The revelations in this piece about how Taiwan Pride organizer TWRCAA essentially drove out their transgender chairperson this year are beyond damning. Definitely stay tuned this week for more on Taiwan Trans March and Taiwan Pride and follow @ginollopez.bsky.social for further coverage ~

I wish I was making this up: conservative groups in Taiwan continue eulogizing Charlie Kirk in an attempt to build a Turning Point Taiwan "young conservatives movement." Students not having it protested their event yesterday and were attacked by event participants, and then labelled as "terrorists"

Great reporting from @erininthemorning.com. If anything mattered anymore, this kind of analysis, and the overzealous misuse of the data would be humiliating.

have been learning a lot about the LGBTQIA community in Taiwan despite being here only for about 10 days... (i purposefully chose to apply for a residency in October to overlap with Pride) thank you Yo-Ling for the summary newbloommag.net/2025/10/14/2...

Please share this explainer article on the Taiwan Pride controversy this year so that all participants can know what they are walking into~ Proud of so many Taiwanese LGBTQ+ organizations coming out in support of intra-movement solidarity and against any nefarious attempts to split us apart ❤

I am personally in touch w/ some of these families, and am coordinating/liaisoning between New Bloom and the other orgs/activists that are part of this global grassroots initiative. Please sign-up and share widely with your networks/circles: ylcurl.short.gy/NBPMMAI

re-posting as a note to self

Thai PBS news reporting that a Ceasefire has been agreed between Thailand & Cambodia. Unconditional & starting at midnight. This is a good start & good news for the peoples of both countries. Lets hope it holds. #NoWarThaiCambodia

As of today, it is confirmed that 24 #KMT lawmakers face being voted out of office on July 26, and an additional 7 on Aug. 23. So **31** out of the 52 legislative seats held by the KMT are being challenged. This includes former KMT chair Johnny Chiang and Hualien Monarch Fu Kun-chi. Here's why 👇

Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told media that the government has not officially made a donation pledge to the Binyamin Medical Center project and is only "in talks," which contradicts how Israeli media have reported on this "historic support" udn.com/news/story/6...

If you missed my talk "Misinformation in the Age of 'AI'" at the Durham County Library, Digging down on dis-/misinformation, authoritarianism, generative "AI", the stakes for consensus reality, and what we can try to do about it, the recording is now up on the tubes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=THE5...

Deeply unfortunate for Taiwan to actively participate in Israel's genocide in this way--Taiwan seems curiously unaware of the optics of this, even as it calls for international support for itself www.scmp.com/news/china/p...

Shame on Taiwan for spitting in the face of international law and ongoing apathy to the genocide of Palestinians by making this historic, bold, and morally bankrupt decision to become the first country to DIRECTLY donate to a settlement project in the West Bank. www.scmp.com/news/china/p...

"'Demand a Red Line Against Genocide' Protest Held for Gaza in Liberty Plaza" by @brianhioe.bsky.social

OUT NOW - our episode on US v. Skrmetti, the case upholding TN’s ban on gender affirming care for minors. With @chasestrangio.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @kateshaw.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social crooked.com/podcast/scot...

If an 11,000-word story has a major, factual error in the fifth graf, it probably should be seen for the biased, hit-piece it is.

"Harming Young People": Chase Strangio on SCOTUS Trans Heathcare Ban & End of LGBTQ Suicide Hotline

Should Huawei be feared? How did it rise when others failed? What distinguishes capitalism in China from those in the West? For @chinafile.bsky.social, I write about the most controversial telecom giant, in review of Eva Dou's fascinating new book, House of Huawei: www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...

Advocate 20 Jun 25 -- 9 members of Gender Liberation Movement (GLM) arrested for protesting Skrmetti ruling by blockading the Supreme Court courthouse and unfurling trans flag. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year. This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist. apnews.com/article/heal...

Powerful @newbloommag.net panel tonight on Palestine solidarity organizing in the US vs Taiwan featuring Hazem Almassry, @kerim.one, Rebecca Karl, and @aurorachang.bsky.social #FreePalestine

Calling all global feminist groups & gender justice networks! @sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social & sisters in Myanmar ask you to sign on today to spotlight the rising conflict-related sexual violence in Myanmar. forms.gle/74j61maAjKgf... #REDLipsSpeakTruthToPower

On Tuesday! Join us for a panel on organizing for Gaza in Taiwan and the US www.facebook.com/events/10638...

Re-upping this. Let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/UAtsVTH

See Tokyo folks later this afternoon! Really excited for this talk and opportunity to engage in dialogue/exchange w/ activists and scholars here in Japan~

I haven't been the best at doing event promotion on here, as the pre-event reading group was this afternoon, but for folks who are in Tokyo next week, I will be giving a talk (in English) on Taiwan's anti-gender movement at ICU's Center for Gender Studies on June 4th at 5PM!

