I question how universally applicable these metrics are, given, uh, some of us are more directly impacted by which state's laws we live under than others. I would not consider moving to a state that wasn't green on the Movement Advancement Project's LGBTQ equality map.
![Twitter user BirdsRightsActivist says, "I am feel uncomfortable when we are not about me?" [sic] The profile picture is a small, round bird with its mouth open as if yelling.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreig7jtbfdte4nyrlaznmdwiaai67tv7pf43m5qvfaml3pzyfwkgjfe)
![Mentalization is especially difficult for people in [sic] the autism spectrum, a condition underdiagnosed in females. For this population, concretistic thinking, rigid perspectives and low endurance of ambivalence are typical](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreifzlj3m3flcdz5tdct5kzppup6arazhv32nsndv33au22obfh5kri)
![Redacted poster says, "Do boy shit, die boy death [woman shrugging emoji]. Simple as."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreiakvw5zavd3cs77pfgzd2ry3qxxevx4wamwe5ay3f2pidou7t5a24)
![Redacted poster says, "I admit I have a dearth of sympathy for men. If I could have one single day of my life where I didn't have to consider myself through the lens of male prey I might feel differently.
Hope you don't have a heart attack in the next 20 years or so. [new paragraph clearly intended as dramatic pause] Hope I get home safe tonight."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreifh4gse57iwik3f4ck472yvfetnfphdsd4oe2itdndsa76slxzaqu)
![“I remember just being astounded when the doctor was talking through everything that happens and reporting that [a trans girl’s] bone density changes to [be more like] that of a cisgender woman. [Like,] Wait. Isn’t… wouldn’t [being similar to a cis girl] be the goal?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreidvznlsuuehhgjgrayenyw3pxcrhqfjiqrraptfm46ubqslzfmauy)
![First, Democrats should express their frustration and disgust with the ways extremists on both sides have weaponized the issue. Doing so will immediately signal to swing voters that they are trying to resolve, not exploit, the culture wars. Democrats can make clear that on the right, hardcore conservatives have used this debate primarily to inflict harm, painting transgender people as monsters who seek to change our culture and history. On the far left, progressive activists police our language, attempting to shame those who step out of line or do not agree with every item on their agenda. While there is no moral equivalency between those two sides — the demonization by the right is much worse — both extremes are wrong and are [text ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreif44nrmhrlefycqkryc7mxstlfed6vihqbpkmmkyltgxwpggiudh4)
![ACT UP's famous "SILENCE=DEATH" poster.
Pink triangle with upright point (inversion of Nazi symbol for homosexuality) on a stark black background.
In all caps: Silence Equals Death
Smaller text below: Why is Reagan silent about AIDS? What is really going on at the Center for Disease Control [sic], the Federal Drug Administration, and the Vatican?
Gays and lesbians are not expendable… Use your power… Vote… Boycott… Defend yourselves… Turn anger, fear, grief into action.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreia2apuoeemkcey3soafzjtkdebpp6bw7kc6l6axqoonr6lkecqxte)
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus?
DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional—
REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus?
DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you.
REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it...People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military ...
We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country ... calling them liars.
(Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreih4t5yqb6der7jnuoisshrkullmaa626o7uod5pncd4tk5i2jvfva)
![French: The press would have us believe that someone has organized some goon squads, whatever that is [SFX: laughter], whose purpose it was to molest and intimidate those who attempted to board the city buses this morning. But if that kind of thing happened, thank God I don’t know anything about it. (Audience: That’s right.) French: But somebody became a victim of that kind of fear and notion. And you know, the psychologists have a way of saying that if you begin thinking of things strong enough, you can become such a victim of that kind of thing until it becomes a reality to you. [SFX: applause] Somebody saw a young man, a citizen of America, attending the courtesies that any young man would attend a lady walking down the street. And he was so engrossed with the idea of intimidation and violence that even the light, gentle touch of the hand appeared to be an act of molesting to this individual. (Audience: That’s right, Speak up.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zpi6k4ze5upuf4cwelcgnhbk/bafkreihcbz3su2ekelch3kd7zmmwdvgawxe3yllwcwttlswws5d4mage44)
