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Rodney Wilson

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Teacher and founder of 🌈 History Month USA. LinkTree (for doc-short, speeches, essays, profiles, interviews): https://linktr.ee/rodneycwilson

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · Dec 29

After meeting the President and Mrs. Carter in 2001, I mailed a thank-you note to them. I sent along this pic, as a gift. I did *not* ask for anything in return. Two weeks later, in my mailbox was the returned photo, which both of these great souls had signed. ❤️❤️Jimmy Carter - 1924-2024 ❤️❤️

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4h

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Free in-person/online hybrid event from MacEwan University (Alberta, Canada), with representatives from LGBTQ+ History Months in Canada, USA, Cuba, UK, and New Zealand. October 28. Get a free online pass here:
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A Talk with the International Committee on LGBTQ+ History Months (hybrid event) - MacEwan University - Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity - Edmonton - Oct 28, 2025

A Talk with the International Committee on LGBTQ+ History Months (hybrid event) In 2021, representatives from sixteen LGBTQ+ History Months around the world established the International Committee on ...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP, AMERICA!

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Teaching While Queer's website: teachingwhilequeer.org

Teaching While Queer – Advocacy For LGBTQ Folks In Schools & Education To Live & Work As Your Authentic Self

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Teaching While Queer is an LGBTQ community of educators, with a conference this weekend, a website, social media presence, and a podcast. I spoke with the founder of the group last week and that episode dropped yesterday. #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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178. Teaching Truth in Dangerous Times: Queer History, Resistance, and Radical Hope

Podcast Episode · Teaching While Queer: Advocacy, Community, and Resources for LGBTQ+ Educators. · 10/09/2025 · 44m

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Another cool idea -- an art fair for #LGBTQHistoryMonth at a coffee shop in Connecticut.

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Queen B Coffee Company Sponsors Ridgefield Pride Art Contest For LGBTQ+ History Month

Queen B Coffee on Main Street hosts Ridgefield Pride's art show linking creativity, inclusion, and suicide prevention.

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 2d

I enjoy seeing how schools and community organizations find interesting ways to mark the month, including this student newspaper piece at Saint Joseph's University (private, Jesuit) in Philadelphia. #LGBTQHistoryMonth
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Playlist: LGBTQ anthems

In honor of LGBTQIA+ History Month, we are turning up the volume on queer voices, past and present. First celebrated in 1994, this month is dedicated to recognizing the history, struggles and triumphs...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 3d

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

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AP: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 3d

He should have called out Trump. No one should indulge Trump's ignorance and prejudices.

Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 3d

The Christian supremacy and self-righteousness drip from his lips.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d

Mike Johnson isn't happy that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl: It sounds like he's not someone who appeals to a broader audience. There's so many eyes on it. A lot of young, impressionable children. In my view, you would have Lee Greenwood or role models doing that. Not somebody like this.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

What's happening in Chicago is not normal.

The arrest of Alderperson Fuentes is just the latest example of how far Noem and Bovino are willing to go to ignore the rule of law. We must all speak up.

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 4d

The "land of the free" is being strangled by Donald Trump:

"Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation."

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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote this book review / author profile because I love Steven Reigns' poetry and because in November he will be reading from this new collection (_Outliving Michael_) at the Central West End's Left Bank Books (in St. Louis). Mark your calendars. 🎉🎉🎉

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Coming to Left Bank Books: Poet and Activist Steven Reigns - Out in STL

Poet Steven Reigns will be reading from and be in conversation about Outliving Michael at Left Bank Books, 399 N. Euclid Avenue, on November 7 at 6:00 pm.

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 5d

International students are leery of Trump's nasty America:

"St. Louis University experienced the steepest decline, with more than 1,500 fewer international students compared to last year, while Washington University reported a decrease of 1,000 foreign students."

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 5d

A SC circuit court judge rules against the Trump administration. The administration criticizes "liberal judges." The judge gets death threats. Her house burns to the ground. May or may not be connected. Must be investigated by organizations not under Trump's thugboot.

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze

Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 5d

"Activists, artists, and icons who refused to play by the rules—and in doing so, transformed music, politics, and society forever." #LGBTQHistoryMonth

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LGBTQ History Month: 31 Queer Icons You Should Know - GO Magazine

Activists, artists, and icons who refused to play by the rules—and in doing so, transformed music, politics, and society forever.

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Rodney Wilson @rodneycwilson.bsky.social · 5d

Good to see people everywhere filming these bullies behind masks.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

Trump doesn’t give a rat's ass about police officers.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7d

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