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Real patriots don't just smoke cigars - they open their own cigar lounge.
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How do I even put into words what happened last night.
tl;dr Trans Family Support Services Director of Operations reacted aggressively to criticism about the Executive Director being a cis woman, and threw a glass of water at Máni, the founder of Trans Pride in Huntsville Alabama.
The longer story is here under the cut.
Kathie Moehlig (Executive Director of TFSS) invited all of the organizers to a thank you dinner at a local brewery. Somehow the two people she removed from the project (myself and the ex committee chair) also ended up invited. We decided to go as moral support for Máni, who was planning on confronting Kathie about how planning this year had gone.
The dinner is tense and awkward for the most part. After an hour or so Kathie makes a small speech thanking everyone for their hard work and that TFSS is excited to start working on next year's pride event.
When she finished, Máni took that as an opportunity to segue into what he needed to say. He had it written down, because his anxiety would have made it difficult to say what he needed to say off the cuff.
He planned to bring up their lack of transparency, communication, and ability to listen to the local community, and tell them that he had no plans to work with TFSS ever again.
It very quickly devolved into Kathie cutting him off and speaking over him once he started bringing up his employment with TFSS (he was fired from the organization back in April). She said that she could not legally respond to anything he had to say about it and Máni, myself, and multiple other people at the table told her she didn't need to respond, she just needed to listen.
She refused, and continued speaking over Máni. He finally called her out on being a cishet white woman speaking over a trans person on trans affairs, and Aspen Everheart (Director of Operations for TFSS) got up, leaned over the table in a quick and aggressive manner as though he were going to punch Máni, and then threw a glass of water all over him and stormed out.
The situation devolved further and all members of TFSS left the dinner after saying we were inappropriate and this was not the place to have this discussion.
Some context for why Máni chose to speak then and not in private. Kathie repeatedly, in private conversations with Máni regarding these things, has spoken over him and twisted the conversation away from any critique of her organization. Máni felt he had no choice but to speak in a more public setting for her to listen.
We were all shocked that they would react that way to this criticism, accusing us of attacking Kathie and being aggressive. And even going so far as to accuse Máni, myself, and a few others as trying to be the sole voices of the trans community here in Huntsville.
I can say, for myself, that I will not be working with TFSS in the future. I will be working with my local community to make Trans Pride next year an event of community pride, love, and effort.
Obviously draw your own opinions on what has happened.
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Dine-Out Meals of January 2024, Ranked
I ranked the following based on taste alone. I made no consideration for ambiance or the general dining experience or whatever. I included meals I got to go. I included food trucks, catered meals, and fast food.
A solid showing by restaurants in Huntsville, Alabama and Wichita, Kansas this month.
Should you be interested in the pictures or reading the few words I had to say about each meal, click on the home page and scroll down or see the archives.
Cream of Asparagus Soup, Artisanal Cheese Platter (shared), Pan-Seared Gulf Yellowfin Tuna. The Bottle Restaurant. Huntsville, Alabama. 1.10.2024.
Combo Marino, Plantains, Flan. Gabby’s Peruvian Restaurant. Wichita, Kansas. 1.25.2024.
Italian Beef Bene, Cinnamon Roll (shared). Raduno. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.14.2023.
Beetroot Salad, Salmon, Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp. The Revivalist. Huntsville, Alabama. 1.11.2024.
Pork Ribs w/Collard Greens, Mac & Cheese, Banana Pudding. Wright’s BBQ. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.4.2024.
Jinya Bun, Jinya Tonkotsu Black. Jinya Ramen Bar. Wichita, Kansas. 1.24.2024.
Tuna Tacos, Pan Seared Black Seabass, Curry Duck Breast, Poblano Mac & Cheese Casserole, Honey Soy Brussels, Sticky Toffee Cake (shared all). Table 28. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.13.2024.
Bleu Burger w/Duck Fat Fries. Dempsey’s Burger Pub (Clifton Square). Wichita, Kansas. 1.23.2024.
