A. Goad (she/her or ze/zir)

@agoadesq.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ advocate, herp fan, and cat parent. Militant introvert. Fan of Angel City FC, all NWSL, USWNT, LGBTQI athletes, and good defense. Ambivalent resident of unceded Tongva land. Views my own.

Right hand of a white person with freckles and a green bloodstone bracelet, lifting a "Camden Town Brewery" half-pint of beer above an empty dinner plate and a placemat with bird drawings

Still from this morning's Chelsea @ Everton WSL broadcast, familiar face in the stands at upper left

Patina-y sculpture of a child wearing a dress and sunhat watering a sunflower, standing in front of a large shinier egg sculpture, in cront of a brick building

Map from the board game Risk, which shows Greenland in the same color as North America. And also Venezuela as the easiest next "territory" for the North America-based player to invade.

Side door of a ground floor office. A white poster is taped to the other side of the glass door with two crossed pieces of blue tape, replicating the Finnish flag

Table with blue and white ACLU of Southern California tablecloth and an array of stickers and pamphlets; hanging behind it are a rainbow heart ACLU banner and ICE is Not Welcome Here / ICE No Es Bienvenido Aquí posters

White fortysomething queer in sunglasses, red t-shirt, and wide-brimmed hat, standing in front of a beige wall and some succulents, holding a sign that depicts an angry frog stepping on a crown and thinking "nope"

Digital ad on LA Metro tram platform for NWSL "Saturday Night Women's Soccer" on ION. Below the text is a picture of Alyssa Thompson pointing to the ACFC crest on her jersey.

Save Trans Care rally, Children's Hospital LA, 4650 W Sunset Boulevard, LA CA 90027

Instagram search for "sauerbrunn cake," with responsive videos of Becky Sauerbrunn receiving surprise birthday cake from Lynn Biyendolo, but with AI overview above referencing sauerkraut cake

ACLU SoCal - labeled colorful table, featuring shirts and other merchandise, know your rights pamphlets and cards, and an image from the first permitted Pride parade in the US (LA 1970), with a white man in a black T-shirt emblazoned "We the People Will Win" standing behind it

Google search for "psg ucl history"

Below, the AI overview of results says "Paris Saint-Germain has a history of participating in the UEFA Champions League but has never won the competition. They reached the final once, losing to Bayern Munich in 2020. In 2025, they reached the final again, losing to Inter Milan."

Washington Post Breaking News 5:27pm: Rubio says Trump administration will 'aggressively revoke' visas for Chinese students
LA Times 4:19pm: Justice Department investigates California over allowing transgender athletes in girls' s...

"In the grand scheme of things, the penny isn't a big issue," Lombra said. "But I think the penny is symptomatic of a larger trend we're seeing around, which troubles me, of having these bold claims that 'If we do this, we'll get this really good result,' which are often devoid of scrutiny. It's like some politicians are assuming that the benefits are big and the costs are small, so they just go for it."

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Black block letters painted on an off-white wall: "...don't let those silly fascists pluck at your nerves...smile and know that they are sad and completely void of the love that people like you possess." -- Ericka Higgins, Black Panther Party leader

Closeup of a blue coffee mug with white "SJSU Spartans" lettering

Copy from the Kansas City page of the website for the 2026 men's World Cup, listing various soccer events KC has hosted...but not the 2024 NWSL Championship.

Naomi Girma as USWNT #4, goal celly

Soni McAlister Field scoreboard showing 0-0 at the start of halftime, with 5 shots for USC and 1 for GC. GC GK DeAira Jackson, a tall Black woman with long braids, is walking toward the scoreboard.

North end of BMO Stadium during first half of today's game v. Thorns. Two large Palestinian flags (and a smaller 🏳️‍🌈) are visible in the supporters section

Screenshot from Southwest Airlines website that says in relevant part, "we will let you know if you are cleared via your contact preference."

New Zealand $1 coin, kiwi side up, on a faux marble counter

Lina Hurtig, with blond undercut, who scored the winning penalty "by a millimeter" for Sweden on Sunday, wearing a blue blazer and holding her wife Lisa, who's wearing a yellow dress. Lisa is visibly pregnant and there are baby shoes atop her "bump". They both have nice watches.

Players in pinnies and warmup jackets running drills on both ends of field at WRS

My hottie partner (white fortysomething person in hiking gear with windblown pepper & salt short hair) standing on a gravel trail with two fur seals right behind them; ocean waves breaking on lichen-y basaltic boulders behind that; combo of clouds and sun above)

Screenshot of an "unknown URL scheme" error triggered when i try to accept the US Soccer Doscord Server invite

Twitter screenshot. Lindsay Gibbs: "Almost every player out there has a boyfriend or husband and that's not the energy we need right now. A wise woman once said you can't win a World Cup without gays, it's science." Quote-tweet from Bailey Gayly: "There's a reason this team can't finish" Among the replies is a photo of Kelley O'Hara dropping a mic.

Native land acknowledgment recognizing Maori as traditional custodians of Aoteroa New Zealand

Mall storefront labeled ALL BLACKS above racks and shelves of rugby-related merch

Person with short brown hair and pink kn95 mask making silly face at the camera while sitting in window seat on an airplane

California Senate PASSES Constitutional Amendment Protecting Marriage Equality with Bipartisan Support, on burgundy background with Progress Pride colorful ribbon across the bottom

Leo DiCaprio tux cheers