One of the Jaspers
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2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks.
My case for hope for 2026.
My case for hope for 2026.
The Case For Hope: Transgender Rights Going Into 2026
This last year has been one of the hardest years for transgender people in memory. Somehow, though, I'm feeling hope going into 2026.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks.
My case for hope for 2026.
My case for hope for 2026.
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also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
December 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
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The Latest Defense Against ICE: 3D-Printed Whistles
Chicagoans are making, sharing, and printing designs for whistles that can warn people when ICE is in the area. The goal is to “prevent as many people from being kidnapped as possible.”
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New from 404 Media: people are 3D-printing whistles to warn each other about the presence of ICE. Some people make designs and upload them; others are given a design and are printing hundreds and hundreds of whistles at home. It's been effective in Chicago
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
www.404media.co/the-latest-d...
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Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.
heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
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Alejandra is not overselling this. This executive order, if weaponized by a lawless administration like Trump, could lead to the dismantling of institutional/nonprofit opposition to Trump.
It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.
It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.
Trump just signed an illegal executive order designed to target his political opposition by designating them terrorists and using the DOJ, IRS, FBI, and the JTTF to investigate and charge liberal organizations, funders, members, and protesters.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Alejandra is not overselling this. This executive order, if weaponized by a lawless administration like Trump, could lead to the dismantling of institutional/nonprofit opposition to Trump.
It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.
It can also be used for surveillance and disruption ops similar to the civil rights era and red scare.
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1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans.
This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
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This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
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New Poll: Most Americans Oppose Bans On Gender Affirming Care For Trans Youth
A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey poll reveals that most Americans oppose bans on trans care for youth, with LGBTQ+ people overwhelmingly opposing such bans.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
1. A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey Poll finds that a majority of Americans are against trans youth care bans.
This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
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This includes a majority of Independent voters, casting doubt on the narrative that Democrats need to pull back on transgender people.
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, the far-right, led by the Trump administration, has doubled its efforts to crackdown on transgender people.
My latest article in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest article in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed
In the aftermath of Kirk’s death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender people
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, the far-right, led by the Trump administration, has doubled its efforts to crackdown on transgender people.
My latest article in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest article in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Honestly, a really good article.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
Wrote for @thenation.com about the complicity of some liberal politicians and pundits in the conservative campaign to exterminate trans people www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.
www.thenation.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Honestly, a really good article.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
It's not just Fox News and MAGA that have made it hell for trans people in recent years.
It's some of the "liberal" news outlets and centrist publications that made this possible too.
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Grateful to our courageous clients and co-counsel @dsc250.bsky.social @bergermontague.bsky.social. Together, we will protect trans youth!
1. In a groundbreaking legal filing, transgender patients, represented by Women's Law Project, have filed a legal complaint against UPMC for capitulating to Trump and dropping trans care.
Federal funding threats do not override state law.
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Federal funding threats do not override state law.
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Trans Patients File Groundbreaking Legal Complaint Against UPMC For Capitulation To Trump
UPMC bowed to Trump and abandoned its trans patients, advocates say. It may have violated state law.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to our courageous clients and co-counsel @dsc250.bsky.social @bergermontague.bsky.social. Together, we will protect trans youth!
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The anti-trans right heavily praised Gordon Guyatt as the “godfather” of evidence based medicine.
He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews.
Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care.
Great coverage from Henry carnell.
He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews.
Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care.
Great coverage from Henry carnell.
For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.
Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)
Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
www.motherjones.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The anti-trans right heavily praised Gordon Guyatt as the “godfather” of evidence based medicine.
He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews.
Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care.
Great coverage from Henry carnell.
He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews.
Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care.
Great coverage from Henry carnell.
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1. A federal judge has blocked a Trump policy that says the National Endowment for the Arts will disfavor LGBTQ+ performances, ruling it violates their 1A rights.
NEA funding is a significant for theatres. Their ban helped stop plays with trans themes.
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NEA funding is a significant for theatres. Their ban helped stop plays with trans themes.
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Courts Side With ACLU And Queer Performers Over Federal Trans Funding Restrictions
As in many authoritarian campaigns, art has been recognized as a vital form of resistance—but bad actors have sought to curtail it accordingly.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
1. A federal judge has blocked a Trump policy that says the National Endowment for the Arts will disfavor LGBTQ+ performances, ruling it violates their 1A rights.
NEA funding is a significant for theatres. Their ban helped stop plays with trans themes.
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NEA funding is a significant for theatres. Their ban helped stop plays with trans themes.
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ICE refuses to promptly share locations of those previously detained at Alligator Alcatraz with legal counsel or loved ones.
This isn’t just cruel — it undermines their constitutional right to due process.
