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You can make a difference in irl politics. JD @UMDLaw MPP @UMDPublicPolicy . Former: @ProgressiveVic , @recoverbmore , @FreeStateLGBTQ , @iamwesmoore , @SenBillFerg .

Baltimore, MD

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Joined July 2019

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Riley Grace Roshong

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Hey all! I just uploaded an irl interview I had with @DylanBurns1776 ! We discussed his experience with online politics, his experience running the Hippy Dippy Roundtable, and his experience covering the war/invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Check it out! Link Below ⬇️

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Riley Grace Roshong

4 years

Why am I not surprised that Striker could only call @VaushV and Destiny a slur when he couldn't say anything else in response to their arguments?

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I PASSED THE BAR EXAM!!! I want to thank everyone who helped me get here, especially my amazing family, my friends, my supportive girlfriend who took care of me while I studied for the Bar, and @UMDLaw for providing me with a fantastic legal education. ❤️⚖️

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I learned last night my mom watches a lot of my videos. That's a weird thought

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Facts have a left-wing bias change my mind

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Today, I was officially admitted to practice law by the Supreme Court of Maryland!!! Again, I could not have gotten here without the support of my parents, family, friends, my amazing girlfriend, and the great mentors and colleagues I have met along the way. Thank you. 🤗❤️

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Riley Grace Roshong

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Still relevant

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸

2 years

Joe, your party can’t even define what a woman is, your policies are killing our economy & causing energy blackouts, and you can’t find our southern border. We all want a cure to cancer but this is bc internal poll numbers are bad. Someone at the WH tell Joe he’s not a doctor.

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AHHH I'm a lawyer now!

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Over the past two weeks, we have been collaborating in opposition to the Anti-Trans Sports Ban that was introduced in Maryland. After we testified against it yesterday, the Ways & Means Committee voted against it 13-5. This is almost certainly the death for this bill in Maryland.

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WE DID IT! @GovWesMoore has signed the Trans Health Equity Act into law! Maryland is now officially one of the best states for trans people to receive gender-affirmative care in the country!

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This year, I led a team that wrote a comprehensive policy report on gender-affirmative care for transgender people. We presented this report to the Moore-Miller Administration and are using it to advise the MD Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition (TRAC) on the Trans Health Equity Act.

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My graduate program was offering free headshots the other day. I didn't wear a blazer but I'm glad I still decided to get some photos done :)

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I have finally reached the point where reading comments sections are bad for my mental health.

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Damn @VaushV you're really living rent free in her head huh

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Quick thought from a trans woman finishing out the last day of working in a state legislature for why we likely aren't seeing that much pro-LGBT+ legislation being passed this year, especially compared to all the anti-LGBT+ bills that are: 🧵

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Been busy with work and school. Wanted to take the evening to work on some makeup skills. Might post a short to tiktok later

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Homophobia is cringe

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Charity that shows trans girls how to use pintrest so they don't base their fashion off anime

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The worst thing that radical online advocates engage in is isolating people who they hate. They will slander them, invade their communities, and convince them that they are worth turning in and abandoning. Harassment hurts. It hurts more when you're alone.

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Hello little gay people in my phone how are you doing

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~Nya!~ Natalie finally achieved the Trans Agenda™️ of converting a generation of sad incels into catgirls ~Nya!~

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He is complaining about cancel culture while literally invading another country what is this timeline

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philip lewis

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Putin cites author JK Rowling as evidence the West engages in “cancel culture”

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I was elected to serve as the Vice President of the Board of Directors for @FreeStateLGBTQ . I look forward to continuing to serve Maryland's LGBT+ community and advancing our civil rights!

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I got into an argument with my brother about voting in the fall election. He said he wasn't voting for either major candidate because they're "equally as bad." I pointed out how Trump literally revoked my healthcare protections, whereas Biden wouldn't. That didn't matter to him.

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1 year since bottom surgery and for all the shit I've been through this year this is the happiest I've ever been with my body send tweet

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I stand by the belief that conservatives think anything remotely left-of-center is Communism.

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Controversial Opinion: I appreciate the help of cis people arguing certain trans issues because debating them does take an emotional toll on me. Sometimes I can't even listen to these arguments/debates because it may very well go to whether I am who I say I am. I know who I am.

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@ContraPoints @instagram I can give headpats does that count?

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I mean hey full mask off

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Vaush 🌴 🥥

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I got my hair done. I'm pretty happy with it :)

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I was quoted by Harvard on our collaborative work to defeat the trans sports ban that was introduced in Maryland!

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Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic

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We, along with @FreeStateLGBTQ , urged the Maryland House of Delegates to reject HB0757, a bill that would have prohibited transgender students from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender. On Feb. 24th, the bill was defeated! Read more here:

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Okay so if women get "bimbo" and men get "himbo" then nonbinary people should get "thembo"

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Goth/scene girls are cute af

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I’m proud to announce that I’m joining @ProgressiveVic as their Streaming Media Director! Progressive Victory is a political PAC dedicated to using social media to mobilize young voters and volunteers to elect progressive political candidates.

