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Jess Douglas
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(she/her) 12 year veteran of the bird app, now retired. writer, reader, advocate, potty mouth. comms @ Georgia Equality 🏳️‍🌈 opinions are my own and they’re all correct.

big fan of survivor, baking, joy, and lukewarm takes!
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🧵(4/4) This year was never going to be easy, but we’re still so proud of what we’ve accomplished together. 🩵

Thank you for advocating with us! We'll see you next year!
Text reads, 'Our staff's top accomplishments' in the top header. Below is a list, '1. Expanded work in housing advocacy, 2. Record-breaking turnout at AIDS Walk, 3. Organized major rallies & lobby days, 4. Hosted weekly volunteer nights, 5. Went viral for Trans Flag Day' over a black background with blue triangles in both corners. Text reads, 'We raised over $130,000 at our 30th Anniversary Gala,' with smaller text reading, 'This was a record-breaking year for our annual Evening for Equality!' over a black background with purple triangles in the corners of various opacities. Text reads, 'Thanks for advocating with us. We'll see you next year!' on a black background with blue triangles fading into transparency on the top and bottom.
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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🧵(3/4) Here are the things we do again, and again, and again, and again year after year:
Text reads, 'And there were a few things we did again, and again, and again...' on a black background with teal and light blue shapes in the corners. Text reads, 'Supporters spent 450 hours volunteering with us.' Smaller text reads, 'We hosted 32 volunteer nights in Atlanta!' over a black background with pink triangles in the corners of various opacities. Text reads, 'We spoke at over 96 outreach events across the state & trained over 8,400 people' on a black background with green geometric shapes in the corners. Smaller text reads, 'We (heart emoji) local Prides!' Text reads, 'We reached out to 61,000+ Georgians to help get out the vote in 16 elections' on a yellow background. Smaller text reads, 'There are no off-years for elections!' There are blue geometric shapes in the corners.
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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🧵(2/4) From expanding our programmatic work, to helping LGBTQ+ students resist and organize, to getting over 1 million views on a transgender truth-telling ad campaign– we stayed busy working for a better future for LGBTQ+ Georgians.
Text reads, ‘We launched a statewide transgender truth-telling ad campaign, generating 1,662,872 total impressions,’ on a light blue background with pink and red geometric shapes. Text reads, ‘We helped get pro-equality candidates elected to the Cobb County Commission.’ Smaller text explains this helps pave the way for a non-discrimination ordinance, on a black background with yellow accents. Text reads, ‘When the federal government attacked our place in higher education, we stepped in to stop it.’ Smaller text describes producing a Know Your Rights guide and supporting LGBTQ+ programs at Kennesaw State and Georgia Southern, on a black background with gold circular graphics. Text reads, ‘We created 2 new staff positions, expanding our programmatic work.’ Smaller text notes expanded capacity in housing policy and digital organizing, on a bright yellow background with pink geometric borders.
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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In 2025, Georgia became the state with the highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in the country, meaning we play a key role in ending the HIV epidemic.

We at GA Equality honor those who were taken too soon by HIV by continuing to fight for the rights of those living with HIV & for their access to care.
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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georgiaequality.org
Behind every name is a person, a story, & a life cut too short.

This year, GA Equality's organizing manager, Noël Heatherland, wrote about TDORR & reflected on one life cut too short– Marisol Payero, a trans advocate & KSU student leader who passed recently.

Read: georgiaequality.org/2025/11/tdor/
A graphic with a light brown background. At the top in black text reads, "“I knew Mari as a fellow gender expansive person and a fellow advocate... [but] she is not just another statistic. She was important to many including her family and her fellow students. She served visibly as the President of the KSU Pride Alliance in a time where KSU and other universities are complying in advance and rolling back protections for and the dignity of certain students.” Below on the left is a photo of Noël, a blonde person wearing a patterned collared shirt, with Marisol, a woman wearing a green floral dress and black hat. On the right side in black text reads, "“We will miss your light, Mari... Our love and prayers go to your family, and we will work hard to ensure you have a strong and lasting legacy as you deserve. We commit to fighting against transphobia in all its forms and calling out politicians when they say and do harmful things. May your memory be both a blessing and an inspiration to co-create a more inclusive and safer society for all of us – trans people, immigrants, and all of us.”
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
In a previous era, the U.S. president calling for the deaths of his political opponents probably would've warranted interrupting everything else on TV for the day.

CNN and MSNBC are running a livestream of Dick Cheney's funeral. Fox News is focusing on the Dem who allegedly misused FEMA funds.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
This is the Democratic “behavior” that Trump says is punishable by death, just in case you haven’t seen it yet.
slotkin.senate.gov Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · Nov 18
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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tammiewillis.bsky.social
Wow, people lost their jobs for saying less than that about Charlie Kirk.
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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this would’ve done numbers on twitter rip
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM