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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 1d

Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, NC is offering $50 in free SNAP tokens to Charlotte EBT card holders at three area farmer's markets.

Charlotte Regional Market, Saturdays except 11/29, 8am- 12:30pm
Davidson Farmer Market, Saturdays 9-12
Matthews Farmer Market, Saturdays 8-12

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 14d

Trans activist and Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has died aged 78.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4q7d0nX

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · 16d

Pondering how we let others define who we are and the power we give them to invalidate emotions that we experience.
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Music Love, peace and happiness by Goltare MC

#overreacting #dontgiveyourpoweraway #youremotionsarevalid #queer #wlw

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · 16d

I wrote this earlier this year—when the world already felt like it was breaking.
Now, those cracks have widened.
Maybe “not knowing where to start” is exactly where we begin.

Full essay: Not Knowing Where to Start - link in bio.

#BeckaEppley #AMileDeep #RadicalHope #GriefAndGrace #EmpireIsFalling

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28d

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

Gaza Sumud flotilla: How Israel breaks international maritime law

The Global Sumud Flotilla says its fleet of over 50 ships has entered the ‘high-risk zone.’

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Sep 28

Music credit Contains: Dena - Finnagram Tui

Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Sep 28

The magic I was taught to fear was never outside of me. It was my connection, my power, my hope.

✨ New writing on faith, survival, and reclaiming magic.
What power were you told to hide?
🔗 Read more link in bio

#Exvangelical #SpiritualHealing #ReclaimingMagic #BreakingCycles #InnerPower

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · Sep 25

The President of Slovenia at the United Nations 🇺🇳

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Sep 25

Realizing that faith does not sustain your hope, but the dissipation of that faith can create the clearing to see the hope has always been inside of you.

Music: poetry of things - pinegroove

#rapture #rapture2025 #wakingup #queerauthor #wlw #queerstories #lesbian #wlw #queerwriters #exvangelical

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Sep 19

Grateful that I get to be out now as a lesbian, even though my journey took 40+ years.

#comphet #wlw #lesbiansofinstagram #wuhluhwuh #lateinlifelesbian🏳️‍🌈 #conversiontherepy #queer #lesbiansover40 #faithdeconstruction #exvangelical

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Sep 19

Rage burns fast. Hope is harder. But hope is the only thing that stays. ✨

New Substack → Hope Demands More Than Rage
🔗 Link in bio

#HopeDemandsMore #HealingJourney #RageToHope #realtalk #collectivepower

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Gaia Jane Thomas @gaiajane.bsky.social · Jul 15

Andrea Gibson
8/13/1975 - 7/14/2025

#poetry #Chicago

Andrea Gibson recites 'Love Letter From the Afterlife' in final TV interview

YouTube video by NBC Chicago

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · May 27

I’m still learning that healing doesn’t always mean removing every trace…

This piece is rooted in memory, survival, and growth that’s both mine and inherited.

For anyone carrying what they’ve already let go of—this is for you.

🎙️ Full version on Substack (link bio)
🌿 Reel voiced + written by me

Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · May 16

Porch Time with Becka - #comfortiscostly - Link in Bio to read.

#AuthenticityMatters
#QueerAndBecoming
#UndoingExpectations
#MotherWound
#SpokenWordPoetry
#HealingThroughWords
#QueerVoices
#ComingIntoSelf #mothersday
#wuhluhwuh #porchtimewithbecka #faithdeconstruction #exvangelical #queerpoetry

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Apr 26

Today is Lesbian Visibility Day, and in honor of it, I want to share a talk I gave last night at a Sapphic Storytelling event.

open.substack.com/pub/beckaepp...

#StillBecoming
#QueerHealing
#LesbianVisibility
#LesbianVisibilityDay
#QueerStoriesMatter
#HealingJourney
#lateinlifelesbian

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Apr 23

Friday, 4/25 @ 7pm at Divine Barrel Brewing, 3701 N Davidson St

I’ll be one of several speakers at Sapphic Storytelling Night, hosted by @lesbianfriendsofcharlotte

This space is for everyone — lesbians, sapphics, the whole queer fam, and allies.
#QueerJoy #sapphicvisibility #charlottenc

Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Apr 4

Curated Vulnerability - can read the whole piece on my substack link in my bio.
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#lesbiansover40 #lesbianwriter #vulnerability #queerwriter #queer #wlw #lateinlifelesbian
Music: birds of a feather officially instrumental - Dan Swift Del Rey

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Mar 16

@bravetrails.bsky.social

Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Mar 16

parents or guardians of queer kiddos. If you have a queer kiddo ages 12 -17 an amazing organization called Brave Trails has recently announced that they will be doing a summer camp in Georgia. The camp is within driving distance of Charlotte. *scholarships available

www.bravetrails.org/summer-camp

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Mar 5

Justin Trudeau Prime Minister for Canada, press conference, March 4, 2025 - addressing the citizens of the United States….

#JustinTrudeau #tariffs #MSNBC #canada #america #unitedstates

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Feb 23

open.substack.com/pub/beckaepp...

“…learning more about who I have always been underneath the curated fragments of who I was taught to be.”
- ✨link in bio to read article

#TraumaHealing #ReclaimingMyStory #HopeChest #TraumaTrophies #comphetlesbian #amiledeep #beckaeppley #queer #religoustrauma

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Feb 19

They're going after the LGB too. We told you so.

www.washingtonian.com/2025/02/18/k...

Trump’s Kennedy Center Cancels Pride Concert That Would Have Featured Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington - Washingtonian

No explanation was given, the chorus says: "We regret that this opportunity has been taken away."

www.washingtonian.com

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Feb 19

Being in love when you are in love with who you are….. is a brand new experience for me.

#lesbiancouple #lateinlifelesbian🏳️‍🌈 #comphet #comphetlesbian #ValentinesDay #valentinesday2025 #queerlove

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@sonyareneetaylor @sonyareneetaylor.bsky.social · Feb 17

🧵 As this administration’s myriad violences unfold daily, I continue to hear “hot takes” from pundits that blame everything from “wokeism” to poor messaging as the cause for Democratic defeat. Each take exhausts me. #BlackSky 1/

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Becka @beckaeppley.bsky.social · Feb 18

Music: @joyoladokun.bsky.social - no country