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Reactions from the ACLU on Skrmetti, line with my thinking: The decision is a little more limited and leaves many rulings against anti-transgender laws in tact.
However, it also creates huge loopholes to target transgender people, and the medical care ban will cause horror.
However, it also creates huge loopholes to target transgender people, and the medical care ban will cause horror.
June 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reactions from the ACLU on Skrmetti, line with my thinking: The decision is a little more limited and leaves many rulings against anti-transgender laws in tact.
However, it also creates huge loopholes to target transgender people, and the medical care ban will cause horror.
However, it also creates huge loopholes to target transgender people, and the medical care ban will cause horror.
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Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
trevorredcap.trvr.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
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“It’s interesting to hear that we are too strong for sports, but too weak for the military,” transgender Blackhawk pilot Jo Ellis said on The Daily Show. www.advocate.com/news/daily-s...
‘Too strong for sports, too weak to serve?’ Trans troops challenge Trump’s military ban on ‘The Daily Show’
These remarkable patriots explain why they're ready to serve like anyone else.
www.advocate.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“It’s interesting to hear that we are too strong for sports, but too weak for the military,” transgender Blackhawk pilot Jo Ellis said on The Daily Show. www.advocate.com/news/daily-s...
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"I've trained 1000s of soldiers..." Trans man says, stunned, at being let go in the military.
Nick, a transgender man on Tiktok, is going viral today after his video shows the impact of the trans military ban on his 18 year career.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Nick, a transgender man on Tiktok, is going viral today after his video shows the impact of the trans military ban on his 18 year career.
The latest from S. Baum.
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"I Gave Up Freedoms” - Trans Man Delivers Powerful Rebuke Of Military Ban
“I’m sorry you haven’t gotten to know soldiers like me,” he said.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"I've trained 1000s of soldiers..." Trans man says, stunned, at being let go in the military.
Nick, a transgender man on Tiktok, is going viral today after his video shows the impact of the trans military ban on his 18 year career.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Nick, a transgender man on Tiktok, is going viral today after his video shows the impact of the trans military ban on his 18 year career.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It’s been a super busy Trans Day of Visibility for me, but I just had to share this story.
Please read about this incredible young man, the lead plaintiff in the case challenging Trump’s trans military ban.
Lt. Nic Talbott is a remarkable American.
www.advocate.com/news/nicolas...
Please read about this incredible young man, the lead plaintiff in the case challenging Trump’s trans military ban.
Lt. Nic Talbott is a remarkable American.
www.advocate.com/news/nicolas...
Meet the transgender Army lieutenant who is challenging Donald Trump's military ban
Nicolas Talbott has spent more than a decade preparing to be the best soldier he could be. He's now one of several trans military service members who are suing the Trump administration.
www.advocate.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It’s been a super busy Trans Day of Visibility for me, but I just had to share this story.
Please read about this incredible young man, the lead plaintiff in the case challenging Trump’s trans military ban.
Lt. Nic Talbott is a remarkable American.
www.advocate.com/news/nicolas...
Please read about this incredible young man, the lead plaintiff in the case challenging Trump’s trans military ban.
Lt. Nic Talbott is a remarkable American.
www.advocate.com/news/nicolas...
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On Friday, we broke the news that the VA would stop treating trans vets with dignity in facilities. VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz demanded a retraction multiple times. We stood by the story.
Today, the VA announced it's stopping care for transgender vets.
www.advocate.com/news/va-stop...
Today, the VA announced it's stopping care for transgender vets.
www.advocate.com/news/va-stop...
March 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On Friday, we broke the news that the VA would stop treating trans vets with dignity in facilities. VA press secretary Pete Kasperowicz demanded a retraction multiple times. We stood by the story.
Today, the VA announced it's stopping care for transgender vets.
www.advocate.com/news/va-stop...
Today, the VA announced it's stopping care for transgender vets.
www.advocate.com/news/va-stop...
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Dylan Mulvaney opens up about ‘Beergate,’ tripping on ayahuasca, and her new book "Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer" in our latest cover feature. @dylanmulvaney.bsky.social
🔗: www.advocate.com/exclusives/d...
🔗: www.advocate.com/exclusives/d...
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Dylan Mulvaney opens up about ‘Beergate,’ tripping on ayahuasca, and her new book "Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer" in our latest cover feature. @dylanmulvaney.bsky.social
🔗: www.advocate.com/exclusives/d...
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"I've stopped all government censorship"
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
March 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"I've stopped all government censorship"
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
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CLOTURE FAILS, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Last few votes rolling in.
CLOTURE FAILS, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Last few votes rolling in.
March 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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CLOTURE FAILS, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Last few votes rolling in.
CLOTURE FAILS, CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN.
Last few votes rolling in.
