Miles Whitney
@milesew.bsky.social
Trans Jewish Writer, Attorney, Theologian, Spouse, Father of a Dead Daughter, Dog Sport Enthusiast. 🏳️⚧️🇨🇴✡️✍️🐕🦺
https://miles-whitney.ghost.io/
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Reporters document rising state-level bills restricting transgender individuals' ability to use chosen names and requiring parental notification for name changes.
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Transgender Rights Face New Hurdles Amid National Debate - Grand Pinnacle Tribune
Across the United States, the debate over transgender rights has intensified, reaching into the most personal of territories: the right to one’s own name, family,…
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November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reporters document rising state-level bills restricting transgender individuals' ability to use chosen names and requiring parental notification for name changes.
evrimagaci.org/gpt/t...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Today in honor of writing I am grateful for some words just because I like them:
Hereinbelow
Backchannel
Handsy
And in Espanol
Cuidadosamente
Todovia
Anyone grateful for a word or words?
Hereinbelow
Backchannel
Handsy
And in Espanol
Cuidadosamente
Todovia
Anyone grateful for a word or words?
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today in honor of writing I am grateful for some words just because I like them:
Hereinbelow
Backchannel
Handsy
And in Espanol
Cuidadosamente
Todovia
Anyone grateful for a word or words?
Hereinbelow
Backchannel
Handsy
And in Espanol
Cuidadosamente
Todovia
Anyone grateful for a word or words?
Reposted by Miles Whitney
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
The Antisemitism Post (tm)
Gotta get the history to know where the tropes live in the discourse today.
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think it’s time to put this one back out into the ether, friends
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
Come and learn about how the tropes undergirding anti-Jewish hatred and conspiracy theories as they exist today came to be…
As for how to know when it’s time to go, “That is something that each individual has to decide for themselves,” Goulet said. But if you are in the state of mind where you find yourself asking that question, they added, “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.”
For at least a year, I've been returning to the question, how would you know when it's time to leave the US? For this piece, I asked trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer Americans who, with their families and partners, have recently fled the country, about how they made this decision and how they left.
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As for how to know when it’s time to go, “That is something that each individual has to decide for themselves,” Goulet said. But if you are in the state of mind where you find yourself asking that question, they added, “you probably are already in the space where you should be making preparations.”
Liberal Currents published a couple of mine on trans stuff so I'm biased, but it also has published so many amazing pieces since I found out about it. Just the best - pitch in to keep it going!
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Liberal Currents published a couple of mine on trans stuff so I'm biased, but it also has published so many amazing pieces since I found out about it. Just the best - pitch in to keep it going!
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Thank you to the 213 House members who are not only condemning transphobia, but making an important connection between anti-trans rhetoric and real-world violence. www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
200+ lawmakers demand Speaker Mike Johnson end anti-trans rhetoric in Congress
“Transgender people deserve government officials who will lift them up, not attack them simply because of who they are,” the members of Congress wrote.
www.advocate.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thank you to the 213 House members who are not only condemning transphobia, but making an important connection between anti-trans rhetoric and real-world violence. www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
Reposted by Miles Whitney
A revealing tool for my fellow journalists: "The Trans News Initiative is a new project... dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States."
transnewsinitiative.org?ref=transjou...
transnewsinitiative.org?ref=transjou...
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A revealing tool for my fellow journalists: "The Trans News Initiative is a new project... dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States."
transnewsinitiative.org?ref=transjou...
transnewsinitiative.org?ref=transjou...
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As the Trump administration continues its attacks on immigrants in the US, there are increasing signs that ICE is holding trans detainees under their dead names to make them harder to locate.
This story brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
This story brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Previous Names — Assigned
The group, who says they have been in contact with five trans people in ICE detention, is advising members of the community to share their former names with trusted friends.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As the Trump administration continues its attacks on immigrants in the US, there are increasing signs that ICE is holding trans detainees under their dead names to make them harder to locate.
This story brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
This story brought to you by @evanurquhart.bsky.social
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
The shadow docket fails again - SCOTUSblog share.google/jZ40MCdlSigR...
I didn't have it in me to write about how messed up the trans passport shadow docket decision was just on a procedural level.
I didn't have it in me to write about how messed up the trans passport shadow docket decision was just on a procedural level.
The shadow docket fails again
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]
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November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The shadow docket fails again - SCOTUSblog share.google/jZ40MCdlSigR...
I didn't have it in me to write about how messed up the trans passport shadow docket decision was just on a procedural level.
I didn't have it in me to write about how messed up the trans passport shadow docket decision was just on a procedural level.
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"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—and unleashing a new, godless age of chaos and precarity on you." @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"The right’s gripe isn’t just that trans people exist, but that their existence is tearing down the old world—of good men, obedient women, traditional family structures—and unleashing a new, godless age of chaos and precarity on you." @schuylermitchell.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICYMI my piece about passports, thank you Liberal Currents for putting this back up on such an infuriating day.
