Adam Rhodes
@byadamrhodes.bsky.social
Deeply unserious person writing about serious things | award-winning investigative journalist writing about queer people & the legal system | nonbinary menace & belligerently queer | Chicago is home | DMs are off the record. More at adamrhodeswrites.com
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
ICYMI from me yesterday: a DOJ memo shows that the Trump Administration plans to roll back prison rape protections for queer and trans people, including in youth detention facilities. More here 👇🏼
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Trump admin omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports. The Department of Justice’s long-awaited reports exclude any demographic data, days after a memo revealed its plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans & intersex people.
Trump DOJ omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports
The reports exclude any demographic data, days after a memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
prismreports.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trump admin omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports. The Department of Justice’s long-awaited reports exclude any demographic data, days after a memo revealed its plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans & intersex people.
Another one from me: The Trump administration has omitted data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports.
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Trump DOJ omits data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports
The reports exclude any demographic data, days after a memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
prismreports.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Another one from me: The Trump administration has omitted data about trans people from prison sexual violence reports.
prismreports.org/2025/12/11/d...
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A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s January 20 anti-trans executive order.
From @prismreports.org:
From @prismreports.org:
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, memo says
A Department of Justice memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s January 20 anti-trans executive order
19thnews.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s January 20 anti-trans executive order.
From @prismreports.org:
From @prismreports.org:
ICYMI from me yesterday: a DOJ memo shows that the Trump Administration plans to roll back prison rape protections for queer and trans people, including in youth detention facilities. More here 👇🏼
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ICYMI from me yesterday: a DOJ memo shows that the Trump Administration plans to roll back prison rape protections for queer and trans people, including in youth detention facilities. More here 👇🏼
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"Incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people"
That stat comes from the DOJ itself – and still, the administration wants to tear down the few protections that exist, making prisons & jails even more dangerous for everyone.
That stat comes from the DOJ itself – and still, the administration wants to tear down the few protections that exist, making prisons & jails even more dangerous for everyone.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people"
That stat comes from the DOJ itself – and still, the administration wants to tear down the few protections that exist, making prisons & jails even more dangerous for everyone.
That stat comes from the DOJ itself – and still, the administration wants to tear down the few protections that exist, making prisons & jails even more dangerous for everyone.
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"JDI’s Executive Director Linda McFarlane said in a statement that the changes 'will lead to increased chaos and violence inside prisons and jails, placing staff and incarcerated people in greater danger.'" Read the full article 👇
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"JDI’s Executive Director Linda McFarlane said in a statement that the changes 'will lead to increased chaos and violence inside prisons and jails, placing staff and incarcerated people in greater danger.'" Read the full article 👇
New from me: The DOJ plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo obtained by Prism.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New from me: The DOJ plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo obtained by Prism.
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Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Workers can regulate AI with strong contract language. Full stop.
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
Unionized journalists just proved this at POLITICO. @pen-guild.bsky.social
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Was she interesting when you were fucking her, Keith? Or just hot and 19 years old?
omg the review/vivisection of Nuzzi's book in The Washington Post begins "I am told that writers used to be interesting."
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Was she interesting when you were fucking her, Keith? Or just hot and 19 years old?
Speaking as someone who has devoted much of my professional life to writing about HIV/AIDS, stigma and discrimination, yesterday's silence from the WH about World AIDS Day is unsurprising but still so shockingly cruel. And they know it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Speaking as someone who has devoted much of my professional life to writing about HIV/AIDS, stigma and discrimination, yesterday's silence from the WH about World AIDS Day is unsurprising but still so shockingly cruel. And they know it.
I really can't think of a better fit to lead the Reader. Such a huge win for such an important piece of the city's media landscape and culture!
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I really can't think of a better fit to lead the Reader. Such a huge win for such an important piece of the city's media landscape and culture!
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Some exciting news!
Meet the Reader’s new editor in chief, Sarah Conway - Chicago Reader
We’re excited to announce that Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist Sarah Conway will be the next editor in chief of the Chicago Reader!
chicagoreader.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some exciting news!
Everything I learn about Ol*via N*zzi is against my will
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Everything I learn about Ol*via N*zzi is against my will
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I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.
Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record, newly released federal data shows. @joemahr.bsky.social and @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social report
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/01/o...
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Nearly 1,900 immigrants were detained during the first half of Operation Midway Blitz. Most had no criminal record.
Newly released federal data shows that immigration agents booked in roughly 1,900 immigrants in the first half of Operation Midway Blitz – two-thirds of whom had no known criminal convictions or pe…
www.chicagotribune.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I appreciate the reporting AND I want everyone to stop using criminal records as a stand in for whether people should or should not be harassed and deported.
