Patrick

@talktopatrick.bsky.social

Hello! I’m Patrick. I’m a therapy intern interested in working with queer folx, neurodivergent people, and anyone dealing with substance use. Feel free to reach out for a free consultation!

Starting off the morning having two straight women explain to me that they should be allowed to go to gay bars alone/with their straight friends and it’s discriminatory for me to say that I’d prefer them to be a queer space. Idk maybe it’s the millennial in me but not everything needs to be for you

Seeing a lot of “leopards ate your face” mentality around Trumpers who are now being negatively affected by his policies. Someone needs to do the work to accept these people and help them understand that conservative imperial capitalism hurt them, and that there is a way forward. This is how we win.

Feel free to send this to all of your conservative aunts and uncles working blue collar or low level administrative jobs who told you voting for Trump would make things more affordable!

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www.them.us/story/rfk-hh... 3.46 million Americans are intersex (conservatively) and don’t fit this “immutable binary.” 29 million women can’t produce eggs, and are therefore men. Not to mention, all humans are “female” at birth… how many idiots does it take to screw in a hate bulb?

RFK Jr. Is Wasting No Time Turning HHS Into an Anti-Trans Platform

In one of his first official acts, the new Secretary of Health and Human Services declared sex “unchangeable.”

them.us

News organizations need to stop using the term “biological sex” when reporting on gender policy. It’s reductive and erases the complexities of how reproductive biology works and is reported by doctors during the birth process. It’s rhetoric being used by the right to deny gender identity.

Was really heartened by an ad about the predatory and curative over preventative nature of the medical weight loss industry and the cultural emphasis on smaller bodies only to find out it was a weight loss medicine commercial. I hate it here.

Trump getting rid of African-American & Black History education is inline with his white supremacist values: “I have black guys counting my money. I hate it” ‘Laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that” "Black people are too stupid to vote for me" www.politico.eu/article/15-m...

The 15 most offensive things that have come out of Trump’s mouth

While claiming to ‘cherish women’ and to be the ‘least racist person,’ Trump has offered up some shocking comments.

politico.eu

Resistance doesn’t have to be marching or legislative advocacy, especially if those activities are not within your bandwidth/level of physical activity. Get creative, fuck oppressive government.

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If you haven’t been convinced, Trump is now issuing orders that affect EVERYONE. If you get sick or hurt and need an experimental treatment (or even something relatively new) good luck, because all of that is stopping. apple.news/AkEfPX9XPQiW...

All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House — CNN

The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.

apple.news

Whelp. JD Vance finally took some time to roll off the new couch in his new office to confirm DUI hire Pete Hegseth in a tie-breaking vote. When MITCH FUCKING MCCONNELL is saying it’s a bad idea, that’s when you need to really take some inventory.

This order requires agencies to identify up to nine potential civil compliance investigations of publicly traded corporations, large non-profit, foundations, State and local bar and medical associations, and institutions of higher educatio. He eliminated EOs protecting workers from back to 1965.

Trump to place federal DEI staff on paid leave starting Wednesday

The Trump administration on Tuesday instructed U.S. federal government departments and agencies to dismantle all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, advising employees of such programs that they would be immediately placed on paid leave.

reuters.com

Found some very fitting street art in Philly today. Community and support are so important right now. Organizing can help us more effectively advocate for ourselves and our friends and co-humans who are being oppressed.

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I’d love to see a trump supporter explain this away. Justify it. Tell me how it’s not what it so clearly is. If you’re scared or anxious, reach out. Community and therapy are so important for those of us who don’t have privileged access to the ruling class.

Elon Musk just did a Nazi salute at the inauguration. I just want it to be clear that we’ve been calling all of this nazi-adjacent for years and everyone who said it’s not the same can respectfully open their fucking eyes.