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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · 3d

Someone threw rocks and smashed windows at several #LGBTQ organizations and businesses across town over the past week. #Denver

Windows smashed at multiple Denver LGBTQ businesses

Queer-owned businesses say they are on edge and are well aware of the pattern.

denverite.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · 5d

If anyone here is from #Belgium, I’m urgently looking for an apartment in the Flemish region or Brussels. 🙏 Any help would be truly appreciated.

Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · 6d

“I may be a ballerina,” she declares, “but I am also a citizen of #Georgia. How can I protect my identity and profession if I do not protect this country?”

A ballerina battles for European Georgia

Not only did Natia Bunturi have to abandon her comfort to protect her values but she was also punished for standing up for her rights.

globalvoices.org

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · 6d

When a government targets #LGBTQ people, democracy is already in danger.
That’s the warning behind the #NoKingsMarch, which brought over 7 million protestors to the streets.

In Authoritarianism, Dictators Come for LGBTQ People First. Here’s Why • Michigan Advance

This story was originally published by Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ-focused investigative news outlet. “Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go,” protestors chanted in the middle of Times Square, amo...

michiganadvance.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · 9d

At least 2 historic magnolia trees, Kennedy Garden appear to have been removed to make way for Trump's White House ballroom.

At least 2 historic magnolia trees, Kennedy Garden appear to have been removed to make way for Trump's White House ballroom

Satellite images show that President Donald Trump's project to build a $300 million grand ballroom has appeared to take down at least six trees on the White House grounds

abcnews.go.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Aug 20

If it is not sadism, then please tell me what it is.

Trump wants to paint the southern border black so it gets too hot to climb. But will that really stop someone running from persecution? 🥲

Southern border wall will be painted black to make it ‘even harder for people to climb’: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem

Trump made the request because he “understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black, it gets even warmer, and it will make it even harder for people to clim…

nypost.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Aug 19

The first episode of my podcast.

🏳️‍🌈 Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet violence #Queer youth face in Georgia.

The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 26

El Salvador survival told the media that he was tortured & sexually abused.

“It was an encounter with torture and death,” Hernández said, describing how he and others were beaten, shot with rubber projectiles, and confined in dark cells, before they were suddenly freed on Friday. #ElSalvador

Makeup artist Andry Hernández Romero describes horrific sexual & physical abuse at CECOT in El Salvador

He called it "an encounter with torture and death."

www.out.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 26

🏳️‍🌈 Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet violence #Queer youth face in Georgia.

The first episode of my podcast is now live on Spotify and you can listen to it FOR FREE.

If the episode resonates with you, you’re welcome to support me. ko-fi.com/giorgininos

The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia

Ctrl + Release with Giorgi Ninos · Episode

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 24

Donald Trump’s trans fear-mongering in the 2024 presidential campaign and his return to the White House in January only catalyzed a sense of dread already growing amongst trans youth and their parents.

She fought for trans youth in her home state. Now she's fleeing over fears for her safety. - LGBTQ Nation

“I feel unsafe almost everywhere. It’s really scary,” says Hometown Hero Harleigh Walker.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 22

🏳️‍🌈 Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet violence #Queer youth face in Georgia.

The first episode of my podcast is now live on Spotify and you can listen to it FOR FREE.

If the episode resonates with you, you’re welcome to support me. ko-fi.com/giorgininos

The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia

Ctrl + Release with Giorgi Ninos · Episode

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 19

The bookstore, Podpisnye Izdaniya, was raided in April, and dozens of #LGBTQ+ and feminist books were seized as evidence. The prosecutor’s office said that many of the books had “signs of #LGBT ideology.”

Russian bookstore raided & faces criminal prosecution for "LGBT propaganda" - LGBTQ Nation

The bookstore was told to remove books by Susan Sontag and other out writers.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 11

I just published a podcast episode about forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet violence #Queer youth face in Georgia.

You can get it FOR FREE. 😊🏳️‍🌈✊

Podcast: The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia - Ctrl + Release - Episode 1 - Giorgi Ninos's Ko-fi Shop

In this podcast episode I will be telling you about the hidden reality of queer youth in Georgia. Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet viol...

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 11

The first episode of my podcast is now live on Ko-fi and you can get it FOR FREE.

Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet violence #Queer youth face in Georgia.

