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Friends were planning on retiring to Florida. Karen, who isn’t one, calls herself an iguana. She likes it hot, the hotter the better. She does not like cold and wet. She’s been living in Michigan since 1988, where cold and wet happens a lot. Her...
by MeJean
on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 06:50 PM PDT
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The Montana state GOP which is perfectly fine with a governor who violently attacked a journalist slamming him to the ground and charged with assault does not seem to have an appetite for Zooey Zephyr’s clarion call for “blood on your hands” if they...
by ComfortablyNumb
on Wed Apr 26, 2023 at 09:42 PM PDT
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Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist: Self explanatory but, to expand, a radical feminist who excludes trans women from their mission or vision. Kind of a passive definition, isn’t it? For example, my feminism is in many ways tied to my physical being so...
by BoiseBlue
on Sat Oct 30, 2021 at 04:31 PM PDT
with 104 Recommends
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Caitlyn Jenner voted for Trump. When he called Mexicans rapists, she said nothing. When he demeaned women, her support for Trump remained strong. When he attacked African Americans, no problem, she was for Trump. But now her chickens have come home to...
by TomP
on Wed Jul 26, 2017 at 02:06 PM PDT
with 276 Recommends
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The bigotry and hate continues:
In tweets Wednesday morning the president wrote: “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to...
by TomP
on Wed Jul 26, 2017 at 06:14 AM PDT
with 178 Recommends
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Yes. I am yelling. And not apologizing for it. I am really angry.
I wrote a diary about one of the MANY things I’m angry about here:
www.dailykos.com/...
So, that’s the background of my thoughts on Trump’s attack on trans gendered CHILDREN....
by StellaRay
on Fri Feb 24, 2017 at 05:57 PM PST
with 16 Recommends
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First they came for the Mexicans, and I was not a Mexican, but I spoke out.
Then they came for Muslims, and I was not Muslim, but I spoke out.
Then they came for the transgendered, and I was not transgendered, but I spoke out.
They eventually...
by Doctor Grumpus
on Fri Nov 18, 2016 at 04:52 PM PST
with 6 Recommends
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is the title of this piece in Time by Wayne Maines, father of actress Nicole Maines, who is transgendered.
It is a must read. I am only going to quote a little bit.
The piece was written in the aftermath of the adoption of a Republican platform...
by teacherken
on Thu Jul 21, 2016 at 04:55 AM PDT
with 87 Recommends
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Just when you thought the cluelessness of Louie Gohmert couldn’t reach a new low, he preached however ironically to folks interested in Faith and Freedom today without any particular care for military health.
No, making up some some Target restroom...
by annieli
on Fri Jun 10, 2016 at 02:34 PM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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When I first read about North Carolina’s House Bill insisting that transgendered people must use the restroom designed for their original sex, I figured it wouldn’t matter that much. Who would want to be the toilet police?
I figured wrong!
A...
by LadyJeand
on Fri Apr 08, 2016 at 02:42 PM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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Whenever anti-LBGT legislation is being discussed there are always those insisting that prohibiting transgendered individuals from using the bathroom of their choice is really just trying to protect us ladies from sexual predators. It’s not about fear...
by Annie B
on Tue Apr 05, 2016 at 09:46 AM PDT
with 95 Recommends
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I'm sorry, we've sold out of the letters "B", "I", "G", "O" and "T."
I hate to break it to you folks, but your favorite craft store Hobby Lobby is at it again. Oh, we thought we were free to buy ...
by micaela g
on Mon Oct 05, 2015 at 06:27 PM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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By Christine Gutierrez-Boswell
The War on Women is still going on this week [sarcasm] and will continue to maintain a grip on us as long as there are misogynistic buttholes in the world trying ...
by cboswell
on Sat Aug 01, 2015 at 05:00 PM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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I read this article from The Guardian about a transwoman immigrant, Jennicet Gutiérrez, and her concern for those immigrating to the U.S. in order to escape violence and bigotry for the great ...
by Anyse
on Fri Jun 26, 2015 at 09:03 PM PDT
with 0 Recommends
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Preserving the rich cultural heritage of a state can guide many lawmakers to look at the past for a point of reference of how to build their state going forward. Missouri Jeff Pogue, R-Salem, may ...
by Christopher Reeves
on Tue Mar 24, 2015 at 03:31 PM PDT
with 57 Recommends
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Last year the woman I loved was found murdered in the street where she lived. A week later on All Souls’ night I stood on the top step of a church and looked down at the people in the street ...
by Diana in NoVa
on Fri Oct 10, 2014 at 11:00 AM PDT
with 10 Recommends
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The Daily Kos group blog Walking on Eggshells is an experimental laboratory for learning to bear witness without judgment, blame or shame. Each diary will serve as an experimental Listening space to ...
by LilithGardener
on Sat Jun 14, 2014 at 05:07 PM PDT
with 14 Recommends
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In the Daily Kos Fight Threads™ how do you feel when things get out of hand? When it's degenerating into a a pie fight with "the other side" (however you define it)? If you stayed out of Fight ...
by LilithGardener
on Thu Jun 12, 2014 at 06:02 PM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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DELETED as someone decided to use my story to attack others- sorry for the ...
by Kasoru
on Sat Jun 07, 2014 at 10:43 PM PDT
with 19 Recommends
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The seed for a conversation found its fertile ground after a few of us read a diary that included an elegant statement of the problem.
"When I feel that I have to walk on eggshells in a diary it is ...
by LilithGardener
on Sun Jun 08, 2014 at 11:06 AM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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