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December 31, 2015

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Kit O’Connell

Kit O’Connell (pronouns: They/Them) is a GLAAD Media Award-nominated movement journalist, editor and community organizer from Austin, Texas. The former Digital Editor at Texas Observer, their writing has appeared at Firedoglake, YES! Magazine, the Austin Chronicle and Truthout among others.

Proudly disabled, polyamorous and (gender)queer, Kit lives with their spouse and two cats in Austin, Texas.

Email: kitoconnell@pobox.com
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“There’s never a moment where we want other pe

“There’s never a moment where we want other people to feel that they can’t take up space and be proud of who they are.”

The #LGBTQ+ common Austin is standing up against hate after a bomb threat shut down a show at @thebrewtorium on Sunday, produced by @lasofrendas. The hosts have vowed to bring #drag back to their stage as soon as possible.

Read about it today at @austinfreepress or find a link in my bio.

Photo of @kellyklinewwod courtesy of @borkster. Also thanks to @djkickit17, @themrstexas, @xarenimua, @taryn1taylor and @glaad.

I love my bike, so much.

I love my bike, so much.

Just messing around with reels and Canva, and some

Just messing around with reels and Canva, and some #drag photos I took over the last while.

#StreetArt in South Austin.

#StreetArt in South Austin.

Chanting for #Palestine in City Council chambers.

Chanting for #Palestine in City Council chambers.

Austin activists passing a People's Resolution for

Austin activists passing a People's Resolution for #Palestine since the city council refuses to do so. #AustinTX

I've two new articles out today. First at @austinf

I've two new articles out today. First at @austinfreepress, a story about the city's accelerated schedule to pass zoning reforms and the vulnerable people who worry they might get left behind.

Second, at @deceleration_news, I interviewed anti-Zionist Jewish supporters of the campus protests for #Palestine. One is a grad student at #UTAustin but the other, an alumni, would be termed an "outsider" despite his close ties to the campus. Both accuse the state troopers of causing all violence.

Find both at kitoconnell.com/discover

Thanks Chandler for the new mani!

Thanks Chandler for the new mani!

Riding through your town like a weird gay bicycle

Riding through your town like a weird gay bicycle demon.

#selfie #nonbinary

Every month at the Austin Eagle, they host a very

Every month at the Austin Eagle, they host a very special #drag brunch for queens over 50 years old.

Check out my new byline at GLAAD.org or find the link in my bio!

#LGBTQIA #trans

Total #eclipse selfie... #nonbinary #queer #Austi

Total #eclipse selfie...

#nonbinary #queer #Austin

In #Austin even the buildings have pronouns.

In #Austin even the buildings have pronouns.

My latest mani #manicure #queer #nonbinary

My latest mani

#manicure #queer #nonbinary

It's me. Remember, you are valid and loved. Happy

It's me. Remember, you are valid and loved.

Happy #Trans Day of Visibility, it's me your enby friend. I'm #nonbinary every day, whether I look androgynous that day or not.

#LGBTQIA #TDOV #trans #cats #queer

#HelloKitty needs blood. #stickers #StreetArt

#HelloKitty needs blood.

#stickers #StreetArt

“The old Vanessa was a social person; she was ac

“The old Vanessa was a social person; she was active; she could go camping on a whim and do all these things that fed me mentally. Now, I can’t even function. It was stolen from me, and it makes me feel incredibly isolated and angry at the people who can get COVID five times and be fine, while I got it once, and it destroyed my life.”

My long feature on the people still suffering from the pandemic, first appearing in @texasobserver magazine, is out today on texasobserver.org.

Read it. Take it seriously. Demand better.

Thank you to Jordan Vonderhaar for the beautiful photography!

Bike ride with Bey #beyonce #texasholdem

Bike ride with Bey

#beyonce #texasholdem

Protesters unfurled a banner and briefly chanted a

Protesters unfurled a banner and briefly chanted at the US Army booth inside of the #sxsw Creative Expo at the #Austin Convention Center, demanding justice for #Palestine.

(reshare with blurred faces)

#StopCopCity protest shuts down @andreforatlanta a

#StopCopCity protest shuts down @andreforatlanta at #sxsw.

Protesters just disrupted a #sxsw panel with Andre

Protesters just disrupted a #sxsw panel with Andre Dickens, mayor of #Atlanta, on behalf of the #StopCopCity movement. Dickens fled the panel, hounded by protesters, and it continued without him.

I was briefly detained by police and sxsw staff upon exiting the event. #Austin

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