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Write your aunty Viv if you like. Love. It is just about love. #Democracy #LGBTQ+ #SFW Vote Blue! My blog: https://vivianrye.me/ My Pinterest: /vivianryepins

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · Sep 8

Happy Monday All!

Here is a helpful resource for when someone claims “There is no threat to LGBTQ+ rights” or that you are “overreacting”:
The ACLU is tracking hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills across the U.S. right now.

This is real.
This is happening. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Mapping Attacks on LGBTQ Rights in U.S. State Legislatures in 2024

In the last few years states have advanced a record number of bills that attack LGBTQ rights, especially transgender youth. The ACLU is tracking these attacks and working with our national network of ...

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Joshua Clark Davis @joshuaclarkdavis.bsky.social · 3h

Have a piece today in TEEN VOGUE from my new book POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT detailing how the NYPD, LAPD, cops in Chicago and Memphis surveilled the civil rights movement—and then destroyed millions of surveillance files in the ‘70s, including ones that may have shed like on MLK’s assassination.

Police Departments Tracked Activists in the 1960s and 70s — Then Erased Records by Joshua Clark Davis

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 3h

That is very transgender of you!
Thanks!

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 4h

Day 8:
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (b.1946) is a leader, organizer for incarcerated trans people and long-time Stonewall movement elder.

This article is definitely worth a read for anyone interested in US history.

wams.nyhistory.org/end-of-the-t...

#MtFSFW
#TransgenderSFW
#PrideHistoryMonth

Life Story: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy - Women & the American Story

The story of an activist who fought for the rights of transgender Americans.

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 4h

✨29 Days of #TransfeminineSFW History✨

It is LGBTQ+ history month and I am excited to bring you a curated list of US voices in the MtF community. As the current admin seeks a hostile war again people who are transgender lets dig into our roots as a nation!
🦅❤️🏳️‍⚧️🤍🏳️‍🌈💙🗽

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 5h

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Clara🏳️‍⚧️🌈🩷 @clarab26.bsky.social · 8h

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 5h

We are truly losing a grip on what is most important😒

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 6h

🌅 Morning Dream Garden

Even before coffee, your existence is radiant.

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 12h

Nostalgia is easier to manipulate than anyone would care to admit.

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 12h

Because you are awesome!

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 12h

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 13h

Yeah, I am calling about my free windmill. Is it ready yet?

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Era Vulgaris @austinlawhead.bsky.social · 16h

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 13h

Skyttle or as the locals spell it skittle.

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 13h

Maybe Grok’s just mirroring my thoughts, but its critique of X being broken hits uncomfortably close to home.

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 18h

🌙 Evening Dream Garden

You are safe to let go of today.

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 23h

Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) was a grassroots activist who co-founded STAR and fought for inclusion of transgender people (especially transgender people of color) in the broader LGBTQ+ movement.

www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

This is a really great read!

Sylvia Rivera

A veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising, Sylvia Rivera was a tireless advocate for those silenced and disregarded by larger movements.

www.womenshistory.org

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 23h

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 1d

Thank you @hollybeekind.bsky.social, @siegwart.bsky.social, @tsktsk-tuttut.bsky.social, @botanicaldays.bsky.social, @leorap.bsky.social, @hollijr27.bsky.social, @clemakaos.bsky.social, @byronjames1963.bsky.social, @rawaaalqadhi.bsky.social, @appleorchard.bsky.social,

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Count Davidula @dmuma.bsky.social · 1d

Just know that “conversion therapy” is three incoherent pseudoscientific ramblings standing on each other’s shoulders under a trench coat. It’s not therapeutic (it doesn’t help, does net harm), it doesn’t convert (practically no “success” documented), and it should absolutely be banned.

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𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 1d

🌤️ Afternoon Dream Garden

Your smile is an act of defiance against cruelty.

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 1d

🌅 Morning Dream Garden

The world cannot dim the light you bring.

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 1d

Well, keep a close eye on this shutdown.

They say no one wins in a head butt (except in this case against a butt head).

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 1d

A little extra midweek affirmation for transfeminine souls...

Feminine energy is not an imitation, it is resonance.

It hums in me because it belongs here.

No one can shout over that inner harmony.

You will not shade me out of my light.

With these words in my mind, I can now rest.

#MtFSFW

𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓪𝓷 𝓡𝔂𝓮 @vivianrye.me · 1d

True, but unlike past powers, the U.S. is not unified in purpose. The superpower may be at the controls, but the hands on the wheel are fighting each other.

This is not over until it is over!

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