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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Our history will not be erased! Our stories will not be silenced! I will continue to preserve, protect, and amplify the voices of our community! Queer and Trans History Matters! clgbthistory.org?fbclid=IwY2x...

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I stand with the LGBTQ+ Historical Association - of which I am a member - and condemn this blatant act of historical revisionism. The Trump administration must restore this information.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Removing them from our shared historical record does not change the truth that we exist and have always existed—it only reveals the administration’s commitment to suppressing it.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

As an historian of LGBTQ+ Utah, I am outraged and deeply disappointed. Trans and Queer people are the backbone of LGBTQ+ history, culture, and activism. Their contributions are undeniable, from Stonewall to the fight for equal rights, to the ongoing struggles for rights and recognition today.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

🚨 The Trump administration has once again targeted our community—this time by removing "Transgender" and "Queer" from National Park Service websites and historical sites. This is not just a bureaucratic change; it’s an act of erasure.

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My #utpol friends (and those politics curious)! With the Utah legislature kicking off next week? Your elected reps and senators will be having town halls, starting this weekend! Look 'em up and show up! Introduce yourself as a constituent! Weigh in on bills! Some lawmakers even bring donuts!

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Wow! Drive ten minutes and I’m in a different county? 🤪

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

ICYMI, a new survey says a majority of Utahns support national monuments and the current borders of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... youtu.be/aANugzKmeow?... #utpol #Utah

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Majority of Utahns support monument preservation — even Republicans

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In her remarks to the Utah Taxpayers Association, House Minority Leader Angela Romero says housing affordability, energy, higher ed are her priorities. She says higher education can make changes, but she wants to ensure "no mistakes" when cuts are made. #utpol

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Jen Blair @jenblair.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In every disaster situation, there are helpers and there are distractors. Trump is consistent.

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Great Salt Lake Info Bot 🤖 @handle.invalid · 14/01/2025

The current water level is 4191.8 ft above mean sea level which compared with 1 year ago today is 2.2 ft higher ⬆️ 2 years ago today is 2.8 ft higher ⬆️ 10 years ago today is 1.0 ft lower ⬇️ as of Monday, January 13, 2025 at 05:15:00 PM MT

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Want some Saturday morning bill filings in the Utah legislature?!?! It's part of a complete breakfast! Here's a lil' thread of the latest batch of bills... #utpol #Utah

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

📚✨ Discover Utah's vibrant Queer past! Join us Jan 16, 6-7:30 PM at Signature Books (508 W 400 N, SLC) for “Salt Lake City’s Pioneering Sexologist, Mildred Berryman” with historian Connell O’Donovan. Entry: Pay-what-you-want. Donate: [givebutter.com/7cbzVH](givebutter.com/7cbzVH) 🏳️‍🌈

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The Advocate @advocate.com · 11/12/2024

One hundred years ago, on December 10, 1924, the first legally recognized U.S. gay rights organization was incorporated: the Society for Human Rights, located in Chicago.

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All about the nation's first gay rights group, the Society for Human Rights, founded 100 years ago

Founder Henry Gerber is a significant figure in LGBTQ+ history, but not enough people know his story.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Incredibly debilitating, esp as a west dude resident.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Thread: “we must reclaim the idea of the future; we must tell people a story and give them a picture of that better world we are building together”

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hopefully we can work to save the integrity and history of this part of the city while working toward what we need: housing, community spaces, and space for local businesses!

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Homocommunist @homocommunist.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

‘It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives” (1971) by Rosa von Praunheim

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

“Preservation doesn’t necessarily mean everything needs to be saved exactly as it is, [Brandy] Strand said. Some change is inevitable, especially since Utah’s most populated city keeps getting bigger. “We need to grow and change with the world,” Strand said.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Can confirm.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I have been compiling a list of those who died of AIDS-related causes in Utah as best I can. Well over 1,000 died from 1983 through the early 2000s. Can’t wait to incorporate these items into my research.

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 24/11/2024

The Peace and Justice Garden at Salt Lake Community College's South City Campus is coming together, with the addition of six bronze statues depicting famous women in American history.

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History, art and tranquility combine at SLCC’s Peace and Justice Garden

The Peace and Justice Garden at Salt Lake Community College's South City Campus is coming together, with the addition of six bronze statues depicting famous women in American history.

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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

👋 It's time for our Friday Night Chat, on Bluesky for the first time! How are you doing tonight? Are you getting rest and taking care of yourself? Reply and tell us how. As always, love and take care of each other. ❤️🫶

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

🏳️‍🌈 Utah’s LGBTQ+ history shows us the power of resilience + community during times of adversity. Drawing lessons from the AIDS crisis + beyond, my latest piece reflects on how stand strong against today’s challenges. ♥️ 🌈 Read more in my Salt Lake Tribune commentary: www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

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Voices: Utah’s LGBTQ+ community has faced adversity before. We can do it again.

“Just as coming out in the 1970s and 1980s was a form of political resistance, speaking out and standing together today is crucial,” writes Utah historian Randell Hoffman.

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

H.R. 9494, the attack on non-profits bill, has passed the house. But it went from being supported by 52 Dems to just 15. Time to get on your Senator's case and halt the bill there.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We need a real organizer and machine builder. Laser focused. Yes, fundraising is crucial, but we need someone who can build the infrastructure for resources to be deployed effectively. I want someone with a record of knowing how to WIN with working people and preserving our values. They exist!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/11/2024

Pete Buttigieg told Democrats to not allow themselves to be so outraged by the Trump administration that they would neglect working for their constituents. “We cannot be mesmerized by the worst things that we see happening,” Buttigieg said.

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Buttigieg Warns Trump-Panicked Democrats, ‘We Cannot Be Mesmerized’

The transportation secretary, one of several ambitious Democrats jockeying for prominence, gave advice in a speech but was coy about his own plans: “I know that I will make myself useful again later.”

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The Advocate @advocate.com · 20/11/2024

Transgender Day of Remembrance, observed on November 20 since 1999, honors the memory of people in our community whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. At least 30 trans Americans have been killed so far in 2024. Read more: www.advocate.com/crime/transg...

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Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

BREAKING NEWS: The Great Salt Lake has dropped to 2021 levels, triggering some concern among policymakers tasked with reversing its declines: Great Salt Lake drops back down to 2021 levels www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah

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Great Salt Lake drops back down to 2021 levels

The Great Salt Lake has dropped to 2021 levels, triggering some concern among policymakers tasked with reversing its declines.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Joy can exist simultaneously with grief and sorrow. It’s not either or. :)

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Janet @justsimplyzen.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies. #bydhttmwdi

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Sun Trapp, Salt Lake City, 2018. Still remember my cute outfit.

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Sun Trapp, must have been summer of 2018?

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

📙 Next Anticipated Read: “Faeries, Bears, and Leathermen: Men in Community Queering the Masculine” by Peter Hennen

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

- 📕 last book you read: “Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color” by Gilbert Baker 🏳️‍🌈 - 📗your current read: “Go Tell It On The Mountain” by James Baldwin - 📘last book added to your TBR: “Haymarket” by Martin Duberman

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✨Randy Hoffman✨ @rrhoffman.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

THIS! "Trans and queer historians do this work, often unpaid and unnoticed, because it matters to us. It is vital work that corrects our histories where the cis and heteronormative imagination hasn’t been able to find us or imagine anything but suffering and death for us.” 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ -Jamie S.K. Starr

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