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CEO of @translashmedia . @time 100 Icon. Host of the @thewebbyawards -honored TransLash Podcast & The #AntiTransHateMachine . @translaw Chair.
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Everyday new bills are introduced to attack trans kids. But how did this happen? In Season 2 of the
#AntiTransHateMachine
I will explore the 10-year disinformation campaign to effort to confuse society. Listen to the trailer and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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France is mandating work from home starting on January 3rd. The Netherlands is on lockdown, and so is most of the UK due to omicron. But here in the US we're throwing the doors open to just about everything. It's going to be quite a January.
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.
@bet
pulled my ad at the last minute last night from the
#BETAwards
. It’s hard to conclude anything other than that the platform is transphobic as
@angelicaross
&
@lovebscott
unfailingly point out.
@citeblackwomen
intentional invisibility is why our thoughts aren’t heard.
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Congratulations to
@TheElliotPage
! The more of us who can be our authentic selves, the more space we create space for others to do the same. Gender is a journey and I am excited to witness all that follows from this giant step!
#TransIsBeautiful
#TransLivesMatter
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The more I delve into anti-trans hate the more I realize that what’s happening to transgender people is literally just a “road test” for a wider Christian Nationalist authoritarian agenda. I appreciate
@AliVelshi
creating space for this deeper conversation on
@MSNBC
.
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Does JK Rowling realize that she’s literally putting trans people’s lives at risk? We are regularly killed based on the idea that 1) we’re predators and 2) we aren’t real. Transphobic culture=death.
#TransLivesMatter
@translashmedia
JK Rowling's latest book is about a murderous cis man who dresses as a woman to kill his victims
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In honor of Marsha P. Johnson’s birthday today, I wanted to take the time to honor and remember the everlasting mark she left on the world.
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First of all thanks to the SNL writers boycotting Dave Chappelle tonight. Second the fact that the show runners didn’t take this boycott as a huge sign to cancel the appearance says a lot.
@translashmedia
Dave Chappelle is set to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend — his third time — yet according to media reports, the show’s writing staff has pushed back on his involvement.
👇🏿Read More
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I’m shocked at the sudden loss of
@TransGriot
. For trans journalists she was a pioneer and an essential North Star. I know so many of us will be deeply saddened by her passing.
#BlackTransLivesMatter
@TransJA
@translashmedia
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#MarshaPJohnson
is the original mother of the gay liberation movement. Her courage to speak out against transphobia & bigotry during the AIDS movement will forever cement her as an icon. On her birthday, we honor her and the undeniable mark that she’s left on the world. 👑
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I feel annoyed that the
@nytimes
has splashed a story today that I and
@translashmedia
originally told two years ago in 2021–in the investigative series
#AntiTransHateMachine
—as if it was totally new. But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
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"A mainstream media publication recognizing a transgender journalist for her experience and contributions to the field? You might say it’s about... time." Thank you
@them
and
@SamusMcQueen
for helping me celebrate this incredible honor.
#TIME100
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All I know is that we won’t be able to tell AKAs nothing for the next 4 years.
#VPElectHarris
#ThePostElection
#KamalaHarris
@akasorority1908
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Queer people have been in the vanguard of the fight for Civil Rights since the beginning. That’s why on this
#MLKDay
it makes sense to recognize the person who made arguably King’s most memorable moment possible.
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Don’t open or use
@netflix
today. Stand with employees for the
#NetflixWalkout
.
#blackTRANSlivesmatter
#TransLash
@translashmedia
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"Well now we know that
@realDonaldTrump
knows at least two words in Spanish: hombres and taco."
@ananavarro
@CNN
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Dave Chapelle's upcoming SNL gig shows that transphobia doesn't get you cancelled, it gets you platformed.
@translashmedia
#TransLash
'SNL' fans decry Dave Chappelle hosting announcement: 'What the hell Lorne?!'
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It's time for an end to transphobia at
@BET
.
