Deaf Queer Resource Center 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@deafqueer.bsky.social
National Deaf QTPOC LGBTQ-led nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA.
Today is World AIDS Day.
Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic.
deafaids.info
Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic.
deafaids.info
![Today is World AIDS Day.
Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic. A list of these individuals can be found at https://deafaids.info.
The Names of Deaf Lost to AIDS/HIV website is updated once per year on this day.
If you know of someone missing from the list and/or have an obituary, photograph, video or other information about an individual listed, or would like to share a memory (in ASL or written English) that you have about one or more individuals you knew on the list, please submit it to names@deafaids.info.
If you don’t currently know your HIV status, today is a good day to make an appointment to get tested.
“Testing is the only way to know for sure if you have HIV. Knowing your status means you can keep yourself and your sexual partners healthy. Being diagnosed early gives you a better chance of living a long and healthy life.” —avert.org
We love you. 💜
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[image: an AIDS ribbon with the names of Deaf and signing community members written inside it, names randomly taken from deafaids.info. Text on ribbon: “Remember Their Names” and at bottom, “Deaf Lost to AIDS | deafaids.info”. Graphic created by Drago]
#WorldAIDSDay](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreiblhtfjvjg4xirolhtxeofmmq373yjw4q3jlaai67nvymfhaxaj7e@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Today is World AIDS Day.
Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic.
deafaids.info
Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic.
deafaids.info
Meet Landon Gonzales, a deaf, gay, Latinx, and Jewish actor and model studying Art and Media Design and ASL at Gallaudet. His new poem explores our relationship with time. Thank you for your beautiful work, Landon. 💜
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Meet Landon Gonzales, a deaf, gay, Latinx, and Jewish actor and model studying Art and Media Design and ASL at Gallaudet. His new poem explores our relationship with time. Thank you for your beautiful work, Landon. 💜
Keep resisting. 💜
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Keep resisting. 💜
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"In a victory for trans youth and their families, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from accessing private medical records of kids who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)."
Judge sides with trans kids in "complete rebuke" of DOJ's demand for private medical records - LGBTQ Nation
The judge wrote he was "not persuaded in the least" by the DOJ's rationale for needing the information.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"In a victory for trans youth and their families, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from accessing private medical records of kids who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)."
More info and registration link in the Alt.
![📅 Sunday November 23 at 4pm ET/ 1pm PT
Register: tinyurl.com/2025rethinking
Virtual event organized by the Catalyze Project.
“Let's come together to think about what the Thanksgiving holiday means and how to continue to challenge its legacy. We will discuss how to work together to confront colonialism and defend Mother Earth.
Presenters:
🔸 Eve Reyes-Aguirre (Izkaloteka Mexica Azteca), Indigenous rights advocate and organizer working for decolonization and land sovereignty, with @tonatierra_org
🔸Cindi Martin is an Anishinaabe Deaf woman from Red Lake Nation, raised in South Minneapolis. She is the Managing Director for Indigenous Interpreters Organization (IIO).
🔸Lara Kiswani is from Aqir and Beit Iksa, Palestine, and is the executive director of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) serving, and organizing thousands of working class Arabs and Muslims across the SF Bay Area.
🔸Nisrin Elamin is an Assistant Professor of African Studies and Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Nisrin is a member of the Sudan Solidarity Collective which provides material support to mutual aid networks and unions at the forefront of relief efforts in Sudan.
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[flyer: green background with photos of above mentioned presenters plus logos of sponsors. Text “Rethinking Thanksgiving Annual Webinar - Sunday, November 23 at 4 pm ET / 1 PM PT - ASL, Spanish and live captions”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreid6ht2czfjdx5j4tjjbm6tkneexegdx7qeaoyjkrzgk4hi54ns7se@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
More info and registration link in the Alt.
"The movement that began as a vigil on a cold Nov night must now become a worldwide uprising of memory that rejects colonial limits and imagines a liberated future where every trans person is honored in life, not only in loss. Because solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all."
TDOR must honor trans lives beyond our borders. Anything less is colonial violence. - LGBTQ Nation
Solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"The movement that began as a vigil on a cold Nov night must now become a worldwide uprising of memory that rejects colonial limits and imagines a liberated future where every trans person is honored in life, not only in loss. Because solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all."
![Trans Day of Remembrance 2025
Today we honor the lives of our trans family who were taken from us through violence, hatred, and neglect. We remember them with love and with purpose.
