"Gender-affirming care has been shown to reduce dysphoria, suicidality and depression for transgender and gender-diverse communities."
Salon.com
What will Trump do to trans health?
Many are speeding up gender-affirming care appointments out of fear that access could soon be stripped away
 #transrightsarehumanrights #Pride
A birthday bouquet from my daughter. #WhenI'm64 #Bloomscrolling image
Really? A 17-year old hitting a 70-year old woman? What toxic masculinity and MAGA has wrought.
Stuart Police charge teen with punching Harris supporter, 70
 #HarrisWalz2024
"The trouble isn’t that these are bad jokes. It’s that they aren’t jokes at all. There’s no distance between what Vance is saying and what he means to say, no dots for his audience to connect." This Slate piece on JD Vance's attempts to tell a joke resonates today.
Slate Magazine
J.D. Vance Can’t Tell a Joke to Save His Life. There’s a Reason Why.
It’s almost impressive how badly Donald Trump’s running mate keeps bombing when it comes to normal human interaction.
 #Hinchcliffe #HarrisWalz2024
Since #dementia is in the news a lot lately, I thought this image showing the different kinds of dementia might be helpful. image
"As long as abortion was legal, it was easy for women in conservative communities to regard the issue as a personal matter, not a legal one. With the right taken away, however, the difference between personal conviction and a legal mandate has come starkly into view."
Salon.com
"I was ashamed": Why women abandon Trump
Women leaving the GOP face losing community and church — even family
 #Dobbs #RoevWade #HarrisWalz2024
Excellent essay re: the media's role in hurling us towards fascism: "Harris rarely says inflammatory things, & so the mainstream media constantly tries to get her to say inflammatory things. When she won’t, they make up scandals — in this case, that she refuses to sit down w/mainstream media & say scandalous things. Trump is rewarded for constantly saying irresponsible lies & spreading hate. Harris is punished for not lying enough & not spreading enough hate.
Kamala Harris doesn’t owe the mainstream press anything
They've failed over and over in the age of Trump.
 #Harris2024
A grotesque development in Utah: book banning comes to little free libraries.
The Mary Sue
Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges
Conservative book banners in Utah are targeting Little Free Libraries and want to make the owners susceptible to criminal charges.
 #BanTheBan #Books
Heather Digby Parton on Liz Cheney: "Needless to say, I was wrong about everything."
Salon.com
Liz Cheney and Democrats' big tent strategy: Why courting Republicans works for Kamala Harris - Salon.com
The work of wooing Republican voters can be treacherous — but the payoff for Harris' campaign is too big to resist
 #HarrisWalz2024