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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19h

Three SCOTUS cases saw movement this week targeting LGBTQ+ people: A conversation therapy case, a shadow-docket case on trans passports, and a sports ban that will determine equal protection for trans people.

Writer S. Baum details all of them in our latest.

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Three Supreme Court Cases Targeting LGBTQ+ People See Movement This Week

From sports to passports, these cases may determine the vitality of trans rights in the U.S. for generations to come.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17h

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14h

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 12h

The existence of even one Catholic convert dismantles the central lie of religion, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

See I can make bullshit, nonsense arguments too, Heritage Foundation.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12h

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 1h

I told ya'll they are seething with rage that angela is canonically a lesbian and that her girlfriend / wife Sera is a transgender woman. Even if you dont like marvel stuff you have to admit it's very funny seeing how angry these straight men get over this.

Now it's pretending that it has been a long time fan of the character Imfao. Give me a break, pride cultist. Also stop speaking like a toddler fr fr on skibidi moron. I shouldn't need a translator to understand vou.
meg frost @ PSICON

Ppl who see lesbians/trans women as a porn category and not people love proiecting that onto ppl bc wdym you see someone say they love lesbians and yr mind goes to porn? wiehfjsk anyway, read about this super awesome lesbian couple in these great series

Been seeing Angela through my Spawn comics for a while, only learnt about Marvel gaining rights to her character via your recent tweets. I gotta say, it's unfortunate to see her go through this character-butchering of LGBTying (RIP Shatterstar
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TQAntagonist@ @ska....04 Sep Replying to @skank_noir and @AgreeingBook13
I guess my only cope is that atleast this version of her character is not Spawn/lmage Comics canon.

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Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 1h

Nazi Amerikkka everyone.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11h

It's now considered controversial to fight the KKK in a video game.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 16h

What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

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Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 1h

These ICE Nazis just kidnapped a CHILD off the street walking home from school.

www.instagram.com/reel/DPjnGJZ...

WHEN ARE WE GONNA BE DONE WITH THESE MOTHER FUCKERS?

FUCK ICE

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 8h

🚨There goes the last of Governor Pritzker’s fucks. 🪦
He took that threat of being arrested to heart… and the people of Chicago are marching in the streets because the Chicago mayor and their governor have their backs. ✊🏼
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 19h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
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Riverboatjack @riverboatjack.bsky.social · 8h

cuomo has lost the nerds, i repeat, cuomo has lost the nerds

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Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 8h

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FUCK

ICE

Border Patrol called anti-ICE protester ‘B****’ before shooting her: lawyer

Lawyer says video shows agents provoked clash before firing, fueling scrutiny of federal use of deadly force.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 13h

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 13h

There is no left-wing violence in Chicago or Portland. It simply is not happening.

It's so not happening, in fact, that Republicans in Oregon took footage from two South American countries to create a hoax photo about Portland.

They have no actual violent footage to put forward.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Riverboatjack @riverboatjack.bsky.social · 1d

Under no circumstances can Gavin Newsom be the Democrats' nominee.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t decide which is the wilder use of “BREAKING” by a government official:

1. “BREAKING: I’m launching undercover operations” — Texas Attorney General

Or

2. “BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory” — FBI Director

FBI Director Kash Patel &
@FBIDirectorKash
X.com
BREAKING: MSNBC still an ass clown factory of disinformation. Same circus animals that slobbered all over perp walks of Stone, Navarro, Bannon...
MSNBC has no facts and no audience
In this @fbi, follow the chain of command or get relieved.
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DOJ policy prohibits "perp walks," in which arrestees are paraded before the cameras. x.com/ jesserodriguez...
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Attorney General Ken Paxton &
@KenPaxtonTX
X.com
BREAKING: I'm launching undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.
Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead.
ORNEY

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if the democratic party starts stepping away trans people they might as well sign this country away to the far right forever

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

In a press release, Texas Attorney General calls "transgenderism" a "corrupted ideology" that is "a cancer on our culture."

This is openly genocidal rhetoric about trans people from a sitting AG.

A press release dated October 7, 2025, with the headline: “Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence.” The statement claims rising left-wing violence, referencing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and outlines Paxton’s directive for undercover investigations. A highlighted quote from Paxton reads: “Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people.” The text further accuses the radical Left of fostering political violence, referencing incidents involving Antifa-like groups and a supposed assassin tied to transgender movements. It also notes that President Trump designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization, with Paxton vowing sweeping investigations into radical leftist groups.

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Alyssa MacKenzie 💜 @alyssamackenzie.bsky.social · 1d

READ. PLEASE.

Read right this second. Then watch the below video.

There's a reason why this guy stopped in his tracks after saying 'plenary'.

This isn't hyperbole. It isn't a mistake. And it is NOT an overreaction.

The Trump regime is following Hitler's playbook.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

Newsom is likely going to let the other bills go into effect quietly, and the education bill is only a couple lines of text where gender is not mentioned.

I'm going to be watching much more closely on what he does with the bills that are explicitly about LGBTQ+ topics.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 1d

You see me now, a veteran
Of a thousand psychic wars
I've been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And I'm young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside
I'm not sure if there's anything left of me

Veteran of the Psychic Wars

YouTube video by Blue Öyster Cult - Topic

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Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 1d

#FinalFantasy14 Creators stop using the words "everyone" "no one" "the community" challenge. Rating: Impossible.

YOU DONT SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

KNOCK IT OFF.

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Ciara RayneCloud @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 1d

FUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 1d

lol

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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