Luann Hawker

Student of social work at the University of Utah.

[Nate Blouin @NateForUtah]

“This bill has already negatively impacted my health and well-being and is causing adverse effects on Utah’s trans community.”

Thank you to my intern, Ari, for your bravery and statement. #utpol #utleg

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

94.

Today is your 94th birthday.

Everything you could have said about the human condition & how to improve it, you said. With courageous action.

Will we see in 2023 that honoring you = more than statues & quotes?

End racism (all inhumane isms)
Eradicate poverty
End militarism

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

I won’t share the anti-semitic sign from the 405 in Los Angeles.

I do want to share this:

Unchallenged anti-semitism has devastating consequences.

So we must challenge and defeat it, along with all manifestations of white supremacist ideology.

We can overcome evil with good.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Just a Tuesday reminder.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

The truth about the history of colonialism, slavery, imperialism, genocide, and racism in the Americas and across the globe is not divisive.

What’s divisive is refusal to learn from and to discontinue injustice…and to not repeat history.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

We should not lose focus on eradicating racism against Black people.

From #Jackson to #Buffalo, it persists.

From #lending practices to #healthcare disparities, it is real.

All too many people, even some “activists,” move on because anti-Blackness is so entrenched in America.

[Liz Feldman @thelizfeldman]

I’m a cis woman. My womanhood is not threatened by trans women. Their struggle is my struggle. Bodily autonomy & equal protection under the law. We are in this together. Always.

[Luann Hawker @ladyhawker]

@OhNoSheTwitnt On the flip side, a salesperson came to my home. From a distance of 10 feet I told him I am currently COVID positive and don’t feel well enough talk with him. Without missing a beat he took steps forward and started his pitch. I shut the door in his face.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

I think it’s important to describe our ancestors who were brutalized for the sake of building empire as “enslaved,”not as “slaves.”

They shouldn’t be labeled and shackled by language. Put the ownership for oppression on the oppressor.

#Juneteenth #Juneteenth2022

[Luann Hawker @ladyhawker]

It’s almost as if they realize a threshold of reasonable safety can’t be achieved without some restrictions and regulations.

[NPR Politics @nprpolitics]

Guns are banned during Trump's upcoming speech at the NRA conference https://t.co/5Pt4VUsHiP

[Marshall Julius @MarshallJulius]

Extreme Pac-Man!

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

"So to anybody who has ever questioned your identity [. . . ] or you find yourself living in the grey spaces, I promise you this — there is indeed a place for us." #Oscars

[Luann Hawker @ladyhawker]

@SueRobbins31 Survey complete

[Robert Gehrke @RobertGehrke]

I dug into Utah’s ban on transgender athletes, the wildest story of the session. It’s got everything.

Backroom scheming, political opportunism, secret votes, broken promises, electioneering, Gayle Ruzicka.

Give it a read. #utpol

https://t.co/4rblNuxpWK

[Human Rights Campaign Rapid Response @HRC]

Trans kids should be focused on being kids – not fighting their state legislators for basic human rights.

We're working alongside families in Texas and beyond to #ProtectTransKids.

[Amber Briggle (she/they) @mrsbriggle]

Texas DFPS has an active investigation open against my family, has already interrogated us in our home, and is now threatening to remove our kids from their loving family. The reason? We are parents of a transgender child. Here is our story: https://t.co/tADdSjARu4