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For nearly three years, I’ve been appealing to you to help fund my legal and living expenses. Since events of August 2023, I’ve been totally reliant on my SSDI check of $1500. When I got myself home again after six months of homelessness, we set up a cohabitation arrangement which made it necessary for me […]
Content Note: anti-trans violence, death, erasure, memorials, impact, trauma. This post contains descriptions of researching and documenting the deaths of trans neighbors. It is one person’s perspective, the perspective of a cisgender white lesbian who has been writing memorials since 2013. 400 was the number of deaths that caused me to stumble, to doubt myself, […]
Each day, I have a plan. I set some goals and make an effort to meet them, with varying results. But I revise the plan and move forward. I try not to define things as failures, simply disappointments. And I try not to think about the next day unless I must. I know people in […]
The violent death of a 2025 trans man, Cormac Robinson, has come to light from Carrollton, Georgia. On October 2025, police conducted a welfare check on the apartment 24-year-old Cormac shared with his partner, 21-year-old Richard Gardner. Gardner has recently stopped taking medication and was uncharacteristically out of touch with friends. Upon entering the apartment, […]
Another Black trans teen appears to have been killed, this time near Belle Glade, Florida. Belle Glade is part of Palm Beach. Her name was Jayla McGee and she was 19. Reports surfaced on Facebook and other social media platforms that a 19-year-old Black trans person had died a violent death on Sunday, July 5, […]
Air Supply will be in Greensburg tomorrow (Thursday) and I am not going to be there. I’ve seen them twice – once at the Allegheny County fair with my friend John in 2001 when we ended up in an Air Supply mosh pit at the Allegheny County Fair. The second time was June 2022 when […]
Please note that Embers has blue eyes. Her friends updated the missing person flyer, see below. We are going to try to regularly publish information about missing persons, focusing on the trans and queer community. The safe return of Kailynn Porter inspired us to add this content. Please note that we will use language shared […]
Last week, the spokesperson for Allegheny County posted a reel on Instagram in which she said “today, Colin Dunlap said we’re all soft, we’re overreacting, our forefathers used to be outside in the smog and smoke a pack on top of it. And to that I say, You’re right. Colin. You should go outside and […]
The past few months have been a whirlwind as we’ve deftly moved from whistle kits to an urgent need to relocate the pantry, then came a rescue by a generous neighbor, and tried very hard to get Gertie running. In the midst of this frantic pace, our supply of pet food ran low while demand […]
Content Note: nutrition and health minus the judgey lecture, destigmatizing food pantries, and bloodwork Kale. Kale seems to have done the trick. Back in April, I began a daily regimen of a kale smoothie. My cholesterol readings were elevated. I had already been taking a statin, but something else was necessary. My blood pressure was […]
