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LGBTQ writer. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Honolulu-native. Chicagoan. Historical novel enthusiast. GeraldFarinas.com
#StephenMiller as White House chief of staff means total scorched-earth warfare against progressive policies coming out of Congress
Stephen Miller as chief of staff means total scorched-earth warfare on progressivism
If the White House signals warfare, then Democrats should give the same
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LGBTQ wins #lgbtq #lgbtqrights #translivesmatter #trans
LGBTQ candidates break barriers on Capitol Hill and in statehouses in 2026 midterm elections
Facing months of pointed campaign attacks and high-stakes ballot battles, openly LGBTQ candidates delivered historic breakthroughs in the U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives and state legislatur...
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The novel is nothing like the movie. The language is beautiful and it’s a slower burn, too. Psychology plays a bigger role
Who taught my 73-year old mom how to use these filters?!!!
Those “bottoming” gummies are too good to be true, apparently #bottoms #fiber #digestivehealth #lgbtqhealth
Beware before you munch on those 'bottoming' gummies
Some secrets are best kept in the group chat, but this one is begging to be spilled over iced coffee. If your wellness routine has been feeling a little tragic lately, darling, we need to talk about w...
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My cousin Marlene lit the requiem candles for our great grandparents and grandparents in Pangasinan on this season for the dead #dayofthedead
More on the De'Janay Stanton killer's acquittal as leaders like Equality Illinois and Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison step up alongside the Stanton family this morning @gopride.com @kevinbmorrison.bsky.social #dejanaystanton #translivesmatter
De'Janay Stanton deserved better than an alley, an acquittal, and a back-page headline
After acquitting De'Janay Stanton's killer, leaders from Equality Illinois, Cook County Commissioner Kevin B. Morrison, among others stood with the victim's family in solidarity at Cook County Buildin...
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Leaders from Equality Illinois, Cook County Commissioner @kbmorrison15.bsky.social, et al, are gathering today at Cook County Building to denounce the acquittal of #DeJanayStanton killer. Background info is in @gopride.com #lgbtqchicago #hatecrime #translivesmatter
Outrage follows acquittal in De'Janay Stanton homicide case
Eight years after the fatal shooting of 24-year-old De'Janay Stanton in Bronzeville, a Cook County acquittal leaves a grieving family and Chicago's LGBTQ community demanding systemic reform.
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We stand on the shoulders of those who fought for the rights we now enjoy. But the fight continues as long as there are corporations who want more for less out of workers #doloreshuerta #labor #unitehere @unitehere.org
The son of UNITE HERE laborers remembers Dolores Huerta
We stand on the shoulders of yesterday’s fighters.
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I’m not in Hawaii anymore. Back to Chicago food
I can literally take these $3.99 tote bags to Hawaii and people who are repulsed by me would do nasty things with me for them!
Politics is intense right now, but diseases don't care about elections. Why we can't afford to sideline life-saving causes like polio, suicide—and how our #EvanstonNouveau Rotary team is fighting back with a pint of #PurplePinkie
In defense of fundraising against suicide, polio when democracy is under threat — Gerald Farinas
People are looking sideways at anyone spending energy on public health campaigns while Trumpism dominates the news. But diseases don't care about election cycles. Here is why standing up for healthcar...
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Digital paranoia induced by my brother led to me writing this article on @gopride.com
Hide Your Apps and Lock Your Doors: A guide to keeping your data in the closet
A chaotic walkthrough of digital self-care, physical security keys, and why your analog tote bag is leaking more data than your Wi-Fi router.
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If there was a religion dedicated to me, behold! The Sacrament. Half pound cups are used at the altar for consecration rites
As I’m choosing ACA plans as an independent contractor, I’m noticing even some of the rhetoric of Democrats is wrong #democrats #obamacare #healthcare #medicareforall #healthinsurance
No, John. Not ‘could.’ Folks are already dying from GOP healthcare cuts
$1 trillion cut to healthcare is literally killing people.
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I finished writing a sermon on an 8-hour flight as I’m sure the guy sitting next to me read over my shoulder. Maybe I was meant to write it for him specifically? #mysteryoffaith
Grammerly is screwing up my poetry writing process. I chose those words on purpose! 🤣
Please don’t call Asians with multiple Asian ancestries, “Combinasians”
Every time you go to the post office the person in front of you has a problem that has never happened before in all of history.
I love a Sauvignon Blanc in a Delta Air Lines paper cup
I had to complete a ritualistic cleansing before I left Hawaii. Here’s a history of this old East and Southeast Asian custom I have to go through every time I leave my native Oahu. I wonder if @aaronmahnke.com knows about this #bathing #lore #folklore #death
The Unseen Passenger: An Ilocano tradition of pre-voyage cleansing — Gerald Farinas
Rooted in the ancient lore of gulgul , a familiar family custom uses water as a final boundary line when leaving ancestral soil behind.
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I got several “What’s the deal with #AmericanSamoa” 🇦🇸 remaining a territory questions after the last thing I wrote. So here’s the answer #hawaiianhistory #colonization #manifestdestiny #samoa
American Samoa doesn’t want statehood because of what happened to Hawaii
After my tirade against massive resource extraction planned for American Samoa by the Trump administration, folks asked me why there isn’t a Samoan independence or statehood movement.
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If I win the lottery I wouldn’t tell anyone but there would be signs.
