Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruling that will allow or continue states to exclude trans kids from school sports involved ONE transgender student. I’ve noticed a lot of journalists exclude this part and exclude that she is a child.

You can check out my analysis of how the NYT's became hostile to trans and queer people here. www.nytimes.lgbt

Trans and tired took on a new meaning today. 😮‍💨

I struggle with the forced “moving on” or the “they aren’t in pain” as if that erases the reality of the grief. They were in pain becuase of the systems around us and the shit our families and society put us through. This grief is something we carry. Wade into. We’ve learned as queer people to..

Juneteenth is not a holiday for white people. It’s not a day off for fun. It is a day to evaluate, invest, and keep fighting. It is our duty to fight for OUR freedom. #juneteenth #liberation

I lost one of my family today. You ARE a fucking queer icon. A diva. A queen. I’ll never forget us meeting for the first time after that wild CTA caucus (iykyk) and drinking, planning, venting, connecting.

Can we stop focusing on the profession of the shooter and instead focus on how the systems enact violence on us everyday? Violence will occur in a society that encourages and uplifts violence. Eventually, people will fight back with the violence thrust on them.

You know what educators get after a school shooting? Nothing. You know what students get? If there’s no available counselor, nothing. You know what we have to do every year to retraumatize our students? Shooter drills. Why? This nation would rather uphold pedos and guns.

What I keep coming back to with the WHC shooting is how many reporters have been murdered in Gaza and more recently, Lebanon. Barely a story or headline. I keep thinking about the gunshots, bombs and gases being dropped on multiple countries and not a word from these “journalists”.

I honestly don’t have much sympathy about the shooting at the correspondents dinner. They don’t care about 121 school shootings that have occurred this year or the endless shooter drills we have to do or that ICE is holding children in detainment.

It has been disappointing (not surprising) to experience some of our veteran teachers disgusting remarks about SEIU raises. Y’all teach kids but that’s how you talk about our workers who work BELOW the poverty line? That is shameful. To equate intelligence with a degree is classist and fucked.

LAUSD doesn’t have a deficit. It’s a budget mismanagement. 1. In California, Each student gives a district $10,00-$12,000 2. We have a funding called LCFF (Local Control Funding Formula) and includes COLA (Cost of living adjustment)

This Iranian can see the USA's 'freedom' for what it is. Mass Murder.

They are telling you they don’t want trans people to exist. Kansas took away our right to vote, drive, use the restroom, get a job. It will not stop at Kansas. The gov is not being demure. They are brazenly attacking us believing no one will care, that we are the expendables. Prove them wrong.

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.

The subheadline on this NYT piece is going to turn me into the Joker. Like... this... is exactly what trans people have been saying was going to happen for years.

whistles blowing, honks of warning, water across tear gassed faces. groceries deliver to bolted doors, group calls in earnest, screams of passion, whispers of care. waking to the darkness to protect our beloveds. cups of coffee to strangers, meal trains for recovery, embraces in tragedy.

Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.

ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."

A child was kidnapped and no Amber Alert went out. A child was stripped of their rights and a senator says “we will check on them next week.” Children every year have been taken with no Amber Alerts because the gov sanctioned it. Fight like hell for these kids. Fight as if they were your own.

Queer families get erased in celebration, in grief, for a better headline. Renee Good’s child is not “orphaned”. He has his mom still. Renee was queer and loved. Her wife lives and cares for THEIR child. Stop erasing the powerful queer love that family holds.

And the targeting continues. We’ve lost so much, we continue to be targeted. Experts are finally admitting what we always knew, we are in the midst of a trans genocide in America.

This isn’t like Iraq though it is eerily similar. History has shown the US loves to destabilize and overthrow govs that won’t give them resources. Difference here is public military invasion was not approved by congress. Trump is aiming to be a forever president aka dictator.

I think I’ll be removing the section on US gov “balances of power” because the president can apparently just do a military invasion without congressional approval and the repercussions is a democrat zoom meeting.

This holiday, thousands of kids are waking up to their families not present because ICE kidnapped them. Hundreds of kids are in an ICE prison. This country is doing what it was built to do, BUT we have the ability and obligation to stand up against it. Don’t just read about it. Act. Get involved.

Yearly reminder that Jesus was born in Palestine and is Palestinian. Palestinian Christians are being actively arrested, their celebrations shut down in Haifa. There is no ceasefire. Over 70,000 Palestinians have been murdered and ceasefires violated 875 times for the last 2 years. #freepalestine

There are so many moments that can feel devoid of light. Especially right now where capitalism takes hold and so many lean into money to spend versus supporting each other. So many of us are so tied to our own individuality in the US that we fail to see the power we hold with each other.

