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Hello! If you’d like to participate in my #TDOV campaign, download the following slides and post them on Wednesday March 31st at noon EST or anytime after. If you’d like to replace the first slide’s graphic with a photo of yourself, you’re welcome to do so! My first slide will Read more…

The word ‘homosexual’ was never in the original Bible. In the original Greek and Hebrew texts, the word that is now translated to ‘homosexual’ actually accurately translates to ‘pedophile; or ‘boy abuser’ or ‘boy molester.’ That is, according to the bible, homosexuality is NOT a sin. Child molesting is. The Read more…

There are at least 44 anti-trans bills in this country right now. Most of the bills are attacking trans kids.  Most of the sports bills are attacking trans girls. UPDATES: Arkansas Governor vetoed HB1570! Here are some resources to help you learn more about this: View this post on Instagram Read more…

This week (February 22-28th) is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week! Eating disorder advocacy, research, and treatment often focus on (white, cis) women. So I wanted to share my story with you as a reminder that not all folks who struggle with eating disorders can affect anyone. Eating disorders do not Read more…

A lot of folks ask me how I take care of myself and balance all the things I do. The short answer is: Sometimes, I don’t. This is hard work and this is heart work. It is invigorating, life-giving, and heart-filling. And it is exhausting. The trolls, ignoramuses, and haters Read more…

My Favorite Educators/Content Creators to Follow @rachel.cargle, she/her (my no.1 favorite anti-racism learning account) @theconsciouslee (fantastic anti-racism and all around social justice account) @blairimani, she/her (a Black bisexual muslim cis woman, activist) @mattxiv, he/they (cis gay man, activist) @yvesdropper, he/him (Black gay cis man, activist, Yves often posts beautiful and Read more…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/business/the-myth-of-the-model-minority/2017/04/14/aa6c4bf4-213a-11e7-bb59-a74ccaf1d02f_video.html [1] Wu, Huizhong. “The ‘model minority’ myth: Why Asian-American poverty goes unseen.” December 14, 2015. http://mashable.com/2015/12/14/asian-american-poverty/#.UK4LnHskgqr via Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race. Basic Books. Kindle Edition. [2] https://time.com/5859206/anti-asian-racism-america/ [3] Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race. Basic Books. Kindle Edition.  [4] http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/15/students-reject-the-model-minority-myth/ via Read more…

LEARN DONATE RESOURCES Sources for slides: [1] https://www.thecut.com/2021/02/the-us-is-seeing-a-massive-spike-in-anti-asian-hate-crimes.html [2] https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7vwR2HNM7/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364747/ [4] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-asian-american-hate-incidents-up-racism/ [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHiDVPokUsY [6] https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/wet-market-coronavirus-racist_ca_5ebad4bec5b6dd02e421a876 [7] https://www.healthline.com/health/bat-soup-coronavirus#coronavirus-and-bat-soup [8] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-12/u-s-trails-other-developed-nations-in-curbing-virus-deaths [9] https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/yes-millions-of-people-are-living-a-relatively-normal-coronavirus-free-life-1.5249917 [10] https://twitter.com/DionLimTV/status/1357410040462733312 [11] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54246473

Schuyler Bailar is the first transgender athlete to compete in any sport on an NCAA Division 1 men’s team. By 15, he was one of the nation’s top-20 15-year-old breaststrokers. By 17, he set a national age-group record. In college, he swam for Harvard University, on the winningest Harvard team Read more…