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People need to be allowed to keep their ID cards
I hope everyone is aware of the threat to š³ļøāā§ ļøtrans Kansansā IDs. If I had a Kansas ID, Kansas would ask me to surrender my ID. It’s nonsense. There’s never been a reckoning. Anti-trans moral panic is hotter than ever.
On a journey toward truth
New art, ancient thought. Truth and the meaning thereof isn’t in a dictionary. It’s something you go on a journey to find. Philosophy by Guillermo Hurtado.
Will everything be OK?
No one can promise, but we can prepare. Put your plan into action. Uncertainty is a fact of life. We can promise each other we’ll do the work. We can iteratively take that moment to think about what we need and to prepare.
Why a homophobe displays a rainbow flag
Theyāre lying to themselves and others. The homophobe continues to share an occasional smirking rainbow and meanwhile gets away with spreading hate, disinformation, and physically violent imagery.
MAGAās ānot conservativeā?
Well, is Trumpism conservative, or isn’tĀ it? It doesn’t feel like natural order. It feels like state power. Some parts will be dismantled, and yet more monstrous heads will regrow.
The complicated joy of āWill &Ā Harperā
Why did I wait so long to seeĀ it? The mood alternates between lighthearted and profound. Ferrell and Steele’s joy is complicated, but the film shines all the brighter for it.
How we appear, quivering
On the book āDeviant Matter: Ferment, Intoxicants, Jelly, Rotā by Kyla Wazana Tompkins. We have ‘a wish to look directly at what is facing us,’ the oncoming blob, the mess we travel with and against.
GOP seeks to cut funding to U.S. hospitals supporting gender transition
Reporting by Jael Holzman asks if Democrats will allow it. If Democrats infight (‘bullying’ each other re: ‘cultural’ issues) and stop talking about the economy, they may lose even harder next time, says a pollster.
The anti-trans movement protested outside the U.S. Supreme Court
The Telegraph reports on a 17-year-oldās identity without asking them. Someday they may be ready to talk to sympathetic people who care about them, maybe including responsible journalists. It’s fine if they’re trans.