Amber Briggle (she/they)
@mrsbriggle
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Currently suing Greg Abbott to #ProtectTransKids . 💪❤️🏳️⚧️
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to parents of trans kids across the country, if i can recommend one thing to work on today (besides hugging your babies harder than ever) it's to start building a "safe folder"
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I'm the mother of a transgender child. Last spring Greg Abbott ordered CPS to investigate parents like me for child abuse. A caseworker came to my home, interrogated my children individually & alone, & kept our investigation open for MONTHS despite no evidence of harm or abuse🧵
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When the CPS worker investigated us in our home this year, she ended her interrogation of me by asking me if I had any questions.
I did. Quite a few, actually. Like "How do you sleep at night" and "Show me in the Constitution where any of this is legal."
Buckle up. Angry 🧵:
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Our case was closed last summer. Now the state says I have no standing to sue bc "Plaintiffs have not suffered a concrete injury."
NOT SUFFERED?! There is NO taking back the trauma that was inflicted upon my family. That scar is there forever.
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Sir, my son (who is trans) isn't "after" anyone. He's literally just a teenager trying to live his best life. It's the
#txgop
who is after him – and I'm fighting like hell to stop you because HE MATTERS.
Also: stop obsessing about fertility & genitals of CHILDREN, you weirdo.
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Texas DFPS has an active investigation open against my family, has already interrogated us in our home, and is now threatening to remove our kids from their loving family. The reason? We are parents of a transgender child. Here is our story:
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And if it's just no big deal to issue a mandate like that and send an underpaid caseworker who has better shit to do with her time than investigate loving parents and their well adjusted kids, then why have so many trans-inclusive families fled the state pre-emptively...
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i pray you will never need to rely on your safe folder. but if someone calls CPS on you for doing nothing more than loving your transgender child and supporting them in the ways that they need, then you have evidence to back you up that YOU ARE A GOOD PARENT.
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Trans kids have become political refugees. Internally displaced Americans. That's what Greg Abbott has done.
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"How many MORE children are going to suffer and DIE, because employees like you are wasting valuable, scarce resources terrorizing families like mine for doing nothing more than loving our transgender kids unconditionally?"
She didn't have an answer for me.
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...trying to avoid the trauma of having a CPS case opened against them in the first place? If it's no big deal, then why are families FLEEING THE STATE IN FEAR before a case can even be opened against them?
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a safe folder contains important items like your child's medical and legal records (vaccination records, court documents/passports/etc showing their legal name if it's been changed).
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it will be okay. hug your babies, vote these douchecanoes out of office, and stay strong. love you.
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This whole mandate has been one terrifying nightmare for so many of us. Regardless of whether you're unfortunate enough to be investigated like we were, even the THREAT of an investigation is enough to make people pack up and leave the state.
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Shame on
@GregAbbott_TX
,
@KenPaxtonTX
and anyone who supports them. (Yes, you 🪞) Remember their role in the collapse of a government agency, the tearing apart of loving families, and the death of CHILDREN. All of this happened on their watch, and due to their actions directly.
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Mark my words: more children will die from this. And it won't be just trans kids who die by suicide from being told they don't belong anywhere. It will be the most vulnerable children already in CPS custody, who will die from *actual* abuse and neglect.
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It's no secret that
@TexasDFPS
has been an absolute shitshow for YEARS now. Kids are sleeping under desks, getting lost in the system, and are dying due to neglect from all the adults in their life — including their CPS caseworker.
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More than 2000 DFPS employees have quit since
@GregAbbott_TX
and
@KenPaxtonTX
issued their illegal edict against trans inclusive families. TWO THOUSAND fewer caseworkers just this year, in an agency that was already understaffed, underfunded, and overworked.
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one year my son drew me the LOVELIEST mother's day card. he told me how much he loved me & how safe he felt when he was with me. the 1st thing i thought was "this is the sweetest thing he's ever made me." the 2nd (heartbreaking) thing i thought is "this goes in the safe folder."
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also include letters from trusted people like neighbors, your child's principal, clergy, etc that talk about what a wonderful parent you are.
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photos (including self portraits your children have drawn!) that document your trans child's transition are also helpful. if you have a social media account & are considering deleting, download all your pics and posts first to use as evidence of their persistent gender identity.
