Cranky Queer Guide to Chronic Illness
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#Queer and #trans #disabled people have always had to find new paths for our survival
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#PandemicsAreChronic
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#PandemicsAreChronic
❤️T4T❤️Mask4Mask❤️ #FBLC
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I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
Zohran Mamdani chastised a Manhattan synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews in New York.
Mamdani Response to Protest Inflames Tensions with Jewish Leaders
The mayor-elect chastised a synagogue that hosted an event promoting migration to Israel and settlements in occupied territories. His stance further tested his strained relationship with pro-Israel Jews.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I can't speak for what was said at the protests, but seeing people react to an anodyne statement like "sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law" as if it were a vicious slur is clarifying.
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🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
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An annual reminder:
The cognitive & emotional toll of staying in contact with abusive family can be both significant & difficult to recognize.
There's a kind of social contract that abusive parents have violated. You owe them nothing. Nothing.
Thanksgiving doesn't change that.
The cognitive & emotional toll of staying in contact with abusive family can be both significant & difficult to recognize.
There's a kind of social contract that abusive parents have violated. You owe them nothing. Nothing.
Thanksgiving doesn't change that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
An annual reminder:
The cognitive & emotional toll of staying in contact with abusive family can be both significant & difficult to recognize.
There's a kind of social contract that abusive parents have violated. You owe them nothing. Nothing.
Thanksgiving doesn't change that.
The cognitive & emotional toll of staying in contact with abusive family can be both significant & difficult to recognize.
There's a kind of social contract that abusive parents have violated. You owe them nothing. Nothing.
Thanksgiving doesn't change that.
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This thanksgiving and everyday of the year, remember:
When Indigenous people get free, we all get free.
Don’t let the white supremacist faction erase Native people and the ongoing consequences of genocide this Thanksgiving
When Indigenous people get free, we all get free.
Don’t let the white supremacist faction erase Native people and the ongoing consequences of genocide this Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This thanksgiving and everyday of the year, remember:
When Indigenous people get free, we all get free.
Don’t let the white supremacist faction erase Native people and the ongoing consequences of genocide this Thanksgiving
When Indigenous people get free, we all get free.
Don’t let the white supremacist faction erase Native people and the ongoing consequences of genocide this Thanksgiving
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Helpful resource list for accessing free or low-cost birth control in the United States.
www.reproductiveaccess.org/resource/low...
www.reproductiveaccess.org/resource/low...
Low Cost Birth Control Options - Reproductive Health Access Project
Payment assistance program are Progestin Injection, Intrauterine Devices, Oral Contraceptive Pills, or Plan B. Pharmacies with low cost for birth control pills are; Kroger, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam Club'...
www.reproductiveaccess.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Helpful resource list for accessing free or low-cost birth control in the United States.
www.reproductiveaccess.org/resource/low...
www.reproductiveaccess.org/resource/low...
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If you want to see Zohran’s plans be put into action become a JFREJ member. Jump in, we’re doing co-governance.
This is co-governance in action — because when our communities help shape policy from the ground up, that’s how transformative change happens. Be like these awesome leaders and become a member of JFREJ today at jfrej.org/join.
Join JFREJ During Our Fall Membership Drive!
From Monday 11/17 - Monday 11/24 we will welcome 800 members into our community
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you want to see Zohran’s plans be put into action become a JFREJ member. Jump in, we’re doing co-governance.
FEDERAL CUTS TO #MEDICAID FUNDING AND LIFE SAVING #HIV MEDICATION?
OVER OUR DEAD BODIES.
THIS #WORLDAIDSDAY WE WILL MOURN OUR DEAD &
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING.
MASS MOBILIZATION
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mon Dec 1
Free Philly bus
bit.ly/3WTk89Z?r=qr
Free NYC bus
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
OVER OUR DEAD BODIES.
THIS #WORLDAIDSDAY WE WILL MOURN OUR DEAD &
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING.
MASS MOBILIZATION
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mon Dec 1
Free Philly bus
bit.ly/3WTk89Z?r=qr
Free NYC bus
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
FEDERAL CUTS TO #MEDICAID FUNDING AND LIFE SAVING #HIV MEDICATION?
OVER OUR DEAD BODIES.
THIS #WORLDAIDSDAY WE WILL MOURN OUR DEAD &
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING.
