A few weeks ago, I had a really serious nightmare that my wife insisted we celebrate New Year's Eve by going out. I'm still not recovered.

I am looking to interview a trans athlete who self identifies as not that good at their sport but enjoys it anyway. Is that you? HMU!

are there transgender sports stories you feel haven't been told yet? what are they?

We urgently need to address the fact that queer media has been decimated over the last year. Them has been sold. NBC Out dissolved. INTO shuttered. At a time when they are needed most, most queer and trans journalists have no platform or income.

What are the stories about trans people in sports that are not being told? What do you wish we would report? 🎾

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We cannot allow colleagues to be subjected to spurious and unwarranted arrest for committing acts of journalism. www.thecity.nyc/media-outlet...

BREAKING: The Trump administration choosing now to go after Minnesota for... trans girls in sports. 19thnews.org/2026/01/minn...

Fox News really into covering the winter storm these past two days

I promise to teach my children this history

Cecil Elvir-Quinonez, who is still breastfeeding her youngest child, is awaiting deportation in a Louisiana ICE facility states away from her family and children.

Don't sleep on @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social and their take on SCOTUS and trans sports - I guarantee some part of this convo will surprise you slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Justices hear arguments on gender and exclusion in 2 cases on transgender athletes @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social for @19thnews.org

The All Things Considered segment with @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social is up on the @npr.org website.

"And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do." “We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

“We have a six-year-old at school,” she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. “We’re new here,” the distraught woman says in despair. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Happy New Year, all. Back at work and back on the beat. What stories do you want us to be covering this year in LGBTQ+ news?

On December 30, 1975, Minneapolis became the first city to adopt a trans-inclusive LGBTQ+ non-discrimination ordinance. Fifty years later, the U.S. still lacks similar protections on a federal level. https://bit.ly/4aAEWLF

Hiya! a note that due to the very generous benefits of @19thnews.org, today is my last day of the year. Taking a much-needed break. I will see you all next year. ❤️ And thank you.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state and local prisons, jails and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo. 19thnews.org/2025/12/trum...

ICYMI from me yesterday: a DOJ memo shows that the Trump Administration plans to roll back prison rape protections for queer and trans people, including in youth detention facilities. More here 👇🏼

The Supreme Court will not hear a case to overturn marriage equality, it announced on Monday. The justices have rejected a petition from Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue licenses in the state a decade ago. @19thnews.org

“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”

Today, is my last day with my editor @chiefrebelle.bsky.social who has shepherded me and my work for the last 3 years. I will miss her so much, and I'm so grateful to her. ❤️

Activists have returned to October 26 time and again when looking for a foundation from which to launch protests in the name of intersex justice. 19thnews.org/2025/10/inte...

A fantastic Carly Stern conversation with @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social at @niemanstoryboard.org, about covering trans issues and not burning yourself out as a journalist.

Look at this weirdo niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/17/j...

To so many people, Miss Major was the first grandmother to love them for who they are & who they must fight every day to be. She was our anchor, and she didn't care who was in the room; she always spoke truth to power. Not going to lie, this grief is tough. But I know her legacy will be forever.

Rest in power, Mama Major! 💜🙏🏽 It was a blessing to live in the same earthly timeline as you. A true freedom fighter, you never stopped reminding trans people—especially Black trans people—of our worth and our power. Because of Major, our foundation is unshakeable and our liberation inevitable.

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward. "We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

There was a time when Trump supported trans people using "whatever bathroom" they wanted. And he backed the Equality Act. My latest @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2025/10/trum...

It has historically involved physical, psychological and sexual abuse against minors — electric shock, masturbation reconditioning, starvation, chemically induced nausea and hypnosis. Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will consider allowing it in Colorado and other states. 19thnews.org/2025/10/supr...

I love the autistic people in my life. They are amazing and beautiful. But it would also be fine if they weren't. Leave people alone and let them live.

For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here. www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...

My latest: LA County is facing a lawsuit over allegedly jailing a trans woman with men, even though her California ID said "F" 19thnews.org/2025/09/laws...

If you donate to @19thnews.org regularly, I just want to take a moment and thank you. We see your donations pop up, and especially now, they really mean a lot to us.

It appears there was nothing about trans people written on the shell casings of the Kirk shooter. Per authorities at this morning's press conf. one unused casing was inscribed with, "If you read this, you are gay lmao."

Helpful from @transjournalists.org

“It is highly unlikely they will want to touch her case for lots of reasons,” Young said. “The vast majority of cases brought to the Supreme Court are long shots.”

A bright spot- marriage equality is unlikely to fall, say the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ legal minds, and if SCOTUS overturns Obergefell, we will still be married. Here’s why: 19thnews.org/2025/09/marr...

Chicago, my home. I love you.

“We are not the footnotes in some infamous predator’s tabloid article. We are the experts and the subjects of this story. We are the proof that fear did not break us.” @gracepanetta.bsky.social reports for @19thnews.org.

Breaking: the Texas legislature has voted to ban trans people from public bathrooms with the punitive financial bill in the nation's history 19thnews.org/2025/09/texa...

This is such a good read and an important topic