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in most US states you can be fired, explicitly, just because you are LGBT. Is that somehow not an "economic issue"? pic.twitter.com/YQjOPoSwTM
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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would love to hear how access to marriage, or abortions, or healthcare, or discrimination-free jobs, are not "economic issues"
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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"economic issues" is becoming a code word for "the things only straight white men care about"
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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it may surprise u to hear that my right to not be summarily dismissed by my employer bc my partner is also male is ALSO an "economic issue"
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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you're worried abt losing your job to China? I'm worried my resumé goes straight in the garbage bc I might accidentally come off as gay
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łėgsgiving
@Wendidani
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@meakoopa this is such a scary map to see im so thankful MA got it shit together re: protection for jobs
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Charlotte Hides
@confusedcharlot
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@meakoopa cultural issues are economic issues abt ppl who don't count.
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Dinah Sanders
@MetaGrrrl
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@meakoopa Very helpful chart. Thanks! Can I get source from you so I can add this in our positive action Slack team's LGBTIQ channel?
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Steven Barry
@NerdballBarry
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@confusedcharlot @meakoopa And/or aren't you...
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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I am always loathe to particularize issues w autobiography but it may be in this case instructive:
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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Every week I check listings of jobs in my academic field. Then I go thru that list to see if their hiring policy explicitly bars LGBT ppl.
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Cabezalana
@cabezalana
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@meakoopa I suspect it'll sound very familiar to a lot of us.
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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Then, after that, check if state schools r in states that protect LGBT employ.
If I crossed all these jobs off, list wld be v short indeed.
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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This is in the CURRENT political climate. What happens when/if BEN CARSON is in charge of education?
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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disinterested in whining abt myself; am better off than many. But idea that, e.g., gay rights r extricable from "economics" is horseshit.
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Amanda Louie
@AmandaLouieTX
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@meakoopa It's always instructive. I have an aunt who was against Obamacare until it actually lead to her getting care w/pre-exist cond
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WinstonSmith
@lofinikita
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MAX IM A KOOPA
@meakoopa
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myth that university campuses are bastions of progressive multiculturalism harder & harder to believe as they become pockmarked w swastikas.
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Amanda Louie
@AmandaLouieTX
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@meakoopa Yep, mine never was. We protested virulent anti-lgbt "preacher" and one of us was assaulted by persons agree w/"preacher"
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Shyama Llama
@MedievalPhDemon
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