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Mylo Minderbinder @duffomatic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
WaPo published my letter, but first they censored it. Here’s the story . . 1/
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trans kids have been playing sports for more than 15 years. It only became a political issue when the far right ADF began targeting them. No one is asking Dems to commit “political suicide” That is a misleading formulation. Sincerely, please read up on this
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: If Trump and Hegseth weren’t trying to kick trans people out of the military, a Navy board recently wrote of a trans women that it “without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service," lawyers revealed today. www.lawdork.com/i/219495792/...
Absent ALNAV 011/26, the board without reservation would recommend retention based on a record of exemplary service.
• If separated from Naval Service, the board recommends waiving recoupment of debt associated with service education program costs based on LT Winchell's demonstrated exemplary service.
REDACTED BOARD MEMBERS 9/23/26
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
Andy Beshear is proof that you can win a red state without abandoning trans people.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/04/2026
1. A new study claims trans care worsens mental health. It is fatally flawed. It didn't measure mental health—it measured psych visits. Even visits that stemmed from mandatory checkins, surgical pre-psych evals, or pre-treatment that was classified as post. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Fact Check: New Finnish "Study" Does Not Prove "Trans Youth Care Leads To Worse Outcomes"
The latest Kaltiala study is filled with fatal methodological flaws, and does not support claims made about trans youth care lacking efficacy.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 22/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes bill passed which would protect CA providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state. www.ebar.com/story/170505...
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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care
Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I assume anyone who points out how small the trans population is doesn’t know any trans people & I guess that’s what it takes to care? Because if you know even ONE trans person, like a person in your life, how can you think about that person and conclude it’s okay if they get thrown under the bus?
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Now, just personally, I would have considered the crocodiles
The assessment did not consider the crocodiles but instead looked at "how the course would perform under a range of conditions, weather patterns, water levels and flood risk at both Games time and throughout the period leading into the Games".
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
educate yourselves
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026
I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.
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I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.
Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The part of this story about TX therapists refusing to see trans kids out of fear of prosecution is news to me, and extremely fucked up. Is there any org of out-of-state therapists who can help kids across state lines?
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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 11/09/2026
do not underestimate the way “this person i love is changing in ways that are beyond my control” animates a lot of modern transphobic animus. sad, jealous, ugly, possessive stuff
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
it would shock the average person how many anti-trans activists had a partner or child who came out as trans and, rather than being supportive, they obsessively worked to "purge" transness from their lives (as well as society)...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
And surprise surprise. Elon Musk drops $100 million targeting Dems with anti-trans ads. Looking at the ads, it appears he is ramping up the ads targeting Dems who already caved. This includes Turek and Talarico. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Elon Musk’s PAC Drops $100 Million On Anti-Trans Ads Targeting Dems Who Already Capitulated
Anti-trans capitulations didn’t stop Musk from spending big to attack these Democrats.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you're trying to propose to people with trans children in their lives that their lives are a worthwhile sacrifice for other Democratic priorities, consider whether you'd be convinced that your children should be sacrificed for the greater good of someone else's family.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/09/2026
Equality Orgs are struggling to decide how to handle anti-transgender Democrats. Equality Ohio and HRC have endorsed anti-trans candidates, exposing fault lines over how equality orgs fight for trans people. They confirm they refuse to pull their endorsements. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Equality Organizations Struggle Over How To Handle Anti-Trans Democrat Endorsements
Equality Ohio gives Amy Acton a B after calling trans women men. HRC endorses multiple Democratic candidates who have taken major anti-trans votes. EITM investigates.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep Commanders around the world have started receiving notices that trans members of their units are violating Pentagon policy and must begin separation as the Pentagon searches protected medical records and find hundreds of troops who have tried to continue serving.
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Pentagon searching medical records to identify transgender troops | Federal News Network
Military officials are using medical and personnel data to uncover troops with current or past gender dysphoria as the Pentagon moves ahead with separations.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/09/2026
Haitian leaders in Springfield, Ohio, and beyond said Bel’s death is symptomatic of the extreme stress many immigrants are under as they fear being detained and sent back. Read more here:
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College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he took his own life on a busy highway after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants and ICE officers placed him in an ankle mo...
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
After banning them from the military, Pete Hegseth's Defense Department is withholding tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars in severance from transgender veterans, some of whom are now homeless or relying on food banks to feed themselves and their families because of it
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"An Air Force major who flew search-and-rescue helicopters was supposed to receive $340,000 and now relies on food banks for groceries. And at least 17 other Air Force members were promised early retirement, only to have the government claw back the agreement before the payments arrived"
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A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance
Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It would be amazing if cis people could attempt to grasp how it feels for trans people to hear that large groups of Americans are being tested to see if one of us is hidden among them - because they'll be testing for your personal minority next.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
-AZ would also allow *any individual* who “suspects” someone is a trans athlete to file a lawsuit. -WA singles out girls alone for sex inspections. Girls beginning in kindergarten! Who and how are these inspections done? The ballot language leaves it up to the government
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 31/08/2026
Late last week, the HHS released a report claiming to show a link between "transgender ideology" and political violence. Among other bizarre features of this unpublished, non-peer reviewed paper it included a grand total of 13 transgender people. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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HHS Touts Online Survey of 13 Trans People as Evidence Trans Acceptance May Cause Violence - Assigned Media
Digging into the latest propaganda from our nation’s health experts.
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Jay Kirell @jasonkirell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kurt Schlicter once told a disabled veteran to off himself. I know because I was that veteran.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s vital that journalists properly contextualize and present polling. Trans ppl are “in the news” yes, but we’re the focus of an intense government-led campaign to drive us from public life bsky.app/profile/bill...
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
One of things I mentioned to John: “I’m sure I don’t need to tell Pew, but for the record surveys on trans issues have varied very widely over time, in part bc of the public’s understandable lack of knowledge and the right-wing’s intense politicisation and manipulation of news about trans ppl”
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 30/08/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Aug After forcing trans service menbers out, the Pentagon is now stiffing many for tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they were promised, leaving many of them destitute and on the street. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance
Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 27/08/2026
A sailor who jumped off the USS Lincoln is 19, married with two kids, and is being charged by the Navy under UCMJ for “malingering” and absence without leave. Because we have completely lost the fucking plot.
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Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges
The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.
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Russ McSpadden @peccarynotpig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BREAKING: Armed and masked agents of the U.S. government have invaded the sovereign Tohono O'odham Nation.
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Your Scary Ad Here @cooluser354.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh see that's the thing: they have genital exams as the free "option" to swabs. So poorer girls are forced to choose between being left out... or subjected to invasive exams All of it is very intentional.
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Your Scary Ad Here @cooluser354.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
...the ones pictured above are trying to hide that these bills/initiatives explicitly require/mention invasive genital exams by pretending only a "cheek swab" is needed. However it's not true, Gender Critical groups / Republicans explicitly want genital checks www.kuow.org/politics/202...
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Transgender ballot initiative could require genital exams for WA secondary school students
Young female athletes in Washington schools would likely have to obtain genital exams to participate in school sports, if a controversial ballot initiative passes in November.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/08/2026
It's an op. Looks like America First Policy helped to coordinate this. They were previously run by Stephen Miller. Their affiliated common sense PAC was one of the biggest anti trans political spenders last cycle and were heavily funded by Elon. It's all about the election.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/08/2026
It's the 2018 caravan shit all over again. Pick a group of people to scapegoat and use the conservative media apparatus to pound that message to distract from real issues. This time it's a manufactured culture war at WNBA games. Trans people aren't why you can't afford groceries or gas.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is another authoritarian move, where the government is attempting to punish civil society actors because of political disagreements.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A think tank did a fact-based analysis of the President's decision to deploy military in the capital. The President says he will sue the organization for $5 billion unless they withdraw the analysis. This is authoritarianism in America. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“In the rule, the Postal Service said that it would deliver mail ballots only in states that shared voter data with the federal agency.” This is utterly outrageous.
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Three former CIA officers, keepers of the country’s most valuable secrets, warn that Trump is systematically purging LGBTQ+ people from the most sensitive positions in the government. It's a national security threat. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Former CIA officers warn Trump's administration is reviving the Lavender Scare
Three intelligence veterans say the agency’s dismantling of LGBTQ+ programs threatens national security and reverses decades of hard-won progress.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I noticed that every single writer who joined the self-righteous destruction of Jason Arday was also anti-trans, and I think I'm going to write about that for my newsletter this week. If you want to read that, or just want to support independent trans journalism, become a member of Assigned Media!
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Support Our Journalism - Assigned Media
Support OurJournalism Our journalism is only possible through the support of our members! As a supporting member, you’ll receive a special edition of our newsletter, featuring bonus essays and insight...
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As we were wrapping up this story Evan asked us to take a look at HHS’s *first* report opposing gender affirming care for young people. The contrast was revealing. HHS is now attacking the entire medical profession, including virtually every major medical group. It cannot win on the facts🧵
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SPARTA Pride @spartapride.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you want to recommend an org that advocates for LGBTQ+ military families (whether the service member, veteran, and/or family member is LGBTQ+), please consider recommending us! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/08/2026
Really important data here, that I'm writing about tomorrow. And a warning to Dems who think they can spew anti-trans rhetoric without losing their own voters.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 17/08/2026
On Lawfare Daily, @juliacurlee.bsky.social sat down with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org to talk about the purge of the NSC in the Trump’s second presidency and being trans in an administration that badly needed her expertise but didn’t let her use the bathroom. youtu.be/svGZHLFopt4
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/08/2026
Julia Curlee was the first CIA officer to transition openly and keep serving the agency. The Trump White House needed her—until her identity became public.
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Bree Fram @breefram.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you read one thing this week, please make it this article. Julia has done incredible things for this nation. Silently... until now. She knows the stakes like few others. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Wrong Kind of American
The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
Republicans Are About to Repeat the Democrats’ Biggest Mistake
Over the years, Republicans have portrayed Democrats as beholden to bespoke identities (they/them), obsessed with an alleged genocide (Gaza) and in thrall to anti-American revisionism (see the efforts to recenter our national narrative on slavery).