If the episode resonates with you, you’re welcome to support me. ko-fi.com/s/7352edc49f 🖤

Podcast: The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia - Ctrl + Release - Episode 1 - Giorgi Ninos's Ko-fi Shop

In this podcast episode I will be telling you about the hidden reality of queer youth in Georgia. Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet viol...

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 10

🎙️ The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia
The first episode of my podcast is now live on Ko-fi.

Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet violence queer youth face in Georgia.

If the episode resonates with you, you’re welcome to support me. ko-fi.com/s/7352edc49f 🖤

The “Therapy” for Queer Youth in Georgia - Ctrl + Release - Giorgi Ninos's Ko-fi Shop

In this podcast episode I will be telling you about the hidden reality of queer youth in Georgia. Forced therapy, medical coercion, and the quiet viol...

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 9

Having never sought to define her own sexual or gender identity in concrete terms, Björk is, nonetheless, in the public consciousness at least, a cisgender heterosexual female. She has, it seems, channelled her perceptions into her art.

Björk: A queer icon

Following Karen Pollock’s controversial piece on ‘straight queerness’, Lee Williscroft-Ferris evaluates the queer credentials of his music idol, Björk.

thequeerness.com

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 8

Haruki Murakami was about to turn 30 when a thought occurred to him: “You know what? I could try writing a novel.” Then he realized, “If I wanted to have a long life as a novelist, I needed to find a way to stay in shape.”

The Running Novelist

If I wanted to have a long life as a writer, I needed to find a way to stay in shape.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 8

Resilience is a set of skills. Here's what they are and how you can learn them.

How People Learn to Become Resilient

Resilience is a set of skills—and psychologists know how you can learn them.

www.newyorker.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 7

HHS is targeting trans care again. Now saying health workers can deny gender affirming care based on religion.

HHS investigates hospitals treating trans folks in "extreme stretch" of religious protections - LGBTQ Nation

The Department of Health and Human Services is now challenging hospitals that require doctors and nurses to provide gender-affirming care.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 7

The shutdown comes at a time when mental health challenges remain disproportionately high among LGBTQ youth.

"The survey found that 12% attempted suicide in the past year — with even higher rates among transgender and nonbinary respondents,".

Laredo advocates face loss of 988 LGBTQ youth support line

With the impending shutdown of 988's LGBTQ youth option July 17, Laredo advocates said isolation could deepen in a region with few mental health resources.

www.lmtonline.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 6

🏳️‍🌈 A bill that would criminalize conversion therapy was proposed to Spain’s Congress of Deputies, on June 13.

As of now conversion therapy constitutes an administrative offense, which has financial repercussions, not a criminal offense, which would have penal repercussions.

Spain Makes Moves to Criminalize Conversion Therapy — Assigned

Spain’s Socialist Parliamentary Group submitted a bill last month that would elevate the punishment for practicing conversion therapy, and it was approved and sent to the senate just last week.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jul 3

“It’s not wise for them to leave their homes, because ICE agents have been circling and patrolling neighborhoods,” she said. Many of her patients have increased their doses of anti-anxiety medication, or have started taking it for the first time.

What Therapists Treating Immigrants Hear

Some mental-health-care providers are trying new approaches to treat patients whose worst fears have come true.

www.newyorker.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jun 26

Conversion therapies claim to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, equating homosexuality with a disease.

According to ILGA, conversion therapies are only completely banned in eight European Union countries: France, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Greece.

One million Europeans call for ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapies

Conversion therapy is only fully banned in a handful of EU countries.

www.brusselstimes.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jun 22

The people are worried about the president.

In a Saturday evening address, it was President Donald Trump’s repeated mention of “God” that stood out to several of his critics.

www.thedailybeast.com//donald-trum...

Trump’s Strange God Talk Has People Concerned

The president’s multiple mentions of “God” in his Saturday address raised eyebrows among his critics.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Giorgi Ninos @giorgininos.com · Jun 8

ICE abducted a 24-year-old undocumented transgender Mexican woman after she left her asylum hearing in a Portland, Oregon courtroom last Monday and quickly transported her to Tacoma, Washington, so that they could deport her.

A trans woman fled a deadly cartel in Mexico. Trump is trying to send her back. - LGBTQ Nation

The woman's lawyer says they can no longer contact her. A judge is demanding answers.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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