Social murder... yip, that tracks for both the US and UK, and anywhere else that autocratic or socially conservative governments have power. That's also not too minimise the call to attention for the plight of trans folk in those jurisdictions; it's not a long step to actual genocide...

"But visibility alone is not enough. Trans people are still systematically under-counted or obscured in the data that shapes policy." Which is why the Albanese Govt's decision to exclude trans kids from this year's census is so scandalous. #auspol theconversation.com/counting-tra...

"Cody argued that was why hate speech laws passed after the Bondi terror attack should have been extended to LGBTQ+ people." Hear, hear. #auslaw #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Fascists doing what fascists do best...

TGDOV 2026 7 years since coming out publicly and society's gone to shit the world over. Glad Australia is still semi-sane. To trans folk in the US and UK: stay strong! To trans folk around the world: keep fighting! Especially in Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!

Thank you, Alejandra. You voiced many of my own thoughts in this. Here's hoping we do live to see the benefit of this shit timeline!

This is what legislative persecution looks like... Make no mistake, their intention is the elimination of trans folk from society one way or another...

💯 We can see it and it's infuriating.

Yip. Trans women get the blame for cis men being creeps, simply because there have been zero substantiated accounts of trans women assaulting cis women in bathrooms... This is a deflection from cis men who would assault women in bathrooms as a way to make it harder for trans women to exist in public

I spent the last week writing up this essay on what it means to be trans in this moment. What it means to live under authoritarianism as the scapegoated minority of the moment and how it feels inescapable as an infinite loop. www.thedissident.news/exit-conditi...

And this is the anti-trans logic loop: 1. demand evidence 2. design reviews that cannot find evidence 3. cite absence of evidence as justification for withdrawing care 4. use withdrawal of care to prevent generation of new evidence. It's what the Reagan administration did to trans folks.

Easter decadence... Take some hollow chocolate Easter eggs and, using an apple corer, make a hole in the top. Put the top to the side. Fill with chocolate mousse. Put top back on. Place in fridge for a few hours.

Gotta love shrinkflation! 🤣🤣🤣

When we talk about issues like coercive control, we frequently don't look at how some famous songs use it as a theme without really thinking about it... Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye is a prime example. Sorry, Marvin, no one owes you sex and masturbation is healthy...

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

It took a hot minute, but I can finally share my new paper on evidentiary pragmatism in transgender health care! In it, I propose a new principle for evaluating scientific evidence based on the best reasonably achievable evidence, avoiding the ‘catch-22’ where trans care can never be justified.

Pizza... 24hr cold ferment on the bases... will have to start on 48hr, but that needs more planning 🤣🤣

This is good justification for what the trans community always knew... Investing in trans healthcare also has the benefits of trans folk being able to work for longer without taking time out for mental health, which also increases tax revenue...

Remember to always keep your boundaries. If you relax your boundaries for others then they will take over your space and push you out. Just make sure that your boundaries are realistic and not idealistic. If you are excluding others due to your ideology, then you are likely the one in the wrong.

I wrote this to a friend earlier... What really fucken sucks is that being who you are shouldn't entail being made destitute - which I would be if the inheritance from my mother's estate. But there's a limit to that which is drawing near...

Me and my Daisy-dog... She's a good fluff-ball. Not interested in chasing sticks or balls, but loves going on bush walks. She prefers having her people around rather than other dogs. If ASD was diagnosed in dogs, I suspect she would be on the spectrum. A good fit for our neurospicy household!

Over the last week I have come to understand how trauma has shaped my life. I was thinking that it hadn't, then my brain reminded me of the half dozen violent assaults, in addition to dozens of episodes of verbal abuse, and I revised my thinking...

In 2022 I started tracking changes in how news outlets were describing trans people, and set up a bot to record every article pushed to the Google News index based on a handful of search phrases, including “biological sex” in both the US and UK. The amount in 2023 alone was absolutely staggering.

A great piece in The West Australian by Brian Greig from Just-Equal Australia. It highlights how horrendous recent attacks on trans folk in WA are by reframing them as if against Jews. This is why changes to hate speech legislation must cover all groups, not just some.

