I have always believed that MAGA can't stand pediatric gender affirming care because it produces trans girls who look like cis girls. This causes a gay panic crisis for MAGA men who are attracted to those T girls. Rather than accept T girls as girls (and T women as women), to avoid feelings...

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I think MAGA activists in this sad excuse for an administration have decided that they will never get enough support to end trans care by law... BUT if doctors are afraid to provide that care, it's effectively ended. That's the goal here. Terrorize doctors into no longer caring for trans ppl.

It's about **** time someone stood up to the MAGA attack on WPATH. I'd warned years ago, with my little voice here on Bluesky and on Reddit, that MAGA was coming for WPATH and they needed to start fighting back. But they are doctors and researchers, not political operatives.

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I went to see 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' this week and loved it. It's a rare wonderful sequel that's worth the ticket price. Back in the early 2000s, I worked in a Corp Comms dept run by a talented but difficult woman. She was extraordinary in many ways, but her standards were stratospheric ...

You should read this article by @katelynburns.com Excerpt: "... this investigation is well in line with the White House’s obsessive targeting of trans people who just want to live in peace and go about their lives .... It’s pure punishment politics.

For Easter I've been re-reading the excellent book by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social "Separation of Church and Hate." In his typically entertaining style, John dismantles the biblical arguments that conservative Christians use to justify their hatred of trans ppl and other groups.

#Audible insists on showing me promos for their Harry Potter sh*t every time I open the app. I contacted Audible support to see if I could stop this, since anything by the wizarding world's witch queen is offensive to me, but there's no way to block it. Arrgh!

Just got home after seeing #ProjectHailMary in IMAX. I loved the book and have waited 2 years to see the movie. Today was the 2nd time I saw it -- we saw it on a regular sized screen last weekend. If you like smart, hopeful science fiction, I can't urge you strongly enough to go see this film.

This is very good news. We've all been waiting for a decision like this. komonews.com/news/local/f...

42 people. millions of trans people are being tortured by their governments because of 42 people.

Here's the legal director of ADF, the organization that wants to criminalize LGBTQ people and ban care, praising Jesse Singal's NYT op ed. This is the goal of Singal, to spread uncertainty and undermine liberal support so that the far right can pass their anti-trans policies without resistance.

Trans Rights are HUMAN RIGHTS! #TransRights #Trans #Transgender #HRT #HumanRights #Right-to-be-me #beyourself #1love #love

A "Must Read" from Erin Reed on today's Jesse Singal op-ed in The NY Times. In summary, it's another disgraceful piece of anti-trans biased crap from Singal. When is someone going to start questioning these trans-haters on the deep sexual hang-ups that make them uncomfortable with trans people?

apparently today we get Jesse Singal in the New York Times with the "gender-affirming care is new & experimental" 🙃

The Trump admin is considering making financial institutions verify US citizenship for new and existing customers. edition.cnn.com/2026/02/24/b... Some history: Prior to the 1980s, companies didn't need to check the IDs of new hires. That requirement ...

@transitics.substack.com has published an excellent piece on how the US Bureau of Prisons will begin human experimentation on trans inmates in an attempt to "cure" them. This is pure nightmare fuel. transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-... 🧵

I've said it before and I'll say it again... MAGA, if you don't want people calling you fascists, stop acting like fascists.

**Tech Achievement Unlocked:** I have successfully installed Linux on an old PC (Fedora w/ Gnome). The old PC was previously unusable -- painfully slow with Win11. I installed a dual boot (to Linux or Win11). Windows fought me every step of the way but I eventually overcame it.

The Argument mag conducted a poll which found that voters agree with many anti-trans policies. Katelyn Burns has some analysis and worthwhile thoughts on this.

I recommend Ari's article for facts about recent mass shootings being hyped by right-wing media.

The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.

Preventing transgender children and adults from receiving the healthcare they are required is genocide. Preventing transgender people from being part of society in any way is genocide. Transphobic people are encouraging and supporting genocide.

