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Washington, My Home
Read more: Washington, My HomeI was born and raised in the glorious pacific northwest. I never had any nationalistic feelings towards it, that felt silly, but I would be lying if I didn’t say that the deciduous woods weren’t beautiful. The trees that line the highways. The deer and coyotes that poked their heads into the cities now and…
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Turning Point
Read more: Turning PointLast week we held my organization, Beyond the Plus’, first monthly socials, and there was a lot to unpack. In a good way!
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Ally Kotetsu: Blacklisted
Read more: Ally Kotetsu: BlacklistedI knew the day would come where I’d be blacklisted from an event, I just didn’t know it’d be so soon.
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We’re Here and We’re Queer
Read more: We’re Here and We’re QueerThis is gonna be a bit of a preaching to the choir, depending on who ends up reading this. I always see the way people talk about us and wanna stand up for this community, but I don’t want to bring the negative attention towards me. Violet thought making a blog post about it would…
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Bluesky, A Love-Hate Relationship
Read more: Bluesky, A Love-Hate RelationshipI suppose I really don’t have a right to complain about when social media platforms ban me. It’s not like it’s a human right to make posts on the internet, and there are people out there who have less and don’t complain, but I still have the right to be upset about discrimination like this.
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Happy Pride Month!
Read more: Happy Pride Month!I regret not making a post about this at the beginning of the month, so posting it at the end of the month seemed like the appropriate thing to do.
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Divisions & Unity
Read more: Divisions & UnityI know it’s not like me to push out so many blog posts in succession, but this is a topic important to me that I wanted to write about and that I talk about a lot: division.
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The Importance of Community
Read more: The Importance of CommunityLast night I met up with someone who had never met other MAPs before, but it wasn’t just us, it was with my other friends too. Someone who felt alone a day ago now has friends that they can talk to about anything, people they can go to the bar with, or go to the…
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Happy (Late) Alice Day
Read more: Happy (Late) Alice DayAlice Day was yesterday, and I forgot to make a post about it. I guess I was just too busy to remember, but busy doing what? Hosting an Alice Day picnic of course!
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Our Stonewall
Read more: Our StonewallI’ve heard time and time again that MAPs need a “stonewall”. Stonewall refers to a series of riots against law enforcement who were pestering gays back decades ago, and it had a lasting impact as a pivotal gay rights event. People say we need ours, but no one wants to throw the first brick because…