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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I want to encourage all to follow Samantha for this thread alone. A meaningful peace movement must be vigilant about the rhetoric being deployed amidst our ranks. Samantha provides valuable insight wrt to the tipping point between critique of Israel and antisemitism, which isn’t always obvious

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

this is a pride flag made from real nasa imagery happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈✨

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

The planet Jupiter with its cloud bands seen in shades of pink, rusty red, blue, and purple. The Great Red Spot is a deep navy blue, surrounded by bands and swirls of pink, and light blue.

Hubble's ultraviolet view of Jupiter shows the planet in hues of pink and blue.

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Abby Chava Stein @abbystein.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility 🏳️‍⚧️ Tomorrow night (and Thursday night), millions of us will sit at seder tables and tell an ancient story: the story of leaving a narrow place. Mitzrayim isn’t just Egypt. 1/6

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Miriam Anzovin @miriamanzovin.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

2/ Out of this darkness, may we each find something important to hold on to. “May It Be a Light to You in Dark Places, When All Other Lights Go Out.” A safe and light-filled Hannukah to all, and spite the hatred in this world. 🔥

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Tom McGrath @tcmcg.photo · 07/12/2025

I learned today that the Motor City Bowl/Little Caesar’s Bowl went under and was replaced by a new game at the same time in the same place with the same tie ins, which means Northwestern is playing in the Ship of Theseus Bowl. (Credit: @michaellehrer.bsky.social)

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/08/2025

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

This is correct. Any candidate cynically “triangulating” on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. There’s still so much time to advance candidates that DON’T suck.

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Rebecca Kling @rebeccakling.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We have always been here, we are here, we will always be here. So let's keep advocating and keep fighting!

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🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

One time someone asked me about what I do Jewishly and I started talking about a bunch of different things She said, "wow, you must really believe in G-d" I was like, "huh, that's never really come up"

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

🚨 In addition to banning gender affirming medical treatment through Medicaid, Trump's reconciliation bill PROHIBITS health insurance purchased through Obamacare exchanges from offering transition care. Detransition care, though, is specifically protected. CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS!

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

cis friends this is a RED ALERT read Erin’s entire thread and when you see ANYONE believing the unscientific lies in this you we need you to shut it down EVERY major medical association in the US approves of transition care for kids MAKE THEM READ THIS AND LISTEN TO ACTUAL DOCTORS

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Medical Association Statements in Support of Health Care for Transgender People and Youth | GLAAD

Original article posted June 21,2023 Every major medical association and leading world health authority supports health care for transgender people and youth. They are also increasingly speaking out a...

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Erin Macdonald @drerinmac.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

We need to stand up for our trans siblings now, yesterday, and every day. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️‍⚧️

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 31/03/2025

There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will.

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

In front of Lurie children’s hospital in Chicago, hundreds of people are showing up to defend access to gender-affirming care for trans youth!! ❤️❤️❤️

Sign with flowers says let trans kids bloom

Sign says they can take our health care, they cannot mute our spirit

Sign says access to medical care is a right, not a debate!

Sign says gender affirming care literally saves lives

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Roses are red, Elon's a knob,

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

6️⃣ Helping trans people isn’t theoretical. It’s urgent. So if you’ve ever asked, How can I help?—this is your answer. Give money. Give time. Show up. The people trying to make life impossible for trans people aren’t waiting. And neither should you. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...

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As Trump takes aim at trans people, here's how you can help

A list of actions that individuals and elected officials can take

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

wrote this in the trans tuesday essay after the election and it bears repeating today my trans siblings, i love you we need you 🩷

Trans and nonbinary fam, please listen to me. I know you're hurt. I know you're full of rage. I know you're scared, and not knowing what's coming doesn't help. But this is the most important thing going forward:
You must survive.
YOU MUST SURVIVE.
YOU (yes, YOU, the person reading this, I swear to fuck I'm talking to YOU) MUST do EVERYTHING YOU CAN to remain on this side of the ground.
They want us to not exist. They want to pretend we're not real. They want to pretend we don't matter.
And the biggest act of defiance any of us can do, the best way any of us can fight them, is to continue existing in spite of all they do.

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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

8/ Every day you live as your authentic self is a small act of rebellion, a quiet reminder that no law or order can erase who we are. Stand tall, support each other, and remember: we’re not going anywhere. aridrennen.substack.com/p/sound-and-...

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Sound and Fury: Some Initial Thoughts on Trump's Scary Anti-Trans Executive Orders

The Trump administration’s flurry of executive orders targeting trans rights is meant to scare you.

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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

DO NOT PANIC the immediate impact this will have on you is small, they have to enforce it, and there will likely be lawsuits and ways to fight it it will be a developing story and cis friends? no shit: NOW’S THE TIME TO NOT STAND FOR THIS SHIT be ready to step up and say NO

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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Star Trek TNG, S2E9: Picard schools a bigot on bodily autonomy, fundamental rights, and respecting people's pronouns 10/10 this is the reason people like Star Trek

The Enterprise D is floating in to dock at a Starbase. It's futuristic, in a 1980's way, in that it looks a bit like a kitchen appliance designed for mashing potatoes at high speed, but with Christmas lights on the outside. In blue text we see the episode title: "The Measure Of A Man."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I would like to speak up today for the trans community. You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1

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🎃 Spooky Shoshana 🎃 @shoshana.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

I really want to survive. It kept me closeted for so long. It's left me fearful of the upcoming election. If you're debating whether to vote or who to vote for, I'd ask that you please vote for Harris…because I want to survive and thrive.

Reddit post. It has a picture of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, 1993. The men in black represent members who died from AIDS (the vast majority of the chorus) and the men in white are the few surviving members. It says "Not all of us will have 'survived worse' hateful regimes. Not all of us will survive the next one. Vote. Don't give up on the rest of us while we still have a chance."

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Jake i 🇵🇸 ✡️ (alt Space Laser Command) @jakei.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

its okay everyone, for the first time ever, my mom settled the debate

text from my mom, an obvious screenshot of a screenshot (of a screenshot?)

“I’m going to end the Die Hard is a Christmas movie debate. An outnumbered force with limited resources reclaims a tower that was taken by a foreign invader. That’s literally Hanukkah. Die Hard is a Hanukkah movie.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

Once again: WAR SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SPORT IN WHICH WE WAVE OUR FLAGS AND ROOT FOR OUR TEAM. THE ONLY WINNER IS PEACE. Everyone and everything else loses. Is loss. Is lost.

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