Katie Rogers

@kkrogers78.bsky.social

Southern, Liberal, & on the Autism Spectrum. Love Music, Arsenal (#COYG), Pop Culture & Pets. May post a lot about my dog Lila cause she brings me joy.

Green Day releases “Basket Case” 32 years ago today — the 2nd single off the “Dookie” LP and based on Billie Joe’s childhood bouts with panic attacks. “.. Writing about it was a way of coping,” he said, “expressing that feeling of going crazy — but ultimately pulling through."

I don't think we should mince words. Transphobia and hatred killed May Pollard. The Idaho legislature killed her as surely as if they'd pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger. Anti-trans laws were the gun. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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This is Maya. She couldn't decide between taking a swim and taking a nap, so she chose to do both. 13/10 (TT: tinychihuahuacedric)

This week, Grammy-winning singer SZA, née Solána Imani Rowe, shared that she had received a formal autism diagnosis. It may help more Black women and girls see themselves in a community that often overlooks them. https://bit.ly/4wyEgxP

SZA’s autism diagnosis is a familiar story for many autistic Black women

Black women and girls on the spectrum have long been under-diagnosed and overlooked. A diagnosis arrives late for many of them — or not at all.

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This is devastating, not only in the majority's analysis that contorts the principles of constitutional interpretation beyond all recognition, but also for the way it strips one of the most vulnerable populations in America of the right to live a full and happy life.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · last mo.

6-3, Supreme Court upholds state bans on transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...