Race Bannon
@racebannon.bsky.social
Generalist. I learn. I think. Sometimes I write about it. Links: https://linktr.ee/bannonrace
At Folsom Street Fair some of us on the author team for this book will be at the Unbound Edition Press booth from 1pm-2pm signing books. Janet W. Hardy's new book will also be available for sale and Janet can sign too. Booth on the north side of Folsom Street midway between 9th and 8th Streets.
Casting your ballot before Election Day may be the single most effective way to protect the outcome. racebannon.substack.com/p/the-early-...
The Early Vote Advantage: Locking In Democracy Before November
Casting your ballot before Election Day may be the single most effective way to protect the outcome.
racebannon.substack.com
Fair warning: Anyone suggesting Jill Stein has anything useful or important to say is an immediate block. I'm entirely over spoilers like her doing intentional damage to our democracy.
"America in 1926 was obsessed with technology, immigration, women, work, and money. Sound familiar?" open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
What a Forgotten 100-Year-Old Government Report Says About Who We Are
America in 1926 was obsessed with technology, immigration, women, work, and money. Sound familiar?
open.substack.com
Kink Scholar writes about our @kinkismysuperpower.bsky.social documentary project. "That is why representation matters. When kinky people tell their own stories, we move beyond stereotypes." kinkscholar.substack.com/p/against-re...
Against Respectability: Why This Film Matters
On kink, visibility, and the refusal to become respectable
kinkscholar.substack.com
There is a short video clip of my recent interview with Susan Berston for her Do Ask Do Tell Oral History project. doaskdotelloralhistory.com/watch-stories
Do Ask, Do Tell Oral History
Explore powerful oral history videos capturing LGBTQ experiences and San Francisco activism on Do Ask Do Tell.
doaskdotelloralhistory.com
"Join the @aclu.org on September 29th at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT for the September People Power Action Call, where we’ll share how ALPRs are being weaponized and abused by law enforcement, ways to win privacy protections, and how we can get these Flock cameras out..." act.aclu.org/a/2026-septe...
ACLU People Power September Action Call: Get the Flock Out
I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!
act.aclu.org
San Francisco, get ready to vote early. The San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet and Sample Ballot are now available online. media.api.sf.gov/documents/N2...
media.api.sf.gov
CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴
We are currently raising money to source, install, and inscribe a memorial boulder in the @aidsmemorial.bsky.social Grove to honor AIDS Caregivers. It will serve as a permanent honoring of the people who held the hands of those in need when almost no one else would. givebutter.com/stone-that-r...
Stone That Remembers, Leather Boulder
Leather Community Boulder Fundraiser for the National AIDS Memorial in San Francisco.
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I know people who voted for Jill Stein. I've intentionally kept my distance from most of them since. Like Maya Angelou said, when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Sometimes it's best to hold a grudge. Spotify keeps trying to get me to return to their service. I won't. They sold ads to the police state force and that's unforgiveable. I highly recommend @qobuz.com if you want a more ethical music streaming service.
Today tThe Supreme Court let the Trump administration restart its voter citizenship database. They’re attempting to steal the midterms. CHEKCK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION TODAY. VOTE EARLY. IF YOU CAN, PUT YOUR BALLOTS IN AN OFFICIAL DROP BOX,, NOT THE MAIL. www.vote.org
Everything You Need to Vote - Vote.org
Register to vote. Check your registration status. Get your absentee ballot. Fast, free, easy, secure, nonpartisan.
vote.org
Eventually former MAGA people are going to have to engage in some serious self-reflection to ask themselves why they supported so much hate and disrespect for our country and democracy.
I'm using today's Dolly Parton Day to try to better embody her kindness and compassion.
Millions of Americans will take action on October 17 to make it clear to the regime that we won’t sit by while they threaten to sabotage the midterms. Join a No Kings event to drive massive early voting and recruit tons of volunteers to help protect our elections: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Kinky men who play with men, I think @hanksocial.bsky.social is going to become a central connection and community site going forward. They put a lot of thought and care into its creation. I like it. hanksocial.com
Hank Social — the social network for kink & fetish men
Hank Social is a private, 18+ social network for the kink & fetish community: kink communities, chat, mutual matching, events, and a learning academy. Free to join.
hanksocial.com
My latest Love at the Edges newsletter post. "My hope is that we focus better on our true enemies and less on engaging in the circular firing squad of self-immolation that unnecessary drama fosters." bannon.substack.com/p/please-eve...
Please Everyone, Focus!
With our rights under attack, the leather and kink communities can’t afford to spend their energy tearing each other apart.
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It is exhausting logging on to social media each day wondering what new shitshow nonsense we all have to deal with because of the orange wannabe dictator and his party that has enabled him. I can't wait until this is all over and we don't have to think about politics 24/7.
For those cigar people in San Francisco for Folsom Street Fair, @onguardsalon.bsky.social is hosting our monthly ASHHOLE event tonight right after the Red Hanky Meetup event.
I'm grateful for the dozens of new subscribers this week to my newsletters and followers for my Medium page, including six new paid subscribers (much appreciated). I am grateful people like to read what I write.
There are already 1,000+ locations for the October 17th No Kings day of action to encourage early voting. The more early votes are locked in ahead of time, the less likely the administration and Republicans can suppress voting. Find a location near you and join an action. www.nokings.org
No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo...
nokings.org
Republicans know they can't win without cheating. Republican Sheriff Ordered to Return Thousands of Ballots He Stole newrepublic.com/post/215839/... via @newrepublic.com
Republican Sheriff Ordered to Return Thousands of Ballots He Stole
Republican Sheriff Chad Bianco reportedly stole more than half a million ballots.
newrepublic.com
I don't want these cameras in our communities. We must not tolerate a surveillance state. youtu.be/CkUJbJCFjN8?...
Wrong car, false arrest: How a Flock camera hit put an innocent woman in jail for killing 3 people
YouTube video by Atlanta News First
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For those in SF for Folsom considering coming to Truck tonight, pre-sale tickets are sold out but there will be limited tickets sold at the door. Reminder that I'm paddling people to benefit @onyxnorthwest.bsky.social at the event.
I love my local neighborhood coffee shops. My coffee was cold because I was drinking slowly and when I asked if they would microwave it for a few seconds they refused and said they would prefer to make me a new one which they did. This is why I love local and not chain coffee shops.
I saw someone post that it feels like we're living in a Mel Brooks parody movie and that's about as succinct a summation of the shitshow we're enduring that I've seen.
