Deaf Queer Resource Center 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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National Deaf QTPOC LGBTQ-led nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA.
“With legislative sessions underway in most states, hundreds of bills restricting transgender rights are under consideration as social conservatives seek to capitalize on Trump administration tailwinds and a shift in public opinion to codify an understanding of sex and gender as binary and fixed.”
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With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/republican-states-transgender-rights-restrictions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NVA.nRUd.xVWKqvdoIjm_&smid=url-share&fbclid=IwZnRzaAQEPrpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xNzM4NDc2NDI2NzAzNzAAAR6iy2RICNBy2rbRrE8el5TLVnXuNK9KjHU3z9YK9Gfy-HG8fAtsRnkuGKvtpg_aem_AojETweRHLVhubR0GtD_WA
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"Societal prejudice affected the deaf lesbian couple Michelle and Kathy. When the two fell in love, same-sex marriage was illegal in Ireland. Living in the UK now, they have a wonderful family with two little girls, one hearing and one deaf."
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Review: A Quiet Love
Khushi Jain shows love for Garry Keane's intimate documentary.
https://www.filmireland.net/review-a-quiet-love/
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Rest in power, Jesse Jackson.
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Remembering Jesse Jackson's longtime advocacy for LGBTQ+ equality
Jackson was the first person to mention gays and lesbians in a national convention speech, and he marched on Washington for LGBTQ+ rights.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/jesse-jackson-lgbtq-rights-record
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Check out this interview with the amazing Armani Lawrence by San Diego Voyager magazine. 💜
sdvoyager.com/interview/ch...
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Trump admin is trying to deport LGBTQ+ asylum-seekers to countries where they'd be killed, lawyers say
Attorneys say new transfer agreements and court tactics allow the U.S. to sidestep asylum rulings, risking removals to countries where LGBTQ+ people face imprisonment, torture, or execution.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/immigration/uganda-iran-lgbtq-deportations
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Activists Beware: Don't Take Your Phone to a Protest Without Doing This First
Protesting is your right, but it can be risky—especially in today's climate. Before you join the crowd, we'll show you how to make your phone as secure as possible in just a few minutes.
https://www.pcmag.com/explainers/activists-beware-dont-take-your-phone-to-a-protest-without-doing-this-first?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A
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“One of the biggest unresolved questions hanging over the case is whether transgender people should be treated as a protected group under the Constitution, similar to how the law treats discrimination based on sex or race. The stakes are enormous."
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7 takeaways from Supreme Court arguments about bans on trans women and girls in sports
Here's what went down at the Supreme Court as the justices decide on two anti-trans state sports laws.
https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-athletes-scotus-takeaways
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"Genocide experts are sounding the alarm to warn that the U.S. is in the early stages of a larger campaign to 'literally, physically' destroy transgender people as a specific gender group."
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The US is in early stages of an anti-trans genocide, experts say - LGBTQ Nation
One expert called the situation “terrifying.”
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/the-us-is-in-early-stages-of-an-anti-trans-experts-say/
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Queer Migrants and HIV Activists Turn Visibility Into a Bold Statement
Queer migrants and HIV activists use visibility, joy, and community-led action to challenge stigma and advance human rights across borders.
https://gayety.com/queer-hiv-activists-visibility?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPQyA9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeVcvdhzioAI_xKkpwOj_DOBP4a8BjeTFWZxrNUtidlUwwcmjVu89pi6yGS1A_aem_zg1rZhlo6mz0fW3OUd4IWA
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“We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.” --Becca Good
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Wife of Minneapolis woman killed by ICE speaks out for the first time
“We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said about the shooting.
https://www.advocate.com/news/becca-good-speaks-out
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All the ways Trump wants to exclude trans people from public life
From passports to health care, the White House is trying to make it harder for transgender Americans to live openly and safely. Here's a look at the executive orders and their impact.
https://19thnews.org/2025/03/trump-anti-trans-executive-orders/
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"Renee Nicole Good was many things — a wife, mother, poet, singer, devoted Christian, and 'extremely compassionate' human being — but she was not a 'domestic terrorist.'"
