World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social The official Bluesky account of the World Bollard Association™️. MERCH STORE - https://worldbollardassociation.team-togs.com/shop/storeorderform.php
Ben Teresa @benfteresa.bsky.social Associate Professor VCU Urban and Regional Studies & Planning, Co-founder and director, RVA Eviction Lab
Reclaim Our Names! @reclaimournames.bsky.social Reclaim Our Names! is an intersectional trans self-determination project -- defining ourselves, for ourselves. @reclaim.our.names on IG | Links: https://linktr.ee/reclaimournames
William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social Nonbinary transmasc writer/journalist with a trauma-informed Lord Byron novel WIP. Away with the fae since ‘92.
Disabled (AuDHD + Fibromyalgia) | Pansexual | Ace/aro spec | Pagan witch
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Amy Wentz @amycwentz.bsky.social 
Field Notes Press @fieldnotespress.com On-the-ground visual journalists bringing you stories from where they happen. #RVA based, reporting nationwide.
Gender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com Help us build a people’s movement for bodily autonomy, self-determination, collectivism, and fulfillment.
Learn more at genderlib.org
Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah.com My specialty: government decisions on sex classification. Distinguished Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY. Dad, dog companion, kayaker. Pieces in n+1, Boston Review, Nature, New Yorker, New York Review, Yale Review.
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mattypopolsku @mattypopolsku.bsky.social Queer | Star Trek | Books | Buddhist | strong future hermit vibes | #BlackLivesMatter #LGM | Pronouns: any | Currently 🗽, Formerly 🎢🏝️, ❄️ ☕️, 🐎 🥃
Eric Fisher @efisherwx.bsky.social Chief Meteorologist at WBZ-TV in Boston, MA.
Storms, nature, sports, beer. Not necessarily in that order.
Streetwise, Cville Safety Cat: Interested Female Vocalists Write @averysafecat.bsky.social Bougie, valid. ALA's "Most Inspirational Pinata" 2018. "If you ever go into the UVA library remember to be quiet or this guy will kick yer ass." - antifawatch dot net. He/him. Views expressed here are not necessarily those of UVA.
Jason Terry @jttnncdcmd.bsky.social the most famous queer person from Chattanooga since Leslie Jordan. singing quaker baker garden poet trying to be a novelist when i grow up. makes a living as a global do-gooder. another bearded they/them in the d(m)v.
www.jaterry.com
OldBae @dorianbae.bsky.social Trans man. Left to my own devices I'd be making mead and playing with my friends and chosen family in the woods. Choosing kindness as my strength. Pet cats, lift heavy, laugh in the teeth of despair.
Nora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social Civil Rights & Free Speech Attorney. Disinformation & AI Expert. Nonfiction Author.
Now: Senior Counsel @freepress | 2026 Bellagio Residency Fellow @rockefeller (writing a book) | Board of Directors @benandjerrys
www.norabenavidez.com
J. Arendt @uwwoman.bsky.social RVA librarian working at a local university and riding my bike there; opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer or anyone else
https://my-year-of.ghost.io/ is the home of my blog / newsletter.
Equality Virginia @equalityva.bsky.social Statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy organization. Equality Virginia advocates and organizes across Virginia to build a future where LGBTQ+ thrive.
Maymont @maymont.org Connecting people with history, nature, wildlife and each other in Richmond, VA, USA.
maymont.org
Jamie Agapoff, MD, MS (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @jamieagapoff.bsky.social Transgender Psychiatrist - Gender Researcher - Fantasy Novelist - Human Rights Activist - All thoughts my own and not medical advice
Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net New York Times bestselling author and audiobook narrator.
Host of It's Storytime with Wil Wheaton
Retired Starfleet officer.
Husband, father, Traveler.
Nazi punks fuck off.
Trans Chair & Archives @transchair.bsky.social Chair in Transgender Studies (📧 transchair@uvic.ca) & The Transgender Archives (📧 transarc@uvic.ca) — World's Largest Collection of Trans History
linktr.ee/transchair
Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social Actress, Writer, Creator of Philosophy Tube ⚔️
Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; also @KillJamesBond ✨👑
Natacha @natacha.bsky.social Dr Natacha Kennedy 🏳️⚧️ Sociologist/Agnotologist, anti-Brexit. She/her. Opinions expressed here are my own. Block Early Block Often 🇵🇸
Publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
@juditheg.bsky.social @juditheg.bsky.social 
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Matana Roberts @matanaroberts.bsky.social i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors…
we talk "arts" over here and world building...
jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social Researcher and author. Expertise: Black politics, gender & sexuality, policing, and threat. They/them.