Feta James, Mr. Nice Guy, Apple of My Eye (shared dessert). Leverett Lounge. Fayetteville, Arkansas. 1.17.2024.
Harissa Avocado Bowl. CAVA. Fayetteville, Arkansas. 1.17.2024.
Assorted Sushi Rolls (Rainbow, California, etc.). Fujiyama Express. North Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.19.2024.
Local Mix w/Grilled Chicken. Urban Cookhouse. Huntsville, Alabama. 1.12.2024.
Baleada Con Todo w/Carnitas. El Sur Street Food Co. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.8.2024.
BLT-AE Sandwich w/Grilled Veggies, Jolly Green Juice. HomeGrown. Wichita, Kansas. 1.26.2024.
Chicken Scratch Salad w/Rotisserie. Waldo’s Chicken & Beer. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.6.2024.
Grilled Salmon (Snappy) w/Grilled Veggies, Rice & Beans. Flying Fish. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.19.2024.
Shrimp w/rice, Steamed Veggies. La Chingada. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.5.2024.
Egg White Grill, Yogurt w/Fruit. Chick-fil-A. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.10.2024.
Petit Jean Ranch Salad (to go). Zaza Fine Salad & Wood Oven Pizza Co. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.22.2024.
Bacon Cheeseburger w/Onions & Mushrooms, Fries. Vanilla Milkshake. CJ’s Butcher Burger Boy. Russellville, Arkansas. 1.18.2024.
Green Chile Stew, Crispy Ahi Tuna Taco. Local Lime. Rogers, Arkansas. 1.23.2024.
Tortilla Soup. Chuy’s Chuy’s. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.20.2024.
Whipped Feta & Prosciutto App (shared), Salad Lyonnaise. Wild Fork. Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1.26.2024.
Chicken Livers w/Okra, Mashed Potatoes, English Peas. Cindy’s Place. Corinth, Mississippi. 1.10.2024.
Grilled State Bird Sandwich w/Fries. Hill Station. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.31.2024.
Chicken Salad Sandwich w/Chips. McAlister’s Deli. Wichita, Kansas. 1.24.2024.
Ark-Mex Enchiladas w/Tomato-Cucumber-Mint Salad, Pinto Beans. Heights Taco & Tamale. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.30.2023.
Yogurt & Granola w/Fruit Compote. Mylo Coffee Co. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.31.2024.
Fattoush Salad w/Salmon. Meddys. Wichita, Kansas. 1.25.2024.
Green Goddess Salad. Newk’s. Fayetteville, Arkansas. 1.18.2024
Ham & Cheese Croissant. Starbucks. Conway, Arkansas. 1.17.2024.
Ham & Cheese Croissant. Starbucks. Wichita, Kansas. 1.25.2024.
Ham & Cheese Croissant. Starbucks. Fayetteville, Arkansas. 1.18.2024. (No photo)
Meat & Cheese Plate (shared), Pork Ribs w/Beans, Slaw. Charlie Vergo’s Rendezvous. Memphis, Tennessee. 1.12.2024.
Bangkok Noodles w/Shrimp. Bangkok Thai Cuisine. Little Rock, Arkansas. 1.3.2024.
Ham & Cheese Croissant. Starbucks. Wichita, Kansas. 1.24.2024.
Ham & Cheese Croissant. Starbucks. Conway, Arkansas. 1.23.2024.
Red Pepper Sous Vide Egg Bites. Starbucks. Huntsville, Alabama. 1.11.2024.
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April 2023 | Huntsville Alabama | Digital
#photography#urbanphotography#alabama#streetphotography#city life#street photography#urban photography#store front#reflection#color photography#canon 6d#50mmprime#50mm 1.8#digital photography#6d#april 2023#huntsville#huntsville alabama#JamesMillerphoto#James Miller
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Eevee Wants to Go to Space!
Alabama/Tennessee Line
November 27, 2022
#alabama#huntsville alabama#rocket ship#road trip#eevee#pokemon#pokemon plushie#eevee plush#our adventures
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Some recent drone shots I took for the new, massive skatepark being built in Huntsville, Alabama. Should be opened by summer 2023.
