Rest in power, Juniper. www.them.us/story/slain-...

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care. The judge also blocked "any similar policy." Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Supporting local theatre with my wife!

Mamdani is silently abandoning trans people, contrary to his public commentary.

1. Incredible news out of Romania. An appeals court in the country has forced them to recognize the legal gender of a trans man. It is the first known internal enforcement of a 2024 EU Court ruling. Romania has ranked last by ILGA on LGBTQ+ rights in EU. Subscribe to support our journalism.

1. In devastating news, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of conversion therapy, a practice the UN calls torture. The ruling could have catastrophic consequences, writes Jackson in her sole dissent. The ruling comes on trans day of visibility. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 18 Reuters 80+ human rights & sports groups call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to abandon its plans to ​introduce universal genetic sex testing for female Olympic athletes and ban transgender and intersex competitors from competing as women.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 10 Advocate Confronted by Katie Couric on his transphobic policies, Gov Gavin Newsom denounces Reps for their scapegoating trans kids while he continues to scapegoat trans kids.

Don't make yourself small. It's ok to make your presence felt, and to be proud of who you are. Keep going, y'all.

A recent statement from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons advised against surgery, HRT, blockers for trans youth. Now members and experts that were sidelined at the org are demanding answers after evidence shows it may have been politically influenced by the Trump admin. Read our latest.

1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that under a new deal with Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, trans scouts will be forcibly outed and segregated from peers of their gender. The policy is the latest cruel capitulation. www.erininthemorning.com/p/secdef-heg...

Get 'em, girl!

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 12: European Parliament priorities for gender equity pass overwhelmingly including resolutions containing language on "intersectionality" and "diversity" interpreted as referring to trans women as women.

James Van Der Beek, who starred in the teen drama series "Dawson’s Creek," has died at 48

I took my time with this one — almost as much time as Jones took after arguments to write her opinion backing Trump — because I think it’s a very important, alarming ruling. So, yes, I hope folks do read this. www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circ...

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

Are there any good search engines that do NOT default to using AI? Even Duckduckgo defaults to using it. Yeah, you can turn it off, but... bleh.

Thanks** to everyone for continuing to follow this news feed. Just a reminder to please consider not only "likes" but also "reposts" to help grow our group. And please consider checking out my book, "WHEN TEXAS CAME for OUR KIDS: How Evangelical Extremists Launched a War on Transgender Teens"

Lookat this little face! Meet Bruno Marzipan (he came to us with the name Bruno, so we made it cuter)

We named one of our cats Benedict Cumbercat in the past. We adopted a new kitty who came to us with the name Bruno. Bruno Mars. BRUNO MARZIPAN but my wife doesn't like it. I THINK IT'S BRILLIANT

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

We are in the process of adopting a new kitty that found us outside! She is the friendliest stray we have ever met. Appointments in a couple of weeks, and then she can integrate with our other cats!

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 2 ABC: What started in NC House as online porn age verification law was transforme by Senate into anti-trans one: as of Jan 1 NC recognizes only 2 genders, bans state funding for teens' GAC & allows 10-yr look-back for lawsuits against doctors who provide it.

If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people. transnews.network/p/a-directiv...

I stopped reading and watching compromised mainstream media and switched to reliable independent journalism. I encourage everyone to do the same.

Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."

THAT director aside, Diane Keaton’s performance in Annie Hall opened spaces for women in film: what romantic leads could look like, dress like, sound like; that there could be a place for an oddball who wasn’t a screwball. That’s all her - Keaton was such a brilliant actress and icon, truly

Fuck Gavin Newsom. I will never vote for him and you shouldn't either.

I have never used protein powder before. Does anyone have recommendations? This is for making liquid diet shakes/smoothies after a surgery. Not for working out or anything like that. Thanks in advance!

Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them. They want us all eradicated.

Byeeeeee

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

Made an amazing quinoa salad tonight that will be part of my lunch for the next week!

Ezra Klein: Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way Charlie Kirk: Jail every doctor who has treated transgender children. (Source: www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...)

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NEW: Two cases, involving 20 people, show how dangerous the attack on trans people has gotten. DOJ wants to send 19 trans women to men's prisons. South Carolina wants to keep one trans boy out of the boys' restroom. Tonight, at Law Dork:

Selectively revoking constitutional rights for vulnerable minority groups is a GIGANTIC red flag. The reddest possible flag.

It's a full newsletter tonight — and, yes, I know more happened while I was writing — but I think this is a good run through a lot of key happenings today:

The best lil ally a gurl can have

Telling trans folks we are not allowed to be pissed at Newsom for his anti-trans BS recently because of other pro-trans legislation in California and because we have to be 100% behind someone who isn't even in a Presidential primary position is giving super blue maga vibes.

Illinois is on my list of places to move if things get really bad here. Thank you, @govpritzker.illinois.gov

Yes, I think we've all realized he doesn't actually make deals. He never did. He's just an extortionist. And it's why he always loses in the end.

This is an FYI to any transgender USPS/Federal workers who will be affected by the removal of GAC from their benefits: District Plastic Surgery in DC has made a commitment to fit as many folks affected by this as possible prior to the change. If you are affected by this, please give them a call.

We need to create a Constitutional amendment to make federal extortion, which is the only tool that this administration actually has in its belt to accomplish any of its goals, treasonous. EO's are not law, but have the same effect when you threaten every institution and State for not following them

PBS News is not going anywhere. We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air. We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

Being back on stage and performing again for the first time since I came out has been quite impactful. I have really bad days, panic attacks, and want to quit sometimes, but it's also helping me to focus and find joy in one of my favorite things--music and performing. How I have missed it.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social does a wonderful job at keeping up with news that affects the trans community along with great insights. You should follow!