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Travis Joesph

@travisjoseph.com
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Writer, policy analyst, and advocate. I write at the intersection of policy, humanity, and power—breaking down the policies that empower us and the systems that fail us. Also, I swear a lot. Substack: blog.travisjoseph.com #HIVsky #LGBTQ #PublicHealth

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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 23/06/2025
MAY TRANIANS, WHO MOSTLY HATE THEIR LEADERS, BE SAFE.
MAY PALESTINIANS, WHO MOSTLY HATE THEIR LEADERS, BE SAFE.
MAY ISRAELIS, WHO MOSTLY HATE THEIR LEADERS, BE SAFE.
MAY U.S. CITIZENS, WHO MOSTLY HATE THEIR LEADERS, BE SAFE.
MAY ALL THE WAR-MONGERING AUTHORITARIANS BE DEPOSED,
AND MAY THEY ONE DAY
EXPERIENCE REAL JUSTICE
FOR ALL
THE SUFFERING AND DEATH THEY CAUSE.
RABBI MARISA JAMES (adapted)
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 05/06/2025
Spoke on PhRMA’s 2025 PRIDE panel with Evan Low & Tekla Taylor—grateful for the convo and the community. I said: Policy is the tool. Advocacy is the pressure. Allyship is the commitment. It’s not enough to care quietly—we have to show up, speak up, and push back. #QueerVoices #LGBTQHealth
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 14/05/2025
As a former brand marketer, all I can say is the leadership at WarnerMedia are idiots. But glad they realized that their most valuable brand asset really was their most valuable brand asset. Nice to see you again, Home Box Office.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 02/05/2025
It’s time to clean house. If you’re over 65, it’s time to retire from congress. If you’re too scared to lead in this moment, then sit the fuck down. Chuck, go write your books and get out of congress, you’re done. Bernie, go rally troops and retire, you’re useless in the senate.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 02/05/2025
Can confirm. 😭 #ADHD Also, fuck you #RFKJr (for good measure)
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 28/04/2025
Also what’s the makeup budget in this administration? He’s painting his face like Trump.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 28/04/2025
Leaked HHS budget proposes gutting HIV prevention, mental health care, and public health infrastructure. A 33% slash that puts lives—and decades of progress—at risk. Full breakdown: tjoe.co/ri2vcv #HIVsky #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #PoliSky
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 23/04/2025
Y’all need to stop 😭💀
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 18/04/2025
#SisterHillbilly 💀
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 07/04/2025
This is what happens when you replace evidence with ideology in public health: People die. Predictably. And this is just the beginning. $11.4B clawed back. 20,000 laid off. Vaccine outreach halted. Read my full analysis: tjoe.co/eymkkp #PublicHealth #IDSky #HIVsky #RFKJr #HHS #CDC
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 07/04/2025
I’ll just post this real time convo between me and my aunt as my commentary on #whitelotus
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 02/04/2025
I do love cheese
A block of cheese crushing a cyber truck in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 30/03/2025
Fuck you Jeff. Fuck. You.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 18/03/2025
Prevention saves money. Treatment saves lives. Cutting CDC’s HIV programs would lead to new HIV cases, shorter lives, and billions in avoidable costs. This isn’t fiscal responsibility—it’s a crisis. Speak up! #HIVPreventionSaveLives #SaveHIVFunding #NoCutsToHIVCare
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 14/03/2025
Honestly, this helped a little
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 11/03/2025
Actual footage of me going to work
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 11/03/2025
"LORE-RAY-ZUH-PAYUM"
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 10/03/2025
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 10/03/2025
Today is National Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day—a reminder that HIV is not a “gay disease.” It affects women across all communities, with systemic barriers driving disparities in prevention, testing, and care. Test at home for free: tjoe.co/vdjyy9 #NWGHAAD #HealthEquity #HIVPrevention #EndHIV
A photo of 4 diverse women, laughing and smiling. Text overlay reads: NATIONAL WOMEN & GIRLS HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY
MARCH 10
End the stigma faced by women living with HIV in the United States. Together we can #EndHIV
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 09/03/2025
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 08/03/2025
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 08/03/2025
Today is International Women’s Day, and I’m so proud to say I was raised by a strong woman who puts love first and stands up for the good of EVERYONE, even when it’s costly and unpopular. I’ve always been surrounded by badass women that have pushed me to be a better human.
A STRONG WOMAN
STANDS UP FOR HERSELF.
A STRONGER WOMAN STANDS UP
FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 06/03/2025
John Oliver would disagree.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 06/03/2025
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” -Frank Wilhoit
Image of Lauren boebert and Marjorie Taylor greene yelling at president Biden during the state of the union with a caption that reads: SO WEIRD THAT THESE TWO MAGA MORONS NEVER GOT REMOVED FROM THE CHAMBER
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 03/03/2025
This made me laugh entirely too much. Good night, y’all.
. Behind him, a large wooden shelf is packed with an extensive collection of dildos in various shapes, sizes, and colors. The meme text at the top reads: “Defending his dildo collection from northern aggression.”
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 01/03/2025
It’s been a month.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 27/02/2025
Farewell to Gene Hackman. I was 15 when The Birdcage came out, and it was one of the first glimpses I got of a loving gay relationship onscreen. Loved his performance and the cast’s bravery back in ’96. A legend is gone, but his impact and humor will always stay with us.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 24/02/2025
Same, Pooh. Same.
A Winnie the Pooh cartoon still of Pooh and Piglet sitting on a log, having a chat. The text reads:

