Insane story: Using facial recognition technology, The New York Knicks apparently tracked the movements of a transgender woman attending a game at Madison Square Garden to ensure she never appeared on the game's televised broadcast

Not sure there exists a more unemployed statement than "you're getting owned in the comments"

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

Obviously, this is just my opinion and I'm only speaking for myself, but I actually believe that it's not what he intended. I wrote a bit about it back in 2021. www.readtpa.com/p/dave-chapp...

When you work in largely progressive circles (like, say, entertainment or news media) it's easy to believe trans people are an ideological project being forced on you by an HR department rather than a vulnerable population being victimized by some of the most powerful people in the country

Everyone's excited for the book, JD!

I had people mad at me when I went on Ezra's show to talk trans rights (this was amid very justifiable anger at NYT for their sensationalized coverage of trans healthcare). At some point your concern about "platforming" or "legitimizing" just deplatforms yourself

2028

On wash days I use Aveda rosemary mint purifying shampoo then Aveeno Bright and Shine conditioner (rinsed out with COLD water). I pat it dry with a t-shirt then apply Garnier Sleek and Shine serum. I wait precisely 30 minutes then fully dry with a thermal brush.

New glasses

In previous drafts you would appear in front of the draft board, they would find a diagnosis (or previous arrest) for homosexuality/transvestism/etc (classified as 4-F back in the day), then send you home. I suspect they would just do the same with anyone with a gender dysphoria diagnosis

The sharply conservative Supreme Court, reshaped by President Trump’s three appointees, is the first since at least the 1950s to reject civil rights claims in most cases involving women and minorities, according to an analysis conducted for The Post. https://wapo.st/4tCkcJB

Why I don't trust anyone a little too obsessed about falling fertility rates

anyway vance and his ilk sees the presence of any black (and most brown) people in elite or coveted spaces as on its face evidence of “anti white discrimination”

Contemplating starting a newsletter that's just called "I Hate JD Vance" and it just follows everything JD Vance says and does

Canonical narrative to JD Vance's life is that he got into Yale on his own merits and the scholarship he received was simply reparations for the poisoning of white culture by elites

This is really all they have left. "We have a pointless and criminal war pushing gas prices through the roof and the global economy to the brink but at least the government isn't treating trans people like they're human beings" will be the entirety of the midterm message.

How do I get you more resources like, for example, my life

I like that the lack of witnesses is what makes this claim doubtful

The last queer bookstore in Manhattan - the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ movement - is at risk of shutting down

Our immigrant loved ones were front of mind as we argued for babies born in the U.S. and everyone who loves them.

These "buffer zone" bills are an attack on free speech and a surefire way to stifle constitutionally protected, peaceful political protest. Stifling NYers’ speech is exactly what Trump and his goons want, and lawmakers should under no circumstances be actively aiding their authoritarian effort.

The moose costume from The Masked Singer talking to Sarah Palin like the Green Goblin mask rn

Go Cecilia!

We’re defending birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court because President Trump doesn’t get to define what is means to be American.

Hundreds of people outside the Supreme Court for a rally in support of birthright citizenship, as Trump sits inside for oral arguments over his exec order trying to strip citizenship from some citizens. The crowd is currently chanting: "Defend the 14th Amendment! It is ours!"

you don’t have to know much world history to look at this map and immediately see why the entire western hemisphere has birthright citizenship

Look at all these smart people I get to work with (listening to oral arguments and getting ready to cheer on Cecilia)

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued their opinion in Chiles v. Salazar. Listen to this @strictscrutiny.bsky.social episode where @shannonminter5.bsky.socialbreaks it all down:

BREAKING Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to stop funding NPR and PBS is “unlawful and unenforceable,” a federal judge ruled. Doc buff.ly/WcnQN4A

On Wednesday, our legal team will be at the Supreme Court defending the American tradition of birthright citizenship against President Trump's attacks. We're prepared to fight for babies born in the U.S.A. and the families who love them.

There’s this mythic idea that if trans women are treated as women in certain areas of society (prisons, identification and how they’re referred to in casual speech) but as men in other areas (sports, medicine and bathrooms) then they’ll be magically accepted by everyone as people. This is delusional

Giving Bill Maher a prize for humor is like giving Trump a prize for peace

This very quickly became one of the most important legal cases in transgender rights

BREAKING: Trans West Virginians ask full appeals court to revisit alarming ruling in Medicaid coverage case. "Left to stand, the panel’s reasoning could amount to judicially-endorsed regulation of transgender people’s liberty to be themselves," lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote. At Law Dork:

Predicting we're about to learn something heinous about how this app is being used and you can probably guess what it is. Kind of sudden action you take when you're trying to get ahead of a pending PR crisis

Reminds me of the National Guard in DC. Give them a broom!

I'll take it

1. Kid struggles at onset of puberty, is diagnosed with gender dypshoria which mom dubiously claims she wasn't told about 2. Kid comes out at school and asks school not to tell mom because mom would flip 3. Mom finds out; flips 4. Kid runs away 5. This is somehow the school's fault

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

New: The legal attacks on transgender Americans are moving fast beyond questions of school sports and youth gender medicine. Democrats are getting caught flatfooted, as they're still debating how to respond to the wedge issues @vox.com gift link: www.vox.com/policy/48276...

If you don't see the problem with forcing this man to carry an F for female on his driver's license then I don't know what to tell you

Cat owners! I'm told that velvet is relatively cat-proof and I just found this perfect chair for my new place. Will my cat rip this to shreds or will it hold up?

Thank you to @capitolhillbooks.bsky.social for the lovely going away package. Will miss you ever Saturday morning and I'm so sorry for every cup of coffee I left on your shelves

I bought a physical newspaper to wrap my dishes up for my move so all my dishes are currently wrapped up in need of war and I don't know that the newspaper will actually keep my things safe but it's what my mom always did to keep things safe and idk sometimes the metaphors write themselves

Interesting idea, seems a lot more complex though than simply not bombing Iran