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Gay Dad from Standish, Michigan-who grew up with a lesbian mom. Personal account. #alamtg

Alameda, CA
Joined April 2009
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1 year
@NegroAphrodite 27 years…
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@TevinJC Our families are under attack… even when we are just doing our daily lives.
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9 months
Ya’ll this is garbage click bait journalism. The program they are scrutinizing was hired to improve attendance and address chronic absenteeism… not math or reading… and spoiler alert the program is improving attendance…
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San Francisco Chronicle
9 months
A Bay Area school struggling to boost low test scores and student attendance is paying $250,000 for an organization called Woke Kindergarten to train teachers to disrupt racism and remove those barriers to learning. Its test scores fell even further.
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28 years. And still completely infatuated with this man. He knows me. He completes me. He supports me. I am the luckiest guy! Happy Anniversary Hun..
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
@43Masonic Northwest Airlines.. this logo is what logo designers strive for in logos. Simple, clean, clever and readable
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2 years
🚨THE THANK YOU ALAMEDA THREAD! 🧵 #alamtg - Thank you, Alameda. While there are still a majority of ballots to be counted in the school board race, (as well as many other races) I am confident of our victory. 1/8
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
The agenda was clear on January 3, 2023. Singer moved his office to Oakland and Scott ramped up his posts. Now let’s figure out who is paying their work.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
When does “beat the case” mean you took a plea deal? And does he know that Willis is the victim of state violence in the loss of her family member?
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
Just picked up groceries at @Safeway in #alameda and a recall petitioner asked me to sign. I said no thank you. He then screamed at me that I was supporting baby killers and Jews like soros are trying to ruin the United States. Beware. White guy, 30’s, sock hat. #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
9 months
@Trevor4SF @SFParents Are you a certified public school teacher?
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Ryan LaLonde
8 months
@SnydeNotSnarky What is so off putting about this form…that parents fill out… maybe check the boxes that best meet your needs and move on…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
The Alameda County DA is blamed for rise in crime in the city of Oakland… does that mean she is also responsible for the decreases in the other parts of Alameda County? It should work both ways right… unless….
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Ryan LaLonde
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@DarwinBondGraha This why the deputy has always become the DA… they can hide the ugly truth. We voted for transparency and racial justice…
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1 year
Kiddo has the fit for homecoming #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
As a gay dad and child of a lesbian mom & partner to my wonderful husband Chris for 27 years and an advocate for queer rights since I came out in college... this means a great deal to me. Thank you @EBStonewallDems for the vote of confidence. Team #Ryan4AUSD is a rainbow! #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
9 months
Not to mention that students who have taken the program are not even in a grade yet where testing for reading and math occurs on the state level… seriously disappointing reporting
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
The morning paper today had a little color! Flare! Why does hot pink bring me so much joy! Ok #alameda let’s bring this home just under 4 weeks till election night! #alamtg #ryan4ausd
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Ryan LaLonde
3 years
@MediumSizeMeech I am dating myself…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
When you mix your homophobia and transphobia into your organizing… you can’t be shocked when people call you out.
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East Bay Stonewall Democratic Club
1 year
We urge community leaders (especially those who claim to support the LGBTQ+ community) to stand against hate and avoid giving a platform to those who repeatedly spread anti-LGBTQ messages like Seneca Scott. #OaklandPride
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Ryan LaLonde
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The program trains teachers on how to not be racial biased in their classrooms and not disproportionately discipline and how to build environments that encourage participation. All students thrive in this environment. PTA did something similar for my sons elementary
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
The TEACHERS have spoken...super excited to announce this endorsement in my campaign for Alameda School Board - @AlamedaEdAssn . This vote of confidence is such an honor. Teachers make impacts on our students everyday - and more than they know. THANK YOU #Ryan4AUSD #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
@dannoyes Are you sitting in the parking lot? It is a court holiday. It is a staff retreat. I hear the veteran attorneys are upset they have be in the same room as “lower level” staff-seems like you want them to have a fancier staff retreat too. PS. Your leaker does dark mode on his email?
