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A nonprofit organization, in memory of The Godfather of Gay Pulp Fiction. Dedicated to promoting his writings, preserving his memory, and encouraging aspiring writers. And here to socialize.
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Welcome - Victor J. Banis Family Foundation
Hi. I’m Maggie, Victor’s great-niece and the Executive Director of the Victor J. Banis Family Foundation. Prior to Victor’s passing in 2019, I knew he was a writer and had read a few of his books. We ...
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Trans youth deserve:
🏳️⚧️ Access to affirming health care,
🏳️⚧️ The ability to make decisions about their own medical care, and
🏳️⚧️ To make health care decisions free from government interference.
Hear more trans people speak out about their health care experiences: lambdalegal.org/speak-out/
🏳️⚧️ Access to affirming health care,
🏳️⚧️ The ability to make decisions about their own medical care, and
🏳️⚧️ To make health care decisions free from government interference.
Hear more trans people speak out about their health care experiences: lambdalegal.org/speak-out/
December 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trans youth deserve:
🏳️⚧️ Access to affirming health care,
🏳️⚧️ The ability to make decisions about their own medical care, and
🏳️⚧️ To make health care decisions free from government interference.
Hear more trans people speak out about their health care experiences: lambdalegal.org/speak-out/
🏳️⚧️ Access to affirming health care,
🏳️⚧️ The ability to make decisions about their own medical care, and
🏳️⚧️ To make health care decisions free from government interference.
Hear more trans people speak out about their health care experiences: lambdalegal.org/speak-out/
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“These [HHS] rules are not in effect. They are merely proposals with a notice and comment process ahead. We encourage all to use the comment portals [that will be] provided to let HHS know just how dangerous these regulations are.” – Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney
Read more: tinyurl.com/brdy37e
Read more: tinyurl.com/brdy37e
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“These [HHS] rules are not in effect. They are merely proposals with a notice and comment process ahead. We encourage all to use the comment portals [that will be] provided to let HHS know just how dangerous these regulations are.” – Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney
Read more: tinyurl.com/brdy37e
Read more: tinyurl.com/brdy37e
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We are headed to the Supreme Court! 🏃♀️
Join us, @aclu.org, and more of our partners on January 13, 2026 as SCOTUS hears oral arguments in two cases about the freedom of trans youth to be themselves on and off the field. 🏳️⚧️
RSVP & find actions near you: www.mobilize.us/lambdalegal/
Join us, @aclu.org, and more of our partners on January 13, 2026 as SCOTUS hears oral arguments in two cases about the freedom of trans youth to be themselves on and off the field. 🏳️⚧️
RSVP & find actions near you: www.mobilize.us/lambdalegal/
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We are headed to the Supreme Court! 🏃♀️
Join us, @aclu.org, and more of our partners on January 13, 2026 as SCOTUS hears oral arguments in two cases about the freedom of trans youth to be themselves on and off the field. 🏳️⚧️
RSVP & find actions near you: www.mobilize.us/lambdalegal/
Join us, @aclu.org, and more of our partners on January 13, 2026 as SCOTUS hears oral arguments in two cases about the freedom of trans youth to be themselves on and off the field. 🏳️⚧️
RSVP & find actions near you: www.mobilize.us/lambdalegal/
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Today, Lambda Legal attorneys appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to argue Anderson v. Crouch–a case challenging West Virginia’s exclusion of gender-affirming medical care for trans adults under the state’s Medicaid program.
Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/mv677y2m
Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/mv677y2m
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Today, Lambda Legal attorneys appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to argue Anderson v. Crouch–a case challenging West Virginia’s exclusion of gender-affirming medical care for trans adults under the state’s Medicaid program.
Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/mv677y2m
Learn more ➡️ tinyurl.com/mv677y2m
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2025 was a tough year, but it’s important to celebrate some victories. So here are just a few of ours!
👊We mobilized queer communities, parents & youth to combat dangerous online censorship bills like KOSA. We even launched a flagship campaign to influence power at the state level.
fftf.link/2026
👊We mobilized queer communities, parents & youth to combat dangerous online censorship bills like KOSA. We even launched a flagship campaign to influence power at the state level.
fftf.link/2026
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
2025 was a tough year, but it’s important to celebrate some victories. So here are just a few of ours!
