how we show up for one another and we can't do that without you. Sometimes we ask for input and that might seem daunting. We talked with some of our community support groups, our board, and each other.
Image ID: A collage of birds, shoes, watermelon, flowers, butterflies, cats, tape, cuts of paper, and paint swatches. In a scrapbook text the graphic reads "What might freedom feel like" with a freedom oklahoma logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Happy agender pride day! We love and celebrate you! We remind everyone today that Agender people can have any preference for pronouns (including he/she/they/ze), and some prefer to avoid using gendered language when referring to themselves.
ID: photo of an agender pride flag against a blue sky. Text "agender pride day we love and celebrate you!" with a Freedom Oklahoma logo in the lower left.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
It’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. Today—and every day—we recognize that homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia are not just forms of hate; they are foundational tools of colonization.
Image ID: A collage of people from different Freedom Oklahoma events. Marching, kissing, laughing, defending, celebrating, tattooing, serving. Living. The posters say "no more stolen sisters", "fuck i.c.e.", "y'all means all", "no pride in genocide', "we fight for human rights", "belong", and "love letters to Nex. contribute to a zine for 2slgbtq+ youth". Buttons say "silencio = muerte", "we are everywhere", "power to young people. youth liberation", & "keep it gay". with Freedom Oklahoma logo.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Student & Youth Community Group📢 Thursday, May 15th📅 4:30P CST⏰ We'll be sharing digital resources related to peer support in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month & be hosting Outlet to share a presentation on the pervasiveness of binaries & more..👀 Register Here: bit.ly/3Sznywe
Image ID: On a light green background in t black letting the digital flier reads "Outlet presents decentering binaries. Examining transnormativity and exploring ACT. Thursday 5/15 4:30-5:30pm CT 2:30-3:30pm PST. Follower by "join us to unpack the pervasiveness of binaries and learn how to decenter them through ACT." There is a logo for Outlet stacked on a logo for Freedom Oklahoma. and a QR for registration and a link at well.
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Freedom Oklahoma @freedomoklahoma.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨BEING HEARD NOW🚨 SB 418 is being heard on the House Floor now. Be mindful, but watch along here to be aware. sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00283/Harmon...
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