My trans siblings and I have penned this community letter to demand radical change so that
#BlackTransLivesMatter
.
Read & share:
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This piece by
@abigailweinberg
is spot on: sports would be much better off focusing on predatory coaches instead of trans athletes.
#transrightsarehumanrights
#translash
@translashmedia
@MotherJones
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@TerpGrad01
@HopeDisguised
No the conversation is that the needs and hurt of Black men are expected to come first in our community even as they perpetrate incredible violence and oppression.
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@WesleyLowery
@RebelliousMag
People forget that racism is a system and not about individual character.
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The gender identity of the Nashville shooter remains unconfirmed. So it would be great if everyone could stop reacting to press rumors until we actually know.
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@cmclymer
If only there were equal tears for Club Q, Uvalde, UVA and countless other actual atrocities.
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So now
@netflix
has gone full transphobic by firing the Black trans employee who is helping to organize next week's walkout.
#blackTRANSlivesmatter
#TransLash
@translashmedia
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We love to see it!
#blackpride
#blacklivesmatter
#blacktranslivesmatter
#wearamask
(via
@stephenaschaffer
on IG)
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As both her
@LGBTQ_Museum
board colleague and as a person who’s received her counsel many times, I’m so terribly sorry for the loss of
@urvashivaid
. She had an expansive vision which we must fulfill. Urv loved greatly and will make a mighty, queer ancestor.
@translashmedia
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I’m still processing the news about my inclusion in this year’s
#Time100
. It’s beyond what I expected during a time of unprecedented anti-trans attacks. Thanks
@tourmaliiine
for your deeply moving piece. I'm feeling all the feels today, especially gratitude
@TIME
@translashmedia
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I'm tired of folks pretending that this zombie presidency is still alive when it's not. Facts are facts and math is math. For some of us Biden's victory is a matter of life and death. It's
#BidenWonDay
. Time to move on.
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bell hooks' insistence on radical love changed me. Her death is very sad news to the
@blkwomenradical
everywhere around the world. We honor and appreciate her gifts.
#bellhooks
Obituary: bell hooks, a Hopkinsville native who went on to an international career as an author, critic, feminist and public intellectual, died on Dec. 15 at her home in Berea. She was 69.
@lbblackford
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People often ask me what can be done to stop the
#AntiTransHateMachine
. NE State Senator Michaela Cavanaugh is an example. Cavanaugh knows what she’s up against and she’s not flinching.
@translashmedia
NE State Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh (D-Omaha) prepares to filibuster every bill on the legislative agenda unless Republicans pull their anti-trans bill.
"If people are like, 'Is she threatening us?,' let me clear: Yes, I am. I am threatening you."
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“Everyone needs to understand that the anti-trans movement disguises itself as a series of local campaigns when it is actually a highly organized and sophisticated effort run by Christian Nationalist networks with vast resources."
Thanks to
@AliVelshi
for having me on.
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@cmclymer
And the likely story is that she actually saved him because he’d gone off the rails…way off the rails.
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America be on alert. I went to
@Target
and found clothes. This could be interpreted as a blatant attack on those who wish to go unclothed, and I wanted to alert you to this fact.
#Pride2023
#lgbtq
@translashmedia
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The March on Washington, where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King made his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, was actually organized by Bayard Rustin, a Black gay man.
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As you may have seen,
@glamourmag
UK's most recent
#Pride
issue features Logan Brown, a writer who gained attention documenting his journey as a pregnant trans man.
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Just wondering if anyone senior
@netflix
saw the Dave Chappelle special and what they had to say about the trans “jokes” within it. Because the reality is that the loss of life in our community caused by cultural insensitivity is no laughing matter.
@translashmedia
I work at
@netflix
. Yesterday we launched another Chappelle special where he attacks the trans community, and the very validity of transness - all while trying to pit us against other marginalized groups. You're going to hear a lot of talk about "offense".
We are not offended 🧵
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Make sure you have someone in your life who looks at you like this fan does Ella Fitzgerald. Happy Birthday
#EllaFitzgerald
. I can’t imagine my life without the sound of your voice.
