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Brooke Migdon

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LGBTQ+ politics @ The 19th ✨ Find me on signal @ bmigdon.11 or email brooke@19thnews.org she/her :)

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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans across the country are campaigning to keep trans student-athletes out of sports — even in states that already ban them from competing. New @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2026/09/repu...
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Republicans can’t stop talking about banning trans athletes
They’re campaigning on keeping them out of sports, even in states where trans students have been blocked from competition for years.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans across the country are campaigning to keep trans student-athletes out of sports — even in states that already ban them from competing. New @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2026/09/repu...
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Republicans can’t stop talking about banning trans athletes
They’re campaigning on keeping them out of sports, even in states where trans students have been blocked from competition for years.
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
👀 In a new memo, the conservative American Principles Project, which has urged Republicans to adopt anti-trans messaging, says focusing just on cultural issues "may not be sufficient" to win the midterms americanprinciplesproject.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/u...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One conservative group's website, for instance, claims without evidence that the proposal to strike Virginia's same-sex marriage ban from the constitution would “enshrine gender ideology into our state constitution, threatening girls’ safety and sports.” www.familyfoundation.org/protectmarri...
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Virginia Question 2 (2026): The Marriage Amendment — The Family Foundation
Question 2 would rewrite Virginia’s constitution on marriage. See The Family Foundation’s concerns on gender identity language and religious liberty.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage hasn’t been enforceable since 2014 but has remained part of its constitution since voters adopted it in 2006 — at least, marriage equality advocates hope, until November. 19thnews.org/2026/09/virg...
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Bob and Bob have been married for 12 years. They’re ready for their state constitution to change.
Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage hasn’t been enforceable since 2014, but it’s still on the books — at least until November.
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jasmine mithani @jazzmyth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And now they are down again for an unspecified "policy violation."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban
“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In less than a week, Elon Musk’s super PAC has pushed out dozens of ads vilifying trans people and accusing Democratic Senate candidates of backing a “radical trans agenda.” In at least two of the ads, the people portrayed as trans women don’t even appear to be real. 19thnews.org/2026/09/elon...
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Political ads with made-up trans people are being used to bash Democrats
Elon Musk’s super PAC dropped dozens of ads this week in key Senate races, and the majority of them focus on trans people.
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Them @them.us · 14/08/2026
Shevrin Jones, who is not HIV positive, says he was “disgusted” by the text because there’s “nothing shameful about living with HIV.”
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Text Blast Falsely Claims Gay Florida Candidate Is HIV Positive: “I Knew Exactly What They Were Trying to Do”
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Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When I think about trans people in sports, I don’t think about lobbies or legislation. I think about my friends. Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:
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Column: When I think about transgender people in sports, I think about my friends
Despite the rabid fixation upon the concept of trans women in sports, those who beat the drum the loudest for exclusive policies rarely seem to care about trans people themselves.
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 13/08/2026
In a recent statement the league said, "there are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others.”
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The WNBA ‘felt like a lifeline’ for LGBTQ+ fans. Anti-trans attacks are testing that refuge.
Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham’s remarks opposing transgender athletes in women’s sports injected political debate into a league with no openly trans women players.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm looking to speak with LGBTQ+ WNBA fans about their thoughts, feelings and responses to Sophie Cunningham's comments on trans athletes and the league's response thus far for a story @19thnews.org. My DMs are open and I'm ready to listen! 👂🏀
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I'm looking to speak with LGBTQ+ WNBA fans about their thoughts, feelings and responses to Sophie Cunningham's comments on trans athletes and the league's response thus far for a story @19thnews.org. My DMs are open and I'm ready to listen! 👂🏀
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19thnews @19thnews.org · 27/07/2026
Similar initiatives will appear on the ballot in Arizona and Colorado but unlike those measures, which would broadly require schools to designate athletic programs as definitively male, female or co-ed, Washington state’s initiative applies to only girls’ sports.
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How Washington state’s sports ballot measure will impact all girls
A ballot initiative to bar transgender girls from girls’ teams would require all girls to ‘verify’ their identity.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Lawmakers in left-leaning states have repeatedly rejected attempts to bar transgender student-athletes from competing in line with their gender identity. This fall, the question will go straight to voters in two blue states and one swing state. New @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2026/07/tran...
