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As seen in: The Barbed Wire, Medium, Patreon, Teen Vogue, Thrillist, Yahoo, The Advocate Magazine, Truthout, AlterNet, LGBTQ Nation, The Austin Chronicle and
Mastodon: @oconnell@federate.social Former Digital Editor @texasobserver. I don't tweet anymore. Email: kitoconnell@pobox.com AVI by @ivanflr

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🫠 The transformative power of being weird

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By Kit O'Connell Verified
| The Barbed Wire
🏳️‍🌈 My dear queer stars, congrats on making it through Pride Month, and welcome back to Big & Bright 🌈 ⭐ 👏! I hope you’ve rehydrated and recovered. Pride may be over, but the discourse never stops, because some folks seemed determined to reheat a very old discussion… ✋  Hold up, before we go further … have you joined The Barbed Wire yet? Please become a member now on our new and improved site! You'll support this newsletter and our reporting on LGBTQ+ Texas.
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Meet the ‘Weird Moms’ of Fort Worth Who Embrace Diversity, Acceptance & Joy in North Texas

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By Kit O'Connell Verified
| The Barbed Wire
Eight years ago, a moment of humor shared between two women blossomed into a movement for weirdos in North Texas. In 2018, Haley Ballenger had just moved to Fort Worth from Houston, where her husband had family ties and deep roots but she didn’t know anyone. Casting about for a new social circle, the mother of two joined a book club and hit it off with another mom there like herself. “We were joking one night,” Ballenger recalled. “Yeah, we're not regular moms, we're cool moms.
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📚 Learning from queer history...

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By Kit O'Connell Verified
| The Barbed Wire
🤔 Welcome back, my beloved queer stars, to Big & Bright 🌈 ⭐ 👏. Your Aunt/Uncle Kit has more deep thoughts for you, alongside the latest in Texas LGBTQ news. This week I'm wondering … Have you considered the benefits of repeating history? 🙏 We need your support to keep The Barbed Wire alive ... Please become a member now if you haven't joined yet. And a special thanks to Kind Clinic and Texas Health Action for underwriting our first sponsored vertical and our newsletter.
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