Lilac Vylette Maldonado

LA based Two Spirit (they/she) community organizer, history scholar, zinester and culture worker

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

“Nobody in history has gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people oppressing them.” —Assata Shakur

[TEEFRANKLIN.COM @MizTeeFranklin]

I ain’t interested in NO THINK PIECES about Chadwick if it isn’t centered around his disability and written by a Black disabled person. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[CRYPTOCURRENCY COACH 👩🏻‍💻 @Coach__Linda]

Im not gonna romanticize how Chadwick Boseman worked thru his cancer. Cuz I’ve seen how able bodied people use it for inspiration porn of disabled ppl. I will uplift he did what he loved, I will uplift his wife and family, I will uplift the lives he impacted. May he Rest in Power

[Black Disability Collective @BlackDisability]

So many of y’all hate disabled people so much that you’re deeply uncomfortable with Chadwick Boseman being referred to as disabled and his experiences being discussed through a disability lens. Cancer is a disability. Unpack your discomfort with this.

[Lilac Vylette Maldonado @lilacvylette]

@ChicanoBatman, is “Black Lipstick” actually an allegory for depression, or am I reading too deeply into this?

[Lilac Vylette Maldonado @lilacvylette]

@MxDucky_Jones is turning the big 40 today!!!
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Ducky’s a pillar in many of our communities as an #intersex #agender #Black & #Latinx #lowincome #disabled #educator, #communityorganizer, #activist, and #cultureworker.
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Help me show them just how cherished they are!!!

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

Busy getting all my ducks in a row for my #DisabilityVisibility book launch tomorrow 🐥🐥🐥

Wild to see an idea turn into an actual thing I can hold. 😍📖💯

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[Fola Pepper🌶️🫑 @FolashadeSA]

What many men call being "logical" is actually lacking empathy.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

The trump admin is trying to strike down the Affordable Care Act and erase protections for preexisting conditions.

You know what’s probably a preexisting condition now?

COVID-19.

[#BlackLivesMatter-LA @BLMLA]

What's the difference between a president who calls for military intervention and tear-gasses his own people and @MayorOfLA who calls in the national guard on Angelenos and empowers LAPD to beat protestors and shoot them with rubber bullets? #GeorgeFloyd #BackLivesMatter

[AJ ❄️ @Levance_]

Know the difference.

[Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 @JanelleMonae]

I do not consider myself an activist or an organizer . I have a platform , YES , BUT there are people who ARE REALLY ABOUT THAT LIFE DAILY . I want to amplify their voices . Drop your name and org below and ways YOU NEED SUPPPORT . BLACK & BLACK LGBTQ+ folks to the front PLEASE

[Lilac Vylette Maldonado @lilacvylette]

#NewProfilePic

[Angélica Martínez @AMartinezNY]

My mom is a housekeeper for 4 different people in Manhattan, naturally they all cancelled her indefinitely, without pay. I am certain that none of them lost their income but her income just went to zero. If you hire a housekeeper, please pay them, it’s the decent thing to do!

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

I refuse to die for this country’s pockets. This is a false choice, you should be choosing people.

Disabled people, lend your voices to this tag, let them know they don’t have a choice. I’m not disposable. You’re not disposable. No one is disposable.

#TheDisabledOrTheDow

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

Please do not take medical advice from a man who looked directly at a solar eclipse.

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

If it’s a radical notion that people’s lives are more important than corporate bailouts, call me radical.