Nice Stuff 4!

mostly just some trans/gnc joy...

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Sandy Allen
June 10, 2025

Welcome to What’s Helping Today, a newsletter about the everyday work of staying alive on earth, written by author and journalist Sandy Ernest Allen.

Hey folks,

I’ve been soliciting some trans/gnc good news and so forth from my followers…

hey i need some (trans) joy to counter-program all the *everything else* anyone please respond with like (trans/gnc/queer-related) not-depressing anything, good news, small wins, worthy causes to support, funny/cute pride merch, anything ... maybe for an upcoming Nice Things maybe just because

— Sandy Ernest Allen (he/him) (@sandyernestallen.bsky.social)2025-06-09T14:13:02.194Z

brb sobbing:

That indeed counts.

This one I adored, as did many others…

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(I just love my followers.)

Some more trans and queer joy… I was also made aware of the existence this trans baker in Philly whose baking apparently even Beyoncé “can’t resist”!

Older design but new to the store: "Turf Not Terfs" stickers, 2.2x3" matte vinyl. An ode to the persistence of little rubber turf pellets and trans inclusion in sport mgcolv.bigcartel.com/product/turf...

— Mags Online (@mags.colvett.online)2025-05-28T23:15:15.660Z

Here are a few Not Depressing Headlines:

In California's largest landback deal, the Yurok Tribe reclaims sacred land around Klamath River

More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the largest landback deal in California history.

grist.org/indigenous/in-californias-largest-landback-deal-the-yurok-tribe-reclaims-sacred-land-around-the-klamath-river

Hundreds Of Edgewater Neighbors Come Out In A Sea Of Rainbow To Support Drag Story Time

The event was largely peaceful, although police said they arrested one protester after he pushed another person who was supporting the event.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/09/hundreds-of-edgewater-neighbors-come-out-in-a-sea-of-rainbow-to-support-drag-story-time/?utm_content=buffer6946b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Sisters in Arms: A Photo Gallery of Transfem Pride — Assigned

Our contributor has been photographing Pride in San Francisco for more than a decade. Here are some of the images capturing transfem “joy and power.”

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/sisters-in-arms-photo-gallery-transfem-pride

Here’s some excellent analysis from Parker Molloy about the NYT’s latest obnoxious whatnot …

And from Melissa Gira Grant on what’s happening in Los Angeles.

I wrote this thread this morning about when Governor Reagan sent the National Guard to descend upon Berkeley in ‘69, over Peoples Park (events described in my first book). Largely just me praising one of my greatest, lifelong heroes, Allen Ginsberg.

Take care of yourselves, folks…

Take care of yourselves especially if the pain’s super high (today), or the depression, the panic, the anguish, the fear, the overwhelm, what have you…

Please stay safe if you’re protesting, especially. Which, please do protest, if you can…

Cis allies, we need you. We need you active, loud, participant, visible.

Happy Pride.

Love,
Sandy

p.s. I’m still hiring. Intending to take the next few days off (!) so, in general, I appreciate folks who’ve applied remaining patient; I’ll get back to everyone as soon as I can.

p.p.s. I’m still soliciting stories from transmasc folks re: endometriosis, for an upcoming potential piece. Details here. Huge thanks to everyone who has written in so far…

p.p.p.s. Also I’m still ISO a data journalist or researcher who’d want to potentially collaborate with me in analyzing the heap of responses this post received re: cis allyship and how we make more of it. Details here.

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