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Hayden Moon Jun 9, 2023

I feel so incredibly honoured to have been included in this important article by Courtney Escoyne in the Dance Magazine.

Dance is something that is such a huge part of my life, and I’m so passionate about it. I want anyone and everyone who wants to dance to know that there is space for them. Because there is.

Dear queer and trans kids: you belong. Happy pride month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

You can read the article in the print magazine or online here: https://www.dancemagazine.com/lgbtq-artists-share-their-experiences/?fbclid=IwAR3MC35QCPYepLyIYHk5r-FHcgz2Hr4oTd7sd7HF0cdaJWpxXEKAi77eH4k

6 LGBTQ+ Artists Who Work in Traditionally Binary Dance Forms—Ballet, Ballroom, Irish Dance—Share Their Experiences

The dance industry is no stranger to queerness, or the diverse, overlapping populations whose sexual orientation, gender identity, or some combination thereof fall under the vast umbrella of the LGBTQ+ community.

Dance Magazine

Hayden Moon May 24, 2023

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Parker Molloy May 24, 2023

The right has gotten increasingly aggressive, using the threat of violence to get what they want. People showing up with guns to protest against pride events, bomb threats called into hospitals, etc. This is terrorism. But no one will ever describe it that way?

Hayden Moon May 23, 2023

As a Wiradjuri person who lives my life by the guidance of yindyamarra, I wholeheartedly support Stan Grant.

Being Blak & having an online/public presence is hard. The abuse I’ve experienced online has been horrific. If this is what I receive, I can’t imagine what Stan Grant would get.

Seeing him leave media is emotional & devastating. But I understand it. I hope 1 day Aboriginal people r treated with respect in the industry.

Ngadhu narinha ngindhu marunbunmirra, wandaang-bu giiny dhalang.

Hayden Moon May 8, 2023

Melissa BearTrix 🏳️‍⚧️May 8, 2023

Just had a guy and his two kids in the shop, the oldest was 4 1/2, she told me so proudly ... She had a beautiful lavender cardigan on and matching socks ... I told her I loved that colour, we had a little chat about purple and all the purple things we have ... Then she asked me "are you a girl?" ... I looked at her dad and said can I let her know, he said yes

I crouched down to her level and said "that's a nice question you asked" ... and then said "I was born a boy, yuck, and for many reasons I always felt like a girl" ... Her eyes lit up, and I got a huge hugz and she whispered in my ear, "you're a girl"

I am more than likely the first trans person she has met, I made her feel comfortable and listened to ... one at a time ... Her dad thanked me for being kind.

Never dismiss a childs question, you might feel they are abrupt, they are not, they just want to know

First impression are important

Hugz & xXx

Hayden Moon May 6, 2023

And Steiner (it/its)May 2, 2023

Dear Good People of Mastodon,

I've been dealing rampant state violence.

I started a petition to get the death of Jean Busch, a transgender patient, investigated as well as allegations of systemic abuse of Queer patients at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital and rampant deadly medical neglect of BIPOC patients in Massachusetts.

As a result of my whistleblowing on the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, I am experiencing severe abuse and retaliation by the facility.

Fortunately damning evidence is finally surfacing of this abuse including a letter recently released by Disability Law Center.

👉If you’d like to help:

1. Set aside just 3 minutes

2. Scroll to the bottom of the page linked below

3. Copy, paste and send the pre-written email🙏

You can help regardless of location!

https://www.change.org/p/black-transgender-lives-lost-to-medical-neglect-demand-justice-in-ma-hospitals/u/34309164

Your Human Family Member,

-And Steiner it/its

Please boost for visibility!

#transgender #lgbtq #mentalhealth #abuse #helpfolkslive2026 #healthcare #psychiatry #fascism #media #journalism #queer #BIPOC

Damning Evidence by Disability Law Center

Hello Human Family, Keep scrolling to see a shocking letter just released by Disability Law Center (DLC) to the Commissioner with damning evidence that I was brutally and illegally restrained punitively. You can help! Simply copy and paste the email located at the bottom of this page! ______ Please help me! I feel totally and utterly hopelessly alone, scared and suicidal. Help me bring an end to r

Change.org

Hayden Moon May 1, 2023

Hachiko from Birdsite 🏳️‍⚧️Apr 27, 2023

Twitter is dying, but my advocacy work helping trans people raise money via fundraisers depends on my five years of work I've spent writing on Twitter, so I need help.

If you're a trans person who needs help raising money for any reason, reply to this toot with your fundraiser. I'll reach out.

If you're a cis person and you can, please boost this post so your trans followers can see it.

#trans #lgbt #signalboost #transgender

Hayden Moon May 1, 2023

George Takei

🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Apr 30, 2023

President Biden should invite Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the trans legislator silenced in Montana for speaking truth to power, to the White House. Just like he did the #TennesseeThree

Hayden Moon May 1, 2023

Edde Apr 18, 2023

Hayden Moon May 1, 2023

Sharing this because it keeps coming up... "emerging Elder" needs to stop being used.

Elders have such an important role in our culture - they are the people who decide who can do what cultural activities, eg. you need to get Elder permission before partaking in certain rites of passage, I needed to speak to my Elders when I transitioned about doing men's business etc.

In our culture, an Elder is someone who has significant cultural knowledge, connection to the ancestors, spirits & land AND who has been through ceremony to receive and accept that title.

The term "emerging Elder" was added by governmental departments by white people. It's not a sovereign term and is actually something that many First Nations folks find offensive and tokensitic. To have non-Indigenous folks say "emerging elder/Elder" it suggests a lack of knowledge about our culture and sometimes even implies that they feel they have authority to decide who is an Elder.

Someone who is older/elderly and in our culture MUST be respected as such, but it doesn't mean that they have the cultural position of being an Elder - which is who is acknowledged in an Acknowledgement of Country.

TL/DR Non-Indigenous folks don't get to decide who is an Elder, please stop.

Hayden Moon Apr 30, 2023

Emma the Curious 🧐 has moved!Apr 30, 2023

My periodic reminder that if someone makes something you love - art, writing, a podcast, whatever - you should let them know.

You may be the only person who does, and it may make all the difference.