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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 17h

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 · 18h

“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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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18h

Not to mention Cole admits she still suffers from gender dysphoria. Choosing not to treat your own headaches doesn't mean you get to ban Tylenol.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18h

“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.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18h

“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.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

10. Lastly, EITM is an award-winning media outlet covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support our journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.

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News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

9. Years of fearmongering have turned trans identity into a political weapon, with pundits and cable news fixtures painting trans people as dangerous or deranged. That rhetoric seeps into homes through television screens and fear-ridden articles and shapes how parents see their children.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

8. Family acceptance remains one of the strongest predictors of mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ people. Research consistently shows that those with supportive family members experience significantly lower rates of suicide, depression, and substance abuse.

familyproject.sfsu.edu/family-accep...

Family Acceptance of LGBT Adolescents Protects Against Depression, Substance Abuse and Suicidal Behavior | Family Acceptance Project ®

familyproject.sfsu.edu

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

7. This is not the first survey to ask this question, but it does reveal what seems to be a drop in support from family. The 2022 USTS reported that 35% of trans adults said their extended family members were supportive, significantly higher than the 11% reported in this latest survey.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

6. Other members of the LGBTQ+ community report far higher levels of acceptance. A majority of gay and lesbian respondents said their parents and coworkers accept them—just over half in both categories—suggesting social familiarity has translated into comfort that has materialized in the home.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

5. The numbers drop even further in other spheres: just 24 percent said their coworkers accept them, and a mere 11 percent reported acceptance from extended family. Together, the data reveal a devastating pattern—trans people are finding community with friends but not at home.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

4.The survey, part of Pew’s broader examination of LGBTQ+ experiences, shows how isolated many trans people remain within their own families. While 58 percent reported acceptance from siblings and an equal share said the same of their friends, parental support lags dramatically behind at 31 percent.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

3. The result has been a wave of abusive online spaces, from Facebook groups to local “parental rights” networks, that prey on parents. Now, a new Pew Research survey lays bare the toll of these tactics: only 31 percent of transgender adults surveyed said they are accepted by their parents.

More than 9 in 10 LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are ‘out’ to someone

Today, 96% of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer adults in the United States say they have told someone that they are or might be LGBTQ.

www.pewresearch.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

2. In recent years, far-right groups have deliberately targeted parents to stoke fear and misinformation about transgender people. In this narrative, trans people are cast as confused at best and predatory at worst—language designed to fracture families and create distrust around transgender people.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

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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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

There is so much benefit to having a diverse bench of commentators, independent journalists, podcasters, influential voices on the left, but they’re far more interested in connection and control.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20h

I’ve written two articles about Spanberger and polls showing the anti-trans attack ads are failing. Those dominate the top spots for “Spanberger transgender” or “Virginia transgender” on google.

I promise they’d be more pissed at me for being critical of her than appreciative of the results.

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Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 21h

Ken Paxton’s plan

“How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?" is a reaction image commonly used to respond to users pretending to be part of a community that they are clearly unfamiliar with. The image features the actor Steve Buscemi dressed youthfully and holding a skateboard, and is usually subtitled with the tagline. The image is often photoshopped to adapt to a particular subculture, and the phrase is often used in conversation without the image. It’s edited to include random trans symbols including a trans Texas saying “y’all means all” and a badge that says “fuck the cis stem” and a trans hat with the hammer and sickle symbol.

Text reads: How do you do fellow transgenders

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

I’m looking forward to some of the brownshirts accidentally force-femming themselves in an attempt to go undercover.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

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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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 23h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

10. Lastly, EITM is an award-winning media outlet covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support our journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.

Subscribe to Erin In The Morning

News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

9. Civil rights leaders, orgs, and individuals can practice steps to keep themselves safer from domestic surveillance. Such individuals and orgs should practice digital hygiene, use password managers, two factor authentication, keep apps upgraded, and use tools like Signal. Find EFF's guide here:

Surveillance Self-Defense

We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting ...

ssd.eff.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

8. The use of undercover agents against civil rights groups and anti-fascist activists has a long and troubling history in the United States. In the 1950s and ’60s, the FBI’s COINTELPRO operation spied on civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

‘Discredit, disrupt, and destroy’: FBI records acquired by the Library reveal violent surveillance of Black leaders, civil rights organizations

It was the late 1960s, and J. Edgar Hoover smelled trouble. The status quo — hallowed by hate, sanctioned by Jim Crow — was beginning to crack.Behind the scenes, Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigati...

www.lib.berkeley.edu

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

7. The move echoes a broader push by the Trump administration to weaponize counterterrorism tools against left-leaning organizations and antifascist groups. In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s shooting, J.D. Vance and Stephen Miller announced new crackdowns on progressive nonprofits.

Vance, Miller Announce Crackdowns Left-leaning Nonprofits That Criticized Kirk, Calling Them "Terrorist Networks"

The administration announced that it would target nonprofits who were critical of Kirk, going as far as to name the Ford Foundation and Open Society after an article criticized Kirk at The Nation.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

6. And perhaps most notoriously, in 2022, he spearheaded an effort to investigate the parents of transgender youth for child abuse, prompting several families to flee Texas altogether.

www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

AG Paxton Declares So-Called Sex-Change Procedures on Children and Prescription of Puberty Blockers to be "Child Abuse" Under Texas Law

Attorney General Ken Paxton released a formal attorney general opinion concluding that performing certain “sex-change” procedures on children, and prescribing puberty-blockers to them, is “child abuse...

www.texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

5. In July, he targeted adult rec swim leagues for allowing transgender participants—even though no law bans the practice. In March, he declared that court orders granting transgender people corrected gender markers on driver’s licenses were “void” and tried to compile a list of trans people.

Texas AG Paxton Declares Court Orders "Void," Orders Gender Markers Reverted For Trans People

The Texas Attorney General says that all drivers licenses and birth certificates must be reverted for trans people

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22h

4. This is far from the first time Paxton has used the power of his office to go after LGBTQ+ people. The attorney general has repeatedly turned to extreme measures to sanction or intimidate anyone who operates outside a cisgender, heterosexual framework.

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