“Even without these worst-case scenarios, simple passport revocation could temporarily or permanently prevent transgender people from leaving the country if, and when, life here becomes untenable.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politics...
The Politics of Passports
The broad powers of the president to limit the freedom of movement of Americans.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
ICYMI my piece about passports, thank you Liberal Currents for putting this back up on such an infuriating day.
Seething with rage. And yes this impacts me in several ways most of which are MAJOR (I'm planning on emigrating.)
US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people reut.rs/3Jk5Qw4
US Supreme Court allows Trump's passport policy targeting transgender people
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Donald Trump's administration to bar applicants for U.S. passports from designating the sex reflecting their gender identities on the document, part of the Republican president's crackdown on the rights of transgender Americans.
reut.rs
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Seething with rage. And yes this impacts me in several ways most of which are MAJOR (I'm planning on emigrating.)
I went for the pro trans and stayed for the delight of watching him.
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I went for the pro trans and stayed for the delight of watching him.
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
Damn.
Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Damn.
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If @charliejane.bsky.social and/or @annaleen.bsky.social know any trans immigrants who can use this service. @transgenderreport.com missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-t...
S.F. nonprofit just began offering legal aid to trans immigrants. Requests are pouring in.
Transgender immigrants can now access discounted legal support and additional stipends to help mitigate legal fees.
missionlocal.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If @charliejane.bsky.social and/or @annaleen.bsky.social know any trans immigrants who can use this service. @transgenderreport.com missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-t...
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31 Oct 2025 -- Washington State U. approves hate-group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) to to teach medical professionals in its continuing ed program to maintain state licensure. SEGM is devoted to ending the availability of medical care for trans youth. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Washington State University Credentials Anti-Trans Hate Group SEGM to Teach Medical Providers
The Southern Poverty Law Center has dubbed the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine an anti-LGBTQ hate group for its role in proliferating pseudoscience and transphobic policies.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
31 Oct 2025 -- Washington State U. approves hate-group Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine (SEGM) to to teach medical professionals in its continuing ed program to maintain state licensure. SEGM is devoted to ending the availability of medical care for trans youth. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Oh FFS
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Oh FFS
Note that nonprofits that work with immigrants or transgender people are singled out. They just won't stop.
I don't know why this hit me like a brick.
I don't know why this hit me like a brick.
Well, thank fucking God this isn't an issue anyone cares about now that Biden isn't president.
October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Note that nonprofits that work with immigrants or transgender people are singled out. They just won't stop.
I don't know why this hit me like a brick.
I don't know why this hit me like a brick.
"'It's endless,' [re the regime's anti-trans efforts] says Eyer. 'It really has been an obsessive focus that's been deployed across the administration.'
This will effectively be a nationwide ban, per the article. Plans may come out in early November.
This will effectively be a nationwide ban, per the article. Plans may come out in early November.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"'It's endless,' [re the regime's anti-trans efforts] says Eyer. 'It really has been an obsessive focus that's been deployed across the administration.'
This will effectively be a nationwide ban, per the article. Plans may come out in early November.
This will effectively be a nationwide ban, per the article. Plans may come out in early November.
So this is kind of a cool thing that happened today. I received the proof of my novel. Really something to hold it in my hands.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
So this is kind of a cool thing that happened today. I received the proof of my novel. Really something to hold it in my hands.
WHAT? The shutdown is the fault of transgender people and "illegal aliens?"
I'm so tired of this.
I'm so tired of this.
26 Oct 2025 -- Trump admin cutting off SNAP for millions of Americans on Nov 1 in wake of shutdown: USDA website accuses Dems of of holding shutdown hostage to “healthcare for illegal aliens and gender mutilation procedures" scapegoating trans people. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
USDA blames Democrats for potential SNAP benefits lapse in new message: 'The well has run dry'
The federal agency's website features a banner that says no benefits will be issued on Nov. 1.
www.nbcnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
WHAT? The shutdown is the fault of transgender people and "illegal aliens?"
I'm so tired of this.
I'm so tired of this.
"In a Wednesday (1 October) ruling, a three-panel judge argued the policy violated the player’s human rights and her constitutional right to dignity and equality."
Highest court looked at scienceband ordered the policies to be changed. ❤️
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/02/v...
Highest court looked at scienceband ordered the policies to be changed. ❤️
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/02/v...
Colombian court orders volleyball league to reverse its ban on trans players
A Columbian court has ordered a volleyball league regulator to scrap its policy banning trans women from female leagues.
www.thepinknews.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"In a Wednesday (1 October) ruling, a three-panel judge argued the policy violated the player’s human rights and her constitutional right to dignity and equality."
Highest court looked at scienceband ordered the policies to be changed. ❤️
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/02/v...
Highest court looked at scienceband ordered the policies to be changed. ❤️
www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/02/v...