A local parents group, Recall MacDonald, has successfully collected enough signatures for a recall effort of a school board member in Woodland Joint Unified School District in California.
Push back and the vague sense that such push back is growing is a glimmer of hope in a darkening time. Just the kind of thing I need to get back in the fight, that and finding some folks around me. (I realized decades ago I am not cut out to be a one-person political movement.)
I believe it was Mark Twain who said "A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on." Maybe our boots are on now.
We're in good positioning we're on the upswing and though we will take more you know emotionally difficult to process setbacks or losses or whatever we are in good position for the capture of the state. We celebrate and you enjoy every moment of this until you know the next news cycle it when something terrible happens it might be later this day because yesterday it was the detrans PragerU and then I read this this morning so just remember to really enjoy the hopium
far right Court f**** us it f**** us hard and probably for a little while we're going to have to be ever vigilant. But in moments like these for things of this nature this is the time to Puff your chest up and remember that chant of our forebearers til today.
"We are here. We are queer. We ain't going ANYWHERE"
That shit isn't a just rhetorically efficacious short memorable and a decent slogan, it's just flatly true.
The Weimar Republic in Germany had only just opened the gender and sexual investigation clinic or whatever it was called I forget. We are second and third generation queers. Minimum, there are those who were left behind post the AIDS crisis who were around enough of us to still have our community and still have an activist effort and still have the next generation to be taught and give them that.
There were periods of time where you know raw power and strength and violence were able to push the entire concept of queerness off into the margins and into being only hushed whispers, but that was before the internet. That was before a thriving and active queer Rights movement.
even in the absolute worst case scenario: Ron DeSantis gets The Infinity gauntlet and all five stones and f****** snaps all Queer people out of existence, there would be more of us born the next day somewhere in the country.
Remember no matter where those who seek to dominate and control, there are always those like Erin, myself my girlfriend who were willing to damn the consequences and speak truth to power. To stand firm and know that it is only one to stand before more will come.
I don’t know where to ask this so I’ll do it here, Hey,everyone! I live in Florida and have a young trans daughter. With everything going on my child was having an extremely hard time with severe anxiety in public schools. She would refuse to use the bathroom all day for fear that she would use the wrong bathroom. She lived in fear daily of the wrong person finding out she was trans. It was just awful, so we moved her to a wonderful private school where she can be herself openly - and she is thriving. With that said, it’s expensive, and it’s about to be more so with my younger child about to attend next year. Outside of Florida State scholarships, does anyone know of possibly national scholarships available for LGBTQ students at the elementary level? Or any other elementary school level scholarships at all for private schools? We loved her public school and actually bought a home near it, but felt forced out by the horrible anti-trans laws put forth by our state. We cannot afford to move or we would have left Florida a long time ago. We feel trapped, so our best option is creating a safe bubble, and that’s this school. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. 💜
Kudos to those volunteers and those who gave their signatures. It shows tremendous support behind young students.
Push back and the vague sense that such push back is growing is a glimmer of hope in a darkening time. Just the kind of thing I need to get back in the fight, that and finding some folks around me. (I realized decades ago I am not cut out to be a one-person political movement.)
I believe it was Mark Twain who said "A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on." Maybe our boots are on now.
Power to the people!
We're in good positioning we're on the upswing and though we will take more you know emotionally difficult to process setbacks or losses or whatever we are in good position for the capture of the state. We celebrate and you enjoy every moment of this until you know the next news cycle it when something terrible happens it might be later this day because yesterday it was the detrans PragerU and then I read this this morning so just remember to really enjoy the hopium
far right Court f**** us it f**** us hard and probably for a little while we're going to have to be ever vigilant. But in moments like these for things of this nature this is the time to Puff your chest up and remember that chant of our forebearers til today.
"We are here. We are queer. We ain't going ANYWHERE"
That shit isn't a just rhetorically efficacious short memorable and a decent slogan, it's just flatly true.
The Weimar Republic in Germany had only just opened the gender and sexual investigation clinic or whatever it was called I forget. We are second and third generation queers. Minimum, there are those who were left behind post the AIDS crisis who were around enough of us to still have our community and still have an activist effort and still have the next generation to be taught and give them that.
There were periods of time where you know raw power and strength and violence were able to push the entire concept of queerness off into the margins and into being only hushed whispers, but that was before the internet. That was before a thriving and active queer Rights movement.
even in the absolute worst case scenario: Ron DeSantis gets The Infinity gauntlet and all five stones and f****** snaps all Queer people out of existence, there would be more of us born the next day somewhere in the country.
Remember no matter where those who seek to dominate and control, there are always those like Erin, myself my girlfriend who were willing to damn the consequences and speak truth to power. To stand firm and know that it is only one to stand before more will come.
Love and solidarity, Comrades ✊🏳️🌈♥️🏳️⚧️
I don’t know where to ask this so I’ll do it here, Hey,everyone! I live in Florida and have a young trans daughter. With everything going on my child was having an extremely hard time with severe anxiety in public schools. She would refuse to use the bathroom all day for fear that she would use the wrong bathroom. She lived in fear daily of the wrong person finding out she was trans. It was just awful, so we moved her to a wonderful private school where she can be herself openly - and she is thriving. With that said, it’s expensive, and it’s about to be more so with my younger child about to attend next year. Outside of Florida State scholarships, does anyone know of possibly national scholarships available for LGBTQ students at the elementary level? Or any other elementary school level scholarships at all for private schools? We loved her public school and actually bought a home near it, but felt forced out by the horrible anti-trans laws put forth by our state. We cannot afford to move or we would have left Florida a long time ago. We feel trapped, so our best option is creating a safe bubble, and that’s this school. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. 💜
Kudos to people who actually have a SOUL. ❤️