Derek G
@derekinnyc.bsky.social
Urban Planner 🏙️ Trans 🏳️⚧️ Brooklyn. Probably in that order.
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Nelson Mandela walked free from prison on this day 1990.
"I was called a terrorist, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists."
"I was called a terrorist, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists."
February 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Nelson Mandela walked free from prison on this day 1990.
"I was called a terrorist, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists."
"I was called a terrorist, but when I came out of jail, many people embraced me, including my enemies, and that is what I tell other people who say those who are struggling for liberation in their country are terrorists."
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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We're just as confused as everyone else is about the Brooklyn Democratic Party's endorsement flip-flop today.
But it does make the need for new Party leadership clearer than ever. Our full statement:
But it does make the need for new Party leadership clearer than ever. Our full statement:
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
We're just as confused as everyone else is about the Brooklyn Democratic Party's endorsement flip-flop today.
But it does make the need for new Party leadership clearer than ever. Our full statement:
But it does make the need for new Party leadership clearer than ever. Our full statement:
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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An ambitious experiment to give homeless youths money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
NYC Is Testing Guaranteed Income for Homeless Youths. Here’s How It’s Going.
An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc
January 20, 2026 at 2:17 PM
An ambitious experiment to give homeless youths money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
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One of the links in our profile is to our archive.
Among the things we hold in the LegiAlerts archive are LGBTQ+ Legislative trackers for prior years - not only for the years we've tracked as the bills were filed from 2023 onward, but also stretching back to 2009 and earlier
archive.legialerts.org
Among the things we hold in the LegiAlerts archive are LGBTQ+ Legislative trackers for prior years - not only for the years we've tracked as the bills were filed from 2023 onward, but also stretching back to 2009 and earlier
archive.legialerts.org
Trans Legislation Tracking - Google Drive
archive.legialerts.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
One of the links in our profile is to our archive.
Among the things we hold in the LegiAlerts archive are LGBTQ+ Legislative trackers for prior years - not only for the years we've tracked as the bills were filed from 2023 onward, but also stretching back to 2009 and earlier
archive.legialerts.org
Among the things we hold in the LegiAlerts archive are LGBTQ+ Legislative trackers for prior years - not only for the years we've tracked as the bills were filed from 2023 onward, but also stretching back to 2009 and earlier
archive.legialerts.org
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The craziest case in the Brooklyn courts, involving power broker Frank Seddio and $2 million in missing escrow money, keeps getting crazier.
Yesterday, two more judges recused themselves, bringing the total judges who have been assigned the case to FIVE.
hellgatenyc.com/judges-dont-...
Yesterday, two more judges recused themselves, bringing the total judges who have been assigned the case to FIVE.
hellgatenyc.com/judges-dont-...
Judges Keep Dropping Like Flies in the Case of Frank Seddio and the Missing $2 Million
Two more judges have recused themselves from the (somehow still ongoing) suit involving the Brooklyn Dems power broker.
hellgatenyc.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The craziest case in the Brooklyn courts, involving power broker Frank Seddio and $2 million in missing escrow money, keeps getting crazier.
Yesterday, two more judges recused themselves, bringing the total judges who have been assigned the case to FIVE.
hellgatenyc.com/judges-dont-...
Yesterday, two more judges recused themselves, bringing the total judges who have been assigned the case to FIVE.
hellgatenyc.com/judges-dont-...
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Due to the organizing of LGBTQ & Palestinian activists fighting to end the genocide in Gaza, @hrc.org has confirmed it is no longer sponsored by weapons companies Northrop Grumman and RTX Corporation
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Due to the organizing of LGBTQ & Palestinian activists fighting to end the genocide in Gaza, @hrc.org has confirmed it is no longer sponsored by weapons companies Northrop Grumman and RTX Corporation
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
Out joint statement w/
@adalahjustice.bsky.social
www.adalahjusticeproject.org/hrc-victory-...
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the needs of the anxious comfortable white male doing midcentury working class drag are at the very bottom of my list right now
October 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
the needs of the anxious comfortable white male doing midcentury working class drag are at the very bottom of my list right now
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October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Trump threatening millions of dollars in funding to @nycschools.bsky.social is illegal and cruel. We will never sell out our trans youth.
I want to be VERY clear: trans New Yorkers are protected by the NYC Human Rights Law and the NY State Constitution.
I want to be VERY clear: trans New Yorkers are protected by the NYC Human Rights Law and the NY State Constitution.
POLITICO Pro: Trump administration gives city school system one more day to overhaul transgender guidelines
At stake is $15 million in grant funding for magnet school programs next year.
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Trump threatening millions of dollars in funding to @nycschools.bsky.social is illegal and cruel. We will never sell out our trans youth.
