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brettleym.bsky.social
I’m a dad and someone who is trying to tread lightly and occasionally smell the flowers.
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What the actual fuck

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Almost 20 years ago, a doctor on TV was asked, "Isn't 12 a little early for a kid to be deciding to transition?" And her response was, "It's old enough for them to decide that it's not worth living anymore if they can't." That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.

submitted 25 days ago • 19 comments

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

submitted 29 days ago • 1357 comments

As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon. But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️

submitted 32 days ago • 87 comments

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” -Arundhati Roy 3/3

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

If people can imagine a world where desire and sexual orientation aren’t assumed, and people can express their gender not based on assigned sex but on the contents of their hearts, I know we can make this world a reality. 2/3

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Amidst the dumpster fire of the past couple of days, what has been getting you through? For me, I binge watched Arcane this weekend and this queer sci-fi has me hoping that a better world is possible. 1/3

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."

submitted 33 days ago • 838 comments

In 2005, Poilievre voted against same sex marriage. In 2008, he questioned compensating Indigenous residential school survivors. In 2014, he achieved his only legislative accomplishment in the Harper government: passing a bill restricting voting rights.

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

ACT UP, 1990

submitted 33 days ago • 53 comments

You’re all about to be gaslit about that Nazi salute and I’m begging you to spend no time on it. You know what you saw.

submitted 33 days ago • 230 comments

This @leahmillis.bsky.social / @reuters.com photo from the inauguration protests is an instant classic.

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

submitted 33 days ago • 9 comments

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” - Dr. Martin Luther King

submitted 34 days ago • 473 comments

Enjoy the last day before tomorrow. Then four years…

submitted 34 days ago • 578 comments

Danielle Smith enters in her official calendar that she’s on private vacation. Without informing Global Affairs Canada, shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Kevin O’Leary, who promotes US takeover of Canada, arranges a photo-op with Trump for her. She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump. #ableg

submitted 41 days ago • 19 comments