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ACLU @aclu.org · Jul 2

The Senate just voted to strip Medicaid away from millions of people across the country.

There's no time to waste — tell your Representatives to protect our health care and save Medicaid.

Congress: Save Medicaid Now

Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.

action.aclu.org

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e v y l ✷ @evyltalks.bsky.social · Jun 10

neil, my emotional support menace

#allforthegame #aftg #tfc #neiljosten

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 1

This Pride month, don’t forget about the trans and gnc activists who made this happen. People like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson, whose leadership at Stonewall has now been stricken from all government websites by a Trump administration that wants us erased from history.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 1

Hey folks,

I have a huge request for Pride:

Trevor Project is recruiting for a landmark new study. If you are LGBTQ, in the United States, and between 13-24 or know someone who is, pass this along to them.

Trevor’s research has led to meaningful defenses of queer and trans lives.

Take the survey

To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.

trevorredcap.trvr.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · May 30

Republican support for gay marriage has fallen to 41%. For those in the LGBTQ+ community who do not believe they are coming after gay marriage next after their draconian anti-trans restrictions, you're in for a surprise - we are all in this together.

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 27

she mailed a letter to American girl telling them stop putting pretty girls on the covers of the magazine because she was was jealous of them?? and she’s like so gorgeous??

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 27

one of my coworkers is very “beautiful woman was ugly duckling/late bloomer and doesn’t see how beautiful she is” and it’s so crazy how deep her complex goes, like she’s 5’9” but thinks she’s shorter than everyone else because she was such a late bloomer

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · May 23

ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill

the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now

but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely

please read on

🧵

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OuterBoroPrincess @outerbororoyal.bsky.social · May 24

Weird how this hasn’t gotten more coverage outside of the Black press. But, we know Black women are *supposed* to be living in financial precarity, unlike the vaunted “white working class”

April Jobs Report: Black Women Lost 106,000 Extra Jobs, Most Among All Workers

Fresh numbers reveal that unemployment for Black workers this year is steadily rising, especially for Black women.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · May 24

Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.

There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 24

when my cat sat like this we called it “sitting like a people” lmao

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箕島綺譚(they/them) 💖 Support Black Trans Liberation @mishimakitan.bsky.social · May 20

🏳️‍⚧️ For US-based trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse people:

Point of Pride’s HRT Access Fund is now open for application until June 30, 2025.

The recipients of this fund will be provided with 12 months of HRT-related care via the organization.

More info:
www.pointofpride.org/hrt-access-f...

Financial aid for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by Point of Pride

Point of Pride's HRT Access Fund provides 12 months of free medical care for trans folks seeking gender-affirming hormone therapy (HRT).

www.pointofpride.org

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 22

found two perfect jobs, redid my resume, wrote cover letters, I go check the page again and now 1. The jobs are missing 2. When I go to the specific links I had saved they now say “for internal applicants only”😭 like just tell me to kms next time?

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 16

thea muldani war on Twitter may never end, latest laugh was about how Thea hate could never involve racism bc we love how black and powerful Dan is like that’s not just another stereotype and people don’t explicitly say they hate Thea bc she’s black and a woman so it can’t be misogynoir

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 9

omg it looks so good!!

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Kai @koodle25.bsky.social · May 9

Aftg? anyone?
#neiljosten #andrewminyard

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 9

I need to look away I’m too irresponsible to see this

Rivet Conri @rivetconri.bsky.social · Feb 5

Book blanket 2025 edition

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 2

like we took him to the emergency vet and he died an hour later and now I’m sitting in an apartment that feels so so empty from his absence

henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 2

I seriously can’t believe my cat just died 12 hours ago out of basically nowhere?? if I didn’t old his dead body after I really really wouldn’t be able to comprehend it and I hate hate hate dead bodies

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · May 2

I seriously can’t believe my cat just died 12 hours ago out of basically nowhere?? if I didn’t old his dead body after I really really wouldn’t be able to comprehend it and I hate hate hate dead bodies

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mar 🛸 @remnantglow.bsky.social · Apr 25

I'd like to share with y'all a project I've poured my heart and soul into over the last couple of years: a database cataloguing every single older (pre-21st century) LGBT science fiction book I've managed to track down - currently just over 200 titles 🚀

LINK: tinyurl.com/oldgaySF

A banner that reads OLDER LGBT SCIENCE FICTION: A DATABASE in big letters, and tinyurl.com/oldgaySF in smaller print below. The background is an orange-tinted retro-looking photo of a row of radio telescopes.

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · Apr 26

if the screen at quest diagnostics says they’re not helping anyone, and I can hear them yapping, then why am I still sitting in the waiting room??

henry @athenachild.bsky.social · Apr 18

I had to do a fake story time for my children’s library programming class and god the speed to which I had to get over the HORRIBLE angle I was working with cannot be overstated im begging the world that I don’t actually look like that typically

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · Apr 7

this may end up being the most complicated thing I’ve ever made (correctly) which is hilarious because I’ve owned a sewing machine for 14 years

henry @athenachild.bsky.social · Apr 7

no I have not replied to any texts in days, yes I spent the last 5 hours working on a mock up of a romper I want to make modeled after one I already own

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henry @athenachild.bsky.social · Apr 7

I now have to edit the pattern I drew and then make a second mock up with my cheap fabric