u/MissNumbersNinja

I thought this was pretty cool! So glad to see other trans people doing what they can to try to make things better.

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"In politics I see too much bullshit", Bree Taylor said as she announced her last-minute candidacy in Michigan's 6th Congressional District in a four part series of posts on Bluesky (post1, post2, post3, post4).

Taylor is running as an independent, frustrated with the two-party system that she doesn't think serves the American people well.

She talks about returning power to the people and increasing transparency in congress - like public livestreams of all meetings with lobbyists.

Taylor has experience organizing and with educational initiatives through the non-profit Trans Unity Coalition.

She is hosting a community discussion to talk about what is important to us.

WHEN: Saturday, October 3rd at 1pm

WHERE: Clubview Park in Ypsilanti Michigan

Her website is breewins.com

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UPDATE:

Bree Taylor responded to some community feedback in this BlueSky post.

I just heard about this today.

When somebody asked why the post mentioning camps wasn't a ToS violation, Bluesky's Head of Trust and Safety (@aaron.bsky.team)) posted this reply -

Are they threatening trans users directly? No. Trans folks in the US have been targeted repeatedly. That's awful and you have my sympathy.

Within the context of a single post we wouldn't consider it a direct threat or targeting a protected category. Ie send trans folks to concentration camps.

So.....what the fuck?

Drilling down into the thread their explanation seems to be something something toxicity algorithms but I can’t imagine this kind of post would be allowed if it were about any other group of people. 

I was glad to see Bree Taylor of the Trans Unity Coalition spoke out quickly in this post saying “Endorsing a HOSTILE environment that lets bullies enact psychological harm to vulnerable users”

The trend within social media is really alarming to me. Three months ago, during Pride Month, this happened to one of Bree Taylor’s personal social media account (and the Trans Unity Coalition’s social media account)