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We are thrilled to welcome you to a vibrant corner of Instagram; @areaofacceptance.bsky.social, created by @multicolormaria.bsky.social. This space is dedicated to celebrating the rich tapestry of LGBTQ+ lives, histories, and education, while firmly standing against ignorance in all its forms.
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I wouldn't be here today if not for the internet, the friendship, the spaces, the communities, I've needed it. The internet is a tool for us to come together, to find each other and ourselves.
Censorship will take it all away from everyone.
Censorship will take it all away from everyone.
Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I wouldn't be here today if not for the internet, the friendship, the spaces, the communities, I've needed it. The internet is a tool for us to come together, to find each other and ourselves.
Censorship will take it all away from everyone.
Censorship will take it all away from everyone.
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Fight for the Future does good work. I've signed their petition against the KOSA bill. A "child safety" bill can be a Trojan horse for surveillance and targeting of the LGBTQ community.
LGBTQ youths experience real-life abuse and depression due to their gender identity/sexuality. The internet provides crucial validation absent in their toxic environments. Legislation targeting digital acceptance under the guise of "child safety" threatens these youths' digital rights and well-being
Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Fight for the Future does good work. I've signed their petition against the KOSA bill. A "child safety" bill can be a Trojan horse for surveillance and targeting of the LGBTQ community.
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As a gay teen, I had to face talk-downs at home, homophobic jokes at school, and condemnations at church, and it puts a toll on my mental health. I always turn to the internet where I can watch positive queer vids and write BxB stories. Imagine how more damaging it be for me if KOSA had passed then.
Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
As a gay teen, I had to face talk-downs at home, homophobic jokes at school, and condemnations at church, and it puts a toll on my mental health. I always turn to the internet where I can watch positive queer vids and write BxB stories. Imagine how more damaging it be for me if KOSA had passed then.
LGBTQ youths experience real-life abuse and depression due to their gender identity/sexuality. The internet provides crucial validation absent in their toxic environments. Legislation targeting digital acceptance under the guise of "child safety" threatens these youths' digital rights and well-being
Online resources are vital for queer and trans communities, especially youth.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
Take action now at QueersAgainstCensorship.com to protect this access and crush online censorship bills like KOSA, ID checks and attempts to strip Section 230.
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
LGBTQ youths experience real-life abuse and depression due to their gender identity/sexuality. The internet provides crucial validation absent in their toxic environments. Legislation targeting digital acceptance under the guise of "child safety" threatens these youths' digital rights and well-being
The Fight Against Censorship: A Narrative on the Impending Threat of KOSA!
"We must join the fight against KOSA to protect LGBTQ+ rights and digital freedom from harmful censorship and surveillance legislation."
"We must join the fight against KOSA to protect LGBTQ+ rights and digital freedom from harmful censorship and surveillance legislation."
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Fight Against Censorship: A Narrative on the Impending Threat of KOSA!
"We must join the fight against KOSA to protect LGBTQ+ rights and digital freedom from harmful censorship and surveillance legislation."
"We must join the fight against KOSA to protect LGBTQ+ rights and digital freedom from harmful censorship and surveillance legislation."
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on KOSA on December 9th (originally scheduled November 18th). Also, KOSA is being included in a package of dangerous bills (COPPA 2.0, Sammy's Law, App Store Accountability Act, etc.).
Contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
Contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
So what can you do? 🤔
1. Continue pressuring your lawmakers, let them know how unpopular and dangerous censorship and surveillance bills are.
2. Spread the word! Many people have no idea the internet they know and love is under threat.
🗣️ 👉https://www.badinternetbills.com/#online-id-checks
1. Continue pressuring your lawmakers, let them know how unpopular and dangerous censorship and surveillance bills are.
2. Spread the word! Many people have no idea the internet they know and love is under threat.
🗣️ 👉https://www.badinternetbills.com/#online-id-checks
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on KOSA on December 9th (originally scheduled November 18th). Also, KOSA is being included in a package of dangerous bills (COPPA 2.0, Sammy's Law, App Store Accountability Act, etc.).
Contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
Contact your Senators and Representatives ASAP!