MASS MOBILIZATION
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mon Dec 1
Free Philly bus
bit.ly/3WTk89Z?r=qr
Free NYC bus
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
OVER OUR DEAD BODIES.
THIS #WORLDAIDSDAY WE WILL MOURN OUR DEAD &
FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING.
MASS MOBILIZATION
WASHINGTON D.C.
Mon Dec 1
Free Philly bus
bit.ly/3WTk89Z?r=qr
Free NYC bus
actionnetwork.org/events/dc-wo...
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Covid is a workers rights issue.
Dublin People: Sherlock criticises “heartless” cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
'Labour TD & health spokesperson Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for healthcare workers who contracted Long Covid'
dublinpeople.com/news/northsi...
Sherlock criticises "heartless" cuts to Long Covid scheme for healthcare workers
"We went from applauding our healthcare heroes to essentially telling them to get over it" - Labour TD Marie Sherlock has called the government “heartless” for refusing to continue a scheme for health...
dublinpeople.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Covid is a workers rights issue.
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The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Carl created a seat for this loudmouth HIV activist at Strategic Working Group of the Division of AIDS when it didn’t have community rep focused on prevention. Meant groups I repped helped set policies & funding for 5 global research networks. A true mensch. Huge loss, along with Jeanne Marrazzo.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Carl created a seat for this loudmouth HIV activist at Strategic Working Group of the Division of AIDS when it didn’t have community rep focused on prevention. Meant groups I repped helped set policies & funding for 5 global research networks. A true mensch. Huge loss, along with Jeanne Marrazzo.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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It's up to us to make sure this story is not forgotten, because this admin will do everything within their power to make sure kids don't hear about it in school.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It's up to us to make sure this story is not forgotten, because this admin will do everything within their power to make sure kids don't hear about it in school.
This is yet another example of terrible care at a supposed #LongCOVID Clinic and is even more disappointing given that mt Sinai’s @putrinolab.bsky.social helped to invent GOOD long COVID care.
Ppl w #LongCovid in nyc: avoid the Mt Sinai clinic in union square.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
It is not connected to the one lead by David Putrino. The union square is run by a nurse who is pushing SSRIs as the only possible Covid treatment & if you don’t want them they refuse to offer anything else.
And they insult you.
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is yet another example of terrible care at a supposed #LongCOVID Clinic and is even more disappointing given that mt Sinai’s @putrinolab.bsky.social helped to invent GOOD long COVID care.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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To help artists find “a path to the deviations within themselves,” Nayland Blake has a few (or 100) thoughts. Assignments include installing shelves on the street and making a sculpture that “produces the pleasure of being ignored.”
100 Assignments From Nayland Blake
While these assignments will not turn someone else into me, they will provide the practitioner with a path to the deviations within themselves.
hyperallergic.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To help artists find “a path to the deviations within themselves,” Nayland Blake has a few (or 100) thoughts. Assignments include installing shelves on the street and making a sculpture that “produces the pleasure of being ignored.”
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A few contradictory thoughts about Mamdani and Trump yesterday, 5 pros and 7 cons. 1/14
November 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A few contradictory thoughts about Mamdani and Trump yesterday, 5 pros and 7 cons. 1/14
NYC: get to Canal Street, raid happening
Canal St raid happening now - Canal & Lafayette
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NYC: get to Canal Street, raid happening
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Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
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I know y’all love y’all husbands but can yall please leave them at home this holiday season. Just put on they football game or something cause this aimlessly standing in the middle of store aisles like you on time out is crazy.
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I know y’all love y’all husbands but can yall please leave them at home this holiday season. Just put on they football game or something cause this aimlessly standing in the middle of store aisles like you on time out is crazy.
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Zohran Mamdani to release PSA video, "How to talk to your deranged racist MAGA uncle at Thanksgiving dinner."
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Zohran Mamdani to release PSA video, "How to talk to your deranged racist MAGA uncle at Thanksgiving dinner."
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Trump praised Zohran Mamdani as good for NYC before Chuck Schumer did. Think about that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Trump praised Zohran Mamdani as good for NYC before Chuck Schumer did. Think about that.
Reminder
reminding the military that they have a duty to disobey illegal orders seems like the kind of message that might upset someone who is giving the military illegal orders.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Reminder
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