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Who was Renee Nicole Good? Remembering the Minneapolis poet and mother killed by ICE
Here's everything we know so far about Renee Nicole Good, who was killed Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
https://www.advocate.com/news/who-was-renee-nicole-good
about 2 months ago
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"Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the 'biggest waves of censorship' on its platforms in years."
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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/11/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content?cdmc=36hpLuEM4emYQhkPtsf3ge5nLQ6&refcode2=36hpLuEM4emYQhkPtsf3ge5nLQ6&refcodecdmc=36hpLuEM4emYQhkPtsf3ge5nLQ6
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“Hiding under the guise of national security, these supposed anti-domestic terrorism moves are more likely to be used against trans activists and immigration advocates.”
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Pam Bondi wants the government to create cash bounties for turning in trans equality activists - LGBTQ Nation
Bondi wants the FBI to ignore right-wing terror attacks and target anti-fascists and trans people instead.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/pam-bondi-wants-the-government-to-create-cash-bounties-for-turning-in-trans-equality-activists/
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“Some queer people flee the South for more politically and socially progressive states. But others remain and commit themselves to creating a future that is welcoming and affirming of all people, especially Black queer folks who still choose to call the South home.”
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"Lord have mercy, they won't stop us from dancing": The Black queer activists uniting joy & change - LGBTQ Nation
The inaugural Black Queer Visionaries Summit was "not about reacting to struggle, but rather a proactive and intentional gathering."
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/lord-have-mercy-they-wont-stop-us-from-dancing-the-black-queer-activists-uniting-joy-change/
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"Cis white LGBTQ+ people often see their queerness as absolving them of responsibility to show up authentically for trans people and queer people of color."
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Restoring the rainbow: How cis white gay folks must show up for trans & queer people of color - LGBTQ Nation
The LGBTQ+ community has never been united. Professor Kaila Adia Story explains what needs to change.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/restoring-the-rainbow-how-cis-white-gay-folks-must-show-up-for-trans-queer-people-of-color/
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We believe survivors. Today and every day. Know you are seen and deeply loved. 💜
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"The memo follows Trump's January executive order denying the existence of transgender people, which banned any facility that receives federal funding from accommodating trans people based on their gender identities. This included banning trans women inmates from being housed in women's facilities."
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Trump DOJ rolls back policies protecting LGBTQ+ inmates from sexual violence
Trump's DOJ will no longer enforce safety standards for LGBTQ+ inmates in the Prison Rape Elimination Act.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/lgbtq-inmates-sexual-violence-trump
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For 30 years, DQRC has been a vital lifeline and community pillar for Deaf Queer & Trans communities. To continue the critical work we do, we need your support. Please consider making a donation today. Donate here :
bit.ly/dqrcrocks
We love you.
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Did you know? When the world turned its back on the AIDS pandemic, it was primarily Lesbians that stepped up and took care of our infected Gay and Bisexual siblings.
#WorldAIDSDay
#LesbiansAreBaddasses
#QueerHistory
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Today is World AIDS Day. Please join us in taking time to pause and reflect on the importance of this day and to remember the many Deaf and signing loved ones, friends, and community members that were taken too soon from us by the AIDS pandemic.
deafaids.info
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Meet Landon Gonzales, a deaf, gay, Latinx, and Jewish actor and model studying Art and Media Design and ASL at Gallaudet. His new poem explores our relationship with time. Thank you for your beautiful work, Landon. 💜
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Keep resisting. 💜
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"In a victory for trans youth and their families, a federal judge blocked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) from accessing private medical records of kids who sought gender-affirming care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)."
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Judge sides with trans kids in "complete rebuke" of DOJ's demand for private medical records - LGBTQ Nation
The judge wrote he was "not persuaded in the least" by the DOJ's rationale for needing the information.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/judge-sides-with-trans-kids-in-complete-rebuke-of-dojs-demand-for-private-medical-records/
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More info and registration link in the Alt.
