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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Aug 17

We are not amused.

It is not only the GOP erasing us,

Let @indivisible.org know we won't be erased by the Left or the Right!

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Aug 17

Once again, @indivisible.org & @indivisibleulster.bsky.social fails to Say No To Trans and Queer Erasure by the current administration.

#TransexualMenace
#Indivisible
@transexualmenace.bsky.social

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jul 23

Hey there, Menaces! This Saturday, 7/26/25, TMNYC chapter will be hosting a cookout in Prospect Park, over by the band shell. Anyone and everyone who wishes to come is welcome, whether you bring food or not. Bring your friends! Come be menacing at a picnic!

RSVP here:

The Transexual Menace NYC

We are the Transexual Menace, an advocacy group for the rights and liberties of the trans community in NYC and across the country.

transexualmenacenyc.com

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jul 21

There are three (3) bills on @governor.ny.gov s desk right that would protect Trans people across New York collecting dust right now. This is unacceptable, especially in the current environment, so we're asking everyone to use the following script to let her know she should Sign These Bills!

A script for calling Governor Hochul's office that reads as follows:

NYS Governor's Office: 1-518-474-8390

Hi! My name is ____ and I am a constituent living in ____. I am calling to urge Governor Hochul to sign three bills that will protect the rights of transgender people as well as provide key privacy and healthcare protections for all New Yorkers.

Senate Bill S4914B will protect people accessing gender-affirming care and reproductive healthcare in New York from prosecution by other states.

Senate Bill S3486 will require hospitals to provide patients and their families with much needed transparency. Additionally, this bill will allow lawmakers and researchers to identify health care deserts in our state.

Senate Bill S929 will protect our private health information from misuse by Big Tech.

Our legislators have worked hard to pass these bills, and I believe that signing them into law will be essential for the State of New York to fight back against overreach by the Trump administration and Republican-controlled states.

I am asking Governor Hochul to sign all three bills as soon as possible. Thank you.

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · Jul 6

WSJ 6 Jul 25 - As with gender affirming pediatric care, a wave of families are leaving states where abortion is criminalized. Often high-professional as start of careers & planning families. ~130k in first year after Dobbs. "A classic case of brain drain." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

How Abortion Bans Are Affecting Where Women Live and Work

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion bans have driven residents from some states, one study finds.

www.wsj.com

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jul 6

Go NYC chapter!

If you are in NYC and want get in on the action, drop a DM to @nyctransmenace.bsky.social

Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jul 6

When you're mad at The New York Times, just get out there and hit the ground screaming.

Ask us why!

A New York City Transexual Menace standing in Prospect Park with a sign that reads "Ask me why The New York Times SUCKS!"

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jul 6

Go NYC chapter!

If you are in NYC and want get in on the action, drop a DM to @nyctransmenace.bsky.social

Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jul 6

When you're mad at The New York Times, just get out there and hit the ground screaming.

Ask us why!

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jul 5

Our NYC chapter @nyctransmenace.bsky.social has protested on their latest transphobic podcast on launch day and will have more boycott protests in the future. Check out their account and join our discord to coordinate!

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jul 5

The Transexual Menace NYC is picketibg outside the New York Times headquarters today! Check out some of our very informative signage!

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jul 5

You are still the original Transexual Menace!

Cool logo on tank top! 😉

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jul 5

How times have changed. 🤬

13 years ago, I was presenting on Transgender Workplace Inclusion in London and then in 2025, I am fighting for survival against erasure in the United States.

Denise Norris teaching Transgender Workplace Inclusion in London on July 17, 2012.

Presenter stands beside a podium in a conference room, addressing an audience seated in red theater-style chairs. Behind the presenter, a large projected slide displays a circular diagram with four labeled segments: “Legal,” “Economic,” “Cultural Attitudes,” and “The Envelope.” The room is well-lit, and attendees appear engaged, suggesting a formal or academic setting focused on policy or social frameworks.

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jul 5

You are still the original Transexual Menace!

Cool logo on tank top! 😉

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jul 5

How times have changed. 🤬

13 years ago, I was presenting on Transgender Workplace Inclusion in London and then in 2025, I am fighting for survival against erasure in the United States.

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jun 30

Truth, @denisenorris.bsky.social. Speak it!

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jun 30

How did you spend your Pride?

Here's a snip of my HOT (it was over 100°) performance at Twinks vs. Dolls on Saturday.

@transexualmenace.bsky.social

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The Transexual Menace Minneapolis Chapter @mplstransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 30

🚨Call your reps to keep GAC coverage on Medicare! 🚨 This is an action that will protect all of us to come!

