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Gillian Branstetter

@GBBranstetter

Opinions are my own // Comms Strategy @ACLU // She/Her

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I chose, and my world was shaken—so what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. You have to move on.

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I had the honor of interviewing Mr. Anthony Comstock at . Shout out to Molly Gaebe of Abortion Access Front for always being down to clown and embodying “Scar Faced Tony” in the best way possible.

I had the honor of interviewing Mr. Anthony Comstock at #ComstockCon. Shout out to @MollyGaebe of @AbortionFront for always being down to clown and embodying “Scar Faced Tony” in the best way possible.
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When someone assigned female at birth takes testosterone and experiences the same discomfort--a remarkably rare occurence even among the small population that transitions as youth--it's given the top fold of The New York Times. Trans people's pain is treated like an inevitability

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'When my voice started to change ... I actually decided to learn ASL because I didn't want to speak at all. I hated my voice so much.'

We do not need to do this to trans teenagers. We know better.

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ICYMI: Veronica Salama, NYCLU staff attorney, joined a special edition of ACLU's “At Liberty” last week to discuss the ongoing campus anti-war protests and the violent police repression of peaceful student protest.
aclu.org/podcast/specia…

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This is really the only political environment where this stuff plays well. It's three Republicans running in a really hideous race to the bottom in one of the most conservative states in the country, all of whom would be unelectable anywhere else.

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More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day - but most still don't wusa9.com/article/news/n…

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I feel like people have no concept that the US healthcare system for abortion has already functionally collapsed. What’s left is being held together by shockingly few philanthropic sources, and increasingly fatigued grassroots donors.

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NEW: The Nassau County Supreme Court has struck down the executive order that banned transgender women and girls from participating in sports at county-run facilities.

This is a huge victory for all trans people in Nassau, especially our plaintiffs LI Roller Rebels.

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It feels like we should be talking more about how individual abortion funds are increasingly spending over $1 million a year to help people get healthcare.
jezebel.com/abortion-funds…

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'Successful outcomes' aren't guaranteed for anyone in any life situation, and that's before you even decide how to define 'success' (compared to what?) All freedom has risk, all anxiety is born from freedom

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