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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice

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ARC strengthens gender justice movements by connecting and resourcing advocates across prison walls. linktr.ee/arcgenderjustice

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices
Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Once again, public libraries as infrastructure. We need to find them at a MINIMUM of 0.5% of the city expense budget.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Fight Medicaid Work Requirements! Join our friends @pwnusa.bsky.social at “PWN- H.R. 1 Public Comment Action Session” - July 21 at 6pm online! #JoinPWNUSA www.mobilize.us/pwn-usa/even...
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PWN- H.R. 1 Public Comment Action Session · Positive Women's Network USA
On Tuesday, July 21 from 6:00 PM–7:00 PM ET, PWN members and allies across the country will come together to fight back against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Interim Final Rule in reg...
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SWOP Behind Bars @swopbehindbars.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Combating myths about decriminalization, one at a time-
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The Supreme Court doesn't think Rastafarians enjoy the same religious protection for their hair as other Christians enjoy for their bigotry. To get there, The Court launched a frontal attack on the foundation of civil rights laws. I explain in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Supreme Court Loves Religious Freedom—Just Not for Rastafarians
In a far-reaching ruling, the court violated a man’s constitutional rights—and undermined fundamental civil rights protections.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/06/2026
Last week, California Reps. Judy Chu, Jimmy Gomez, and Pete Aguilar visited Adelanto ICE jail as people detained there entered the second week of their hunger strike. Three of the hunger strikers who met with them and spoke of inhumane conditions inside the jail have now been moved to solitary.
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Hunger Strikers in Adelanto ICE Jail Moved to Solitary After Meeting Congressmen
People are “risking their own well-being just to have their voices heard,” said one advocate.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Ready for a pride season of showing up for criminalized trans and queer people and dismantling borders, wars, and cages? Join us! 6/18, 6pm, Brooklyn: Join ARC for a mailing party and comment writing party! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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ARC Mailing party RSVP
Can you join the Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice in Brooklyn on Thursday, June 18, 2026, at 6pm to send some love to our incarcerated family this Pride? Come hang out, chat, and help us sen...
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I talked to John Washington about his forthcoming book, How to Close a Camp: Dispatches from the Fight Against Immigrant Detention. John and I discuss the rapid expansion of ICE detention, including warehouses, and how communities can fight camps before and after they open.
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ICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Communities Can Push Back
“You can do something. It is within reach. You can have an effect,” says journalist John Washington.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Defend trans shelter access! Trump is trying to force federally-funded women's shelters to start turning away trans women and nonbinary people and men's shelters to start turning away trans men and nonbinary people. action.transequality.org/a/equalacces...
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Submit a comment on the Federal Register!
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Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · 01/05/2026
Happy May Day!
A poster with these words across the top: 

THE LABOR MOVEMENT!
THE FOLKS THAT BROUGHT YOU…

In the middle there are drawings of people holding signs that say:

CHILD LABOR LAWS
PARENTAL LEAVE
SICK LEAVE
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
WORKPLACE POWER
PENSION BENEFITS
HEALTH BENEFITS
FARM LABOR RIGHTS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK

