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Art Blake
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academic. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈. historian of 🇺🇸but writing about trans/queer 1970s 🇬🇧. settler in Dish with One Spoon territory. 🇬🇧 working in 🇨🇦.
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · Apr 29
Attendees at the #RDconf last Saturday voted on an emergency motion to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
Read the motion below 👇

BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.
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Hell of a closer.

"Although much of the administration’s focus has been on what it sees as endemic antisemitism on American campuses, it also paused about $175 million in funding for the University of Pennsylvania because it had allowed a transgender woman onto its women’s swim team in 2022."
Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard
The move follows the cancellation of roughly $400 million in funding for Columbia, and suspension of $175 million for the University of Pennsylvania.
www.nytimes.com
Five things cis people can do for Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31). A 6th you can do is not expect trans people to organize your org’s TDOV event! www.instagram.com/p/DH3OFfUvbE...
National security group chat.
#whyworry
It’s literally a shit show now.
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Letter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages, signed by LGBTQ+ historians and authors, including Jonathan Ned Katz, John D'Emilio, Jack Halberstam, Marc Stein and Hugh Ryan.
Letter on Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web Pages
Letter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages Signatures closed at 5 P.M. EST on February 19, 2025. If you are a journalist writing about this issue o...
docs.google.com
No more “Mister Nice Trans Guy.” I’m pissed off and ready to fight.
Protect trans kids. Defend trans people. We exist and we’re not going anywhere.
US hospitals suspend healthcare for transgender youth after Trump order
I’m getting rescued but not as quickly as I’d like (eg what happened to “number 8”). #MissingYou
December 27-30: the perineum of the holiday season.
@cityoftoronto.bsky.social I couldn’t get an “oversized item” out to the curb by myself—too heavy for me alone. Does that mean I get no city garbage pick up?
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The pushback has begun! Thank you Julia ❤️ Those of us in Canada can bear witness, offer support, & increase the international reach of our 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 kin in the 🇺🇸. #LGBTQNotGoingBack
“Trans people scramble to stockpile medication ahead of Trump presidency.” The nightmare begins to unfold in 🇺🇸. And watch the Supreme Court hearing US vs Skrmetti on Weds on banning gender-affirming care for #trans youth. 🏳️‍⚧️
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1. On Wednesday, Nancy Mace announced a federal bathroom ban proposal.

If it becomes law, it will impact major DC airports like Reagan and Dulles, and could snarl travel in the leadup to world pride, which is expecting over 3,000,000 LGBTQ+ visitors.

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Nancy Mace's Federal Trans Bathroom Ban Would Apply To Major Airports, Hindering Travel
Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who has targeted Congresswoman Sarah McBride with a bathroom ban in the capitol, is now pushing a sweeping federal bathroom ban for trans people.
www.erininthemorning.com