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I’m DJing Judy tonight. I’m not going to practice, so I’ll just try to dress extra cute 🤷🏻‍♀️💃🏻 So much bad news DAILY about assaults on queer and trans folks has got me shaken about Pride, but as my grown queer-ass, genderweird crew was saying last night, this is exactly why we have to celebrate. I like to ask myself, how would 15-year-old Jenny feel about Pride? I don’t want to be a jaded buzzkiller about something that actually helps queers stay alive and find family, in some cases, for the first time. I’ve got feelings about cops being in the parade and who gets to have our gay dollars when they don’t do shit else for us 364/365, but shitting on everything just feels like the privilege cup runneth over. ANYWAY, I’M GAY LET’S PARTY! SORRY TO BE SUCH A DOWNER ALL THE TIME BUT I CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING ALL OF THE TIME 🗣📢🎭 wow this is the worst self-promotion ever.

Team Dresch last night. It was so beautiful. Remember who you are. #teamdresch

The Real Problems with Tanya Gold’s Fatphobic Article // NEW BLOG POST // jennybruso.com link in profile & story highlights! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Spoiler: one of them is ABLEISM ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A few days ago, journalist Tanya Gold wrote an op-ed for London’s The Telegraph about Nike’s new plus-size mannequins at the London flagship store in an article titled, “Obese Mannequins Are Selling Women A Dangerous Lie.” It’s pure click-bait, but it worked. Y’all, just one Google of Tanya Gold had me lying in bed in the middle of the night scrolling to the center of the earth. I went deep. Like, 15 years deep. What I found didn’t shock me, but it made me really sad. And pissed. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #fatandoutdoorsy #mybodytookmehere #unlikelyhikers #itakethelongway #tanyagold

TONIGHT! Next Adventure is closing their doors to the public for a special Queer Night! Come see me, @WildDiversity and @theventureoutproject. We've got all kinds of good stuff to share about getting outdoors for beginners and everyone! ALSO, you'll get 20% off all purchases! And there will be beer from @basecampbrewing! 7:30pm! Thanks to @GraniteGear for the support!

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“My hiking journey began in 2017, as I started a more independent life after an unhealthy relationship. I was living in Bellingham, Washington, where trails are everywhere! One day, I loaded my dog, Sybil, into the car and we hiked Lake Padden for hours. Being out there was so empowering. It was the first time I had felt happiness in ages and seeing Sybil this happy was amazing. Last fall, Sybil died and I lost the joy in hiking. It was too painful to do without her. A few months ago, I started hiking again on a roadtrip to Joshua Tree, Chaco Canyon, and Monument Valley. I rewired myself to think of Sybil enjoying these hikes alongside me and feel her loving soul with every step. Hiking has taught me many lessons and I continue to learn.” -Kelli | @sarcastikelli ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pronouns: she/her/her’s ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Location: Kasha-Katuwe, meaning “White Cliffs” in Keresan, the Cochiti Pueblo language, aka Tent Rocks National Monument, New Mexico. This land belongs to the Jicarilla Apache, Pueblos and possibly Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) and other tribes. #tentrocks ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: backshot of person looking out over starkly white rocks and a desert landscape of low hills and scrubby brush. There are multiple kinds of clouds swirling against a blue sky.]

It was pretty incredible when 27 people showed up for our hike at Drift Creek Falls, in the Siuslaw National Forest near the Oregon Coast, a good two hours from Portland. We were able to have this big adventure thanks to the support and partnership of the National Forest Foundation, @nationalforests, and the #ItsAllYours campaign. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We had hikers from all over western Oregon, of all genders and ages from five-years-old to late 60s. It was amazing watching everyone interact with this stunning trail, which features a 240-foot suspension bridge 100 feet above a canyon alongside 75-foot Drift Creek Falls. Moss and lichen cover old growth and second growth trees surrounded in dozens, maybe hundreds of varieties of the brightest green undergrowth. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ PARTICIPATION CHALLENGE! In our “stories,” I’ve posed some questions about our relationships with National Forests. Here are just a few: What does “its all yours” mean to you in this context? What does “shared ownership” look like? What does it mean to be a good steward? When we talk about “public lands” how can we pay appropriate tribute to Indigenous people, while also acknowledging we’re on stolen land? Why is this important? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Location: Drift Creek Falls, Oregon. This land belongs to the Siletz, Tillamook, Salmon River and possibly other tribes. #driftcreekfalls ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: 10 slides - 1) large group hikes along trail through massive ferns. 2) group photo on foot bridge surrounded by greenery. 3) diptych of trail cutting through forest and shot of dramatic suspension bridge. 4) 5 hikers sit on log for break and smile for photo. One is holding a dachshund. 5) diptych of hikers on trail, surrounded by ferns, moss and trees. 6) 6 hikers smile for photo during a break. 2 are consulting a map. 7) waterfall flowing into rocky gorge. 8) 3 hikers smile for photo while sitting on log. 9) triptych of the dogs with group. 1 dachshund sits on camp chair, a pitbull poses for photo on big log, another dachshund runs alone on suspension bridge. 10) shot of sky and spotty clouds through trees lit by sun.]

“The first time I ever felt seen as a queer man was in 2016, in Yellowstone, where I was working as a park ranger the year after I started testosterone. A young man about my age flirted with me for a minute outside my visitor center. National parks - and the National Park Service - are spaces that have been historically male, heteronormative, and cisnormative. Being queer and trans in those spaces is incredibly important: I have a different and valuable perspective of their cultural dynamics, and I get to be a role model for queer kids (and adults!) who come there. Public lands are for all of us, as is the work of figuring out how those places and their visitors are portrayed in our society. Being there, in the parks and in the woods, for ourselves and for each other, is how we remember that.” -Owen | @queer_ranger ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pronouns: he/him ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Location: Little River Canyon National Preserve, Alabama. This is ᎠᎳᎫᏪᏘᏱ Tsalaguwetiyi (Cherokee, East), Tsoyaha (Yuchi)+ land. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: smiling person with beard stands on rocks over lush, green overlook. Sparse clouds appear lit up by a possibly setting sun.]

“I’ve always had a love for the outdoors. My parents would do their best to get us outside even if it was to a nearby park. I’ve done plenty of little hikes that were short and close to home with friends or family, but last year I went on my first solo hike that was further out and bigger than what I’d done before. Once I reached the summit and saw the view, the hiking passion came alive. The change in perspective reminded me that there is so much of the world to see than just the town I live in. I definitely consider myself an unlikely hiker because I don’t see many bald women on the trails. I hope to inspire other bald women & biracial (black&white) people to get outside and see the beauty with their own eyes and not just in photos.” -Shanice | @_sol.flower_ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Pronouns: she/her ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Location: North Bend, Washington. This is Duwamish, Puget Sound Salish+ land. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tag #unlikelyhikers to be featured! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [image description: engulfed in green ferns, maple leaves and all sorts of lush, tender, spring-leaved things, a person with a bald head smiles serenely, soaking up all of this new life surrounding her. Tall evergreens frame the outside of the photo and blocky mountains, studded with snow, appear far off in the background background.]

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