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If I agree with this guy any harder I'll hurt myself.

Academy Award-winning producer, podcaster, political commentator and journalist Van Lathan weighed in on the recent debate around trans athletes, remarking that if you can’t give a transgender person your acceptance, you should opt for silence.

Lathan’s remarks come from a 7 August episode of his ‘Higher Learning’ podcast, which he co-hosts. He said regarding WNBA athlete Sophie Cunningham’s recent vocal support for barring trans girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports, saying, “If you cannot gift trans people with visibility, humanity, and acceptance, could you at least gift them with silence? Could you at least shut the f*ck up about it? Could you at least leave them the f*ck alone?"

“You guys are doing your victory lap on this sh*t, f*cking up the country. You mean to tell me there are wars happening in the Middle East, food prices are crazy, like the environment is in the sh*tter, we can't eat lettuce without cr*p in our pants, all of this stuff, and you still picking on these people after all of this time?” Lathan continued.

bringing back a fave.

Good, brave boy. - Chapter 1 - Leswamp - Magpie Murders (TV) [Archive of Our Own] https://share.google/y1C8odiKdUTcrfPMi

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"You led a happy life until you became involved with this man."

"Happy?

How well did you know my father?"

(via ‘I Would Never Do This To You:’ Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials)

On July 20, Jacob Petrosky stood in front of the Casa Grande, Arizona City Council during a public comment session and made an announcement.

“I’ve spent the last several months talking to people all over Casa Grande, and one thing keeps coming up: Safety. So, today I’m excited to announce a new company called Shepherd Safety,” he said. “Our mission is simple. Keep government officials and their families safe.” It would be no different than how the city monitors its citizens using Flock cameras, he said; he planned to launch satellites that would use AI to monitor “where government officials go, where they stop, who they meet with, and when they return home.”

He said he’d already started compiling profiles on their vehicles, spouses vehicles, children’s vehicles, and planned to combine that data with Bluetooth signals, advertising IDs, and commercial data sources, “so our authorized users can replay the movements of every government official and their immediate family,” he said. Local businesses would be invited to join the network, to “protect” officials while they shop, eat at restaurants, and move around the city.

New things have been appearing in my Etsy shop! I've given my prints, cards and bookmarks a little refresh, with all new artwork now available. I've also got lots of older favourites still in the shop while I slowly give everything else a bit of a makeover.

Founded in 1954, the Satyrs Motorcycle Club is the oldest, continuously running gay organization in the world. The men in this motorcycle club were profoundly affected by the two world wars and Stanley Kramer's film, The Wild One, which featured a leather-clad icon Marlon Brando. Through archival photos, vintage film footage, and first hand accounts by the men who were there, Original Pride: The Satyrs Motorcycle Club (2005) offers a revealing look at the evolution of gay motorcycle club culture and its influence on the larger LGBTQ and modern leather communities.

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