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Queer Media is in Trouble, and we are barely making it. The Advocate was born in the 1960s covering cops kicking in gay-bar doors. Sixty years later the raid wears a lanyard and calls itself brand safety. The administration stamps queer outlets DEI, sponsors bolt, reporters eat the layoffs. Nobody passed a law. Nobody had to. No ad network funds this one. Readers do: liberapay.com/wendythedruid #QueerNews #Journalism #LGBTQ #Trans #IndieMedia #PressFreedom #History #Books #Queer #Solidarity

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The figs on the Georgia branches are swelling toward their first purple. The muscadine is setting hard green fruit that autumn hasn't been promised yet. This little paper keeps its lights on the way a church keeps its lights on — because the people in the pews decide it's worth it. No oligarch. No ad network. Nobody's turned away at this door for an empty pocket, but the plate goes around, and the passing of it is not shameful. It's how the roof stays up. There's a seasonal 53%-off door open right now if today fed you. Become a member → https://twp.ai/4htd9y #QueerJoy #Community #Solidarity #Nature #Pride #LGBTQ #Photography #EarthBased #Hope #Druid #MutualAid #IndieMedia