Melissa McLaren
Mouthy advocate mama bear 🏳️⚧️, nurse, over-educator, feminist is my second favorite f-word, protect trans kids, trans rights are human rights, Black Lives Matter, abortion is health care, diversity makes us better. Proceed with caution.
- Celebrating joy as an act of resistance! No person and no executive order can dictate who you are.
- Reposted by Melissa McLarenKarine Jean-Pierre gives her final White House press briefing. "I would not be here today if it were not for generations of barrier-breaking people before me. I have stood on their shoulders." I'm gonna miss KJP.
- Teachers and school counselors will be forced to out LGBTQ+ kids and allow students to leave during the school day for religious instruction.
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- Reposted by Melissa McLarenIf you're hearing that there are an extraordinary number of adolescents receiving medical interventions for gender affirming care, you may be the victim of misinformation. Fewer than 0.1% of kids get this type of care. Zero kids under 12 were given hormones.
- You would never guess the number of kids getting medical interventions for gender-affirming care given all the political upheaval. I hope this report helps reasonable people understand gender-expansive youth are getting appropriate care.
- Our sweet old girl on a quiet night. #dogsofbluesky
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- Gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth is evidence-based, medically necessary, and it saves lives. We don’t need lawmakers getting in between parents, kids, and medical providers. Sending all our love to Chase Strangio and the families at the SCOTUS hearing today.
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- Sending every positive vibe I’ve got.
- Quick Take: Melissa McLaren: The Mouthy Advocate Who Turns Rage Into Engagement A fierce mama bear armed with a keyboard and a mission, ready to take on injustice one post at a time! blueskyroast.com
- Our 2-year old Golden Retriever just ate a flour baked Christmas ornament. It’s like we gifted her by our placement on the tree.
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- Families of trans kids already worry about keeping their kids safe. Laws like this make it even harder. Our family is disgusted that he signed it into law.
- Reposted by Melissa McLarenHappy Thanksgiving week, everyone. We’ve been spending the last few days addressing food insecurity across NYC. Shout out to our supporters, small-dollar contributors, and volunteers who make all this happen and help us support similar efforts across the country. I am really grateful. ♥️ Thank you
- It will look like her fighting for the respect and decency of every human being, of every gender identity. And it will look like refusing to take the bait every time a MAGA politician wants to use her and our community as a pawn to get themselves on TV.
- Trans women deserve dignity and respect.
- I wonder if this is the first time Matt Gaetz has pulled out early. 🤔
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- Reposted by Melissa McLarenI have shared the same bathroom with Sarah McBride on several occasions, and she never once made me uncomfortable. She did however help me fix my makeup. That congresswoman knows how to blend her foundation, which is more than I can say about Donald Trump.
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- Reposted by Melissa McLarenAOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride. "They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
- He protects Matt Gaetz but harms Sarah McBride.
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- Reposted by Melissa McLarenLee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
- Just walking down High St. in the Short North of Columbus. Not the first time they’ve shown up in central Ohio and unfortunately probably not the last.
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- Them: It’s been 11 days since the election. How are you coping? Me:
- Reposted by Melissa McLarenNetflix needs to stop asking if I’m still watching and start asking if I moved the laundry to the dryer