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Japan deaf LGBT group hopes Deaflympics will boost minority awareness - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Deaf and a member of a sexual minority group, Fuyumi Yamamoto hopes the Tokyo Deaflympics can improve understanding of deafness, cont
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251120/p2g/00m/0na/043000c
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"The movement that began as a vigil on a cold Nov night must now become a worldwide uprising of memory that rejects colonial limits and imagines a liberated future where every trans person is honored in life, not only in loss. Because solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all."
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TDOR must honor trans lives beyond our borders. Anything less is colonial violence. - LGBTQ Nation
Solidarity that stops at borders is not solidarity at all.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/tdor-must-honor-trans-lives-beyond-our-borders-anything-less-is-colonial/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAON6HNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEe5NsbwXrAKavfFXXy_cBLDpdgKi-UV05ord-W6FzK4_EzBxlE9DTsNMqlIno_aem_RDAFe9nyZj55lz5Smd2BwQ
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"The Texas A&M University System has banned professors from discussing 'race or gender ideology' in classrooms as part of the state's ongoing crackdown on free speech in higher education."
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Texas A&M bans teaching 'race or gender ideology' at universities
The Texas A&M; Board of Regents banned professors from discussing "race or gender ideology" in its 12 universities.
https://www.advocate.com/news/texas-am-gender-ideology-ban
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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 Carlisle Robinson (
@carodoodles.bsky.social
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Zee, a Deaf AfroAsian transgender youth shares his coming out story. 💜🏳️⚧️🤟🏽
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Happy Trans Awareness Week!⠀ We love you. 💜🤟🏽🏳️⚧️
3 months ago
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"He's a revolutionary": These famous parents of trans kids embody unconditional love - LGBTQ Nation
"There is nothing more beautiful than watching your child feel the joy of exploring what it means to be true to themselves," one actor said.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/hes-a-revolutionary-these-famous-parents-of-trans-kids-embody-unconditional-love/
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Intersex liberation is part of our collective struggle for justice. DQRC celebrates intersex people and their fight for self-determination, dignity, and pride. 💛💜
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Over a Third of LGBTQ+ Youth Do Not Believe They Will Live Past 35
Trans folks, people of color, and multi-sexual people have lower perceived life expectancy, according to The Trevor Project.
https://www.them.us/story/lgbtq-youth-life-expectancy-35-study-trevor-project?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=app.dashsocial.com%2Fthem%2Flibrary%2Fmedia%2F603464857
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How many of these slang terms do you use? :)
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10 queer slang words that defined the internet in 2025
The dictionary wishes it were this gay.
https://www.advocate.com/news/queer-slang-2025#rebelltitem1
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"The Trump administration’s policy serves one purpose: discrimination. It exists to out our transgender friends and loved ones, to make their lives more difficult, to demean and embarrass them at the border, in the airport, and throughout their daily lives."
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Supreme Court allows Trump's anti-trans passport order to continue - LGBTQ Nation
The court's liberal justices said the policy would lead to “increased violence, harassment, and discrimination” toward trans and nonbinary communities.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/11/supreme-court-allows-trumps-anti-trans-passport-order-to-continue/
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Spectacular Republican losses prove MAGA's transphobic playbook doesn't win elections
Across the country, voters chose inclusion, empathy, and competence over cruelty and division.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/democratic-victories-beat-transphobic-bigotry
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Communication access is a fundamental human right. Excluding deaf people from full communication access is systemic oppression. True equity means recognizing that our languages are essential to participation. ASL access is a collective responsibility rooted in justice and liberation.
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Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/04/sign-language-interpretation-white-house-briefings-ruling-00636782
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Vote! Your vote matters! It really does.
4 months ago
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⠀ Día de los Muertos Honoring our ancestors and recently departed loved ones. 💜⠀
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