My wife commented that if Renee Good had complied then she would still be alive... Renee Good did not need to comply! The fascist dog who shot her had no jurisdiction to stop her, let alone ask her to get out of the car. Arise America, and overthrow the fascist in charge before it's too late!

It's a metastasising cancer...

I see so many left-leaning Americans venting online, but that's not going to do anything to stop the fascist regime in charge of the USA. Y'all gonna have to get off your keyboards and onto the streets. Y'all need your national guard to side with civilians. Y'all need to fight!

How long before the USA withdraws from NATO? The world is changing, and not for the better. The odds of WWIII occurring within the next 10 years have gone up. In fact, I will be surprised if we even get another 5 years before it happens.

Ahhhh.... The feeling of medication induced weight gain! 5kg in 6 weeks. I've gone from healthy to overweight in the desire to be free of pain, and the result is a 50% reduction of pain most of the time at maximum dose... fml

It's obvious that a world war is brewing. The US seizing of Maduro is about diversifying oil supply. The Russian invasion of Ukraine was about securing borders, minerals, and food. Next eyes will be on China for when it secures Taiwan (chips and sea lanes). This is only the start of the downfall...

Wow... Just wow. International rule of law has just collapsed to the sound of Team America...

2025 is done. I would like to think that 2026 will be better, but having a sexless marriage and being emotionally neglected whilst trying to deal with chronic pain that appears untreatable makes me think I'm in for another year of the same...

At the end of 2025, all I can say is that it is over. Back in high school we had an assignment to imagine where we would be when we were 50. I couldn't. I drew a headstone, and the year on it was 2025. Not 50 yet, and still kicking!

I dedicate my Christmas earrings to all of the conservatives and TERFs out there... You are a pack of snowflakes that need to melt so that you go away! Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁🎄

🎄🎁🎄 I wish you all a Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁🎄 Except TERFs... they can rot in hell for the harm they cause 🙃

Had a cracker of a thunder storm the other day... Knocked out the power grid. Over 90,000 homes without power in the metro area. Took a day before we had electricity back.

Anticipatory Obedience - the act of preemptively conforming to what is expected to be desired. This is what it looks like. Exclusion and segregation: actions that only support bigots and fascists. The end goal is the social elimination of trans people. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Fascists of a feather flock together...

For those in Australia in healthcare, the AusPATH SoC v2 for trans adults is out. More expansive than v1, includes blood test reference ranges, CVD assessment, cancer screening, sexual health, gynae and pelvic health, as well as cessation of GAHT. Provides GPs with more info to help trans folk.

Inside this article that @erininthemorning.com posted is this little gem of data: Puberty suppression nearly halved the rate of suicidality in trans youth who had access to it. Trans youth deserve better than bans from treatment that works!

💯 I barely see any point in public displays for TDOR. It's better kept within the community and preferably with friends where you can share the burden. At this point, public gatherings are more likely to make you a target.

FAFO... here ends the lesson. Fascists aren't welcome.

“It is so sad to see this extreme conservatism in the US... ...It makes no sense unless you see it in the light of blackening the name of anyone with centre-left or progressive views...” Yup. They want to eliminate or supress anyone who challenges their beliefs. They are fascists.

“It is completely flawed because they’ve only used binary sex as a model and a premise to base everything else upon” - Holly Greenberry-Pullen

My first opinion piece has been published... In it, I dismantle gender-critical claims about affirming care, participation of trans women in sports, and medical transition for children; all backed up by scientific research.

Sophie always has a way of saying what we are feeling.

When Christofascists in power don't get their way in court, they ignore legal rulings in favour of their harmful ideologies... Conservative governments can go fuck themselves with a red hot iron poker!

Nothing about us without us ✊️✊️ If you are making decisions about trans folk without trans folk being a part of the process, you are imposing your beliefs on trans folk. When that happens, trans folk suffer....

This article describes what will arguably be the most important piece of research in transgender healthcare this year. Categorical evidence for the feminising effects of estrogen therapy at the protein level. Trans women on hrt are biologically more similar to cis women than to cis men.

Gender 'ewwphoria" in action... Have 💯 experienced!