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I continue to speak out against every bill that attempts to remove trans people from public life. And I will continue to do so for as long as I draw breath.
I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.
I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.
March 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I continue to speak out against every bill that attempts to remove trans people from public life. And I will continue to do so for as long as I draw breath.
I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.
I hope one day the government will leave my people alone.
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“This is proof that the trans military ban is a solution in search of a problem,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings told me this evening.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-und...
www.advocate.com/news/doj-und...
BREAKING: Trump administration admits to judge it doesn’t know how many troops are trans—or why it’s banning them
“The Department of Defense does not track service members or applicants by gender identity,” DOJ lawyers told a judge in a Saturday filing.
www.advocate.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“This is proof that the trans military ban is a solution in search of a problem,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings told me this evening.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-und...
www.advocate.com/news/doj-und...
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@startrekshitposti.ng H(o)w it should have gone down with Lor(c)a.
February 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
@startrekshitposti.ng H(o)w it should have gone down with Lor(c)a.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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“The only men in the women’s restroom were the cops,” Kalaya Morton told me after she was confronted by sheriff’s deputies who, she says, thought she was trans. www.advocate.com/news/lesbian...
Cis woman confronted by police officers in Arizona Walmart restroom for looking too masculine speaks out (exclusive)
“It’s already enough being Black and facing discrimination,” Kalaya Morton told The Advocate. “Now I have to worry about being harassed just for needing to pee?”
www.advocate.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“The only men in the women’s restroom were the cops,” Kalaya Morton told me after she was confronted by sheriff’s deputies who, she says, thought she was trans. www.advocate.com/news/lesbian...
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Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."
A sad day for this nation.
A sad day for this nation.
Exhibit 1 - 26 Feb 2025 OSD Policy – #63, Att. #1 in TALBOTT v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00240) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE by TELITA CROSLAND, DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PETER B. HEGSETH, MARK F. AVERILL, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, TERENCE EMMERT, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAV...
courtlistener.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Breaking: Trump's full trans military ban has just dropped. Quickly reading it, it appears to be a full separation from the military for all transgender military members, and states being trans is inconsistent with "honesty, humility, uniformity, and integrity."
A sad day for this nation.
A sad day for this nation.
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1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired.
This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
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This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
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The New McCarthyism: LGBTQ+ Purges In Government Begin
After Chris Rufo leaked LGBTQ+ chatlogs from the intelligence community, Gabbard has announced that all those who participated in the chats will be fired.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired.
This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
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This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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The National Park Service has removed the "T" from the "LGBTQ+" acronym, as well as any references to transgender people, from the official Stonewall National Monument website.
🔗: www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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February 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The National Park Service has removed the "T" from the "LGBTQ+" acronym, as well as any references to transgender people, from the official Stonewall National Monument website.
🔗: www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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"Make no mistake. Lambda Legal is here and we have your back." @lambdalegal.bsky.social
Fearless + Fighting Back: Lambda Legal’s plan to protect LGBTQ+ and HIV rights
"Fueled by the fearless spirit of our queer and trans pioneers who lived their truth well before the Stonewall riots, our champions against heartless AIDS bigotry, and our courageous grassroots leader...
www.advocate.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Make no mistake. Lambda Legal is here and we have your back." @lambdalegal.bsky.social
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It would be great if you all who follow me could amplify this story by reposting and liking and doing all the things that boost these things on social media platforms.
Trans folks: you can fight back against Trump’s executive orders by becoming plaintiffs.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
Trans folks: you can fight back against Trump’s executive orders by becoming plaintiffs.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
What can trans people do about Trump’s executive orders? Be plaintiffs, says Lambda Legal
In order to protect trans rights, the Lambda Legal's CEO Kevin Jennings says it needs people who are harmed to step forward to sue.
www.advocate.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
It would be great if you all who follow me could amplify this story by reposting and liking and doing all the things that boost these things on social media platforms.
Trans folks: you can fight back against Trump’s executive orders by becoming plaintiffs.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
Trans folks: you can fight back against Trump’s executive orders by becoming plaintiffs.
www.advocate.com/news/transge...
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“Engaging with queer content builds community. It does more than you could imagine,” Bob the Drag Queen, this year’s #Queerties host tells @thewrap.com exclusively ahead of the March 11th ceremony 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Engaging with queer content builds community. It does more than you could imagine,” Bob the Drag Queen, this year’s #Queerties host tells @thewrap.com exclusively ahead of the March 11th ceremony 🧵
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Issuance of two orders and rescission of seven specifically targeted the LGBTQ community
Trump's first week in office sees flurry of anti-LGBTQ executive actions
Issuance of two orders and rescission of seven specifically targeted the LGBTQ community.
www.washingtonblade.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Issuance of two orders and rescission of seven specifically targeted the LGBTQ community