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Yhapojj shares new video single "Make Sum Noise"
Fresh off appearing in Rolling Stones’ “2024 Future of Music” print issue that hailed him as a “young act at the vanguard of underground rap”, Yhapojj has just shared his new single “Make Sum Noise”. Serving as his second release of 2024, “Make Sum Noise” arrives on the heels of a momentous run for Yhapojj, following a breakthrough year in 2023 that was capped off by a riotous NYC show getting shut down by the NYPD in December, and February’s “hope ulike me” (1.5M+ Streams) – a track that Our Generation Music praised as “an embodiment of Yhapo’s quick ascent in the underground”. Led by his viral standout single “1o” (3.5M+ Streams), Yhapojj has quickly risen to the forefront of Hip-Hop’s new underground wave since breaking into the Top 100 of Apple Music’s ‘Top Albums’ chart with his 2023 EP, Evolution of Xur. After earning his place on Year-End lists like No Bells’ ‘Best Internet Rap of 2023’ and being named one of both OGM and COMPLEX's ‘Artists to Watch in 2024’, Yhapojj has emerged as a torchbearer for the forward-thinking “jerk” sound he’s helped pioneer. Continuing to showcase why he’s been hailed as one a definitive must-watch artist, Yhapojj’s new single “Make Sum Noise” is out now via Simple Stupid Records.
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Defined by candy-coated production and full-bodied syrupy vocals, “Make Sum Noise” is a carefree, high-octane joyride. Clocking in at just under two minutes, and rooted in a single thrill-seeking refrain ("Where all the bitches at? / Can you make some noise?"), the new single showcases why Passion of the Weiss recently heralded Yhapojj as an artist using “his deep, distinct voice and an uncanny, hard to follow way of talk-rapping that isn’t easy to forget” to stand out among the pack. After using each release to level up last year, he followed up his previous high water mark in “You Lookin Gud” (1.3M+ Streams) only a month later with “1o”, and the entirety of his Evolution of Xur EP, going on a steady ascension ever since. After his viral show at Mercury Lounge in NYC was dramatically shut down due to massive overcrowding, it resulted in an impromptu concert in LES Skatepark (documented by Our Generation Music alongside fellow rising stars xaviersobased and Nettspend). Now with his second release of the year, “Make Sum Noise”, Yhapojj is continuing to push the boundaries of what underground Hip-Hop can sound like, while feeding the newfound demand for his idiosyncratic, melody-driven sound and refreshing emotional candor that has captured the imagination of the youth.
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Studio Apartments Huntsville Alabama
Huntsville vacation rentals AL, apartments for rent in Huntsville AL, studio apartments for rent in Huntsville AL, apartments for rent in Huntsville AL.
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It's that time of year again, where I fixate on that time my mom sent my suicidal teen self to a wilderness camp and reread all my journal entries about being cold and sad
#TTI#troubled teen industry#wilderness program#elk river#elk river treatment program#huntsville alabama
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So, re my experience with Trans Family Support Services.
Some context: TFSS is a trans support organization started by a cis woman with a trans son. I do not want to downplay the good it does on the west coast with this post. They're a valuable resource in the places they know well.
And that's the problem.
The Huntsville, AL trans community partnered with TFSS this year to plan Trans Pride events. They hired one local person to be the liaison and coordinator for "Alabama", and assigned him tasks and jobs that he should have had a team to help him with. TFSS stalled on pride planning multiple times with him, always told him to ask for help when he needed it but never gave it when he asked, and ultimately fired him when he asked for disability accommodations.
Right before he was fired, he had put together the planning committee for Trans Pride. I was the Entertainment head. TFSS went silent for a month, not telling the planning committee anything whatsoever.
From there, it was just red flag after red flag after red flag with TFSS. They promised security, a fence around the event, bag checks, etc and reneged on all of those promises multiple times, waffling instead of committing to anything specific. They refused to listen to the local community on safety.
