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Thankful Brian, DFL Infighting and Division Officer
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Queer & they/them. Resident of Pig's Eye Landing. Chair of Stonewall DFL. An aspiring Susan Sarandon. Resident socialist bureaucrat here for all your paper-pushing needs!
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bundleofsticks7.bsky.social
Please share with interested candidates!!
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
bundleofsticks7.bsky.social
I said initially I wouldn’t really make public comment on what’s unfolded from COC tonight, but I’ve changed my mind.

I’ve talked with Chair Carlbom and DFL staff about my fears of the Feminist Caucus impacting how much queer people engage with the party.
dexanderson.com Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 7d
This happening by and large because I am a trans person who demanded I be respected and I was met with mockery.

Deciding to try and purge the trans person who is attempting to call you to account is a fucking wild choice, but hey, TERFs will be TERFs.
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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stonewalldfl.bsky.social
Join Stonewall DFL for our November Board of Directors meeting on Sunday, November 23rd at 3:00 pm. Invited guest speakers include DFL Chair Richard Carlbom, MYDFL President Kavya Nair, and the lead organizer of the A Better DFL initiative, Dex Anderson.
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
bundleofsticks7.bsky.social
So incredibly pissed that it falls on my community to help the DFL and get shit on for it. It’s time for that to change!
stonewalldfl.bsky.social Stonewall DFL @stonewalldfl.bsky.social · 10d
Trans and non-binary DFL’ers are all too often there for the party in its greatest time of need. DFL leadership is all too often nowhere to found in ours.

Join us in supporting A Better DFL to help create a party that works for all us ❤️

www.abetterdfl.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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dexanderson.com
The DFL is a shitshow and I'm dedicated to doing my part in fixing it over the next year because if they don't get their shit together, we are going to lose and my life and home in Minnesota will be at risk.

If you're mad about this shit like me, help me out with this organizing effort.
A Better DFL
abetterdfl.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
bundleofsticks7.bsky.social
This is interesting coming from our DNC member who lists herself as being a member of every DNC caucus and council caucus except the LGBTQIA+ caucus in her email signature.

Just something I keep my eye on as Stonewall DFL Chair.
taylordahlin.com taylr @taylordahlin.com · 14d
latonya reeves on "Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and Transgender Rights" for her CD5 run

another stunning victory for ilhan omar!
Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality and Transgender Rights Every person deserves to live with dignity, safety, and respect. I will always stand up for the rights of LGBTQ+ and transgender Minnesotans to live freely and authentically, without fear of discrimination or harassment. I will work to strengthen protections so that no one is denied opportunity or treated unfairly because of who they are or who they love. I will also fight to ensure equal access to health care for LGBTQ+ and transgender people, including gender-affirming care, because everyone deserves the freedom to make personal decisions about their own bodies and well-being. Hate and discrimination have no place in Minnesota or anywhere in America. Together, we can build a future where equality isn’t just promised, it’s practiced.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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dexanderson.com
Hi Minnesotan Bluesky:

The DFL has a well-known transphobia problem. I'm organizing to change the party platform in 2026 to be explicitly supportive of trans people in Minnesota. This will provide a basis for expelling transphobia from our party.

Join me: abetterdfl.org.
A blue and white gradient with the words "The DFL has a transphobia problem. And we're gonna fix it."
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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dewayneskareem.bsky.social
@dewayneforminneapolis.com is the ONNLY out LGBTQIA+ Candidate the #Minneapolis mayoral race: 🧵
-Endorsed by OutFront Minnesota, Stonewall DFL, Victory Fund, and Rep. Leigh Finke
-Exquisite testifier at the capitol, recognized clergy leader advancing LGBTQIA equity here and nationally
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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doronclark.bsky.social
Reminder:
senatordoronclark.bsky.social Senator Doron Clark @senatordoronclark.bsky.social · Aug 30
Minnesota will remain a safe place for our trans friends and neighbors. You are welcome and needed in Minnesota.
September 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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stonewalldfl.bsky.social
Transphobia has no place anywhere, especially within the party that passed the first trans refuge law in the United States. Please sign the letter linked below to let State DFL leadership know that transphobia will not be tolerated within our party!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1D9m...
Sign On to "Open Letter to State DFL Leadership in Response to Transphobic Behavior by Leadership of the Feminist Caucus"
Please fill out this form to have your name added as a signatory to the letter "Open Letter to State DFL Leadership in Response to Transphobic Behavior by Leadership of the Feminist Caucus." Please en...
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September 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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stargays.bsky.social
Thank you to @hsilsbee.bsky.social for putting together this open letter to DFL leadership! Please sign on and ask the state party to seriously address the transphobia exhibited at this week's Feminist Caucus meeting: docs.google.com/forms/d/1D9m...
Sign On to "Open Letter to State DFL Leadership in Response to Transphobic Behavior by Leadership of the Feminist Caucus"
Please fill out this form to have your name added as a signatory to the letter "Open Letter to State DFL Leadership in Response to Transphobic Behavior by Leadership of the Feminist Caucus." Please en...
docs.google.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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dexanderson.com
I compiled my statement and the email I just sent to the state DFL with my requests for resolutions onto my website: www.dexanderson.com/writing/text...
Text of My Statement and Complaint to the MN State DFL — Dex Anderson
Below I am including the text of a statement released on the evening of September 9th, 2025 following the DFL Feminist Caucus annual meeting. Following it is the complaint I filed with the DFL Conduct...
www.dexanderson.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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stonewalldfl.bsky.social
Completely and totally unacceptable behavior from leadership of a recently chartered DFL Community Caucus. Transphobia anywhere is a threat to our community everywhere.

