Melanie Hansen

Mom of two awesome dudes, moving expert thanks to the U.S. Navy...and contemporary romance author. ❤️ She/her

[Angie Manfredi @misskubelik]

A huge thank you to every public librarian out there putting up a pride display today, putting up posters and rainbows and tons of beautiful books by queer authors front and center face out. In this climate of hatred and persecution, you're doing a hard thing. And the right one.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

When you watched him as a child and thought, he was painting the same thing over and over again when he was actually painting a whole journey over time

[Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) @kaaauthor]

"I lay in bed for two solid days and cried so much my eyes swelled shut."

If you haven't been following the wave of harassment against librarians, this piece will get you up to speed. https://t.co/sQXS1PBjVH

And be sure to follow @FReadomFighters for ways to support librarians.

[Kimberly LaRussa @KimberlyLaRussa]

TRUE ANGEL IN BUFFALO 💯 A THREAD: A local woman received a call on Christmas Eve, “Hi, you don't know me but I have your brother.” The woman’s brother’s name is Joey. He is 64 years old and mentally disabled.

[Tiger Webb @tfswebb]

[dog reading this] oh okay

[Goodable @Goodable]

A little girl wrote to the Los Angeles Department of Animal Control asking if she could have a pet unicorn.

Their response is everything.

❤️

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

Tears for real. Every girl deserves a hype woman like this. Some heart and beauty in this cold world.

[Nathaniel Minor @nbminor]

The latest write-thru of the NYT dad hero Club Q story is even more of a gut-punch than it was four hours ago.

https://t.co/kGcI3Ienyy

[Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis @RevJacquiLewis]

Dehumanizing people is a prelude to killing people. Period. That is its function.

[Rep. Nydia Velazquez @NydiaVelazquez]

Every GOP politician spewing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric bears responsibility for the Colorado Springs shooting.

Every GOP politician who says that guns aren't the problem bears responsibility for the Colorado Springs shooting.

Enough.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Lauren Boebert, a Colorado right-wing gun extremist and bigot, bears responsibility for the “lawlessness” that killed at least five people and wounded 18 more in Colorado Springs last night.

[PFLAG National @PFLAG]

This is what happens. Devastation and violence.

It starts with words, and continues to lead here, every time.

Book bans.
Don’t say gay.
Violent protests at Pride.
Bans on care for trans kids.
Hundreds of pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation.

It always leads to this.

[Dr. Ijeoma Opara @IjeomaOparaPHD]

Twitter fam, thank you for helping me to find the family of the 9 year old girl from NJ who had the police called on her by her neighbor for collecting lantern flies. I connected with them & invited them to @yale for a Black girl led Science Tour! Yesterday—HISTORY was MADE (1/)

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

Certain politicians structured their entire campaigns on anti-LGBTQ fearmongering, dedicate countless hours of their time introducing and debating bills targeting LGBTQ people, others are hellbent on banning LGBTQ books. Another shooting. Hate kills.

[Sen. Danica Roem @pwcdanica]

Six years after the Pulse massacre, waking up on another Sunday — on Transgender Day of Remembrance — to read about a another murderous rampage of gun violence in the place where LGBTQ people are meant to be safe to look, talk, laugh and dance as ourselves is soul crushing. #TDOR

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

This may be the most important race not on your radar screen.
The R candidate for Sec State in AZ led the battle to overturn the state's election results in '20. He attended the 1/6 insurrection at the Capitol.
And tonight, he is defeated. https://t.co/94TaN4AOrF

[Imani Gandy is at BlueSky Now @AngryBlackLady]

this is really lovely

[TG ☕️ @TG22110]

If you’ve already seen a piglet balancing itself on a rolling ball today, just keep scrolling. 🐷