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Amateur philosopher,nature lover, feminist, LGBTQ advocate, accomplice for Black voices, fantasy reader, yogi, pediatric intensive care nurse and wanna be writer, artist and adventurer. Justice, mercy and love.
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1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.
Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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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 6:02 PM
1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.
Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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🚨The absence of media coverage of this natural disaster in Alaska, the lost/missing people, and the destruction of the aftermath is up to us to share. Please help if you can - even if it is just spreading awareness. There is no FEMA going to help them. 1/2
October 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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How in the world is it legal for Donald Trump to demand private medical records from anyone at all, much less a population he's spent years scapegoating and attacking?
It's none of his bleeping business what kind of care anyone got just because he doesn't like it.
It's none of his bleeping business what kind of care anyone got just because he doesn't like it.
Transgender kids’ lives are on the line as CHOP fights Trump over patient medical records, parents say
Trump’s justice department wants CHOP to hand over medical records for transgender children receiving gender-affirming care. Many parents support CHOP’s fight to protect their private information.
share.inquirer.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
How in the world is it legal for Donald Trump to demand private medical records from anyone at all, much less a population he's spent years scapegoating and attacking?
It's none of his bleeping business what kind of care anyone got just because he doesn't like it.
It's none of his bleeping business what kind of care anyone got just because he doesn't like it.
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For your situational awareness.
DOJ Deputy Chief Joseph Schnitt admitted that the government will "redact every republican" and "leave all the liberal, democratic people” on the Epstein client list.
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
He also said Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum securithy prison as "a benefit to keep her mouth shut."
September 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For your situational awareness.
Today I made poached eggs (one of them actually turned out), seeded whole grain toast, strawberries and coffee for brunch and it made me feel like a boss. For reference- last night for dinner I ate a hunk of cheese, a handful of tortilla chips, dill pickles and three twizzlers.
August 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today I made poached eggs (one of them actually turned out), seeded whole grain toast, strawberries and coffee for brunch and it made me feel like a boss. For reference- last night for dinner I ate a hunk of cheese, a handful of tortilla chips, dill pickles and three twizzlers.
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9. This marks a dangerous escalation in the admin's campaign to erase trans people from public life. When combined with other restrictions for trans federal employees, it sends a clear message to trans employees: choose your livelihood, or choose your identity—but you can no longer have both.
August 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
9. This marks a dangerous escalation in the admin's campaign to erase trans people from public life. When combined with other restrictions for trans federal employees, it sends a clear message to trans employees: choose your livelihood, or choose your identity—but you can no longer have both.
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1. In an alarming move, the Trump administration has banned trans coverage for federal employees and their families, including youth and adults.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
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It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
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Trump Admin Bans Coverage For Trans Govt Employees, Mandates Conversion Therapy Coverage
The OPM memo states that all health plans for government workers must cover faith-based approaches to gender dysphoria while banning gender affirming care coverage.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1. In an alarming move, the Trump administration has banned trans coverage for federal employees and their families, including youth and adults.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Team USA has banned trans people from the US Olympic and Paralympic team.
The ban may violate federal law, given the Ted Stevens act, that prevents the US team from enacting eligibility criteria beyond international federations.
The latest from S. Baum.
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The ban may violate federal law, given the Ted Stevens act, that prevents the US team from enacting eligibility criteria beyond international federations.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Team USA Olympics Trans Ban May Violate Federal Law
“It gives Donald Trump the ability to rewrite USOPC's rules for them.”
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July 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Team USA has banned trans people from the US Olympic and Paralympic team.
The ban may violate federal law, given the Ted Stevens act, that prevents the US team from enacting eligibility criteria beyond international federations.
The latest from S. Baum.
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The ban may violate federal law, given the Ted Stevens act, that prevents the US team from enacting eligibility criteria beyond international federations.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programm...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Pesto prep. Why don’t I cook more?
July 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pesto prep. Why don’t I cook more?
So glad to have her back. We have been nearly inseparable since her little adventure.
July 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
So glad to have her back. We have been nearly inseparable since her little adventure.
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since I see ppl posting pictures from a pseudoscience convention this morn, I will re-up this. Blanchard's theory of autogynephilia (read: his taxonomy & etiology) have been disproved by multiple research studies (see my reviews here):
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience
plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic
juliaserano.medium.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
since I see ppl posting pictures from a pseudoscience convention this morn, I will re-up this. Blanchard's theory of autogynephilia (read: his taxonomy & etiology) have been disproved by multiple research studies (see my reviews here):
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
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There is only one possible ending to this story, and sports aren't the last chapter. I guarantee that if you haven't lost five decades of rights in two weeks, you have no idea what this feels like, so I'm begging you: protect trans kids right now with everything you've got.
July 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There is only one possible ending to this story, and sports aren't the last chapter. I guarantee that if you haven't lost five decades of rights in two weeks, you have no idea what this feels like, so I'm begging you: protect trans kids right now with everything you've got.
My sweet Sage came home this morning after two days of me worrying, It’s hard to say who is more relieved.
June 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My sweet Sage came home this morning after two days of me worrying, It’s hard to say who is more relieved.
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better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
June 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it
Sitting pretty as per usual.
May 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Sitting pretty as per usual.
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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1. The Arizona legislature passed three anti-trans bills... but they did not become law.
That is because Governor Katie Hobbs has just vetoed all of them.
They would have barred birth certificate updates and banned colleges from mentioning gender identity.
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That is because Governor Katie Hobbs has just vetoed all of them.
They would have barred birth certificate updates and banned colleges from mentioning gender identity.
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"Focus On Real Issues That Matter," AZ Governor Hobbs Vetoes Anti-Trans Bills
Governor Hobbs vetoes a birth certificate update ban as well as two DEI bans that explicitly included transgender people.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
1. The Arizona legislature passed three anti-trans bills... but they did not become law.
That is because Governor Katie Hobbs has just vetoed all of them.
They would have barred birth certificate updates and banned colleges from mentioning gender identity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
That is because Governor Katie Hobbs has just vetoed all of them.
They would have barred birth certificate updates and banned colleges from mentioning gender identity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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The National Cancer Institute has disbanded its Board of Scientific Advisors — a group of experts that played a vital role in shaping the future of U.S. cancer research. Here’s why that matters. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The National Cancer Institute has disbanded its Board of Scientific Advisors — a group of experts that played a vital role in shaping the future of U.S. cancer research. Here’s why that matters. 🧵
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This morning I had a little help with my painting.
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This morning I had a little help with my painting.
