I can't emphasize how radical this all is. There's never been a bill to mass invalidate driver's licenses at this scale. It will create immense fear for trans people. They could be pulled over and arrested for driving with an invalid license. They could be ratted out by people around them.

And yes cis people I am very explicitly and intentionally shaming you. You should feel shame. You don’t deserve your privilege or a moment of comfort if you stand by and watch and allow this to happen.

Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

hi, cis folks! the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction. it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this. contact info below.🧵⬇️

"What rights have trans people lost?"

Every step of the way we've been told we're too loud. Every step of the way we've been told we ask for too much. Every step of the way we've been told we're selfish. Every step of the way we've been told we need to compromise. Every step of the way we've been told we're not human anyway.

It's just a sports ban. It's just a bathroom ban. It's just a healthcare for kids ban. It's just a military service ban. It's just a federal jobs ban. It's just a university housing ban. It's just a passport & visa ban. It's just one Constitutional right. It's just your status as free citizens.

US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.

Cis people: This is where you fucking step up. Do everything you can to support trans people in the coming days. You're going to hear horrible, hurtful rhetoric about us. Shut it down. Don't let it stand. And buy the trans people in your life a drink.

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

Oh hey so JK Rowling materially not only supports but actively encourages violence against trans people, including my personal loved ones, and I’m in favor of a WIDE RANGE of circumstances that might stop her from doing that in the future I’m honestly not particular

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

We're watching the Trump administration systematically purge trans people from public life and the fucking media just hand waives it away as being about sports. This is why the Dem capitulation on this is so dangerous. It obscures and legitimizes what is being done to us.

Welp. I guess I'm gonna spend today thinking about how one state proposing a trans bathroom ban was enough for a national outcry and protest in 2016 and now 9 years later the propaganda has done enough damage that a sweeping nationwide federal ban just went through and we won't hear a peep

PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.

hi, folks! is calling federal electeds to ask them not to pass shitty legislation not doing it for you? i get it. how about helping to bring about positive change that would materially help thousands of trans people? and that's actually possible? do you know about washington state's HB 1971?🧵

Not sure if my cis pals are aware of this, but if your trans friends are sobbing in their office today this is one of the (many) reasons why:

Just wondering if you knew that kids too young for COVID vaccines have COVID hospitalization rates that are similar to people 65-74? Just wondering if you knew over 1000 people a week died from COVID while we were celebrating winter holidays and the New Year? Does FDA Administrators know?

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

Not hearing enough noise about Mahmoud Khalil from folks who like to quote the "first they came for" poem. Y'all get that the point is that they came for controversial, easily othered groups first, right? Now, it's trans people, immigrants, and student activists. Your turn will come. Fight now.

"What about organizations?" The $20 you give directly to a trans person in need or a trans artist will do infinitely more good than the same $20 given to the ACLU or the Trevor Project. Not saying those are bad orgs, just saying facts.

'What rights don't you have?' Fuck you motherfuckers who have said this, over and over and over and over and over again for the past 5 years. Every single one of you.

Texas becomes the latest State to propose a mask ban. These are ugly laws. They’re discriminatory & push disabled people further out of society. They increase the likelihood of police harassment. They paint maskers as “bad”. There’s an excellent document with scripts for how to call & fight back!

Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.

International human rights violations are taking place RIGHT NOW in the United States, as an entire group of over 1.5+ million people have essentially been erased from existence by our government. Transgender people's existence is being criminalized. We are in grave danger and need help.

No, it's not enough to oppose exterminating trans people. I want cis Democrats to fucking fight for us. I want my community to stop fucking dying. And I want cis Democrats to stop treating us as a distraction. They wouldn't even fight for McBride to use the women's bathroom.

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

No criminal record, married to a U.S. citizen, and was already going through the long and difficult process of getting a green card. Currently locked in ICE detention.

All I can really say at this point is if everyone isn't watching how trans people have lost basic rights and protections on a scale that hasn't been seen in decades in the span of 72 hours and realizing that even if you aren't trans there's nothing stopping it from happening to you, you're a fool

Fellow cis folks! Are you looking for a place to put some money to support our trans friends? @distributeaid.org's fundraiser for donations of injection-based HRT kits is only $1200 away from $40k. (I just donated! There's a paypal integration! I didn't even have to get up and get my wallet!)

If nothing else, today should prove what we've been saying for a while: The United States of America is actively engaged in a genocide of its trans population.

Trans kids are not a bargaining chip. Being trans isn’t a culture war. Not giving an inch in my support for trans and nonbinary people of all ages to live freely and openly, and neither should you. Gender is what we make of it, and that’s what they’re afraid of.

Major news breaking from NOTUS on Trump’s trans passport ban: It will not be retroactive. Very glad I and others encouraged people to get their passports in the lead up to Trump’s inauguration. Now hopefully this EO is defeated in court. www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

Since we’re all telling United healthcare stories let me tell you about the time they told me my daughter could suffocate and that’s ok.

I don’t see cis folks discussing this nearly enough, if at all. There is a LOT of denial from the cis community about the creeping acceptance of trans discrimination among Dems. How can we ever save these children if we won’t even recognize the facts in front of us?

Transphobia isn’t a distraction. It’s an attack on one of the most vulnerable populations and a reinforcement of biological essentialism, a pillar of patriarchal control that trans identity rightfully threatens

Is this a time for grieving or is this a time for discovery? They need your head in the game. They also need you to presently & intentionally love/support them Please reframe those feelings of uncertainty/un-safety & use that energy to connect with the trans person in your life

who could forget one of america’s top hydroxychloroquine prescribers (as of 2023), stella immanuel? not my autoimmune hcq-needed self👹— but if you’d like a refresher… this is a portion, sped up, of my TLDR on stella, full video at normal speed at the link 👇🏻 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYFwGdXB/