Maura Lee Bee (she/they)
@mauraleebee.bsky.social
Queer, LatinX Writer. “Peter & the Concrete Jungle” (2017) & “mall goth” (2021). Calling out oppressors, one word at a time.
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If this is our first meeting: hello!
A little about me:
• I’m a queer, LatinX, neurodiverse writer!
• I have two books of poetry: “Peter & the Concrete Jungle” & “mall goth”
• I love baking, reading & punk music
• I’m currently trying to get representation & sell my coming-of-age novel!
A little about me:
• I’m a queer, LatinX, neurodiverse writer!
• I have two books of poetry: “Peter & the Concrete Jungle” & “mall goth”
• I love baking, reading & punk music
• I’m currently trying to get representation & sell my coming-of-age novel!
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Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?
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Masafer Yatta is the community featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land."
In March, Israel detained co-director Hamdan Ballal, held him overnight, and beat him.
In March, Israel detained co-director Hamdan Ballal, held him overnight, and beat him.
June 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Masafer Yatta is the community featured in the Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land."
In March, Israel detained co-director Hamdan Ballal, held him overnight, and beat him.
In March, Israel detained co-director Hamdan Ballal, held him overnight, and beat him.
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Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
trvr.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
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Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
June 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.
The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.
This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies
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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.
I'm so angry.
I'm so angry.
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My patreon is at 722 paid subs right now. My goal is to hit 800 by the end of Pride month. Can you help me out with a quote tweet/vouch?
Hello, it's Pride Month and for the rest of the month, I'm offering 20% off all annual memberships to my writing Patreon if you use code "PRIDE". patreon.com/katelynburns
Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
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June 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My patreon is at 722 paid subs right now. My goal is to hit 800 by the end of Pride month. Can you help me out with a quote tweet/vouch?
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For Pride, I’m remembering Lucy Hicks Anderson, trans woman who transitioned as a kid in the late 1800s. She was an incredible socialite and cook, so much so that when she was arrested and a banker got her out of jail because they had a party and she was the cook!
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
For Pride, I’m remembering Lucy Hicks Anderson, trans woman who transitioned as a kid in the late 1800s. She was an incredible socialite and cook, so much so that when she was arrested and a banker got her out of jail because they had a party and she was the cook!
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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“A CDC report found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected women”
Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters.
TW for photos of Covid placenta:
Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters.
TW for photos of Covid placenta:
Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths
New research suggests the coronavirus can invade and destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths in infected women.
apnews.com
May 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“A CDC report found that among pregnant U.S. women infected with COVID-19, about 1 in 80 deliveries was a stillbirth — the loss of a fetus anytime after 20 weeks. That’s compared with 1 in 155 among uninfected women”
Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters.
TW for photos of Covid placenta:
Pregnant women need access to Covid boosters.
TW for photos of Covid placenta:
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For my @msnbc.com column this week, I wrote about exactly what the Republican anti-trans budget bill would do to trans people on Medicaid.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump's message to trans people is clear: Detransition, or potentially die
My question to everyone reading this is: When is enough enough?
www.msnbc.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For my @msnbc.com column this week, I wrote about exactly what the Republican anti-trans budget bill would do to trans people on Medicaid.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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If you liked TRUE BIZ, you'll love texting the governor of NJ and telling him to fund the state deaf school! ✨🌟📚🌈
Contact the Office of Phil Murphy and ask him to
ensure that MKSD's residential program is included in the
final budget.
Call him: 609-292-6000
Text him! 732-605-5455
Email via website: www.nj.gov/governor/con...
ensure that MKSD's residential program is included in the
final budget.
Call him: 609-292-6000
Text him! 732-605-5455
Email via website: www.nj.gov/governor/con...
The Official Website of Governor Phil Murphy
The official website of the 56th Governor of New Jersey State, Phil Murphy.
www.nj.gov
May 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If you liked TRUE BIZ, you'll love texting the governor of NJ and telling him to fund the state deaf school! ✨🌟📚🌈
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If you have to repeatedly break the law to arrest those you claim have broken the law, you’re not enforcing the law.
ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad.
They must be held accountable.
ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad.
They must be held accountable.
May 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you have to repeatedly break the law to arrest those you claim have broken the law, you’re not enforcing the law.
ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad.
They must be held accountable.
ICE has morphed into a terrorizing Gestapo-like goon squad.
They must be held accountable.
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
May 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The way we were treated at Delaney Hall is almost unbelievable. ICE shoved me, manhandled @repbonnie.bsky.social, and arrested Mayor Baraka.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
They disrespected us and tried to stop us from conducting the oversight we’re elected to do. But we’ll never back down in our fight for what is right.
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
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May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
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She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
May 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
She’s out!! They have released Ozturk from ICE custody!
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As a mother? I don’t want to hear a word about Mother’s Day when this is what we’re doing to mothers in this country.
May 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
As a mother? I don’t want to hear a word about Mother’s Day when this is what we’re doing to mothers in this country.
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NEW: @nbcnews.com confirmed last night that the Trump admin almost sent a dozen men from Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Mexico to Libya, a country described as a “hellscape” for migrants where some have been SOLD INTO SLAVERY and many have been subjected to extraordinary horrors.
May 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NEW: @nbcnews.com confirmed last night that the Trump admin almost sent a dozen men from Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, and Mexico to Libya, a country described as a “hellscape” for migrants where some have been SOLD INTO SLAVERY and many have been subjected to extraordinary horrors.
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So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
May 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
So many people have grown up to be the villains of our stories.
Some writers want to win awards. I just want to write an episode of “King of the Hill” where Peggy accidentally starts Q*non
Some writers want to win awards. I would like to create and sell a TV show that inspires people to make 7+ minute compilation videos of two characters saying each other's names, or every single time those same two characters make eye contact. Or both. The highest honor.
May 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some writers want to win awards. I just want to write an episode of “King of the Hill” where Peggy accidentally starts Q*non
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
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Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements.
May 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Brooklyn bus stop ads being replaced with guerilla public service announcements.
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Trump's executive order to gut funding for public media (including NPR and PBS) will cut off news sources for millions. That’s exactly what he wants: to exert even more control over the information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all.
It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.
It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.
May 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Trump's executive order to gut funding for public media (including NPR and PBS) will cut off news sources for millions. That’s exactly what he wants: to exert even more control over the information that the public receives – or doesn’t even receive at all.
It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.
It’s a hallmark of dictatorship.