POWER CONCEDES NOTHING
WITHOUT A DEMAND • IT NEVER DID AND IT NEVER
WILL —FREDERICK DOUGLASS
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
#Trans people have resisted sexual violence in a million ways for many years. Here are a few examples from recent US history--including Alyssa Rodriguez, the person our organization is named after. <3 #SAAM #MeToo truthout.org/articles/for...
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For Decades, Trans People Have Helped Lead the Fight Against Sexual Violence
Today, trans and gender-nonconforming survivors continue a legacy of resistance that goes back longer than we may know.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 29/04/2026
From Frances Thompson’s testimony of being raped before Congress in 1866, to Alyssa Rodriguez's legal action that led to important changes in how transfeminine young people were treated in juvenile detention in New York State, these are some of the stories of resistance.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 29/04/2026
For decades, trans people, queens, butches, and other gender-nonconforming people have resisted sexual violence in countless ways — whether through seeking policy change, opening their homes to other survivors, telling their stories, escaping attackers, or organizing to support survivors.
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For Decades, Trans People Have Helped Lead the Fight Against Sexual Violence
Today, trans and gender-nonconforming survivors continue a legacy of resistance that goes back longer than we may know.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Watch those mono-issue people. They ain’t gonna do you no good. Watch these groups that can only deal with one thing at a time… You must believe that believing in human beings in balance with the environment and the universe is a good thing." --Bernice Johnson Reagon
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Pennsylvania’s Abolitionist Organizers Win Victory Against Mandatory Life Without Parole
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling is part of a nationwide trend to challenge life without parole sentences.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The woman being murdered in the video Trump posted was an immigrant. Her name was Nilufar Yasmin. She was from Bangladesh. Trump is weaponizing her death against communities like hers. Outstanding reporting from @pabloreports.bsky.social for Migrant Insider. migrantinsider.com/p/her-name-w...
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Natasha Lennard @natashalennard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
As Justice Jackson noted in her dissent, “The Constitution does not pose a barrier to reasonable regulation of harmful medical treatments just because substandard care comes via speech instead of a scalpel.”.. the majority sided w conversion therapy @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/04/01/s...
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Conversion Therapy Gets Speech Protections — But Trans Kids’ Existence Gets No Protection At All
The Supreme Court gave conversion therapy free speech protections — but trans kids’ existence gets no protection at all.
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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
“Trans people in prison are experts on organizing under conditions of extreme censorship, surveillance, and repression." --Pooja Gehi of @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social (in a crucial piece by Gabriel Arkles) truthout.org/articles/tra...
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Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Are Navigating the Dangers of Visibility
The vitriol of Trump’s anti-trans attacks has stoked anti-trans violence by prison staff and other incarcerated people.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This #TDOV, show up for trans people in prison and those who support us! Check out this article on how #trans people in #prison and organizations like ARC navigate #visibility, safety, and solidarity. truthout.org/articles/tra...
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Trans People Behind Bars Share How They Are Navigating the Dangers of Visibility
The vitriol of Trump’s anti-trans attacks has stoked anti-trans violence by prison staff and other incarcerated people.
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Yellowhammer Fund @yellowfund.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Episode 3 of The Road to Care is out now. Getting abortion care often means traveling long distances and navigating costs like gas, childcare, lodging, and time away from work. Abortion funds and clinics work together to make that journey possible. Watch the new episode: youtu.be/BcjgqQvP3as?...
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Episdoe 3 of the Road to Care
YouTube video by Yellowhammer Fund
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Those at Bedford Hills need access to safe showers and indoor rec! Please support this petition from our friends at F2L. c.org/RQqCWv6PHm
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GOV HOCHUL & AG JAMES: ACT NOW FOR OUR LOVED ONES AT BEDFORD CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
There are no psychopaths. aeon.co/essays/psych...
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 02/02/2026
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It is hard to realize this past year that as a trans woman, my views will not be respected, many of my words will be forgotten, my work lost to time more quickly, and many of the things I have said for years will be said by cis men tomorrow who will get the credit and praise for coming up with it.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 18/01/2026
The "ICE is using military tactics suited for a warzone, not for American streets" rhetoric kinda misses the point that warzones are not naturally occuring. The US military creates war zones from residential neighborhoods and the tactics are not more justifiable just because it's overseas
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Researchers from around the world made this happen. Bandim Health Project and RFK Jr.'s study was unethical and it is good that this has been cancelled. But the Danish government should investigate Bandim's role in exporting their anti-vax efforts globally. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Today the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in critical trans rights cases, Hecox and BPJ. The questions before the Court are: 1) Does Title IX protect trans girls from discrimination at school, and if so, does that apply to sports?
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Protect trans freedom Trust trans kids Build trans power
Sign held in the rain reading trans kids are sacred
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