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The fight over trans girls’ sports participation moves to the November ballot
State ballot measures seeking to restrict transgender student-athletes’ participation in school sports will appear before voters in November.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Some personal news: I've made the difficult decision to leave @thehill after 4 years. I've loved so much of my time here, and feel beyond lucky to have been able to tell the stories I did alongside some incredible journalists. I’m not entirely sure what’s next for me yet. Hopefully more news soon💛
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
In Puerto Rico, the age of majority, or legal adulthood, is 21, making its ban on care for minors one of the most restrictive of any U.S. state or territory. (Most U.S. laws ban care up to 18 years old. Laws in Alabama and Nebraska ban care up to 19 years old) thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
"Trans people are going to die, and they don’t care. Humor helps us look at it. ...We don’t have to look away if we can laugh at it.” With LGBTQ+ rights in peril, trans and queer comedians' stars are rising. They're making us laugh in bleak times & reimagining how comedy can be a tool for change
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With their rights in peril, LGBTQ+ comedians are using humor to dilute fear
The 19th spoke with four queer comedians about making the world seem funny right now through looking for jokes in the horrors, dissociating, and rethinking how to talk to straight people.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
ICYMI: This morning, Hegseth confirmed the Navy is renaming the ship named for Harvey Milk, a Navy lieutenant, gay rights activist and the first gay person elected to public office in California before he was killed. "People want to be proud of the ship they're sailing in." x.com/SecDef/statu...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The authors of the titles at the center of this case told me back in April that their books are incredibly personal — some of them are about their own children or based on their own childhood experiences. These aren't just storybooks, they're the stories of real people. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
HUGE NEWS: The Senate Parliamentarian has struck the ban on Medicaid dollars for gender-affirming care trans people from the One Big Beautiful Bill! www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...
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Byrd Rule Violations Continue to Mount on the Republicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
“Liberation Weekend was a celebration, but it was no party at the end of the world—it was the repeated insistence of a people under attack that the world they’ve created cannot and will not end.” Thank you @pitchfork.com for spreading the word of @liberationwknd.bsky.social. Here’s to next year?
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Liberation Weekend: The Trans Punk DIY Music Festival That Could Spark a Movement
Across two days in Washington, D.C., local and national acts threw a sweaty party to publicly reject the Trump Administration’s anti-trans legislation and raise money for the Gender Liberation Movemen...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
More than 100 celebrities across the entertainment industry are calling on President Trump’s administration to protect an LGBTQ youth crisis service’s funding amid broader spending cuts. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The Education Department is declaring June 'Title IX Month' in an obvious hit at Pride. Says it will highlight actions throughout the month "taken to reverse" the Biden admin's "legacy of undermining Title IX," which it says bars trans girls from girls' sports/spaces. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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U.S. Department of Education Recognizes June as ‘Title IX Month’
U.S. Department of Education Recognizes June as ‘Title IX Month’
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
NEW: These families say they're leaving the U.S. because of its anti-transgender climate For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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These families say they're leaving the U.S. because of its anti-transgender climate
One of the families said they decided to move from Colorado to New Zealand after their 9-year-old trans daughter’s health care was interrupted.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Hello! I'm working on a story about the Trump administration's trans military ban and would like to hear how service members are preparing for/navigating the new policy. If that sounds like you, I'd love to hear from you! Reach me here or on Signal at bmigdon.84
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Hello! I'm working on a story about the Trump administration's trans military ban and would like to hear how service members are preparing for/navigating the new policy. If that sounds like you, I'd love to hear from you! Reach me here or on Signal at bmigdon.84
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Another Dem/potential 2028 candidate signals an openness to limiting trans girls' participation in sports, but says decisions should be left to school boards/athletic associations. "There are some sports that some of these trans children should not be playing." thedispatch.com/article/rube...
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Will Ruben Gallego Lead Democrats Out of the Wilderness?
The Arizona senator prevailed where Kamala Harris failed. Can he repeat that success nationwide?
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Via Axios: Democrats are trying to use the Byrd rule to strike some parts of the reconciliation bill. Chief among them: -The ban on care for transgender people in Medicaid and CHIP -the moratorium on AI regulation -REINS Act -Permitting reform -immigration fees www.axios.com/2025/05/28/t...
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5 parts of Trump's budget bill that risk being axed by Senate rules
Sources from both parties pointed to these issues as some of the likely major fights.
