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Daniel Villarreal
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Queer rad fae satyr 🧚🏽‍♂️🐏 journalist gaymer 🎮 pun-loving wrestler 🤼 psych & film slut + trans ally + antifa groupie 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🇺🇦🇵🇸🌹☮️♎️☯️👾 anti-AI slop 😒Pro-UBI & sexwork💃🏽🕺🏽 PDX via TX 🤙🏾🤠 Now @ LGBTQ Nation (formerly @ Vox, Vice, Newsweek, NBCNews, etc).
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Today’s renaming of military bases for Confederates, re-installing of Confederate statue, denigration of Black holidays, refusal to acknowledge Black contributions while decimating civil rights by an openly white nationalist administration is all to signal the “restoration” of the racial order.
decimating.in
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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They are running the government according to the logic of right-wing grievance media. I cannot emphasize that enough. The point is to create content, and they don't see an actual difference between dunking on Sabrina Carpenter, passing legislation, and bombing other countries.
I don't really know what the administration hopes to gain by picking fights with the most well-liked pop artists in the United States. You're just generating backlash for no discernible reason outside of owning the libs.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.

The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“Choice is the seat of the soul — the one gift god gave to us.”

- Lady Elizabeth Harlander (portrayed by Mia Goth) in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
December 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I love it when grown-ass deep-voiced men are like, “I’m gonna go tinkle.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I mean, I was closeted until the year 2000… but I always knew the truth.

Now, I definitely enjoy it to its fullest 🦄🌈🥳 (and so can you!)!
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Just a reminder that British TV comedy writer Graham Lineham is transphobic garbage.

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/anti...
Anti-trans activist touts transphobic, ableist game about blind lesbians in bonkers interview - LGBTQ Nation
He also said trans pilots shouldn't be allowed to fly commercial airliners.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you’re reading up on the recent “side” discourse, but don’t know what one is (or why anyone would have a problem with it), allow my 2022 explainer article to get you up to speed 😉 #SidePride

www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/07/what...
What is a side? Are you one? - LGBTQ Nation
Most queer people have heard the terms "top," "bottom," and "versatile." But there's a fourth sex role that many folks haven't heard of yet: a "side."
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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I think about this a lot.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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This is so cool.

1946's edition of "The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire" by Edward Gibbon
November 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Me trying to act normal at Thanksgiving when a male relative (by marriage) who I’ve never seen before comes in wearing slacks that show off some serious cakes
a man in a white shirt and tie with a nbc logo on the collar
Alt: a man in a white shirt and tie nervously tries to act normal
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When I was young
I didn’t realize
How rare
Is the love between
Brothers&Sisters
Mothers&Children
Fathers&Sons
That not everybody has
A family worth
Celebrating Thanksgiving
w/ mirth comfort
& genuine affection
It is an autumn blessing
In a fallen world
Let us share this cup
w gratitude & grace🍂
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“When you know your value, you’re not looking for a buyer.”

- Carlos, the referee at the Dallas Eagle, 1am
Thanksgiving Day 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Business Insider regularly publishes stories about well-off (often white) cis-het people learning “important life lessons” by doing over privileged things, and I. Just. Can’t. Stand. It. 😵‍💫 #why #no #envy #killme #NoButWhyTho #WhoIsThisContentFor
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“… and make sure to tell your dad / I’m the best he’s ever had.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you have a young reader or a parent you love, consider giving them one of these great childrens' books with trans, nonbinary, or gender diverse characters. I read them all, and they're all really lovely and insightful in their own unique ways. 🏳️‍⚧️📚🥰

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/tran...
These 8 transgender children's books are perfect for young readers - LGBTQ Nation
Explore 8 thoughtful children’s books featuring transgender and nonbinary characters that help kids understand gender with honesty and heart.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.

It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This Oscar-worthy 2-minute production perfectly captures the mood for people with seasonal affective disorder 😝❄️😱 give her an award!! 🏆
This is a production.

10/10 😭😭😭

THE LEAVES 🍂 🤣🤣🤣🤣
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Are you a slightly effeminate man or a somewhat butch woman, or do you know literally anyone looking like that? Then this crap affects you. It's a charter for bullies to cause harm, and nothing more.
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Timeline Cleanse.
Dogs reacting to magic tricks. 🥰😂🤣
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sometimes when people tell me that they're Christian, I wonder HOW Christian. Like, do they think just atheists go to Hell or will it also be Jews, Mormons, JWs, and Catholics (not to mention those upstart Unitarians, Lutherans, & Presbyterians)? 😱🔥😈🤘

No, really.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQu1...
The Bastard Fairies - "We're All Going to Hell" Bastard Fairy Records
YouTube video by BlankTV
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'm sure the Anti-Defamation League will happily explain to us that this is just an "awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm" and that we "should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt," just like they did with Elon Musk's Nazi salute at Trump's inauguration. JFC 🤦🏾‍♂️
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Today's the Transgender Day of Remembrance, a time to memorialize our trans, nonbinary, & gender-variant siblings who've lost their lives to violence & suicide. I wrote about the day's history & how allies can support trans/nonbinary lives. #TransLivesMatter 🏳️‍⚧️🕯️

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/tran...
Trans Day of Remembrance: Honoring the 335+ Lives Lost in 2025 - LGBTQ Nation
This Trans Day of Remembrance, let's memorialize the lives lost to anti-trans violence and ways to come together for a better tomorrow.
www.lgbtqnation.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Saw Garbage in concert a month ago, & Shirley Manson definitely wasn’t hitting all her old notes; it was kinda karaoke style, tho she def improved as the night went on.

But she’s a living legend, & has always spoken out for body autonomy, abortion & LGBTQ+ rights, so I had a blast & still stan 💜
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM