Patriotic Trauma: July 4th Through a Transgender Lens www.transvitae.com/p... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Good and informative thread. I happen to have a Canadian ancestor so am using that process (turns out the family lore that we were Tories was true.) I hadn't seen much about the asylum avenue.

the 72-year-old trans lawyer who helped me with my legal name change said something i still think about all the time she started transitioning in the goddamned 1960s, and when i asked her what that was like, she said in her thick Chicago accent, "eh, they just called us all fags"

“We’re going to see a blizzard of litigation on all of these issues moving forward,” he predicted." No intention of stopping or slowing down.

I wrote about the Supreme Court's latest disgusting anti-trans ruling. I wrote about it because I refuse to act like taking away constitutional rights and allowing legal discrimination is okay just because it's happening to people who don't poll well in a diner in Ohio. In @thenation.com

Thank you, @thebkmagazine.bsky.social for giving my essay a home!

This is bone-chilling. A conservative hedge fund manager wants to require little girls to pass genital inspections for their “safety.” And it’s only for girls’ sports. There’s a clear link between transphobia and child sexual abuse.

Wow holy shit www.them.us/story/daught...

Good on @jbpritzker.bsky.social www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/06/gov-...

In this edition, we uncover a narrative that portrays anti-LGBTQ+ movements in Africa as a form of resistance to colonialism. Support our #GVSpotlight work on Gender Diversity! globalvoices.org/2026/05/12/s... globalvoices.org/2026/06/29/f...

In the "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" speech abolitionist Frederick Douglass argued that the day reveals the gross injustice, hypocrisy, and cruelty of the United States. I'm not feeling this 4th either. My latest at TNR. newrepublic.com/article/2122...

A judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors in Texas from getting access to the medical records of transgender patients treated [], saying they were part of an improper government effort to “demonize and eradicate an entire population of transgender” people. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

My child received a death threat: fear, love and what the world is doing to trans kids qnews.com.au/my-chil... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

I'm Trans gender ally🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 LOVE YOU🤍

1. She changed her ID to comply with Kansas’ new anti-trans law. Now, the state wants to put her in jail for having an inaccurate license. Kris Ripper is being charged with driving with an invalid license—a class B misdemeanor—after a cop refused to believe the ID the state forced on her was valid.

Baltimore transgender-led organization calls for city official's resignation www.cbsnews.com/balt... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This has been so disappointing. I was planning to move to Colombia. Now Trump et al. decide that Colombia has to be fascist too. I love Colombia beyond all reason but I don't think I want to live under that kind of regime. Heartbreaking.

www.usnews.com/news/top-new... Not interested in stopping.

At Trump's birthday fight on the White House lawn, one fighter took the time in an interview to use his platform to perpetuate the long-lived lie that Michelle Obama is a man. @funcrunch.me.dm.ap.brid.gy explores the deep-rooted transmisogynoir that statement is steeped with.

Well, despite everything going on, my novel was just released. Thank you Bootstrap Publications! It has been a wild process - I even learned to host a podcast! a.co/d/03xyynCg

American doctors want their leading lobby to drop its nice guy routine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. www.politico.com/new... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Tonight, trans musicians and artists are coming together in Austin to raise money for gender-affirming surgeries and fill in an ever-growing gap left by anti-trans policies and laws restricting healthcare. Learn more:

Being a lawyer and knowing more than I care to about subpoenas, I feel this case is more important than the coverage it has been given.

The Trump administration is trying to unlawfully seize the private medical records of transgender youth in New York — but we're filing a class action lawsuit to protect their sensitive data. Our experts have answered your questions about this important case below.

I always thought that once these Christian Nationalists got in power and started to purge other faiths, they would then have to start deciding who qualifies as Christian. Is a Catholic? Must they baptist by sprinkling or most they dunk? Infant baptism OK? I'd love to see the full list.

