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The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as "national security" risks, and consequently revoking their passports.
“If there's a team to root on, to vote for, it's us. We're going to do everything we can to make sure that every single person that needs help gets help to the best of our abilities. And our abilities are pretty great! So, trust in us.”
“I need to show people what it's like to be a trans person in the United States today.”
“I’m trans in part because I believe in the hope of a better future. It’s why I do this. It’s why I do anything.”
“My impression of the organization, and my work as a case manager, is [that I am] putting out as many little dinghies as I can. The lifeboats are going out as fast as possible.” - Isaiah Upton
You can't promise that the world's going to get better, but you can promise that for a couple of hours, you're going to have a good fucking time. And there's something to be said for that.
“Doomscrolling is a real problem, people don’t know how to act on the news.”
“Trans people are happy being trans. It is not a mistake. It is a community. We have our own unique cultural expressions.”
