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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1h

Absolute funniest bit in live music is when a big DJ is squirming behind the decks, twisting knobs and all that, and then the camera cuts to the faders and you see everything is muted except one that’s playing the pre-recorded mix.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6h

He was live posting leaving the US and his trip to the airport which resulted in a massive networked harassment campaign in realtime. Most certainly, someone doxed him and called the airline to cancel his trip. This is why you don't announce these things publicly until you're in another country!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

This article is spot on about the UK's descent into anti-trans hysteria. In 8 years, they went from the conservatives trying to make it easier for trans folks to self attest gender to a liberal government implementing a bathroom ban by fiat.

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 14h

"The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote." www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

A 17 year old trans girl completed suicide and most of Twitter celebrated. I never saw the usual suspect feign concern about that yet they're always so quick to blame trans people for discussing the risk of suicide as somehow causing it.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jul 7

And this isn't the first time. This happened back in March what Charlotte Fosgate who completed suicide by jumping from a bridge as well.

www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/06...

Online vitriol poured in after the death of a Portland-area trans teen. Then came a deluge of support, grief and love

LGBTQ+ teens and their allies made a tidal wave of posts, comments and videos in support of Fosgate’s legacy and against the vitriol.

www.oregonlive.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

Graham Linehan went on trial for harassing a 17 year old trans girl. The same age as this girl who died as a result of online harassment.

Gender criticals showed up to that trial and laughed and mocked the victim. These are soulless ghouls.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 4

Graham Linehan is set to go on trial today on a separate charge of harassing and cyberstalking a trans teenager who was 17 at the time he did so.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 4

Everyone is rushing to defend Graham Linehan as some martyr to free speech but don't actually state what he tweeted. He explicitly called for people to violently assault trans women in the bathroom.

In another instance, he cyberstalked a trans minor. He's legitimately a danger to trans people.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

The coroner explicitly stated long wait lists resulting in hopelessness and social media bullying encouraging her to kill herself led to her death.

Blood is on the hands of every gender critical person who stripped access to care and goes after trans folks online.

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Screenshot of a coroner’s report detailing the circumstances of a 17-year-old named Leia’s death. It describes her as intelligent, kind, and loved, and notes that she struggled with gender dysphoria and depression while waiting for treatment. Highlighted sections state that waiting lists for treatment were far too long and contributed to her being without care. The report also mentions community hostility and social media links inciting harm. The coroner’s concerns section emphasizes that long waiting times for first appointments at Gender Dysphoria clinics pose a risk of future deaths. The report instructs that action should be taken to prevent such deaths and requires a response within 56 days.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

Remember all of the ghouls who denied this was happening and did everything they could to make the problem worse from JK Rowling to Wes Streeting. The NHS who did a stitch up report to hide the growing number of suicides from trans youth on the waitlists. They should never be forgiven.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

If there hadn't been so many attacks on trans people existing, I probably would have had more time and energy to write academic articles and advocate around this issue that is squarely within my wheelhouse. Just a thought!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8h

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A collage of four tweets from Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) discussing concerns about artificial intelligence.

Top left tweet: Walsh warns that within a year or two, people will be able to create indistinguishable fake videos for defamation, and that nothing is being done to prevent this.
Bottom left tweet: He says AI will destroy jobs, art, reality, and civilization, yet no action is being taken to stop it.
Top right tweet: He criticizes AI-generated films as soulless and meaningless, saying art requires human expression and that AI will be the “death of art.”
Bottom right tweet: Walsh argues that if a robot paints a picture, the robot is the artist, not the person prompting it, because the robot lacks consciousness and meaning.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

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ALT: Suspect Guilty GIF

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

A four-panel meme using the Star Wars “Padmé and Anakin” scene.

(Top left) Anakin says: “We’re going to interview scientists who can no longer study certain fields.”

(Top right) Padmé smiles and replies: “That includes researchers working with trans people, right?”

(Bottom left) Anakin looks uneasy and silent.

(Bottom right) Padmé’s smile fades as she repeats: “Right?”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10h

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

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Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

No, because the current bans do it through direct regulation of practitioners by the state. This proposal would disincentivize the practice through private lawsuits instead which would raise malpractice premiums. There's no state actor enforcing it.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

They're deluded in thinking this would somehow protect therapy that affirms trans folks or LGBTQ people writ large. It's very clear that there is a double standard here after Skrmetti and only Justice Jackson saw through it.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

Even if successfully challenged, it will take years to litigate and we end up with the benefit of ending these legal ends runs around constitutional rights by simply applying a private right of action.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

It's also, most importantly, the kind of legislation that Texas used to effectively ban abortion that SCOTUS refused to block. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

This will stop the practice regardless and make challenging the legislation near impossible as no state actor will be doing the enforcement. This will essentially be a classic tort for the harm induced through conversion therapy rather than any infringement on free speech.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

You still run the risk of having your passport flagged or even revoked which could limit your ability to enter Canada or Mexico but those are even more drastic steps than being put on no-fly lists or other tools the feds have to interfere with international air travel.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

Not for nothing but if you're high profile and need to flee the US, don't tell anyone in advance. It's also most certainly better to leave via a smaller land border crossing and catch your flight from Canada or Mexico. Much less ability for the feds to prevent you from leaving that way.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 11h

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14h

This is so damn scary. The book claimed that Jeffrey Epstein was the one who introduced Donald and Melania. Now the CEO of Harper UK is out.

Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 19h

In other news Charlie Redmayne, the long serving CEO of HC in the UK, resigned yesterday.

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