According to the most recent global monitoring reports, at least 281 trans and gender diverse people were murdered in the past year. These are just those that we know of. Eighty-eight percent were Black or Brown. Many were activists, sex workers, migrants, and young people. Most were killed in Latin America and the Caribbean. Many were killed in their own homes or on the street. These numbers reflect not only loss but also a global pattern of racism, misogyny, and state violence that continues to target our communities.
In the United States, the Trans Remembrance Project recorded 58 deaths of trans and gender expansive people. This included 27 deaths from violence and 21 deaths from suicide. Youth made up 61 percent of the suicide cases.
Today we hold space for grief and remembrance. We also commit to building a world where our trans communities can live with joy, security, and freedom.
Every trans person deserves a future.
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[image: TDOR is fingerspelt in gray letters against a faded transgender flag. Text: “ Transgender Day of Remembrance / Deaf Queer Resource Center”. ]
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#TDOR #TDOR2025 #TransgenderDayofRemembrance #Trans #Transgender #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackTranswomenMatter #StopKillingBlackTranswomen #StopKillingBrownTranswomen #StopKillingOurTransSiblings #TransIsBeautiful #DeafLGBTQ #DeafQueer #DeafTrans #TransDeaf #DeafTransgender](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreif5xhb7quur7blcqw3xlsz4gbmumu7f4yemcecxwhxr6amlate7ni@jpeg)
"The Texas A&M University System has banned professors from discussing 'race or gender ideology' in classrooms as part of the state's ongoing crackdown on free speech in higher education."
Texas A&M bans teaching 'race or gender ideology' at universities
The Texas A&M; Board of Regents banned professors from discussing "race or gender ideology" in its 12 universities.
www.advocate.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"The Texas A&M University System has banned professors from discussing 'race or gender ideology' in classrooms as part of the state's ongoing crackdown on free speech in higher education."
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The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. ⠀⠀
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Illustration by Carlisle Robinson (@carodoodles.bsky.social), a talented Deaf trans artist based in Canada. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
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The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. ⠀⠀
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Illustration by Carlisle Robinson (@carodoodles.bsky.social), a talented Deaf trans artist based in Canada. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
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The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. ⠀⠀
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This illustration was created by Carlisle Robinson, a talented Deaf trans artist based in Canada.
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[Image description via Carlisle: an illustration of ASL for transgender in trans pride flag color. The sign starts with hands almost like high five but slightly bent with thumb a bit inside, as if you’re holding an egg. The hand is placed on chest with side of thumb and index finger touching your chest. Then the hand is moved away from chest with fingers in more closed, the hand is rotated that your palm is facing inward toward your chest. Then last sign is all fingers touching each other at fingertips, with side of your pinkie finger touching the chest] ⠀⠀
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#deaftransgender #deaftrans #transgenderdeaf #deafandtrans #transgender #trans #transdayofvisibility #tdov #deafqueer #deaflgbt #deaflgbtq #lgbt #deafqueerart #deaftransart #queerasl #queersigns #americansignlanguage #transisbeautiful⠀](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreihecsjl7r2ftegynbwu4fszenj5zsibj3cuomu4utyibtbomzuw5u@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. ⠀⠀
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Illustration by Carlisle Robinson (@carodoodles.bsky.social), a talented Deaf trans artist based in Canada. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
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The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. ⠀⠀
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Illustration by Carlisle Robinson (@carodoodles.bsky.social), a talented Deaf trans artist based in Canada. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
Zee, a Deaf AfroAsian transgender youth shares his coming out story. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Zee, a Deaf AfroAsian transgender youth shares his coming out story. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
Happy Trans Awareness Week!⠀
We love you. 💜🤟🏽🏳️⚧️
We love you. 💜🤟🏽🏳️⚧️
![Happy Trans Awareness Week!
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[image: ASL alphabet letters spelling “deaf trans” on a transgender flag. Text at bottom, “Deaf Trans Pride Deaf Queer Resource Center deafqueer”]
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#TransIsBeautiful #DeafTrans #DeafTransgender #TransgenderDeaf #TransDeaf #DeafNonbinary #NonbinaryDeaf #DeafGenderNonConforming #DeafGenderFuck #DeafGenderExpansive #DeafQueer #DeafGenderQueer #DeafLGBTQ #TransAwareness #TransgenderAwarenessWeek #Trans #Transgender #Deaf #ASL #TransWeek #TransAwarenessWeek #FingerSpelling #TransgenderDayOfVisibility #AmericanSignLanguage #TransgenderAwareness #TransPride #DeafQueer #DeafTransPride #DeafTransgenderPride](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreibtf7fpoeu22btekczqewiz74ib5khtse4vs5b3triocodipb25rm@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy Trans Awareness Week!⠀
We love you. 💜🤟🏽🏳️⚧️
We love you. 💜🤟🏽🏳️⚧️
More in the Alt.
