Kit O'Connell (🏳️‍🌈Big & Bright Queerdo👽)

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🏳️‍🌈⭐👏Newsletter Writer & Contributor @The Barbed Wire, formerly Digital Editor @Texas Observer, bylines in Teen Vogue, etc. Austin, Texas. They/Them. Home: https://kitoconnell.com/ Get Big & Bright: https://thebarbedwire.com/subscribe/

A blonde white woman in TV studio gazes downward. Chyron: Cindy Jo is looking for Alex Jones in Hell (Infowars/Onionwars logo)
Big & Bright, with a rainbow and stars, against a pink background
Bumper sticker reads Where are you going? The Pink Pony Club or Hell 620-HOT-TO-GO Chappel 3:16
A zine called Dispatch Please Advise Tactics For Fighting The Federal Occupation of Minnesota by ICE, along with a bowl of whistles and instructional zines for using then against ICE.
Big & Bright, decorated with a rainbow and stars, against a light blue background
Your 2025 was a vibrant, glitter- soaked pop odyssey, propelled by Chappell Roan's infectious anthems and fearlessly exploring everything from experimental electronic soundscapes to exhilarating punk energy.
Love Wins Again, Let's Celebrate! The Big Queer Wedding Party, December 7, 2025 from 3:30 to 6:30pm at The Cathedral ATX. Music, community, free weddings, presented by Democrasexy, Judge Denise Hernández and noah & bri. RSVP: BigQueerWedding.com
Linda from Bob's Burgers: oh Bobby they make Dutch babies here MN! let's order one
Big & Bright, decorated with a rainbow and star, against an orange background
Protesters in 1990 at the National Institute of Health with signs like "Dr. Fauci, you are killing us!" and numerous signs calling out the Ronald Reagan administration for his inaction on HIV / AIDS. Public domain image from the Dept. Of Health and Human Services.
A massive crowd protesting in the streets of New York with an Act Up! Banner in 1980. CC SA licensed image from Macmillan / Wikimedia Commons.
A buff orange cat extends one leg as, from out of frame, Kit also extends a leg clad in black tights with a red stripe and a rumpled purple tube sock
Big & Bright, decorated with a rainbow and stars, against a light blue background
Big & Bright, decorated with a Pride rainbow and stars, against a pink background
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Standing in front of the waters of Barking Springs, Kit O'Connell is wearing a pink crop top with the word "Cute" in a sparkly, dripping heart (from Austin's Cute Nail Studio) and blue swim trunks with red crabs. Their long brown hair is a bit messy, a semicolon tattoo is visible on their left arm and they're wearing red and purple cats eye glasses.
Colorful flowers and berries and seeds cover the white icing of this cake.
A marching band dressed brightly in all purple marches through a forested park in Austin near the highway.
The 2025 Lone Star Zine Fest. Oct 11 & 12 at Blue Genie. 6100 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX. Lonestarzinefest.org. A pink poster showing an obsolete desktop computer covered in post-it notes reading "100+ vendors, comics jam, door prizes, zine making,all ages, free, 12-6pm."
Lababus are demonic poster! Compares Labubu to Pazuzu and promises to buy and burn the worlds largest Labubu. LabubuIsSatan.com
A composite picture showing three photos of protesters for Palestine. 1. A lone person is holding sign labeled No More Welfare For Israel. 2. Protesters hold banners on the IH35 overpass as trucks and cars go under. Banners include Arms Embargo Now! Israel is Starving Children and Wake Up Call:You Can't Sleep On Genocide. 3. The other side of the highway where people are holding more Palestinian flags and a Free Palestine banner
Sadie Hernandez is speaking in a white cowboy hat and white dress suit.
Sen. Molly Cook speaking at the microphone at the Texas Capitol steps, wearing a long blue dress.
Rep Jessica Gonzalez speaking at the microphone on the Capitol steps in front of women with trans rights signs. She is in a button down and pants.
Wendy Davis on a long dress speaking at a microphone in front of rows of women standing with trans rights signs, at the Texas Capitol steps
A group of woke gathered in the sun on the Texas Capitol steps, holding signs saying Trans is Beautiful and shading themselves with rainbow parasols.