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I was an intern for
@repjohnlewis
not once but twice. He was as decent a man up close as you would imagine. The world is worse off without his wisdom and humility but infinitely better off because he lived.
#JohnLewis
you are now one with the wind that you walked against for us.
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The least that the
@nytimes
could have done is reference that our has existed. But it is far too common that the work of trans journalists, not to mention a trans journalist org. is undervalued. Just ask anyone at
@TransJA
or
@transscribe
or
@RaquelWillis_
.
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When growing up if I ever got this look from my mom or aunties I knew to be very worried. I hope someone with “cultural competency” warns Mark Zuckerberg because
#MaxineWaters
is about to light it up. 😂🤷🏾♀️
If you ever get the chance to meet Mark Zuckerberg, the billionaire who is aiding and abetting the destruction of democracy, don’t kiss his ass.
Be like
@RepMaxineWaters
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Fighting for trans rights means fighting for an end to the policing of ALL bodies. Policing the body of
#CasterSemenya
is also clearly sexist and racist. It extends the harm that Western Civilization has inflicted on Black and brown communities through gender binaries everywhere.
Caster Semenya has lost her appeal to Switzerland's Federal Supreme Court against the restriction of testosterone levels in female runners.
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I keep saying it because it’s true. Transphobia doesn’t get you cancelled it gets you platformed.
@theGrio
giving Dave Chappelle a “Cultural Icon Award” tonight is the latest and saddest example, but so are the people who support him.
@translashmedia
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On
#TransgenderDayofVisibility
, and every day, we must affirm trans lives by pushing back against disinformation and conspiratorial thinking. That’s why
@MargaretLHuang
of
@splcenter
and I wrote this piece...
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@BET
You cannot center Black liberation while excluding the lives of Black trans women & men.
@BET
, we're looking at you
#BlackTransLivesMatter
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Anyway if y’all want 7 hours of in-depth audio journalism and storytelling beyond the Times piece click this link.
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When people ask me from now on what cis people can do to protect trans people, I’ll refer them to this video of Professor Khaira Bridges calling out transphobia in real time.
#blackTRANSlivesmatter
#TransLash
@translashmedia
Bridges to Hawley: I want to recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic
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There are times when you realize that you are becoming who you always wanted to be.
#BlackTransLivesMatter
#BlackLivesMatter
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I can’t think of a better message for this season of Ramadan, Easter, and Passover.
#HappyEaster
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She gave dignity to the stories of countless Black women whose names we will never know. Thank you
#CicleyTyson
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@Cernovich
@elonmusk
How can advertisers who are inherently capitalists also be “Marxist”?
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While we acknowledge growing violence in all its forms against trans people, we have to confront that Black trans women continue to bear the brunt of murders due to hyper marginalization and dehumanization. I’m sorry that
#RasheedaWilliams
was taken from us.
@translashmedia
Rasheeda Williams, a Black trans woman and performing artist better known by her stage names Koko Da Doll and Hollywood Koko, was killed in Atlanta, GA on Wednesday night.
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It’s
#TransDayOfRemembrance
& I hope you all join me today in honoring and remembering all those who lost their lives for simply existing. Every day I & so many work to ensure a better & safer world for us, for the people that came before & the people that will come after.
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The new anti-trans targeting adults represent a dangerous escalation on the attacks on our community. I appreciate
@MSNBC
and
@AliVelshi
for having me on to spotlight what’s going on, why it’s happening, and its overall impact.
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No other president-elect has said the word “transgender” in an acceptance speech.The next four years hold the possibility for a revolution in trans rights and we need it!
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#BlackTransLivesMatter
#PresidentElectJoe
#PresidentElectJoeBiden
@translashmedia
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But hasn’t half of the House already demonstrated that they wouldn’t defend the country from “all enemies foreign and domestic?”
#SpeakerVote
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I just want all trans people to be extra vigilant this summer because politicians and celebrities are saying things which put us in greater danger.
