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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 10m

Wow! @translash.org just won 5 @signalawards.bsky.social including for The TransLash Podcast and The Anti-Trans Hate Machine. Thanks for your votes!!!! And go listen to the new season of Anti-Trans Hate Machine available now. spotify.link/JznUYubkuXb

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SiyandaWrites @siyandawrites.bsky.social · 14h

This sounds so on point! Will check it out asap

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Angtha Thar @untamespirit.bsky.social · 15h

Cont: for Trans rights.

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Angtha Thar @untamespirit.bsky.social · 15h

Remembering what @sarahkendzior.bsky.social said about Missouri being the bellwether state of American politics and decline Flyover Country after listening to today's episode from @translash.org and @imarajones.bsky.social . This can be applied to Buck County for being the bellwether state

Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 21h

Today my team and I at @translash.org launched Season 4 of our investigative series #AntiTransHateMachine. For over a year looked at how Christian Nationalist and authoritarian forces are working together to destroy public education from the inside out using anti-trans hate.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 18h

In episode two next week we go to the birthplace of @moms4liberty.bsky.social, Sarasota, Fla. to see how it and those involved with the January 6 Insurrection,including the Proud Boys, have big plans for public schools consistent with the vision of Sarasota-resident Lt. General Michael Flynn

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 18h

In episode one today, we travel to Bucks County, PA to unpack how @moms4liberty.bsky.social ripped the local community apart with anti-trans hate and racism in order to elect school board members ushering in extremism with a radical @hillsdalecollege.bsky.social
curriculum championed by Pres. Trump

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 19h

Drop what you are doing and listen to this right now!
@imarajones.bsky.social is doing such important work with this and, as a public school teacher there is so much in this that I want everyone to know.
open.spotify.com/episode/1e66...

Anti-Trans Attacks Tear Communities Apart

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Harold Coxeter is my math hero 🪷 @deepgreendesign.bsky.social · 20h

#NoSpaceForHate ~ #LGBT+

Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 21h

Today my team and I at @translash.org launched Season 4 of our investigative series #AntiTransHateMachine. For over a year looked at how Christian Nationalist and authoritarian forces are working together to destroy public education from the inside out using anti-trans hate.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

The new season of Anti-Trans Hate Machine is here. From anti-trans laws to book bans to “school choice” schemes, the far right is using fear to dismantle public education and democracy itself.

@imarajones.bsky.social exposes how anti-trans hate fuels it.

🎧 translash.org/antitranshatemachine

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Nathan Negation @natanrebelde.bsky.social · 1d

The flood of anti-trans attacks in education isn’t a grassroots phenomenon, it’s part of a calculated attack on democracy. In the first episode of this series, journalist @imarajones.bsky.social investigates right-wing efforts to take over school boards and throw communities into chaos.

Anti-Trans Attacks Tear Communities Apart

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Nathan Negation @natanrebelde.bsky.social · 1d

Join @imarajones.bsky.social as she travels to Pennsylvania to learn how these attacks are playing out in a vital swing district, shedding light on the powerful network behind them and how communities can fight back.

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EvOutWest, tinfoil hatville @evoutwest.bsky.social · 23h

Hi, all--Episode 1 of Season 4 of podcast the Anti-Trans Hate Machine just dropped. This season explores the organized right-wing campaigns behind the destruction of #publiceducation using anti-trans heinous-ness as a weapon. Highly recommend! @imarajones.bsky.social @translash.org
#LGBTQ

Anti-Trans Attacks Tear Communities Apart

Podcast Episode · The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality · S4 E1 · 52m

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 20h

School boards are the most common democratic touchpoint in America and schools are America’s last remaining public good, something shared by 90% of the population. And anti-trans hate gives those opposed to democracy their best shot to achieve a decades-long goal.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 20h

Christian Nationalist and authoritarian forces are focused on public education because the destruction of democracy is only possible by dismantling the 13,000 school boards across America.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 20h

Over three episodes released each week starting today, we show how the far right has a simple formula to end public education: deploy anti-trans hate to sow distrust and elect officials who will take the public school system apart. It’s being used in local races across America.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 21h

Today my team and I at @translash.org launched Season 4 of our investigative series #AntiTransHateMachine. For over a year looked at how Christian Nationalist and authoritarian forces are working together to destroy public education from the inside out using anti-trans hate.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 1d

The @translash.org graphic artist.

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

As @imarajones.bsky.social reminds us, “There are some people who are possibility models, and others who create possibilities. Miss Major is one of those, alongside Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson, who made it possible for trans people to have space in the world."

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TransLash Media @translash.org · 1d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 6d

I need to ask you a favor. @translash.org is up for 5 @signalawards.bsky.social and we need your vote TODAY in order to win. Visit www.signalaward.com. October 9 is the final day to vote.

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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 7d

I’m compelled to point out that the food assistance we gave to feed children and families on the brink of starvation also helped America’s farmers make ends meet

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 9d

There’s an assault on democracy from the ground up using anti-trans hate to undermine faith in public schools, the most common democratic touch point in America. Next week me and my team expose this coordinated attack in the 4th season of the #AntiTransHateMachine. open.spotify.com/show/0NuHlGN...

TransLash Media @translash.org · 10d

Book bans. Anti-trans attacks. A war on our schools. @imarajones.bsky.social investigates in Season 4 of Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality, premiering Oct 14. Listen wherever you get podcasts.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 10d

I’m @onecolorado.bsky.social Prism Awards ready to give the keynote address tonight.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 13d

It’s a privilege to be part of a night dedicated to celebrating those creating lasting impact in our community. Thank you @one-colorado.bsky.social for inviting me to serve as this year's speaker.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations to this year’s winners Dr. Sean Iwamoto, Telluride AIDS Benefit, Jordan T. Garcia, and Inside Out Youth Services!

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