Happy Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🎉🏳️‍🌈 Art by the talented Seattle-based Deaf Queer artist Jena Floyd 💜

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍⚧️🎉🏳️‍🌈

Happy Deaf Queer & Trans Asian Pacific Islander Pride Day! We love you! 💜

We *love* #DeafLGBTQWeek! We’ll be sharing select posts from @deaflgbtqweek all week but we encourage you to follow them directly so you don’t miss a thing. If you’re on Instagram, be sure to follow @deaflgbtqweek there too! Happy National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week! 🎉 🏳️‍⚧️💜🏳️‍🌈

Happy National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week from 1st grade students at California School for the Deaf in Fremont, CA! We love you! 🤟🏽💜 #DeafLGBTQWeek #SupportDeafQueerYouth #SupportDeafTransYouth

#DeafLGBTQWeek Happy National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week! Here are 5 of the many ways you can celebrate with us this year! For a list of additional ideas, check out: bit.ly/deaflgbtqweek We love you! #DeafQueerWeek

Yay! (hands wave) National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week aka #DeafLGBTQWeek is here! We love you and can’t wait to see what you create this week! 💜🤟🏽 Read more in the ALT about our two official social media platforms this year.

Meet Kellie, your #DeafLGBTQWeek Art Challenge host! More info in the ALT.

The #DeafLGBTQWeek Art Challenge is back! We invite Deaf queer and trans artists of all skill levels and ages to create art with us during this fun and inspiring week. More info in the ALT. #DeafLGBTQWeekArt

For those joining protests around the country today, be safe. We love you! 💜

Communication access is often an afterthought when most people plan events. Don’t miss this short 1-hour workshop on how to make your events more accessible and welcoming to Deaf queer & trans communities! Taking place during #DeafLGBTQWeek! More info in the first image ALT. #DisabilityJustice

Know Your Protest Rights via @aclu.org

Shameful. The Trump Administration is now equating gender-affirming care with "child abuse" and seeks to punish those who provide critical, life-saving support and services to our trans and gender diverse youth.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ ⠀ Did you know?⠀ ⠀ The ASL sign for ‘transgender’ is similar to the ASL sign for ‘beautiful’ but is signed on the middle of the chest. Illustration by Deaf trans artist Carlisle Robinson. #TDOV #DeafTrans #DeafTransgender #DeafTransPride #ASL #QueerASLSigns ⠀⠀

Introducing our 2025 and final #DeafLGBTQWeek cartoon series logo! We *love* it! Image description link and additional info about the logo in the ALT. #DeafLGBTQWeekLogo #DeafQueerArt #DeafTransArt

#DeafLGBTQWeekLogo #DeafLGBTQWeek Tomorrow, we'll be sharing the final National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week logo character! With this latest update, all characters will have been replaced once, completing this fun series that began in 2018 by the talented Carlise Robinson.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” —Angela Davis #AngelaDavis #Revolutionary #Revolution #Resistance

#DeafQueerSky #DeafLGBTQWeek is almost here! Yay! The official #DeafLGBTQWeek Bluesky account has launched! Be sure to follow it! It’s one of two main accounts that will be used to share content during National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week. The other account is our @deaflgbtqweek Instagram account.

"...recent attacks on the community by the federal government have made this year’s event a dangerous protest."

“Self love is recognizing my worth and celebrating my growth while living in my truth. Self-love equals reclaiming yourself over and over again.” —Armani Lawrence #SelfLove #BlackDeafQueer #BlackDeafNonBinary #BlackDeaf #Deaf #BlackDeafQueerJoy #DeafQueer #DeafTrans #DeafNonBinary #DeafLGBTQ

“Bullying doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it grows in environments where anti-trans and anti-immigrant rhetoric is tolerated. When schools, communities, and leaders fail to act, the harm continues.” #ProtectTransKids #ProtectImmigrantKids #RacismKills #TransphobiaKills #XenophobiaKills

Come be with Community! A virtual gathering on DeafQueer.Chat ALL WELCOME! Thursday, February 27th PT: 5:30-6:30 PM MT: 6:30-7:30 PM CT: 7:30-8:30 PM ET: 8:30-9:30 PM Location: deafqueer.chat Note: This is a text-based chatroom. We love you! #DeafQueer #DeafLGBTQ #DeafTrans #DeafQueerChat

#ProtectTransPeople Art by Kellie Martin #TransRightsAreHumanRight #DeafTransgender #DeafTrans #WeLoveYou

#ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear Happy Year of the Snake!

