Danielle Oster
@danielleoster86.bsky.social
Writer/editor/journalist. Guitar/bass/keys. Reporter, MediaPost. Amateur forager and naturalist🍄🟫🌿(she/her)
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Not sure I can adequately communicate the combination of frustration and sheer exhaustion of being a trans woman worried about losing access to healthcare and other rights, seeing anti-trans shit in the news daily, and then being told "Well, maybe trans people should have been nicer to JK Rowling."
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oh you have a nice house? let’s see the churro drawer
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
oh you have a nice house? let’s see the churro drawer
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This exemplifies how big media like the nyt skewed the facts to serve their bias.
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This exemplifies how big media like the nyt skewed the facts to serve their bias.
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
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Just two weeks ago Tremane Wood was scheduled to be executed for a murder his brother confessed to decades ago; at the 11th hour his sentence--again, for a murder his brother confessed to decades ago--was commuted to life in prison
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Just two weeks ago Tremane Wood was scheduled to be executed for a murder his brother confessed to decades ago; at the 11th hour his sentence--again, for a murder his brother confessed to decades ago--was commuted to life in prison
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trema...
You can’t “welcome” someone while refusing to acknowledge who they are.
This is one of those situations that will get used against trans men with the rhetoric "trans men are welcomed into women's spaces!" When if you read the fine print uh...no.
They view trans men as "biological women" and have been stated as rejecting trans people based on appearance-
They view trans men as "biological women" and have been stated as rejecting trans people based on appearance-
Trans men can now join the Women’s Institute under new policy
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/womens-institute-trans-ban/?utm_content=1764790804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/womens-institute-trans-ban/?utm_content=1764790804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You can’t “welcome” someone while refusing to acknowledge who they are.
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Forced/coercive detransition is also violence and what many transphobic groups that "welcome" trans mascs are at least attempting to do
Meaning that if you're too masculine you'd get turned away anyways, what this DOES is misgender and humiliate trans men that are early transition or who "don't pass" and attempt to pull them into a space that would regender them as women, so
It's a shit sandwich all around.
It's a shit sandwich all around.
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Forced/coercive detransition is also violence and what many transphobic groups that "welcome" trans mascs are at least attempting to do
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1 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 45 y/o Jennifer Capasso, who has w/ Stage 4 metastatic rectal cancer, files suit against NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering: staff repeatedly used male pronouns, changed her records to "Male" w/o consent, & she taped them during surgery mocking her trans status.
Transgender Patient Sues Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Years of Discriminatory Treatment — Wardenski P.C. | Civil Rights Law
Wardenski P.C. and Correia & Puth, PLLC have filed a civil rights lawsuit in New York state court against Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City on behalf of Jennifer Capass...
www.wardenskilaw.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
1 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 45 y/o Jennifer Capasso, who has w/ Stage 4 metastatic rectal cancer, files suit against NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering: staff repeatedly used male pronouns, changed her records to "Male" w/o consent, & she taped them during surgery mocking her trans status.
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The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
May 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI:
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that
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Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.
Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.
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Are you someone who claims to be a “trans ally”?
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Are you someone who claims to be a “trans ally”?
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
Cool! Here’s your new test to see if you actually are a trans ally for real or just for “social media clout.”
Stop playing Fortnite.
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This would be a massive, historic crime even if no one died — a rich guy is not permitted to arbitrarily close a government agency in a law-based society — but the massive body count turns it into an atrocity, the kind of thing we put people on trial for at The Hague.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This would be a massive, historic crime even if no one died — a rich guy is not permitted to arbitrarily close a government agency in a law-based society — but the massive body count turns it into an atrocity, the kind of thing we put people on trial for at The Hague.
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And if you're a trans person with trans-supportive parents - tell them about Transparent Action too!
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
If you're a parent of a trans person, and you've read the excellent @transsafety.network article about how Wes Streeting is listening to anti-trans lobby groups like Bayswater Support Group, and you're wondering what you can do?
Join us! 💕
Transparent Action are building a positive alternative!
