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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · 23d

I am very grateful for the invitation and publication by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This is not normal and should not be normalized. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...

Deep Denial and No Care: U.S. v. Skrmetti and the Anti-Trans Campaign | OHRH

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25d

This is a horrifying and alarming firing, yet more evidence, as I have written repeatedly, that the Washington Post no longer serves the community in its name.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Aug 28

My Bloomberg Law insight on how the administration censors California, trying to erase any mention of gender identity and trans students from sex education, and does so while emboldened by SCOTUS' recent decisions.
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High Court Record Supports Trump’s Moves to Erase CA Trans Youth

Opinion: Southwestern Law professor Hila Keren says the Trump administration's slashing of California education grants based on the state's moves supporting trans youth unconstitutional, but the US Su...

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Aug 13

I am so sorry, but this is how bad it is, and writing about it as it happens is one way to resist, so I did (while citing @mjsdc.bsky.social). This is constitutional rights for me and not for thee! slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on Whether Parental Rights Apply Equally in Blue and Red States

On Tuesday, we saw some of the earliest fallout from the Supreme Court's decision earlier this summer in United States v. Skrmetti.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · Aug 8

Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:

The Blue-State Hospitals Carrying Out Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda

In states where gender-affirming care remains legal, some hospitals have nonetheless stopped providing it. What gives?

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Aug 5

I included the movie as a form of resistance, which I propose against "Constitutional Opportunism" - the way SCOTUS (with help from NYT... as you show) intentionally attacks LGBTQ+ equality. Draft: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

CONSTITUTIONAL OPPORTUNISM

Recent developments at the Supreme Court have exposed a layer of vulnerability in our constitutional order. During its 2024-2025 term, the Supreme Court release

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Aug 5

"The Honorable Views Left Out and What I Did About It"

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Heightened Scrutiny @heightenedscrutinydoc.com · Aug 5

THURSDAY: @heightenedscrutinydoc.com Q&A screening.
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Aug 5

1. State AGs have sued Trump for intimidating providers from providing trans care.

Meanwhile, institutions are dropping trans people left and right out of fear of Trump.

Suing Trump isn't enough. State AGs MUST enforce equality laws against cowardly orgs.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Suing Trump Isn't Enough: Blue State AGs Must Enforce State Laws Protecting Trans People

Private entities overcomplying with Trump executive orders and targeting transgender people must not be given free passes to do so by blue states.

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Aug 4

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CONSTITUTIONAL OPPORTUNISM

Recent developments at the Supreme Court have exposed a layer of vulnerability in our constitutional order. During its 2024-2025 term, the Supreme Court release

papers.ssrn.com

hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Aug 4

New baby paper submitted! Download it, please. "Constitutional Opportunism" tells how the Supreme Court takes an active part in the conservative attack on LGBTQ people. Hope student editors see the urgency because we have conversion therapy and participation in sports on the docket for next term.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Jul 10

JUST IN: A judge has certified a nationwide class aimed at blocking the effects of Trump's birthright citizenship order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · Jun 26

Jake Sherman is reporting that the Medicaid gender affirming care ban has been removed from the reconciliation bill!

Huge news!

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 25

@samfeder.bsky.social So grateful for your amazing work. I wish I had the money to make the movie free for streaming everywhere (also: was with you in the elevator without realizing who you are).

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · Jun 18

Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...

With plenty of moving testimonials and charming talking heads, Heightened Scrutiny draws damning lines between the “just asking questions” opinion pieces published in respected mainstream media publications like The Atlantic and the New York Times and the legal arguments made in our judicial system. The damaging rhetoric in these outlets is directly and immediately echoed by lawyers, judges, and “experts” brought into court—and because of how clicky transphobic stories have historically been, this vicious cycle has recently ramped up. Add in the targeted bigotry of the increasingly radical right, and the legal, cultural, and medical fight for acceptance now waged by trans folks has gotten all the tougher as public awareness has grown.

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 25

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 25

Last night, I was at a special screening of Heightened Scrutiny - a new documentary about @chasestrangio.bsky.social and the fight for access to gender-affirming care. I laughed, cried, got mad at the media, and was inspired to continue fighting. The movie is a MUST! and Chase Strangio is a hero.

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 25

I wrote about how US v Skrmetti is devastating and wrong, but there are two other ways in which bans on gender-affirming care are unconstitutional, which are still challenged in courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...

Parental Rights, Free Speech Issues Survive Trans Care Decision

Opinion: Southwestern Law's Hila Keren writes that the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision leaves questions about due process and the First Amendment unanswered.

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 18

This was an amazing episode, and I am going to listen to her inspiring words again today because I don't know what else to do after reading the shameful "decision" in Skrmetti.

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ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 18

The Supreme Court just ruled against trans rights.

Join us outside the court for an emergency rally at 3:00 pm today to show we won't be silenced.

ACLU @aclu.org · Jun 18

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.

This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Jun 18

Read the dissents first because there's no way that trans liberation won't happen at some point. Just not today, sadly.

And when it does happen, all these transphobic bellends will pretend they were always for trans rights.

I'm disgusted.

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just heartbreaking and unbelievably divorced from any legal principle known so far. They are terrifyingly emboldened.

hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 18

For all those that described her as a surprise, even this week at NYT

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hilakeren.bsky.social @hilakeren.bsky.social · Jun 18

What a dishonest "decision" (#Skrmetti). One day, no one will believe it was written. Until then, many will suffer terribly. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Beyond devastating. The cruelty and idiocy of this ban is mind-numbing. So many brave men and women, serving their country honorably in uniform, purged from the ranks because of the president's vile, unvarnished bigotry. My heart breaks. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

The Army Was the Only Life She Knew. Trump’s Trans Ban Cast Her Out.

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