👊We mobilized queer communities, parents & youth to combat dangerous online censorship bills like KOSA. We even launched a flagship campaign to influence power at the state level.
fftf.link/2026
👊We mobilized queer communities, parents & youth to combat dangerous online censorship bills like KOSA. We even launched a flagship campaign to influence power at the state level.
fftf.link/2026
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👁️ We reached millions with campaigns targeting surveillance tech while challenging Apple & Google for their attacks on user’s rights and their willingness to block apps like RedDot & ICEblock fftf.link/2026
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
👁️ We reached millions with campaigns targeting surveillance tech while challenging Apple & Google for their attacks on user’s rights and their willingness to block apps like RedDot & ICEblock fftf.link/2026
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🗣️ We hosted week of action against online ID checks, building on the work we’ve done to grow a coalition of nearly a hundred groups & released an open letter calling on lawmakers to reject age verification mandates. Our campaign has since become a central hub for a year of viral actions!
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🗣️ We hosted week of action against online ID checks, building on the work we’ve done to grow a coalition of nearly a hundred groups & released an open letter calling on lawmakers to reject age verification mandates. Our campaign has since become a central hub for a year of viral actions!
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🛠️We amplified existing tools & developed new ones to safeguard the rights & privacy of organizers, from digital hygiene tools and our “friendly neighborhood hacker” security guide, to a human rights messaging toolkit for challenging surveillance narratives.
www.turnoffyourphone.org
www.turnoffyourphone.org
Step One: Turn Off Your Phone
Activist Anti-Surveillance Tips from a Friendly Neighborhood Hacker
www.turnoffyourphone.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🛠️We amplified existing tools & developed new ones to safeguard the rights & privacy of organizers, from digital hygiene tools and our “friendly neighborhood hacker” security guide, to a human rights messaging toolkit for challenging surveillance narratives.
www.turnoffyourphone.org
www.turnoffyourphone.org
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HAPPENING TODAY: A federal court will hear our challenge to S.B. 12 — one of the most extreme education censorship laws in the country.
Students deserve the freedom to learn and an education that affirms who they are, not one that censors their identity.
Students deserve the freedom to learn and an education that affirms who they are, not one that censors their identity.
December 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
HAPPENING TODAY: A federal court will hear our challenge to S.B. 12 — one of the most extreme education censorship laws in the country.
Students deserve the freedom to learn and an education that affirms who they are, not one that censors their identity.
Students deserve the freedom to learn and an education that affirms who they are, not one that censors their identity.
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Hi @maggiemaefish.bsky.social I just wanna say I finally got to watch your Unrated series during a free trial and I love it. I wanna recommend this video, which goes into another view of sex scenes.
youtu.be/h2a_gWgtw3w?...
youtu.be/h2a_gWgtw3w?...
An Ace Perspective on Sexless Hollywood [VIDEO ESSAY]
YouTube video by Adam Splitters Entertainment
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December 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hi @maggiemaefish.bsky.social I just wanna say I finally got to watch your Unrated series during a free trial and I love it. I wanna recommend this video, which goes into another view of sex scenes.
youtu.be/h2a_gWgtw3w?...
youtu.be/h2a_gWgtw3w?...
