hi followers new and old—you all probably know why I'm not active on this particular platform.
I'm living rural, writing on substack, making art, and stuff—this week, I'm offering a Samhain prayer.
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we know who wants the jail in del city, and the del city folks are right: if you want a "big league city"—you should build your "big league jail" in your own city.
I just came over to X to say free palestine and that the democratic candidates who have been celebrating police week shouldn't be marching in Pride parades next month.
We've been multitasking House and Senate hearings as we approach Thursday's deadline. We just jumped into the hearing of SB 1677 in the Senate, a bill which could put 2SLGBTQ+ youth into foster and adoptive homes that would subject them to so-called conversion therapy.
A child has now died.
Nex Benedict (they/them) was a nonbinary child. They were beaten, viciously in a high school bathroom of Owasso High School. They died the next day in the hospital.
Ryan Walters' rhetoric is contributing.
How it started: How it's Going:
Nex Benedict should still be alive. Nex deserved not only a safe and nurturing environment to learn, but an environment that actively disrupted anti-2STGNC+ rhetoric and worked to ensure that vulnerable students were safe. Read more, here: https://t.co/t6gsHDoK3P
his family came to my house that night because my mom was on the school board. his dad brought photos of his child’s face bloodied and brutalized.
I’ll never forget that day.
I’ll never forget the blood in the hall.
I’ll never fucking forget.
this is bringing up a lot for me today. in high school, I ran through the hall screaming for help as a peer beat a boy in my grade to a bloody pulp for thinking he was gay. that boy came very close to dying the way Nex did. cold blood, in their SCHOOL, murdered for hate.
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
His last piece of art, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
with Tulsa’s OKEQ embezzlement coming to light, I’m reminded of the $20k+ that was stolen from our OKC 2SLGBTQ+ community that is STILL sitting in an interest bearing account w/ the OK county DA’s office.
long story, but, all I have to say is:
dismantle the gaytriarchy.
@PaulaSophia it’s so exhausting and sad 💔 but, still, we are building for the future generations. and I’m proud of the progress we have all made, together.
sending love, Paula!
@JessQuintonEddy and @FreePressOKC As mentioned, we own some of the land to the north of the jail and understand the desire to keep the jail downtown. Though we have not been formally approached, we are willing to sell our land at FMV