April Gardner
@slignot.bsky.social
Proudly intolerant of intolerance. Formless terror in service of the Old Ones here to doom mankind.
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It's that time of year again - the Utah legislature has created a new avalanche of anti-trans, anti-queer, and generally regressive bills. It's a lot of to keep track of, so here's the thread of everything I'm tracking to try to oppose. New bills get filed regularly so I'll update this thread:
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Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old.
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
“8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.
shorturl.at
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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Epstein-Barr, among other things, causes cancer btw.
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Epstein-Barr, among other things, causes cancer btw.
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I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
February 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
I’ve spent years of my life trying to explain to people that anti-trans conservatism naturally flows from their belief that children in the American nuclear family are not individuals with autonomy, but instead property of the parents and state, and this guy just… tweeted it out
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Many good insights in this thread. A note from my cis experience - we might not have a sense of our own genders, but we live in a world where people accept and confirm our gender identities all the time.
Trust trans people.
Trust trans people.
I know cis people don't realize the cruelty, so with gentleness and empathy for them, let me try to explain.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
Being trans is difficult. Instinctively, you already know this because you think it would be better not to be trans.
“We would expect support for full social transition to be agreed very rarely”
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
There you have it, the gov wants trans kids to rot in the closet
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Many good insights in this thread. A note from my cis experience - we might not have a sense of our own genders, but we live in a world where people accept and confirm our gender identities all the time.
Trust trans people.
Trust trans people.
It's horrifying watching what's happening in the UK's genocidal anti-trans project on its own.
Then the horror rebounds as I know everything they're doing will be advanced in my own state legislature to bring that cruelty here. So many of the lies from the UK came up here this morning.
Then the horror rebounds as I know everything they're doing will be advanced in my own state legislature to bring that cruelty here. So many of the lies from the UK came up here this morning.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
It's horrifying watching what's happening in the UK's genocidal anti-trans project on its own.
Then the horror rebounds as I know everything they're doing will be advanced in my own state legislature to bring that cruelty here. So many of the lies from the UK came up here this morning.
Then the horror rebounds as I know everything they're doing will be advanced in my own state legislature to bring that cruelty here. So many of the lies from the UK came up here this morning.
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literally any amount will help so much. I struggling with this month’s groceries and daily necessities.
(I won’t DM this. those are impersonator accounts with my profile photo)
www.paypal.me/mtfvicky
(I won’t DM this. those are impersonator accounts with my profile photo)
www.paypal.me/mtfvicky
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Go to paypal.me/mtfvicky and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
literally any amount will help so much. I struggling with this month’s groceries and daily necessities.
(I won’t DM this. those are impersonator accounts with my profile photo)
www.paypal.me/mtfvicky
(I won’t DM this. those are impersonator accounts with my profile photo)
www.paypal.me/mtfvicky
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This man is a DEI hire.
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:27 PM
This man is a DEI hire.
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Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
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The UK has just banned trans kids of all ages from the public society of childhood.
New School Guidance announces:
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.
Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The UK has just banned trans kids of all ages from the public society of childhood.
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In the 5 months since I wrote this, things have only gotten worse, with adults stripped of their healthcare at a moment's notice, universities firing teachers & banning the mere mention of trans people, & Democrats helping pass further bans and the first discrimination & segregation laws since 1996.
It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
In the 5 months since I wrote this, things have only gotten worse, with adults stripped of their healthcare at a moment's notice, universities firing teachers & banning the mere mention of trans people, & Democrats helping pass further bans and the first discrimination & segregation laws since 1996.
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The UK just proposed new school guidance that effectively bans even social transition for trans students (using a different name, pronoun or haircut). It implements a full bathroom ban while requiring mandatory outing of trans youth if a teacher suspects they are trans.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told
School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The UK just proposed new school guidance that effectively bans even social transition for trans students (using a different name, pronoun or haircut). It implements a full bathroom ban while requiring mandatory outing of trans youth if a teacher suspects they are trans.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anyway, I'm sick and extremely tired so I'm going back to bed.
February 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Anyway, I'm sick and extremely tired so I'm going back to bed.
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The National Child Mortality Database project repeatedly refused to publish what they knew about LGBTQIA+ youth suicides
But we didn’t back down 👇
But we didn’t back down 👇
One in six children who died by suicide were LGBTQ+, new data shows
Amid heated public debate about whether trans children are dying by suicide, campaigners say we need to "take the politics out of policymaking"
www.wearequeeraf.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The National Child Mortality Database project repeatedly refused to publish what they knew about LGBTQIA+ youth suicides
But we didn’t back down 👇
But we didn’t back down 👇
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I only came here to chew bubble gum, and honestly, I am feeling so attacked right now.
February 12, 2026 at 7:40 AM
I only came here to chew bubble gum, and honestly, I am feeling so attacked right now.
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Just to underscore:
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
Polling on trans issues is difficult to interpret. It becomes even more difficult when pollsters use politically charged terms like 'transgender ideology.'
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Great new analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
When Trans Issues Become ‘Ideology’ — Assigned
Two surveys of Americans, published just days apart, reveal the limitations and revelations of polling.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Just to underscore:
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
Trans people, we aren't "issues".
Me, I'm not an "ideology".
I'm a human, like anyone else.
The only "ideology" here is those bigots who use such rhetoric in their effort to dehumanize trans people — because they want us gone.
The Senate Business and Labor committee has incredible and ONE SIDED turnout in the room today. It's amazing.
You can find the live feed or participate online at this link if you couldn't make it up to the Capitol but still want to participate: us02web.zoom.us/j/82567129193
You can find the live feed or participate online at this link if you couldn't make it up to the Capitol but still want to participate: us02web.zoom.us/j/82567129193
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The Senate Business and Labor committee has incredible and ONE SIDED turnout in the room today. It's amazing.
You can find the live feed or participate online at this link if you couldn't make it up to the Capitol but still want to participate: us02web.zoom.us/j/82567129193
You can find the live feed or participate online at this link if you couldn't make it up to the Capitol but still want to participate: us02web.zoom.us/j/82567129193
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Trans Utahns need us to show up as the Senate advances 2 trans healthcare attacks that already passed the House - HB193 & HB258.
193 attacks insurance of trans public employees, and 258 requires private insurance to cover vague detransition if it includes trans care. le.utah.gov/committee/co...
193 attacks insurance of trans public employees, and 258 requires private insurance to cover vague detransition if it includes trans care. le.utah.gov/committee/co...
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Trans Utahns need us to show up as the Senate advances 2 trans healthcare attacks that already passed the House - HB193 & HB258.
193 attacks insurance of trans public employees, and 258 requires private insurance to cover vague detransition if it includes trans care. le.utah.gov/committee/co...
193 attacks insurance of trans public employees, and 258 requires private insurance to cover vague detransition if it includes trans care. le.utah.gov/committee/co...
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‘I’m crushed’: Transgender patients left in limbo after UMass Memorial canceled their surgeries
www.wgbh.org/news/he...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.wgbh.org/news/he...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
‘I’m crushed’: Transgender patients left in limbo after UMass Memorial canceled their surgeries
Some people had waited nearly a year for their appointments with a preeminent surgeon. Now, they don’t know what to do.
www.wgbh.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
‘I’m crushed’: Transgender patients left in limbo after UMass Memorial canceled their surgeries
www.wgbh.org/news/he...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.wgbh.org/news/he...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
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feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
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this thread is harrowing but these lawyers are fucking heroic
So it’s a race: how quickly can a person’s family realize they were snatched and find a lawyer, and how quickly can that lawyer get a habeas petition of file? And is that faster than ICE can load the detainee on a plane to Texas?
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
It’s exhausting and terrifying. It can be life and death.
18/
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 AM
this thread is harrowing but these lawyers are fucking heroic
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History rhymes. At the beginning of the Japanese American incarceration- I’ll never call it an “internment” again because fuck euphemisms - the WRA camps weren’t prepared to feed/house not just the sheer # of people, but whole families. Many prisoners had to plant illicit gardens for sustenance. 1/x
And what awaits these clients in Texas? Unspeakably cruel and inhumane treatment.
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
21/
1. Rotten food. I had a client explain she had to make a half-pint of milk and an apple last every day because the other meals consisted of spoiled or rotten food. One client wasn’t fed for >36 hours.
21/
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 AM
History rhymes. At the beginning of the Japanese American incarceration- I’ll never call it an “internment” again because fuck euphemisms - the WRA camps weren’t prepared to feed/house not just the sheer # of people, but whole families. Many prisoners had to plant illicit gardens for sustenance. 1/x
Reminder that if you can show up (in person or online) tomorrow morning at 8, the Utah Senate is moving anti-trans healthcare bills through committee.
These bills have already passed the House. Anything we can do to slow them down helps.
These bills have already passed the House. Anything we can do to slow them down helps.
Trans Utahns need us to show up as the Senate advances 2 trans healthcare attacks that already passed the House - HB193 & HB258.
193 attacks insurance of trans public employees, and 258 requires private insurance to cover vague detransition if it includes trans care. le.utah.gov/committee/co...
193 attacks insurance of trans public employees, and 258 requires private insurance to cover vague detransition if it includes trans care. le.utah.gov/committee/co...
February 12, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Reminder that if you can show up (in person or online) tomorrow morning at 8, the Utah Senate is moving anti-trans healthcare bills through committee.
These bills have already passed the House. Anything we can do to slow them down helps.
These bills have already passed the House. Anything we can do to slow them down helps.
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To raise awareness that the fed govt is again committing brutality at the site.
“We’re lighting this prayer fire, praying for the relatives here & the children that are getting detained & taken out...our blood memory remembers that whenever it hears the cries & the prayers of what’s going on here."
“We’re lighting this prayer fire, praying for the relatives here & the children that are getting detained & taken out...our blood memory remembers that whenever it hears the cries & the prayers of what’s going on here."
The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.
Native activists set up prayer camp outside Minneapolis ICE detention center • Minnesota Reformer
Tribal members and descendents set up tipis and a fire at a Fort Snelling Park for four days of prayer for those detained by ICE
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
To raise awareness that the fed govt is again committing brutality at the site.
“We’re lighting this prayer fire, praying for the relatives here & the children that are getting detained & taken out...our blood memory remembers that whenever it hears the cries & the prayers of what’s going on here."
“We’re lighting this prayer fire, praying for the relatives here & the children that are getting detained & taken out...our blood memory remembers that whenever it hears the cries & the prayers of what’s going on here."