"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Faux Fur, Flimsy Data—HHS’s “Gender Dysphoria” dossier struts a catwalk of questionable conclusions, so I roast them in my blog. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎓 www.omisaddai.com/jotaescribe/...

@queersig-aera.bsky.social if you have photos to share, tag us. #AERA2025 #QueerSIG

On this Trans Day of Visibility, I’m honoring the kind of visibility that sustains. A student using my decolonial trans* feminism in their diss proposal. A talk on Trap Door and the limits of visibility. A workshop on QTBIPOC genealogies in education. This is the visibility I’m embracing. #TDOV

I want to push back on some discourse I've been seeing suggesting that universities cannot use endowment funds to make up gaps in research funding. For example, at Columbia, about one-third of our $15b endowment was unrestricted as of June 2024. Be careful not to preemptively justify austerity

I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 10–11:30 AM PST | Zoom (reg. req) How #decolonial feminist, #queer, and #materialist theories together offer urgent insights into power, gender, and liberation in a world in crisis. Hosted by: Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, UC Berkeley. Register via QR code.

Lesson learned: AI citation tools are a mess. Tried Microsoft Copilot and it changed authors and titles in my refs even if you provide the correct info. Never again—Zotero, I’m sorry for ever doubting you.

1. Despite Republican attacks in recent years, America is queerer than ever before. LGBTQ+ identification has risen to 9.3% in the last Gallup Poll, a huge jump from 7.6% last year. I cover the latest numbers in my story. Subscribe to support my journalism.

The White House’s “ASMR” video showcasing the shackling and deportation of migrants is a grotesque display of dehumanization. This administration’s perverse attempt to frame human suffering as soothing reflects a deeply disturbing and inhumane mindset. Reminder: The only felon is the President.

Oh my god. They removed "transgender" from the page about Trans woman Sylvia Rivera's page at the National Park service. "Sylvia Rivera began fighting for gay and _____ rights" WOW.

Democrats love a good “we must” speech—“We must protect rights! We must act!” Umm, you are the elected officials. We already know we must, so go do it. Republicans sure don’t hesitate to handle their business.

The same administration that refuses to recognize trans people’s names and genders is now banning the AP for not using the name they gave a body of water. The hypocrisy writes itself. 🏳️‍🌈🎓 🏳️‍⚧️

Two words: Imperialist Feminism kohljournal.press/imperialist-...

Stay calm and grounded. Protect your energy. What they are doing is called a shock doctrine—manufacturing crisis to push violent agendas while we are disoriented. Stay focused. Stay connected. We are not powerless. ✊🏽#ICE #Trans #Resist #StayGrounded #MigrantRights

a "tweet" of mine made it here. wearemitu.com/opinion/lati...

Dear NYU faculty, you have the opportunity to provide this ONE particular student, which I won’t name, with a plethora of facts and a different view of life.

White men rarely see themselves as DEI hires, yet Trump’s cabinet picks—stacked with unqualified loyalists—prove the point. The irony? Many benefited from systemic advantages while dismantling DEI initiatives.

They are coming for all of us even in “liberal” states

Pueden leer mi artículo sobre el feminismo trans* decolonial.

Cis white men are comfortable renaming a body of water, but when a trans person asks for their name and pronouns to be respected, they claim it’s a fantasy or imaginary construct they refuse to acknowledge. 🏳️‍🌈🎓

Students & educators: Protest is powerful, but be strategic. Avoid wearing anything that links you to your school or workplace—retaliation is real. This isn’t panic—it’s a reminder to organize smartly. Plan, protect yourselves, and resist with intention and care. 🌈🎓

On colonial dysphoria kohljournal.press/colonial-dys...

Talia’s book is, i think, the best thing to happen in philosophy and/or trans studies for a long minute. If you’re in NYC, come through!

Our Lexicon for Bridging Decolonial Queer Feminisms and Materialist Feminisms is now published in Arabic & English. kohljournal.press/issue-11-1 🌈🎓

Erin In The Morning is hiring! Earlier this month, I made the decision to hire my first full time writer. I'm currently considering candidates. That said, if you or anyone in your network has experience writing and covering LGBTQ+ legislation, science, and more, please send in your resume!

Summer funding for PhD students interested in the Audre Lorde Papers 🎓🌈

Apply to this amazing postdoc PRISM @stanforduniversity.bsky.social

Deadline Jan 31 for Graduate Student Travel Awards – $250 to support travel to the AERA 2025 Annual Meeting in Denver. New QTBIPOC Opportunity Awards $250 for QTBIPOC scholars attending AERA. More info in our January newsletter. www.canva.com/design/DAGcD...

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On the history of cross dressing bans, see @kredburn.bsky.social. This argument is why we need more transgender legal history.

Justice Alito today: judges should stay out of medicine! Justice Alito in a recent opinion: based on *my* read of the medical literature, abortions are never life-saving care.

Trans folks held a dance party in the Capitol bathroom to protest the bathroom ban on there.

It’s not about being fake-nice or spreading sweetness everywhere. It’s about offering genuine care and authenticity to the ones who matter.

🍯 My grandma used to say, “Se atraen más moscas con miel que con hiel” (You catch more flies with honey than vinegar). But she always added a twist: “Not all honey attracts the right people—it brings the flies too.” 🪰 Her point?

Yes 🙌… Thinking about the multiple things trans folks do. On top of all the academic service and workload I also have to travel & mentally prepare for my deposition in my discrimination lawsuit against the University of California. Can trans people just exist without the world coming for us?

The term “culture war” suggests two sides with cultural differences. But it actually has nothing to do with culture. Instead, it is a euphemism used by the media to describe situations where one side of a debate wants to deny rights to the other side of the debate based solely on their identities.

The idea that a ban on gender-affirming care could constitute anything *other* than discrimination on the basis of sex is an indictment of the legal system. This is exactly what such bans are designed to do.

Manifesting this is me in 2025. But I’m on trans Latinx time so not sure it’s ever possible. 🤣

Come work with me and my fantastic colleagues in the Dept of Education @ UCSB. Quant methods position w/application details below. Reach out with q’s recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02883

Themes I explore include decolonial trans* feminism, colonial dysphoria, and the colonial gender continuum. These concepts come directly from my research, which centers racialized trans communities and their cultural and ethnic understandings of gender, often erased in dominant frameworks 🌈🎓

1.2k followers 😅 Hi! I’m a non-binary, masc-presenting Jotx who studies/teaches trans knowledge production, the curriculum and inclusion programs it shapes, and their impact on racialized trans communities whose cultural and ethnic understandings of gender are often left out of the conversation. 🌈🎓

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

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