“ You caught me staring off the cliff again And looking down on everyone Wish my goodbyes could be more innocent But every part just wants to run I have this deep, deep feeling in my ribs again I just keep, keep, keep moving on Like the deep, deep current on the riverbed I haveContinue reading ““Arrow””
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More attacks on trans rights and academia
White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy The move targets the University of Pennsylvania’s approach to transgender athletes as the Trump administration escalates its clashes with elite colleges. [article from The New York Times]
The fight does not end here
Over the last couple weeks, we have had some victories in providing impactful testimony for HB25-1239 Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, and HB25-1109 Gender Identity Certificate of Death, and now both of those beneficial bills are on their way to becoming law. While we are seeing wins, though, there have also been many attempts to set usContinue reading “The fight does not end here”
Democratic traitors
It’s concerning and infuriating how certain prominent democrats have decided that their political interest lies in throwing our human rights under the bus…
The damaging, evil chaos of the current administration
“ Israel launched a series of strikes on Hamas in Gaza, killing hundreds and threatening a return to war. In Washington, Trump administration officials are roiled in debate over how to implement the president’s pledge to equalize U.S. tariffs with those charged by other nations, at one point considering a tiered system for trading partners. And across America, corporate diversityContinue reading “The damaging, evil chaos of the current administration”
Battles for equality continue
– “82 Democrats sign letter saying Donald Trump’s anti-trans passport policy will harm the U.S.” – “This former eEEOC official wants you to know that Trump cannot legalize anti-LGBTQ+ job discrimination” [articles from LGBTQ Nation]
Hanging heartbreaks
Why does every new heartbreak trigger, or re-open, all of the old ones? I need to learn to get closure and/or repair together with the person(s) involved in the breakup(s) with me. I think this is my biggest mistake, or weakness, when it comes to relationships ending. My anger — that has been a faithfulContinue reading “Hanging heartbreaks”
The nugget of my grief
[Trigger warnings: loss, death of parent, grief, sorrow.] Yesterday afternoon around 5:30, after having spent most of the morning and early afternoon running errands and exercising, I finally sat on the couch to relax with a cup of tea. And then, I started sobbing. And I curled up with my favorite blanket in the cornerContinue reading “The nugget of my grief”
I found the key
[Trigger warnings: loss, grief.] When I was in my late teens & early twenties, I was drawn to young (cis-)men who were in their late twenties to mid-thirties. Then, I went through a long phase where I tried to have normative relationships, the “normativity” also including closeness in age. Since my “liberation” (i.e. my moveContinue reading “I found the key”
My need to be held
The past nights have been rough. No matter how well my day might have gone and how satisfied & tired I might feel when I go to bed, I keep waking up sometime between 2-3 in the morning and cannot fall back asleep for several hours. The rumination and the sadness and the anger areContinue reading “My need to be held”