BOOKS: Black Women Taught Us (2024), Policing Blackness (2027), To Be a Radical (2029)
jennmjacksonphd.substack.com
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cassandra 💛 @nortsapa.bsky.social they/any/all • queer disabled teacher • social work student • medic & peer support • rva
🪴🪬🧄
trying to create a better world by advocating for children & their communities
Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social Queer history podcast with over 150 episodes presenting stories from around the world and throughout time.
https://www.queerasfact.com/
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever good pods are found.
Jan Marc Morawe @janmarcmorawe.bsky.social Gender Scholar
Interests: (a)sexualities, health communication, masculinities, contraception/safer sex, repro health, climate crisis, IR, peace/conflict studies, utopias/dystopias, mental health, media, history, ...
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7802-2721
Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Executioner of Mediocrity.
Ex-Washington Post.
Substack: https://substack.com/@karenattiah?r=2bz6j&utm_medium=ios
Rogue Radical Professor: @resistanceschool.bsky.social
Cathy Renna @cathyrenna.bsky.social Media and comms strategy and advocacy, longtime LGBTQ activist
Max Charlish @jeanluckermit.bsky.social I’d love a book deal if someone’s offering? That or a career as a porn star (I already have the moustache for it)
Queer historian with one foot dipped in the ‘tism
(they/he)
Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social independent scholar & political analyst. Author of “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism” (Routledge, 2024) www.patreon.com/spencersunshine
@ethnicexplorer.bsky.social @ethnicexplorer.bsky.social WFA Explorer livin the van life at the moment and teaching folks how to survive in the wilderness.
Ashley Apple @crapplesauce.bsky.social DNP, RN, FNP-BC; Contemplator, change-maker, fast-talking narrator; UVA Professor; Collector of information and bow-ties. (My page, my thoughts)
Lindsey Neal @lcr4n.bsky.social 🩺 Direct Primary Care Physician
📍Charlottesville, VA @virgdpc
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Richmond, Virginia
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DT-WxRisk @wxrisk.bsky.social WxRisk Winter 2025-26 : I do SCIENCE. Anything else is BS. Atheist. ENTP. Black Swan Events. Chaos Theory. Dinosaurs. Phillies. Eagles. The WxRiskGrains twitter page is Just for my Ag weather comment.
Lisa @lbelli01.bsky.social Running, pottery making fool who believes in loving my neighbor even if they look different than me.
AND women's reproductive rights.
MaMitochondria 💙💙💙 @mamitochondria.bsky.social Mama + Mitochondria
Without the Mitochondria (the powerhouse of the cell) no one can survive.
Neurodiverse mom, educator, activist, maker of art, and a bunch of other stuff I can't think of.
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Harry Szabo is a Unionist! @harryszabo.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (They/them). Educator at VCU. Organizer. Writer. Richmond, VA
President of UCWVA (CWA). #1u #campusworkers4democracy
Plan your work. Work your plan. 💪✊🔥📢
Hannah Jeffrey @hannahhjeffrey.bsky.social 
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
ELLIOTTrobinson @exit265c.com Loved Despite of Great Faults.
Owner of one of the largest beards in (Richmond) journalism. If you're expecting this to be an account largely featuring news, you'll be sorely mistaken.
I sing bass.
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Banana 🍌 @banannaise.bsky.social I put the DEMENT in fundamentals.
🦗 Ashley L. Crickmer 🦗 @luckycricket315.bsky.social She/her/🐖
Lvl 41
Bipolar 🐻❄️
Miniskirt.
#disabled
I support American dubbed anime and stand with Vic Mignogna!
And in my spare time loves to fanart with cheap art supplies. 🎨 You don't need expensive shit. To Xpress yourself!
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Nomad Mik @nomad-mik.bsky.social Still all over the map; still not fitting into any of the boxes, including this description field.
Zie/zir. 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇪🇺
Kristen Chapman @kristenchapman.bsky.social Human; interested in liberation of all kinds, chronically self-expressive, and a hater of binaries, snobs and autocrats. RVA
https://shorturl.at/1u56M (NYT)
https://shorturl.at/H6bBk (New Yorker)
http://www.kristenchapman.art
gary s broderick (he/him) @garybroderick.bsky.social Labor union organizer. #1u✊📢 #RichmondVA.
