A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir)
@agoadesq.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ advocate, herp fan, and cat parent. Militant introvert. Fan of Angel City FC, all NWSL, USWNT, LGBTQI athletes, and good defense. Ambivalent resident of unceded Tongva land. Views my own.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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Collective, racist punishment.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Collective, racist punishment.
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The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The BBC removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in American history...from a lecture about the cowardice of today's elites.
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
I wonder if the BBC has heard of the Streisand Effect
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The ICAO is who you need to lobby if you want to remove gender from all passports altogether, which is why American trans activists have largely focused on the ability to update/change your gender marker
In somewhat good news, today the state department website has changed the answer to this question to defer to ICAO policy. Sources still tell me that there is some appetite for invalidation/reversion of passports issued under the injunction, but this message will be welcome to many trans people.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The ICAO is who you need to lobby if you want to remove gender from all passports altogether, which is why American trans activists have largely focused on the ability to update/change your gender marker
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Got carded buying 0% beer. Asked store to fix. Manager says it's intentional "... to ensure that the children are still not trying to buy non-alcoholic as that could possibly get them in trouble in the real world if it is misperceived as being the real thing." What in the paternalistic hell...
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Got carded buying 0% beer. Asked store to fix. Manager says it's intentional "... to ensure that the children are still not trying to buy non-alcoholic as that could possibly get them in trouble in the real world if it is misperceived as being the real thing." What in the paternalistic hell...
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Target corporate are trying to GUARANTEE a 100% watertight boycott by autistic customers, aren't they?
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Target corporate are trying to GUARANTEE a 100% watertight boycott by autistic customers, aren't they?
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Remembering when Democrats blamed then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for elevating gay marriage as an issue ahead of the 2004 election--the same scapegoating Newsom is doing to trans rights now
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Remembering when Democrats blamed then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom for elevating gay marriage as an issue ahead of the 2004 election--the same scapegoating Newsom is doing to trans rights now
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"Woke" is giving us USWNT vs. Thailand tonight, my goodness.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
"Woke" is giving us USWNT vs. Thailand tonight, my goodness.
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just bc there are no trans athletes currently in the nwsl, does not mean none belong there. just bc we have African players who are extremely talented and accomplished, does not mean that they don’t deserve respect and humanity if they weren’t top of the league. also, i’m bored bored BORED of this.
INBOX: @nwslplayers.bsky.social statement "condemning attacks on players."
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
just bc there are no trans athletes currently in the nwsl, does not mean none belong there. just bc we have African players who are extremely talented and accomplished, does not mean that they don’t deserve respect and humanity if they weren’t top of the league. also, i’m bored bored BORED of this.
Get out and vote (if you can and haven't), Virginia. #vagov thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
thehill.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Get out and vote (if you can and haven't), Virginia. #vagov thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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“ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien.”
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien.”
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The NWSL's silence on its gender eligibility approach has invited harassment of players — and now, an op-ed from a current player calling for "a clear standard" to address a problem that doesn't exist.
Statements from NWSL, NWSLPA & thoughts from me @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Statements from NWSL, NWSLPA & thoughts from me @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
NWSL’s lack of gender eligibility policy leaves players vulnerable – just not in the way you think
An op-ed from Angel City midfielder Elizabeth Eddy called for "a clear standard" to address a problem that doesn't currently exist.
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The NWSL's silence on its gender eligibility approach has invited harassment of players — and now, an op-ed from a current player calling for "a clear standard" to address a problem that doesn't exist.
Statements from NWSL, NWSLPA & thoughts from me @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Statements from NWSL, NWSLPA & thoughts from me @theathletic.com
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
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While attacks on arts justice and our freedom to read are not new, activists today are using innovative methods to fight back.
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
October 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
While attacks on arts justice and our freedom to read are not new, activists today are using innovative methods to fight back.
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
Join us Tues., Oct. 28, 6 p.m. PT, where we’ll explore what collective safety looks like in the arts and in our personal expression.
RSVP: aclusocal.org/we-keep-us-safe
If you're attending #ModelsofPride today, please come by the @aclusocal.bsky.social TABLE for know-your-rights info and LGBTQ+ Rights Trivia, and then join our WORKSHOP at 1:30 in Renberg Theater re: the state of LGBTQ+ student rights in California!
October 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you're attending #ModelsofPride today, please come by the @aclusocal.bsky.social TABLE for know-your-rights info and LGBTQ+ Rights Trivia, and then join our WORKSHOP at 1:30 in Renberg Theater re: the state of LGBTQ+ student rights in California!
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"I don't knock my country for what it is - I knock it because I share the dream of so many of us as to what it can be."
~Rod Serling 1970
~Rod Serling 1970
October 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"I don't knock my country for what it is - I knock it because I share the dream of so many of us as to what it can be."
~Rod Serling 1970
~Rod Serling 1970
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in. 19thnews.org/2025/10/no-o... via @19thnews.org
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.
A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.
19thnews.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in. 19thnews.org/2025/10/no-o... via @19thnews.org
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in. 19thnews.org/2025/10/no-o... via @19thnews.org
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.
A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.
19thnews.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in. 19thnews.org/2025/10/no-o... via @19thnews.org
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in. 19thnews.org/2025/10/no-o... via @19thnews.org
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in.
A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.
19thnews.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
No one was helping Black transgender youth. So these parents stepped in. 19thnews.org/2025/10/no-o... via @19thnews.org
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This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid
It's racism all the way down
It's racism all the way down
"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid
It's racism all the way down
It's racism all the way down
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Fear caused by the Trump admin's turbocharged immigration crackdown is keeping pregnant mothers from the hospital. They are avoiding prenatal care. Others will give birth without their husbands and spouses, who have been deported.
This stress caused by ICE makes pregnancy more dangerous.
This stress caused by ICE makes pregnancy more dangerous.
ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk
Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.
19thnews.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Fear caused by the Trump admin's turbocharged immigration crackdown is keeping pregnant mothers from the hospital. They are avoiding prenatal care. Others will give birth without their husbands and spouses, who have been deported.
This stress caused by ICE makes pregnancy more dangerous.
This stress caused by ICE makes pregnancy more dangerous.
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We're so back
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We're so back
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We're just over two weeks away from the Oct 13 deadline for @governor.ca.gov to sign or veto legislation. His office needs to hear support for our priority legislation. Today's ask: Call & ask him to support #SB59 — The Transgender Privacy Act — by @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's time to #SealTheDeal
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We're just over two weeks away from the Oct 13 deadline for @governor.ca.gov to sign or veto legislation. His office needs to hear support for our priority legislation. Today's ask: Call & ask him to support #SB59 — The Transgender Privacy Act — by @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's time to #SealTheDeal
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I’m so excited to introduce Out Fits, my new queer athlete fashion column! We are starting with everyone’s favorite papi, Tash Cloud. Scroll to the end to get her look for yourself!
Out Fits: Natasha Cloud
introducing a new series on queer athlete fashion
www.thefrankiedlc.news
September 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I’m so excited to introduce Out Fits, my new queer athlete fashion column! We are starting with everyone’s favorite papi, Tash Cloud. Scroll to the end to get her look for yourself!