Excellent essay from Isaac Amend. Here’s an excerpt… “A suffering subject does not threaten status hierarchies …. Sympathy can be extended without requiring a recalibration of power, space, or expectations. … Acceptance remains conditional and charitable.” www.washingtonblade.com/2026/02/07/o...

See also @juliaserano.bsky.social's response noting that the process of "moderation" doesn't actually win anything but actively loses large segments of the potential voting bloc due to out-and-out betrayal of their rights and dignities: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

The EEOC has just voted 2-1 to remove the entirety of its employer guidance on sexual harassment because portions of it protected trans people. This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.

I like hearing abt migrants “not respecting the laws of our nation” from ppl who knowingly voted for a felon.

This is 100% FALSE. Immigration judges do NOT play any role in issuing administrative warrants. They are generated and signed by ICE officers themselves. ICE’s own training materials say they can’t be used for a search of a home! Here’s a blank warrant form. Note who signs it.

This essay is an excellent analysis of where we are politically today. It's thesis is that the world is polarizing into fascist and those who still value pluralism and freedom. www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-d...

Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland. This is mad king shit.

This is what Nazis did in Europe and American Nazis are doing it today. Every Republican holding public office in the US are Nazis who support a pedophile and need to be removed from power.

These Iranian protesters are so brave. BBC saying that thousands have been killed in this latest wave and that the real numbers are likely to be much higher, but it's very hard to know with their Internet blackout. It's hard to comprehend. #Iran #IranProtests

this essay addresses most issues related to trans people and sports (& clears up nonsense you may hear today in #SCOTUS)

Today at the Supreme Court, which heard arguments on trans sports bans: (quoted from Newsweek) << Idaho’s attorney argued that while transgender people have faced discrimination, it does not compare to the systemic barriers faced by groups such as women and African Americans,

Over the past year I've come to believe that trans ppl are the target of a sophisticated psyop campaign designed to position our existence as a threat to broader society. The article below provides an excellent analysis of how prominent media launder anti-trans propaganda as "news."

I finally listened to this show and HIGHLY recommend it. The grooming of Riley Gaines from sore loser to anti-trans hate icon is fascinating and frightening.

If Trans Athletes Lose at the Supreme Court, What Comes Next www.transvitae.com/i... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Trump once again proves he's a despicable person. He doesn't care about the truth. Other humans only exist as pawns he'll manipulate to grow his personal power. It's also shameful that GOP Members of Congress cheered this. The sooner these losers are sent packing the better for ALL Americans.

Right wingers who intensely dislike trans people are usually also conspiracy believers. That means some of them would fit comfortably in a Venn diagram with people who believe the US govt is run by lizard people.

I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.

Interesting article on the effect of the UK's cross-sex hormone ban for adolescents seeking gender affirming care. futurism.com/health-medic...

Some great observations on trans related UK court decisions from British Labour MP Rachel Taylor. I wish more Labour officials shared her views, rather than chasing votes from trans haters. Even if you're outside Britain (like me), I think MP Taylor's thoughts are worth reading.

Some rare good news. I'm especially glad to see that the court rejected the claim that trans women somehow pose a risk to other women, though unfortunately this appears at the very bottom of the article.

This is a fascinating article from Rolling Stone on how some shadowy group ran a campaign on social media to smear Taylor Swift as a Nazi. (This is a free MSN link which may not work for you.) www.msn.com/en-us/music/...

In an interview with NBC News last week, J.D. Vance said ... “Judging anybody based on their skin color or immutable characteristics, I think, is fundamentally anti-American and anti-Christian.” Aside from whether this is actually true within MAGA, I'm certain he won't apply this tolerance and

Started our Christmas movie season by watching my husband’s favorite Christmas movie: Die Hard. 😀 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

About 10 years ago I heard a MAGA influencer explain why he would stop using female pronouns when referring to trans women. He said he’d continue using their legal name, if legally changed though, since it was a legal reality. I guess even that little acquiescence to our existence is too much for

Democrats get labeled as obsessed with trans people yet Republicans spent their time during the shutdown doing this.

Since Eve was formed out of Adam's rib, she was created from a bone that contained male DNA, so she had to be trans 🫣 www.str.org/w/was-ev... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA Link to transphoic nonsense.