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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 5h

The Trevor Project has a new longitudinal study - the results might not be surprising, but they're important and highlight ways to help queer youth.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 7h

The 2024 election year may have made LGBTQ+ mental health worse - buff.ly/apwKVGy

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

The administration is pressuring this city to drop LGBTQ+ protections. They’re trying to stop it. - buff.ly/6phPF7j

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 2d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracey fought for trans rights and prison reform and came out of retirement to fight back against an increase in anti-trans legislation.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 2d

Trans rights activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracey passes away at age 78 - buff.ly/o0KVs1l

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Tyler Hayes @bytylerhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Readers are happier than non-readers — for all we joke about ignorance being bliss, and for all keenly developed empathy will result in some very justified outrage, life is enriched by experiencing the literary arts.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 2d

Whether it's Gays Against Groomers, the Women's Liberation Front, or the LGB Alliance, there are LGB groups so desperate to hurt trans people that they are trading in their own protections to do it.
Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 2d

Anti-trans gay people are putting their own rights in danger in their war on trans people - buff.ly/l9JAVPt

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 8d

Trans people have to wait an average of 25 years for care in the UK, new report finds - buff.ly/qJTWd9c

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 12d

Now there’s a game I haven’t thought about in a few years.

Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 13d

The attack on trans rights in the planned appropriations bill is a canary in the coal mine for impending authoritarian rule, and not enough people are talking about it.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 13d

Republicans made government funding all about trans rights. Democrats need to speak up too. - buff.ly/WUbBYOl

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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 14d

Judge ends Arizona’s “irrational” policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers - buff.ly/Y9VFfRS

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 15d

A sitting US president did this.
I really thought I was beyond being surprised by the hateful nonsense this man will get up to.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 16d

Donald Trump posts racist deepfake AI video to complain about Democrats’ “woke trans bulls**t” - buff.ly/D8eYC1q

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 17d

If you've just tested out life without the Disney+ subscription, there's some good reasons to consider keeping things that way. Bringing Kimmel back doesn't atone for what they've done.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 18d

Don’t reup your Disney+ & Hulu subscriptions just yet - buff.ly/HqxSzBV

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Matt @tidelines.co · 26d

The house opposite ours often gets deliveries from Tesco, and one of their vans has an image of a lot of strawberries on the side. My 3-year-old took to calling it "the strawberry van" so I thought "but what if...strawberry van", and here we are.

#watercolour #art #painting #illustration

a black ink and watercolour illustration of a van shaped like a giant strawberry. the side opens like a food truck, and a man inside is leaning out to point towards a menu on the side of the van. the van has wheels like an old fashioned cart, and bunting across the open side. It has a chimney at the top that is a bit crooked, and pigeons lined along the roof

a small girl dressed a bit like a witch stands on tiptoe to point towards her menu choice. a black cat sits next to her, looking towards the van

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · 26d

This was never about Charlie Kirk, it was about finding an excuse to do what Trump and his team already had planned.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 26d

The Trump admin was waiting for something like Charlie Kirk’s death to attack free speech rights - buff.ly/2uDgwOh

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shoeleatherkate.bsky.social @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is such a good read and an important topic

Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 29

Too often, trans men are left out of the conversations that we have. I set out to answer "why?"
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 29

The artifice of male supremacy: Why trans men are often ignored in the debate about trans rights - buff.ly/YS8gllc

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Mark O’Brien @bookmarkobrien.bsky.social · Aug 29

“‘If people don’t know who we are, we’re never going to be safe. They will never know how to take care of our needs when we are elderly, infirm, vulnerable in any way. […] I think if people understand our bodies and who we are, we’ll be safer in the world.’”

Excellent article, @faefyx.bsky.social!

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 29

The artifice of male supremacy: Why trans men are often ignored in the debate about trans rights - buff.ly/YS8gllc

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 29

Too often, trans men are left out of the conversations that we have. I set out to answer "why?"
Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 29

The artifice of male supremacy: Why trans men are often ignored in the debate about trans rights - buff.ly/YS8gllc

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 23

“Whatever the Republican Party once stood for, it is no more. A lot of the blame for that can be laid at Trump’s door, but he was really just the final nail in the coffin. At some point, they became far more obsessed with just holding power rather than with doing anything constructive with it.”

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 23

Texas Republicans perfectly represent the death of the Republican Party - buff.ly/eWHMk8f

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 20

Go read this book fascinating fantasy detective story.
It's the first time I saw the pronouns ze/zir in print.

Tyler Hayes @bytylerhayes.bsky.social · Aug 20

Self-promoting video game memes GO!
I. Write. Fantasy! My novel, THE IMAGINARY CORPSE, about an ex-imaginary friend facing trauma, anxiety, and the first serial killer of ideas is available along with some short fiction via the links at tyler-hayes.com/publications!

An image of DIO from a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video game with his Stand behind him, and a text box that says "You thought this would be a self-promo post, but instead -- oh, wait..."

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 15

I was in DC recently. Trump's vision doesn't match what I saw. His fearmongering is going to hurt people and is all part of his distraction circus.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com this week.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 15

Donald Trump’s militarization of DC isn’t about making streets safer. It’s about fear. - buff.ly/DTfvYli

Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 8

Pete Buttigieg is the latest Democrat to pick up the anti-trans dog whistle when it comes to sports. In this week’s column, I dive into why his words are so disappointing.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 8

Why Pete Buttigieg’s comments on trans athletes are so disappointing - buff.ly/gYHLoG6

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 3

Funnily enough, this is true for writing it, too.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Aug 2

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Aug 2

Harvard caved to Trump this week - it sounds like it’s only a small matter, but this shows how Trump’s tactics are working against some of his biggest foes and opens the door for more losses on our side.
Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Aug 2

Donald Trump’s attacks on Harvard worked. That’s terrifying. - buff.ly/4A3LBry

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Jul 26

For this week’s column, I’m talking about the Epstein Files. Will this be the scandal that finally has Trump face consequences? I give it I a strong “maybe” - and his support of the anti-trans movement might help to scupper him.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Jul 26

Trump’s biggest supporters are turning on him — he’s right to be worried.

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Jul 24

Make it make sense.

19thnews @19thnews.org · Jun 18

After three years and 1.3 million texts and phone calls, the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline is shutting down.

Trump administration to end national LGBTQ+ suicide hotline

No reason was given for why services specific to LGBTQ+ callers are ending for 988, the crisis hotline for queer youth that launched in 2022.

19thnews.org

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Faefyx Collington @faefyx.bsky.social · Jul 15

Gavin Newsom had signaled willingness to sacrifice trans people on a political alter, but Donald Trump’s ineptness at deal making has him fighting in our side again.
Read more in my weekly @lgbtqnation.com column.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · Jul 15

Donald Trump’s is bad at policy-making. It will be his undoing. - buff.ly/BWvCD13

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