This has now become Important Context’s biggest story ever. www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...

So where is Bari Weiss, that great defender of free speech?

“For years, the political right has been ratcheting up eliminationist rhetoric against transgender Americans and dismissing their identities as ideology. At the 2023 CPAC, conservative commentator Michael Knowles called to “eradicate” so-called “transgenderism” from public life.”

Congratulations @samfeder.bsky.social and @heightenedscrutinydoc.com, announced yesterday as a nominee for Outstanding Documentary in the GLADD Media Awards coming up on March 5th! glaad.org/mediaawards/...

Chicago area friends, please join me this Wednesday 1/7/2026 at the Geneva Public Library for a free screening of this documentary! Thank you @heightenedscrutinydoc.com and @samfeder.bsky.social for their assistance, and @lillywachowski.bsky.social for the Chicago screening that inspired this one.

Now you can watch my current film @heightenedscrutinydoc.com. For one week only it will be available at, gathr.com/vod/9320a621...

ahoy! my pal @samfeder.bsky.social's film Heightened Scrutiny is available free to stream for a week starting tomorrow! check out trans people just wanting to live their lives while horrible Supreme Court and NYT weirdos try to legislate us out of public space! also Chase Strangio is a dreamboat!

Pay close attention: the GOP and Trump are going to go hard against abortion rights. This maneuver on ACA subsidies is just the beginning. www.upi.com/amp/Top_News...

join me and my pals at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social where i'll be bringing my patented run-on sentences and cul-de-sac musings to this panel for new doc by the brilliant @samfeder.bsky.social tickets are limited!

Chicago friends - don’t miss @LillyWachowski.bsky.social, @SamFeder.bsky.social and friends at a special Heightened Security documentary screening and Q&A!

Just got the chance to watch @heightenedscrutinydoc.com by @samfeder.bsky.social at UW Simpson Center for the Humanities. @chasestrangio.bsky.social is a f-ing hero and the @aclu.org is doing kickass work even when the odds are stacked against us. Looking for shreds of hope.

I just left a screening of @samfeder.bsky.social’s movie, followed by a Q&A with him that included the lovely @lillywachowski.bsky.social. This a wonderful, important film. If it is screening anywhere near you make the effort to see it. If it is not, request it!

Just saw an important documentary at the Siskel Film Center—“Heightened Scrutiny.” Very much enjoyed it and the conversation afterward with its director, @samfeder.bsky.social

Drug trafficking is not a capital crime; it doesn’t carry a death sentence. I genuinely cannot think of anything under U.S. law that would permit premeditated government assassination of people suspected of drug trafficking.

i’m gonna say it again and again: everything they do in Gaza is a test for what they want to do elsewhere, and eventually, here.

THURSDAY: @heightenedscrutinydoc.com Q&A screening. Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY! 🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny

New: Israel is starving Palestinians, forcing them to beg for donations on sites like Bluesky. Their accounts keep getting flagged as spam. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Netanyahu prolongs Gaza war and Palestinian misery to keep himself in office and avoid prison on personal corruption charges. His moral rot happens to facilitate the goals of the racist right wing and religious zealots in Israeli politics. Who will stop the evil? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w...

Alyx, a 15 year veteran of the Air Force was approved for early retirement in May. The Trump admin suddenly revoked it on Wednesday because of the trans military ban. She'll lose out on healthcare and pension benefits as a result. www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

Thank you for making an excellent documentary.

"#Disclosure was a field study in representation that could be applied to any marginalized community, #HeightenedScrutiny is a field study that can be applied to the ways in which the media has skewed the public’s perception of all marginalized people." @samfeder.bsky.social

The Moveablefest interviewed @heightenedscrutinydoc.com's dir. @samfeder.bsky.social and producer Amy Scholder. Read: moveablefest.com/sam-feder-am... #heightenedscrutiny

Further proof that 99% of the time when a famous person talks about cancel culture, they mean “I suffered the indignity of a rejection and my ego couldn’t handle it.”

Stop the war. Free the hostages. Surge Aid. End the occupation. Find our way back to the humanity Judaism requires.

Harvard has officially closed its office for LGBTQ life. They folded it into the office of culture and community. There are affinity support offices for veterans and religious students but not for LGBTQ students, students of color, or women. Absolute cowards. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

I am also shocked that ppl are in shock about Pete. This is the guy I knew in college, the good, normative boy, following the traditional path to power (consulting, military etc). Why is anyone surprised by this nonsense?

There's no way to talk LGBTQ+ mental health without talking about civil rights. If you're in the LA area, check out this film by @samfeder.bsky.social, or better yet, send people who don't fully "get it". As always, check in with yourself about your emotional needs beforehand. This is rough stuff!

