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Mature, progressive, widow helping younger gay men and couples survive & thrive just as my late husband and I did for 25 years. I'm also doing my best to maintain my sanity as I watch my country slip into an oligarchy. 🫘 #Leguminati
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Hegseth has ordered that the USNS Harvey Milk, named for the iconic gay rights icon, be renamed. Harvey Milk served as a diving officer and later as a diving instructor for four years in the U.S. Navy. That this would happen at the start of Pride is intentional. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

submitted 23 days ago • 87 comments

My god...

submitted 24 days ago • 55 comments

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

submitted 24 days ago • 857 comments

Happy June 2nd, everyone! It’s time for Marsha P Johnson on the Gay of the Day! Love and share! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #pride #pridemonth #lgbtq #lgbtqia #gay

submitted 24 days ago • 16 comments

Happy Pride Month! We’re celebrating LGBTQ heroes all month long. Welcome to the Gay of the Day. First up, Alan Turing. Share far and wide 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #lgbtq #Pride #Pridemonth #gay #gayhistory #lgbtqia #GOTD

submitted 25 days ago • 29 comments

Well, they probably fired the people who know how SEVIS works and those that he's appointed haven't figured out how to write a report in 5th grade language that he can understand.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Please come perform live in Austin, TX (Paramount Theatre).

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

As commentary on the state of affairs in the US, I recently posited the following in a private conversation: assuming (1) there is both a heaven and a hell and (2) I'm destined to go to hell, if I were to die today, would I be able to tell? Now I'm saying this almost daily to people I hardly know.

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This is a great example of why I support hard-working independent reporters like @chrisgeidner.bsky.social and @lawdorknews.bsky.social. They don't let even the less flashy stories fall into the shadows.

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Subscribe to Law Dork, independent legal journalism about the Supreme Court and our legal system. I started the original Law Dork before SCOTUSblog began, and I'm still here — and still independent. www.lawdork.com

submitted 64 days ago • 2 comments

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

submitted 102 days ago • 625 comments

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

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