Am I late to the party? I also wish ill on JK Rowling
August 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Am I late to the party? I also wish ill on JK Rowling
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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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They want LGBTQ youth dead. They are eugenicists, plain and simple.
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They want LGBTQ youth dead. They are eugenicists, plain and simple.
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
April 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.
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@glaad.bsky.social was founded 40 years ago during the AIDS crisis, because our community knew no one was coming to save us. We had to save ourselves. We used the powerful tool of media along with our allies to create a better and more equal world. (1/4)
April 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@glaad.bsky.social was founded 40 years ago during the AIDS crisis, because our community knew no one was coming to save us. We had to save ourselves. We used the powerful tool of media along with our allies to create a better and more equal world. (1/4)
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Mahmoud Khalil's arrest is deeply concerning. Free speech is the bed rock of our democracy, and deporting a lawful, legal resident for protest is a violation of our Constitution.
The law is clear: only an immigration judge can revoke legal status.
apnews.com/article/colu...
The law is clear: only an immigration judge can revoke legal status.
apnews.com/article/colu...
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Mahmoud Khalil's arrest is deeply concerning. Free speech is the bed rock of our democracy, and deporting a lawful, legal resident for protest is a violation of our Constitution.
The law is clear: only an immigration judge can revoke legal status.
apnews.com/article/colu...
The law is clear: only an immigration judge can revoke legal status.
apnews.com/article/colu...
Dear @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Thanks for throwing trans people under the bus for your political gain. Signed, a trans person who voted for you.
March 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Dear @gavinnewsom.bsky.social: Thanks for throwing trans people under the bus for your political gain. Signed, a trans person who voted for you.
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If we are not disabled, we are temporarily able-bodied.
Disability protections protect all of us.
Disability protections protect all of us.
There are many veterans with disabilities. They are included in DEI.
Americans with disabilities warn protections are vanishing in Trump's DEI rollback www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...
Americans with disabilities warn protections are vanishing in Trump's DEI rollback www.axios.com/2025/02/23/t...
Americans with disabilities warn protections are vanishing in Trump's DEI rollback
"Disability is a natural part of the human experience," said Katy Neas, chief executive officer of The Arc.
www.axios.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
If we are not disabled, we are temporarily able-bodied.
Disability protections protect all of us.
Disability protections protect all of us.
Tell ICE: Let Ulises come home! Call 669-288-8735. Check out bit.ly/freeulises to learn more and take action.
February 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Tell ICE: Let Ulises come home! Call 669-288-8735. Check out bit.ly/freeulises to learn more and take action.
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I am one of more than 750 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
Political science statement.pdf
drive.google.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I am one of more than 750 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
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The National Park Service is misremembering #Stonewall. We're here to help correct their mistakes! All of the original content for the Stonewall National Monument has been republished at realstonewall.com
#trans #queer #LGBWithTheT #translivesmatter
#trans #queer #LGBWithTheT #translivesmatter
The Real Stonewall Monument
The correct and original content for the Stonewall National Monument website that the National Park Service doesn't want you to see.
realstonewall.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The National Park Service is misremembering #Stonewall. We're here to help correct their mistakes! All of the original content for the Stonewall National Monument has been republished at realstonewall.com
#trans #queer #LGBWithTheT #translivesmatter
#trans #queer #LGBWithTheT #translivesmatter
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Hey friends! Can you take a valentine to your Congressmember to urge them to protect Medicaid this week? Super easy and fun. Everything you need is here: bit.ly/ValentinesToolkit2025
Please sign up in the toolkit or comment below if you can do a visit in your area. Let's do it all over the country!
Please sign up in the toolkit or comment below if you can do a visit in your area. Let's do it all over the country!
February 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hey friends! Can you take a valentine to your Congressmember to urge them to protect Medicaid this week? Super easy and fun. Everything you need is here: bit.ly/ValentinesToolkit2025
Please sign up in the toolkit or comment below if you can do a visit in your area. Let's do it all over the country!
Please sign up in the toolkit or comment below if you can do a visit in your area. Let's do it all over the country!
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This thread is full of phenomenal, varied, concrete actions you can take right now. The good news is you only need to pick one to start! Please pin and do what you can.
No one is coming to save us. #MutualAid and #CommunityCare is the only way through. We can and will keep us safe and secure.
