Heather R. Benjamin
@heatherbenjamin
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Applications are now open for the 11th edition of the Disability, Sexuality, and Rights Online Institute (DSROI)! Submit your application by August 16, 2024, at https://t.co/mA2gRF5SyP.
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Do not miss this session at #AIDS2024. If you want to understand how a possible US Republican administration will impact global HIV & SRHR programming, this is where you need to be!
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In an interview with @ChrisCuomo former White House COVID Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says that it's a fringe position to still be masking indoors. This is misinformation and an example of prioritizing personal centrist politics above public health. https://t.co/18p9IyPXhA
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📢 Exciting News! We’ve launched “Prepare,” a new funding opportunity designed to support grassroots feminist movements in crisis preparation and response. Focus areas: 🔹 Visionary Capacity 🔹 Warning Systems 🔹 Political Building 🔹 Narrative Change
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A mask ban is not only ableist, and will increase racial profiling and harassment, it is bad for businesses too. A mask ban on subways and in stores will mean many people will choose to spend their money online instead.
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Major win for #harmreduction in Vermont! Today, the legislature voted to override the veto and pass H.72, which enables an overdose prevention pilot site. Thank you to the 104 Representatives and 20 Senators who voted to save lives! #vtpoli #OPC
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Huge news for Vermont! We’re getting overdose prevention centers! So much gratitude for the activists who made this happen, including the one I’m lucky enough to call mine, @Mike_Selick
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If you’ve taken the position of supporting an Israel led by a far-right extremist government, you are supporting a far-right extremist government carrying out far-right extremist activities — not Israel, not Jews, not against antisemitism. You’re only supporting fascism.
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NEW from UltraViolet Executive Director @SLThomas: Divorcing gender justice from democracy is inconsistent, irrational and unnecessarily expensive. To separate them is to delay success and pay for it many times over.
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Hi all! Remember this recent thread shining light on a bill targeting US non-profits that just passed the House? Well, heads up! There are reports it will soon to be hotlined in the Senate (ie brought to the floor & passed by Unanimous Consent, unless 1 or more senators object).
Hi all. Nerdy policy wonk who follows Congress closely weighing in with a thread on legislation (getting no media coverage) moving rapidly through Congress that targets US non-profit orgs, with the immediate & explicit target being orgs involved in Palestine protesting. 1/
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Threats, accusations and assault: the dangers of running an LGBTQ+ health clinic in Uganda | Global development | The Guardian
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Brian Aliganyira sees first-hand the devastating consequences of a draconian anti-gay law, as fear and misinformation prevent people getting help
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Huge news for Vermont! Vermont is poised to become one of the first states to lead the US in opening OPCs, a life-saving & evidence-based harm reduction practice with decades of research behind it. Kudos to all the activists who made this happen, including my love @Mike_Selick
Breaking news: A major win for Overdose Prevention Centers in VT as the State Senate votes 21-8 to advance the bill! #overdoseprevention #opc #vtpoli
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Quite the lineup for CPAC’s annual festival of illiberalism in Hungary - this year featuring 2 Israeli govt ministers!
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CPAC Hungary 2025 - The Age of Patriots is Here!
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“This Christian nationalist plan is no fever dream: even if Trump loses in November, many core aspects of Project 2025 will still be implemented. In fact, some of its recommendations are already underway. “ @GillianKaneNY
Project 2025 Is Already Here - In These Times. Great piece by @GillianKaneNY
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“Antisemitism here is being used as a wedge. It’s being used as a Trojan horse for a very different political agenda," says Nara Milanich, professor of history at Barnard College.
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I stand in solidarity with the brave student activists putting themselves on the line for Palestine. As a @Columbia alum, a Jew & human rights funder, I commit to never giving Columbia a dime of my money & disavowing any relationship with them. Encouraging all alumni to stand up!
100+ people were arrested at Columbia University when police forcibly cleared a student protest demanding the school divest from Israeli occupation. Democracy Now! spoke to @CornelWest, who teaches at the Columbia-affiliated Union Theological Seminary and joined the students.
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ICYMI: we have a brand new guide for you!! Check out our new Navigating Access to Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy guide! Grab the PDF: https://t.co/VA6SRxdTFK Read as a flipbook: https://t.co/oDcaafuJlz ⬇️
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Uganda tweaked its anti-gay law just to get donor cash, activists say https://t.co/EQu1XlQsiM
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The Constitutional Court of Uganda scrapped two sections and two subsections of the Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023 and declared the rest of the law constitutional.
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Incredible news out of Geneva this morning! Proud to have played a role in this historic moment for the #intersex rights movement. Grateful for all my fellow activists and allies. @ChukwuikeObioma @crystalhendricx
Outright joins 35 civil society organizations in announcing the successful passage of the United Nations Human Rights Council's first-ever resolution protecting the human rights of #intersex people. https://t.co/aG7z5Tbz7U
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