![Community platforms like ours do not build themselves overnight. Every post, every follower, and every ounce of engagement takes time, care, and years of persistent labor.
For some reason, there are people who feel a sense of entitlement to our social media accounts. We receive, virtually daily, messages that make demands like “Post this,” often with no context, no thanks, and no awareness that they are asking for free labor from a vastly overextended and underfunded nonprofit.
That is exactly why we created a social media policy several years ago. It helps us set healthy boundaries and helps us stay focused on using our limited time and energy in ways that keep our work sustainable.
You can read it here: https://bit.ly/dqrcsocialmedia
Thank you in advance for understanding and honoring the ongoing love, time, and tireless labor that we pour into the Deaf Queer Resource Center to do this critical work that we do.
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[image: silhouette of a laptop with DQRC's logo on the screen with text at bottom: "The Deaf Queer Resource Center's Social Media Advertising Policy". At bottom, logos of Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.]
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November 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
More in the Alt.
![“May you never know the fear of having your human rights debated every election season, or the betrayal and heartbreak of watching loved ones vote against your right to exist. May you never know what it’s like to be trans in a world filled with so much hate it wants to erase your existence simply for living your authentic truth.” —Rye Chase
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[image: progressive Pride flag on left with above quote on right. DQRC’s logo at the bottom]
#QueerRightsAreHumanRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreifiihhg5o3wjlpzt3226w3h43n2vyqnc4hqq7sp3ayl742lchqnh4@jpeg)
Love wins.
![“BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.”
Thank you, @aclu_nationwide
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[image: screenshot of social media post with above text from ACLU]
#LoveIsLove #MarriageEquality #LoveWins #SCOTUS](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreietpktr74ctrszdprykghubjg7pop4lgexchegkmyolz4xqr4hy3y@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Love wins.
Intersex liberation is part of our collective struggle for justice.
DQRC celebrates intersex people and their fight for self-determination, dignity, and pride. 💛💜
DQRC celebrates intersex people and their fight for self-determination, dignity, and pride. 💛💜
![Intersex liberation is part of our collective struggle for justice.
DQRC celebrates intersex people and their fight for self-determination, dignity, and pride. 💛💜
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[image: yellow background with purple circle (Intersex flag) with text: Deaf Intersex People Exist”]
#IntersexDayOfSolidarity #DeafIntersex #DeafIntersexPeopleExist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreifqnbfcoqp3ctztklqc5uq4z3ozapn277nnrmw4wp5cwgcy6ze7sm@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Intersex liberation is part of our collective struggle for justice.
DQRC celebrates intersex people and their fight for self-determination, dignity, and pride. 💛💜
DQRC celebrates intersex people and their fight for self-determination, dignity, and pride. 💛💜
How many of these slang terms do you use? :)
10 queer slang words that defined the internet in 2025
The dictionary wishes it were this gay.
www.advocate.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How many of these slang terms do you use? :)
"The Trump administration’s policy serves one purpose: discrimination. It exists to out our transgender friends and loved ones, to make their lives more difficult, to demean and embarrass them at the border, in the airport, and throughout their daily lives."
Supreme Court allows Trump's anti-trans passport order to continue - LGBTQ Nation
The court's liberal justices said the policy would lead to “increased violence, harassment, and discrimination” toward trans and nonbinary communities.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"The Trump administration’s policy serves one purpose: discrimination. It exists to out our transgender friends and loved ones, to make their lives more difficult, to demean and embarrass them at the border, in the airport, and throughout their daily lives."
![Today, the Supreme Court of the United States gave Donald Trump the power to enforce a cruel policy he implemented earlier this year that blocks transgender and nonbinary people from having passports that reflect who we are. This is state-sanctioned erasure and a direct attack on our freedom, safety, and dignity. Our identities are not up for debate. No court can ever erase who we are. No court can ever erase our truth. Trans rights are human rights, and come what may, we must keep resisting, keep organizing, and keep fighting with love for a future rooted in justice, liberation, and freedom for each and every one of us.
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[image: trans flag background with text and title: “No Court Can Erase Us”. DQRC’s logo at the bottom]
#WeWillNotBeErased #TransIsBeautiful #TransRights #TransPassports #OrrVsTrump #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Transgender #Trans #Nonbinary #TransgenderRights #NonbinaryRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:afkgyahmxm2vikgytv4m3g7x/bafkreigxbdsljrsxmqyxfr3uvspqffxzfr73g7apn3ezvleq4vtol5js2a@jpeg)
