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A ‘Democracy dies in darkness’ erasure poem. Jeff Bezos didn’t allow the Washington Post editorial staff to endorse Kamala Harris. Many are resigning over his ‘principled’ action. Does he believe them?
Have you found a news source you trust?
Here are a few suggestions. Pay for the news or support it however you can. Journalists reveal what government officials are doing and what candidates are saying. That’s democracy.
Trump is running to stay out of prison
A general overview, with 11 days until the 2024 election. If he wins, he’ll fire prosecutor Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ and end the federal prosecutions against him. He’ll make Aileen Cannon attorney general.
‘At any age’: Trump doesn’t want trans people
How Trump will oppress trans people if reelected in 2024. Trump’s influence on the GOP continues to have nightmarish effects for trans and queer people. If he is given power again, we know exactly what he’ll do.
Right wing lies about trans suicide
Steven Crowder makes up numbers and unfortunately is on Twitter. A former coworker actively fantasizes that my 21st-century transgender life is more miserable than if I were in a concentration camp.
2 times a trans man’s opinion was dismissed just because he’s trans
One happened to me. One happened to a more prominent trans person. Sure, these are “just” anonymous online comments. But they aim to delegitimize. Try to imagine the ripple effects into the rest of a trans man’s life.
I’m a gender autonomist
The term ‘gender activist’ is used to point at trans people living with dignity and solidarity, capable of saying ‘no thank you’ and daring to shrug at and disagree with someone who doesn’t like them just because they’re trans. ‘Activist’ is used as an insult for someone who believes in autonomy.
Cricket’s Still Alive (a poem)
Out of the gravel pit, up into the light. A poem after Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’. About Kristi Noem and the young dog she brags of shooting. Beautiful trans child, goddamn untrainable dog.
What’s in the 2023 Florida bill about gender transition
The bill is called ‘Treatments for Sex Reassignment’ (SB 254). Stigma and silencing is the real purpose of Don’t Say Gay. Restricting gender transition is another way of making it difficult for certain people to thrive.