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Beaker68 @beaker99.bsky.social · Mar 9

I have to say, this is one of my all time favourite songs of my youth!
#elbowsup

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Turn Me Loose

YouTube video by Loverboy - Topic

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Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 4d

Canada’s prairies, for that matter.

Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social · 5d

Guess BC should demand that Alberta and Saskatchewan not stand in the way as we build some massive wind farms in Canada’s prairies. After all, it‘s the best place to get our wind energy to market.

Graphic showing how a Chinook wind forms over the mountains.

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social · 4h

There is no single way to resist; only the courage to invent one. 👍

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5h

Harris and Hillary were right about it all. Every shocking prediction is coming true.

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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 11h

Hawk nailed it.. 🤣

FULL STOP 🔥

Holy shit 🤭🤣
#SheShed

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 17h

🫡🐸❤️
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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡

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NotQuietMode_M.D. @notquietmodemd.bsky.social · 16h

Not to be outdone, Chicago escalates with withering slocore acoustic satire 😂
(Note: do you know how brave it is to sing that right in their faces, holy shit! 🔥👊🏼🫡)

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DCminx 🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 17h

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Hookcity - 🚫“War Plan” DMs Please 👊🏻🇺🇸🔥 🫣 @hookcity.bsky.social · 1d

live stream from war torn Portland

#pdx #portland #musicfestival #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 18h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 16h

“Children left unattended will be given a Red Bull and taught to swear.”

- sign at The Heys Inn, Oswaldtwistle, UK

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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🥪🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 13h

Alaska's City of Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs, a Republican, conceded to Mindy O'Neall, a Democrat, in the mayoral election on Tuesday night. www.newsweek.com/alaska-fairb...

Republican ousted by Democrat in shock election defeat

The mayoralty has been held by a Republican for years.

www.newsweek.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

“.. the debate inside the administration has shifted recently, from whether it makes sense to invoke the act to more deeply exploring how and when it might be invoked ..”

@nbcnews.com
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

10. Lastly, EITM is an award-winning media outlet covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support our journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.

Subscribe to Erin In The Morning

News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

9. Years of fearmongering have turned trans identity into a political weapon, with pundits and cable news fixtures painting trans people as dangerous or deranged. That rhetoric seeps into homes through television screens and fear-ridden articles and shapes how parents see their children.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

8. Family acceptance remains one of the strongest predictors of mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ people. Research consistently shows that those with supportive family members experience significantly lower rates of suicide, depression, and substance abuse.

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Family Acceptance of LGBT Adolescents Protects Against Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicidal Behavior | Family Acceptance Project ®

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

7. This is not the first survey to ask this question, but it does reveal what seems to be a drop in support from family. The 2022 USTS reported that 35% of trans adults said their extended family members were supportive, significantly higher than the 11% reported in this latest survey.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

6. Other members of the LGBTQ+ community report far higher levels of acceptance. A majority of gay and lesbian respondents said their parents and coworkers accept them—just over half in both categories—suggesting social familiarity has translated into comfort that has materialized in the home.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

5. The numbers drop even further in other spheres: just 24 percent said their coworkers accept them, and a mere 11 percent reported acceptance from extended family. Together, the data reveal a devastating pattern—trans people are finding community with friends but not at home.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

4.The survey, part of Pew’s broader examination of LGBTQ+ experiences, shows how isolated many trans people remain within their own families. While 58 percent reported acceptance from siblings and an equal share said the same of their friends, parental support lags dramatically behind at 31 percent.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

3. The result has been a wave of abusive online spaces, from Facebook groups to local “parental rights” networks, that prey on parents. Now, a new Pew Research survey lays bare the toll of these tactics: only 31 percent of transgender adults surveyed said they are accepted by their parents.

More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone

Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.

www.pewresearch.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

2. In recent years, far-right groups have deliberately targeted parents to stoke fear and misinformation about transgender people. In this narrative, trans people are cast as confused at best and predatory at worst—language designed to fracture families and create distrust around transgender people.

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Beaker68 @beaker99.bsky.social · 14h

We knew these groups were trying to unravel society, and this is part of it.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20h

DEVELOPING: Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and financial fraudster calls for the imprisonment of Chicago’s mayor and Illinois’ governor because they will not help him turn their home into a war zone.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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PoliticalNash @politicalnash.bsky.social · 18h

#DV1 #ProudBlue
Wake up people, trump must be removed from office. A president calling for Gov Pritzker and others political opponents to be jailed should frighten everyone regardless of party. That is fascism.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
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BREAKING: Trump Demands Arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor

Trump calls for arrest of Illinois Governor and Chicago Mayor, Trump calls for investigation and silencing of Democratic Senator, Air Traffic slows as Government Shutdown lengthens

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Flemming Erik Carlson @flemmingcarlson.bsky.social · 15h

❤️❤️ Saint Dolly❤️❤️

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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