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
'Heightened Scrutiny' details the high-stakes Supreme Court case over trans health care I spoke to the film's director @samfeder.bsky.social and producer Amy Scholder, for @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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'Heightened Scrutiny' details the high-stakes Supreme Court case over trans health care
The new documentary follows ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio as he argues before the high court against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Per her MileSplit stats, the athlete Trump is talking about never competed on any hs team other than the girls', so his claim that she was "less than average" pre-transition is based on nothing. She's ranked 3rd in the triple jump in California (& 13th nationally), so she's not "unbeatable" either.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
On Truth Social this am, Trump orders local California authorities to block a transgender high school athlete from competing in the state finals and threatens to revoke the state's federal funding, "maybe permanently." Says he's speaking w/ Newsom today.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Republicans in Utah commissioned an investigation into gender-affirming care for trans youth after banning it in 2023. They're now rejecting the findings of that investigation which showed access to care reduced suicides and improved "positive mental health and psychosocial functioning outcomes."
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Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Something to note: Some health policy experts and lawmakers I spoke with said the measure's funding restrictions for trans health care may violate the Senate’s “Byrd rule” preventing reconciliation measures from being used to pass “extraneous” legislation. 1/2
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
House Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” would prohibit Medicaid and CHIP funding for gender-affirming care and remove "gender transition procedures" as essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act. Here's what that means + what a path forward may look like: thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The Trump admin has been trying to prohibit ACA coverage of gender-affirming care for awhile. Check out my story here for more info If this goes through, insurers could drop coverage for trans people entirely or trans patients could see higher out-of-pocket costs; along with marketplace cuts
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Health care could get more expensive for transgender people under a new Trump rule
The proposed rule affects access to “essential health benefits” like hospitalization, mental health services and prescription drugs.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If you think this provision could impact your access to care and want to talk about it, feel free to contact me here or on Signal @ bmigdon.84
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New: Not only would Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” ban gender-affirming care via Medicaid, it would ban insurance under the Obamacare exchanges from covering it as an essential health benefit www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump’s ‘One, big, beautiful bill’ would transgender care on Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Related: a new @williamsinstitute.bsky.social report out this morning shows LGBT adults are more than twice as likely to rely on Medicaid as their primary source of health insurance. williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This would upend care for potentially hundreds of thousands of trans people nationwide. An estimated 276,000 trans adults were enrolled in Medicaid in 2022, according to the Williams Institute. williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications...
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
House Republicans' managers amendment to the reconciliation bill is out It now explicitly prohibits Medicaid from covering gender-affirming health care for transgender people *overall* The reconciliation bill initially only targeted people under 18 amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/R...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Update: Staffers for several Dems listed here told me they did not have meetings scheduled with WoLF (see replies). But WoLF says they actually *did* have meetings on the books. They say Dems were intimidated into canceling them. womensliberationfront.org/news/democra...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Per one Democratic aide, members reached out for a meeting to talk about "women's rights, violence against women, revenge porn and AI deepfake porn on the internet, and mentioned specifically that they had constituents of ours that would want to talk to our team about these issues ..."
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Update: Staffers for several Dems listed here told me they did not have meetings scheduled with WoLF (see replies). But WoLF says they actually *did* have meetings on the books. They say Dems were intimidated into canceling them. womensliberationfront.org/news/democra...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
The Defense Department will begin screening troops for gender dysphoria during routine and periodic medical check-ups as it looks to remove transgender people from serving, according to a new memo: media.defense.gov/2025/May/15/...
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Another update: WoLF will not be meeting with Raskin or his staff, his office says.
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Some House Republicans are looking to make Trump's executive order to bar transgender troops from serving openly in the military permanent, introducing legislation this week to codify the administration's policy into law. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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House Republicans seek to make Trump’s trans military ban permanent
A handful of House Republicans are working to make President Trump’s executive order to bar transgender troops from serving openly in the military permanent, introducing legislation to give the dir…
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
From Schiff's office: "Senator Schiff is not and was never scheduled to meet with this organization. Any suggestion otherwise is false, nor will any member of our team be meeting with the group."
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Brooke Migdon @bmigdon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
From a Duckworth spox: "We have nothing scheduled with this group, and are not aware of any request to meet with anyone associated with them either."
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