Due to the organizing of LGBTQ & Palestinian activists fighting to end the genocide in Gaza, @hrc.org has confirmed it is no longer sponsored by weapons companies Northrop Grumman and RTX Corporation Out joint statement w/ @adalahjustice.bsky.social www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...

after finally receiving our money from the city of dc i am proud to announce @liberationwknd.bsky.social raised more than $35,000!!!! for trans rights advocacy @genderlib.com making it as far as i know easily the most successful trans rights benefit concert of all time happy wednesday

😇 liberation weekend money well spent 😇 support @genderlib.com

we’re starting to come up with next year’s lineup — and next year promises to be much bigger. are there any acts you’d like to see play liberation in 2026?

hi it would mean the world to me if you listened to my band Ekko Astral’s debut album “pink balloons” & if you like it tell yr friends ok thanks love u 💞✌️

Thank you to the entire Liberation Weekend team for helping spearhead calls, emails and more to senators in the days after the House bill was passed, and for everyone who contacted their senators as part of our raffle for tickets.

Make sure to donate to @genderlib.com at genderlib.org/donate

took a look at the senate gop reconciliation bill text and yeah as written it keeps the anti trans medicaid care ban for all americans they didn’t return it back to just being minors. still would affect all adults

LIBERATION WEEKEND RECAP. We recount each and every set of the inaugural two-day DC music festival put together by @ekkoastral.bsky.social and @genderlib.com 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤘 swimintothesound.com/blog/2025/6/...

hey friends, who should we ask to play liberation weekend next year?

hey friends, who should we ask to play liberation weekend next year?

the music fest i worked on for half a year is on pace to raise more than the recent turnstile benefit show. please clap

Absolute hell yeah

I don’t think I have a big enough W on hand. 😀 (Seriously, amazing and congratulations!!)

Thank you @liberationwknd.bsky.social & @ekkoastral.bsky.social for the investment in our work and budding organization. We appreciate it more than you know 🌸

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This is so kickass.

Trans Rights W

next year’s lineup is already fucking ridiculously cool lol

WoW! (that's not one but two W's!). Congratulations and thank you. Thrilled to have had an opportunity to contribute a very small sliver of that, and I had a fantastic time in the process. Win-Win (two more W's!)

amazing!

We love to see it 🏳️‍⚧️

the algos on meta are totally throttling the news we raised this much money for trans rights activism with a music festival it sure would be a shame if this news went viral on bluesky or something

This is how it's done. Nice work!

🏳️‍⚧️🎉

More than $30K for trans rights. Can we get a W in the chat

one really funny thing at @liberationwknd.bsky.social on saturday is one of the performers was talking between songs about political action and they were like "call your senators" and the whole crowd was like "brother this is DC we don't have those"

More from @liberationwknd.bsky.social over at @blackcatdc.bsky.social in DC! Next band up was @theophelias.bsky.social - Bought one of their albums 😉 #GrainCandy #Jnyx #LiberationWeekend #NikonP7100 #TheOphelias #TransArtist #TransPhotographer #WashingtonDC 🚫 Not AI generated

This was a beautiful festival and action, rooted in D.C. punk activism, but felt forward looking in ways I'm still processing. Major props and respect to organizers and hosts @jael.bsky.social @ekkoastral.bsky.social @liberationwknd.bsky.social @blackcatdc.bsky.social @dc9club.bsky.social

“Liberation Weekend was a celebration, but it was no party at the end of the world—it was the repeated insistence of a people under attack that the world they’ve created cannot and will not end.” Thank you @pitchfork.com for spreading the word of @liberationwknd.bsky.social. Here’s to next year?

@liberationwknd.bsky.social review!

hi ty for the love & recognition for the beautiful festival we built with our own hands @stereogum.bsky.social

Liberation Weekend, the trans rights music festival organized by @ekkoastral.bsky.social, brought an urgent DIY spirit to the fore in Washington, DC this past weekend. Our report:

keep thinking about my time this past weekend at @liberationwknd.bsky.social and getting really choked up. can’t be this sincere on main so i’m going to end the post with “lol” now. lol

I am so grateful to have been at @liberationwknd.bsky.social at the beginning of this year's Pride. What an extremely special festival.

Home for a rest. Extremely grateful for all the folks who came out to the event at the Black Cat in DC, and endless love and adoration for @raxkingisdead.bsky.social both as a friend and a conversation partner. Big love to everyone who played @liberationwknd.bsky.social , a life affirming weekend

proud to have spent the last six months of my life on building community and raising money for trans rights with @liberationwknd.bsky.social. moments like these in history deserve selflessness, togetherness and an unrelenting willingness to do the right thing — without making a profit.

It's cool when a music festival like @liberationwknd.bsky.social happens because you can learn about new bands even without being able to attend. For example I just learned about Big Girl (@big-girl.bsky.social) via @raxkingisdead.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8IJ...

Members of 3 great DC bands on stage together at @liberationwknd.bsky.social - members of Bad Moves and @prettybittermp3.bsky.social joined @ekkoastral.bsky.social on stage for the closing set of an amazing weekend. #GreatMomentCrapPhoto

thank you to everyone who came to the inaugural liberation weekend. some of the most incredible live music to happen in dc this year. maybe any year. we can’t say how much we raised yet, but suffice to say, it is a number that may surprise you. a very, very good number. be back soon after naps

Holy shit @pinkshiftmd.bsky.social got really fucking good @liberationwknd.bsky.social

POV: @liberationwknd.bsky.social night 1 @perennialtheband.bsky.social @prettybittermp3.bsky.social @pinkshiftmd.bsky.social

DC! That was our favorite show we’ve ever played. Literally. Thank you @liberationwknd.bsky.social for having us! Please support @genderlib.com ! We’ll see you again soon DC friends 😺

go to @liberationwknd.bsky.social pinkshift at black cat washington dc may 2025 #photography 📷

It was so great.

the local showcase was phenomenal

@liberationwknd.bsky.social was the best festival I have ever been to

Eleven years is the “watch your wife @mattielubchansky.com play a cover set with Ted Leo and Ekko Astral and play with her own band Faith/Void and a whole bunch of other great bands at @liberationwknd.bsky.social” anniversary✌🏼