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Laurie Frankel

@lauriefrankel.bsky.social
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Laurie Frankel @lauriefrankel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"May courage be contagious." (To which my grandmother would add, "From their mouths to God's ears.")
theguardian.com
‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana
One bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marches
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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Consequences of ethics and critical thinking in education (aka "the humanities") sacrificed on the altar of STEM playing out in real-time.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.
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Washington State Department of Health @doh.wa.gov · 12/02/2025
We're expediting sex designation change requests on birth certificates. People born in WA who want to change the sex designation on their birth certificate can do so by filing a request with us. . doh.wa.gov/DesignationC...
doh.wa.gov
Sex Designation Change on a Birth Certificate
We are currently processing requests in three (3) business days. Please allow up to two (2) weeks for delivery and mail time for ordered certificates.
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Laurie Frankel @lauriefrankel.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The passive voice in this headline and lede and the rest of the article. WHO is doing these things and WHO is hoping we don't notice? (And why.) (And I noticed.)
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Theo @theokane.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
#Seattle friends! Get help for your name and gender markers updated on legal docs, or volunteer to help others!
Name and gender marker change legal clinic 
Sunday, February 23rd, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Masks required
Columbia Branch, Seattle public library, 4721 Rainier avenue South, Seattle, Washington 
Graphic is a hello. My name is sticker in trans colors with two hearts 
Registration link coming soon 
From the Gender Justice LeagueName and gender marker change legal clinic 
Sunday, February 23rd, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., masks required 
Columbia Branch, Seattle public library, 4721 Rainier avenue South, Seattle Washington 
Volunteers needed! 
We still need volunteers with backgrounds as lawyers, paralegals, caseworkers, or social workers. Also familiar with updating identity documents 
To volunteer, please contact katie@genderjusticeleague.org
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Laurie Frankel @lauriefrankel.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
“This president’s order is gross. It is disgusting. It is hateful." (But I am grateful to my state AG and other states and their AGs for saying not just no but hell no and not just hell no but also why)
thestranger.com
Washington Sues Over Trump Order Restricting Gender Care Under Age 19
Washington’s State Attorney General Nick Brown announced today that he has filed a multi-state lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban federal support of transgende...
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 01/02/2025
Corrupt, corrupt, and tainted in desire!
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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 27/01/2025
No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...
teenvogue.com
Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist
Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and non-binary youth.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/01/2025
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes, That they behold and see not what they see?
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/01/2025
And I can teach thee, coz, to shame the devil By telling truth: tell truth and shame the devil.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/01/2025
Twice
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/01/2025
This is his pardon, purchas’d by such sin For which the pardoner himself is in.
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Laurie Frankel @lauriefrankel.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Speaking of inaugurals, this is my first post on here, and let me please use it to send love out into the world, to send hope, to send faith in brighter days, to send assurance this too shall pass, to send love to send love to send love to send love. To send money to the food bank. To send love.
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17/01/2025
this place is too cold for hell
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
yeah so "riveting storytelling for all of America" is what novelists, TV and film-makers aim to do. keep you on the edge of your seat with exciting or moving stories. not journalists, you fuckers, journalists start by telling the truth.
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