The notice published Wednesday in the Federal Register said Customs and Border Protection is proposing collecting five years worth of social media information from travelers from select countries who do not have to get visas to come to the U.S. https://to.pbs.org/3MmNPhN

Approximately 1.3 million LGBTQ+ immigrants live in the United States, but the journey has been difficult for at least 150 years.

New Yorkers, the law is clear: if you have an EBT balance, a store that accepts SNAP must allow you to use your card. Follow these instructions and file a complaint with my office if you are denied: ag.ny.gov/consumer-complaint

Holocaust history shows LGBTQ+ people have always been [our] own heroes 19thnews.org/2025/10/lgbt... via @19thnews.org by @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social #LGBT #LGBTQ #QueerHistory #History #community

10 LGBTQ+ YA Fantasy Novels to Inspire Teens to Live Their Truth OK, @people.com ! people.com/10-lgbtq-ya-... #BookSky #LGBTQ #LGBT #ThisPoisonHeart #DeadlyEverAfter #PET

Title IX was enacted to ensure that all students have equal access to educational opportunities, regardless of gender. This includes the rights of intersex students to access sports. Learn more at:

[ In the wake of #HurricaneMelissa Jamaica's Office of Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management (ODPEM) …launched ( supportjamaica.gov.jm ) to coordinate relief & rebuild communities. Our thoughts & prayers remain with Jamaica …the land we love. 💛🖤💚 #Jamaica #donate] via LinkedIn NadineWhite1

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📍 🇯🇲 🏳️‍🌈 ⚠️ Keeping Jamaica-based community members in mind as Hurricane Melissa approaches. Please reach out to loved ones there so they’re informed, prepared & protected. Contact QBF Community Care if you’re seeking safety / shelter / food there or in Cayman Islands 🇰🇾 Cuba 🇨🇺 Haiti 🇭🇹 DR 🇩🇴 Colombia 🇨🇴

Coming up on 30 years ✨ #PBSNEWS #press

💡 🇺🇸 A note about influence, elections, and the state of things there in the USA (Chicago, IL and nearby). #transgender #transgenderlives #elections #USA #chicago #illinois #milwaukee #wisconsin #midwest #queerSky

annual reminder that this song was written by a lesbian!

Experts say this late realization is rooted in what’s known as compulsory heterosexuality: a cultural and religious pressure that makes straightness feel not just normal, but mandatory.

These 5 stories show that queerness was a part of pre-colonial Africa - buff.ly/rgXTUo9

Tropical Storm Melissa dumped heavy rain on parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday as forecasters warned of a significant flood risk in parts of the northern Caribbean in the coming days. https://to.pbs.org/4nBOokN

First they came for .. Be any ally for the *whole* queer community Nobody left out, nobody left behind

Who brings salt water to the sea? Me. I do. Because I happy cried today while swimming in Aruba and a wedding happened on the beach. And I practically squealed when I realized it was a lesbian wedding 🥹 Mrs. & Mrs. Smith were absolutely gorgeous and the ceremony was so sweet. My gay heart 😭♥️

This is for all people who can get pregnant. It's not just a women's issue. People of all genders need access to abortion.

When you triage as many cases as as we & @projectex.me do through our joint Community Care initiative, you understand how many lives are saved & helped through simple access to reproductive healthcare like this. This helps communities and reduces trauma for DV survivors. Forced labor has a name. 💁🏾

Help a disabled trans couple escape Alabama to a safer state! Living in Alabama, as a trans couple is growing progressively more dangerous. Our health is being actively damaged living in this house. Please share, and if you're able, donate! Anything helps, even a dollar. gofund.me/0a57d255

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i still need to register for german classes and sign up for a master craftsmanship exam in order to register my small business so i can get set up with health insurance as a self-employed/freelance worker. all of this takes time, meeting this goal is giving me that time gofund.me/982b699b

LISTEN: A Meet The Press-style podcast, but gayer! The Buckeye Flame editor and host of the This News Is So Gay podcast, Ken Schneck, has succeeded by elevating LGBTQ stories and the queer reporters at the helm of this original reporting. glaad.org/queer-voices...

Trans people aren’t just part of history—we are the cultural architects of resistance. We’ve been at the frontlines of labor movements, feminist organizing, & racial justice struggles. And nothing they do will stop us from building the future we deserve. secure.actblue.com/donate/trans...

“For nearly a decade, bills like this one have painted trans people as threats, but the truth is, we are the ones consistently under attack and disproportionately impacted by violence and shelters and prisons and beyond. This bathroom bigotry does not protect women and girls” - @raquelwillis.com

STAR became one of the first LGBTQ organizations in the U.S. to focus specifically on transgender issues. It pioneered a legacy of advocacy for transgender and gender-nonconforming people who were often overlooked by mainstream gay rights organizations.

Along with Sylvia Rivera, a Latina transgender activist, Johnson co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) in 1970, an organization dedicated to providing housing and support for homeless LGBTQ youth.

Tell a baby queer. Tell a friend. Ask a librarian. Queer Black History Black History Queer History History #history #BlackHistory #QueerHistory #QueerBlackHistory #MarshaPJohnson #AskALibrarian #queer

the warmest place. 🫂

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Nature is so very gay and we gush in love over them every day 😻

As a coalition && cooperative, technically non-corporeal, we joined on the melody and all the harmonies. Leopards, in context, 🐆 have purpose and prowess. And so does rooted liberation work. (Y)our internalized oppressor(s) won’t like how this ends but a future you …might. be yo light. #somos

Setting boundaries is good for the soul!

queer is life

yo. Queer Black Vegan Diaspora! We welcome 🫵🏾 YOU to join our launch team: - Writers - Vegan Chefs - Travel Agents - Real Estate Agents - Software & Cybersecurity Architects & Engineers - Nutritionists - Social Workers - Counselors & Therapists - Fund Managers - Attorneys & Paralegals

Speaking of which, do you all dance?

Send me your qtbipoc artist, zinester, comic book writer, graphic novelist recs #qtbipoc #qtbipoccomics #qtbipoczines #qtbipocgraphicnovels

OK now, alright… play that funky music 😉 👌🏾 #keepingit100

they just caucasually volunteered that wisdom, huh?

mass apathy and discord in the face of oppression? This is how we get skeksis.

I refuse to let a mean world make me mean too.

Facts 🤓 N4TIS DE QBF4ALL CQCQ #amateurradio #hamradio #stayready 👈🏾

Trans kids are not •disposable •the reason Dems lose •a threat Trans kids are •deserving of basic human rights Trans kids should be •protected, always

Real talk: Have you ever looked yourself dead on in the mirror while uttering affirmations? While holding your perceived imperfections in love and saying, “you are welcome here. Thank you for witnessing me. I love you”? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

DARVO, Gaslighting, and the Queer Silence: How "Nina’s Whisper" Confronts LGBTQ Intimate Partner Violence Book Review: Nina’s Whisper by @drsheenahoward.bsky.social A Decolonial Lens on Intimate Partner Violence and the DARVO Playbook breezeharper.com/darvo-gaslig... #BookSky #BlackBookSky