@SecureInStyle I keep pleading with people outside the US to store things and not just count solely on the Internet Archive to do this for them. They're amazing, but a huge target right now.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like many non-Americans understand how bad it has gotten in one month and that this is really happening, right now. I will buy all the hard drives I can myself when I move.

The digital book burning and minimization of trans/black/gay/women's history is very well underway here. And because the US hosts much of the internet architecture, it has been very effective. They are doing everything from blowing away digital backups, to wiping file repos, to painting over walls and murals, to forcing changes in school curriculum. Now. It is happening now.

@hacks4pancakes @SecureInStyle I don't know why I was shocked to hear that even the monument at Stonewall is being wiped of any references to trans.

The cruelty and dehumanization is devastating.

And it's like cancer.

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@hacks4pancakes @SecureInStyle One of our Marines the other day was joking about trans folks getting kicked out. Using pronouns like "it".

I don't think he even thought about what he was saying. He thought he was being funny. He...

- Doesn't think he knows any trans folks
- Didn't realize that we have at least one trans person in our unit affected by this
- Didn't realize he was making jokes in the presence of a gay guy

I shut that shit down right away.

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@BruceMirken @hacks4pancakes @SecureInStyle Hell, I'm still angry with the Navy Chaplain Corps for being so cowardly near the end of DADT that LGBTQ folks couldn't trust them for fear of being outed.

Chaplains are supposed to be the spiritual mentors of Navy/USMC, & provide counseling & other services, but they made it clear during that time that admitting one was LGBTQ would be reported.

I'm 100% sure this led to deaths of folks among the LGBTQ community 😪 It certainly left me hurt back then.