I want to be VERY clear: trans New Yorkers are protected by the NYC Human Rights Law and the NY State Constitution.
I want to be VERY clear: trans New Yorkers are protected by the NYC Human Rights Law and the NY State Constitution.
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
I’m of two minds here. On one hand, I welcome Dems naming point-blank that the system is broken, finally. On the other, it’s been broken, and many, including Harris, would’ve kept it that way if elected. Without bold action, statements like this feel hollow. Just listening isn’t going to cut it.
Seeing Kamala Harris openly say that the system is broken was so powerful.
Just having someone in her position say it so candidly without qualification was beyond powerful.
Just having someone in her position say it so candidly without qualification was beyond powerful.
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I’m of two minds here. On one hand, I welcome Dems naming point-blank that the system is broken, finally. On the other, it’s been broken, and many, including Harris, would’ve kept it that way if elected. Without bold action, statements like this feel hollow. Just listening isn’t going to cut it.
I’m attempting a well deserved post-primary social media break but still need my local politics news updates. Finally getting a paid subscription to @thecity.nyc and @hellgatenyc.com ! Their coverage is consistent and an invaluable resource!
June 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’m attempting a well deserved post-primary social media break but still need my local politics news updates. Finally getting a paid subscription to @thecity.nyc and @hellgatenyc.com ! Their coverage is consistent and an invaluable resource!
I began my medical transition at 16 without a doctor or support from my parents. It was dangerous and could have cost me my life.
Banning or restricting trans healthcare won’t erase trans people, it only blocks access to safe, legal care!
Banning or restricting trans healthcare won’t erase trans people, it only blocks access to safe, legal care!
June 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I began my medical transition at 16 without a doctor or support from my parents. It was dangerous and could have cost me my life.
Banning or restricting trans healthcare won’t erase trans people, it only blocks access to safe, legal care!
Banning or restricting trans healthcare won’t erase trans people, it only blocks access to safe, legal care!
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The NYT's anti-trans fear mongering was cited in a Supreme Court briefing that stripped away the rights of trans kids. They need to be fully blacklisted by queer people and their allies. Don't work for them. Don't use them for book press. Don't speak with them for stories. They made their bed.
June 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The NYT's anti-trans fear mongering was cited in a Supreme Court briefing that stripped away the rights of trans kids. They need to be fully blacklisted by queer people and their allies. Don't work for them. Don't use them for book press. Don't speak with them for stories. They made their bed.
Holy airball on this messaging. Stripping kid’s healthcare isn’t a distraction. This is an emergency, not political theater.
June 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Holy airball on this messaging. Stripping kid’s healthcare isn’t a distraction. This is an emergency, not political theater.
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Im so grateful to @chasestrangio.bsky.social and everyone who continues to fight for the rights of transgender Americans, and who push back against healthcare discrimination more broadly as well.
The front lines of civil rights fights are never easy. But we need good folks there.
The front lines of civil rights fights are never easy. But we need good folks there.
June 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Im so grateful to @chasestrangio.bsky.social and everyone who continues to fight for the rights of transgender Americans, and who push back against healthcare discrimination more broadly as well.
The front lines of civil rights fights are never easy. But we need good folks there.
The front lines of civil rights fights are never easy. But we need good folks there.
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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
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NEW: These families say they're leaving the U.S. because of its anti-transgender climate
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
These families say they're leaving the U.S. because of its anti-transgender climate
One of the families said they decided to move from Colorado to New Zealand after their 9-year-old trans daughter’s health care was interrupted.
www.nbcnews.com
June 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
NEW: These families say they're leaving the U.S. because of its anti-transgender climate
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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"A review by @thecity.nyc of thousands of pages of court documents paints a striking picture of how intensely [Cuomo's] legal defense has come after any woman he sees as part of his downfall. And taxpayers have footed the bill, to the tune of $19 million," @rosalindadams.bsky.social reports.
Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment
A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.
www.thecity.nyc
June 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"A review by @thecity.nyc of thousands of pages of court documents paints a striking picture of how intensely [Cuomo's] legal defense has come after any woman he sees as part of his downfall. And taxpayers have footed the bill, to the tune of $19 million," @rosalindadams.bsky.social reports.
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Had a great time canvassing for @shahanafrombk.bsky.social with awesome folks from @bkforge.bsky.social @ppgnyvotespac.bsky.social and team @aoc.bsky.social -- wonderful day to be out campaigning for progressive leadership in Brooklyn!
May 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Had a great time canvassing for @shahanafrombk.bsky.social with awesome folks from @bkforge.bsky.social @ppgnyvotespac.bsky.social and team @aoc.bsky.social -- wonderful day to be out campaigning for progressive leadership in Brooklyn!