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The Annual, ed. Magnus Hirschfeld, played a pioneering role, offering diverse contributors. It is relevant and helps to understand the historical context of sexual and gender diversity. Instructive and Inspirational. #MagnusHirschfeld #lgbtqHistory 🏳️‍⚧️🌈Ο www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRQ2RQ9L

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"We live in a new world, where words like “women,” “gender” and “trauma” are banned or limited in research studies. Phrases like “women are property” and “gay people are mentally ill” are no longer violations of conduct at Meta. The fringe went mainstream, and then became the U.S. government." 👇

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Can anyone get RFK jr. to read this ....and understand it, beyond his bias? "How Measles ATTACKS on Unvacccinated Child." Nine out of 10 unvaccinated people exposed to an infected person will catch it, and once measles takes root, the virus can damage the lungs, kidneys and the brain.

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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

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And how did you spend your day? Good news was announced by the White House staff: “The president won his second round matchup of the senior club championship today in Jupiter, Fla., and advances to the championship round on Sunday.” today's NY Times. #protest #demonstration #handsoff

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The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL. #HandsOff

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If we don’t stop Trump, this is our future: The government banning orgs for holding views or supporting communities the regime opposes. We’re already seeing this with Trump targeting institutions — universities, corporations, media, law firms — that buck his views. We’re in a severe danger zone.

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RFK JR: Almost all of the members of this panel including yourself are accepting millions from the pharmaceutical industry Sanders: Nooo. I got millions of contributions. They didn’t come from executives. Not one nickel from the pharmaceutical industry. They came from workers.

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‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to stand up, to do something, to say something, and find a little way to get in the way and make a little noise,” late Congressman John Lewis. What will you do. Opportunities abound for the willing

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how to engage our universities in this crisis peterlevine.ws?p=33839 A well -reasoned look at the stark realities we face in efforts to protect or protest (or both) our universities. First, it helps to undertand the positions the institution can and cannot take.

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"Nonfiction, hybrid forms, memoirs--these are the ways we were able to write ourselves into public consciousness.' Roxanne Gay, T Magazine, "The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature. i

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"Nonfiction, hybrid forms, memoirs -- these are the ways we were able to write ourselves into public consciousness." Roxanne Gay, T Magazine, "The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature." Don't let them erase us.

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One word: Despicable www.kqed.org/news/1203266...

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"Nonfiction, hybrid forms, memoirs -- these are the ways we were able to write ourselves in public consciousness." Roxanne Gay, T Magazine, "The 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature"

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The Trump administration may be planning to eliminate or reorganize the CDC's Division of HIV Prevention, possibly as soon as this week, news sources reported Tuesday. Advocates are asking people to call or write to their legislators to urge them to oppose the cuts.

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BOOKS OVER BANS #1 If you're dispirited over the daily reports of Trump admin's trampling on what you hold dear, consider what book lovers (and free speech activists) are doing in San Francisco. www.booksnotbans.org

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www.unaids.org/en/impact-US...

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Take your pick of the countries about to have their HIV programs, services, clinical care, research disrupted. I worked five years with people in several of these countries: good people trying to protect their communities from disease,

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He even works against his own legacy. Nothing he won't trash. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...

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Public Libraries Under Attack! Find out how your local library needs help. Here's a statement from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library issued today. Most of us can help in some way to support libraries' work.

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www.unaids.org/en/impact-US... Any of these countries concern you? WHO Global AIDS Programme looks at the effect of Trump yankiing $$ support through USAID in the global south.

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Sad news to no longer have gay author and publisher Felice Picano among us. But I'm thankful that Picano's wisdom, resilience, and insight contributed so much the community. He died at 81 in Los Angeles earlier this week. I did not know Picano personally, but his writing inspired me as a writer.

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Can we be shocked, still? YES.

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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

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