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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Nov 18

If you’re curious about all that is at stake for LGBTQ+ people now that Trump is elected and is empowering homophobes and transphobes with his cabinet picks, before the election I moderated this roundtable with leaders. It’s a good comprehensive overview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmgk...

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 5d

Conversion “Therapy” is a harmful practice — disavowed by every major medical organization in the U.S. — that tells LGBTQ+ people we are fundamentally broken and must be “cured.” Queer and trans youth, in particular, will suffer when the court allows this.
apnews.com/article/supr...

Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ kids

A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.

apnews.com

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 6d

I am currently in Portland for a photoshoot and the craziest thing that's happened is that our lunch was 10 minutes late because the delivery driver got stuck behind a train. Also, Blue Star Donuts is really good.

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 22d

It seems that the Trump administration is defining these broad groups so that any individuals who defies an element of Christian Nationalism can be categorized and oppressed under the auspices of gender, ideology, ability, and of course, as we've already seen, immigration status.

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 22d

Taking that higher view, these categories are nebulous and decentralized that a beholder can define however they wish. Looking at America's history of forced sterilization of disabled people, linking autism to a cause and (false) cure opens the door for forced treatments and (more) oppression.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 22d

Thinking from a 30,000 foot view about Trump's disinformation about autism and Tylenol, the administration's plans to declare trans people terrorists, and go after Antifa...first, linking autism to a cause with a cure paints neurodivergent people as having something wrong with them — stigmatizing.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 25d

Trans people and people of color will be disproportionately targeted; we've already seen this play out in anti-trans laws, ICE raids, and the criminalization of pro-Palestine protestors. But the reality is that we are all in trouble, and we've already been in trouble.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 25d

Coupled with Trump's call to label Antifa a terrorist organization, these policies would allow the administration to criminalize anyone who they perceive as being part of nebulous, decentralized groups with whatever broad criteria around gender expression and political ideology they deem fit.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 25d

The FBI's plans to target transgender people amount to criminalizing trans people for the act of existing. We've learned via other anti-trans bills that it would also target anyone who is gender nonconforming or deemed trans in the eyes of the state.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 27d

As Kimmel is pulled from the air, where are all the comedians who claimed free speech was under attack because they were criticized for offensive remarks about marginalized groups? If concerns about free speech were sincere, they would come as more than a justification to insult trans people.

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · 27d

The demise of free speech is also brought to you by corporate interests and complicity that would rather acquiesce to the autocracy of the Trump administration than stand behind comedians, journalists, and voices they hire. Free speech for me but not for thee.
www.vox.com/politics/461...

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.vox.com

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm honestly terrified for the retribution that will come next. If you truly believe "political violence has no place in our country" then don't stoke your base to go out and commit more of it. By the way, there was also a school shooting today.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Florida lawmakers eliminating vaccine mandates under the guise of medical freedom and bodily autonomy are the same ones shutting down abortion access and access to gender affirming care. This is all about medical freedom for me, not for thee.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates

"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"

www.nbcnews.com

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you're a gay person speaking up now because you're scared about your marriage, you best start standing with trans people, who literally started the LGBTQ rights movement in America and have been under viscious attack for years.

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Trump administration's efforts to denigrate same-sex marriage are part of a continuum of anti-LGBTQ activism that follows pervasive attacks on trans people. The marriage equality movement in the 2010s ignored trans people; cis queer people fighting for marriage this time have to do better.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Kim Davis, the clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses back in 2015 and who's now asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, has herself been married four times. If anyone is cheapening the sanctity of marriage, it's her.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...

Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling

10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.

abcnews.go.com

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Aug 7

The Trump administration is planning on *burning* nearly $10 million worth of contraceptive pills, IUDs, and hormonal implants stored in Belgium. “Women are going to die because they’ve not had access to those contraceptives.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed

www.nytimes.com

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Aug 4

“We’re not walking out on our responsibilities; we’re walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent.” - Texas House Dem Caucus Chair Gene Wu
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting

In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats aim to deny a quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.

www.nbcnews.com

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 29

Is the New York Times aware that Zohran Mamdani is not currently the mayor of New York City? Because reading the paper's coverage of the horrific shooting yesterday...unclear.

Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 29

You know, one of Pete Buttigieg's stronger qualities was his ability to steamroll stupid Fox News arguments, especially over the culture wars. That goes out the window now with this laundering of transphobia and disinformation that he should be condemning, not parroting.
www.them.us/story/pete-b...

Pete Buttigieg Says Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports Raise “Serious Fairness Issues”

The former transportation secretary joins a list of Democrats who are conceding to the right on the issue.

www.them.us

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 25

Judaism preaches tikkun olam, our duty to repair the world, and that every life is a universe. How dare we — a people who intimately know the pain and suffering of genocide and displacement — allow this to happen in our name.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 25

115 aid groups warn of "mass starvation" in Gaza due to the Israeli government's "restrictions, delays, and fragmentation under its total siege [that] have created chaos, starvation, and death." Those in food lines are "risking being shot just to feed their families."
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

More than 100 aid groups warn of 'mass starvation' in Gaza amid Israel's war with Hamas

A statement released by the 115 aid groups warned of "record rates of acute malnutrition" in the Gaza Strip.

abcnews.go.com

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 25

As an American Jew, I'm haunted by images of starving Holocaust victims in concentration camps, and grew up being exposed to these images to teach us "never again." As I see images of starving Palestinians, I'm horrified that Israel is inflicting the same cruelty under the guise of protecting Jews.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 24

"I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear." How anyone can see this coverage and that Israel is starving Palestinians and simply turn away is beyond me.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Gaza facing man-made 'mass starvation', says WHO's Tedros

Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.

www.reuters.com

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 22

Trans women are not a problem in women's sports. Under funding and sexism are. But anti-trans bigots don't actually want to address real gender inequality, so they use trans women as a cover so they can perpetuate patriarchy under the guise of supporting women athletes.

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Alex Berg @itsalexberg.bsky.social · Jul 22

Barring trans women from women's sports at the Olympics is not only discriminatory but thwarts research about transition and athletic performance. It will also lead to more policing of any woman athlete who doesn't adhere to conventional white femininity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...

U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Competitions

www.nytimes.com

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