1/? nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s… @NASA has decided to celebrate #LGBTQSTEMDay by... let me check my notes here...

Deciding not to rename JWST for the flimsiest of reasons. 2/? Let's be clear here. We had evidence (and NASA includes evidence in this report) that James Webb was AWARE of homophobic practices at NASA.

So how does NASA justify not changing the name?

1/? It is #NationalComingOutDay and that marks one year of being out in academia.

But coming out is a process that continues over the years. You come out over and over again, deciding when to bring people in on that, explaining yourself to people again, etc.

So some thoughts! 2/? First thought. Coming out is this weird act of protest in a world that thinks of us as other. We throw ourselves out into the world to say "hello, I am here, this is who I am, get over it."

Because, to flip the script, we don't have big moments to announce we're straight.

1/? WAIT I HAVE ONE MORE SCREAM ABOUT THE AWFUL REUTERS ARTICLE.

The below picture is one of the trans girl undergoing hormone therapy, with the estrogen pill placed atop of her tongue. 2/? Now, this image is a standard pose... for suggesting drug abuse. You use this to show LSD on the tongue. Or ecstasy. Or any number of other illegal drugs.

The point of this pose is to draw that link—that gender-affirming care is like an illegal drug epidemic.

I feel like I am going crazy watching how the news media acts these days with "both sides have equally valid points."

No, no they really don't! The body of evidence is building that gender affirming care is critical for trans youth and NOT the other way around!

https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark/status/1578535322035847169

Oh gods, they're trying to cast doubt in this piece on if the increased suicide risk of trans youth without gender affirming care is true.

Is that really the timeline we're in now?