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Anti-LGBTQ+ activist undresses in board meeting to show how trans kids make people uncomfortable - LGBTQ Nation (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I have to say it’s been long enough for me that “a whole mile” seems unusual again. This summer was “let’s walk to the diner for breakfast. If we take the new bike trail it’s only a bit over a mile”.

I grew up in a rural area where we’d be out all day, and a mile wasn’t even worth measuring. Then is used to live in Boston, where walking and trains were more convenient than cars most of the time, so a mile wasn’t even just a short walk to whatever. But now in the suburbs I’ve fallen into the car trap, and it’s only since COVID that I started rediscovering how walkable my town is