“Is it summer yet?” asked Pooh
“No, it's still February” said Piglet 
“For fucks sake.” said Pooh
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 23/02/2025
Sleep, you black-eyed pig
Fall into a deep pit full of ghosts.
-ICELANDIC LULLABY, EARLY I9TH CENTURY
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 16/02/2025
Who do you think narrated his audiobook of Mein Kampf? Stephen Miller? Tucker?
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 12/02/2025
I think I finally figured out who Elon reminds me of
The scene from Indiana jones and the raiders of the lost arc where the nazi’s face melts off
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 11/02/2025
At least she’s still respected around the world.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 10/02/2025
Seems legit
A screenshot of a scam text message that says “Social Security Administration (SSA)

You are eligible to receive a $1,800 Family benefits . Please provide your accurate personal information. We will deposit the amount into your bank account or mail a paper check within 1 to 2 business days.

https://www.ssa.gov.aid-family.com

(Please reply with "Y," then exit the text message. Open it again, click the link, or copy it into your Safari browser and open it.)

The sender is listed as tangzhilu_luxingfan1994_kuangbeiyan@hotmail.com

Which is by all accounts, fucking stupid.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 06/02/2025
A reminder in these trying times.
A poster with 2 burly shirtless gay men kissing on a dance floor, washed in pink light. There is text overlaid that is a quote from Dan Savage, "During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night.

The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for. 

It didn't look like we were going to win then and we did. It doesn't feel like we're going to win now but we could. 

Keep fighting, keep dancing."
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 01/02/2025
Seems like this is confirmation they should be left behind to suffer the consequences of ushering in doomsday.
Screenshot of Reuters news story with the headline: Crashed US Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 27/01/2025
Hey @wsj.com pretty sure we weren’t *all* stunned. Though readers of your paper could probably have used some actual reporting on this last year when he telegraphed his intentions and met with Netanyahu. Stunned. Fuuuuuuuuuuck off.
A Wall Street Journal headline that reads, “Trump's 'Clean Out' Gaza Proposal Stuns All Sides, Scrambles Middle East
Diplomacy”
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 25/01/2025
The only progress I’m currently monitoring…
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 24/01/2025
If you have a problem with this statement, unfollow me. I’m not a safe space for you. You’ve had enough time to attempt to understand that people who are different exist and that it’s ok that they do. If you want the pleasure of my company then become a person worthy of my presence.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 21/01/2025
Probably a good sign…
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 21/01/2025
*deep sigh* 1/7 The US withdrawal from WHO represents an attack on 75 years of lifesaving global health cooperation. Day 1 of the new admin and we're already abandoning the international framework that helped end smallpox and bring polio to the brink of elimination.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 15/01/2025
A GIF of Hedley Lamarr from Blazing Saddles saying, “Kinky”
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 14/01/2025
It’s clearly past my bedtime…
Gay leather daddy Cookie Monster seducing you with gay cookies on the CRUMBL app
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 01/01/2025
My favorite moments of 2025 so far: 1. Jake passed out while face planted into my belly 2. Ellie and I holding space for the lyrics of WTP
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 21/11/2024
It’s just interesting how statutory rape and child sex trafficking is reported as “sexual misconduct” these days. Sorry, alleged.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 20/11/2024
In other news, I own a candle company and it’s very sassy and very fabulous and wildly inappropriate… if you’re into that sort of thing. @sassyassco.bsky.social
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 20/11/2024
Take a moment. Remember. Breathe. Fight. Live.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 18/11/2024
In other news, I got my holiday tree put up this weekend! Grab joy wherever you can find it, baby.
A fabulous Christmas tree decorated by a Professional Homosexual™ in a blue, white, and silver motif.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 16/11/2024
Anyone? Anyone?…
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 16/11/2024
“Hope you like measles” is wild. But also, valid.
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Travis Joesph @travisjoseph.com · 19/11/2023
Just gonna leave this right here...
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