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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026

This November, Colorado voters will decide on anti-trans ballot measures. Now, Colorado's leading medical societies have formally condemned the surgery ban for transgender youth and announced their position against them. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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"Vote NO": Colorado's Top Medical Groups Formally Oppose Anti-Trans Ballot Prop. 135

There is not a single major medical group in the country that endorses blanket government restrictions on gender-affirming care like the one outlined in Prop. 135.

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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

EqualityPAC has backtracked on endorsing at least one Dem candidate who promoted trans oppression. Take this as a sign that trans people & our allies should become even louder, and demand Democrats fight for us.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

BREAKING: DC Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, rejects DOJ's request to immediately implement BOP's policy on medical care for trans prisoners that would seek to end such care. Wilkins (Obama) & Garcia (Biden) are in the majority; Walker (Trump) dissents. The anti-trans policy will remain blocked for now.

BEFORE: Wilkins, Walker, and Garcia, Circuit Judges
ORDER
Upon consideration of the motion for stay pending appeal filed in No. 26-5236, the opposition thereto, and the reply; and the letter filed September 3, 2026, which the court construes as a motion to stay the district court's August 26, 2026, order on appeal in No. 26-5310; it is
ORDERED that the motion for stay in No. 26-5236 be dismissed as moot. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for stay in No. 26-5310 be denied.
Appellants have not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending appeal. See Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 434 (2009); D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 33 (2026).
Appellants have not shown a strong likelihood of success on the question of whether Program Statement 5260.01 is arbitrary and capricious because the Bureau of
*Circuit Judge Walker would grant the motion to stay in No. 26-5310 for the reasons in the attached dissenting statement.

Prisons (BOP) did not adequately consider its own experience providing gender-affirming care under its prior policy. See Int'l Dark-Sky Ass'n, Inc. v. FCC, 106 F.4th 1206, 1213 (D.C. Cir. 2024) ("An action is arbitrary and capricious when the agency relies on inappropriate factors, fails to consider important aspects of the problem, or ignores relevant evidence."); Butte Cnty., Cal. v. Hogen, 613 F.3d 190, 194 (D.C. Cir.
2010) (explaining that "an agency's refusal to consider evidence bearing on the issue before it constitutes arbitrary agency action"). For example, BOP makes claims about the security impact of providing gender-affirming care without addressing whether such issues have occurred.
Moreover, appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court's order violates the PLRA or improperly grants class-wide relief. Additionally, appellants' argument that the district court's order is overbroad to the extent it affects the Program Statement's provisions regarding surgical procedures is likely forfeited because it was not raised first in the district court. See Gov't of Manitoba v. Bernhardt, 923 F.30 1/3, 179 (D.C. Cir. 2019) ("Absent exceptional circumstances, a party forfeits an argument by failing to press it in district court.").
Because appellants have not made a strong showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits, it is not necessary to address whether they have established irreparable harm or whether the remaining factors favor a stay.
The Clerk is directed to enter a briefing schedule.
Per Curiam

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pussy guts @kymiera.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@mayor.nyc.gov @newyorkstateag.bsky.social NYU Langone appears committed to violating New York's discrimination laws. How will the state and city respond?

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🦇 Katra Scariello, Spooky Apple Audio 🦇🏳️‍⚧️ @katrafiy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Democrats' refusal to hold Amy Acton accountable for her recent anti-trans pivot enabled this. You cannot ask trans people to just ignore or look past stuff like this, you need to stand with us now. This gutter bigotry is unacceptable and disqualifying. Candidates like this *are* the greater evil

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James Endicott @o76923.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Apparently @equalityohio.bsky.social considers open transphobia and pledging to work with Republicans against trans rights only worthy of a B on their scorecard.

Scorecard of Marcy Kaptur running for CD09 Toldeo/Northwest Ohio from Equality Ohio. They give her a B.

* She has supported the Equality Act and, at one time, earned a 100% rating from the Human Rights Campaign.

* The longest serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives, she has focused on economic growth, Great Lakes protection, and advocating for working-class Ohioans.

* She voted for HR 2616, a bill that is anti-trans equality.

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Christopher Street Project @christopherstreet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Republicans have made their endgame clear: banning healthcare for trans people of all ages. Attacks on care for trans youth are the wedge strategy in a broader campaign to erode our rights. Give them an inch, and they’ll take a mile.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/07/2026

I really wish trans allies would fight as hard for us as those who hate us fight to eliminate us from society. The disparity there is why they're winning.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 28/05/2026

The New York Post published a story of a legal win for a detransitioner that has the anti-trans crowd celebrating; but what is the real story? @valorievandieman.bsky.social digs into the facts of the story here!