New on Transponder: Britain has become a dark mirror for trans rights www.transponder.blog/britain-has-... #trans #rights #uk #EHRC #LGBT #gender

New in PN: What does government oppression really look like? "Every single action described above has been taken against transgender people in the US & UK. And who are the loudest, most influential voices supporting this oppression? These same Christians who are convinced it's being done to them."

"A bill passed earlier this year empowers [Florida] Gov. Ron DeSantis to forcibly remove any elected official who supports Pride organizations in the state." This is, or OUGHT to be, illegal, but as one source quoted in the article says, we live in a time when hate is celebrated.

ICE locked up a transgender woman with men at GEO Group run camp. She reported that she was sexually assaulted. She was hospitalized. She spoke to a local sheriff. Then DHS deported her. (content note for stories and photos of anti-trans violence)

*If you run a business, or anywhere where toilet or changing facilities are provided, you need to understand how expensive & ridiculous this ban will be. It will be a nightmare for your business or establishment:

Source @amnestyuk.bsky.social 

NEWS: DC Circuit rules the Trump administration's policy banning transgender military members is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs can continue to serve. Their lawyers are seeking class action status for the case.

Man sues employer for not accommodating his “phobia” of rainbow flags & trans pronouns www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This looks amazing! And then lo and behold it is in my town so I bought tickets!

This dog perfectly captures my vibe at work this month and I blame Arsenal for that (but also love Arsenal for that, don't stop now, one more) 🔴⚪

I wrote about this defining trans people out of existence in conjugation with my re-reading Dred Scott. So far the essay hasn't been picked up but definitely has gotten some good feedback. Horrifically clear what their roadmap is.

as much as i appreciate the democrats responding with vigor for once, the fact that republicans are using "transgender" as a slur for a political candidate is fucking horrifying and dems need to quickly figure out a way to address it head on. calling stephen miller ugly isn't a long-term fix.

Kenya’s High Court has ruled the country’s government cannot refuse requests to amend gender markers on birth certificates and other ID documents. www.washingtonblade.... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

to be trans in 2026 is to be subject to ever increasing violent and dehumanizing news bits about your community while everyone else around you is excited about the knicks or whatever

Here's how the Trump administration is chipping away at transgender health care access for adults With more than 30 interviews with trans adults, treatment providers, conservative activists and trans rights activists over the last two months. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

In Seattle, organizers are warning of a growing crisis as more and more trans refugees seek to escape red states. Mutual aid networks of "broke trans people helping broke trans people" are being overwhelmed, and one organizer @evanurquhart.bsky.social spoke with is facing eviction herself.

“In the space of a few years, the UK has moved from a broadly inclusive status-quo to being the most aggressively anti-trans developed democracy in the world.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

the Trump admin has already bullied some hospitals into ending gender-affirming care for minors, even in states where there's no ban on the books. and they are not content to stop there: now they want patients' records and providers' files and are turning to one federal judge to get them. my story:

Republicans just passed a Don't Say Trans bill that would also require schools to out trans students in certain situations, even if doing so would put them in physical danger. Every student deserves to feel safe in school & see themselves reflected in school curricula.

The times that a trans student has come out to me as a part of their self-discovery are sacred to me at a time when little else is. This is an abominable and unenforceable fascist tactic.

"I'm from Auburn, Alabama, next to one of the best schools in that ​state," she said. "But I could not stay in the state of Alabama because my parents, my doctors, and I were being criminalized." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Far from being the staunch defenders of trans people we're constantly told they are, Democrats are actively, eagerly participating in our subjugation, and we're supposed to be grateful and silent.

A new, proposed ATF rule aims to make it far more difficult for trans people to legally purchase firearms. @queerarmorer.bsky.social breaks down what it is, why armed defense is such a key part of queer and trans survival and what you can do in response to this attack on trans rights:

THIS IS HUGE: Colorado Supreme Court orders Colorado children's hospital to resume gender affirming care for trans youth. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/18/c...

Just finished Fez is a Mirror by @chantalalive.blacksky.app. I'm gutted!