45 years ago today. Buried on page 20 on a holiday Friday just like this one, news that changed the world. www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/u...

please help out if u can <3 this is a monthly prescription to help with pain and my mental health, i’ve been on it for years but it’s just so expensive and i cannot manage it this month with bab’s birthday and a good handful of in person medical appointments. disability still in review. pls help?🙏❤️‍🩹

This fourth of July, what better way to celebrate the FREEDOMS of our GREAT NATION than by supporting an independent trans news site? Support the American ideals of diversity of thought and opinion today, because by next year, who knows if we'll still have them. assignedmedia.org/support/

When you think about how fireworks cause serious harm to the environment, wildlife, pets, and vulnerable people but they still happen every year because most Americans value a few minutes of entertainment more than all of those things. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

I would kill or die for Larry

If you pay attention to the news, you'll notice that a disproportionaly large number of the anti-ICE and "antifa" protesters who have been charged by the government are transgender. Talking more than 1/10 for a population that's at most 3/100.

Oh are we talking about the ways the groundswell of transphobia has harmed us? Sure, let's do this. A depressing thread by me, a trans southerner in exile.

Japan: Oil on Canvas - The Album That Never Left Me Coming soon... My most personal documentary so far. A reflection on Japan's Oil on Canvas, discovering music in the early 1980s and why some albums never really leave us. What's the one album that's stayed with you throughout your life?

As the ACLU sues the state on behalf of two trans Kansans, Kansas laws continue to be an absolute mess for trans people. @alyssaur.bsky.social brings you the story here in the week's TWIBS!

billionaires shouldn’t exist and we should make them more ashamed and embarrassed to come out in public

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1. In defiance of a longstanding court ruling, Missouri has become the latest state to begin medically experimenting on trans people in its prisons. According to the bill’s sponsor, they deserve to be forcibly detransitioned because “they’ve been convicted of a crime.”

please share. i’m also desperate to get some of my meds covered which prescriptions are ready on monday. 4 days. i know i’m hardly active but i’m multiply disabled w several chronic illnesses and recently started therapy, got carers + lots of appts so i’ve been exhausted otherwise. please help!

my scrips ready monday and i don’t have much for it. please help if you can, it’s 356-456, it’s so much. anything helps. please share, i am v sorry to ask. next month will be much easier. ❤️‍🩹

Since our founding last summer Trans News Network has taken on everything from the New York Times' bigotry to Epstein's anti-trans cronies and much, much more. As a worker-run news org, we're dedicated to journalism that's in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. Help us keep doing it:

I do not know how to state this with any greater clarity (or urgency): If you enjoy your freedom to exist as you choose, to create as you are inspired, to dress in ways that delight you, to be visible & authentic & real You are in danger. Your freedoms are in danger. They are coming for us all.

And I say this with my whole chest: The anti-trans movement is not about trans people. It’s certainly not about protecting children It is about legislating conformity It is about restricting bodily autonomy It is about erasing all free expression they find disagreeable —It is about control—

There is a direct line one can trace from the way the religious right in the 80s & 90s went after Goths, Pagans, vampires & other non-conformist identity groups - often by framing them as delusional & inherently dangerous to minors - and their successful attacks upon trans people now

hey trans folks, have any of your cis friends checked in on you?

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Guardian The military junta in Niger has started a govt-sponsors witch-hunt to round up LGBTQ+ people and incarcerate them. At least 40 people have been arrested and 16 men, including high-ranking military officials, imprisoned.

THURSDAY ART SHOW! If you are a working artist (i.e. you depend on income from your art) just respond to this post with your non-pornographic, non-violent, non-Al generated CAT-RELATED art/crafts and I will repost! From now until 4:00 pm EDT. Include any relevant links like your website or etsy!

What is the real cost of a corporate career when you’re autistic? I billed like a VP but paid a brutal "Autistic Tax"... for navigating a corporate shark tank of unwritten rules and sensory overload. Here’s why working for someone else costs neurodivergent professionals far too much.

It almost seems too obvious to say, but no, the Supreme Court is not being moderate and sensible on trans rights while being extreme and partisan on every other case. A new opinion piece addresses Helen Lewis-ism, by @evanurquhart.bsky.social assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Be making an orderly, businesslike plan to leave the UK. Get a passport. We have office hours tomorrow evening. https://www.inbella.com/1638610/terrible-judgement-queen-camilla-faces-backlash-after-royal-meeting-with-j-k-rowling/

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul NYT M Gessen op-ed: "The court is arguing about something more fundamental than the law. They are arguing about who should be seen, whose story ought to be heard and who deserves to be protected..." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/o...

If Mitch McConnell isn’t afraid of Hell, most of us don’t need to worry.

Whenever I'm feeling lazy about writing alt text, I remember Tom's marvelous creativity, and I up my game and shrug off the laziness.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best dogs I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital info about all the dogs in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

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Very thankful for this letter to Becky Pepper-Jackson (the 16 year-old trans girl SCOTUS ruled against yesterday) from James Dale, a gay man whose expulsion from the Boy Scouts was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2000.

Hey I’m in the psych ward for a minute Be back soon I’m Hoping its just a day or two Please send tips and share my work and help my wife and I survive I will publish shortly after getting out of the being committed

Who knew?

A vital piece of trans allyship is actually in supporting children's rights to bodily autonomy from the out. Someone is complaining their child wants to cut their hair short or grow it long? Point out that it's the child's hair. Why shouldn't they have it how they want it? Why is that parent upset?

Great news everyone! New Jersey finally passed a trans healthcare shield law. It becomes the final blue state left to pass such a law. This will help fight back against out of state subpoenas targeting gender-affirming care providers and patients. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This is Porter. He's had a long day. Needs a pup cup on the rocks. And make it a double. 13/10 (TT: drunkengolden)

Spicy blend. 🫖 Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

i really won’t be able to afford my full prescription this month without help. please share? it’s babs birthday too and i want her to give her what she deserves. i am sorry to ask it’s obvs difficult and embarrassing but it is what it is right now. any help is appreciated. thanks <3

Remember, my newsletter on LGBTQ Texas, Big & Bright 🏳️‍🌈⭐👏, still comes out every 2 weeks ... that means the next issue is tomorrow: thebarbedwire.com/subscribe/

This is Nala. She thought your face had disappeared. Turns out it was behind your hands the whole time. Incredible. 12/10 (IG: goldennala27)

do i know anyone who works at the american embassy in brussels? msg me on signal!

In a filing seeking a temporary restraining order against the FTC by WPATH in the DC district court last night, it was revealed that they were served with a grand jury subpoena on June 16th, 2026. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72295...

Jonathan Haidt — an avowed anti-trans bigot — is a major backer of Democrats' Project 2029 push, which adopts far-right, KOSA-style policies to crush online access. @mady.cat's extensive investigation earlier this year revealed Haidt was part of Jeffrey Epstein's network of anti-trans figures.

Democrats Project 2029 being just more fascism is so insane, yet so incredibly predictable. Can't wait to see how the party destroy their margins with young voters with hugely unpopular pushes to censor the internet and force queer kids into the closet with no access to resources or friends.

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Fire Island the other night. This was the largest trans flag I've ever seen. The sunset on the dock was absolutely gorgeous.

The party that claims to "protect women" now wants mandatory pregnancy tests at the border. This is in addition to genital checks for little girls to play sports and criminal penalties for women who obtain an abortion.

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best cattle I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital info about all the cattle in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

This is Penny. She came up with her own trick. Really hopes you like it, and will repeat it as many times as necessary until you acknowledge that you do. 14/10 (IG: pennycorgipoo)