They repeatedly acted as if we had the same resources they do in California, which, if you know Alabama and the South, we don't. They kept acting as if the police would be enough security when repeatedly police have shown to be untrustworthy.
The head of TFSS, Kathie Moehlig, refused to let the planning committee do its jobs and actually plan and make decisions. Every single decision had to be made through her. She repeatedly tried to backhandedly embarrass and blame the ex-employee in front of the committee for things that were her fault and her responsibility. She never told me what budget I was working with for hiring entertainment, and refused to accept any plan and schedule that didn't include multiple drag entertainers. Which, on that last point, is fine and makes sense, but I don't know the drag performers in my city very well, and despite asking multiple times, no one gave me anyone's info or directed them to sign up.
Not to mention Huntsville has a massive line up of events in June, 9 of which include drag entertainment. So most drag performers were booked solid.
Which was stressful for me, and happened literally last week as of this post.
The past week has been the planning committee head, the person TFSS fired, and myself arguing with Kathie about safety measures. She refused to give us a committed answer, hemming and hawwing about it. The planning head finally had enough, emailed all the vendors that there was no confirmed security, and quit.
I had, as of Friday last week, threatened to quit if Kathie couldn't promise there would be some form of barrier around the event. I had not quit yet.
Yesterday, after the planning head quit, Kathie chose for me, and texted me saying she understood my fears and want to no longer work on the event, and removed me as entertainment head and as a volunteer. I had not quit yet. Which to me, read as Kathie confirming there would be no barrier.
I emailed the entertainment about the lack of security and that if they had questions or concerns to talk to Kathie.
The ex planning head and I are both local queer/trans organizers. And this cis woman from California fired us because we wouldn't refused to budge on matters of safety for our community.
The person TFSS fired is still volunteering, and has told the ex planning head and myself what's happening. Kathie is doing damage control. She sent an email to all the vendors stating that she had hired "a security company" (no name, just a security company) and was working on getting the city permit amended to include barriers. Which was news to literally everyone involved.
Now she has added bag checks and specified entrances and exits.
Pride is this Saturday.
The local community as I know it is furious with TFSS for this shit show. Time is a flat circle and even amongst the queer community, people from the west coast think they can come into the South and fix everything because we don't know anything. And it's infuriating. That was the vibe the entire time, every meeting we had.
Do not work with Trans Family Support Services if you live in the South and Appalachia. It's not worth the headache and stress, and they'll just break every promise they make.
#tfss#trans family support services#transgender#trans community#trans#lgbtq#send me any questions you have regarding specifics#Huntsville alabama#huntsville al#hsval#rocket city#rocket city pride
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Cream of Asparagus Soup, Artisanal Cheese Platter (shared), Pan-Seared Gulf Yellowfin Tuna, Brown Sugar Cake w/Buttercream Icing. The Bottle Restaurant. Huntsville, Alabama. 1.10.2024.
NOTE TO SELF: The Downtown Huntsville food scene continues to impress. The soup was good, though the server described it as like a broccoli and cheese, which was no accurate. The dominant flavor was lime, there was no cheese. The cheese platter was fine, but I wouldn't order it again. The tuna was stupid good. I don't know what spices were on it, but it was salty and peppery and exhilarating in every bite. Everything on the plate worked so well together -- spicy kimchi, sweet seaweed, earthy beans and grains, and chewy tuna. I know it's early in the year, but this is likely a top 10 meal. Not picture, I also got the brown sugar cake, but it was too sweet to really elevate the meal for me. Can't wait to come back to this place and try more things.
Currently ranked first of seven January meals.
#the bottle#food porn#food#yellowfin tuna#cheese#asparagus soup#soup#huntsville alabama#the bottle restaurant
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Cleaning Day
2023-May | Huntsville Alabama
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#photography#black and white photography#35mm film#analog photography#street photography#urbanphotography#black and white#blur#alabama#Huntsville Alabama#streetphotography#bw photography#blurred#JamesMillerphoto#James Miller
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Some more recent drone photos of the new, massive skatepark being built in Huntsville . Alabama. Once completed it will be one of the largest in the Southeast.
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