Looking forward to speaking about policy and its impact on LGBTQ health at the WashU Midwest LGBTQ+ Conference Rights Conference today!

Our amicus in AAP v. Kennedy. Thanks to Wendy Parmet at Northeastern and Dorit Reiss at University of San Francisco for making this happen. You can find our amicus here: litigationtracker.law.georgetown.edu/litigation/a...

This.

The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth. goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...

The DEA also uses CSA admin warrants that agents self-issue to obtain highly sensitive controlled substance prescribing data on prescribers and patients from state databases. See: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This right here!

A measles outbreak at Dilly. Public health matters. Vaccines matter. This is a horror show.

In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law. The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia: tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...

this stuff is complex (at least to this non-lawyer), but chris breaks it down better than anyone. a must read post

In today's @nytimes.com, @barryfriedman1.bsky.social and I argue that, with no *other* means of pursuing accountability for lawlessness by ICE, local/state prosecutions become not just legally viable, but necessary—both to punish past abuses and to deter future ones: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

We're getting a snowstorm tomorrow. But New York City is prepared.

Amazingly, women in Missouri still cannot finalize a divorce while pregnant. Another effort to change the law has been launched now that the 2026 legislative session is underway, led by State Senator Maggie Nurrenbern www.missourinet.com/2026/01/22/s...

Seven organizations, led by American Academy of Pediatrics, are seeking to remove all ACIP members and prohibit the panel from conducting further meetings. My story for @medscape.com #healthpolicy #IDsky #pediatrics #vaccines #measles #COVID #healthlaw #publichealth

my neighborhood. an incredible image for anyone who has ever driven down briarcliff

BREAKING: Another of DOJ's invasive trans care subpoenas quashed as to patient records. This one was challenged by patients of Children's National Hospital. Opinion from Judge Julie Rubin (Biden): storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Don’t let people tell you people in Red states don’t care. Mo turned up on a weekday and worked for change at the statehouse. Rally followed by meetings.

Cites my piece from the Journal of Law and the Biosciences with Lisa Verity and Ana Santos Rutschman: The pressing need for FDA regulation of tattoo ink academic.oup.com/jlb/article/... Glad to see that FDA now has guidance for industry on tattoo ink safety (Oct. 2024): www.fda.gov/regulatory-i...

MO showing up today. The line to get in to the Statehouse goes around the corner.

New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢 This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID. doi.org/10.1080/0958...

I have never been so invested in a bus ride, especially someone else’s bus ride.

An important and thoughtful article for fellow white people. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

NEW: On heading into year two of the second Trump administration, and the necessity of pushback. The Minnesota pushback to "Operation Metro Surge" shows the power that the people maintain in the face of Trump's authoritarianism. Tonight, at Law Dork:

The arts matter. Artists of all kind - please keep shining your light. You are so important in these moments!

you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review

For those of you looking to follow some more queer scholar-activists in 2026, check out this starter pack with many fabulous folks. ✊🏾🌈

If you are a faith leader, we need you to come to Minneapolis! Amazing people are organizing this opportunity. You can find out more at MarchMinnesota.org

Thank you to the many people in MN who are showing up but a special shout out to the legal colleagues doing this work. People have many things to say about lawyers but this is when we are at our best. Well done!

This is intended to have a chilling effect. What an embarassment for the school.

Important thread

Correction: there were enough attorneys in this training to form the largest law firm in the state. Remember when the Pentagon thought bringing 25 JAG attys to town would help? They generally have little civilian law experience. The Feds are going to need more lawyers. www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/p...

In studies GSA clubs have been shown to have a positive impact on LGBTQ mental health. To do away with these clubs will cause harm. The anti-trans policies will as well. The abject cruelty to children…Getting involved with local school boards is public health.

A federal judge has barred USDA from cutting funds to help Minnesota administer its SNAP program.

Well well well. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/h...

One of the things I appreciate about his work is he doesn’t seem to listen to all the “yes, but” stuff. Things are far more possible than we think sometimes.

Happy to share new resource, The Rule of Law Teaching Project w/videos by constitutional law professors from Harvard, Yale, Stanford, NYU & more, RuleofLaw101.org. @leahlitman.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @jmchacon.bsky.social @richardre.bsky.social Trailer here: youtu.be/ILpR3UMlwOM?...

One of my kids, when little, once told me I sounded like Wanda Sykes. Best compliment ever.

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

Here are the lawyers set to argue next week in the trans sports ban cases. Kathleen Hartnett from Cooley is arguing for the trans student in the Idaho case, and Josh Block from the ACLU is arguing for the trans student in the West Virginia case.

I am taking the energy of the Minneapolis Mayor in today’s press conference into the rest of 2026.

Fantastic discussion at #AALS2026 on how contested healthcare expertise shapes FDA, drug policy, grants, vaccination, and care structures affecting disabled people—the Debating Healthcare Expertise panel w @pzettler.bsky.social @jennoliva.bsky.social @nicholson.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social 🔥

Attending #AALS2026? Kelly Gilespie will be speaking at today's 1 p.m. Biolaw session on Vaccine Skepticism along with Bonnie Maldonado, Charlotte Moser, Jordan Paradise and Dorit Reiss. #healthlaw @kellygillespie.bsky.social @slulaw.bsky.social @slu-official.bsky.social @doritreiss.bsky.social

The #AALS SOGII Section was honored to present @darrenrosenblum.bsky.social with the 2026 AALS LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award recognizing their innovative contributions to the inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons in the legal academy and the legal profession more broadly. Congratulations Prof. Rosenblum.

The judge denied the motion to dismiss in AAP v. Kennedy, finding that AAP has standing, that the case is not moot, and that the HHS's actions are arbitrary and capricious. The government may appeal, but the case is now cleared to move forward, and this is not good news for HHS.

Nearly three years ago, a coalition of 100+ organizations and leaders–including GLAAD–launched a campaign against the @nytimes.com’s biased, inaccurate coverage of transgender people. A former NYT editor shares her perspective about what's really going on:

Alright 2026….we need talk. Absolutely not.

Happy New Year! Thankful to start the new year in a LGBTQ space with others celebrating us all!

Gay doctor who resigned from CDC over “radical non-transparency” will lead historic health org www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/gay-...

This is a public health crisis and cis people acting like it isn’t because it targets trans children primarily (even though it will affect cis children too!!) is nasty business

A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Department of Health and Human Services over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people. n.pr/453QS51

A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience. ag.ny.gov/press-releas...