#Uvalde
#TransLash
@translashmedia
Rep. Paul Gosar was among those spreading a baseless rumor that the shooter responsible for the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was transgender.
#Uvalde
#UvaldeMassacre
#transtwitter
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I so appreciate you
@katewalsh
and for the recognition of my work through
@translashmedia
. There's nothing to say but thank you for this
#PrideMonth
shoutout!
#TransLash
@translashmedia
🙏🏾
To close out my
#PrideMonth
spotlight series, I’m so excited to share the inspiring
@ImaraJones
with you! 🏳️🌈 Imara is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist, intersectional-news producer, and the creator of
@TranslashMedia
🙌
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Like you I’ve noticed the laundering of anti-trans junk science and Christian Nationalists ideals in the
@nytimes
. But the question is “why?” Today I and the
@translashmedia
team answer that question in
#antitranshatemachine
.
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The fact that my “friends” saw Chapelle’s “The Closer” and didn’t think it was problematic has me shocked and enraged. It’s like learning the people you love are anti-vaxxers. In the end that don’t really give AF about you.
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As you march in the streets and demand the liberation of Black bodies, make sure you remember that
#BlackTransLivesMatter
too.
#BlackLivesMatter
[Video from IG: @/Joshuaobawole]
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I’m so thrilled to have received the Outstanding Podcast award from
@glaad
alongside so many incredible nominees. Congratulations to everyone at
@translashmedia
!
#GLAAD
#GLAADAwards
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When I asked people what they see for the future of trans people in
#TheFutureOfTrans
documentary, most answered they want a future where we're viewed and treated simply as human beings, to be loved for who we are.
@PublicisGroupe
#TDOR
#TransDayOfRemembrance
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The fact that a trans man was murdered on
#transdayofremembrance
in a likely terrorist attack tells you everything you need to know about America’s relationship with our community.
#ColoradoSprings
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Abortion rights and trans rights are one in the same. As
@KierraDC
and I argue in this piece, the right sees this as one fight in an assault on body autonomy. People need to wake up.
#RoevWade
@TheTaskForce
@translashmedia
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Not everyone can listen to an 80-minute podcast, so I narrated this animated short so that people can understand our reporting on the
@nytimes
in less than two minutes.
This story is not going away, and we will continue to follow it.
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Here I come
#NABJ
! I’m so honored to be receiving the Journalist of Distinction Award.
#blackTRANSlivesmatter
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COVID ain't over!
⚠️MASK WEARING ADVISORY— New York City health department issues rec to
#WearAMask
“at all times when in an indoor public settings” including stores, schools, childcare facilities, elevators, public transit, public shared spaces, & even *crowded outdoor settings*!
#BringBackMasks
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And it’s the incredible gap between what
@bet
said last night about being pro Black on air and what it does. But as I have written before “
#BlackLivesMatter
except is your’re trans.”
#translash
@translashmedia
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Dr. Phil inviting people on who compare trans people to tomato plants continues the idea that we aren’t real, which is the basis for the murders and violence against us.
@MattWalshBlog
is the pied piper of slick dismissiveness and this show is not what we need.
@translashmedia
My preferred adjectives are handsome and brilliant. Please respect my self-identification.
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It was the greatest joy to witness as a
#TransProm
chaperone trans youth coming together and celebrating their community. Trans kids have always existed and deserve the same love, care, and support as any other child.
#TransJoy
😁💃
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Thank you
@chasestrangio
for taking the lead to support trans youth in their organizing of the
#TransProm
just steps away from The Capitol and the Supreme Court. It was pure
#TransJoy
.
@translashmedia
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Today’s
#SCOTUS
ruling on trans employment rights would have not been possible without
@chasestrangio
. If you want to know what it all means check out this conversation I had with him, right after the case was argued, about what’s at stake.