The Trump administration doesn't care at all what science says about how gender-affirming care improves the mental health of trans youth and that it stops them from having suicidal thoughts. Now they're weaponizing hospital funding to ban trans care nationwide.
www.change.org/p/stop-trump...
www.change.org/p/stop-trump...
Share petition · Stop Trump's Impending Ban on Transgender Youth Healthcare · Change.org
www.change.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The Trump administration doesn't care at all what science says about how gender-affirming care improves the mental health of trans youth and that it stops them from having suicidal thoughts. Now they're weaponizing hospital funding to ban trans care nationwide.
www.change.org/p/stop-trump...
www.change.org/p/stop-trump...
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Fuck KOSA, fuck the SCREEN Act, fuck IODA, and fuck all these other anti-queer censorship bills that want to silence and erase our existence under the guise of "protecting the kids".
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Fuck KOSA, fuck the SCREEN Act, fuck IODA, and fuck all these other anti-queer censorship bills that want to silence and erase our existence under the guise of "protecting the kids".
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We have to keep going not just for us, but for queer people that will come after us in the next generation. We want them to be safer than we are, have more freedom than we do, because we have to fight back like hell against this cruel conservative administration that want to see us criminalized.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We have to keep going not just for us, but for queer people that will come after us in the next generation. We want them to be safer than we are, have more freedom than we do, because we have to fight back like hell against this cruel conservative administration that want to see us criminalized.
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To my fellow NSFW writers and artists, queer or not, PLEASE keep calling your lawmakers and tell them to vote 'NO' on KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act), as well as other horrible censorship bills like the SCREEN Act and IODA (Interstate Obscenity Definition Act) that will fucking ruin our lives!
www.badinternetbills.com#stop-csam
In addition to calling your reps, this website has both a lot of information explaining why these bills are bad/ why section 230 must be protected, as well as petitions to sign for each individual issue!
Signing petitions helps! Make your calls, sign petitions!
In addition to calling your reps, this website has both a lot of information explaining why these bills are bad/ why section 230 must be protected, as well as petitions to sign for each individual issue!
Signing petitions helps! Make your calls, sign petitions!
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
To my fellow NSFW writers and artists, queer or not, PLEASE keep calling your lawmakers and tell them to vote 'NO' on KOSA (Kids Online Safety Act), as well as other horrible censorship bills like the SCREEN Act and IODA (Interstate Obscenity Definition Act) that will fucking ruin our lives!
Happy Transgender Awareness Week: Celebrating Resilience and Advocating for Change!
"Explore the significance of Transgender Awareness Week with insights on gender-affirming care, dysphoria/euphoria, safe spaces for youth, and debunking myths."
"Explore the significance of Transgender Awareness Week with insights on gender-affirming care, dysphoria/euphoria, safe spaces for youth, and debunking myths."
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Happy Transgender Awareness Week: Celebrating Resilience and Advocating for Change!
"Explore the significance of Transgender Awareness Week with insights on gender-affirming care, dysphoria/euphoria, safe spaces for youth, and debunking myths."
"Explore the significance of Transgender Awareness Week with insights on gender-affirming care, dysphoria/euphoria, safe spaces for youth, and debunking myths."
Remember this: Just because gay marriage protection is spared by the Supreme Court doesn't mean we should look at it as a finish line, nor should we abandon fighting for trans rights.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Remember this: Just because gay marriage protection is spared by the Supreme Court doesn't mean we should look at it as a finish line, nor should we abandon fighting for trans rights.
Love Wins: A Narrative of Resilience in the Face of Hate! (Good News 👍)
"In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis' appeal against marriage equality, affirming love's victory over hate."
"In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis' appeal against marriage equality, affirming love's victory over hate."
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Love Wins: A Narrative of Resilience in the Face of Hate! (Good News 👍)
"In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis' appeal against marriage equality, affirming love's victory over hate."
"In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis' appeal against marriage equality, affirming love's victory over hate."
10 years ago, we fought and won our freedom to marry who we love.
10 years later, we won again! 🏳🌈🎉
10 years later, we won again! 🏳🌈🎉
10 Nov 2025 -- Supreme Court turns down right-wing appeal to re-visit gay marriage decision Obergefell v Hodges, and potentially carve out exceptions for (mainly Christian conservative) anti-marriage officials. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to landmark gay marriage ruling
The announcement indicates there is not an appetite among the high court’s conservative majority to revisit one of the court’s most significant decisions in recent years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
10 years ago, we fought and won our freedom to marry who we love.
