@lyolyon.bsky.social
I’m a trans person looking to get involved in advocacy. I’m new here and hoping to find others who advocate for trans rights 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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The ASPS has come out against trans youth surgical care.
The AMA then endorsed the ASPS.
Meanwhile, WPATH's president-elect testified on behalf of a detransitioner who won their case.
And hospitals capitulate to Trump.
I write my indictment of the American medical system on trans youth care.
The AMA then endorsed the ASPS.
Meanwhile, WPATH's president-elect testified on behalf of a detransitioner who won their case.
And hospitals capitulate to Trump.
I write my indictment of the American medical system on trans youth care.
The Cowardice Of American Medicine On Trans Youth Care
After capitulation by hospitals across the country, the ASPS and AMA have both thrown trans kids under the bus on surgical care.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The ASPS has come out against trans youth surgical care.
The AMA then endorsed the ASPS.
Meanwhile, WPATH's president-elect testified on behalf of a detransitioner who won their case.
And hospitals capitulate to Trump.
I write my indictment of the American medical system on trans youth care.
The AMA then endorsed the ASPS.
Meanwhile, WPATH's president-elect testified on behalf of a detransitioner who won their case.
And hospitals capitulate to Trump.
I write my indictment of the American medical system on trans youth care.
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"But what can Democrats do, they're out of power?"
I get that question a lot.
So I made this guide.
Because members of Congress have a lot of power, even in the minority - especially in the Senate.
AlexRikleen.us/minoritypowers
I get that question a lot.
So I made this guide.
Because members of Congress have a lot of power, even in the minority - especially in the Senate.
AlexRikleen.us/minoritypowers
Powers of the Minority — Alex Rikleen | Democrat for Senate
AlexRikleen.us
February 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"But what can Democrats do, they're out of power?"
I get that question a lot.
So I made this guide.
Because members of Congress have a lot of power, even in the minority - especially in the Senate.
AlexRikleen.us/minoritypowers
I get that question a lot.
So I made this guide.
Because members of Congress have a lot of power, even in the minority - especially in the Senate.
AlexRikleen.us/minoritypowers
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So this study was ignored by the nyt bc it didn’t comport w their prejudice. It did churn out two pieces that it saw as advancing its agenda.
I’m guessing they’re reloading for more. What they ignore, what they promote is always skewed and motivated by animus.
I’m guessing they’re reloading for more. What they ignore, what they promote is always skewed and motivated by animus.
you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
So this study was ignored by the nyt bc it didn’t comport w their prejudice. It did churn out two pieces that it saw as advancing its agenda.
I’m guessing they’re reloading for more. What they ignore, what they promote is always skewed and motivated by animus.
I’m guessing they’re reloading for more. What they ignore, what they promote is always skewed and motivated by animus.
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A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Side note: None of the spending bills passed in the "minibus" had any anti-trans riders. This includes the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
House votes to reopen the government–setting up a fight over ICE
The Senate and the White House will now negotiate guardrails for ICE and CBP agents after the killing of both Renee Good and Alex Pretti
www.independent.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Side note: None of the spending bills passed in the "minibus" had any anti-trans riders. This includes the bill that funds the Department of Health and Human Services
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The president of the ASPS is a huge Trump supporter if you're wondering why they shifted positions now to align with the Trump Administration. He's donated substantially to Trump and Ted Cruz. This was a political decision.
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The president of the ASPS is a huge Trump supporter if you're wondering why they shifted positions now to align with the Trump Administration. He's donated substantially to Trump and Ted Cruz. This was a political decision.
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
www.fec.gov/data/receipt...
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If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
January 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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ABOUT TIME. California AG Rob Bonta has sued Rady Children's hospital for illegally shutting down its gender clinic and discriminating against trans youth.