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
So upset to see the media focused on tearing down progressive ideas before they can even be rooted and embrace the status quo of conservative ideals. Spikes in crime are the lack of community investment.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
It feels official when a reporter calls and wants a quote when they call the race tomorrow. So blessed.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
What a night! I watched City Council candidates discuss important issues for our town w/ @LWVAlameda & then received word that our school employees endorsed my campaign (local 27) @CSEA_Now & then @AlamedaLabor endorsed too. I am so thankful for your support. #ryan4ausd #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
I was so honored to be a part of the ribbon cutting ceremony for CROP in Oakland. @lisaling @wendycarrillo @BettyYeeforCA @DanKalb @carroll_fife @PPriceCares - I was the only elected school board member present to witness the launch of this amazing reentry program!
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Ryan LaLonde
3 years
Making this #alamtg official. I have submitted my application for the open AUSD board seat appointment process. I am looking forward to talking about what the future holds for our students, staff and teachers!
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@Suburbanbella @NegroAphrodite Thank you… it happens so fast… this is us in year one…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@nbcbayarea @JessAguirreNBC The grand jury found that Colleen used taxpayer time and money to campaign for her boss… she is upset she got caught…
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Ryan LaLonde
3 years
Thank you @JohnBauters and @TaplinTerry for co-hosting and attending our Pride event for @Malia_Vella ! #ad18 #votevella
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1 year
@NegroAphrodite Us 27 years ago at 4 months into the relationship. Time flies fast.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
Yes, I can confirm! Our former Mayor - Trish…was heckling #AlamedaYesOnB canvassers today in her neighborhood… yelling from across the street! Immature, rude and frankly childish. #alamtg remember this when she try to run for mayor again.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@APTPaction @AsmMiaBonta @MiaBonta The organizer actively rallies against trans kids… this event is on Pride weekend… attending this rally is bad form. Showing up sends the wrong signal… I am so disappointed people are just going along with it…
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
This comment seems poorly thought out… and truly scary… so Paul won’t listen to the vocal minorities in Alameda… because the majority is who to always side with… as a vocal minority (lgbtq) .. this makes me uncomfortable
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Ryan LaLonde
10 months
I thought all this was going to go away after the recall! SF fell for it. Alameda County … you better not.
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San Francisco Chronicle
10 months
JUST IN: San Francisco surpassed its deadliest year last month, with fatalities counted in the first 11 months of 2023 eclipsing the previous peak of 726 deaths in all of 2020.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
It seems a local “leader” who spews anti-gay and trans rhetoric creates a anti-SOGIE/lgbtq list of local queer folks…for his hateful follower to harass. These are the people that run for office and create terror. We need to keeping pushing because they are not going to stop.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
While this campaign was never about me or lofty personal goals, it was symbolic for many marginalized students & families in our schools. I want to acknowledge the history Alameda made last night. Alameda, CA elected its 1st ever openly LGBTQ+ candidate to any public office. 4/8
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@kron4news I see the NAACP does the same thing in S.F. as in Oakland. Ours has members sending threats, hurling homophobia and sexism and threatening recalls, and getting paid to do it.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
I am proud to announce that I am the ONLY candidate for #Alameda School Board to receive the Mom's Demand Action - Gun Sense Candidate distinction. Thank you @MomsDemand & @Everytown for your work! #Ryan4AUSD #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
Has this group been labeled a hate group yet? There lack of compassion is dumbfounding
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chris evans
2 years
A teenage boy was outed as gay. His mom, a staunch Christian told him he was going to hell. He spiraled into depression. He started seeing an LGBT counseling group and it was going well. Then his mother found Moms For Liberty. #KlannedKarenhood
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Ryan LaLonde
4 years
@HeatherMcDonald The family dog! She thinks it is all about her.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
I am @westelm Emeryville’s featured artist for Pride Month. Swing by today for my art pop up. #emeryville #artpopup #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
So proud to announce another endorsement for my campaign for #Alameda school board. AUSD Board President Jennifer Williams! So honored to have the support of someone who advocates so passionately for stronger schools here in Alameda. team #Ryan4AUSD #alamtg
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2 years
Major explosions and fire on Alameda Ave in Oakland. #oakland #alamtg
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1 year
Hard to believe it has been a week since Oakland Pride. We so lucky to have my son join us on the parade route! Looking for to Alameda Pride in a month! @EBStonewallDems #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
@BerkeleyScanner She literally has stated that she is not going to charge life without parole or major enhancements that lead to that… and you still act surprised. A whole article of anonymous sources…
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Ryan LaLonde
9 months
More and more I sense that the Oakland NAACP is fine with siding with anti-lgbtq people and corporations more than they care to fight discrimination of BIPOC queer folk in the County… it really is disappointing!
