Mx. Kit O'Connell 🏳️‍🌈⭐👏

If a candidate can't enthusiastically support my existence and considers my #gender to be abnormal, I will not vote for them.

Ever. I need the #Newsom boosters to understand that no matter how much they protest, they are throwing marginalized people under the bus with their candidate.
https://youtu.be/y-qXbnTeHJU

#SocialMedia #politics #USpol #news #LGBTQIA #trans

Gavin Newsom is special guest governor at #sxsw. Rich white, bigoted wonks are doing everything they can to force this hateful asshole down our throats as the only viable candidate for 2028. We must keep saying "fuck no."

#politics #USpol

‪New today at The Barbed Wire: “Trans voters are left vulnerable to being outed, questioned, or turned away, which creates very real barriers to casting a ballot ... This fear & confusion has a purpose in trying to silence our voices & keep #trans people from participating fully in our #democracy.”
https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/03/03/trans-voters-texas-primary-elections/

#midterms #voting #elections #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #transgender #Texas #politics #USpol #news

One of the biggest factors discouraging me from using social media these days is seeing how many regular people, journalists, organizations, nonprofits and politicians kept right on using X like it's not a nazi shithole. It really makes me think there's something fundamentally unhealthy about this.

#SocialMedia #WhiteSupremacy

“I think when people are confronted with the realities — in their face — of what our immigrant neighbors are facing, there’s no choice but to respond,”

#LGBTQ+ Texans are part of the fight, organizing with their neighbors to protect immigrants against #ICE. My latest for The Barbed Wire: https://thebarbedwire.com/2026/03/02/lgbtq-texans-in-defense-of-immigrants/

#LGBTQIA #trans #immigration #fascism #Austin #Texas #news #Politics #USPol #Minneapolis

Hey everyone, life has been pretty stressful and so I've been bad at updating this. But I'm still here, still rolling around Austin and writing. I've got a couple of new pieces coming out next week for The Barbed Wire too!

Here's a little peek at what I've been up to today...

#journalism #LGBTQIA #Austin #Texas #news #media #nonbinary #activism #ICE

I'm writing a story for The Barbed WIre (thebarbedwire.com) on the intersection between pro-immigrant and pro-LGBTQ+ resistance in #Texas if you have thoughts on that or you're organizing intersectionally please get in touch... DM or I also have Signal or encrypted email (kitoswn@proton.me) if you need.

Obviously, but I'll say it anyway: only share what is safe to share with the media, though we can arrange anonymity.

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #news #journalism #immigration #ICE #HumanRights

RE: @EricAlper@mastodon.social

James and I were in theater club together, oddly enough. It's sad that someone my age is gone so young, my condolences to his family and friends.

“Trans visibility is important, but also trans people deserve to have fun.”

For @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social magazine, I teamed up with photojournalist Harmon Li to document a "Trans Takeover" on the free side of #Austin's Barton Springs swimming hole. It was a moment of queer and #trans joy that came weeks after a violent attack. https://www.texasobserver.org/protect-trans-joy-barton-springs/

#LGBTQIA #queer #culture #photography #Texas #CentralTexas #transgender #water

FWIW y'all, I became a subscriber of the @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social after they laid me off.

I don't agree with the board's decision to eliminate the Digital Editor, however I want to see that historic publication continue into the future, and I know all the journalists there are passionate about telling stories that matter. #TexasNeedsAnObserver, so please don't abandon them on my account.

(of course, if you want to support me directly there are ways to do that!)