More of this. They can't be allowed to violate state law and discriminate against trans patients.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
More of this. They can't be allowed to violate state law and discriminate against trans patients.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
Attorney General Bonta Sues Rady Children’s Health for Illegally Ending Gender-Affirming Care
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit against Rady Children’s Health (Rady) for closing its gender-affirming care program for patients under the age of 19. In the lawsu...
oag.ca.gov
January 31, 2026 at 3:20 AM
ABOUT TIME. California AG Rob Bonta has sued Rady Children's hospital for illegally shutting down its gender clinic and discriminating against trans youth.
More of this. They can't be allowed to violate state law and discriminate against trans patients.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
More of this. They can't be allowed to violate state law and discriminate against trans patients.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
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Fox News poll: The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points
Fox News Poll: An early look at the 2026 midterms
Fox News poll shows Democrats leading Republicans 52% to 46% in generic congressional ballot for midterm elections, highest Democratic support recorded.
www.foxnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Fox News poll: The Democratic Party is favored by voters on transgender issues by 22 points
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Rough day for Sex Matters
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Rough day for Sex Matters
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Our film @127steps.bsky.social was my artistic attempt to help address transmasculine invisibility in the media. @turnerschofield.bsky.social has some great advice here for our fellow artists and activists in this moment. Your voice is more important than ever! Make yourself seen and heard! 🏳️⚧️
Opinion: Daytime Emmy nominee Scott Turner Schofield shares tips for trans creators and allies from his film, Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps.
Lessons from a trans man on how to tell our stories
www.advocate.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Our film @127steps.bsky.social was my artistic attempt to help address transmasculine invisibility in the media. @turnerschofield.bsky.social has some great advice here for our fellow artists and activists in this moment. Your voice is more important than ever! Make yourself seen and heard! 🏳️⚧️
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URGENT:
Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE.
Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this.
Do it now. We have a week.
Please share.
Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE.
Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this.
Do it now. We have a week.
Please share.
Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQI+ people. But Sex Matters is in...
action.goodlawproject.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:35 PM
URGENT:
Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE.
Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this.
Do it now. We have a week.
Please share.
Very important action by @goodlawproject.bsky.social
Transphobes are trying to infiltrate the Council of Europe to roll back LGBTQ+ human rights by writing en masse to MPs on the CoE.
Please use this tool to write to those MPs to counter this.
Do it now. We have a week.
Please share.
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1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Democrats Successfully Strip All Anti-Trans Riders From Final Appropriations Bills
The HHS and Education bills once contained the most sweeping anti-trans provisions in congressional history. Now they contain none.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
1. In a major victory, Democrats have managed to get all anti-trans riders stripped from the final appropriations bills.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This includes HHS and Ed, which had the worst provisions in congressional history.
If it passes, it will be a big win for 2026.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov
January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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As I wrote for Rolling Stone, this was the most dangerous bill for trans health care of the Trump 2.0 era because it would potentially include a Hyde amdt for trans care without the votes to kill it.
That it’s not in the bill is a big deal and reveals it was a poison pill for Dems to fund the govt
That it’s not in the bill is a big deal and reveals it was a poison pill for Dems to fund the govt
HUGE NEWS for trans people: We have the latest minibus, including the bill to fund the Department of Health and Human Services and it looks like there are no restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender people.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
As I wrote for Rolling Stone, this was the most dangerous bill for trans health care of the Trump 2.0 era because it would potentially include a Hyde amdt for trans care without the votes to kill it.
That it’s not in the bill is a big deal and reveals it was a poison pill for Dems to fund the govt
That it’s not in the bill is a big deal and reveals it was a poison pill for Dems to fund the govt
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The constant questioning by Josh Hawley "can men get pregnant" is soon going to lose its effectiveness when the first uterus transplant birth by a trans woman happens. It's being investigated currently and again, it's been done hundreds of times in cis women.
www.fertstert.org/article/S001...
www.fertstert.org/article/S001...