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Instead, I looked her in the eye, steadied my shaky voice, and asked her if she knew how many kids in custody of
@TexasDFPS
died since 2020.
"I dont know," she said.
"At least ONE HUNDRED," I told her.
I continued:
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hey, everyone. mom of a trans kid here in TX. thanks so much for reaching out, but i have a huge, important ask (thread coming):
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include report cards, too. medals/awards that they've earned from their accomplishments.
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voting these asshats out is THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO to protect kids like my son, and keep families like mine intact.
STOP TELLING ME TO MOVE. i live here. my family deserves to be safe regardless of our zip code.
GET TO WORK.
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As a mom raising a trans teen, I have some pretty strong feelings about a bigot who wears his cowboy hat backwards and a fascist wearing high heel cowboy boots telling the LGBTQ community what is and isn't "appropriate"
Bless yalls cosplaying hearts, though.
Signed,
A Texan
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STOP PUTTING THIS IMPETUS ON PARENTS OF TRANS KIDS.
instead, tell voters to get their asses to the polls. it's primary season here in texas and this is nothing more than a political stunt by
@KenPaxtonTX
and
@GregAbbott_TX
to win votes. don't let them get away with it.
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also, to EVERYONE in the usa: call your US senator and demand that they pass the
#EqualityAct
. If we have any chance of saving trans kids like my own, THAT is how we do it.
@POTUS
@VP
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PLEASE stop tweeting that families like mine need to flee the state. OPINIONS are not laws.
@KenPaxtonTX
can't invent new laws. legislatures do that, and
#txlege
failed in 2021 to make loving trans kids a punishable offense.
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I have NEVER run, despite threats to my family and safety that YOU created. I have stood here every day, fearful and unwavering.
But do go on about "threats to your safety"
Every trans kid in this state is braver than you,
@KenPaxtonTX
@TexasTribune
This is a ridiculous waste of time and the media should be ashamed of themselves. All across the country, conservatives have faced threats to their safety — many threats that received scant coverage or condemnation from the mainstream media.
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@SilverOla2
I'm MOSTLY mad at abbott & paxton. but "i was just following orders" is a convenient excuse for ppl who can't admit they're engaging in fascism. anyone who participates in these investigations is complicit. full stop.
my kids are still in therapy. so miss me with your hot take.
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Before
@BetoORourke
left my home on Mother's Day, I asked him to tell everyone about the trauma
@GregAbbott_TX
is inflicting on trans kids. Last night on
@LateNightSeth
he did exactly that. Thank you for shining a light on this to
#ProtectTransKids
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This tweet... well, it struck a nerve. I'm glad, actually. I've been screaming for help here in TX for years & no one's been listening. We're here now because we keep letting these douchecanoes like Abbott and Paxton get away with it.
Here is our reality:
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Hi! I'm the mom of a trans kid in Texas and I know a good attorney general when I meet one. I hosted
@KenPaxtonTX
for dinner in 2016 and 6 years later was targeted in a CPS investigation because Paxton cares more about power than about doing the right thing for Texas families.
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To be clear: we are NOT the only family who has endured this. We are just the most visible one. We speak out to protect our trans inclusive family and theirs too.
#ProtectTransKids
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@A_Bookish_Girl
@jrjoplin
We had a similar experience when my son transitioned at 6. I made an announcement on fb so ppl wouldn't accidentally misgender him. When I announced it in church the following Sunday, we were greeted with hugs and high 5s during coffee hour later.
He's 12 now. Love wins! ❤️
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all y'all tweeting at me trying to defend our CPS caseworker instead of defending trans kids, as if "i was just following orders" has EVER been a reasonable excuse for human rights violations.
come on, y'all. do better.
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This was hands down the 2nd best Mother's Day I've ever had. (
#1
would be my very 1st Mother's Day as a new mom to my tiny, squishy, baby Max.)
Ps
@BetoORourke
is a much more entertaining and helpful dinner guest than
@KenPaxtonTX
too.
@WFAA
#EXCLUSIVE
@BetoORourke
cooked dinner for the
@mrsbriggle
on Mother's Day. The Briggles have a transgender child & family says they're being actively investigated by CPS for child abuse under Gov.
@GregAbbott_TX
's order. Burgers, broccoli, & potatoes. Watch
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Stop telling me I'm overreacting when I say that the assault on the trans community is genocide, when the literal organization that studies genocide prevention is saying the same thing.