It feels like we are screaming into a void. Attacks on us constantly, a bill passing that will strip healthcare away from kids, and it’s not even trending. But this article gives a moment of hope. A moment for us to see that people and orgs are stepping up when it matters. We need more of you to.

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

It’s no longer about if he’s in the Epstein files but how many crimes he committed.

I know we are fighting for trans right to healthcare but it would be nice if things were framed more around our humanity and right to healthcare vs “having this lowers suicidal rate”. Like we should just be able to say trans people should have access to healthcare. The end. 🙃

Awareness and visibility do not equal safety. Because of the lack of care and vigilance for trans people, we have now: 1. Seen over 1,000 anti trans bills this year alone 2. Seen an uptick of violence against trans people 3. Experienced attacks against our healthcare and access to it ….

They took a teacher today in Chicago. But 31 Moms for Liberty bigots all lost their elections. But they are still holding kids in ICE custody. Multiple trans people won elections yesterday. But our rights are being decimated. The whiplash of emotions is real BUT the hope is vivid, real.

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Halloween is a gift to the queers. To the ones that couldn’t express themselves. To the wild gender play. To the weird and stigmatized. This is our day. Even with snide comments, laughs behind closed hands, We strutted, catwalked. Because on this day,we got to be.

Today, people will dress up, call people by different names, use different pronouns, play with gender expression. But tomorrow, they will continue to blame trans and nonbinary people for their issues and complain about remembering their correct pronouns. 🙃

A haunted house for MAGA but it’s just me. The trans elementary teacher. Boo 👻

The world is shit but I remember I get to exist in a timeline where trans people are here, visible. I get to see trans people age. I got to bear witness to Miss Major. Hear her stories, wisdom. I got to see her & know that trans people can grow old, be loved. What a time to be. ♥️

Kaiser refuses to give workers fair pay, benefits, and the staffing they need to keep patients safe. We stand with the 46,000 UNAC/UHCP, @steelworkers.bsky.social Local 7600, @ofnhp.bsky.social, @unitehere.org Hawaii, and HNHP health care workers on STRIKE fighting for a fair contract ✊

Today was one of those days where going to work felt a betrayal to my own humanity. I still showed up, taught kids all while people spewed hate towards my existence and institutionalize me and my community. Still existing. Still breathing. Still teaching. Still trans. #transexistence

When the first response is to blame trans people for shootings WITHOUT EVIDENCE, that’s the narrative. That’s believing we should be locked up because of “mental illness”. That’s painting us as “dangerous” so it’s seen as a fact. Do yall remember the next step that’s reminiscent of Nazi propaganda?

CW: suicide ideation I don’t often talk about my mental health battle with suicidal ideation because of how intrinsically connected it is to being trans in our community. I say that because I wanted to share that we can be beautifully trans first rather than a statistic.

Let this Labor Day be a reminder that no labor is “unskilled”, that thousands of workers have been “let go” due to a political agenda, and that capitalism is working as it was meant to be. Workers were not meant to thrive, only survive (barely), in this society.

With all the disrespect I can muster, kindly fuck off with the “arm teachers”. Y’all are the same people who won’t raise our wages, forgive our loans, give kids free lunch, etc. Give me public schools that are funded so we can care for EVERYONE not fighting for the scraps you hand us.

LA is still occupied and terrorized by ICE. DC is now being occupied by the military and FBI. Latine and Hispanic people make up almost half of LA’s population. Black people make up almost half of DC’s population. Our nation’s racism and current fascism on full display right now. #washingtondc

“Those who can’t do, teach” is such a fucked up phrase used to diminish educators tireless, intelligent, brilliant work in a mainly woman dominated profession and its still used to put our profession down. The reality is “Very few can teach because it is a hard, multi skilled, demanding job”.

“There are more troops deployed to Los Angeles than Syria and Iraq combined.” -Jen Psaki Just a reminder: this is still the reality here. This hasn’t changed even if the media has gone quiet. We are still pushing back. We are still resisting. #losangeles

Day 35. The National Guard and Federal Agents fired tear gas and pepper spray bullets on kids trying to find their parents. They. Shot. Kids. They shot at children trying to find their mom or dad. They shot at family members crying, begging for answers. They shot at Americans. #camarillo

I need yall to understand this was ICE cosplaying as the military:carrying paintball guns, real weapons, and storming an area that is a large vendor space for our community. They are attempting to scare us but they left as soon as they saw the 300 citizens wouldn’t back down. No thanks to the mayor.

The bill passed. It is impossible to not feel rage, frustration. We watched a lack of care, a lack of urgency, a lack of realizing that this trajectory has been witnessed before. #bigbeautifulbill