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Theresa Kim, PhD, MS @tyk314.net · 19d

The end of FY 2025 is coming, and #OMB appears perfectly content to use us as targets. We are not their chess pieces. We serve our PIs. We are here in our personal capacities. Follow the #NIH.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Sep 14

Today I became a Jr. Conductor! Thanks @amtrak.com ! Love trains. 🚂🚂
#choo #choo

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Massachusetts is standing strong. While many states across the country have restricted or even banned access to healthcare, Massachusetts has not backed down.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Aug 25

Massachusetts is becoming a vital refuge for trans people. Families are turning to @fenwayhealth.bsky.social for lifesaving, affirming care.

We must keep the map of access open—and fight for every young person’s right to grow up with dignity.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/25/m...

Mass. is emerging as a haven for trans youth seeking care as restrictions reach deeper in New England - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts has become a "critical refuge" as transgender teens try to navigate a rapidly changing legal landscape.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Aug 7

Today I spoke at the Shield Law 2.0 signing with @massgovernor.bsky.social and other leaders.

MA is meeting this moment with courage and conviction—protecting patients, providers & parents.

Grateful to live in the Commonwealth where we’re not backing down.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 18

On days like today, I’m proud to work at @fenwayhealth—a place where we show up authentically and celebrate Pride together.

Huge thanks to the incredible Rose Quartz for bringing joy and power to our all staff meeting!

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 17

Grateful every day for our out elected officials like @zoandbehold.bsky.social and Sam Montaño —leading with courage, fighting with heart, and moving the needle for all of us. Your visibility, your advocacy, your presence in these rooms, writing legislation and advocating, is vital—especially now.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 15

Another in flight emergency. Ensured the patient was well taken care of.

Great job to the staff who responded phenomenally.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 14

Political violence is never acceptable. Full stop.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 11

Massachusetts raised the Pride flag at the State House today—and it couldn’t matter more.

In a time of rising hate, this visibility, this leadership, this love—it means everything.

We’ll keep fighting. We’ll keep shining. We are the beacon. 🌈

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Clinical Advisor @clinicaladvisor.bsky.social · Jun 10

We spoke with NP Dallas Ducar about what clinicians can do amidst the current social and political landscape to take action and maintain best practices while meeting the needs of their gender-diverse patients. Read more here➡️ bit.ly/3ZoUJ9N

@dallasducar.bsky.social

#ClinicalAdvisor #PRIDE #MedSky

Call for Clinicians to Speak Up for Gender-Affirming Health Care: Q&A With Dallas Ducar

The Clinical Advisor spoke with NP Dallas Ducar about what clinicians can do amidst the current social and political landscape to adequately care for their transgender and gender-diverse patients.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 5

Spoke today at the 2025 ACE Symposium on mental health, identity, and access to care. Grateful to join voices from LGBTQ+, veteran, disabled, and men’s communities to explore how we break stigma, center resilience, and reimagine connection in nursing education.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Jun 1

It’s Pride! What a great day to be showing up for healthcare for all people! @fenwayhealth.bsky.social continues to rise in the face of increasing threats to affirming care, Medicaid access, and HIV prevention and treatment. Grateful to have joined alongside phenomenal leaders to fight our future.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Apr 2

@britshmit.bsky.social is one of the bravest scientists I know. So grateful for courageous colleagues like Brittany who are standing by their values and fighting for a healthier vision of America.

Brittany Charlton @britshmit.bsky.social · Apr 2

🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH

Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸

Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social

Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · Mar 15

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks

The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

www.wunc.org

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Mar 14

Proud to stand with the trans community at a time when we need it most.

@fenwayhealth.bsky.social has and will always lead for healthcare for all.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · Mar 8

I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here

CDC plans to study autism, vaccines
Move comes despite strong evidence finding no link between them.
By LENA H. SUN and LAUREN WEBER • The Washington Post

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day! So grateful to all the astounding women who have guided me on my own path. 💛

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Mar 7

Yes.

No matter the cause, the problem for Democrats is existential. The Republican Party and its vast media apparatus are engaged in a campaign to reframe the most fundamental debates about American society: the role of women and minorities in public life, the continued existence of the New Deal state, the contours of the right to vote. If all Democrats do is attempt to match public opinion, they’ll be forever operating within a Republican frame, stuck watching the polls while Republicans move them. What has happened with trans rights will happen over and over; an endless cycle of perpetual retreat.

I don’t mean to reduce the issue to a cold political calculus. The best justification for supporting trans rights is that trans people are real and deserve civil protections. If supporting them was deeply unpopular, it would still be the right thing to do. Politics isn’t a series of McKinsey presentations, it weighs on human life and dignity.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · Mar 6

It’s pretty interesting that both Tim Walz and Gavin Newsom are clearly positioning themselves to run for President and one thought he should publicize that he’s having diplomatic conversations with Canadian provinces close to Minnesota and the other thought he should publicize that he sucks

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Mar 4

Exciting news—I’m joining the Agenda PAC Board! We’re taking the fight directly to anti-LGBTQ+ extremists at the ballot box. No waiting, no playing defense—just action.

Rights are under attack, and we’re here to stop the most dangerous bigots in office. Join us.

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Mar 2

So grateful for community. We need to be fighting for human rights now more than ever. Deeply thankful for our vital leaders!

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Mar 1

Today, the Governor of Iowa signed a bill removing gender identity as a protected class in state law, the first time any state has removed a protected class in our country’s history.

Trans youth in Iowa: I know you’re scared, but I want you to know that many people love you as you are.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28

“We’ve almost fully switched sides here” — Mark Kelly

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Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Feb 28

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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