@LemkinInstitute
Holy hell, this is an absolutely incredible statement from the Lemkin Institute (
@LemkinInstitute
).
"Lemkin" refers to "Raphael Lemkin," the individual who coined the word "genocide." (Continued below.)
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.
@NPR
aired a story so emotional that I thought
@wadegoodwyn
was gonna faint right there in my dang house during the interview
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And for those of you who have 30 minutes, this interview on
@whatfreshpod
is an in depth convo on what we're facing and how we need ALL YALL to STEP UP to keep these kids safe and alive. I'm really proud of it and hope you'll take the time to listen:
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I can't believe i have to say this, but if you don't understand why your trans friends are worried and anxious about today's election, you don't really have trans friends. You just know trans people.
There's a difference.
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When the CPS agent was in my home, I straight up asked her how many foster kids were not being seen that day bc she was spending taxpayer time investigating my family instead. 👇👇👇
BREAKING: Employees of a Texas-contracted facility meant to care for children who are victims of sex trafficking was discovered sex trafficking the same children, aged 11 to 17, according to a federal judge.
Story to come
@TexasTribune
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@HCrabber
@joncoopertweets
Yes, actually. Thanks to
@LambdaLegal
and
@ACLU
, my husband
@adambriggle
and i are currently suing Greg Abbott, along with 2 other families and
@PFLAG
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We're thrilled that our case is closed, but angry we were ever investigated to begin with. Truly HEARTBROKEN for the trauma DFPS caused us & continues to put other loving families through.
The pain & anxiety of being in the crosshairs of a DFPS investigation can never be erased.
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I want a governor who looks at trans kids like this, instead of as political targets to be erased.
@BetoORourke
💙
#ProtectTransKids
#doodlebug
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This paragraph illustrates why the reporting at the
@TexasTribune
is consistently so damn good. This is right on target and I'm glad someone is connecting the dots between Christofascism, the GOP, and anti trans legislation. 🎯🎯🎯
#SB14
#ProtectTransKids
#txlege
Democrats have again successfully delayed the Texas House’s vote on SB 14, which would ban transgender youth from getting puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
They raised three points of order, a procedure that aims to kill legislation on a technicality.
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Yesterday marked 1 year since a CPS worker entered my home to investigate us for child abuse, simply because my son is trans. I still cry about it, and worry every day for my family. Things have only gotten WORSE this year and I fear time is running out. Where is the cavalry?
Texas investigated mother of trans teen for ‘child abuse’. A year later, she’s still traumatised
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Yall MY GOD stop telling us to move. ENOUGH. Our civil rights should be the same regardless of our zip code.
In the words of
@ZelenskyyUa
: "I need your support. Not a ride."
Get to work.
#ProtectTransKids
#doodlebug
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I filed a police report today over threatening voice messages listing all the ways I should kill myself.
I'm MAD.
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That's why I'm excited to endorse
@JaworskiForTX
for attorney general. He's the strongest candidate to beat Paxton & cares about vulnerable Texans like my son. Vote during the primary runoff 5/16-5/20. Election day is 5/24. He's the best chance my family has to stay together.
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Straighten your crown and
#treatyoself
. Ken Paxton – one of my son's biggest bullies – just got impeached by his own party (121-23-2!). After seeing him torment my family for 8 years, I will 💯 unapologetically celebrate all weekend.
#ProtectTransKids
#NobodyLikesADouchecanoe
Shout out to all of the loving parents of trans kids and good riddance to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
@mrsbriggle
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I'm at a city council meeting tonight about to witness history: my TX town is on the verge of passing a comprehensive Equality Ordinance to protect our LGBTQ neighbors from Discrimination.
It's been a LONG process. And considering the vibe in TX right now, it's about damn time.
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Can we please talk about how
@KenPaxtonTX
met my son 6 years ago knowing full well that he was transgender, but didn't think it was child abuse until he had a primary race he might not win & needed some red meat?
I feel like yall haven't paid enough attention to this. Seems sus.
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All this talk about protecting kids in schools but yall too damn busy regulating books and pride flags instead of guns.
Shame on you.