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
Spent the day canvassing. Was the first canvassing with my 7th grade assistant campaign manager. Matteo lives, eats and breathes campaigns. Truly an awesome student and volunteer.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
So proud to be endorsed by @BoldProgressive . To be in the same listing at @ewarren , @katieporteroc and my home state friend @JocelynBenson is humbling. 48 hours till the election is over - you need to push and get those ballots in. #alamtg #alameda #ryan4AUSD
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@BerkeleyScanner Why are you acting all surprised. Her campaign was very vocal in saying she would never charge anyone under 18 as an adult… no matter what… stop acting outraged. It is what was voted for…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
Thank you @eBARnews for saying this so eloquently. Hate has no home here. Whether Oakland or here in Alameda. - or the county. We can disagree on what solutions are needed but personal attacks based in hate get us nowhere.
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Bay Area Reporter⁠
1 year
EDITORIAL 📣: "The Bay Area, particularly cities such as Oakland with its long history of inclusiveness, needs to be a place where people thrive, not where they're subjected to false accusations because one man doesn't like their political or policy views."
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1 year
@rockinfabblue @colinfarrall I don’t understand. They have two sons and a daughter…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic @incitefusion @RecallPPrice So was the freeway shooting in SF today, DA Jenkins fault… this blame the DA thing is going to far. The police make the cases NOT the DAs office.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
The head of the prosecutor’s union in Alameda Co… states they created a the union to protect their jobs from DA Price and now is working against her… how are people not covering that… their agenda is to get rid of her… their agenda since day one.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic This is frightening. He has no proof of who Deb is... and to sign on to the "hate" toward one city staffer - makes him look like another bully. Ps. The flex of out raising an opponent and still losing is not positive flex... - it means you didn't spend your money well.
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Ryan LaLonde
9 months
One of the most supportive and positive influences in Alameda County political circles and dedicated to the issues and policies that uplift those most in need! We need his “Alpertise” Go Soli!
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(((Soli Alpert 🌹)))
9 months
After discussions with my community, I’m excited to announce that I’ll be running for Berkeley City Council District 4 in the upcoming special election with support and encouragement from D4 Councilmember Kate Harrison.
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1 year
@Kaplan4Oakland True… and those jokes happen still.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
So honored to be present for the historic raising of the first progress pride flag on a CA state building. (Dept. of Ed) Thank you @TonyThurmond for this powerful and symbolic statement for our students. To be the only lgbtq school board member present was such an honor.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@HellaLuvOak Oakland POA..
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic @elaifresh @Israel12Tribes @lorenmtaylor @trishala___ As a predominantly Black and gay family, I love how people try to separate the two. As if families like ours are not battling homelessness, crime, addiction. It is actually offensive.. and shows their major bigotry
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
Thank you @LWVAlameda for hosting the school board forum tonight and offering us candidates the opportunity to lay out our ideas on how to move the AUSD forward! #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@End_Evictions And the paid spokesperson for the NAACP is Price’s former opponent Terry Wiley. There is a political agenda in this letter to overturn an election. The plan started the day Price took the lead in the vote count. They always planned to do a recall.the hashtag appeared on day one.
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Ryan LaLonde
9 months
@neo_antiquarian @Trevor4SF @SFParents Omg! Completely inappropriate and shows the depth of delusion he has… you can’t trust someone who lies about being a public school teacher. As an elected school board member I find this abhorrent.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic They are attracting a certain crowd, the underbelly. Anti-vaxers, anti-maskers, transphobes, a moms for Liberty type crowd. Would not be surprised if 3%ers and Proud boys show up.. I fear for the people duped into going.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
🚨Endorsement: Having local and dedicated working families supporting our campaign to move AUSD forward is so amazing. Thank you IBEW Local 595, Sheet Metal Workers' 104 and the members of the Teamsters Joint Council 7 for joining team #RYAN4AUSD #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
What are you doing #alamtg on Election Night. Join @sarahysyed and I for our election night event. Wine, food and dessert - celebrating National victories! Get those ballots in... #alameda
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
Hello #Alameda - You should have your ballots! I hope I have your vote for Alameda School Board. #alamtg #AlamedaCA #AUSD #November8th #Election #AlamedaCity #Ryan4AUSD
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Ryan LaLonde
3 years
Ok #gaytwitter and others you like a gay throwbacks. Today is our 25th anniversary of our domestic partnership in Ann Arbor in 1997. We did the Queer KissIn at U of M @michiganalumni and then sealed the deal at the city office. #anniversary #25thanniversary #PureMichigan
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9 months
27 years ago.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@HellaLuvOak And they are saying don’t listen to fear-mongering… yet they are driving a doom loop narrative. One person said every house in Alameda has bars on the windows… they have never been to Alameda clearly.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@brezina Recall the DA - I hear that fixes all the crime problems…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic Interesting. With all the talk by the group about recall and taking down public officials and campaigns- I am surprised it is t a 501.c4. They better be careful weighing into the politic games… and collecting money … could be heavy fines.
