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rael gost pictuers
@jackfeerick.bsky.social

Not for nothin', but the @cityofrochester.bsky.social might want to follow this model and make a game plan

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social

NEW: Seattle might declare a civil emergency to help LGBTQ (mostly trans) people fleeing red states, so I looked for a Texas angle. An organizer told me that Texas is #1 among trans people looking to relocate: "The baseline hostility to their existence is unbearable." www.chron.com/culture/arti...

chron.comSo many LGBTQ Texans are moving to this city, it may declare an 'emergency'Seattle is one of the many places that transgender Texans are resettling after fleeing their home state.

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rael gost pictuers
@jackfeerick.bsky.social

The human rights situation in Ohio, particularly, is looking increasingly ominous. These bills may be defeated; I hope and pray they are. The fever might break. But if it doesn't -- well, it's better to have a plan and not need it than to need one and not have it.

nbc4i.comOhio bills would impose broad restrictions affecting transgender residentsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two newly introduced Ohio bills would enact sweeping changes affecting transgender people across the state, including access to restrooms, school policies, birth certi…
rael gost pictuers
@jackfeerick.bsky.social

Frederick Douglass knew that simply crossing a state line isn't enough; people fleeing oppression need support and resources and information. They need community. And it's incumbent on us to stand up and get organized -- to build up the levees now, while we can still see the wave at a distance.