Leftist. Practitioner of #strategy + #discipline.
#Defend & #Transform public infrastructure + services!
Mediamaker, Anti-racist pro wrestling fan, Aspiring meal prepper. Eagles Fan.🦅
Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social Independent Journalist. Host of “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack, YouTube and Apple Podcasts: Former Chief WH Correspondent. Author. https://substack.com/@jimacosta?r=lpd3z&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile Inquiries: go to jimacosta.com
William F. Tulloch @cptdoomdc.bsky.social Eph. New Englander by heritage, DC resident by choice. Free market socialist. Opinions are my own. #TCM #TCMParty
Shannon Fisher @msshannonfisher.bsky.social Talk Show Host, Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Occasional host of the National Press Club Update-1 podcast. Social & Political Commentator. Writer. Human Rights Advocate. Love the arts, politics, dogs, and life! #RVA 🏳️🌈
BearBearsRVA @bearbearsrva.bsky.social That bear in RVA. Name change helper.
On Signal - bearbearsrva.85
iKhan Luna 🏳️🌈 @lunaluis.bsky.social 🇵🇷🗽🌈 Creative. Lover of books, visual arts, cinema, music, & ballroom. 💪🏾 Butch Queen!!
Transgender World @transgenderreport.com 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 News, articles and resources on trans, gender and LGBTQ+ issues curated by Jack Molay. Blogging over at https://www.crossdreamers.com/ Web version of news stream here: https://transgenderreport.com/ Link≠endorsement. Not a bot.
@michael-munson.bsky.social @michael-munson.bsky.social 
Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net Thought follower. Public servant. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, U.S. Digital Response, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, Biden administration, GSA, and Treasury. He/him. Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Heidi Rugg @fiddlefern.bsky.social Puppetry & Fiber Artist. It’s amazing how relaxing it is to repeatedly stab things. #felting #needlefelting #fiberarts #puppetry
Bethanne 📚🏡 @bethannerealtor.bsky.social RVA Reader and Realtor for all! Reading is def political 📚💙 | I can refer 💙 realtors across the U.S. | I was born in the Carolinas and raised in Virginia - the accent is strong ya’ll and I’m hilarious
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Lewanna Sinclair @lewanna.bsky.social I'm a super gay, polyamorous, very extra left-leaning, witch, and veteran who owns their own business.
Check out my linktr.ee if you want to know more about what I do for the business and community side of things!
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kali ✨ @realwizkalia.bsky.social she/ella ▪️abolition is a Black radical tradition ▪️building youth power + survival programs in so-called VA
Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social Photography who is a big fan of birds
taber @kvetch.gay gay nightmare | ✡️ | #ActuallyAutistic | minneapolis
Folderal Conspiracy, Esq @folderalconspiracy.bsky.social Trans people aren't locked in here with the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is locked in here with us. Let's make sure they understand that.
adult human non-binary (he/him)
@julie-peyton.bsky.social @julie-peyton.bsky.social Retired chemistry teacher; distance runner (slow but steady); Quaker by convincement; here for the news & the snark; am easily amused. 
Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social 🌗 She/Her I am a history teacher, philosophy student, Jesus obsessive, AnarchoPacifist, wife, and father. I am also a writer and blogger.
billieiswriting.substack.com
merodactyl @merodactyl.bsky.social Cycling, reading, gaming HRIS gal back on socials after a long while
📍newly #RVA by way of ATX
RT Quackenbush @write-robin.bsky.social queer author, artist, horticulturist
less bread and circuses, more bread and roses
Rayhan Daudani @rdaudani.bsky.social Leading Edelman's earned media efforts for industry-leading energy clients. Northwestern Medill School and Virginia Tech alum. RVA All Day!
Aurora @aurora27.bsky.social RVA
She/her
@rabbisusan.bsky.social @rabbisusan.bsky.social 
DementedCalliope @dementedcalliope.bsky.social Mender of Things + Scooter Commuter + 📻Community Radio Host/Curator/Producer (DJ Galaxy Girl on WRIR in RVA) + 🧠Neurospicy + Little Free Library Steward + Trans Rights Are Human Rights + Just Fucking Be A Decent Human Being 🖤🤎🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜
Todd Temkin @toddtemkin.bsky.social Poet, author, Patagonian alpaca farmer. A Wisconsin boy living in Chile between Valparaiso & Futaleufú. New book coming in 2027! All llamas, alpacas & Icelandic horses are Green Bay Packers fans. No DMs. No porn. No crypto.