This isn’t just cruel — it undermines their constitutional right to due process.
The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of immigrants detained at Alligator Alcatraz
Lawyers and family members report that they have been unable to locate the inmates at the infamous Florida prison after they disappeared from the ICE database
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September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ICE refuses to promptly share locations of those previously detained at Alligator Alcatraz with legal counsel or loved ones.
This isn’t just cruel — it undermines their constitutional right to due process.
This isn’t just cruel — it undermines their constitutional right to due process.
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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
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A bill introduced by Michigan lawmakers last week would ban pornography, ASMR, depictions of transgender people, and VPNs for anyone using the internet in the state.
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Michigan Lawmakers Are Attempting to Ban Porn Entirely
The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" proposes a total ban on porn in the state, and also targets the existence of trans people online, content like erotic ASMR, and selling VPNs in the state.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A bill introduced by Michigan lawmakers last week would ban pornography, ASMR, depictions of transgender people, and VPNs for anyone using the internet in the state.
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@archive.org preserved the original study, which you can find here. web.archive.org/web/20250911...
September 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@archive.org preserved the original study, which you can find here. web.archive.org/web/20250911...
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A DOJ study showing most domestic terrorism in the US comes from the far right is suddenly missing and replaced with a note saying DOJ is complying with Trump's executive order www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A DOJ study showing most domestic terrorism in the US comes from the far right is suddenly missing and replaced with a note saying DOJ is complying with Trump's executive order www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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1. Puerto Rico has enacted the most extreme trans ban in America, with a ban up to the age of 21 years old.
It may even have penalties for parents, according to local organizers.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It may even have penalties for parents, according to local organizers.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Puerto Rico Enacts Most Extreme Care Ban in America, Targeting Trans People Under 21
Civil rights groups aim to fight the wide-reaching ban in court, which outlaws most kinds of gender-affirming care for trans young people.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
1. Puerto Rico has enacted the most extreme trans ban in America, with a ban up to the age of 21 years old.
It may even have penalties for parents, according to local organizers.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It may even have penalties for parents, according to local organizers.
The latest from S. Baum.
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1. In a serious escalation, the state of Ohio has now banned medicaid and other funding for any mental health services that affirm or promote social transition.
This is for youth AND adults too.
The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
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This is for youth AND adults too.
The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
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Ohio Blocks Funding For Trans-Affirming Mental Health Care For Youth And Adults
Governor Mike DeWine vetoed some anti-trans measures of the state budget bill, but signed off on others. The fight still isn’t over.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
1. In a serious escalation, the state of Ohio has now banned medicaid and other funding for any mental health services that affirm or promote social transition.
This is for youth AND adults too.
The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
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This is for youth AND adults too.
The latest from our writer, S. Baum.
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This video gave me some much needed hope.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQla...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQla...
The Enemies Project: Transgender
YouTube video by The Enemies Project
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May 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This video gave me some much needed hope.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQla...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQla...
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on a day of dark AI stories this may be the darkest one
'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident
How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.
www.404media.co
May 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
on a day of dark AI stories this may be the darkest one
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She came here as a toddler, and would have been eligible for DACA if the program was not ended. Now she is in ICE detention because she took a right turn on a red light.
Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior.
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Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior.
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From traffic stop to ICE custody: Dalton student now in limbo, family wants answers
After a traffic stop for turning right on a red light in Dalton on Monday, a 19-year-old Dalton State student is now facing possible deportation.Friends say Xim
newschannel9.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
She came here as a toddler, and would have been eligible for DACA if the program was not ended. Now she is in ICE detention because she took a right turn on a red light.
Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior.
newschannel9.com/news/local/f...
Her father is in the same detention center, arrested for a traffic violation two weeks prior.
newschannel9.com/news/local/f...
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99% of the time, the people who end up getting barged in on by police and security guards with transgender bathroom bans are cisgender lesbian women.
Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone.
Anyway. Many such cases.
Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone.
Anyway. Many such cases.
Hotel Guard Barges Into Women’s Restroom, Accuses Lesbian Guest Of Being A Man - GO Magazine
The Liberty Hotel in Boston has suspended the guard and promised staff retraining after forcibly removing a cisgender lesbian from the women’s restroom.
gomag.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
99% of the time, the people who end up getting barged in on by police and security guards with transgender bathroom bans are cisgender lesbian women.
Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone.
Anyway. Many such cases.
Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone.
Anyway. Many such cases.
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One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
ChatGPT Is Everywhere — Why Aren't We Talking About Its Environmental Costs?
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
www.teenvogue.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One estimate found that a single ChatGPT search uses 10 times the energy of a normal Google search.
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️
In this op-ed, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com addresses the environmental costs of AI that not many seem to be talking about ⤵️