#TransLash
@translashmedia
@aclu
Thank you everyone for watching the latest edition of
#LivesAtStake
, featuring our guest
@chasestrangio
! ICYMI, here's the archived feed:
#nationalcomingoutday
#lgbtqforum
#translash
#girlslikeus
#transgender
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We had a
@TIME
last night. Follow this thread for videos and pictures from the amazing
#Time100
gala.
@translashmedia
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And one way that we know that
@BET
is transphobic is that when asked about transphobia,or called out on it, by major Hollywood talent, they are silent. Which means that they don’t care because anti-transness is just culturally acceptable there.
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@elonmusk
@covid_clarity
Honestly if you’re going to say this then you should be transparent about your personal motivations for pushing ideas about trans kids driven by junk science. It’s not fair to portray yourself as an objective voice here.
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Hey trans kids. I know that this time of year for you can be tough, even painful. That’s why I’m sending my
#Letters4TransKids
to say that we love you, need you and believe in you.
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From the Stonewall Uprising to the Gay Liberation Front to everything else in between and after, Marsha truly dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights and helping the LGBTQ community. Her legacy will live on forever for me and countless others.
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And what we’re seeing in real time is how attempts at erasure can work.
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So excited this is happening! Thanks,
@xtina
for sharing your platform with me.
Can't wait for y'all to see what we have in store over on her Instagram tomorrow. Stay tuned ✨✨✨
Honored to share my platform with the incredible
@imarajones
of
@translashmedia
! Check out her takeover on my Instagram Story tomorrow 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💕
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Without the work of Rustin, it’s hard to see how the March would have succeeded. Rustin worked quietly behind the scenes for decades to end White Supremacy but his contributions were scrubbed from the historical record, due to his sexual orientation, until the past decade or so.
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I have known racist people to say virulently racist things without ever using the n-word or an overtly racist trope. It's the same with transphobia. I would suggest
@ejrosetta
to talk to
@transscribe
or the
@TransJA
on what to look for then try again.
@translashmedia
Right, I’m done.
3 months ago, I was tasked with writing an article detailing “20 Transphobic JK Rowling Quotes We’re Done With”
After 12 weeks of reading her books, tweets, full essay & finding the context of these “quotes”, I’ve not found a single truly transphobic message🧵
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Moreover my message was intended for a Black audience but now as an online ad (a consolation I guess) it’s being used to propel anti- Blackness and anti-transness. So what
@bet
did is even more irresponsible.
#TransLash
@translashmedia
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Every
#Pride
March this weekend better be a protest.
#DobbsvJackson
#Dobbs
#PrideMonth
@translashmedia
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All of this underscores the fact that Black LGBTQ+ people have been at the forefront of the fight for Civil Rights for generations, right through today.
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This video of
@cocoabsss
and other cis Black women standing up to TERFs made my day.
#BlackLivesMatter
#BlackTransLivesMatter
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The
@translashmedia
newsletter is dope though for real. Y’all should subscribe this
#PrideMonth
🏳️⚧️🌈
#PrideMonth
must center trans lives.
@translashmedia
tells trans stories to save trans lives. 🙏🏽❤️📲Follow & subscribe for weekly affirmations: 🌈🏳️⚧️
#HappyPride
#transtwitter
#lgbtqia
#bornthisway
#Blacktranslivesmatter
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Desmond Tutu, a supporter of LGBT rights, is what a life if moral clarity looks like. At a time when people shoot to fame on lies, misinformation and narcissism, we need to remember that truth is what endures. Truth is the necessary ingredient to liberation. Amandla
#DesmondTutu
He was the 'voice of the voiceless' during the long struggle against Apartheid in South Africa.
The Nobel Peace prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has died aged 90.
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The anti-LGBTQ religious freedom ruling is a victory for Christian Nationalists and will advance their goal of using extreme religious views to undermine the rights of transgender people. More is coming.
#SCOTUS
@translashmedia
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules for web designer who refuses to work on same-sex weddings.
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The world is burning right now and we’re all carrying on like usual. That’s the problem.
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