Even in this press release the nyt effectively acknowledges that it misrepresented the AMA position. “The AMA supports evidence-based treatment, including gender-affirming care,” it quotes them as saying The nyt story did not reflect that straightforward position.🧵

If you’re a New York resident (city or state) use this thread to see how you can contact Governor Hochul, Mayor Mamdani & AG James. Tell them to live up to their promises to protect trans kids. Don’t let people talk shit to get elected and then not follow through.

Just a few months after firing their entire LGBTQ+ focused newsroom, NBC has joined in on using vitriolic and hateful language to describe trans people that has no basis in biology. Trans women are not "non biological" women.

Happy Friday! Your assignment for the weekend: Tell a favorite author how much they mean to you. Find 'em on socials, hit up the contact form on their website, email their agent. It's rough out there & these little moments of connection & validation help us keep our heads up. Thank you!

"Because book banners know that what they are doing violates people’s rights, they are trying to bypass those rights by claiming that, when people use libraries, those rights don’t exist. But they are wrong." This is FULL of interesting and helpful info about how they're wrong and why it matters

And starting this #transrightsreadathon

Reminder that you are being lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale

You want trad!? TJ Alexander's A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS released this month and your purchase will have an extra positive impact if you buy during March: bsky.app/profile/tjal... 🧵

My queer fantasy trilogy The Gardener's Hand—an angry mindreader, a sensible farm girl, and a genderfluid poet fall in love and save the world—is available in audio at LibroFM (libro.fm/audiobooks/9...) or Kobo (www.kobo.com/us/en/audiob...) or request it in Hoopla or Overdrive at your library!

btw if you think this is okay -this is literal (LITERAL) nazi bullshit, they started the “trans people can’t play sports” fiasco -science is 100% on the side of trans women competing in women’s sports -it’s only about bigotry and protecting cis men’s feelings lemme me hit you with the receipts

I briefly spoke to Roxanne Gay last year at an event and she very kindly asked what I was working on so I told her and then asked what she was working on and anyway isn't it wild how different people's lives can be

I am going to need everyone to be cool about this. I need this one thing

[Maxwell Smart voice] The old 'your order has been shipped but it's actually only a shipping label has been created' trick.

Hm I'm sure the Instagram account with "my homeland of Ireland and the Lord" in the bio is a legitimate actor concerned with the lack of nuance in my 2 min video about American book bans

Good. The companies deserved to lose. But don't let opportunists use this to push legislation that would make kids less safe while expanding censorship and surveillance www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-03...

Indies are producing the most unique, interesting work out there not because they aren't trying to make money, but because they (we) have nothing to lose. However, how many times they can take that chance is dependent on money. We're churning innovation, and there are a lot of dead ends.

It's time for Hell Gate's annual MARCH MADNESS OF HOT TAKES 2026! In which we render our most smoking hot takes, pit them against each other in a 64-seed bracket—and ask YOU to vote on the most scorching (and most CORRECT) of all! Vote! Vote! Vote! hellgatenyc.com/march-madnes...

If your book club is reading A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS this year, you can contact me on my website to request signed bookplates! I'll even pop in virtually and talk to the members if you like. Just ask! (and provide a mailing address & preferred amount for the bookplates) tjalexander.com#contact

I really don't have any strong feelings about Bridgerton at all. (sees media coverage saying that next season will be the show's First Queer Love Story) THAT MAN EARLIER WAS BI. THAT WAS A BI MAN. HIS LOVE STORY WAS QUEER. HIS PRESENCE MADE IT SO. HE WAS A DRY SLICE OF WHITE TOAST BUT HE WAS BI.

every trans person rn

If your book club is reading A LADY FOR ALL SEASONS this year, you can contact me on my website to request signed bookplates! I'll even pop in virtually and talk to the members if you like. Just ask! (and provide a mailing address & preferred amount for the bookplates) tjalexander.com#contact

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

I'm watching a BBC miniseries called The Gold about the accidental '80s bullion heist and man..... You can really tell when a pov ages poorly. The whole narrative is built on rich vs poor, low class vs high, with the idea that crime happens when the poor try to improve their circumstances

One day it will happen. It's going to be so funny. I'm going to have to take the whole day off. I hope my wife is the one who tells me. I love her a lot but I would love her a liiiiiiiiiiiittle bit more if she was the one who brings me the news.