#uvaldetx
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Just paid *another* ginormous legal bill to keep my family together. Just because
@TexasDFPS
closed our child abuse investigation doesn't AT ALL mean that we're done with this.
Oh, and my kids are still in therapy, so things are great here.
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PS: I once hosted
@KenPaxtonTX
for dinner, to meet my trans inclusive family. "It's hard to hate up close" I thought.
His recent memo to
@TexasDFPS
shows that he either forgot about the 2.5 hours he spent in my home, or worse: that he doesn't care.
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Dear Conservatives,
@POTUS
is not *forcing* you to get a vaccine. You still have a choice: Get the jab OR get tested.
No one is going to sue you for $10K for making a personal decision about your body. Your body, your rules.
(See what I did there?)
Signed,
A Texan Woman
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@1llustriousKing
No, baby. Don't do that to yourself. You are PERFECT exactly as you are and the ONLY one at fault here is the Texas GOP. Not you! You haven't done anything wrong.
Keep shining and show the world that trans JOY that you have inside you. You are precious and valid and I love you!
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PS: I've already had 2 reporters text me to apologize if their articles exposed me to danger.
They did not. The Texas GOP and Heritage Foundation are 100% to blame.
We actually need MORE amplification to
#ProtectTransKids
, not less. Keep shining a light on this.
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Agreed.
@adambriggle
is always on the right side of history. I married up for sure.
@mrsbriggle
@adambriggle
@EqualityTexas
I started following Adam when he wrote his Fracking book. He's one of the most real and compassionate people I've come across. I wish you all the best in this moment
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Hey, Texas: here comes the cavalry! 💪🏳️⚧️
🚨🚨BREAKING: Texas, we'll see you in court.
We'll be filing a lawsuit to protect
#transgender
youth from being stripped of access to healthcare that keeps them healthy and alive.
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Confession time: I'm the mom of a trans teen in TX & I'm exhausted. 🧵🧵🧵
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People have asked how they can help. Thank you.
In no particular order and in a very long thread, this is what my family needs right now:
1. For you to stay mad. Publicly shame
@KenPaxtonTX
amd
@GregAbbott_TX
over this.
2. Write letters to the editor.
3...
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@womensmarch
because as the mamabear of a transgender 9 year old, I fight for his basic human rights and Equality.
#WhyIResist
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A reminder that if a child is out at school but not at home, the problem isn't the school's policies – the problem is your relationship with your child.
Read it again.
Kid who transitioned(ish) at school without my parents' knowledge here. Last year, through many tears, I told a trusted handful of my teachers that I'm trans and what my name/pronouns are. They supported and respected me because they understood my identity is mine to determine 🧵
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A Texas bill that would label me a child abuser and deny my child the support he needs to continue to thrive will likely pass through the Senate today.
I'm so tired of politicians exploiting and abusing my son.
Here's my latest in
@thedailybeast
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@Emma4Change
Girl with all the fighting you've been doing you deserve a little rest.
@BetsyDeVosED
ain't worthy to share a space with you.
With love from Texas,
Mamabear
#Resist
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And this, fellow tweeps, is the reason why every single transphobic, bigoted tweet I've reported to Twitter hasn't been removed since El*n took over.
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Cheers, Texas!! 121 votes to impeach Ken Paxton. 💙
Boy bye 👋👋👋
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Countless trans-inclusive families are now internally displaced Americans. Political refugees in the United States of America in 2022. All thanks to Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
My latest in
@thedailybeast
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Well shit. The injunction protected my family from further investigation. Now that that has been overturned, CPS can once again knock on my door any minute now.
Guess I'll be calling my lawyer today.
BREAKING: Texas Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN a statewide injunction barring child abuse investigations for families that provide gender-affirming care, but AFFIRMS the injunction as it pertains only to the one family that sued.
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It's been a horribly no good, very bad day for trans inclusive families in Texas. I thought I was doing doing good job keeping it together until lt gov candidate
@CollierForTexas
called me directly to express his love and support for my son.
Then the dam broke 😭💙
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ATTN: TX Parents of trans kids!
@SouthernEqual
just launched a $20,000 Emergency Assistance rapid response grant program to help with legal bills when/if you get reported to
#DFPS
to help cover the cost of legal services, emergency planning, mental health support, & more. THREAD:
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#TXLEGE
DID THIS. They launched the attack & their goons couldn't wait to strike. Remember their names the next time you vote and send them the fuck home.