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Calling all gamers, streamers, and game industry workers:
Join the campaign to hold Microsoft accountable for fueling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Sign the Boycott Xbox Pledge now: nogamesforgenocide.com
Join the campaign to hold Microsoft accountable for fueling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Sign the Boycott Xbox Pledge now: nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Calling all gamers, streamers, and game industry workers:
Join the campaign to hold Microsoft accountable for fueling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Sign the Boycott Xbox Pledge now: nogamesforgenocide.com
Join the campaign to hold Microsoft accountable for fueling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. Sign the Boycott Xbox Pledge now: nogamesforgenocide.com
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i am old enough to remember when tech companies, even larger ones with unsavory business practices, had at least a few core values they seemed to stick to even when it wasn't about their profit motives
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
As the former Google Associate General Counsel for web search -- a product built on scraping third party content without permission -- I'm having a lot of trouble processing Google's new lawsuit against someone else for scraping search results. storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
i am old enough to remember when tech companies, even larger ones with unsavory business practices, had at least a few core values they seemed to stick to even when it wasn't about their profit motives
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
ie opposing gov surveillance & defending net neutrality
those days are gone. anything for a buck
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Curious how @fightforthefuture.org plans to confront techno-fascism and defend your digital rights in 2026? We’ve created a report out with just a few of our strategies going into the new year! Check it out! fftf.link/2026
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Curious how @fightforthefuture.org plans to confront techno-fascism and defend your digital rights in 2026? We’ve created a report out with just a few of our strategies going into the new year! Check it out! fftf.link/2026
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We’re laser focused on beating back authoritarian censorship & surveillance so that frontline organizers and mass resistance movements have the tools and spaces they need to fight back against the regime and win!
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We’re laser focused on beating back authoritarian censorship & surveillance so that frontline organizers and mass resistance movements have the tools and spaces they need to fight back against the regime and win!
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But our fearless activism is only possible because of thousands of individuals who support us with small monthly donations and year-end gifts.
Please consider making a donation, no matter how small, today! The fascists are winning BUT they haven’t won!
www.fightforthefuture.org/donate?incen...
Please consider making a donation, no matter how small, today! The fascists are winning BUT they haven’t won!
www.fightforthefuture.org/donate?incen...
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
But our fearless activism is only possible because of thousands of individuals who support us with small monthly donations and year-end gifts.
Please consider making a donation, no matter how small, today! The fascists are winning BUT they haven’t won!
www.fightforthefuture.org/donate?incen...
Please consider making a donation, no matter how small, today! The fascists are winning BUT they haven’t won!
www.fightforthefuture.org/donate?incen...
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Adding to our list of victories for 2025!
🎶 We launched a Spotify Whacked campaign calling listeners, musicians & labels to boycott #Spotify as their News Year’s resolution and provided ethical alternative music apps & platforms with a proven track record of paying & playing fair.
fftf.link/2026
🎶 We launched a Spotify Whacked campaign calling listeners, musicians & labels to boycott #Spotify as their News Year’s resolution and provided ethical alternative music apps & platforms with a proven track record of paying & playing fair.
fftf.link/2026
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Adding to our list of victories for 2025!
🎶 We launched a Spotify Whacked campaign calling listeners, musicians & labels to boycott #Spotify as their News Year’s resolution and provided ethical alternative music apps & platforms with a proven track record of paying & playing fair.
fftf.link/2026
🎶 We launched a Spotify Whacked campaign calling listeners, musicians & labels to boycott #Spotify as their News Year’s resolution and provided ethical alternative music apps & platforms with a proven track record of paying & playing fair.
fftf.link/2026
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🛡️We united major providers & privacy advocates and launched a coordinated campaign to defend VPNs. In a single day of action, we gathered over 15,000 signatures; by the end of the week, that number had reached 25,000!
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🛡️We united major providers & privacy advocates and launched a coordinated campaign to defend VPNs. In a single day of action, we gathered over 15,000 signatures; by the end of the week, that number had reached 25,000!
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💸 We mobilized mutual aid organizations to oppose financial surveillance and push for alternatives to apps like Venmo and PayPal while pushing the developer community to build better tools. www.fightforthefuture.org/wp-content/u...
www.fightforthefuture.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
💸 We mobilized mutual aid organizations to oppose financial surveillance and push for alternatives to apps like Venmo and PayPal while pushing the developer community to build better tools. www.fightforthefuture.org/wp-content/u...
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🏫We also united a coalition including @amnesty.org @accessnow.org @eff.org & @epic.org to demand 60 major U.S. colleges end campus surveillance & mobilized students, faculty & disability justice communities to challenge campus policies enabling doxxing fftf.link/2026
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🏫We also united a coalition including @amnesty.org @accessnow.org @eff.org & @epic.org to demand 60 major U.S. colleges end campus surveillance & mobilized students, faculty & disability justice communities to challenge campus policies enabling doxxing fftf.link/2026
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This is great news!