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Workers circle in a picket outside of Rebel Cheese as a Drummer plays along to their chanting
Workers and supporters march in a circle chanting outside of Rebel Cheese as a drummer drums in time
Workers are picketing outside of Rebel Cheese. One person had a sign with the company logo in a No Sign.
Protesters outside the Rebel Cheese deli with signs like Honk for Workers Rights!
Protesters outside the Rebel Cheese deli with signs like Honk for Workers Rights!
And then, the left and Democrats, which I know are not the same, but anybody that is not identifying as a far-right person, all of their silence and all of their refusal to mask just keeps us in this high-threat space. And I worry the louder that Trump gets with his anti-mask stuff and tying it to criminals, people are going to start becoming more violent towards the few of us that do still mask, which is why we need people to step up and join us.
A 'buff/dilute' orange shorthair cat laying curled, with one front paw extended, on a fluffy purple faux fur pillow.
A protester holds a sign reading Crybaby sign with an image of a crying Elon
Miss Congeneality scene: Shatner: Describe your perfect date Pageant contestant: That's a tough one. I'd have to say April 25th. Because it's not too hot and not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.
Trans Texan folks pose behind the microphone in the press conference room in front of the state seal and behind a sign reading Trans People Will Not Be Erased.
Maxine LaQueen is a trans woman drag queen in a sparkly trans pride flag dress and a huge blonde hairdo. She's speaking in front of the seal of the state of Texas at a press conference, with other trans and queer Texans behind her on the platform.
Bellona, a Imperial with the distinctive red eyes and dark facial markings of a vampire, wearing light Stalhrim armor with horns. She's standing in Raven Rock.
A #wheatpaste on a building of a pixelated Moogle, Final Fantasy 3 style. There are also white spray painted flowers.
An image of a group of masked people holding a banner on an overpass reading Long COVID is a Public Health Emergency! One in the center of the group is holding their hand up in a dramatic gesture. Headline text: Texas 'Mask Blocs' Struggle to fill COVID-19 Health Gaps as Federal and State Attacks Ramp up. These volunteer and anarchist led groups are working overtime in cities around the state to keep their communities safe from COVID-19 even as Texas lawmakers debate a ban on masks and a warming planet promises more pandemics on the way.
A guy with a sign: Empathy Shows Strength, Choose to Be Kind
A sign with a cat giving the middle finger and rude caricatures of Elon, Trump etc.
Prominent signs in the crowd include Hands Off Education, Foxtrot Delta Tango, Hey Congress Grow A Spine.
Sign held in the huge crowd: Hey Congress: The Emperor Wears No Clothes, It's Time to Tell Him.
A sign with a nazi caricature of Elon Musk and the words FOIA DOGE, among a huge crowd under a gray sky.
Thousands of people chanting with anti Musk, anti Trump, antifascist signs at the Texas Capitol
A mother and child with a Fascists are Gross sign.
Dante, a drag king, dances with his face painted in devilish red and black airbrushing, a black outfit with a red bandana. In the background, a banner reads Fight for Socialism and Queer Liberation. Other performers and brown berets stand watch.
The Trans Day of Visibility march continues under the shadow of tall buildings in downtown Austin.
About 100 people marching in downtown Austin with Pride signs and a Benner reading Fight for Socialism and Queer Liberation
Brigitte Bandit in a pink wig and pink boots shakes her ass in front of a Fight for Socialism and Queer Liberation banner.
A group gathered at the south gate of the Texas Capitol with trans pride flags and signs, most from PSL
A shark sign that reads Trans Rigts are Human Rigts (sic)
Kit is a white brown-haired enby, wearing a deep green shirt, blue cycling sleeves, a pink skirt, bright yellow purse and a elastomeric face mask with a cherry blossom pattern.
A bright red haired person with a trans rights flag sign, leaning against an oak tree
Vikki Goodwin stands in the center of 5 people posing in her office. She has dirty blonde hair, wearing a suit jacket and skirt.
Andi is a white nonbinary person in a striped shirt, talking to a bearded white staff member of Lulu Flores.
Rep Erin Zweiner, a white woman with brown hair in a blue dress and gray jacket talks to the crowd.
A group of people gathered around a table, discussing political policy in a cramped office waiting room