No one is illegal. Immigration is a human right. Immigration is an LGBTQ issue. (captions & transcript in YouTube) ⠀ #NoOneIsIllegal #ICE #ImmigrationIsAHumanRight #ImmigrationIsAnLGBTQIssue #Deaf #DeafLGBTQ #DeafQueer #ASL

La Inmigración es un derecho humano y un problema LGBTQ. ⠀ En este video, compartimos algunos consejos en LSM sobre qué hacer si no tiene documentos y los agentes de ICE visitan su hogar. #ICE #LSM #UstedTieneDerechos #NadieEsIlegal #InmigraciónEsUnDerechoHumano #Sordx #Sordo #LGBTQ #DeafQueer

From ‘Paris is Burning’ to ‘Mama Gloria’, these films have shed light on the intersection of race, sexuality, and identity in the Black queer experience.

“The way we dismantle systems of oppression is by realizing that our struggles are linked, and that people’s movements work across borders.” Art & text by: dreasdoodles

Transgender people have always been here, and we’re not going anywhere. Count on it.

Lambda Legal condemns in the strongest terms President Trump’s first actions in office targeting LGBTQ+ people, everyone living with HIV, and communities of color. We are prepared to challenge them in court. Our full statement: lambdalegal.org/newsroom/us_... #FearlessAndFightingBack

Come be with Community! A virtual gathering on DeafQueer.Chat Tonight! Monday, Jan 20, 2025 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET Location: deafqueer.chat We love you!

Understandably, many of us are feeling great anxiety about what may lie ahead for our communities. Breathe. We’re gonna get through this. We will! Never forget that you are deeply loved and are not alone. 💜🏳️‍⚧️🤟🏽🏳️‍🌈💜 *** Some words of wisdom below from Chase Strangio.

We haven’t started following folks back yet here on Bluesky but eventually will. We’re still figuring out the platform and how we’ll be using it. 💜🤟🏽

Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the wildfires in Southern California. The following are some resources from Mutual AID L.A. Additional resources and updates can be found at: tinyurl.com/lafiremutual.... #SoCalWildFires #Wildfires #WildFireResources #LosAngeles #LAWildFires #StaySafe

You are brave. You are strong. You are enough. You are awesome. And we love you. 🤟🏽💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Art by IG: okay_doodle

You are seen and loved! 💜🤟🏽 #DeafPansexual #PansexualDeaf #DeafPanromantic #Pansexual #WeLoveYou

#SanFrancisco #DQRCFundraiser #LeatherBeerBust The Alphas of the SF Service Pets are hosting a fundraiser for DQRC on Sun, Dec 8th at the SF Eagle (must be 21 and up). Hella cool. Join us if you’re able! #SFServicePets #SFEagle #SFLeather #LeatherCommunity #DeafLeather #DeafLeatherCommunity

Nothing—not even the Supreme Court—will ever stop us from loving and supporting our Deaf Trans youth. We love you and are here for you.💜🤟🏽🏳️‍⚧️ #DeafTransYouth #DeafTransKids #DeafTrans #DeafTransgender #WeLoveYou

Our Deaf Trans and Queer youth need us now more than ever. Help us be there for them. DONATE today if you can: bit.ly/dqtyouth #GivingTuesday #DeafLGBTQ #DeafQueer #DeafTrans #DeafLGBTQYouth #DeafTransYouth #DeafNonBinary #DeafNonBinaryYouth #Deaf #DeafYouth #DeafLGBTQYouth

"What's the T about HIV" Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKpA... Transcript: bit.ly/TinHIVTransc... #WorldAIDSDay

Today is World AIDS Day. Join us in taking a moment to pause and reflect on the significance of this day, honoring the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, colleagues and community members who were taken from us too soon by the AIDS pandemic. deafaids.info

For the Deaf Queer & Trans Communities 'Deaf Queer & Trans Election Decompression & Where We Go From Here' Sat - 11/23/24 @ 9 AM PT Co-hosted by Diego and Nathaniel in ASL Come share your thoughts, feelings and be with community. Register here: bit.ly/dqt24 #DeafLGBTQ #DeafTrans #DeafQueer

Transgender Day of Remembrance We must all do more to confront and dismantle anti-Blackness, racism, transmisogyny, and transphobia. Because until we do, a world where all trans people — especially Black and Brown trans women — are seen, loved, celebrated, and valued cannot exist. #TDOR

"Deaf Queer & Trans Election Decompression & Where We Go From Here" Co-hosted by Diego and Nathaniel Come share your thoughts, feelings and be with community. 11/20/24 @ 5 PM PT on DeafQueer.Chat (text-based chatroom) 11/23/24 @ 9 AM PT in ASL on Zoom. Register here: bit.ly/dqt24

We've Got This. November 7, 2024 Statement from the Deaf Queer Resource Center.

Instagram (IG) is currently still our main social media go-to platform. If you're on IG, do follow us there as well: instagram.com/deafqueer.