Erica Blaise

@ericablaise.bsky.social

🏳️‍⚧️Pianist, director, and avid participant in life.🏳️‍🌈

When I recover from the algae poisoning (acquired I suppose during the fifteen hours I spent in the reflecting pool slitting the bottom down the center with a box cutter), I really should apologize to everyone for the trouble I've caused. 619 meters is a lot longer than 350 feet, as it turns out.

A thing happened. I had to sign a new work contract today because of a pay cycle change. As I read through it, I was struck by the phrase, "Client shall not supply contractor with company uniform." "What, no uniform?" I joked to the CFO. "Go design one," he replied. BEHOLD! My new avatar!!

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"Trans children have such awful lives, isn't it better for them to not suffer?" Transness is actually really awesome. It's the transphobia that sucks. If everyone responded to trans kids coming out with "thanks for telling me, I love you" and being affirming, trans kids would have GREAT childhoods.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

While the label "Two Spirit" is a modern umbrella term the concept of gender non conforming people both existing and being accepted by Indigenous society predates colonization. Ma-Nee Chacaby explains the concept perfectly. Trans people existing is not new - history is just being erased