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Lynne Gerber

@thislynne.bsky.social

Independent Scholar | Host, When We All Get to Heaven | Author, Seeking the Straight and Narrow | Writing on religion and AIDS in 80s and 90s San Francisco | #adoptee

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Peabody Awards@peabodyawards.bsky.social · 3mo ago

When We All Get to Heaven is an audio documentary that follows a group of LGBTQ Christians trying to make sense of the widespread illness and death during the '80s AIDS crisis, all while caught between a faith that rejected their sexual identity and a gay rights movement that rejected God.

Three church choir members singing in white and cream religious robes during a church service, with one person wearing glasses and another a cross necklace, standing beside a microphone in a softly lit sanctuary. Bold white text above reads “WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN” beside a gold Peabody Winner laurel emblem.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 6mo ago

ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps. If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April

Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.

ajc.com

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo ago

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

The Revealer@therevealer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How did religious spaces provide care and community during the AIDS crisis? Lynne Gerber looks at the Metropolitan Community Church of SF, a queer church that became a center for activism during the AIDS epidemic. Don't miss "Building Resistance: On Church, Space, and Crisis." tinyurl.com/a2acsjhh

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Liz Highleyman@lizhighleyman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For the Sept. 16 marathon, global HIV experts will unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research. @avac.org www.poz.com/article/acti...

ACTION ALERT: Watch “24 Hours to Save AIDS Research,” an Online Marathon to Highlight HIV Research Advances

Global HIV experts unite online to warn about massive federal budget cuts and help the public understand the benefits of HIV research.

poz.com

Thomas Lecaque@tlecaque.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Stopping dictators later means guns and bombs and the bodies of hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. Stopping them now means legislative tricks and pissing off people who already hate you. I wish the remaining sane members of Congress and the judiciary woukd realize that.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 11mo ago

"The most dangerous rationalization is also the most delusional: We can always stop Trump later if he tries to cross the line into outright dictatorship. Of course, that’s what the 'good men' said about Caesar, Mussolini, and Hitler."

Lynne Gerber@thislynne.bsky.social · last yr.

Very happy to say that we met our fundraising goal over the weekend!!!! Thanks to everyone who donated, shared, sent good vibes or otherwise supported us. We can't wait for you to hear When We All Get to Heaven in the fall!!

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David Dayen@ddayen.bsky.social · last yr.

Yuriana Julia Pelaez Calderon, an organizer with the Los Angeles-based Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, was picked up by men in an unmarked car last Wednesday, and nobody knows where she is. She made a phone call late Friday and the information she gave is chilling:

Juli was able to make a phone call late Friday and told her family that: She is in a warehouse, but she does not know the location She believes that the people who picked her up are bounty hunters There are many others being held where she is being held.
Sam@samd.bsky.social · last yr.

every single member of Congress should be pushing for Trump’s impeachment. and every single Democrat who isn’t calling for impeachment should be primaried

Artl.S8.C11.1.1 Overview of Congressional War Powers Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: [The Congress shall have Power .. • I To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; ...
Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a good question and it's one I'm getting a lot. The answer is going to depend, in part, on your risk tolerance and the role you plan to play I've just pushed out a newsletter article with recommendations and advice. Here's a thread with the cliff's notes 🧵

Should You Go To A Protest Tomorrow?

This Saturday is No King's Day. You Should Consider Going

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Bobson Dugnutt@sagafood.bsky.social · last yr.

@laurajedeed.bsky.social Any thoughts about what to wear or precautions to take while attending a protest tomorrow in, say, Alabama? I assume it's not a "leave your phone at home" situation, but I'm not sure how paranoid I ought to be.