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Well I must pass because an anti-abortion protestor said "Good morning ma'am!" to me on my way into work so that's cool

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Poverty is the ultimate manifestation of systemic oppression in a capitalist society.

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Today I learned that a lot of conservative groups are mobilizing to go to school board meetings in Maryland to push the main conservative talking points (ex: anti-LGBT, CRT, etc.). Could be worth looking into mobilizing people to come out to these meetings to respond to them.

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If "Contrapoints" was the last big genre of the Left, "Vaush" is the next big genre.

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The main Vaush/Destiny take I disagree with is that saying the n-word in private isn't harmful, even if the context may otherwise make it "not racist." I just watched the Destiny n-word saga so I'm familiar with all the standard counterarguments. I'll discuss mine on stream.

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This presidential election will be between a conservative and a fascist.

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@TheOmniLiberal Absolutely phenomenal work!

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New Video: Political Hobbyism & Online Politics

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Hot take: nobody of any political background should manipulate children into platforming ideas they likely don't understand. Manipulating children is bad in any context, and particularly so here because it can carry the risk of affecting the rest of a child's life.

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Who's saying they don't hate him now? I just prefer him comparatively over an *actual* fascist that's opposed & taken away the rights of many people, including me. That's it. #BulliesForBernie

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In 10 years everyone is gonna say they hated Joe Biden

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Hey all! TLDR: I'm using my social media clout to sell tickets to a fundraising event for an LGBTQIA+ legal advocacy organization I sit on the board of directors for. See details below and please retweet to reach a larger audience. Here is the link:

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FreeState Justice Virtual Jazz Brunch

Please join us for the FreeState Justice Annual Jazz Brunch!

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Great example of how almost every argument conservatives & reactionaries make is just posturing and vaguely gesturing at imagined hypocrisy.

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New piece! @gogreen18 takes the red pill, and the SJWs lose their goddamn minds. :D

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Heading out to a friend's wedding :) going to see a lot of people who I haven't seen since high school 😅 wish me luck!

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Since Jeremy has not restored use of FreeState's Twitter account yet, I am reposting this from our Facebook. FreeState's complaint refutes his allegations and details what happened. Complaint: Facebook Page:

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No need to worry fam, just the President casually tweeting about how it'd be suuuuper funny if he could usurp the 22nd Amendment and solidify his future rule over the US. It's just a meme fam. Definitely doesn't imply anything about what he wants to do or believes. Smh

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To anyone who is LGBT+ and needs to hear this, especially the trans youth whose lives are being legislated across the nation: You are not a freak. You belong. We are going to keep fighting for you.

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Hey ya'll remember when conservatives were completely fine with restaurants and businesses turning away customers because they were LGBT+ and then they got completely bent out of shape when businesses refused to serve them for not wearing a mask? Good times.

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Fam, I think Kalvin just unlisted his most recent vid with Blaire White about @genderthrash

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. @notsoErudite and I discussed her work helping to mobilize @TheOmniLiberal 's community to knock on 40,000 doors in Ohio over one weekend and why streamers are uniquely capable of mobilizing their communities for irl politics.

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Gender dysphoria is real, and arguing it is not is dangerous for a number of reasons, one of which being that it is one of the main reasons gender-affirmative care is considered medically necessary and is covered under Maryland Medicaid (& other states). COMAR 10.09.02.01(11)

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Fuck yeah!

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At what point do "breadtubers" start being labeled as CIA plants?

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It's just Vaush & Contra

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How many people who watch streamers playing videogames while having political debates have undiagnosed ADHD?

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I was I'm the Maryland Senate photo for this year!

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Terf island

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My mom, Alicia Roshong, is running as a Democrat for the Ohio State House of Representatives. In the wake of Ohio Republicans trying to strip reproductive rights & remove access to healthcare for trans people, she is running to flip a Republican seat. Follow her @roshongforohio

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Hello little gay people in my phone it's me I'm the transgender coming at u LIVE from the Maryland Congress waddup #TransDayOfVisibility

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I almost killed myself about a year ago when people tried in mass to have me thrown out of graduate school and the organization I work for. I've worked my entire life to get where I am and to advocate for LGBT+ rights. I would have gone through with it if not for @DylanBurns1776 .

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Just uploaded a live interview I had with @ContraPoints ! We discussed her social media model, her impact on the online political space, and how social media can be utilized to make a positive impact in irl politics! Link below ⬇️

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That's my President

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Folks, I might not walk as easily or talk as smoothly as I used to. I might not debate as well as I used to. But what I do know is how to tell the truth.

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I'm level 26 today woot 🎈

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Oh hey the Quartering is gone! Okie back in my hole.

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Just got back from a great wedding I attended with my girlfriend! Here's some good photos :)

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"Are the trans sports bills being proposed across the nation good policies?" is a different question than "What is the best policy for integrating trans people in sports?" Please don't conflate the two.