#ProtectTransKids
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There are days when I wonder if I'm a good mom. Today was not one of them. via
@Refinery29
#transvisible
#txlege
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@jberthume
Thank you. I'm disgusted by the lack of outrage. Where are the sirens? Where are the local protests? Where is the media?
We have done all that we can. We literally had our oppressor at our dinner table to try to connect. We need our allies to step up now. Please help.
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I'm mad because the people who were elected to keep us safe and protected here in Texas are the same people who are putting my family in danger.
Some rando (not a politician - probably?) called me. But state legislators were the ones who lit the match.
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@JamMastaJeff
How about no.
Time for America to give a shit about trans kids and HELP. Nowhere is safe until everywhere is safe.
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Hi, yall. Thanks to
@BetoORourke
This may be the 1st you've heard of my family. But we've been fighting for our son and ALL trans kids forEVER. Yall just weren't paying attention.
Now that you're here, read this and go raise some hell, okay? (Thread)
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it's midnight &
#txlege
KILLED
#SB29
(an anti trans sports bill). med bills died days ago. trans flags waved on the **floor of the house** in celebration.🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
y'all. *TEXAS* just killed ALL the anti trans bills.
read that last line again.
get bent, bigots.
#ProtectTransKids
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100% fine* knowing
@BetoORourke
was listening to me speak at his own dang rally today right before I introduced Congressman
@ColinAllredTX
.
*fine = deceased 💀
What an incredible turnout. We were OVER capacity on a *WEDNESDAY* at *12:30 pm*! See ALL y'all at the polls!
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AND these same douchecanoes are bullying trans kids. Both online and IRL. The harassment these kids got from grown ass adults while *bravely* testifying in Austin is enough to make you want to cut a man. The death threats these CHILDREN are getting online is shameful.
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After years of reading
@nytimes
I canceled my subscription today. Their op eds disguised as news about the "risks" of gender affirming care (care which is endorsed by EVERY major medical org in the US) plays a direct role in the physical and legislative attacks against LGBTQ folx
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I've met
@KenPaxtonTX
. He was so concerned for his safety when I made him dinner, he brought an entire security detail, including a state trooper who inspected my home before he arrived.
But he didn't call the police or his bodyguards this time and RAN AWAY instead? Seems sus.
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Look, I'm sorry eggs cost a million dollars and there was a spy balloon over your house and trains keep derailing and fentanyl is killing people, but trans kids aren't the ones to blame here.
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@BetoORourke
Greg Abbott sent a CPS worker to my home to investigate me for child abuse because I love my transgender son.
She interrogated us while sitting on the *same* couch my family used to keep each other warm & alive when the grid failed 1 year earlier.
I'll never forgive him.
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Like any big, brave Texas man would do when feeling threatened...
...
@KenPaxtonTX
sent his WIFE out to get the truck and drive him away. 🐔
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@MeghanStabler
@sakleinsmith
@KaiShappley
@DollyParton
@SenBryanHughes
The most devastating/telling part of
@KaiShappley
testimony was when she asked if anyone had any questions.
Followed by silence.
Literally debating ALL DAY the validity of trans kids. And here is a trans kid literally right in front of them.
And no one talks to her 💔
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I have a trans son. And I get real tired of being called a groomer when there are children in my own community who are actively being exploited and harmed by the people here 👇👇👇
Use that energy focusing on the *real* threats to kids and leave good parents like me alone.
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@haftacruz
Maybe don't victim blame me for living here and maybe offer to help fight back instead. 🤷♀️
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ICYMI,
@BetoORourke
has endorsed my campaign and I am officially deceased omg 🤯
Election Day is 5/7. Silence = complicity, so go VOTE and make your voice heard!
Honored to have the support of
@BetoORourke
. From local control to environmental sustainability, Beto has been on the right side of every municipal issue as an elected official.
There is so much at stake this election, VOTE Saturday May 7th, from 7am to 7pm.
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@lmcgaughy
@TXAG
"not suffered a concrete injury"?!
ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME.
When the governor and AG say "you're a child abuser" and send a government agent INTO YOUR HOME to interrogate your children alone and individually...
YEAH THAT HURTS. that trauma is there forever.
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Remember when? One of the best days ever at the White House.
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