mady castigan✨ 🏳️⚧️
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️⚧️
@madycast.com
· Sep 20
Despite all the laws and rhetoric and violence, the number of people who identify as trans still continues to increase across the country, every year.
Their attacks are escalating precisely because they are afraid and desperate they have failed so far.
"Oppression is the mask of fear."
Their attacks are escalating precisely because they are afraid and desperate they have failed so far.
"Oppression is the mask of fear."
people aren't socialized into their gender roles, people are socialized into the patriarchy, which rigidly defines gender.
white cis women have been crucial to elect Trump, a pedophile rapist, twice now.
white cis women have been crucial to elect Trump, a pedophile rapist, twice now.
cis women are equally as """male socialised""" as trans women because we're all socialised as "women are quiet and obedient and men are loud and get what they want". the patriarchy does not, indeed,want young girls to grow up feminist anymore than young boys
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 AM
people aren't socialized into their gender roles, people are socialized into the patriarchy, which rigidly defines gender.
white cis women have been crucial to elect Trump, a pedophile rapist, twice now.
white cis women have been crucial to elect Trump, a pedophile rapist, twice now.
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cis women are equally as """male socialised""" as trans women because we're all socialised as "women are quiet and obedient and men are loud and get what they want". the patriarchy does not, indeed,want young girls to grow up feminist anymore than young boys
January 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
cis women are equally as """male socialised""" as trans women because we're all socialised as "women are quiet and obedient and men are loud and get what they want". the patriarchy does not, indeed,want young girls to grow up feminist anymore than young boys
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Transgender D.C. nonprofit founder Ruby Corado fears Trump-era prison ahead of sentencing hearing
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Transgender D.C. nonprofit founder Ruby Corado fears Trump-era prison ahead of sentencing hearing
Ruby Corado’s attorneys told a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that incarcerating her would be “uniquely destructive.”
www.advocate.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Transgender D.C. nonprofit founder Ruby Corado fears Trump-era prison ahead of sentencing hearing
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/new...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
feels like things have really ramped up the last few days... but also like it's only going to get crazier from here (hopefully in a good way)
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 AM
feels like things have really ramped up the last few days... but also like it's only going to get crazier from here (hopefully in a good way)
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Very rarely in human history can you definitively say you are fighting on the side of Good but by god this is one of those times, we are going to defeat ICE and the Border Patrol change this wretched world into one where borders no longer kill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Very rarely in human history can you definitively say you are fighting on the side of Good but by god this is one of those times, we are going to defeat ICE and the Border Patrol change this wretched world into one where borders no longer kill
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Not quite as optimistic as the headline makes it seem:
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Not quite as optimistic as the headline makes it seem:
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
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WOMEN are doing the vast majority of the front-line organizing against ICE, the vast majority of the front-line reporting, the vast majority of the legal observing, the vast majority of the care work, the vast majority of the corking and safety volunteering. It's so often women who are being killed.
Renee Good, who was murdered in cold blood today by ICE, was a queer woman. June "T-Rex" Knightly, who was murdered in Portland, was a queer woman. The ICE detainees who were sexually assaulted in Louisiana are queer women and trans men.
Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal’
At the South Louisiana Ice Processing Center in Basile, detainees say they were forced into hard labor – and sexually assaulted and stalked by an assistant warden
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
WOMEN are doing the vast majority of the front-line organizing against ICE, the vast majority of the front-line reporting, the vast majority of the legal observing, the vast majority of the care work, the vast majority of the corking and safety volunteering. It's so often women who are being killed.
Democrats could block the yearly DHS funding bill from passing literally this year before the midterms, but they wont lol
ICE still has funds from the BBB but there's no reason Dems should vote for a dollar more of funding for the DHS.
ICE still has funds from the BBB but there's no reason Dems should vote for a dollar more of funding for the DHS.
The only way we protect ourselves from ICE is by winning the midterms.
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Democrats could block the yearly DHS funding bill from passing literally this year before the midterms, but they wont lol
ICE still has funds from the BBB but there's no reason Dems should vote for a dollar more of funding for the DHS.
ICE still has funds from the BBB but there's no reason Dems should vote for a dollar more of funding for the DHS.
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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Border Patrol murdered a queer woman in front of her wife it is one of the worst things I have ever seen the blood that has stained the soil of this country since the first settler landed in this place can only be wiped away by the tide of the history we must create
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 7, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Border Patrol murdered a queer woman in front of her wife it is one of the worst things I have ever seen the blood that has stained the soil of this country since the first settler landed in this place can only be wiped away by the tide of the history we must create
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
this is what an ally does!
January 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
this is what an ally does!
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Actions have consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Actions have consequences.
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Trans News Network is among the 37th GLAAD Media Awards nominees for Outstanding Independent Journalism: glaad.org/mediaawards/...
37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominees | GLAAD
See the full list of nominees for the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
glaad.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Trans News Network is among the 37th GLAAD Media Awards nominees for Outstanding Independent Journalism: glaad.org/mediaawards/...
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“I want a progressive movement that is aggressively pro raising wages at the bottom and aggressively pro immigration. These are completely coherent goals.” Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
We Need to Get Off The Defensive About Immigration
Free movement is a fantastic thing, and we should say it.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
“I want a progressive movement that is aggressively pro raising wages at the bottom and aggressively pro immigration. These are completely coherent goals.” Great piece by @polphilpod.bsky.social
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-g...
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social l 2026 Jan 6 Reuters: A US Magistrate rules DOJ efforts to subpoena patient records from providers of pediatric GAC should be quashed as improper because the purpose was pressuring hospitals into ending the practice. DOJ has 14 days to appeal.
