thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Even though it's crisis #192308 in our current time, I don't think it's sufficiently sunk in with ppl in the academic community that getting federal funding for your research will primarily depend on whether Trump political appointees find you and your work useful kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

hi everyone!! popping back into this space briefly to share the fundraiser for my long-awaited top surgery! eek! we are SO close to reaching my goal! any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate! thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1

hi everyone!! popping back into this space briefly to share the fundraiser for my long-awaited top surgery! eek! we are SO close to reaching my goal! any form of interaction helps, even if you can't donate! thank you, i love you, and keep taking care of each other! #transrights! gofund.me/60c167de1

the white supremacists are not taking a break to mourn because they have people of color to fuck over

Again they love gun control as long as it’s against people they seek to oppress

"How will we be able to weather this dark period for US research & keep...talented individuals in science?...The attacks on science & research are multi-pronged and incessant, whether they are directly targeting universities, or aimed at university endowments or indirect funds received from grants"

Thinking of this exhortation from @chanda.bsky.social 's recent blog: "What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?"

how it started vs how it’s going… logging in to share a quick life update: It’s, DR. Yesenia now 💅🧠🎓✨🏳️‍⚧️

Amid DEI funding cuts, trainees are losing pillars of support. Grassroots mentorship organizations are stepping in to continue championing young researchers. @blackinneuro.bsky.social @colorsofthebrain.bsky.social @neurolatine.bsky.social By Paige Miranda www.thetransmitter.org/qa/we-still-...

Earlier today, I was leaked a copy of the Executive Secretariat Style Guide for the US State Department. The new guide included a new section requiring that all trans State employees must be misgendered in all official communications. www.patreon.com/posts/new-st...

Just found out NIH has officially canceled our grant, a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease in Black Americans. I cannot even put into words how angry I am. The truth is they are canceling it because it has Black in the title. That's it, there is no other reason to do this.

A statement by SBN (again co-written by the DEI Comm with edits from the Exe Comm) on why using rodent models of trans health are important studies for the community and everyone else!

To be clear, gang members also should have due process. And this is a reminder how criminalizing behaviors, tattoos, etc is infused with white supremacy, xenophobia & ableism.

Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them

Ripping a student from their home, challenging their immigration status, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint will chill student speech and advocacy across campuses nationwide. Political speech should never be a basis of punishment or lead to deportation.

Given the platform, I wanted to make sure I used it well & clearly articulated my message: "Thru anti-DEI & anti-trans executive orders & laws, the administration seeks to restore hierarchies centered around race & gender, resegregating America. A textbook example of fascism." tinyurl.com/3bvrf6nn

This is what I want my science reporting to be like. Blunt, clear, and very concerned with definitions

my fellow Californians of good moral character… trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE

This essay is almost 10 years old and idk that I’d write it the same way today but here’s one about how it feels really good to be trans. www.autostraddle.com/my-trans-bod...

Every time some elected democrat sucks off Reagan, I think about Duane.

Obviously his framing is bigoted but I do want to say that while gender isn't studied in animal models, variables influencing sex are. It's easy to scoff at the concept of "transgender mice" but animal models for hormone therapies DO exist (see our paper). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35863692/

Mouse models of gender affirming hormone therapy can improve outcomes for trans people and for any cis person with hormones or receiving hormone therapies. What helps is standing in solidarity with us, speaking on the importance of and fighting for the research, not jokes about "transgenic mice" 🧪

There is a teeny tiny very uncharitable part of myself annoyed with the scientists who have suddenly discovered activism because our funding is at stake, none of whom did shit in all the years a handful of us tried to make it less predatory and full of harassers.

ending every casual conversation with "I hope you find what you're looking for" because I'm bored

this is targeted erasure and will have very real and very many negative consequences

The Trump administration's efforts to slash research funding have US graduate students, postdocs and other early-career scientists fearing for their careers. Some might leave the country -- or abandon research altogether. https://go.nature.com/43ao2zq

LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare. Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

this weekend I wrote about Sam Nordquist, and the infuriating way the media and other authorities have treated his murder defector.com/who-gets-to-...

I think we should abolish gender markers on all forms of ID including passports

Reaching out to all Americans through the media to explain how decreasing funding of the NIH will have irreversible harm for developing therapies for all diseases. Please spread the word to your families and friends and contact your congressional representatives. www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

these terminations are aberrant, devastating, a violation of labor laws (!) and this statement from HHS is gutless, spineless, loser behavior

Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.

It is actually a problem that scientists keep marching for science though instead of against fascism and for humanity

BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide. This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.

Losing Nex upended lives in and beyond Oklahoma. There's a profound grief in marking 1 year since Nex died with the conditions that killed Nex having only worsened. I'm grateful to @leximcmenamin.bsky.social for the care with which they told this story, and gave space for our community to reflect.

a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights. how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com

Breaking news: 22 states are suing to block NIH’s cutting of indirect costs. See our updated story on the Friday night news and its aftermath. scim.ag/4hTJQ6v

Ardem, I am sorry. In this middle of this chaos, HHMI will always hold the dubious distinction of being the first organization, federal or private, to cut an ongoing and funded DEI program. In the darkest hour, it ran for the hills. As a member of those groups, I can’t tell you how painful this is.

My student's diversity F31 has been pulled from study section even though it's the SAME APPLICATION as regular F31s, normally reviewed together in the same panel. Throwing out all the applications from URMs while the ones from white/privileged students get to be reviewed is blatant discrimination.

Dear biologists & neuroscientists -- I'd like to collect some cursory data on what the "typical" breakdown of funding between federal & private looks like in labs. If you run a research lab or know enough about yours, could you fill this small form out? forms.gle/PEzWEYojBjfj...

Frankly, this hearing should be alarming to all biomedical researchers.

Many scientists upset with HHMI's decision to stop funding and scrub websites of a program that promoted inclusive evidence and helped diversify STEM. The are listed as the second wealthiest philanthropic organization in the U.S. with an endowment of $22B. Private philanthropy will not save science.

Just got word that our Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) Grant was being canceled. All 100+ institutions. So even private funding is susceptible to this administration’s unraveling of DEI initiatives

Yeah this is bat signal for white supremacist terrorists