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 30

Everyone who follows me should call their Senator this morning to urge them to vote in favor of Wyden’s point of order and remove the Medicaid funding ban for transgender care from Trump’s horror bill.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jun 30

Today, senator Ron Wyden will raise a point of order to remove the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender affirming care. The Republicans need 60 votes to keep it in but they only have 53. Call your Dem senator today and urge them to vote to strip the ban from the bill. Senate switchboard 202-224-3121.

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The Transexual Menace Minneapolis Chapter @mplstransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thanks to everyone who stopped by People's Pride. We had a lot of community engagement, and even a little co-creating together. More updates coming soon!

Image of the menace art wall at the booth as People's Pride.

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The Transexual Menace Minneapolis Chapter @mplstransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 24

#ComplianceisDeath
We will hold the line, we will not be eradicated.

Rep. Leigh Finke @leighfinke.bsky.social · Jun 24

Trans people in this country are now over the rubicon.

We must hold on every line. Allies must hold on every line. Trans eradication is the policy objective of the Trump Administration.

There is no question:
COMPLIANCE EQUALS DEATH

Black poster with trans flag in the shape of a triangle. Under the triangle it reads Compliance = Death

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 25

Come join us this Sunday! We'll also be handing out the first issue of our zine, The Transexual Examiner.

Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 23

TMNYC will be marching at Queer Liberation March this Sunday (6/29)! Come march with us! We'll give you a Menace shirt if you both RSVP to the event AND show up!

The Transexual Menace NYC

We are the Transexual Menace, an advocacy group for the rights and liberties of the trans community in NYC and across the country.

transexualmenacenyc.com

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Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jun 24

Look closely at these 31 images and ask yourself... Where are the trans folks?

In 1994, trans were told we weren't welcome in the NY Stonewall 25 March and we then fought and prevailed for our inclusion.

@raffyermac.bsky.social

31 pictures of what Pride looked like 31 years ago

In order to know where we're going, we need to remember where we came from.

www.out.com

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jun 25

The face of Pride was only G&L people 31 years ago!

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jun 24

Look closely at these 31 images and ask yourself... Where are the trans folks?

In 1994, trans were told we weren't welcome in the NY Stonewall 25 March and we then fought and prevailed for our inclusion.

@raffyermac.bsky.social

31 pictures of what Pride looked like 31 years ago

In order to know where we're going, we need to remember where we came from.

www.out.com

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 23

Announcing the launch of the TMNYC website today! This site is where you'll find all of our planned actions and events, as well as Menace articles. Check it out! Join our email list! Anyone can be a Menace!

The Transsexual Menace NYC

We are the Transexual Menace, An Advocacy group for the rights and liberties of the trans community in NYC and across the country

transexualmenacenyc.com

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jun 17

Join @nyctransmenace.bsky.social chapter at Foley Sq Now.

Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is one more of the many steps descending towards complete fascism.

From what we hear through the grapevine, there's already people out at Foley Sq.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jun 17

Join the NYC Chapter of the @transexualmenace.bsky.social at Foley Sq

Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is one more of the many steps descending towards complete fascism.

From what we hear through the grapevine, there's already people out at Foley Sq.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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Transexual Menace New York City @nyctransmenace.bsky.social · Jun 17

This is one more of the many steps descending towards complete fascism.

From what we hear through the grapevine, there's already people out at Foley Sq.

Gwynne Hogan @gwynnefitz.bsky.social · Jun 17

Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jun 14

We are all horrified.

Denise Norris @denisenorris.bsky.social · Jun 14

I am horrified.

I and all of the @transexualmenace.bsky.social chapters condemn political violence in any form.

Get involved with the Menace's Minneapolis chapter @mplstransmenace.bsky.social to protect the dolls, bricks and our democracy.

We are all on this together.

Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’

www.nytimes.com

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jun 14

See you at No Kings today, wherever you are. We have chapters across the US and will be there with you 💖 stay safe.

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The Transexual Menace @transexualmenace.bsky.social · Jun 10

When Gender Criticals and TERFs are offended by the name Transexual Menace, I say, “Exactly! That’s the point.”
[...] The name exposes the absurdity of the pearl-clutching trans-panics repeatedly manufactured by religious conservatives determined to erase any form of gender diversity.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · Jun 9

Leading off this week, we have New Hampshire enacting trans legislations, Oregon pushing back against similar attempts, and the trans military ban in full effect.
And, as a bonus, we also have an interview with a member of the @transexualmenace.bsky.social following a protest at the New York Times.

N.H. Republicans Close to Enacting Harsh Anti-Trans Restrictions<br/> — Assigned

Leading Off: Two big bills promoting bigotry reach the governor. Oregon turns back a sports ban. And trans people speak out against the Times. The week’s top story lines.

www.assignedmedia.org

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