Judge rejects DOJ's subpoena to Children's Hospital Colorado over transgender care
The U.S. Department of Justice has suffered another setback in its efforts to subpoena providers of gender-affirming care for transgender youth in order to obtain patient information and details about...
www.reuters.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 AM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social l 2026 Jan 6 Reuters: A US Magistrate rules DOJ efforts to subpoena patient records from providers of pediatric GAC should be quashed as improper because the purpose was pressuring hospitals into ending the practice. DOJ has 14 days to appeal.
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He's a fucking Federalist Society goon you right-wing creep
January 7, 2026 at 3:56 AM
He's a fucking Federalist Society goon you right-wing creep
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Trans News Network recently published an interview with Billie Jean Sweeney about the New York Times' transphobic coverage. I went point-by-point through the NYT's response with a fact-check (and a little snark.)
You can read it here:
You can read it here:
I Fact-Checked The New York Times' Response to the Trans News Network, So You Don't Have To
TNN’s recent interview with Billie Jean Sweeney cut to the heart of The New York Times’ transphobic coverage. Seems like she hit a sore spot.
the-backbone.beehiiv.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Trans News Network recently published an interview with Billie Jean Sweeney about the New York Times' transphobic coverage. I went point-by-point through the NYT's response with a fact-check (and a little snark.)
You can read it here:
You can read it here:
The Asheville Blade does incredible local journalism in North Carolina, including colleague @davidforbes.bsky.social 's work there.
Send them a couple bucks to help them survive into 2026!
Send them a couple bucks to help them survive into 2026!
We're over 60% of the way to hitting the goal for our winter fund drive. Help our trans local journalism co-op survive into 2026: www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-a...
Donate to Help the Asheville Blade survive Helene's long aftermath, organized by Asheville Blade
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January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The Asheville Blade does incredible local journalism in North Carolina, including colleague @davidforbes.bsky.social 's work there.
Send them a couple bucks to help them survive into 2026!
Send them a couple bucks to help them survive into 2026!
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We're over 60% of the way to hitting the goal for our winter fund drive. Help our trans local journalism co-op survive into 2026: www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-a...
Donate to Help the Asheville Blade survive Helene's long aftermath, organized by Asheville Blade
Like many groups in our city, the Asheville Blade has faced … Asheville Blade needs your support for Help the Asheville Blade survive Helene's long aftermath
www.gofundme.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:21 PM
We're over 60% of the way to hitting the goal for our winter fund drive. Help our trans local journalism co-op survive into 2026: www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-a...
Newsom once again is sycophantically licking the boots of a dead fascist and says he will be "deeply missed."
Congressman Doug LaMalfa was a devoted public servant who deeply loved his country, his state, and the communities he represented.
While we often approached issues from different perspectives, he fought every day for the people of California with conviction and care. He will be deeply missed.
While we often approached issues from different perspectives, he fought every day for the people of California with conviction and care. He will be deeply missed.
January 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Newsom once again is sycophantically licking the boots of a dead fascist and says he will be "deeply missed."
CA Dems are lining up to whitewash an anti-trans fascist as a "decent man" and "well-liked"
Politicians always care about others in their social class (eg, elites and other politicians) far more than the people they claim to represent.
Politicians always care about others in their social class (eg, elites and other politicians) far more than the people they claim to represent.
So sorry to hear the passing of my classmate, Doug LaMalfa. He was a decent man and well-liked in the California delegation. My love and prayers to his family, staff, and loved ones.
January 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
CA Dems are lining up to whitewash an anti-trans fascist as a "decent man" and "well-liked"
Politicians always care about others in their social class (eg, elites and other politicians) far more than the people they claim to represent.
Politicians always care about others in their social class (eg, elites and other politicians) far more than the people they claim to represent.
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Here LaMalfa accused a specific school guidance counselor of “deciding” a student was trans while introducing a bill to withhold federal funding from schools that accept trans students. California students and school staff are safer without him.
January 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Here LaMalfa accused a specific school guidance counselor of “deciding” a student was trans while introducing a bill to withhold federal funding from schools that accept trans students. California students and school staff are safer without him.
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Doug LaMalfa, a Republican congressman from California, opposed marriage equality and transgender rights.
www.advocate.com/politics/rep...
www.advocate.com/politics/rep...
Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican congressman from California dies suddenly
California U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, a seven-term Republican who opposed marriage equality and trans rights, is dead at 65.
www.advocate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Doug LaMalfa, a Republican congressman from California, opposed marriage equality and transgender rights.
www.advocate.com/politics/rep...
www.advocate.com/politics/rep...
there are a very significant number of (mostly white) people who have personally gone after me in the same way Parker and others have been attacked who are acting like they condemn that behavior and would never do the same
no, you do and did and in some cases, actively are doing it now too
no, you do and did and in some cases, actively are doing it now too
Final thought of the night is that it's extremely funny watching people who've actively dogpiled me suddenly finding a conscience about dogpiling trans women when it's someone from their soical class lol
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 AM
there are a very significant number of (mostly white) people who have personally gone after me in the same way Parker and others have been attacked who are acting like they condemn that behavior and would never do the same
no, you do and did and in some cases, actively are doing it now too
no, you do and did and in some cases, actively are doing it now too
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Final thought of the night is that it's extremely funny watching people who've actively dogpiled me suddenly finding a conscience about dogpiling trans women when it's someone from their soical class lol
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Final thought of the night is that it's extremely funny watching people who've actively dogpiled me suddenly finding a conscience about dogpiling trans women when it's someone from their soical class lol
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed