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Retired techie spends her days playing stringed instruments. Cat and dog lover. Black Lives Matter and so do LGBTQ+
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Question for rabbis and/or Bible scholars or anyone w/ thoughts - in Genesis, the creation story in my Bible says “male and female he created them.” Not male OR female, male AND female. Has that been used to support LGBTQ+ positions? It seems like it could.

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Gosh, I thought it was pronounced “doggie doo-doo.” “Douche” sounds much classier.

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I’d love to go through his closet and make sure none of his clothes are fabric blends. Plus his kitchen - if he’s following the Bible for everything, I hope he’s keeping kosher or a gentile version of it. His wife/daughter don’t ever wear braids, do they?

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Am I the only one who thinks it’s grossly unfair for the new regime to go after all the FBI employees who worked on the Jan 6th investigation? When you’re doing a job, you don’t get to pick your assignments. Your boss tells you what to work on and that’s it.

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This is perfect framing.

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We're very excited to announce that print and ebook versions of the proceedings of the Something Mighty Queer OMS from last February are live! trade paperback/kindle: https://buff.ly/40A3Fsu other ebook options: https://buff.ly/42oKPr3

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Orchestras used to be full of just white men. If you’ve seen Fantasia, you saw all men. Two women enter with their purses and sit down at their harps. Harpists aren’t regular orchestra members as violinists are. The reason orchestras now have women and non-white men is because they started 1/x

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I am genuinely confused as to what 45 expects transfolk who have totally transitioned to do. He expects those who have had all the surgeries to go back to using their dead name’s assigned toilet? Do they really want male presenting people in the women’s restroom?

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Brave yourselves for more of the like.

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He was probably afraid it would burst into flames.

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MIKE JOHNSON: "We are going to raise the flags to flatter the fake Christian and dishonor the real Christian." MOTHER NATURE: "No, you're not, you sanctimonious pixie."

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