Join us! 💕
Transparent Action are building a positive alternative!
Transparent Action
Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children ...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And if you're a trans person with trans-supportive parents - tell them about Transparent Action too!
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
It's set up to counter the transphobia and support parents in taking a stand in an informed and safe way.
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A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
A very, very important peer-reviewed empirical study published in the academic journal Pediatrics shows that hormone treatment of young trans people decreases suicidality very significantly.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
Doubtless it will be ignored by Simonoff et al, who are not even measuring this in the “Pathways” study.
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Trans people are being challenged, misgendered and harassed whether they use a facility that aligns with their sex assigned at birth, or not. Many gender non conforming women also report more challenges in gendered spaces.
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
The Gendered Spaces Report 2025 – TransActual
This report examines how the hastily released non-statutory EHRC interim update (following the April Supreme Court Judgement on the definition of sex for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010) has…
TransActual.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Trans people are being challenged, misgendered and harassed whether they use a facility that aligns with their sex assigned at birth, or not. Many gender non conforming women also report more challenges in gendered spaces.
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
Read the full report here: transactual.org.uk/gendered-spa...
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We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
![Image shows a row of toilet stalls with blue doors. Text reads: " I went to use the women's toilets as I was on my period and there were no gender neutral ones. A middle aged male security guard ran in after me…he started banging on the [cubicle] door, trying to open it as he shouted "sir, sir you can't be in here”... hearing the pitch of my voice was enough for him to drop it and leave. But I sat in the toilet feeling scared, vulnerable and dirty for a good few minutes." -a non-binary person tinyurl.com/ReportALoo](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dxbxnaywyhxdhuiiafrmy34/bafkreidejcnvaog3bhbxzgwcjjezztytalgxswj5nglv66zovq63le7oba@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We have been tracking people’s experiences with gendered spaces and our new report looks at the impact of the 2025 EHRC interim update on access to, and experiences within, gendered spaces in the UK.
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
17 strikes and you’re out. 💀
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solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/11/tran... And this marks where much of what I discuss are indie books and stories! Tonight's is on the shorter side, tomorrow's will be...something I've been itching to talk about for a while, but this one is an important building block.
November 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/11/tran... And this marks where much of what I discuss are indie books and stories! Tonight's is on the shorter side, tomorrow's will be...something I've been itching to talk about for a while, but this one is an important building block.
They never seem to have a real response for this:
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
They never seem to have a real response for this:
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
“Puberty blockers will remain available for children with precocious puberty, who are typically younger than those receiving them for gender-affirming care…[raising] serious questions about whether this decision is grounded in evidence or ideology.”
Especially struck by a student who socially transitioned, including going by his name 5 years ago. As a result, “his grades climbed,” and “He raised his hand so often that one teacher joked about it.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
Fantastic reporting from the @texastribune.org on the implementation of SB12 and forced social detransition in Texas schools.
The trans people in this article are so incredible for speaking out.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
The trans people in this article are so incredible for speaking out.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/18/t...
Texas public schools “deadname” kids under new state law
The law requires school employees to use names and pronouns that conform to students’ sex at birth.
www.texastribune.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Especially struck by a student who socially transitioned, including going by his name 5 years ago. As a result, “his grades climbed,” and “He raised his hand so often that one teacher joked about it.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
“‘It’s rough being called something I’m not,’ said Brignac, who now avoids talking in class.”
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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As first reported by @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show, the Harris County GOP gave Riley Gaines $25,000 to speak at the 2025 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Gov. Greg Abbott. Here's a little more context on that, plus Gaines' relationship with the Texas GOP: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Harris County GOP paid anti-trans activist Riley Gaines $25K to speak
Business is booming for Riley Gaines.
www.chron.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
As first reported by @msjpauly.bsky.social and @pablo.show, the Harris County GOP gave Riley Gaines $25,000 to speak at the 2025 Lincoln Reagan Dinner with Gov. Greg Abbott. Here's a little more context on that, plus Gaines' relationship with the Texas GOP: www.chron.com/culture/arti...