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Colombia: 40 years of LGBTQ Pride
Fundraising for a trans community organizing space in Bogotá. Besides seeking a comprehensive trans law, La Red Comunitaria Trans plans to build a trans house for organizing and support. Fundraising goal: US $100,000.
New dogs, now, in my own poems
Rereading ‘Mars and Her Children’ by Marge Piercy. Marge Piercy’s poems in ‘Mars and Her Children’, I decided early on, are what I want to sound like when I wrote a poem. I’ve found my voice.
Darned if I can tell you how magic works
But this award-winning novel can: Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton. How do we create our realities? How are you magic? If you haven’t yet read trans literature, I am giving you sage advice: Trans people’s books are magic.
What will the Log Cabin Republicans say about the second Trump presidency?
I can hardly wait to find out. Maybe it will even find a way to benefit a gay person somewhere. Today is February 6, 2025. A few things happened since Trump was inaugurated on January 20. Log Cabin is telling us that he loves and respects LGBT people.
We’re up to 35 now: Trump’s anti-trans orders in the year 2025
Counting the anti-trans executive orders from the White House. I’ve flagged executive orders to give a comprehensive sense of what may happen. I want to help trans people predict what’s coming and prepare for it.
Can trans people still vote in the US?
Trump’s March 25, 2025 executive order will require U.S. voters to show ID that displays our citizenship and gender. If we try to register to vote but the state official decides our gender is ‘false,’ we could be reported to the U.S. Attorney General.
Trump exec order repeats: Schools forfeit funds for accepting trans people
Trump’s anti-trans executive order #8. They want to shut down individual trans people & they don’t want to leave room for any trans person to claim they’re discriminated against for being trans.
Rescinded: ‘Advancing the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ People Around the World’
Trump’s anti-trans executive order #7. I’m surprised anyone would still be asking ‘Does Trump support LGBTQI+ rights?’ 10 years after he escalatored onto the campaign trail.
Helen Joyce celebrates the 2025 trans U.S. military ban (TalkTV)
She doesn’t have stats on who it may affect, but she doesn’t want us to be trans anywhere. The anti-trans movement is excited by Trump’s 2025 Inauguration Day order defining male and female as unchangeable and acknowledging no other genders.