Listen up, #LosAngeles! We have special Q&A screenings at @laemmle.com beginning TODAY. Learn more and get your tickets: www.laemmle.com/film/heighte... @samfeder.bsky.social #HeightenedScrutiny

Thank you @marciebianco.bsky.social

@heightenedscrutinydoc.com comes to San Francisco (dir. @samfeder.bsky.social, featuring @chasestrangio.bsky.social) You're invited to our special event Q&A shows at Roxie. Get tickets: roxie.com/film/heighte... #heightenedscrutiny

I wrote about the extraordinary documentary, #HeightenedScrutiny, for the @womensmediacenter.bsky.social : @chasestrangio.bsky.social @jelaniya.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @lavernecox.bsky.social @samfeder.bsky.social womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

@heightenedscrutinydoc.com is coming to the best coast 🌴 – join @samfeder.bsky.social, Amy Scholder and @thebrianmichael.bsky.social at our Q&A show this Saturday in LA at @laemmle.com. Get tickets: bit.ly/ScrutinyLA #heightenedscrutiny

THIS SUNDAY @laemmle.com: bit.ly/ScrutinyLA 📽️ With @samfeder.bsky.social, Amy Scholder and Tracy Gilchrist. #heightenedscrutiny

@samfeder.bsky.social your film made me cry. i remember when it was just an idea. you did great work!

For a NYC screening of the new doc HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY (on Skrmetti, feat. @chasestrangio.bsky.social), I'll be moderating a post-screening Q&A with @ginaskchua.bsky.social and @jelaniya.bsky.social, who are both in the film. 7/21, 7pm, @ DCTV, tix here: www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...

@heightenedscrutinydoc.com (dir. @samfeder.bsky.social, featuring @chasestrangio.bsky.social) is screening in NYC at @dctvny.bsky.social beginning FRIDAY. heightenedscrutinydoc.com/nyc #heightenedscrutiny

Join dir. @samfeder.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social with @thompowers.bsky.social opening 🌙 night. Tickets & more info: heightenedscrutinydoc.com/nyc

From dir. @samfeder.bsky.social Featuring @lewispants.bsky.social @chasestrangio.bsky.social @erininthemorning.com @polgreen.bsky.social @peppermint247.bsky.social @sabs.bsky.social @lavernecox.bsky.social @ginaskchua.bsky.social @albertocairo.com Tickets and info: heightenedscrutinydoc.com/nyc

Big news! #HeightenedScrutiny (from dir. @samfeder.bsky.social) is coming to theaters, beginning July 18 at NYC's @dctvny.bsky.social. Read more from @deadline.com ⬇️

Last week we had an AH-MAZ-ING screening + conversation at @hammer.ucla.edu w/ @samfeder.bsky.social, @trevellanderson.bsky.social, @glaad.bsky.social, @uclaftvarchive.bsky.social et al. THANK YOU to everyone who came. Watch the Q&A here: bit.ly/4nskTml

WATCH! ⬇️ @chasestrangio.bsky.social on @democracynow.org discussing the recent Supreme Court ruling in United States v. Skrmetti. #HeightenedScrutiny from director @samfeder.bsky.social comes to theaters this month, beginning in NYC at @dctvny.bsky.social. More info: heightenedscrutinydoc.com

@samfeder.bsky.social So grateful for your amazing work. I wish I had the money to make the movie free for streaming everywhere (also: was with you in the elevator without realizing who you are).

A great concise history of birthright citizenship, and how Trump gets it wrong. (Sidenote: HCR has made insomnia my ch more tolerable). open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Now at the @brokeassstuart.bsky.social website: a preview of #Frameline49 with shoutouts to a timely documentary from @samfeder.bsky.social and an anniversary revival of the film adaptation of a @michelletea.bsky.social classic. @framelinefestival.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ynpkxxhm #filmsky

Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...

hey LA friends, if you need some respite from the fray, check out my pal @samfeder.bsky.social new doc! looks like the @hammer.ucla.edu screening is free, first come first serve. support trans art! love and strength! happy pride!

ABC News suspended the network correspondent Terry Moran on Sunday after he wrote on social media that Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, was “a man who is richly endowed with the capacity for hatred” and called him “a world-class hater.”

DC premiere of @heightenedscrutinydoc.com (director @samfeder.bsky.social) at @dcdoxfest.bsky.social, featuring @aclu.org attorney @chasestrangio.bsky.social as he fights for gender affirming care for Tennessee trans youth. dcdoxfest.com/films/height...