@MiddleAgedEnby

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queer, poly, scuba-diving, motorcycle-riding, contra-dancing nonbinary Californian
Get this straight

A few thoughts on gender and kids from an older queer feminist and parent.

Shasta’s scratchpad
I have a new feline overlord. His name is Moose, he's about 2.5 years old, and weighs 14.8 lbs.

"But despite the evidence for the safety and efficacy of puberty-delaying treatments, some lawmakers across the U.S. have spread false claims about the drugs and other gender-affirming treatments as part of their efforts to ban or severely restrict access to health care for transgender people."

- Scientific American spreading some facts: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-puberty-blockers-and-how-do-they-work/

What Are Puberty Blockers, and How Do They Work?

Decades of data support the use and safety of puberty-pausing medications, which give transgender adolescents and their families time to weigh important medical decisions

Scientific American
Also if anyone wants to go in with us on a multi-unit in Andersonville so we can get a start on a queer commune with foster kids, slide into my DMs.
Anyone want to come to the first Chicago queer contra dance in 3 years? It's tonight and happening on our block. (Footage from 2015)
I keep seeing that “first they came for the journalists” sign, and it pisses me off so much, because when they came for muslims, immigrants, and trans people, mainstream journalists normalized it and reported it as “both sides”. Somehow it didn’t count for them until it was happening to them personally, which is *exactly* what the fucking poem was warning against in the first place.

Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.

How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).

And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.

Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)
Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)
In a month and a few hours, the holidays that I dislike will be over. I feel like I can see the finish line. This is more optimism than I have most years.