Will Weaver ⛈️ @willweatherrva.bsky.social #RVA | #LetsGoVCU | 💍 My Kari Cupcake | #ActuallyAutistic | He/him | Weather enthusiast, not a meteorologist | Account dedicated to weather, main is @WillWeaverRVA.bsky.social
Pastor Brenda Walker 🏳️⚧️✒️📚 @pastorbrendawalker.bsky.social Author of The Forthcoming "Martine: The Transgender Sister I Never Knew."
pastorbrendawalker.com
#memoir #poetry #author #vss365 #haiku
Finally Maya @tricityqueer.org Frustrated leftist longing for revolutionary change. Trans Tinker of 804. Writer for Tri City Queer Coalition tricityqueer.org 🏳️⚧️
MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com The mobile app that scores pet food. We decipher pet food labels and analyze the health impact of food products. An independent project by vets to help pet parents avoid toxic food for their pets.
App: vetcation.com/#/redirect
gcfchen@vetcation.com
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History @Howard.edu • Director @huadvstudy.bsky.social • Editor @TheEmancipator.org • National Book Award Winner • #1 NYT Bestselling Author. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱
ibramxkendi.com
Ava Reaves Images @avareavesimages.bsky.social There is a quiet strength in staying still while the world moves around you. I am an intimate nature photographer in the central Virginia area.
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https://avareavesimages.blogspot.com/
Auntie Pho, MD 🍲🥢 🫘 @auntiepho.bsky.social (he/him) VA ➡️ Chicago Your shady 🔥🫖-spilling 阿姨 (Āyí) Infectious Disease/Med Professor Gaysian Queerdo 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇹🇼 Hokie🦃 CatDadx4 👨🏼🤝👨🏻 Union Fam P✌🏽L💙U🙏🏼R🤝
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David Menestres @abstracttruth.northsky.social Destroy the original. Fax the images to Newark.
davidmenestres.com
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Shannon Minter @shannonminter5.bsky.social Dad to many beloved rescues, including Squeaky, Albert, Sister, Gaia, Baby Ralph & many more.
Windy Cooler @goodquakerpirate.bsky.social Embraced Quaker public minister and practical theologian with a concern for right relationship in the Religious Society of Friends from Sandy Spring Monthly (BYM). I am currently the convener of Friends Incubator for Public Ministry.
Mark Lepper @thelepper.bsky.social MDiv. Hospitality Coordinator @ Benedictine Retreat Ctr. Friend of Dorothy Day. Spiritual Director. Centering Prayer practitioner. Benedictine Oblate. Dishwasher for the revolution. "If Henri Nouwen reincarnated as a Muppet." L'Arche for Life! He/Him/His 🏳️🌈
bryan @bryanrva.dev chief taco officer @openoversightva.org
feeds/starter packs are at @rvagc.social
fix ur hearts or die
vcu/spirit/richmond kickers and ivy
liverpool (fuck bezos)
he/him
Ray Christian “What’s Ray Saying?” @whatsraysaying.bsky.social Creator and Host of the award winning podcast “What’s Ray Saying?” Ghetto kid, Ret. Army Paratrooper, Doctor of Education, Fulbright Specialist, audio producer, teller of stories, and Goat wrangler.
Thee Quaker @theequaker.bsky.social Quaker Media for the 21st Century
James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social @demsocialists.bsky.social member. If you've found me from somewhere else, turn around.
✔️Co-ops, grassroots democracy, progressives, and solidarity economy
🚫Capitalists, con artists, cultists, grifters, accelerationists, and nihilists
I also code in C.
RVA Weather Brief @rvawx.bsky.social 🤓 Local weather geek tracking RVA skies 24/7. No-nonsense radar breakdowns, severe updates, and hyper-local Central VA insights.
📍 Richmond, VA
🔗 rvaweather.net
Sue Cline @suecline.bsky.social I like to start and fix things. Experience is everything. Thoughts at SueCline.com
Brooke Gladstone @brookegladstone.bsky.social Co-host of On the Media. Author of The Influencing Machine and The Trouble With Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time.
Al Letson @alletson.bsky.social Podcast/radioHost of @Revealnews & More to the Story. TV: Creator & CoShowrunner Kingmaker for @Starz Comicbooks: Mister Terrific for @dcofficial
Sam Yellowhorse Kesler @samkesler.bsky.social associate producer, npr's planet money // signal: samkeslr dot 16 // proton: samkesler at proton dot me // 📸: rachel del sordo