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Feb 16 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Throughout the UK people are mourning the death of Brianna Ghey, the 16yr old trans girl murdered in a brutal, senseless stabbing which is being investigated for hate crime elements. Brianna was known as a bright light for many.
#justiceforbriannaghey
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There is still much to be investigated in the brutal killing of this young girl.

Brianna Ghey killing investigated as possible hate crime
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bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
When I suggested that Brianna Ghey's killing was a possible hate crime, I was swarmed with people with their own agenda saying otherwise.
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Reminder: anti-LGBTQ bills like the GOP is pushing in every state create an atmosphere of hate and fear. Brianna Ghey's tragic murder was in the UK, but young trans women are being killed in the US, too. My story on the GOP's harmful anti-LGBTQ bills.
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epgn.com/2023/01/18/gop…

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Feb 13
Police claim "nothing suggests this is a hate crime," but she was targeted and is openly trans. Sounds like hate.

Brianna Ghey, 16, posted on TikTok to her 63k followers hours before being stabbed to death in what police are calling a targeted attack. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/1…
Reminder: anti-LGBTQ bills like the GOP is pushing in every state create an atmosphere of hate and fear. Brianna Ghey's tragic murder was in the UK, but young trans women are being killed in the US, too. My story on the GOP's harmful anti-LGBTQ bills.
epgn.com/2023/01/18/gop-
If, when a 16 year old trans girl is brutally murdered in broad daylight,leaving a bereft family,your first thought is to lecture a queer reporter about not referencing hate crimes that target trans women,ask yourself who's that in service to. Because it is not to trans victims.
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Feb 12
I've been thinking a lot about #widowhood since The Wife died. There used to be rules women followed at the death of a spouse. There still are in many cultures/religions. The rules were to maintain respect for the widow, to advertise her loss and support her in her grief.
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There was a period of wearing black and a veil. Then just black. Then grey. Then mauve or purple. The stages of grief and recovery. But of course not everyone recovered. And in an era of often forced marriage, there wasn't always true grief.
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But now, widows are expected to move on. Barely two weeks after The Wife's sudden death for which I was utterly unprepared, people were asking me out on dates. (And still are.) Men and women. It feels shocking and disrespectful. But a couple friends said it's common.
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Feb 11
Wow--Ron DeSantis proving he's the alpha because he wears heels and his wife wears flats.
You know who didn't ever care about his wife looking taller? Barack Obama.
Just saying.
Thanks to @notcapnamerica for giving me an excuse to share some pics of Barack and Michelle Obama.
Someone asked for photos of Michelle Obama pregnant. Here are two by the AP. Always elegant.
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Feb 11
Oh. I made the mistake of checking why Bill Clinton was trending. Tucker Carlson wants the House GOP to investigate him in Jeffrey Epstein's death. So to recap, more classified documents, a laptop and thumbdrive were seized from Mar-a-Lago and Fox is talking about Bill Clinton.
Tucker Carlson is now refuting environmental racism.
Garland says: Communities of color, indigenous communities, low income communities often bear the brunt of the harm caused by pollution and climate change.
Tucker: No science or data for those claims.
And because I know how this works, here's some data on environmental racism.

Racism drives environmental inequality—but most Americans don’t realize it
#BlackHistoryMonth
nature.com/articles/d4158…
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Feb 10
FYI: Do NOT try this if you are a woman or BIPOC. I had to call the hospital CEO to fight for not just me but others on my floor (I was the only ⬜person) and threaten to get a TV news crew in when they tried to prevent me from taking the braces for my legs after I was paralyzed.
The folks who wheel you out of the hospital will check your bags to see what you are taking with you. Anyone who claims otherwise has never been in an inner city hospital and doesn't understand how institutional racism and misogyny work in hospitals and how pervasive they are.
One reason so many women & BIPOC die in hospitals or are dismissed from ERs to go home & die is due to this endemic attitude. I had to literally pull my journalist card and get the head of the hospital in my room to fight for my whole floor due to this treatment of me & others.
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Feb 9
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with Angie Craig earlier this afternoon, according to Craig’s office.

Minnesota congresswoman OK after assault in DC apartment building, office says
cnn.com/2023/02/09/pol…
Angie Craig is one of the few out lesbian House reps and, with her wife Cheryl Greene, is a mother of four kids.
Minnesota congresswoman OK after assault in DC apartment building, office says
cnn.com/2023/02/09/pol…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries condemned the attack, saying that “the House Democratic Caucus family is horrified” by what happened. “We are all very grateful that she is safe and recovering, but appalled that this terrifying assault took place.”
cnn.com/2023/02/09/pol…
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