No one is coming to save us. #MutualAid and #CommunityCare is the only way through. We can and will keep us safe and secure.
February 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This thread is full of phenomenal, varied, concrete actions you can take right now. The good news is you only need to pick one to start! Please pin and do what you can.
No one is coming to save us. #MutualAid and #CommunityCare is the only way through. We can and will keep us safe and secure.
No one is coming to save us. #MutualAid and #CommunityCare is the only way through. We can and will keep us safe and secure.
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They literally removed the T from LGBTQ and erased any mention of trans people who were present at the Stonewall Riots. They're trying to erase us from history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
They literally removed the T from LGBTQ and erased any mention of trans people who were present at the Stonewall Riots. They're trying to erase us from history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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I think this is a worthwhile, clear-eyed take on what democratic backsliding in the U.S. could look like in coming years.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I think this is a worthwhile, clear-eyed take on what democratic backsliding in the U.S. could look like in coming years.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The US Department of Education has told its employees that it will end all programmes and remove policies that “fail to affirm the reality of biological sex”
U.S Department of Education ends support for trans students
The Department of Education is the latest federal agency to comply with President Trump's anti-trans executive orders.
www.thepinknews.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The US Department of Education has told its employees that it will end all programmes and remove policies that “fail to affirm the reality of biological sex”
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Wow! Inspiring news: The site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria riot has been inducted into the National Register of Historic Places (don’t tell the White House). Huge congrats to Susan Stryker - the historian who unearthed and elevated this important event in trans history. FYI: @altnps.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Wow! Inspiring news: The site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria riot has been inducted into the National Register of Historic Places (don’t tell the White House). Huge congrats to Susan Stryker - the historian who unearthed and elevated this important event in trans history. FYI: @altnps.bsky.social
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Right now, transgender individuals are being used as a political weapon. It’s dangerous and unjust.
To the trans community: I’m fighting for you, and I will always defend your right to be exactly who you are.
To the trans community: I’m fighting for you, and I will always defend your right to be exactly who you are.
February 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Right now, transgender individuals are being used as a political weapon. It’s dangerous and unjust.
To the trans community: I’m fighting for you, and I will always defend your right to be exactly who you are.
To the trans community: I’m fighting for you, and I will always defend your right to be exactly who you are.
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If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
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The Social Security Administration has stopped allowing people to make changes to their sex identification with the federal agency, I reported exclusively overnight at Law Dork.
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
Exclusive: Social Security "immediately" stopped making sex identification changes on Friday
"Effective immediately, we can no longer process changes to the sex field."
www.lawdork.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Social Security Administration has stopped allowing people to make changes to their sex identification with the federal agency, I reported exclusively overnight at Law Dork.
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
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This is a 5 alarm fire. They're going to pull down all publicly available data, studies, guidance, etc that involves LGBTQ people so when the worst happens to us, no one will know. They're actively trying to erase us.
gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...
gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...
CDC Ordered to Scrub Website of Words Like 'Transgender' and 'LGBT'
A CDC employee spoke with Gizmodo about the
gizmodo.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is a 5 alarm fire. They're going to pull down all publicly available data, studies, guidance, etc that involves LGBTQ people so when the worst happens to us, no one will know. They're actively trying to erase us.
gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...
gizmodo.com/cdc-ordered-...
Statement on Trump’s ableist claims on the American Airlines crash yesterday.
“Disability is not a liability, and these narratives only serve to fuel discrimination, exclusion, and stigma…”
“Disability is not a liability, and these narratives only serve to fuel discrimination, exclusion, and stigma…”
Leading Disability Organizations: President Trump’s Blame of Deadly Crash on Disabled Federal Workers Is Baseless, Irresponsible - NDRN
President Trump cast potential blame for the tragic and deadly plane crash that occurred on people with disabilities employed by the FAA
www.ndrn.org
January 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Statement on Trump’s ableist claims on the American Airlines crash yesterday.
“Disability is not a liability, and these narratives only serve to fuel discrimination, exclusion, and stigma…”
“Disability is not a liability, and these narratives only serve to fuel discrimination, exclusion, and stigma…”
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No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...
Dear Trans Kids, You Don't Need the Government's Permission to Exist
Activist and journalist Raquel Willis offers crucial advice to trans and non-binary youth.
www.teenvogue.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No one gave us our identities and no one can take them away. www.teenvogue.com/story/dear-t...