I meant to write about this story and I didn't and I'm sorry. Trans kids have been abandoned by so many people. It's hard to find words for seeing the kids who were our promise for a world where people like us didn't have to have the hard lives most of us had being abandoned life by innocent life.

Since the Pope is quoting Tolkien to warn about A.I., it's probably time to post that essay about the Lord of the Rings and generative A.I. medium.com/@frasercalde...

you don't need a study to know this is bad for kids. that's why school admins have zero excuses for signing these deals

This is entirely politically motivated to eliminate an organization that has historically fought neo nazis and the KKK. What an absolute disgrace. www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/p...

Muriel Rukeyser, always but especially today. Full text at www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47657/...

BREAKING: Avi Lewis wins the NDP leadership with a commanding majority on the first ballot. Avi Lewis is the new leader of the NDP.

🚨Massive: The AMA has issued a statement saying that they still fully support gender affirming care and don’t endorse the new ASPS position! They say that their media misinterpreted their statement regarding surgeries and their position remains unchanged! Link below:

It’s shocking how the motivation behind almost every single bad tech bill is about hating LGBTQ people and specifically trans people

❗On Friday evening, the CAJ learned that journalist Rachel Gilmore had recently been approached in public by individuals linked to, or implicated in, an investigation she had written, and was published by The Tyee that focused on white nationalists. https://loom.ly/z22FRzg

I can't fucking believe we're doing this again.

Hey just following up on this

Mine are (at least right now): 1) Narrator (Little Blue Encyclopedia for Vivian) 2) Rukia (Bleach) 3) Samwise Gamgee (LOTR) 4) Patroclus (Song of Achilles) 5) Cimorene (Dealing with Dragons) Hon. mentions: Jessa-Lynn (Mostly Dead Things), Maka (Soul Eater) (yes, I read a lot of manga as a kid)

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point "Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”

I’ve really come around on Showgirl now that I found the hidden track

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

What we're seeing is further evidence of the modern trend of paying lip service to diversity and inclusion because it looks good while personal actions reveal that it's actually all just about self-interest. variety.com/2025/digital...

‘gender activism’ is a strange way to say ‘endless bigoted tirade against (and active harassment of) trans people’

“Banning books won’t preserve childhood innocence. But it will rob young people of stories that might have enriched or validated their lives, and it will teach others that censorship is the solution to ideas you find challenging or contrary to your personal values.”

It is 1979 and the New York Times is attacking healthcare for trans people. It is 2025 and the New York Times is attacking healthcare for trans people. It is.....

This is essentially the “same sex marriage bans affect both straight and gay people” equally argument, but even more nefarious that cis people still get access to hormone therapy and chest surgery

The Supreme Court ruled that the Equal Protection Clause does not protect everybody equally. Instead it upheld the Tennessee law that seeks to eradicate trans kids. My latest in @thenation www.thenation.com/article/poli...

A group of leading ocean and climate scientists, including Canadians, is calling for a ban on deep-sea mining just as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to fast-track undersea mining approvals. CBC News science reporter Inayat Singh has the story.

With more than 600,000 EVs on Canada's roads, there are soon going to be a lot of batteries looking to be recycled. What's the plan? CBC News @alexandramaej.bsky.social‬ digs into EVs, black mass & critical minerals

Israeli soldiers gunned down Amer Rabee, a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy who was born in New Jersey, last month in the West Bank. His death has spurred anger over soldiers’ use of force and an apparent lack of accountability. nyti.ms/3ZzbQ8Q

I fight for a world where the first thought average people have about someone transitioning is "wow science is cool" and not "let me share with you my opinions about toilets"

"what is a woman?" (and companion questions "what is sex?" etc) really is the trans rights version of "is a fetus alive" -- the answer doesn't matter and has the effect of reorienting discussion away from the wellbeing of the trans person, or woman, at hand

Yes. In a sane media environment, the bathroom ban would be the end of anyone treating 'gender critical feminists' as anything other than a hate group. It's a straightforwardly bigoted policy that imposes an insane 'solution' to a nonexistent problem.

Transphobes who are obsessed with determining if strangers are transgender are called “transvestigators.” When you see that word, you know that someone is obsessed with other people’s genitals. We used to call such people “perverts.”

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

by the way, if you're calling yourself a "feminist" but you're celebrating a ruling that ties the legal definition of woman to only biology, you need to do some critical thinking

hi, cis folks! so, when they release the US cass review that makes the cass review look like a trans liberation manifesto, i think you should • ask who’s making the case against transition • answer whether they have trans people’s best interest at heart • listen to actual trans people instead 🧵

I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.

They are hoping that your hatred for trans people is so extreme that you will blame her rather than the Fascists making this decision

I wrote about my kind, funny childhood friend Michelle Trachtenberg, and the group of friends that saved my life when I was a kid. www.vulture.com/article/mara...

Israeli forces launched intense aerial attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing more than 400 people, according to Gazan officials, breaking a temporary cease-fire with Hamas. nyti.ms/3Rh5HJW

We aren't exaggerating that this is resegregation. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Brad Pritchett, CEO of Equality Texas, says of the move that "it’s important to point out that his opinion is just that—an opinion. But if state agencies follow this directive, it will jeopardize the safety of the nearly 100 thousand trans people in the state."

Whenever anti-trans panic gets whipped up, more of these stories happen.

you know it's a busy day at work when I've had my headphones in since 9 a.m., but only just now got around to actually turning any music on

Still thinking about this quote from a writer at NYT who said she "can't quite say [Trump's attacks on trans people are] exactly consequential, since so few lives are materially affected." There are an estimated 1.3 million trans adults in the U.S. That's equal to the population of Dallas, TX.

Whenever someone says this to me I ask them what other group would they be willing to do this kind of political trade for? When they say no one I tell them to think why trans people exist outside this sphere so they can, and when they name some group I stay silent to let that sink in for them.

They just repealed the equal protection of trans people to housing and credit. It was never about sports. It was never about kids.

It’s easier to deny crimes against humanity when data isn’t being collected. This is very scary.

Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room when a gunman killed two of her students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers. nyti.ms/3D5yxcY

EXCLUSIVE: RCMP formally apologize for violating journalist’s rights, commit to changes in wake of explosive oversight report. RCMP commissioner acknowledges force acted unreasonably, disregarded jurisprudence in detaining journalist Jerome Turner in 2020. ricochet.media/labour/media...