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Speaking of ways people are penalized for interactions with the criminal-legal system (and a note that trans people are at higher risk of that, especially QTBIPOC).
In Illinois, Trans People With Criminal Records Still Face Hurdles to Changing Their Names - Bolts
Illinois earlier this year removed obstacles that some trans residents face when changing their name, with legislators lifting more of the restrictions faced by people with criminal convictions. The ...
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Speaking of ways people are penalized for interactions with the criminal-legal system (and a note that trans people are at higher risk of that, especially QTBIPOC).
thank you so much for sharing my piece!! Means a lot!
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
thank you so much for sharing my piece!! Means a lot!
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Cleveland Heights elects its first out LGBTQ+ mayor. And - come January - he may be the only one in Ohio.
After a scandal-prone year for the previous mayor, Jim Petras aims to restore trust in city leadership.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/24/c...
After a scandal-prone year for the previous mayor, Jim Petras aims to restore trust in city leadership.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/24/c...
Cleveland Heights elects its first out LGBTQ+ mayor. And he may be the only one in Ohio.
After a scandal-prone year for the previous mayor, Jim Petras aims to restore trust in city leadership.
thebuckeyeflame.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Cleveland Heights elects its first out LGBTQ+ mayor. And - come January - he may be the only one in Ohio.
After a scandal-prone year for the previous mayor, Jim Petras aims to restore trust in city leadership.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/24/c...
After a scandal-prone year for the previous mayor, Jim Petras aims to restore trust in city leadership.
thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/24/c...
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BREAKING: Trump is again separating kids from families
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BREAKING: Trump is again separating kids from families
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
The govt isn't releasing info, but we found ICE has sent record # of kids to shelters.
One family went to govt office , only to have parents detained while the children—aged 5, 11 and 1--went to shelters
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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This is a great piece and it's by a journalism school classmate so have to share. missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
S.F. has zero electric-wheelchair charging stations. Users are frustrated.
Electric wheelchair users are used to keeping a mental map of where to charge their chairs. The city hasn't done enough to help, they say.
missionlocal.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is a great piece and it's by a journalism school classmate so have to share. missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-w...
Gonna be on WCPT-820 in a few hours to talk about this article! thegailyshow.org
My last freelance piece of the year published yesterday in @boltsmag.org, taking a look at how Illinois' name change law still disproportionately impacts trans people with criminal histories. boltsmag.org/illinois-nam...
In Illinois, Trans People With Criminal Records Still Face Hurdles to Changing Their Names - Bolts
Illinois earlier this year removed obstacles that some trans residents face when changing their name, with legislators lifting more of the restrictions faced by people with criminal convictions. The ...
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Gonna be on WCPT-820 in a few hours to talk about this article! thegailyshow.org
It's Friday and I just (finally) published my new website! new domain, new look, new everything! adamrhodeswrites.com
Adam Rhodes - Journalist, Educator
adamrhodeswrites.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's Friday and I just (finally) published my new website! new domain, new look, new everything! adamrhodeswrites.com
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
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@sorayanadiamcdonald.com and I aren't rich, but we're working on it...
if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@sorayanadiamcdonald.com and I aren't rich, but we're working on it...
My last freelance piece of the year published yesterday in @boltsmag.org, taking a look at how Illinois' name change law still disproportionately impacts trans people with criminal histories. boltsmag.org/illinois-nam...
In Illinois, Trans People With Criminal Records Still Face Hurdles to Changing Their Names - Bolts
Illinois earlier this year removed obstacles that some trans residents face when changing their name, with legislators lifting more of the restrictions faced by people with criminal convictions. The ...
boltsmag.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My last freelance piece of the year published yesterday in @boltsmag.org, taking a look at how Illinois' name change law still disproportionately impacts trans people with criminal histories. boltsmag.org/illinois-nam...
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“The Trump administration’s cuts are happening alongside breakthroughs in HIV prevention science, including an injectable medication that could completely transform HIV prevention efforts around the globe."
@byadamrhodes.bsky.social for @prismreports.org
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@byadamrhodes.bsky.social for @prismreports.org
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Trump has threatened decades of progress in global fight against HIV/AIDS
From defunding federal programs to slashing global aid, few have done as much damage to public health as Trump has
prismreports.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“The Trump administration’s cuts are happening alongside breakthroughs in HIV prevention science, including an injectable medication that could completely transform HIV prevention efforts around the globe."
@byadamrhodes.bsky.social for @prismreports.org
prismreports.org/2025/11/13/h...
@byadamrhodes.bsky.social for @prismreports.org
prismreports.org/2025/11/13/h...