As a transgender man told lawmakers, “Every single day when I’m out in public, I have to decide: Do I feel like going to jail today, or do I feel like being attacked"

A family of doctors in Idaho with a teenage trans daughter describes their decision to close their practice and leave the state after the governor signed a law last month threatening her with a felony charge and five years in prison if she uses any women's restroom

It's a pontiff-icating DORK TOWER FRIDAY! Theological new strip up now at the Mothership: www.dorktower.com/2026/04/15/p... Repost/reblog/repeat (and three "Hail Marys" while you're at it.) Please and thenk yew!

The section that the Guardian censored… By Prof Judith Butler

Wes streeting admits what he is doing is "humilating and cruel". But only for trans men (that look and sound man enough). Perfectly happy to inflict cruelty and humiliation on trans women. Source. LBC

Here are the 7 senate democrats who voted to continue sending bombs to Netanyahu. Richard Blumenthal (CT) Chris Coons (DE) Catherine Cortez Masto (NV) John Fetterman (PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Jackie Rosen (NV) Chuck Schumer (NY)

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

Guster at Gallagher Way this summer? I'm off to secure my tickets! @brianrosenworcel.bsky.social

Eric Swawell all over the news. Epstein files, not so much! Gonzalez not at all. Should they be mentioned in the same sentence, or same point? Yes!! All 3 are related, in they involve abuse.

No, that's exactly what Chappelle was doing and it's why trans people criticized him for doing it.

Deborah Witzburg is going out strong with her last inspector general report. Some pretty wild stuff in here

“Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town...“It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers... And they’re all about to get f*cked” Damon Lindelof Reveals Reason He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Missive

Sweet Home Chicago

Trump makes a profane post threatening genocide on Easter, trashes the Pope for refusing to worship him, and posts a depiction of himself as Jesus healing the sick. The right-wing political pastors who promoted this scumbag fake Christian as someone chosen by God are charlatans.

Ainsley Earhardt's solution to Trump's Hormuz Crisis is to cut a quick canal through these mountains...

Dear G!  How are you?  Nice story about J. E. in New York mag, you look great on the picture. I know you are very busy flying all over the world. How was Palm Beach? I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY. Have a great time! Love, Melania

Stunning reporting here that shows U.S. troops were left exposed in a known target zone with virtually no drone defenses. Now the soldiers themselves are calling out the Pentagon’s version of events as false. Hegseth and Trump keep lying to the American people about this war.

"but you see, the transes went too far, that's why I had to join up with people who hate all of us. They had a point!" It was pretty clear it was rooted in hate and fear.

"A crucial argument against gender ideology was the infringement on women’s rights." Ma'am what if I told you that trans women existing don't infringe on your rights any more than gay marriage does? "I don't want trans in my restroom" was "I don't want gays in my restroom" in the 80s and 90s.

So much "winning".

It was not that long ago when conservatives had a chokehold on every branch of Wisconsin government, piles of Koch and Uline money, and seemed unstoppable. People worked FUCKING HARD to change that shit and now look at em. Change is always possible and never ever easy.

LOL, riiiight.

This is why we shouldn't bother trying to appeal to this idiot demographic

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

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More of this, please.

How the Olympic Ban on Transgender Women Could Affect All Women Athletes time.com/article/202... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

HR 7661, the Federal book banning bill, is unfortunately still alive. Please call your reps and say NO ON HR 7661! You can read the bill's full text here and see if your Congressperson is one of the 19 co-sponsors: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Trans women are biological women. Trans men are biological men. Please stop using the phrase “biological” to distinguish cis from trans people. Cis does just fine and you’re also revealing your own ignorance of how biology works, as well as underlying inherent transphobia, even if unintentionally.

The Kennedy Declaration has been blocked in court, the rule change taking hospital money away is not in effect yet, many hospitals still provide youth care and have not had their money taken, and healthcare institutions can and have fought the Trump administration.

And something being rare in nature doesn't mean it can be dismissed as nonexistent, otherwise we'd have to pretend all but like two elements on the periodic table aren't real. Pretty sure gold is real, for example. Stop pretending you're being scientific when you're just renaming superstition.

NEW: Despite her loss, Kat Abughazaleh is launching a new organizing/mutual aid group to leverage the resources and skills from her bid to assist candidates elsewhere and continue the mutual aid work in Chicago

BREAKING: Hegseth has fired the Biden-appointed Army Chief of Staff Randy George for failing to carry out Trump's vision of the Army. Perhaps this is connected to the Army investigation of the Apache Kid Rock flyby, which Hegseth closed via Tweet. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

No matter how low, it’s never low enough.

Trump was warned this would happen. He did it anyway. Now, over 10,000 Veterans lost their homes. 90,000 more are on track for foreclosure. On top of cutting jobs, slashing benefits and throwing our heroes into an unnecessary war. The most anti-Veteran President in history.

1. An incredible bill is moving fast in Maryland protecting transgender students. It would apply to ANY "program or activity," and would even include private schools. This would include sports, bathrooms, and more. It even has a private right of action. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This actually used to be a very good sign for books about Catholicism, times sure have changed

Majority of Americans back trans equality, new survey finds www.scenemag.co.uk/m... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

From the @nytimes.com So. Much. Winning. 🤬 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal

Good piece Julia!

if you don’t know what i’m talking about, it’s north carolina’s HB2. there are bathroom bans in 19 states now, but it was a big deal then & seemed outrageous. it was. but the other ingredient in that phenomenal, expensive, coordinated effort: cis folks deciding “maybe a little transphobia is fine.”

Kristi Noem rigging the property appraiser’s exam while governor so her daughter could get her license, killing a puppy, and giving her boyfriend a powerful job in govt while cheating on her cross-dressing spouse is not that unusual on the spectrum of Republican politician behavior.

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The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

After the White House complained about an unflattering photo of Karoline Leavitt, it was removed from AFP and Getty’s systems. This is the photo in question. Please do not repost it. 👇

for those who couldn't care less about Newsom's numerous anti-trans comments, he has now moved into his "making fun of gay people" phase (as predicted, once you post transphobia etc etc...)

When you combine this case with Skrmetti, the Supreme Court has initiated a regime where states can ban medical care to affirm trans youth while states cannot ban efforts to engage in conversion therapy on trans youth. This court is such a joke.

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The Supreme Court has once again ignored the facts, allowing kids to be subjected to harmful, abusive, and discredited attempts to “convert” their gender identity or sexual orientation by licensed medical professionals. Children should NEVER be forced to endure these cruel practices.