Take the Win

[lydamorehouse]

Image: NPR photo of the crowd  I was in at the capitol building. (Our furry friend is in this picture and I love them.)

The good news is that the Minnesota Public Radio news folks ran a great article about the protest.

If you need some cheering up, just open the article and LOOK at the crowd. Just spend some time admiring the three or four pictures that show just how many people turned up to say that you matter and that trans right are human rights.

Also? We won.

The measure was voted down (actually as expected.)  But, you know what? So what? There aren't going to be a lot of victories in these, the waning days of Babylon, so we might as well celebrate what we can. We won this one! This is one tiny, bright moment. Let us cherish it.

Besides, as I have noted elsewhere, that's not why people showed up. We all showed up because the world needs to know that for a whole fucking lot of us it's actually not okay to throw trans folks under the bus for some fully fictional "moderate" voter who would vote for Democrats if only they were more like the Nazis.  Someone needs to inform them that if we vote for them at all it's because they are NOT the Nazis (and they need to start acting more like they are in opposition to evil, ffs.)

So, that whole venture felt pretty good.

I am supposed to have read something for today and I'm here to inform you that I have utterly failed in this mission. I don't think I even cracked a book this week (NOT EVEN MANGA), that's how much it sucks to be an American right now. 

But, what about you? I love hearing what other people are reading. Did you read anything good? Anything awful? Anything 'meh'?

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Update: I have no idea what day it is. I have another day to read all the things!! Hooray!