i fall in love each time i take the bus
Youngjun Yoon
possums probably keep loosies in their pouches i bet
Timothy Cleary: ‘Bronze’ (2016)
on your knees, fingers laced. turn your face toward It
Double comb, sailors love token, Mid Century.
omw
Karim Abu Shakra (Palestinian, b. 1982)
Za’matout, 2020
Oil on paper
less than two weeks after a law passed that bans transgender people in utah from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, an elected official is already inciting death threats against a child:
the girl in question (who is cisgender) is under police protection currently after a member of the STATE EDUCATION BOARD posted her photos on facebook and implied that the girl was trans. she took the photos down after learning that the girl was cis, but the damage had already been done. the student in question had already recieved a barrage of death threats.
the board member, natalie cline, has faced backlash and state legislature has already started discussion on how to impeach state board officials, but I find it important to reiterate that the girl she accused of being trans was in fact cisgender. I doubt the backlash would be quite so widespread if this wasn't a false accusation. this behavior is being normalized and encouraged by our bigoted state legislation.
we're going to see more of this kind of thing in the future, most likely. please keep your eyes on utah