emily blight 🐦‍⬛

threnody.northsky.social

09 May 2025 16:58

5. here’s that article without a paywall. sorry not sorry AJC-that-thinks-stripping-lifesaving-healthcare-is-a-culture-war-issue. the people who lost healthcare are human beings, most likely in a prison where rape is part of the sentence. that’s not the same as “gender neutral potato head dolls.”

emily blight 🐦‍⬛

threnody.northsky.social

09 May 2025 16:58

4. cis folks, a thing trans people really need from you now is to tell other cis folks to shove it when they start talking like this. for real—if someone says, “i’m we can’t burn political capital to protect transgender inmates” please tell them “that’s shitty & you’re a bad person.” it matters. 🧵

emily blight 🐦‍⬛

threnody.northsky.social

09 May 2025 16:58

3. do you live in atlanta? sonya halpern may belong to you. maybe you’d like to tell her that stripping healthcare from the most vulnerable members of the lgbtq community IS A ‘REAL ATTACK’ ON THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. drop a line. give a ring. drop by. feeling feisty? fucking primary her.

emily blight 🐦‍⬛

threnody.northsky.social

09 May 2025 16:58

2. at the end is this nugget: “democratic state sen. sonya halpern of atlanta, who voted FOR the legislation, said she’d fight against ‘real attacks’ on the lgbtq community. “but i will not let my party be dragged into an argument that makes us look out of touch.” that’s fucking monstrous.🧵

emily blight 🐦‍⬛

threnody.northsky.social

09 May 2025 16:58

so, beyond “this is horrific” & “trans healthcare isn’t a luxury, it’s lifesaving & if you can deny it to inmates you can deny it to anyone.” 1. this article uses the phrase “culture war” 3 times in 389 words. would “governor denies inmates [any other kind of healthcare] be a culture war issue?🧵