We are critics of diversity, equity and inclusion programs who largely agree with that characterization. We believe the Republicans’ war on woke has made America a fairer, safer place by checking some of the worst excesses of modern progressivism, from antiwhite discrimination in corporate America to biological men competing in women’s sports.

But we are also concerned that this backlash is morphing into something darker, dumber and ultimately self-defeating. Today the right has begun to resemble its depiction of the left: There are invented identities like heritage American, claims of white genocide in South Africa and arguments from right-wing influencers that the Allies weren’t the good guys in World War II.

What changed, in other words, were the facts on the ground. The Republican Party responded organically to a shift in public opinion, which was itself a response to a more assertive form of transgender activism — one whose definition of inclusion seemed to compromise basic notions of fairness. Once regarded as a political albatross, bathroom bills are now on the books in 21 states.

A similar dynamic drove the right’s dwindling tolerance for affirmative action and D.E.I.
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
If you’re interested in learning more about the Times’ horrible record on trans issues, both on the opinion and news sides, a couple of useful sources. Assigned Media has covered this many times, here’s one example: assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Bias at NYT: Trans Former Employee Speaks Out - Assigned Media
Billie Sweeney is a trans journalist who was an editor for the New York Times until last year. Here, she recalls her losing battle for the soul of the paper of record.
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