Serena Smiff

@serenasmith.bsky.social

🏔️ PNW Girlie 🎶 Former Military Musician 💻 Current Comms Pro ⚓️ Navy Veteran “Your favorite poster’s favorite poster” - Mom Friend 64

I tabled at Trans Pride and had the best time. It hit me hard how incredibly lucky I am to be surrounded by community. A year ago I was isolated as the only trans person in my entire field in the Navy. Now I’m one of multiple in my new job. It’s jarring but in the best way possible.

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While reading the quoted post I was reminded of a similar situation that happened to me. Two years ago I was interviewed by the Navy. My story was published across multiple outlets. Now it stands redacted (I redacted this screenshot for security purposes and no longer have the original version) ➡️

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Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 3mo ago

This is monstrous, evil shit "Cemetery officials confirmed to Task & Purpose that the pages were unpublished” to meet recent orders by President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth targeting race and gender-related language and policies in the military."

Missing in Action: Women Service Members "Delisted"
from Arlington National Cemetery Website
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When visiting Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day you won't find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps
(1998-2021) on it;s website, She was delisted.

When visiting Arlington National Cemetery Memorial this weekend you can easily locate male
servicemembers graves and history on it's website but not cisgender female, transgender, or
minority veterans.

You won't find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps (1998-2021) on it's
website despite being interred there and credited along with her team with saving 124,000 lives. She was delisted.

One element to this I think is worth mentioning - and the one that has caused me the most general anger toward my colleagues at the DoD - is that this dishonor of women and servicemembers of color may have started with Hegseth, but it is maintained principally by active duty and civil servants. /

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 3mo ago

This is monstrous, evil shit "Cemetery officials confirmed to Task & Purpose that the pages were unpublished” to meet recent orders by President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth targeting race and gender-related language and policies in the military."

Missing in Action: Women Service Members "Delisted"
from Arlington National Cemetery Website
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When visiting Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day you won't find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps
(1998-2021) on it;s website, She was delisted.

When visiting Arlington National Cemetery Memorial this weekend you can easily locate male
servicemembers graves and history on it's website but not cisgender female, transgender, or
minority veterans.

You won't find Purple Heart recipient Nicole Leanne Gee, U.S. Marine Corps (1998-2021) on it's
website despite being interred there and credited along with her team with saving 124,000 lives. She was delisted.

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

Heist movie idea: It’s basically Tokyo Drift meets Book Tok. A gang of rambunctious JDM drifters must hijack the Schoolastic Book Fair truck by putting aside their differences. Obviously the Toyota Supra would be the hero car. Is this something?