Redefining citizenship and expanding criminal punishment for those who can't pay their way out is the biggest gerrymander of them all. Except you get put in the district for unlearning, unvoting, unresting, unliving.

We can’t have a system where Smith is the law for everyone else, but if your religious beliefs align with right-wing culture issues you get strict scrutiny. But that’s the most accurate way to describe what is going on.

"This issue’s cover, I hope, will serve as a planted flag. A statement of principle in the face of political headwinds blowing from both sides of the aisle. Something small to hold onto as some Democrats—in this election season without end—subject civil rights to political expediency."

Come for the lizard-finding photo challenge, stay for edification on how and why we need to work together to save prairie habitat! #herpetology #ecology

On this day in 1933, Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld library in Berlin. The world’s greatest collection of LGBTQ books and scientific papers were looted and later burned, erasing decades of research into sexuality and gender identity. ‘Where they burn books, in the end they will burn humans too’.

For anyone else who may have felt just a little less than included in the @metrolosangeles.bsky.social Ride the D campaign... May 8 is coming very soon... and it turns out the first day we can HOP ON THE PURPLE LINE all the way to La Cienega will also feature MUNA playing the Shrine 😆 🧡🤍🩷

"Medical physicians." FFS.

NEW: For @theguardian.com I wrote about Rugby For All and the fight to keep women’s rugby inclusive in the face of trans bans.

Under Idaho state law a trans person would now face less of a penalty for peeing on the steps of the state capitol than using the "wrong" bathroom

So helpful for E*TRADE to notify me on 4/30 that I'm a class member in settling shareholder litigation, when the deadline to object and/or appear at the settlement approval hearing was 4/27. 🙄

Cranberry Lumbago [it sounds better the other way tho]

A lot has changed since 2006, but a lot also hasn't. From a tiny pub in rural Dorset, here's to 20 FUCKING YEARS of Sugarbutch Chronicles(!), to the consummate chronicler @sugarbutch.net aka Mr Sexsmith, to community in all its forms, and to queer thirst!

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day

Seems bad that the Trump administration is trying to use the FCC to scare media companies into actively avoiding stories related to trans people, tbh. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

New Yorkers, you have a chance to see a new jackie sumell original work. Compost Corrections is part of an expansive abolitionist installation The Warehouse, curated by Vic Liu and me at the Bedford Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. www.thewarehousenyc.com

Seems like a good time to recommend an undersung museum, the Center of the Tokyo Air Raids and War Damage in Koto City

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was allowing 10 trans athletes to play college sports, which has a total of 500,000 athletes.

Geno Auriemma, a white man, tone-policing Dawn Staley, a Black woman, while he himself is cursing. A commentary on our times.

Sandra Wong, the great granddaughter of Wong Kim Ark, is preparing to march at the #NoKings Rally in San Francisco. Today is the 128th Anniversary of the SCOTUS decision affirming birthright citizenship.

There are a lot of bad things happening in the world but watching Duke beat LSU (in the palm of my hand) on the way out of watching ACFC win (in person) was pretty neat

‘The downside of adult offloading is people get less sharp. The downside of adolescents growing up delegating to AI is a generation that was never sharp to begin with. Protecting the space our children need to develop the foundational skills of thinking is now a non-negotiable.’

we beat canada at their sport and italy beat us at our sport so to restore equilibrium canada must beat italy at bocce

Meet 5 out LGBTQ athletes competing in the Milan Winter Paralympics www.outsports.com/2026/3/6/241...

Meet 5 out LGBTQ athletes competing in the Milan Winter Paralympics www.outsports.com/2026/3/6/241...

He's putting up record job losses, driving the country into a war he can't even explain, and was credibly accused of raping a teenager in the Epstein files released yesterday - so of course it's time to try and ruin more trans people's lives

"That morning, Equality El Dorado, the town’s local LGBTQ+ organization, had posted on Facebook asking for volunteers to help drive trans Kansans to the DMV, as well as cash donations to help people cover the unexpected cost of a replacement license. "

Honestly a more impressive move would have been covering the missed income of transgender drivers now out of a job

They censored 'free Palestine' and left in a slur repeated multiple times. It's all so blatant, ffs.

The idea that trans sports bans affect only a very small number of students who manage to even try to play at the collegiate level? Like? You know a lot more of us would love to, right? I quit organized sports at age 14 because it became impossible. That's why i'm a musician and not a soccer player.

Lucy Dacus.

I know we're having a lot of fun with the whole penis doping thing, but I wouldn't be me if I didn't point out that this should be the scandal in ski jumping that everyone is screaming about apnews.com/article/olym...

I just backed Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need, on @kickstarter.com, and if feasible you should too www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

liam and his dad are home! and someone please get rep. castro a coat!

And all the Virginians who showed out in opposition the other night. 👏🏻🫶🏻🚫🧊

Kristi Noem just updated her book to note that the puppy she shot and killed was a domestic terrorist.

Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, o'er the land of the FREE and the home of the BRAVE?

Ciji Graham was at risk of heart failure and couldn’t get urgent treatment. She died waiting for an abortion. Doctors in states that ban abortion have repeatedly denied standard care to high-risk pregnant patients.

We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions. We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇

what a cool way to do blatant homophobia while campaigning for president

Abigail Spanberger was told to throw trans youth under the bus during her campaign. She refused to do so. She won the election by 15 percent. A dominant victory. A landslide. She was just sworn-in as the 75th Governor of Virginia, the first woman to lead the state.

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

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

"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?"

"Witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."

🚨🚨🚨 ICYMI President “grab them by the pussy” is moving to rescind federal rules enforcing protections against workplace sexual harassment www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eo...

2025 sporting event total: 22. 14 NWSL including the CVI and the championship; 1 UWCL; 1 USWNT; 1 WTA/ATP; 1 WNBA and 3 WCBB. And one women's college gymnastics for variety.

So, the frog stopped the National Guard from coming to Portland, along with astute lawsuits by Oregon. Only part of what's happening, but hard to understate how fundamentally the Portland Frog changed perceptions and helped morale. Humor, imagination, courage, savvy.

@marisakabas.bsky.social managing to concisely lay out what's going on, without screaming and cursing like when I do it

There are valid uses but I hate what it's doing to people and... thought.