I'm back after a short hiatus. Today I'm tackling The Last of Us' cis casting announcement for an important trans character, and why that's so much worse than it already sounds. Read my full column on @lgbtqnation.com

“When people are questioning their gender, digital ways to explore different appearances can be extremely important. Games often provide highly customizable avatars, which can help people in exploring how they might want to look.” article by @faefyx.bsky.social www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/how-...

new LGBTQ Nation article by @faefyx.bsky.social featuring research by me (w/ @mayworms.info, @shoreingber.bsky.social, @naz-andalibi.bsky.social) "Not everyone wants to use [AI] – [yet] they are often required to use it without meaningful consent." www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/ai-d...

Happy new year all! Here’s where my head is as we enter that new year. “As we walk into 2026, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and good reason for hope. But we’re going to have to walk through a dark tunnel to get there.”

I had a truly wonderful conversation with @mburkephd.bsky.social about their book. We talked about everything from Beauvoir, to how anti-trans twist feminism for their own ends, to an ethics of affirming gendered existence. When the world is chaos, this philosophy helped me feel grounded.

I've been bad about posting on social lately - there's been a lot going on. But I'm still writing news and columns over on @lgbtqnation.com - go check out my latest opinion piece on how trans people are being cynically used as a political bargaining chip.

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. @lgbtqnation.com has put together this Flipboard Storyboard, with stories from @getvillarreal.bsky.social, @faefyx.bsky.social and others. flipboard.com/@lgbtqnation...

I spoke with a mother who had to take her whole family to a new country and leave their life behind so their trans daughter could grow up safely. It's a story of the grief and difficulty around leaving, but also of the hope for the future in a new home. Read it all through the link.

The Dems won big last week. But as anti-trans candidates failed after following Trump's lead, all he cared to do was lie about the economy.

The views for my runs have changed a lot since April. Those waters are high and churning. I’m sure that isn’t symbolic of anything. (First picture: river on my run yesterday, second picture: lake on a run back in April.)

From trying for that Nobel Peace Price, to knocking down the East Wing of the White House—I have a theory that explains what Trump is doing. Read the full thing on @lgbtqnation.com

Donald Trump’s Education Department (ED) released a new rule to deny student loan forgiveness to people who work for LGBTQ+ organizations.

We talked about the 25th Amendment during Trump’s first term. It’s past time we talked about it again.

So, this is some bullshit.

The Trevor Project has a new longitudinal study - the results might not be surprising, but they're important and highlight ways to help queer youth.

The administration is pressuring this city to drop LGBTQ+ protections. They’re trying to stop it. - buff.ly/6phPF7j

Miss Major Griffin-Gracey fought for trans rights and prison reform and came out of retirement to fight back against an increase in anti-trans legislation.

Readers are happier than non-readers — for all we joke about ignorance being bliss, and for all keenly developed empathy will result in some very justified outrage, life is enriched by experiencing the literary arts.

Whether it's Gays Against Groomers, the Women's Liberation Front, or the LGB Alliance, there are LGB groups so desperate to hurt trans people that they are trading in their own protections to do it. Read more in my op-ed for @lgbtqnation.com.

Trans people have to wait an average of 25 years for care in the UK, new report finds - buff.ly/qJTWd9c

The attack on trans rights in the planned appropriations bill is a canary in the coal mine for impending authoritarian rule, and not enough people are talking about it. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

Judge ends Arizona’s “irrational” policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers - buff.ly/Y9VFfRS

A sitting US president did this. I really thought I was beyond being surprised by the hateful nonsense this man will get up to.

If you've just tested out life without the Disney+ subscription, there's some good reasons to consider keeping things that way. Bringing Kimmel back doesn't atone for what they've done. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

The house opposite ours often gets deliveries from Tesco, and one of their vans has an image of a lot of strawberries on the side. My 3-year-old took to calling it "the strawberry van" so I thought "but what if...strawberry van", and here we are. #watercolour #art #painting #illustration

This was never about Charlie Kirk, it was about finding an excuse to do what Trump and his team already had planned. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com

This is such a good read and an important topic

“‘If people don’t know who we are, we’re never going to be safe. They will never know how to take care of our needs when we are elderly, infirm, vulnerable in any way. […] I think if people understand our bodies and who we are, we’ll be safer in the world.’” Excellent article, @faefyx.bsky.social!

Too often, trans men are left out of the conversations that we have. I set out to answer "why?" Thank you to Rae Timberlake with SPARTA Pride, @harperseldin.bsky.social of the @aclu.org, and Jamison Green for talking to me for this piece.

“Whatever the Republican Party once stood for, it is no more. A lot of the blame for that can be laid at Trump’s door, but he was really just the final nail in the coffin. At some point, they became far more obsessed with just holding power rather than with doing anything constructive with it.”

Go read this book fascinating fantasy detective story. It's the first time I saw the pronouns ze/zir in print.

I was in DC recently. Trump's vision doesn't match what I saw. His fearmongering is going to hurt people and is all part of his distraction circus. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com this week.

Pete Buttigieg is the latest Democrat to pick up the anti-trans dog whistle when it comes to sports. In this week’s column, I dive into why his words are so disappointing.

Funnily enough, this is true for writing it, too.

Harvard caved to Trump this week - it sounds like it’s only a small matter, but this shows how Trump’s tactics are working against some of his biggest foes and opens the door for more losses on our side. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com.

For this week’s column, I’m talking about the Epstein Files. Will this be the scandal that finally has Trump face consequences? I give it I a strong “maybe” - and his support of the anti-trans movement might help to scupper him.

Make it make sense.

Gavin Newsom had signaled willingness to sacrifice trans people on a political alter, but Donald Trump’s ineptness at deal making has him fighting in our side again. Read more in my weekly @lgbtqnation.com column.

It’s #NonbinaryPeoplesDay, the perfect day to start reading (or listening to) an urban fantasy mystery story with a nonbinary protagonist, written by a nonbinary author! www.patreon.com/collection/1...

SCOTUS is taking up trans athlete cases from two states. Based on past rulings, they might be getting ready to set a precedent for denying trans people access to many areas of society and establishing a new era of segregation. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com

I had a great conversation with Oliver—there's a whole world of considerations around trans technologies that we should all know about.

It's also really important for kids who aren't [minority du jour, but especially queer atm] to see stories that show that people who are can be heroes and fully rounded characters too. If you only see stories where the heroes look like you, the rest of the world are secondary NPCs, at best.

It's important for queer kids to be able to see themselves represented in media, and for others to be able to understand the world around them. SCOTUS is denying that for the very kids who will need it most. Read more in my column for @lgbtqnation.com this week.

An exploration of trans representation in media, the dramatic changes we’ve seen over the past few decades, where we are now, and where we might go next.

We often think about marriage equality around cis couples, but it also had a profound effect on trans rights and our freedom to be who we are. I spoke to the first same-sex couple to be divorced in Georgia and to James Esseks of the @aclu.org about Obergefell and trans rights for @lgbtqnation.com.

In my @lgbtqnation.com column this week I talk about the Skrmetti decision, how SCOTUS has failed us for political reasons, and finding some hope for the future. Read it all at the link below.

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.

This is appalling news. We can rest assured that this will embolden more gender-affirming care bans across the country, not just for youth, but adults too. Trust that this isn’t about protecting anyone, it’s about attacking trans people. Every reputable medical group agrees with these treatments.

With Musk's exit, we got rid of a major distraction from the White House. But his very exit risks pulling our focus from the damage that can be done by the new era of DOGE. Read my full column for @lgbtqnation.com below.

“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country