10 years later, we won again! 🏳🌈🎉
10 years later, we won again! 🏳🌈🎉
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Today, the Supreme Court did the right thing by denying review of a petition that sought to challenge the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.
That’s because marriage equality has helped millions of Americans take care of each other, build stability, + plan for the future.
whymarriagematters.org
That’s because marriage equality has helped millions of Americans take care of each other, build stability, + plan for the future.
whymarriagematters.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today, the Supreme Court did the right thing by denying review of a petition that sought to challenge the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.
That’s because marriage equality has helped millions of Americans take care of each other, build stability, + plan for the future.
whymarriagematters.org
That’s because marriage equality has helped millions of Americans take care of each other, build stability, + plan for the future.
whymarriagematters.org
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They would rather see trans kids, the most vulnerable youth, suffer harsh bullying in schools and kill themselves. This is fucking sick!
1. In a devastating decision for trans kids in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee, the 6th Circuit has ruled students can bully trans kids by repeatedly misgendering them.
Trans kids also are not allowed to return the favor to their bullies.
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Trans kids also are not allowed to return the favor to their bullies.
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6th Circuit Rules Cis Students May Bully Trans Students By Repeatedly Misgendering Them
The Circuit also seemed to suggest that trans students could not misgender their bullies in return.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
They would rather see trans kids, the most vulnerable youth, suffer harsh bullying in schools and kill themselves. This is fucking sick!
The Harsh Reality for the Trans Community: Two Major Rollbacks! (ALARMING NEWS 🚨)
"Trans rights face setbacks as the U.S. Supreme Court blocks passport changes and the 6th Circuit allows transphobic bullying in schools."
"Trans rights face setbacks as the U.S. Supreme Court blocks passport changes and the 6th Circuit allows transphobic bullying in schools."
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Harsh Reality for the Trans Community: Two Major Rollbacks! (ALARMING NEWS 🚨)
"Trans rights face setbacks as the U.S. Supreme Court blocks passport changes and the 6th Circuit allows transphobic bullying in schools."
"Trans rights face setbacks as the U.S. Supreme Court blocks passport changes and the 6th Circuit allows transphobic bullying in schools."
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1. After reporting on Washington State University's approval of continuing medical education credits for anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group SEGM, WSU has suspended the courses.
Now, hundreds of emails and dozens of orgs say they need to make it permanent.
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Now, hundreds of emails and dozens of orgs say they need to make it permanent.
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WSU Suspends Hate Group's Medical Courses; Coalition Says Make It Permanent
The fallout comes after Erin in the Morning reported that WSU extended medical credentials to content from SEGM—an SPLC-branded hate group.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
1. After reporting on Washington State University's approval of continuing medical education credits for anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group SEGM, WSU has suspended the courses.
Now, hundreds of emails and dozens of orgs say they need to make it permanent.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, hundreds of emails and dozens of orgs say they need to make it permanent.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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KOSA UPDATE: House lawmakers are considering removing duty of care & KOSA is currently in limbo since the House & Senate versions will differ.
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
A contentious kids safety bill might be getting gutted — and nobody’s happy
It’s expected to be introduced with a package of kids online safety bills.
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
KOSA UPDATE: House lawmakers are considering removing duty of care & KOSA is currently in limbo since the House & Senate versions will differ.
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
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Good morning to these future governors!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Good morning to these future governors!
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This is how a real President is supposed to act
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is how a real President is supposed to act
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
Celebrating Equality Victories: The 2025 Election Results! (Good News 👍)
"The 2025 elections brought historic victories for LGBTQ+ rights across America, signaling hope amidst challenges ahead."
"The 2025 elections brought historic victories for LGBTQ+ rights across America, signaling hope amidst challenges ahead."
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Celebrating Equality Victories: The 2025 Election Results! (Good News 👍)
"The 2025 elections brought historic victories for LGBTQ+ rights across America, signaling hope amidst challenges ahead."
"The 2025 elections brought historic victories for LGBTQ+ rights across America, signaling hope amidst challenges ahead."
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1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics.
From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.
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From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.
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"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics.
From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.
Subscribe to support our journalism.