Avery Donovan 🏳️⚧️♾️
@averydonovan.com
Tech geek, cat enthusiast, industrial and electronic music fan, AuDHD, chronically ill, disabled.
Non-binary trans woman (she/they) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Non-binary trans woman (she/they) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
SATX ➡️ MPLS
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"One thing non-autistic people are prone to underestimating, in my experience, is the energy cost of just getting places and existing in those places and then getting home again, readjusting to that, and navigating all the transitions in between." At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/05/on-e...
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/05/on-e...
On “Energy Budgeting” and Acknowledging Internal Autistic Realities
All humans deserve to be able to do energy budgeting in ways that make sense for them; for autistic people this should be basic decency.
thinkingautismguide.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"One thing non-autistic people are prone to underestimating, in my experience, is the energy cost of just getting places and existing in those places and then getting home again, readjusting to that, and navigating all the transitions in between." At TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/05/on-e...
thinkingautismguide.com/2021/05/on-e...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Honestly and sincerely, though: Fuck these guys.
December 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Honestly and sincerely, though: Fuck these guys.
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Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
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Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
Will his office prosecute those who upload photos taken inside a restroom, which is an actual crime?
He’s encouraging people to break a law that actually protects people in vulnerable spaces.
He’s encouraging people to break a law that actually protects people in vulnerable spaces.
Ken Paxton’s office launches tip line to encourage enforcement of Texas’ “bathroom bill”
Ken Paxton opens tip line to encourage “bathroom bill” enforcement
The attorney general's complaint form is the latest effort to enforce new state restrictions on which restrooms transgender people can use in public buildings.
www.texastribune.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Will his office prosecute those who upload photos taken inside a restroom, which is an actual crime?
He’s encouraging people to break a law that actually protects people in vulnerable spaces.
He’s encouraging people to break a law that actually protects people in vulnerable spaces.
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PSA for people who aren't autistic...
Most autistic people are a lot more disabled than you think. If someone tells you they're autistic, there is an extremely high probability they're disabled by their autism and you just can't see it.
Most autistic people are a lot more disabled than you think. If someone tells you they're autistic, there is an extremely high probability they're disabled by their autism and you just can't see it.
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
PSA for people who aren't autistic...
Most autistic people are a lot more disabled than you think. If someone tells you they're autistic, there is an extremely high probability they're disabled by their autism and you just can't see it.
Most autistic people are a lot more disabled than you think. If someone tells you they're autistic, there is an extremely high probability they're disabled by their autism and you just can't see it.
Yeah, because healthcare is just like shopping for a new TV 🙄
Knowing some necessary procedure or treatment is way too expensive to afford doesn’t somehow magically make it affordable. It just means we don’t get it and our health and quality of life suffer.
Knowing some necessary procedure or treatment is way too expensive to afford doesn’t somehow magically make it affordable. It just means we don’t get it and our health and quality of life suffer.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Yeah, because healthcare is just like shopping for a new TV 🙄
Knowing some necessary procedure or treatment is way too expensive to afford doesn’t somehow magically make it affordable. It just means we don’t get it and our health and quality of life suffer.
Knowing some necessary procedure or treatment is way too expensive to afford doesn’t somehow magically make it affordable. It just means we don’t get it and our health and quality of life suffer.
“We need to ensure this treatment is medically appropriate.”
Since obviously my doctor, a specialist in the treatment of this condition who has thoroughly evaluated me, knows fuck all compared to some random asshole who has never seen me and isn’t even licensed to practice medicine in my state.
Since obviously my doctor, a specialist in the treatment of this condition who has thoroughly evaluated me, knows fuck all compared to some random asshole who has never seen me and isn’t even licensed to practice medicine in my state.
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“We need to ensure this treatment is medically appropriate.”
Since obviously my doctor, a specialist in the treatment of this condition who has thoroughly evaluated me, knows fuck all compared to some random asshole who has never seen me and isn’t even licensed to practice medicine in my state.
Since obviously my doctor, a specialist in the treatment of this condition who has thoroughly evaluated me, knows fuck all compared to some random asshole who has never seen me and isn’t even licensed to practice medicine in my state.