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New York Post Misrepresents Detransition Lawsuit - Assigned Media

The anti-trans crowd has latched onto a New York Post story as a perceived victory, but what are the actual facts?

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tjd6130.bsky.social @tjd6130.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🚨Anti trans activists have launched a campaign urging PAS to keep their anti trans panel this weekend! (See images) We need as many people as possible to send a letter via this link encouraging them to cancel it: actionnetwork.org/letters/send...

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Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Is there anyone people can contact to try to get this canceled??

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tjd6130.bsky.social @tjd6130.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🚨Massive: The AMA has issued a statement saying that they still fully support gender affirming care and don’t endorse the new ASPS position! They say that their media misinterpreted their statement regarding surgeries and their position remains unchanged! Link below:

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/02/2026

4. Claim: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons broke from scientific consensus on transgender healthcare, proving the consensus was always hollow. Fact: The ASPS statement was done at the behest of Trump admin officials by a president who was a major donor, bypassing the expert working group.

Claim: The American Society of Plastic Surgeons broke from scientific consensus on transgender healthcare, proving the consensus was always hollow.
Fact: The ASPS position statement was not a clinical guideline. It was issued by the ASPS board in a secretive process that bypassed the organization's own expert task force, relied on the Trump administration's widely criticized HHS report, and set an age minimum matching Trump's executive order exactly. Seven members of the task force the board circumvented wrote an open letter stating they do not even know who authored the statement.
But something confounding has happened in the last few weeks: Cracks have appeared in the supposed wall of consensus. After expressing concerns about the evidence base in 2024, on Feb. 3, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons became the first major American medical group to publicly question youth gender medicine since its widespread adoption. The organization published a nine-page "position statement" advising its members against any gender-related surgeries before age 19 and noting that "there are currently no validated methods" for determining whether youth gender dysphoria will resolve without medical treatment. (The document also acknowledged a similar level of uncertainty surrounding blockers and hormones, though that's less directly relevant to the practice of plastic surgeons.)
Singal claims that "cracks in the wall" have appeared in the consensus around gender-affirming care, citing the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' recent position statement-a document published and immediately paraded by anti-trans activists across the country. Singal does not tell his readers how incredibly controversial and manipulated the document actually is, nor does he explain why this position statement is not a clinical practice guideline and can never be one. It cannot be held up as a case of scientific consensus breaking around transgender care, because it completely bypassed the scientific …

According to an open letter by members of the scientific review panel at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the organization convened a gender surgery task force comprised of experts in adolescent psychiatry, medicine, and research methodology in May 2025. The task force met monthly for nine months, working toward evidence-informed conclusions. But the ASPS board-led by president Bob Basu, a significant donor to both the Trump campaign and Ted Cruz, was apparently unsatisfied with the pace and direction of the experts' work. Instead of waiting for the task force's conclusions, the ASPS/PSF board secretly developed and published its own unauthored position statement, one that went through no consensus-finding process, no scientific review, and bypassed the scientific committee working on the question entirely.
Most damningly, the process appears to have been directed by the Trump administration, which has made its disdain towards transgender people entirely clear in a slew of anti-trans executive orders, some going as far as to call transgender people "dishonorable" and "false". The statement's age 19 cutoff matches Trump's January 2025 executive order exactly. It relies heavily on and references the Trump administration's HHS report on gender dysphoria, which I have previously fact-checked and found filled with pseudoscience, discredited theories, and authors connected to anti-trans hate groups. And most importantly, the process appears to have been directly initiated by Trump's HHS department. The letter states that the ASPS statement was "initiated by a federal agency seeking clarifications of medical society positions on this topic."
When the board released its nine-page statement on Feb. 3, it blindsided the very experts the organization had assembled to study the question. Seven task force members signed an open letter stating they were "unaware of the statement's authors and what methodology was used." And who celebrated? Within hours, HHS leadership is…

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/02/2026

1. The New York Times, unsurprisingly, has released yet another hit piece on transgender people. This time, it comes from Jesse Singal. I fact check it in my latest piece. End your NYT subscription, and put it towards people doing good work on the issue. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times

The New York Times spreads misinformation about transgender people yet again.

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Julie Rei Goldstein @julierei.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

#DeTransLaw Personal Thoughts: Varian v. Einhorn Verdict: $2 Million Liability: 70% Psychologist ($1.4 Million), 30% Surgeon ($600K) Anti-Trans zealots are completely misinterpreting and exagerating what this verdict means for both GAC and other Detrans Lawsuits, so here are some of my thoughts:

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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

If Kamala had been elected Minneapolis would not have been turned into a war zone where people are gunned down in the streets.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/01/2026

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...

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'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry

In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...

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New York Times is Anti-Trans @nytimes.lgbt · 26/12/2025

The New York Times is continuing to push their anti trans agenda.

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