A “first” on the horizon: the expansion of uterus transplantation to transgender women
Since the first live birth from uterus transplantation (UTx) reported by Brännström
et al. 2015, multiple UTx teams have emerged to add to the body of evidence supporting
the clinical viability of the...
www.fertstert.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The constant questioning by Josh Hawley "can men get pregnant" is soon going to lose its effectiveness when the first uterus transplant birth by a trans woman happens. It's being investigated currently and again, it's been done hundreds of times in cis women.
www.fertstert.org/article/S001...
www.fertstert.org/article/S001...
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Been thinking a lot about how many of these anti-trans laws may become outdated within a decade or two as advances in biotech may allow trans women to obtain working ovaries grown from their own cells which by their definition mean that they are a "biological woman" and vice versa.
January 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Been thinking a lot about how many of these anti-trans laws may become outdated within a decade or two as advances in biotech may allow trans women to obtain working ovaries grown from their own cells which by their definition mean that they are a "biological woman" and vice versa.
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The amount of "even the Washington Post is speaking against the trans cult" posts after Monday's editorial opposing inclusion of trans athletes was worth the price to Bezos because the lingering perception that it's a liberal publication lends credibility to the propaganda despite its total overhaul
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM
The amount of "even the Washington Post is speaking against the trans cult" posts after Monday's editorial opposing inclusion of trans athletes was worth the price to Bezos because the lingering perception that it's a liberal publication lends credibility to the propaganda despite its total overhaul
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what the hell is this revisionist nonsense? This *did not happen*—except in the minds of the far-right. You're buying their bad faith bullshit. MAGA called for and now is building a white ethnostate b/c *they are white nationalists*. That's what they do. FFS
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
what the hell is this revisionist nonsense? This *did not happen*—except in the minds of the far-right. You're buying their bad faith bullshit. MAGA called for and now is building a white ethnostate b/c *they are white nationalists*. That's what they do. FFS
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9. Constituents can also use the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters to contact their representatives, and to demand that the 222nd Legislature make trans rights a priority from day one.
www.njlcv.org/find
www.njlcv.org/find
Find Your Elected Officials
New Jersey LCV is the statewide political voice for the environment
www.njlcv.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
9. Constituents can also use the New Jersey League of Conservation Voters to contact their representatives, and to demand that the 222nd Legislature make trans rights a priority from day one.
www.njlcv.org/find
www.njlcv.org/find
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You may have missed it today with all the Supreme Court news, but democrat states filed a new lawsuit today to prevent Trump from withholding funds to them over their support for trans rights!
Democratic-led US states sue over HHS grant conditions targeting transgender people
Twelve Democratic state attorneys general sued on Tuesday seeking to block the Trump administration from withholding hundreds of billions of dollars in funding from them, hospitals and universities un...
www.reuters.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
You may have missed it today with all the Supreme Court news, but democrat states filed a new lawsuit today to prevent Trump from withholding funds to them over their support for trans rights!
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A thread of good articles related to the topics at issue in today's SCOTUS case.
i had editors reach out to me to write about today's supreme court arguments in the trans sports case. i didn't end up taking any of the assignments, not because i don't think the case is important, it is, but because there is nothing new i could write about this issue that i haven't said 100 times.
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
A thread of good articles related to the topics at issue in today's SCOTUS case.
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This follows the news that the minibus spending bill has no restrictions on gender-affirming care either. It looks like Democrats dug their heels in on this one and won.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
The minibus spending bill is out! This is for the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026. Notably, there are no restrictions for gender-affirming care or trans care in here.
rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
rules.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
rules.house.gov
January 12, 2026 at 12:28 AM
This follows the news that the minibus spending bill has no restrictions on gender-affirming care either. It looks like Democrats dug their heels in on this one and won.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
bsky.app/profile/eric...
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BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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Do it. It's a CSAM app now that should be banned.
BREAKING: The UK Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X, per the Telegraph
January 11, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Do it. It's a CSAM app now that should be banned.