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Nick Barts
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Asst. Prof at UCMO | Organismal Biologist | Adaptation & Plasticity | Teaching | Punk | DnD | #FirstGen | #Queer | #Nonbinary | They/Them🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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20 years ago, gay marriage bans swept the United States. Pat Robertson was on TV, every major news network, fueling them with his fundamentalist rhetoric. He was the Matt Walsh of that fight. He will not be missed, nor will his replacements in today's war against trans people.
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To the media: please stop calling what happened in Glendale, CA yesterday just a “protest.” It was a violent attempt by a bunch of homophobic & fascist thugs — many of whom aren’t even from Glendale — to sow chaos & fear in the LGBTQ+ community. Period.
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...gender affirming care is not a state sponsored religion. Trans people pay taxes and churches don't. Also, state-sponsored religions don't get banned or legally depowered in 22 states.
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Replying to @sciliz and @USDA
Thank you, but I said gender ideology. I see this as state sponsored religion. And not a very tolerant religion, by the way, I have gotten all kinds of insults, threats, and request for my firing just for supporting truth and reality.
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“None of my trainees have ever put themselves in direct danger of my wrath by telling me to my face, rather than the whisper network, of how problematic I am. Clearly this means I am great and have no notes to work on.”
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Replying to @evodevoDina @seriouswildlife and 3 others
None of my trainees have ever told me or anyone else that I know of that I mistreat them. I do not oppress anyone. I give them a lot of liberty and all the resources they need to do their work. Measuring competence can be very objective. If I am hiring a technician and we need… Show more
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🏳️‍🌈Big announcement: DIGITAL PRIDE IS BACK!🏳️‍⚧️ Not everyone can attend a Pride event in person. That's why we've got another amazing Digital Pride lineup for you, streaming on Twitch FOUR WEEKS IN A ROW during June so you can join in from wherever you are! Schedule is...
Black graphic with pastel rainbow text in a futuristic/digital font that reads, "It Gets Better: Digital Pride. Thursdays in June, 6/8, 6/15, 6/22, and 6/29. twitch.tv/itgetsbetter."
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Hi! I am writing a children's outreach book about rivulus fish and am currently recruiting members from the queer community, especially trans/non-binary/intersex community (and anyone who uses "they" pronouns and/or neo-pronouns), to review the book!
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When organizations cave like this it shows all of us that it was never about standing with LGBTQ+ people, it was always about making a profit. If you’re not going to stand with our community on the bad days, please don’t stand with us on the good days.
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I'm begging all of you liberals in comfortable more queer friendly states to realize that in Florida, Texas, Alabama etc there are people that have no choice but to continue living in these places, that can't afford to escape, and we are FUCKING terrified. Don't forget us.
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MUTUAL AID REQUEST: Beyonce Karungi, a fierce and longtime HIV/AIDS and LGBTQIA+ activist needs our support staying in the US until it is safe for her to return back to Uganda due to the recent passage of the anti-gay bill. Please donate and share:
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Kansas City Council has approved the resolution declaring KCMO a safe haven for gender-affirming care. Hall was the only "nay" vote. Under this resolution, city personnel are instructed not to participate in enforcing any statewide ban on gender-affirming care.
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Our latest article for magazine is out! Check it out to learn more about how the needs of minoritized identities are key to effective #climatechange mitigation.
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People of minoritized genders are disproportionately affected by #ClimateChange. Increasing the number of diverse voices in the environmental justice movement can be one step toward protecting them: awis.org/resource/gende #GenderEquity @chumblebiome @MoritzBethany @calacademy
Gender empowerment is critical to global climate initiatives.
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A few months ago, Evolutionary Psychological Science published a paper which is effectively a defence of Lynn's 'national IQ' dataset. Does it present a clearly argued, rigorous & convincing case for continuing to use the data? (You know the answer already don't you) NO 🧵
Title of paper - National mean IQ estimates: validity, data quality and recommendations
Author: Russell T Warne
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How we think and talk about mitochondria matters to our science and to newcomers in the field. The powerhouse analogy is expired and we need specific vocabulary to capture the beautiful complexity of mitochondrial biology. We propose a framework and some nomenclature.
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