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In Texas, the lege passed a bill to define “biological sex” because supposedly “biological truths” needed a uniform definition in law.
The bathroom bill, passed in a later session, has its own slightly different definition of “biological sex.”
It’d be comical if it wasn’t so horrifying.
The bathroom bill, passed in a later session, has its own slightly different definition of “biological sex.”
It’d be comical if it wasn’t so horrifying.
The reality that scares transphobes — I suppose — is the possibility of fluidity here, that these categories aren't as static as the bullshit binary they learned once.
The "biological" truth — all of nature wise — is sex/gender are wildly complicated.
Anybody pretending otherwise is a liar.
The "biological" truth — all of nature wise — is sex/gender are wildly complicated.
Anybody pretending otherwise is a liar.
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In Texas, the lege passed a bill to define “biological sex” because supposedly “biological truths” needed a uniform definition in law.
The bathroom bill, passed in a later session, has its own slightly different definition of “biological sex.”
It’d be comical if it wasn’t so horrifying.
The bathroom bill, passed in a later session, has its own slightly different definition of “biological sex.”
It’d be comical if it wasn’t so horrifying.
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"Vaccines do not cause autism. Vaccines let autistic children live long enough to become autistic adults. Autism is not a tragedy to be prevented; it is a way of being deserving of support and respect." From @autisticadvocacy.org:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
ASAN Condemns Dangerous Disinformation at ACIP Meeting - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
For the past two days, the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices (ACIP) met to discuss various topics related to vaccination. At this meeting, ACIP members continued to spread false information a...
autisticadvocacy.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Vaccines do not cause autism. Vaccines let autistic children live long enough to become autistic adults. Autism is not a tragedy to be prevented; it is a way of being deserving of support and respect." From @autisticadvocacy.org:
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork
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you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
you can be the most reasonable, intelligent, measured person on the planet and 3 minutes of a migraine will have you looking longingly at a drill and considering whether trepanning was honestly that bad of an idea
“Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science.”
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Our priority is ensuring that the information presented internally and externally by HHS reflects gold standard science.”
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
Science went out the door at HHS on the afternoon of January 20, 2025. Taking its place has been bigotry and bullshit.
Her name is her name, period.
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Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
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So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.
It’s ableism. Autistic folks require at least some lifelong accommodations to function in a NT society. We often have comorbid conditions which themselves require accommodations.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
I think my biggest problem with the "vaccines cause autism" bullshit is that, even assuming they did (they don't, actually), neurodiversity is...good?
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
"Oh no, instead of polio and measles, people are cool and have new and different ways of thinking about things" is, uh, a really weird flex
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s ableism. Autistic folks require at least some lifelong accommodations to function in a NT society. We often have comorbid conditions which themselves require accommodations.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
We’re also disproportionately queer, so add in homophobia, transphobia, and other forms of queerphobia.
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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
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A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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Car culture is a public health crisis.
‘They Don’t Return Home’: Cities Across US Fail To Curb Traffic Deaths - KFF Health News
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Houston reported more traffic fatalities than homicides last year. Despite local, state, and federal safety initiatives, such as Vision Zero, traffic deaths across the ...
kffhealthnews.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Car culture is a public health crisis.
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The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology — Assigned
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology
www.assignedmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
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The act of coming out reshapes what people think is possible.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
November 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The act of coming out reshapes what people think is possible.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
Every trans person who does it makes space for others to feel seen.
And helps people understand that there’s more than one way to be.
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
My understanding is that it’s regularly power washed by the nonprofit organization who paid the additional cost to have it installed. It’s clearly visible and that keeps everyone safer.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
First Assistant City Attorney Liz Provencio told the city’s LGBTQ+ advisory commission that the exemption request would be based on a reduction in the number of traffic incidents at the crosswalk since it was installed in 2018.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
My understanding is that it’s regularly power washed by the nonprofit organization who paid the additional cost to have it installed. It’s clearly visible and that keeps everyone safer.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.
Queer San Antonians deserve to have both representation and safety in the heart of the queerest area of the city.