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1 year
@sf_mills The worst part is media seems to not even care…
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic He is dangerous and no ethics - he posted numerous pieces of leaked information from POLICE that have actually hampered casework - I can give three examples in a one-month period.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@HellaLuvOak He says he support the queer community but then acts like this. Best part is that people are watching and his backers are nervous of the monster they created
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@laurendo And I am never going to let go of the fact that what I believe to be a white parent created a racist stereotype of our families in Alameda to weaponize equity to drive a narrative. #alamedablackface
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Ryan LaLonde
8 years
@ColorOfChange I was getting upset in that the male/female duos winning only had the man speaking. White Helmets changed that!
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@KaitJewett You do know that the DAs office did NOT organize this event… the neighborhood organization did. Price was a guest speaker… but your comment sums of the situation… price blamed for things that don’t fall under her jurisdiction…
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Ryan LaLonde
9 months
@KyrstensCloset It is so frustrating as someone who works to get issues covered and expose truth about power. And they are offering misleading headlines and sensational fluff pieces to bolster the work of racist movements. Those groups are already retweeting it.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@BariAWilliams Maybe is wasn’t a great location compared to the other two Targets within 2 miles of it…
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
This tweet is for 2 AUSD students who wrote a letter to the editor for the @Alameda_Sun having to explain to a bully of an adult on what it means to be a trans youth. They did it with such class! It is a shame that the adult was given space to spread hate.
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
@cmarinucci @HamasakiLaw @ABC7 @DionLimTV Sorry Dion but you are twisting the facts. You emailed asking two questions… and if you could interview Pamela. We invited you to the press conference. You sent only a camera. Camera guy said he just wanted Pamela on camera answering the questions you sent….
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
Thank you Suzy for this outstanding letter to the editor supporting my campaign for Alameda School Board. So proud of Lucien - ps. my favorite photo of us during the campaign. Your love and confidence is moving us forward. #ryan4ausd #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
ENDORSEMENT! @evolve_ca has endorsed my campaign. Evolve CA is working end the corporate loopholes that are harming our school districts in CA- as a strong supporter of their Prop 15 - I know they are laying the groundwork to close the funding gap in our schools. #Ryan4AUSD
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2 years
This campaign has shown me how hate for LGBTQ+ people can ripple. Sending love and light to made families and families during this time. We need stand for love and push hate out of our communities.
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic Encourage all to come and hear from @RepBarbaraLee @RobBonta @TonyThurmond @alex_lee @woodstiff - how are we protecting queer youth - particularly trans kids from the organized hate happening in CA.. grifters can say they care but leaders step up!
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@glennEmartin Our little Zephyr… her ears when she gets excited.
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Ryan LaLonde
3 years
Sure Meghan… because the McCains know how to pick serious VP’s.
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1 year
@shiruofshiru Sounds like what happened in the DAs office
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
@hyphy_republic Why are they upset that a photo aligning Loren and Seneca was under in an article about how they are aligned?
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
@BetteMidler And then there are us gay dads … Bette. How would that work?
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1 year
@notcapnamerica I have disowned them… and no longer Speak to them…
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
So excited to announce that @AlamedaCoDem endorsed my campaign for #alameda school board #alamtg to learn more. #letsmakehistory #Ryan4AUSD
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Ryan LaLonde
1 year
It is so sad when I see people post … call CPS… because a family is homeless. Homelessness is not neglect or abuse. Have some compassion. #alamtg
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Ryan LaLonde
2 years
🚨ENDORSEMENT: It should be no surprise that AUSD Board Vice President, @HLittle9691 Heather Little is endorsing my run for school board... 1/2 #alamtg
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