NYC: Bring in the new year by hitting the streets! 1/6, 1, NYPL steps: Impeach rally freespeechforpeople.org 1/7, 3:30, 141 Flushing Ave: Shut down Crye Precision noise demo 1/8: Don't buy gas, for Venezuela bit.ly/StrikeThePump 1/10, 1, Union Square: Rally for trans kids tinyurl.com/5d4xc444
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Pregnancy Justice @pregnancyjust.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
We're ending the year with more good news. A judge vacated our client's conviction and 18-year prison sentence for experiencing a stillbirth. The state plans to retry her, and we'll be there at her side. www.al.com/news/2025/12...
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Judge orders new trial for east Alabama woman imprisoned after she lost her baby
Shoemaker was convicted of chemical endangerment in 2020, a law that Alabama has used to arrest more pregnant women than any other state.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Well, not a NEW low. But low. religiondispatches.org/marking-a-ne...
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Marking a New Low in Catholic Theology, Church Still Considers Women Inferior to Men
Pope Leo XIV ordered the release of the Summary of the Study Commission on the Female Diaconate last week, marking a new low point in Catholic theology. The second commission that convened on the ordi...
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been named: The hero’s name is Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, who owns a fruit shop.
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Jennifer @jennifilm.nz · 01/12/2025
Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent." our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...
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Reverse the decision to deny transgender and takatāpui young people access to puberty blockers
Dear Minister Simeon Brown We write to you as transgender and takatāpui young people of Aotearoa New Zealand to ask you to reconsider your decision to ban the use of puberty blockers (gonadotropin-re...
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
In the Holocaust, Nazis captured my grandpa’s sister Sheinale (Yiddish for "beautiful") & her family & executed them in a forest in Lithuania. Their bodies are in an unmarked forest grave. In contrast, Covid vaccines saved an estimated 20 million lives in their 1st year of use. See the difference?
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 02/11/2025
NEW: Protestors turn up the heart on Fenway Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center that recently pulled transtion care from all patients under 19. Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Defiant Protests Target Fenway Health As Youth Care Ends — Assigned
Organizers spanning generations converged to demand the LGBTQ+ community health center reinstate gender-affirming care for patients under 19.
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Make the Road NY @maketheroadny.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New Yorkers will not sit idly by while the Trump administration continues to separate families, detain & arrest immigrants or threatens to send troops to our city. Join us to #ProtectOurFutures and register for the citywide call tomorrow (10/29) at 7PM: HandsOffNYC.com
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 19/10/2025
At some point, the people of the US are going to have to ask themselves why in 2025, we still have a system of "democracy" that is intentionally designed to give the 60% of pro ethno-state white voters more power than everyone else in the country combined. Questions for the 40% of white folk.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 10/10/2025
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, all governments should commit to moving away from coercive mental healthcare practices. Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.
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On Mental Health Day, End Coercion, Embrace Dignity
Hauwa, a 25-year-old woman, was lying on the floor, shackled, and barely alive when Human Rights Watch found her in November 2024 in a state-run institution in Kano, Nigeria. She was deaf and had a me...
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Day 2 of our Week of Action for incarcerated survivors! From Miley: "I was comfortable on the West side of the prison. I did NOTHING to get moved off of that block! I was at my PRAT assessment Gender Review Committee and I was asked do you feel comfortable on JA block?
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
“I want people to know that my mom’s medications were taken away and not returned,” Nory told MSNBC in Quetzaltenango on Aug. 27. Through tears after her mother’s death, she repeated: “They took away my mother’s medicine. I had no way to help her.”
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The death of Estela Ramos Baten
Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Day 1 of week of action with Noel: “I feel so alone fighting against a system that doesn't exist. Now, don't think for a moment I don't appreciate you and what you're doing. It's just that I'm here alone trying to fight through this nightmare of depression.
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Join ARC's week of action for incarcerated #survivors! These #trans and cis #women are organizing campaigns to protect their and others' #health and safety in #prison. Please share, but above all, please take the actions! 5 min each, big impact. Details: tinyurl.com/ARCActionDet...
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Dean Spade @deanspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
If you’re distressed watching the transphobic nightmare unfold, a great way to support trans people is to become a penpal to an imprisoned trans person. @powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social
A background with green pealing paint and text that reads "How to Support Trans People Now: Write to a Prisoner" with a small graphic of a envelope Green peeling paint with text that reads: Why this is so important: People in prison face isolation, violence, health and nutritional deprivation; friendship with someone outside can help a lot; send in money for commissary items and books; help prepare for releaseText reads: Groups to Help Find a Penpal: Power Blossoms, locations: California and federal prisons; ARC Gender Justice, locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida; Black & Pink, locations: National; Abolitionist Mail Project, locations: Massachusetts; Trans Pride Initiative, locations: Texas
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Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
LAST CHANCE to submit a comment to oppose taking hormones away from #trans people in Georgia prisons! Please take 5-10 minutes NOW to show up for our trans family inside. #Abolition #AbolitionFeminism #AbolitionAction cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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