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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 6h

Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

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Queerness is a Blessing

Queerphobia is the curse and respectability politics are a trap.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 8h

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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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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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 11h

How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections

In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.

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How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections

In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 11h

Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work

And it’s clearer than ever that she sees her job as covering for and protecting criminals close to the seditious traitor.

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Pam Bondi Is a Piece of Work

And it’s clearer than ever that she sees her job as covering for and protecting criminals within the Trump regime.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 11h

Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that the seditious traitor would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 11h

The Seditious Traitor Ramps Up His Attacks Against Universities, Demands Colleges Stop Recognising Trans People

The seditious traitor's war on higher education is another front for his war on trans people.

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Trump Ramps Up His Attacks Against Universities, Demands Colleges Stop Recognising Trans People

Trump's war on higher education is another front for his war on trans people.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 12h

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Podcast #183 - Fox News: The 'ILLEGALS' Stole Your Health Care!

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 12h

Fox News - The 'ILLEGALS' Stole Your Health Care!

A condensed overview of 15 hours of Fox News for the week ending 10/5/25

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Fox News - The 'ILLEGALS' Stole Your Health Care!

A condensed overview of 15 hours of Fox News for the week ending 10/5/25

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 14h

Three Supreme Court Cases Targeting LGBTQ+ People See Movement This Week

From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.

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Three Supreme Court Cases Targeting LGBTQ+ People See Movement This Week

From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 15h

Grandma Knows Best: The Generation That Survived Polio Has Something to Say About Vaccines

67 million grandparents remember what we’ve been lucky enough to forget

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Grandma Knows Best: The Generation That Survived Polio Has Something to Say About Vaccines

67 million grandparents remember what we’ve been lucky enough to forget

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 15h

Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: Wisconsin's top lawyer passes on governor's race to seek reelection

Josh Kaul's decision could encourage other Democrats to run instead

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Morning Digest: Wisconsin's top lawyer passes on governor's race to seek reelection

Josh Kaul's decision could encourage other Democrats to run instead

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 16h

The seditious traitor approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

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Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s pre...

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 16h

Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

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Whiny MAGA freaks out over Super Bowl halftime show

Songs in Spanish? In America?

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 16h

Republicans Are Coming for Abortion Records

10.7.25

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Republicans Are Coming for Abortion Records

10.7.25

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 16h

A Chicken Crosses a Portland Street

To show who the real chicken is...

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A Chicken Crosses a Portland Street

To show who the real chicken is...

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 16h

Oversight

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Oversight

Attorney General Pam Bondi showed up for an oversight hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today, and she brought her best Scarlett O’Hara demeanor along with her.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

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Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

New Poll: Voters Prefer Spanberger For Virginia Governor On Transgender Issues By Wide Margin, Despite Anti-Trans Ads

The issue also ranked lowest among issues polled. The CNU poll is the second poll showing Spanberger pulling ahead.

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New Poll: Voters Prefer Spanberger For Virginia Governor On Transgender Issues By Wide Margin, Despite Anti-Trans Ads

The issue also ranked lowest among issues polled. The CNU poll is the second poll showing Spanberger pulling ahead.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

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The Fear Factor

The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

On top of all that: It turns out the cop was *also* an abuser

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Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote

The U.S.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

ICE Raids & The Dimensions of Shame

There’s something really sketchy going on here.

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ICE Raids & The Dimensions of Shame

There’s something really sketchy going on here.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Vaccine Shedding Is Real—But Not What You Think

The science behind who actually needs to worry (spoiler: probably not you)

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Vaccine Shedding Is Real—But Not What You Think

The science behind who actually needs to worry (spoiler: probably not you)

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Trans day of (p)remembrance

A short reflection on grieving those we will lose

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Trans day of (p)remembrance

A short reflection on grieving those we will lose

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: A third congressman the GOP wanted to stay put is now running statewide

Democrats would be delighted if Wesley Hunt's entry proves a boon for Ken Paxton

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Morning Digest: A third congressman the GOP wanted to stay put is now running statewide

Democrats would be delighted if Wesley Hunt's entry proves a boon for Ken Paxton

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