I really liked this!

if you’re a new york state person & you have the oomph to keep going, you can reach out to governor kathy hochul, too. she opened with a strong statement & has teamed up with mamdani before to help him make progress on goals. hit her up here: www.governor.ny.gov/content/gove... 🧵

HEY Barnes & Noble has 25% off pre-orders, and @susanlbridges.bsky.social and i have TWO BOOKS coming out this August: STAR TREK VOYAGER: HOMECOMING — the trade paperback with the complete story! JUST ANOTHER SUMMER — a queer trans YA romcom! get ‘em while the sale’s on!

second: there's stuff NYC mayor mamdani could be doing now to backstop care for all the trans teens cut off by the sudden stoppage. in fact, he campaigned on it. afaik, he hasn't even properly addressed it. you can't call NYC a fucking “refuge" if it's institutions don't provide essential care!🧵

organizations will print things like this for all to read as if it isn't a giant blazing signal that they're fucking over the most vulnerable girls for no real reason, as if contradictory words can smooth out the injustice of it, as if this is simply the weather and not a decision made by cowards

I’ve been politically active for a long time and it is very much my experience that trans folks don’t hesitate to help others but others often hesitate to align with trans folks. All our movements would be greatly weakened and impoverished if trans and GNC people stepped back from them.

how it feels not to have anything available for preorder during the semi annual b&n preorder sale

As I watch this incredible Virginia-Iowa game, feels like a good time to post a reminder that my sapphic basketball (the MCs are coaches) romance, HOW YOU GET THE GIRL, is on sale for $2.99 for the rest of the month. a.co/d/0hl2eEjH It remains the book that made me laugh the most while writing it

I've been working on this piece for a few months, and I won't lie it's hurt to go from hearing the suffering inflicted by this transphobic theocracy to seeing progressives sing its praises. The bishops' ban is the most extensive trans healthcare ban in the country. It deserves way more attention.

Bringing back this piece by @ebhutchins.bsky.social! Write and call your reps! This bill is DANGEROUS and SWEEPING.

And most importantly to me personally, I am matching donations to Trans formative Schools, which provides after school programs for kids in NYC. They also show up every time those kids are under attack. I'm matching up to $1000. DM me your redacted receipt! www.transformativeschools.org

NY & NYC folks! Read Pete's thread, and then do as he asks: call your state legislators and demand that they not give in to Governor Hochul's demands to gut New York's climate law in the state budget.

they yassified mike wazowski

A reminder for you lovely people: if you plan to eventually buy a copy of A LADY, it would be a huge help to me if you did it before the end of March. Because of royalty statement timelines.

You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day

god this rules so hard (for context, I was making $30k a year as an editorial assistant at Harper in 2010)

Today I'm reading poetry for the #transrightsreadathon

.......anyway my newsletter is free and is probably the best (perhaps, eventually, only) way you have to keep up with what I'm doing buttondown.com/tjalexander

This Saturday I'll be at The Ripped Bodice in Brooklyn to chat with Cat Sebastian about her FIRST contemporary romance, STAR SHIPPED Tix: www.therippedbodice.com/brooklyn-eve... 💕 If you can't make it, tell me here: what would you like me to ask Cat? 💕

Ready to oppose the National Book Ban Republicans are moving through the House of Representatives? Use 5 Calls to contact your Representative in the House. They'll find your rep for you and even have a script!

There is a sandwich my local pizza place does on their in-house focaccia....roasted eggplant, tomato, fresh mozz, basil, balsamic, oil everywhere, erotically messy, more food than a reasonable person can eat in a single sitting, and I think about it every day

One way to get your #TransRightsReadathon TBR looking lovely and diverse is to use this handy bingo card. If you're curious about where my books land on this card (I think) I will guide you 🧵

OKAY I DID DONATE A BOOK A signed copy of A LADY could be yours!! www.32auctions.com/organization...