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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 1d

And this is what’s up for debate today

Scratch the surface of conversion therapy with a feather and the harm is immediately evident

But after all…the cruelty is the point

#queersky

Conservative Supreme Court justices show skepticism of conversion therapy ban - LGBTQ Nation

Colorado's ban on the harmful and widely debunked practice could be ruled unconstitutional in the case of Chiles v Salazar.

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Lakewood Citizen @lakewoodcitizen.com · 12h

Lakewood City Council passes Gender Freedom Policy www.cleveland19.com/2025/10/07/l...

Lakewood City Council passes Gender Freedom Policy

Lakewood City Council passed legislation Monday, 7 - 0, enacting the Gender Freedom Policy. This will de-prioritize the enforcement of state and federal anti-trans laws in Lakewood.

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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 11h

📣 Celebrate over 100 years of LGBTQ+ media! 🏳️‍🌈 Join us for the 2nd annual Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day on Oct. 8, 2025, during #LGBTQHistoryMonth. TODAY!

Support queer journalism with one tax-deductible donation: givebutter.com/LGBTQequityf....

Let’s keep our stories alive! #LGBTQMediaDay

LGBTQ+ Local Journalism Fund

By Local Media Foundation

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 11h

“[W]e got to prepare ourselves to fight for our lives. We must hold on to our beliefs, hold on to our wishes and our wants and our desires.

“We got to find a way around this stuff and get through the next four years. I don’t know how we’re going to do it, but we’re a tough bunch of bitches.”

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 11h

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“Known for her fearless advocacy for trans and marginalised people, Miss Major’s tireless campaigning has taken her across the US, from New York to California, working in community service groups and advocacy organisations to promote the rights of LGBTQ+ people.”

#queersky

Stonewall veteran Miss Major Griffin-Gracy moved to hospice care: 'She is surrounded by love'

Trans campaigner and author Miss Major Griffin-Gracy has been moved to hospice care following her hospitalisation earlier this month.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Hannah Who @notablyuncool.bsky.social · 1d

Joy is just as important as survival.

The world might be cruel, but that doesn’t mean you should only exist in a state of struggle.

You deserve laughter, comfort, adventure and love.

Seek out things that make you happy, no matter how small.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 20h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 22h

No no no dolly is the last seal before the apocalypse

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 22h

3 MAGA extremists have introduced a bill in South Carolina that would allow the state to execute women who get an abortion.

South Carolina govt lists their cell phone numbers, in case you want to call them directly & let them know what you think.

Details here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21h

South Carolina's criminal code sentences a rapist to 30 years for rape, but if SC's new S 323 becomes law, it'd sentence a woman to death for getting an abortion

Meaning—if a man impregnates a woman via rape he may get 30 years, but if that impregnated victim gets an abortion she would be executed😐

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 21h

MAGA: We are a CHRISTIAN nation & based on the BIBLE—which is GREATER than the Constitution.

Me: "Do not mistreat foreigners living in your country. Treat them just as you treat your own citizens. Love foreigners as you love your-selves. I am your Lord God."

MAGA: No No Not that part of the Bible.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20h

It's so ridiculous that MAGAs believe the GOP line that "Democrats want to give free healthcare to immigrants."

My dudes immigrants aren't getting free healthcare in the United States. American citizens aren't even getting free healthcare. You know who is?

The people lying to you about immigrants.

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 20h

Who copied the straights on this week’s agenda?

Kevin…was it you, Kevin?

Why is it *always* Kevin?! Left it in the freakin’ printer again…

#queersky

Russian scientist close to Putin says West using 'LGBT agenda' to reduce human population - LGBTQ Nation

It's not his first bonkers conspiracy theory.

www.lgbtqnation.com

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 1d

No one speaks Cankles’s language better than @paulapoundstone.bsky.social

She’s both hilarious *and* a harbinger of terrible truths! 🤣😅

But really…she’s just playing with the cats

Trump’s Medicine | #Comedy #Satire #PaulaPoundstone #TrumpJokes #PoliticalHumor #shorts

YouTube video by Paula Poundstone

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 1d

The cruelty is the point

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

Actually this is exactly what you voted for and enabled, but better late than never to the opposition I guess.

A screenshot of an X.com post by @RollingStone
, Rolling Stone, posted 13 hours ago, stating, "I voted for none of this. Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House," with a link to a story on rollingstone.com/politics/politics. The post includes a "REWIND" section with a headline "MANOSPHERE INFLUENCERS WHO BOOSTED TRUMP ARE NOW COOLING ON HIM" by Nikki McCann Ramirez, dated October 6, 2025, and a photo of Theo Von making a peace sign at an event in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 9, 2025.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 1d

I'm in Chicago, getting reports that ICE fascists are occupying MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL.

The patient is allegedly in ICE custody, who is in plain clothes & wearing their firearm on their hip.

Previous admins banned ICE fascists from sensitive areas like hospitals & shelters. Not this regime

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 1d

And this is what’s up for debate today

Scratch the surface of conversion therapy with a feather and the harm is immediately evident

But after all…the cruelty is the point

#queersky

Conservative Supreme Court justices show skepticism of conversion therapy ban - LGBTQ Nation

Colorado's ban on the harmful and widely debunked practice could be ruled unconstitutional in the case of Chiles v Salazar.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court appears ready to side with Trump in bringing back “gay conversion therapy.”

This practice involves physically abusing teenagers to try to turn them heterosexual, including with electric shocks and chemically-induced nausea.

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Cleveland 19 News @cleveland19.com · 1d

October is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, but for too many of these precious pups in Northeast Ohio kennels, YEARS have passed without having a home to call their own: https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/09/03/adopt-these-northeast-ohio-dogs-who-spent-years-waiting-fur-ever-home/

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 1d

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 1d

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

www.erininthemorning...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 MxRMax 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @mxrmax.me · 1d

I’m grateful to be queer every fucking day

And I’m tired as fuck every fucking day

I continue to hope and work for a day where the folx I care about and I can have the first without the second

#queersky 🌈

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 1d

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

capitalbnews.org

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