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New hot JKR take: trans identity = conversion therapy

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Many, myself included, believe we are watching a new kind of conversion therapy for young gay people, who are being set on a lifelong path of medicalisation that may result in the loss of their fertility and/or full sexual function. 5/11

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Apparently I have an OOC account now. Nice. I'm probably going to have the most awkward job interviews from now on lol

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Got some new pants, going bar hopping will update later

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@ContraPoints @instagram *pat pat*

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Surprise I'm doing an all day Elden Ring stream to fundraise for FreeState Justice come hang out

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Today, @GovWesMoore signed an executive order to protect trans people and their families seeking access to gender-affirmative healthcare in Maryland! Wes Moore is making good on his commitment to honor the recommendations made by the Transition Team and to leave no one behind!

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Riley Grace Roshong

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It is also similarly essential to have an Executive Order from @iamwesmoore , similar to the one recently signed by @GovTimWalz , that directs state agencies to guarantee safety to transgender people in Maryland and those moving here from states enacting transphobic social agendas.

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We stan plural people in this household.

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We should not immediately jump to ostracize women who say that the language "birthing person/person with a uterus/etc." is dehumanizing. There is likely a way to get across the same medical meaning without dehumanizing women and that is trans inclusive.

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@RageKnows @sjwdebates @IrrationalChad @VaushV @XanderhalTV @pseudocia @gaywonk @lspiguesslol @LumiRueLuv @lux_banana @BoxLoner @DarioRahim @TheKavernacle @RadEmpanada @PhilosophyTube @BeauTFC @Alice_Evelyn_ @rico_rants @MouthyInfidel @vadimnewquist @DylanBurns1776 @copshatemoe @OreOtics

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@ContraPoints He's also 100% misquoting that study btw

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Oh hey my girlfriend and I are in there 👀 we did the visibility But fr this was pretty awesome @iamwesmoore thanks for everything <3

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Governor Wes Moore

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On Transgender Day of Visibility, I say to all the fighters and believes and champions, and I say on behalf of our entire state: You should not have to validate your humanity. You deserve to be seen as your whole self. In Maryland, we see you and we love you.

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Hey I stumbled onto a half decent outfit this morning

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Hey so is anyone talking about how now the Trump administration is allowing homeless shelters to refuse service to trans people AND gives effective instructions to shelters on how to clock a trans person? I mean seems like a big deal but hey whatdoiknow?

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Trump administration memo explains how to spot a transgender woman - LGBTQ Nation

The memo says homeless shelters can use "factors such as height, the presence (but not the absence) of facial hair, the presence of an Adam’s apple" to find suspected trans women.

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We stan detransitioners in this household.

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Okay how many people just went full on catgirl?

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I've lost my ability to fall asleep before 3am now fml

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There's going to be many more opportunities for thanks, but I would like to thank @JanglesLad , @rose_wrist , and @Scott_Oatley_ for their help compiling the research the advocates & legislators used for passing this bill, as well as @margoquinlan and Sam W. for their leadership.

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In a win for transgender healthcare this week, the Maryland legislature passed a bill requiring state Medicaid plans to cover gender-affirming services.

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I've avoided saying anything because these people define themselves on the impact they have on others. When they see you're hurt, they don't stop. They keep going. This has happened to me and countless other online figures. It motivates people to remain silent out of fear.

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So if all men are kings and all women are queens, what are enbies?

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Thank you for your extraordinary service, President Biden. You have been, without a doubt, the greatest president of my lifetime.

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Hello based department?

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Biden says trans people 'made in image of God', parents must 'affirm' identity

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I see it kinda like Gym Badges from Pokemon. "You've got an Arielle Scarcella ban?! No way, me too!!"

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What does a little healthy obsession hurt amirite?

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We do a lil' democracy

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The Trans Health Equity Act would ensure low-income transgender Maryland residents on Medicaid have access to gender-affirming procedures.

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Explored the city today with cute girlfriend!!!!

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This is the last I'm saying on this. I felt it was necessary with recent events. I'm focusing on practically advancing LGBT rights in Maryland. I apologize if you're a legislator or anyone involved in irl advocacy who follows me. If you do irl politics, don't get involved online.

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I don't hate being trans: I love who I am. What I DO hate is living in a society that's not accepting of trans people and which puts up countless barriers to achieving happiness, especially for those who don't come from privileged backgrounds.

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Okay new hot take: Gender identity is an intrinsic subjective quality. Gender expression is a societally-constructed objective quality.

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Just occurred to me how terfs get bent about trans women in women's spaces, but rarely care about lesbians. If the fear is keeping out people who MAY prey on women they're attracted to: (a) that wouldn't include straight & ace trans women, and (b) that would include ALL lesbians.

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Okay now I *reeeeeeallly* want an anime pfp

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I'm proud to announce that this week, I graduated with my Juris Doctor from @UMDLaw and my Masters in Public Policy from @UMDPublicPolicy !!!

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Looking forward to helping you pass the Trans Health Equity Act in 2023 @StateSenMaryW !

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Vaush was destroyed in this debate

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