This is only the most recent example of transphobia being tolerated within the party. When will @dfl.org step in to stop this?
dexanderson.com Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · Sep 10
My statement on tonight's DFL Feminist Caucus Annual Meeting. This statement is being emailed to the Feminist Caucus Chair, Alicia Gibson, and to the State DFL Chair, Richard Carlbom.

This caucus should be ashamed of itself.
Tonight, I attended my first and last DFL Feminist Caucus meeting. As someone who did not come by my feminism through how I was raised, but rather fought my way through to live as the gender I am and to exist as a non-binary person in this world, I found the experience to be demeaning, demoralizing, and actively anti-feminist. If being a feminist in the DFL means caucusing with this group, count me out. My pronouns are very simple and yet the caucus chairs and caucus leadership could not get them correct, despite being repeatedly reminded and corrected at every single opportunity. However, they could suddenly use the singular “they” when it came to my fellow caucus member who happened to be a trans woman, despite her repeatedly giving her pronouns as she/her. This was just the beginning. It was clear from the start that no one leading this meeting understood Robert’s Rules, and very clearly wanted to vote for their friends and be done with it. At the very beginning, an illegal motion was made to just adopt an entire slate of leadership, despite there being challengers to those positions known to the caucus. For me, however, the most hurtful thing was that despite repeatedly affirming that underrepresented people should run for caucus office, should be prioritized in the process, no trans or non-binary people were represented in any of the caucus leadership, much less respected in the meeting. My pronouns - they/them - were clearly seen as an inconvenience, met with eyerolls and annoyance whenever I corrected people. At one point, one of the newly elected caucus leadership claimed her pronouns are “Black Queen,” a clear mockery of the process of asking for pronouns altogether. Does this reflect DFL values? To mock a non-binary person whose community is under direct attack from the president himself? To refuse to use a person’s proper pronouns so repeatedly and without care that I had to make a SIGN with them on it for the meeting? It wasn’t as though my pronouns were a surprise. I sent in my statement of intent to run for Vice Chair the day before the meeting and it was sent out to all members. I identified my pronouns in that statement. And yet, they were ignored. The DFL Feminist Caucus is anything but. I resign my membership.
September 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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stargays.bsky.social
the Minneapolis DFL has challenged the revocation of Sen Omar Fateh's endorsement for mayor! they've got some great arguments in here, the 24-page appeal is worth a read!
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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stonewalldfl.bsky.social
Happy Labor Day!

The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota has the distinct honor of being the only Democratic Party affiliate in the United States that explicitly names Labor as part of our coalition. While this is unique, the DFL must remember not to take it for granted.
September 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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stargays.bsky.social
DFL politicians who have voiced support for trans people in the last couple days:
-Omar Fateh
-Doron Clark
-Leigh Finke
-Jason Chavez
-Jacob Frey

am i missing anyone?
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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stonewalldfl.bsky.social
Thank you, Senator Clark! We appreciate your advocacy for our community at the Capitol ❤️
senatordoronclark.bsky.social Senator Doron Clark @senatordoronclark.bsky.social · Aug 30
Minnesota will remain a safe place for our trans friends and neighbors. You are welcome and needed in Minnesota.
August 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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whatmsksaid.bsky.social
we’re getting ready to take our party back from the donor class in 2026, become a member of the democratic socialists caucus here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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taylordahlin.com
michael wilson, standing with fellow DFL endorsed park board candidates dan engelhart and jason garcia, says jacob frey can keep staging “weak ass walkouts” and “we will help him pack his bags” at the omar fateh rally
August 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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bschorshy.bsky.social
having large campaigns like Ilhan/Keith do what the ADA (Humphreys gang in 44) did- train up 100s of statewide vols & grab every fucking seat out of the SCC, then hold these craven freaks by the institutional throat

From Huey to Ken the DFLs been dictated by suit & tie white supremacy- purge em out
nowcait.bsky.social NotNowCait @nowcait.bsky.social · Aug 21
Like. This is a sickness. How does it get fixed??? We can’t just throw new people in like cannon fodder, volunteer your whole life for a year or more and then leave burned out or broken.
bschorshy.bsky.social Brandon Schorsch @bschorshy.bsky.social · Aug 21
There's a vindictive strain of cruel people in the DFL who I've watched not only drive talent & excitement from their ailing infrastructure, but also intentionally drive people to crisis: extreme stress through repeated procedural harassment- early births at conventions, strokes, and more
August 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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omarfatehmn.com
I’m proud to be your DFL-endorsed candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. As much as the establishment would like to pretend, us winning isn't that much of a long shot.

Let’s make history again this November so we can build an affordable city, accountable to us. fatehformayor.com/donate
August 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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stonewalldfl.bsky.social
Join Stonewall DFL, the Minnesota DFL Progressive Caucus, and other DFL Party leaders in condemning transphobia within and outside of the Minnesota DFL Party.
August 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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taylordahlin.com
wintana raised $1 million for the groundwork institute and has already graduated their first class of organizers!

groundworkmn.org
August 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
bundleofsticks7.bsky.social
Queer people vote nearly 90% for the Democratic Party across the country, and those numbers hold up in Minnesota. There are at least 200k queer adults in Minnesota. 90% of that is 180,000- more than enough to determine statewide races in Minnesota.
August 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM