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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"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
Black Women Are Losing Jobs At Three Times The Rate Of Other Women | Essence
New labor data shows Black women accounted for a disproportionate share of job losses across 2025, especially in federal, education, and care-sector roles.
www.essence.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"Racist people are firing and laying off Black women at three times the rate of other women."
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
😬Yikes! It sounds bad when you say it like that!
"Black women are losing jobs at 3 times the rate."
Much better! Makes it sound like the Black women just need to be more careful or better at their jobs!
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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)
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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)
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(I won’t DM this. those are impersonator accounts with my profile photo)
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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.
She skillfully hunts the edible string...
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
She skillfully hunts the edible string...
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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 👇
So because they pulled HB193 (the public employee trans healthcare ban) from the committee hearing last minute, we'll be back up here again listening to these dudes debating if trans people get to have the same healthcare rights as cis people.
Just another day.
Just another day.
February 12, 2026 at 4:51 PM
So because they pulled HB193 (the public employee trans healthcare ban) from the committee hearing last minute, we'll be back up here again listening to these dudes debating if trans people get to have the same healthcare rights as cis people.
Just another day.
Just another day.
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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.
This Senator claims we're opposing this bill because it "goes against transition." Way to miss the fucking point.
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This Senator claims we're opposing this bill because it "goes against transition." Way to miss the fucking point.
It's only fair to cover detransition, says this committee.
Not a single person here has admitted this adds liability and uncertainty to incentivize companies to drop coverage for trans people.
Not a single person here has admitted this adds liability and uncertainty to incentivize companies to drop coverage for trans people.
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
It's only fair to cover detransition, says this committee.
Not a single person here has admitted this adds liability and uncertainty to incentivize companies to drop coverage for trans people.
Not a single person here has admitted this adds liability and uncertainty to incentivize companies to drop coverage for trans people.
They're really hand waving the fiscal note and financial burden for PEHP. (But they want to ban any trans care under public insurance in the separate bill, HB258.)
February 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
They're really hand waving the fiscal note and financial burden for PEHP. (But they want to ban any trans care under public insurance in the separate bill, HB258.)
Peck absolutely insists you MUST take hormones to detransition. (Which is not true unless due to surgery your body no longer produces its own hormones.)
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Peck absolutely insists you MUST take hormones to detransition. (Which is not true unless due to surgery your body no longer produces its own hormones.)
Musselman asks if we're looking for a problem that doesn't exist.
Peck claims model legislation means there's an overwhelming need for this "parity." Also that Texas has passed similar legislation.
Peck claims model legislation means there's an overwhelming need for this "parity." Also that Texas has passed similar legislation.
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Musselman asks if we're looking for a problem that doesn't exist.
Peck claims model legislation means there's an overwhelming need for this "parity." Also that Texas has passed similar legislation.
Peck claims model legislation means there's an overwhelming need for this "parity." Also that Texas has passed similar legislation.