55 of the 57 #Flock cameras in #Eugene have been taken down a month early rather than waiting for Flock to do it themselves in late January! 👋
The remaining 2 are to be done next week.
#deflock #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety
The remaining 2 are to be done next week.
#deflock #surveillance #alpr #flocksafety
Eugene announces removal of license-plate readers ahead of Flock’s schedule
Eugene police Friday, Dec. 19, announced city staff have taken down license-plate reader cameras rather than wait more than a month for removal by the company that installed them, Atlanta-based Flock ...
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December 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is great news!
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I wrote to her office, even though she is not my senator.
As a leftist in what is turning into a deep red state with two Republican senators who do not care about me at all, I saw @warren.senate.gov as a beacon of light, someone who is fighting for everyone who cannot.
But now?
I can’t say that
As a leftist in what is turning into a deep red state with two Republican senators who do not care about me at all, I saw @warren.senate.gov as a beacon of light, someone who is fighting for everyone who cannot.
But now?
I can’t say that
@warren.senate.gov just co-sponsored KOSA again 🤦🏽♀️
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
You CANNOT claim to be an ally to the LGTBQ community and support this awful bill. Your office blatantly ignored our Boston coalitions pleas, so let’s see how you feel about those phones being melted. CALL HER!
This Trans Day of Remembrance we’re holding the memory of countless trans lives lost to bigotry and hatred, and fighting like hell to preserve trans lives still with us today!
Trans people deserve to be seen + celebrated, not erased. Trans people deserve real allyship, not censorship.
STOP KOSA
Trans people deserve to be seen + celebrated, not erased. Trans people deserve real allyship, not censorship.
STOP KOSA
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I wrote to her office, even though she is not my senator.
As a leftist in what is turning into a deep red state with two Republican senators who do not care about me at all, I saw @warren.senate.gov as a beacon of light, someone who is fighting for everyone who cannot.
But now?
I can’t say that
As a leftist in what is turning into a deep red state with two Republican senators who do not care about me at all, I saw @warren.senate.gov as a beacon of light, someone who is fighting for everyone who cannot.
But now?
I can’t say that
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Ugh, this again. Please tell your senators to grow some common sense and reject KOSA. With all the book bans and other censorship pushes going on right now, preserving access to potentially life-saving resources on the internet (not to mention preserving privacy!) is more important than ever.
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ugh, this again. Please tell your senators to grow some common sense and reject KOSA. With all the book bans and other censorship pushes going on right now, preserving access to potentially life-saving resources on the internet (not to mention preserving privacy!) is more important than ever.
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People? Take action.
There's plenty of time for Christmas and cheer. For now? Defend what's important for once.
Keep the internet open. Free. And defended from fascist policies.
There's plenty of time for Christmas and cheer. For now? Defend what's important for once.
Keep the internet open. Free. And defended from fascist policies.
We will be fighting tooth and nail to protect the right to organize, the right to have queer community, and the right to access abortion info online in the new year.
If you’re with us, take action now and we’ll reach out when it’s time to escalate: www.whatissection230.org
If you’re with us, take action now and we’ll reach out when it’s time to escalate: www.whatissection230.org
What is Section 230
www.whatissection230.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
People? Take action.
There's plenty of time for Christmas and cheer. For now? Defend what's important for once.
Keep the internet open. Free. And defended from fascist policies.
There's plenty of time for Christmas and cheer. For now? Defend what's important for once.
Keep the internet open. Free. And defended from fascist policies.
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Take action, sign, share, and call your reps. Regardless of the chances of passing, the fact that anyone supports repealing Section 230 is abhorrent. Tell your rep to protect free speech and uphold Section 230!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...
December 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Take action, sign, share, and call your reps. Regardless of the chances of passing, the fact that anyone supports repealing Section 230 is abhorrent. Tell your rep to protect free speech and uphold Section 230!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.congress.gov/members/find...