The tremendous work that Dr. Serano has and continues to do for transgender rights and especially countering harmful narratives around anti-trans pseudoscience, disinformation, and myths is desperately needed. Please consider supporting her Patreon! www.patreon.com/c/juliaseran...

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

And then JK Rowling came for the asexuals… Rowling is a well-known transphobe. So her attack on asexuality isn’t surprising: there’s an established connection between anti-trans and anti-asexual attitudes.

The peoples of Myanmar still need a lot of help to recover from the earthquake & support the millions of IDPs that exist due to conflict The Junta isn't helping a lot of areas, many INGOs are limited in where & how they can operate, so it's vital that we do what we can to support outside that scope

I was the only foreign media reporter allowed inside South Korea’s Constitutional Court for the verdict today to remove impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. Here’s what it was like:

ErinReed [cont] -- A devout Catholic, Rheintgen had sent letters to 160 FL lawmakers announcing her intention to perform civil disobedience in the Capitol against a law she considered immoral and wrong. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Japan-based Taiwanese fiction writer Li Kotomi has set up a trilingual website to share updates and receive donations/support for the multiple lawsuits she is currently in due to the anti-trans bullying/targeting in JP and TW -- please send her your support! #TDOV supportlikotomi.studio.site/about

For folks wondering what's happening in Taiwan right now w/ regards to trans rights. The Ministry of Interior is still dragging their feet and yesterday cited a 2008 Department of Health meeting to justify its compulsory surgery requirement, completely overlooking the last 15+ years...

The reporting on the trans travel visa ban is criminal. It does NOT only affect transgender athletes. The cables CLEARLY say it affects all trans people. They can reject visas on point 6 of anyone who is requesting a visa that does not match their assigned sex at birth.

"Dark Indonesia: The New Student Movement Stirring in Southeast Asia" by @ginollopez.bsky.social newbloommag.net/2025/02/20/d...

She's gone! Pamela Paul, according to the intelligencer, is out at the Times this spring due to job cuts at the NYT. She had previously published egregious falsehoods about transgender care and got upset with our outlet Erin In The Morning when challenged. nymag.com/intelligence...

Hey everyone, this is the new LGBTQ litigation bot we put together in partnership with Free Law Project. Follow it to stay up to date on legal developments with LGBTQ related cases and the Trump administration.

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Remember the Cass Report, which supposedly "followed the science" on trans kids health? The huge York University epidemiology study on which it was based has finally been published, and it contradicts many of the report's conclusions. By @gidmk.bsky.social. gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...

Save 30% on #NewBook "Emergent Genders" by @michellehsho.bsky.social , which traces the genders manifesting alongside Japanese popular culture in Akihabara, an area in Tokyo renowned for the fandom and consumption of anime, manga, and games. #EastAsianStudies #GenderStudies https://buff.ly/4aDmLmg

Heads up #ace and #aro folks: The Japan Foundation's JFF Theater will be streaming FOR FREE Shinya Tamada's film, I Am What I Am (2022), which stars Tōko Miura as an aroace lead, from Feb 1 to May 1. To watch, just make an account on JFF Theater's website: en.jff.jpf.go.jp

Why are Okinawan names difficult for even mainland Japanese speakers? Their history dates back to Okinawa's history as a land apart. Learn how the languages of the Ryukyu kingdom survived - despite attempts to eradicate them - in our video below. And thanks for 30,000 views! youtu.be/Eza2CwrTR8Y

"A Taiwanese Doctor's 'Surreal' Humanitarian Journey in Gaza" by Peiyi Yu newbloommag.net/2025/01/16/t...

Taiwan's monthly minimum wage is NT$28,590, but if someone earns an hourly minimum wage & works 22 days, they can earn NT$33,440, meaning the hourly rate wage is nearly NT$5,000 higher than the monthly rate—thus monthly minimum wage earners are shortchanged. www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews...

The GOP is prioritizing a national ban against trans athletes in sports in their newly released rules package for 2025. The bill can't pass into law without seven Democrats voting for it in the Senate. open.substack.com/pub/madycast...

Looking for advice from people on how you were able to take your writing to the next level? Books you read, courses you took, daily habits, changes in your approach, etc. whatever worked. Thanks! #writing

📣FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NYU Faculty Arrested for Supporting Students in Peaceful Pro-Palestine Protests. Faculty Also Declared Personae Non Grata and Banned from Campus. NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2024 –

NYU has a long track record of accepting censorship in its Shanghai and Abu Dhabi campuses, now it's boomeranging with a vengeance on the NYC campus