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

Thrilled to learn @19thnews.org board member @ginaskchua.bsky.social has been named the executive director of the Tow-Knight Center. She's already had a profound impact on the journalism industry writ large, and I look forward to how she will continue to strengthen its future ‪at CUNY.

Sometimes I feel so ashamed that it’s now 2025, and my job is still trying to educate adults about why people deserve access to things like restrooms.

I'm glad that the White House is at least as serious as I am

A friendly reminder that if you have any queer ghost stories, I want to hear/ report them (and will fight @eramshaw.bsky.social to suggest that ghosts are real in the news) 👻

The @19thnews.org is hiring an audience growth manager! 19thnews.org/audience-gro...

I am always so inspired by @natedimeo.bsky.social and especially grateful for his latest ode to public media

Looking to connect with family and friends of LGBTQ+ folks who are currently in ICE detention for a story. We can withhold names to protect identities. DM me. Thank you!

WGBH building in Boston today

Congress passed a $9.4 billion rescissions package that includes gutting public media funding. LAist is losing $1.7 million this fiscal year alone. That’s not just a number. It's the equivalent of 13 newsroom jobs. It’s the stories we count on. Stand up for public media: LAist.com/Action

I’m a proud monthly member of @npr.org. Who’s with me? What’s your local station?

Hi, a friendly reminder in these difficult times for reporters and editors that if you need support around trans issues, @transjournalists.org is here and ready. Reach out! 👂👋

I will go to the mat for @npr.org ❤️

❤️ www.advocate.com/news/boston-...

After three years and 1.3 million texts and phone calls, the national LGBTQ+ suicide prevention hotline is shutting down.

Spoke with @npr.org's Asma Khalid about what today's SCOTUS ruling means for transgender kids and trans rights broadly www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Have questions about the current political and legal landscape for trans folks? Curious about where to find resources or how folks are approaching Pride month this year? Join us for a Reddit AMA with LGBTQ+ reporter @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social today at 3 p.m. ET! www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

If you are looking for coverage of the ICE raids in LA and the protests, follow local news. My faves posting this weekend: @lapublicpress.bsky.social @lataco.bsky.social @capitalandmain.bsky.social @laist.com

Charles Rangel was among the first cosponsors of the Equality Act with Bella Abzug 50 years ago

Hi, sorry I locked myself out of this account and now I'm back. How are we?

Took a sec but @huffpost.com did! Dept of Ed, HHS, and some Republican lawmakers met with detransitioners on Wed to discuss how to make it more challenging for trans kids to access healthcare and affirming schools and difficult for the adults that care about them. www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ef...

New proposed promotions that @19thnews.org has cruelly ignored from me since January 2025: 💼: Chief exclusion officer 💼: Aviation disaster beat reporter 💼: Turtle pants correspondent 🤷‍♂️

This is what Gavin Newsom and the consultant class endorses when they try to play footsie with people opposed to trans people's very existence. There is no polite, liberal way to push people out of public life--you ultimately need the state to inspect people's bodies and enforce compliance.

Some health centers that halted gender affirming care, kept doing nonconsensual surgeries on intersex kids to make them gender-conforming, even though the UN has condemned them 19thnews.org/2025/03/hosp...

Recent executive orders targeting trans people have far-reaching consequences for intersex kids — @bcrodriguez.bsky.social + @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social report

From passports to health care, the White House is trying to make it harder for transgender Americans to live openly and safely via @oriion.bsky.social & @shoeleatherkate.bsky.social & @19thnews.org

Transgender girls are just girls. So, support girls or don't. You don't get to pick and choose based on your preferred flavor of misogyny. Perhaps we could debate how unfair unequal pay, violence, lack of bodily autonomy, and lopsided household labor truly are.

The Trump administration cannot close the Department of Education without approval from Congress, but it can deprive it of vital staff and resources to render it ineffective, critics of closing the agency contend. 19thnews.org/2025/03/lind...

Flowers for the unsung Black women of Bloody Sunday 19thnews.org/2025/03/bloo... via @19thnews.org

Okay, the world is really hard right now. Our HR at @19thnews.org suggested the Finch App as a tool, and it has dramatically helped me cope. It's a little bird that thrives when you are good to yourself. 🤷‍♂️ finchcare.com

Trans and nonbinary folks, what questions do you have about travel and your documents right now? We are working on answers for a lot of scenarios

Amy Paris, one of the highest ranking trans people to serve in federal government, has been laid off by the Trump administration 19thnews.org/2025/02/amy-...

NEW: Trump's executive orders cause 'chaos' at the VA, some staffers say I spoke to about a dozen Department of Veterans Affairs employees about the far-reaching effects of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Need help covering the cost of a conference, training, workshop, coaching, or other career opportunity? Apply now for a $250 or $500 stipend to support your work. Deadline: March 17. Details & application 👇 www.transjournalists.org/2025-level-u...

Just an evergreen callout: if you’re affected by Trump’s EOs regarding trans or nonbinary federal workers/contractors/student athletes, please contact me on Signal — kurtzleben.01 — to tell me what’s up. I am keeping my eye on this and want to tell what’s happening.

Senate confirms Tulsi Gabbard as Trump’s top intelligence official — Sen. Mitch McConnell broke with Republicans in what was otherwise a party-line vote 19thnews.org/2025/02/sena...

To those asking why this is news when the EO is not law: It’s news when more than half a dozen hospitals have preemptively complied with the order and curtailed their care. We note that he is doing this following AG Letitia James’ reminder that NY law requires doctors to continue treating.

Can Trump eliminate the Department of Education? The president can’t eliminate a federal agency with an executive order lawfully. But he can undermine its functions and redistribute duties. 19thnews.org/2025/02/trum...

Concerning. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Hi folks — I’m interested in talking to Californians who have had appointments for gender affirming care for themselves or their kids canceled since the executive orders. My email is [email protected] and I have Signal.

So amid the purge of gov't websites promoting "gender ideology," someone at the EEOC seems to be pushing back. And the thing is, this guidance is pursuant to what the Supreme Court decided in Bostock -- that discrimination based on gender identity is sex discrimination and therefore illegal. 2/