Notices by WrenArcher :bb: :trans_heart: (wrenarcher@beige.party)

The shock and awe, flood the zone, muzzle velocity strategy the Trump regime is using has been rather debilitating. I know I have been wondering what the hell can I do? What can we do?

Angela Baker who is rather prolific on social channels regarding politics, cites journalist and author Jonathan V. Last's article in The Bulwark and lays out eight steps we can do to take the power back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRKRu1wqMQk&t=3m13s

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#SaveOurDemocracy
#NoOneIsComingToSaveUs
#TakeAction

The biggest show of Popular Power is coming this weekend on April 5th.

This is one of what i suspect will be many large scale nation wide citizen mobilization efforts.
If you are physically able and feel safe to do so, I encourage you to take action by participating in a protest near you.

You can find an event here:

https://HandsOff2025.com

#SaveOurDemocracy
#NoOneIsComingToSaveUs
#TakeAction

I have a rather sad #caturday post today. This sweet boy is no longer in the physical realm with us. His kitty cat dementia and other health issues just became too much for him.

He had an episode where it seemed like he didn't recognize any of us and he's been with us since he was a teeny kitten. He attacked our other cat and was growling at everyone, even his puppies who loved so much.

I'm not really a cat person... never have been but he sure did make it a lot easier to think about being a cat person.

Bye Moby.

#USPol

If the #GOP saw that a Democrat administration did this, they would be having a conniption fit.

As of today, there is still a 404 Error where the Constitution used to be on the White House website.

https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/constitution-page-on-white-house-website-shows-404-error/

Here is a 6 minute explanation on why Republicans are so obsessed with trans people, on why they spent 215 million dollars on ads demonizing trans people and why it's spending so much energy trying to pass legislation to make the existence of trans people illegal.

Spoiler alert: it isn't to protect kids, it isn't to keep women's sports fair, it isn't to keep women's spaces safe.

It's to uphold the tool of oppression... the patriarchy.

https://www.instagram.com/share/BAI21gy-ax

Here's a little #Mondog video for ya from Ella Mae.

This is a piece of really hard cardboard that was part of a box for protecting a chair I was putting together.

@Tattooed_Mummy
Well, except for that one time he had that dude who is a fellow basement dwelling, video game playing buddy of his who sucked him off... allegedly.

Meh. Probably didn't happen but he's a punk who deserves all the negative crap that's happening to him.

@FlashMobOfOne @selzero

Merry Christmas all you beautiful girls who like to kiss girls. I hope it’s merry and gay.

Muah!

#lesbian
#wlw
#JeniferPrinceArt

A waning moon on the longest night/shortest day of the year. Not that you could tell it’s the shortest day of the year here in the Houston area since it’s so bright and sunny right now.

It is rather chilly though at 45°F

#WinterSolstice

This bog witch’s bog is being a little extra boggy this morning.

#MorningWalk
#FitnessLife
#Fog

Normalize calling your friends a witch as a compliment.

#subtoot

The State of Tennessee is arguing in #Skrmetti that you can't use medication for other purposes. This is the sole reason of their argument.

Puberty blockers have been used for almost five decades to treat precocious puberty in cis children. But the State of Tennessee is arguing that you can't use it for treating gender dysphoria even though the medication can successfully treat both.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the case U.S. vs Skrmetti. In fact, it happening right now and began about 45minutes ago.

It is a case that will have far reaching implications and direct impact on trans kids and adults that will affect our existence.

May you never feel the angst, anxiety, depression, stress and/or helplessness of having your government give credibility to the idea that your existence can be debated.

#trans #lgbtq

#SilentSunsday
According to my image search these little pods are wasp #galls of varying species.

Saw this on the sidewalk during a morning walk a couple of days ago.

Went to a friend of my wife’s house yesterday for Thanksgiving dinner. She and her husband have three little rug rats… 6, 4 and 3 and believe it or not one on the way. So an oops-baby for the win! 😬

But while visiting, the kids were being a little silly, a little shy and sort of showing off and just in general crazy with someone new being there. But with all their silliness and driving their momma crazy, they were sweet too. We got some new additions to the refrigerator gallery out of it! Isn’t it so sweeeet!!! Mine is the one on the bottom with the hearts. 💕

#KidArt

My wife came across a screenshot of a young trans woman who, from the post, is saying her #Texas driver’s license was reverted back to male by our Dept of Motor Vehicles.

Back in late August, the Texas Atty General very quietly sent a directive to the DMV to reject all requests for gender marker change to a driver’s license even if accompanied by a judge’s order. AND staff is to scan all documents brought in and emailed to an address specifically regarding gender marker requests that goes to Ken Paxton’s office.

I looked her up and it’s a screenshot from her Twitter account. I’m not sure if the DMV is actually reversing gender marker changes. This could be from before she had it changed if she had it changed at all. But I think it brings up a valid point regarding trans women who are well into transition and look very much like a cos woman. Having an “M” on a state issued ID opens up the potential for a lot of trouble. It’s precisely why I decided not to pursue any surgeries until that directive is lifted or I move to another state.

Being #trans is really fucking hard.

If you follow any trans people here you’ll probably see some posts about Trans Day of Remembrance today.

Like everyone, we all have special days we mark… birthdays, those of loved ones, anniversaries, graduation dates, first kiss, when we got a beloved pet.

But there are two days we in the trans community all mark.
One of them being Trans Day of Visibility in March and the other today, Trans Day of Remembrance. .

#TDoV is essentially: “Hey! Look at us. We really do exist.”
#TDoR is: “Please stop murdering us.”

There have been at least 30 trans and gender diverse people who have been killed this year. There have been too many trans people who have attempted suicide and so many who think about it constantly because local, state and federal governments actively and deliberately make it difficult for us to exist.

We need your help allies. Speak up in our defense when you can.

I feel both seen and attacked.
Happy #Wrensday everyone.
We're half way there.

A couple of days ago I posted a vid on the clock site about how people are setting a boundary and/or cutting ties with their family. I'm in the same boat and am struggling with what and how to do that.

Apparently the mother of Jesse Waters the Fox commentator is not struggling at all.
He said on his show yesterday, "I’ll have you know that I wasn’t invited to my mother’s house for Thanksgiving. Apparently, there wasn’t enough room."

@nikatjef
Yeah, there are a number of reasons *why* he won... one of those beings apathy and third party voters.
But there were approximately 72 million fellow citizens who voted for him.

The people who didn't vote and purity test voters... they suck!

But to deliberately for a convicted felon and rapist, whose party platform wants to eradicate transgender citizens and who has said over and over he wants to dismantle the Constitution and is proud of eliminating the right to privacy a woman once had with her physician about her healthcare.

I'd feel this way even if VP Harris were the winner.

No. I'm done.
I am done with that half of the U.S. including my friends and family.