me, post-vaccine this afternoon

Just got this - for any trans ppl in PDX still needing vaccine. OHSU trans-only vax clinic on 4/25 in SE.

NEW: Finding a vaccine just got very very easy. Know someone who wants to find a vaccine? Text your zip code to 438829 (getvax). And see what happens...

Me after my second dose of Pfizer today

#CallForPitches: Inbox is a lil empty so I'd love to get more fiction + non fiction + art comic pitches for Catapult! Send to regina.saeha[at]gmail BIPOC & queer-centered stories to the front please! -word count of 1k-4k -under 25 panels for comics -payment starts at $150

Post has been update to include *additional* cooling centers: portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2021/…

queer & trans writers: i am the new Managing Poetry Editor at Foglifter & our submissions open Sept. 1! EARLY submissions encouraged, so get ya poems ready. foglifterjournal.com/submit/

Someone you love may need to self-manage their abortions. They can do it safely with mifepristone and misoprostol. Here’s how: If they need legal assistance, they should reach out to Repro Legal Defense Fund.

BREAKING: Lyft and Uber announce they will cover 100% of the legal fees of drivers who are sued for "aiding and abetting" under Texas' abortion law. Lyft also says they will donate $1 million to Planned Parenthood.

A six-month study of the Portland Street Response—an alternative first response program—shows the pilot program is working: portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2021/…

Forcing people to remain pregnant and give birth is state violence.

In light of the draft of a leaked majority Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, I want to call your attention to the people that would be impacted most by the end of legalized abortion across the United States. 🧵:

“It wasn’t until 1979—a full six years after Roe—that evangelical leaders..:seized on abortion not for moral reasons, but…because the anti-abortion crusade was more palatable than the religious right’s real motive: protecting segregated schools.” politico.com/magazine/story…

According to the Governor of Texas, the gunman who killed at least 15 people in Uvalde is an 18-year-old who lives in the community. He had a handgun and may have been armed with a rifle, too. In 2021, Texas lawmakers lowered the age to carry a handgun to 18. #txlege

“Our government is not interested in keeping us safe or healthy. They are interested in surveilling and criminalizing our communities,” said Dr. Iman Alsaden, medical director for Planned Parenthood Great Plains. interc.pt/38R9Did

.Carolyn Kormann profiles the Oglala Lakota chef Sean Sherman, whose Minneapolis-based restaurant, Owamni, is the most prominent example of Indigenous American cuisine. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

Read banned books. And support indie bookstores, too. Check out PEN America's #BannedBooksWeek 2022 reading list at @Bookshop_Org: bookshop.org/lists/2022-ban… #FreeTheBooks

This November, the hottest club is your local polling place. It has everything: stickers, democratic freedom, poll workers who can't work the machines, free pens, the chance to elect people who won't take away your rights, florescent lighting.

once again, really urging people to get a library card if you haven't already - and not just that, i'm begging you to USE your library resources. show up. though they're important, we do way more than just books. libraries are spaces that allow community building and care.