Today is International Men’s Day. So here’s to refugee men fleeing abuse, trans men denied healthcare, queer men bullied for being different, Black men racially profiled, disabled men excluded from work, and all the other men who fail at being “real men.” May we continue to cultivate our humanity.

The NYT has been quoted in defense of Charlie Kirk by the right, if that gives you an idea of where they actually are on the political spectrum.

I just can’t with this government. Read this 🧵 for Sandwich Guy trial.

For non-US folks: this is the cost to simply have access to non-urgent healthcare. For that price a month, they’ll pay $30 to see their doctor, as opposed to $100-150 depending on city and quality. That’s just the visit, not any treatments, tests, or medications.

The gayest trans agenda.

Jeg tenker på dette hver gang jeg husker hvordan Riksen uten god begrunnelse gjorde kjønnsbekreftende behandling utilgjengelig for nesten hele befolkning ved å kalle det «utprøvende».

It’s so simple, actually. Inclusivity.

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO. Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

ICYMI: @propublica.org wanted to know how much federal health agencies had been gutted. The administration wouldn’t tell us, so we figured it out our own way. Lots of charts and deep reporting on what this means for you: projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...

Vigdis Bjorvand, a 70-yr old grandmother from Norway, exemplifying bravery aboard the Handala Flotilla. She and 20 other peace activists are some 60km from the Gaza coast, about to be intercepted by the IDF.

Will Norway’s health department listen to the largest patient organization for a historically marginalized group that was forced to undergo sterilization to simply access medical treatment not even a decade ago? I hope so!

I am simply not sure that Norway’s government is ready to fight disinformation that has already been tested, improved upon and successful in the USA. Even Norway’s socialist rag Klassekampen dismissed SPLC’s classification of SEGM as a hate group (based on…their interview with SEGM)

That same health clinic is also the only one to provide GAC for non-binary people, whom the national clinic refuse to treat at any age. Despite our right to care being written in Norwegian law.

Can other countries who’ve based their actions on the UK’s oppression be included in the report, such as Norway? Which has in effect banned public coverage for all non-binary people and severely restricted care for binary trans adults and minors?

It’s almost like @nytimes.com is glad it was cited in the ruling, and wants to make sure to provide more sources for future transphobic court decisions.

Also, for trans folks: if you’re wondering “what would it take for people to stop telling me about ‘the science’ while they’re being transphobic?” I’m sad to report you can have a PhD in biology, you can study steroid hormones and how they produce developmental variation for that PhD, won’t matter.

Sotomayor points out the similarities between the Skrmetti ruling allowing discrimination against transgender people's medical care to Virginia's argument for its interracial marriage ban in Loving.

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

Hard sell when in capitalism, where the product is prioritized above all else.

1. Today, SCOTUS allowed for bans on trans care in a devastating, though limited, ruling in Skrmetti. It ruled discrimination against gender dysphoria is not trans discrimination, and used the same rationale used by VA to defend its interracial marriage ban. Subscribe to support my journalism.

If there’s one thing allies could do this month, it’s understand how some leftwing organizations or businesses, like @nytimes.com, are actually incredibly transphobic and have caused real, tangible harm to LGBTQ+ rights.

1. Kjære NRK, Rikshospitalet, Stortinget og andre som skulle være i en maktposisjon i transsaken, la oss snakke litt om Utah. En tråd om TGNB-barn og -ungdom og deres hormonbehandling.

When the queers are actually consulted 🥹 This hits home regardless of country 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

“This year I am #trans” 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 Beautiful words from an #ally

Doing quite bad today with all the news, so I'm going through my wellness toolbox to make sure I'm keeping as well as possible so I can fight these bastards. Need your own checklist to keep your body working in this chaos? Feel free to steal my stress hacks: www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...

Dark times. I only hope that the service members who have their lives turned upside down have support. That enough people see this travesty for what it is. That we don’t let history repeat itself. Again.

Happy Trans History Week. Start by knowing your present. In Norway, that means that despite a lot of big talk about equality, there are huge disparities in access to care.

We all know this transphobic HHS review is an AI piece of trash cowritten by sad philosophy majors, but EITM’s review and subsequent brilliant fact-checking is still worth a read and very informative.

Exactly. Even the medical, very binary definitions of “dead” versus “not dead” are more complex than the simplistic, ignorant ruling by the UK. Ridiculous!

Why is @transhistoryweek.com week always held in early May? We chose Trans+ History Day as May 6th and Trans+ History Week as always being the calendar week May 6th sits within because the week they tired to erase us is the week we will remember. History is there to learn lessons from. Read 🧵👇

What…did I even just read? Using AI to pretend to be characters including trauma counselors and rape victims to change the opinions of innumerable uninformed people as their experiment? How could a university’s IRB not realize this was unethical?

I heard you wanted a data tracker for your fascism?

You know, I’d really like to know where it is I can live where dozens of ppl will simply turn #trans by being around me, bc LBH I’d much prefer *that* society 💅🏻 My record is currently zero 🥺

Might the press start growing a spine again?

I recommend @erininthemorning.com for high-quality, #trans -focused #LGBTQ+ news. This is not just about supporting trans journalists, it’s also about avoiding a cis-centric lens and bias in reporting.

Transness is beautiful 🏳️‍⚧️ #tdov Art by @liberaljane.bsky.social

I am appreciating this part of our timeline, thanks @teenvogue.com for giving voice to the resistance ✊ #transrights

Judge blocks the military ban on #transgender service members. Happy with this decisive ruling. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

New longitudinal study out that shows hormone therapy reduces depression amongst trans and non-binary people. Wonderful and much needed data! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #transgender #nonbinary

Inspiring story (credit to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for sharing) about a news editor who fought back against the Klan. "Fascism always fails. It is destructive and it is awful and not everyone lives to see the other side, but it always, always fails." dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

Happy International Women's Day! May every woman find their way into the room where their voice is most needed—whether that's a board room, a legislature, or a PTA meeting. When we stand up and speak our values, women change the world!

1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster. Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture. S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches. Subscribe to support our journalism.

The right for trans people to exist is being removed, one space at a time.

Terrifying.

Time to get busy!!

One concrete thing everybody can do to support federal workers is participate in (and spread the word about) the February 19 Save Our Services day of action bit.ly/SOSaction

Here’s a great resource to let everyone know when ICE is around. tiny.cc/no-migra

While I think Richardson is quite a bit more centrist than myself and glosses over the failures of dems/Biden, I do find her summaries/contextualization of the day’s events useful, esp during a Trp presidency when everything is chaotic and sensationalized.

Hard to capture just how beautiful tonight’s sunset (at 5pm) was ✨ #sunset

Maybe I’ll start sharing some more photos… cross-country skiing in the foresty forest ☃️