It's not enough that trans people are having our health care and rights denied to us. They won't be happy until we're denied even the most basic level of respect and dignity, too

Good summary of today's SCOTUS arguments

They're targeting Renee Good's widow because they don't want her talking. If they can manufacture charges, most defense attorneys will tell her not to speak with media even if she did nothing wrong

Who says Trump isn't a job creator?

My friends at @acluwv.bsky.social are collecting (and moderating) messages of gratitude to Becky if you'd like to submit them here padlet.com/mkennedy243/...

Want to do something *good* today? Send a note of support to Becky Pepper-Jackson from WV, who's standing up to anti-trans bigotry in school sports at SCOTUS today. All messages are approved by my friend Mollie of WV ACLU, so only positive messages will get through! padlet.com/mkennedy243/...

On my way to the Supreme Court where I'll be proud to support 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson, West Virginia's only transgender athlete, as she opposes the state's effort to ban her from playing as herself. Win or lose, Becky and her family are heroes for standing up for what's right

Becky Pepper-Jackson was 11 years old when she sued West Virginia over a law that barred transgender girls like her from joining girls’ sports teams. The Supreme Court will hear her case on Tuesday, and the outcome could affect laws in 27 states.

Something I'm convinced of (despite elite conventional wisdom swearing otherwise) is that this is still the same country that erupted into a "passion for democracy" in the summer of 2020, only to have their passion scolded and sworn off by all their elected leaders

While Becky Pepper-Jackson sounds like any teen navigating school assignments, friends and a demanding practice schedule, the transgender girl has also been carrying the weight of a national cultural and political battle. https://cnn.it/4jD5M8c

Today’s march took the same Fifth Ave route as the 1917 anti-lynching Silent Parade, one of the first American civil rights protests. Both started at 59th, by General Sherman’s statue, and headed downtown. For more on the Silent Parade: hyperallergic.com/naacp-silent...

Someone posted this to dunk on me and idk I think it's so cute

Trans youth like Becky Pepper-Jackson deserve the right to participate in school sports without facing discrimination. Tuesday, we'll be at the Supreme Court defending Becky and other trans kids' right to play.

It's hard to fathom how anyone looks at a teenager and decides it's okay to be this cruel. And then turn that cruelty into law. It doesn't really take much courage to let others live their lives.

Apparently, West Virginia is so perfectly run, an absolute utopia for its residents, that THIS is what they need to focus on. A single young person playing a sport.

NEW An initially-secret report for Customs and Border Patrol in 2013 found: In many vehicle shooting cases, the “driver was attempting to flee from the agents who intentionally put themselves into the exit path of the vehicle, thereby … creating justification for the use of deadly force.” 🧵

Wrote about the use of misogyny and homophobia to diminish Renee Good's life and excuse her death open.substack.com/pub/autonomy...

ppl like to talk abt the Olympics and pro sports but in reality laws banning trans girls from playing women’s sports mostly impact children. Look at this girl. She’s a fucking baby and her state spent days, weeks, months crafting legislation specifically to bully her

I know it's not the point, but "Becky Pepper-Jackson" is an objectively great name and I'm going to wish that she bounces through life with all the fuel and fire worthy of that name.

In general, "fuck those kids" laws should be ended. But somehow "fuck this kid in particular" laws seem even worse.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is going to hear West Virginia's effort to ban the state's only transgender athlete, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson. Win or lose, I need your help making sure Becky knows she's a hero for standing up for what's right

Watched It Was Just An Accident this morning and the ending has been haunting me all day. Incredible film, dark horse pick for Best Director imo

This great essay by @gbbranstetter.bsky.social: autonomy.substack.com/p/a-queer-li... aligns with some personal and private musings from the past 12 months: We're way too wary of using the language of moral clarity —and we shouldn't be. It's a weapon against the reactionary uprising... 1/2

"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them"

Wrote about the use of misogyny and homophobia to diminish Renee Good's life and excuse her death open.substack.com/pub/autonomy...

Continually sickened by the misogyny and homophobia that runs through this whole affair--from the words of her murderer to the many attempts by conservatives to devalue her life since

Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.

What are we even doing here

Is the administration making Vance the face of the Minneapolis ICE murder because they think he's good at it or because they know he's bad at it

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

The back of my head throughout today

The vice president’s comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith, writes digital editor John Grosso.

Using "gaslighting"--a term pioneered by feminists to describe the tactics of abusers--to justify the state-sanctioned murder of a queer woman

From what little we know of Good we know that she died while acting in solidarity with her immigrant neighbors. The circle of state violence will grow to encompass anyone who stands up for the safety and dignity of those at its center

The shooting in Minnesota is a reminder that while authoritarian governments may justify abuses of power by directing them at scapegoats or vulnerable populations, the goal is ultimately to deploy them against anyone they wish to www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Talk to Lex ⬇️

By "confidently claiming that one blurry clip shows evidence of domestic terrorism, the Trump administration is asking the public to disbelieve their own eyes... Who needs AI manipulations when your preferred angle will do the job well enough?" — @miasato.bsky.social www.theverge.com/tech/858710/...

"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed

A small thing, but I am noticing every news outlet that refers to Renee Good’s wife as her “partner.”

"I have heard too many people echo talking points about how poorly trained these fascist kidnappers and murderers are — and I want us to stop and think about that for a moment...What do we want? Greater professionalism in the violence they perpetrate, or an end to that violence?"

A queer life is a human life

The sheer number of videos of the shooting is horrific, but in the vein of what @prisonculture.bsky.social has been saying, it proves how many people cared enough to show up where ICE was and record them. It wasn't just one or two legal observers, and when Good was shot, they didn't abandon her.

Today we saw the devastating and predictable consequences of the Trump administration encouraging reckless, heavily armed agents in our communities to commit horrifying abuses. Congress must rein in ICE before what happened in Minneapolis today happens again.

We condemn ICE's killing of a Minneapolis woman today and call on federal agents to withdraw from Minnesota immediately. This tragedy is further proof that ICE is out of control, endangering our communities, and must end its lawless operations before anyone else is brutally hurt or killed.

“in america, you deserve to be murdered by the state if you have gender pronouns in bio”

You have to think if a tragedy this harrowing doesn't break through then what does

Her wife watched her die

She was a queer woman peacefully exercising her First Amendment right. Every person with a sound conscience should be furious.