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Abortion Fund of Ohio @abortionfundofohio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Men can and should be advocating for abortion access.

Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Abortion is good medicine Gender-affirming care is good medicine. Anyone who says otherwise wants to put themselves into the doctor’s office with you to override your decisions.

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Cobalt @cobaltadvocates.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This National Aviation Day, Cobalt Abortion Fund would like to say a huge thank you to one of our partners in abortion travel, Elevated Access! @elevatedaccess.bsky.social

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For folks that don’t click through, the opening sentence of this post doesn’t tell you that the medical advice was based on flawed research which has now been rejected by the medical field

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Are you an abortion doula or know one? We’re recruiting a community of doulas to travel with our passengers for their entire journey

As travel continues to impose additional levels of threat, anxiety, and fear, our passengers need and deserve more support navigating the onslaught of barriers that impact their ability to attend their appointment.

We're building a group of doulas we can call upon who are eager to support passengers who deserve human-centered care for their entire journey.

Learn more including about compensation at the link in our bio!

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/07/2026

NEW: A federal judge ruled that FDA restrictions on the abortion drug mifepristone are scientifically unjustified in suit filed by independent clinics—says 2023 REMS is unlawful, FDA must reconsider. Louisiana suing FDA for allowing telehealth Rx in same reg storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
CHARLOTTESVILLE DIVISION
WHOLE WOMAN’S HEALTH )
ALLIANCE, et al., )
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Plaintiffs, ) Civil Action No.: 3:23-CV-00019
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v. )
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UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ) By: Hon. Robert S. Ballou
ADMINISTRATION, et al., ) United States District Judge
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Defendants. ))
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Since 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined that mifepristone is a safe and effective medication for early pregnancy termination. Each time the FDA has reviewed mifepristone, it has reaffirmed its safety and efficacy.1 But the FDA has consistently imposed certain prescribing and dispensing restrictions, known as Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (“REMS”), because it concluded such restrictions were necessary to ensure that the drug’s benefits outweighed its risks. The 2023 REMS imposed by the FDA on mifepristone require that (1) prescribing pharmacies be specially certified, (2) prescribing clinicians be specially certified, and (3) prescribers and patients sign a form acknowledging the treatment and
its risks. Dkt. 78-7 at 389–92. Abortion providers in Virginia, Kansas, and Montana brought this case to challenge the 2023 REMS as excessively restrictive, unwarranted, and inconsistent with
the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938. The issue before this....

docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67347356/whole-womans-health-alliance-v-united-states-food-and-drug-administration/?order_by=desc
two page order https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vawd.128384/gov.uscourts.vawd.128384.96.0.pdf

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CONCLUSION
The REMS modifications are arbitrary and capricious. The FDA has steadfastly found, over the past quarter century, that mifepristone is a safe and effective medication. The explanation for the REMS and ETASUs imposed by the FDA in 2023 does not identify the risk alleviated by the restrictions. Nor does the FDA explain how, without these restrictions, prescribing the drug becomes an intolerable risk which would require withdrawal of the drug from the market. The FDA failed to reasonably justify its 2023 REMS modification decision, disregarding substantial contrary evidence from the medical community and comparative regulatory data, and inadequately addressing the burdens imposed on providers and patients. While Plaintiffs’ claim that the FDA exceeded its statutory authority fails, the Agency’s failure to consider relevant evidence and provide a reasoned explanation renders the 2023 REMS modification arbitrary and capricious in violation of the APA and the Fifth Amendment.

two page order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vawd.128384/gov.uscourts.vawd.128384.96.0.pdf
...the Court DIRECTS the parties to file a joint status report within 10 days of this order setting forth their positions on how this case should proceed as to the constitutional claims. The remand order will be entered following determination of the status of the constitutional claims.

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Stream for a Cause @streamforacause.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

We’re honored to support @elevatedaccess.bsky.social and their network of volunteer pilots providing free flights to essential healthcare. This grant helps keep those life-changing journeys possible!

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 11/06/2026

Reproductive justice advocates have been saying for decades that Roe v. Wade wasn’t enough to ensure the right to abortion. So why did the movement organize itself around protecting Roe? @angryblacklady.blacksky.app reflects on how legal arguments became the center of the fight for abortion rights:

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If ‘Roe’ Was Never Enough, Why Was It Everything? (Podcast)

The public health data was there. The reproductive justice framework was there. So why did Roe v. Wade become the center of gravity of the abortion rights movement?

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thank you for resharing @hegemommy.bsky.social’s “abortion is good medicine” language

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 11/05/2026

NEW: The Trump admin has launched moms.gov, featuring "resources, information, and help for new and expecting mothers." The first resource listed: anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, which appear next to or above federally qualified health centers, depending whether you're on desktop or mobile.

a screenshot from moms.gov featuring this description of crisis pregnancy centers: Pregnancy centers provide supportive services for mothers and families. Many centers offer pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STD/STI testing and treatment, parenting support, childbirth classes, medical referrals, and material goods like clothes and diapers—at no cost to you. There are more than 2,750 pregnancy centers across the country. The majority of pregnancy centers offer limited medical services. Check with your local center for details.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

There's a lot of news coverage of yesterday's court ruling that makes it sound like abortion medication is no longer available by mail. THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. Misoprostol has been used with mifepristone for years and can also be effective by itself for an abortion. It has NOT been restricted.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

At Elevated Access, as in all aviation, we live by the mantra: “No matter what else happens, fly the plane.” To celebrate our four-year anniversary, we've been given an incredible opportunity by generous match donors to raise $80,000 in just 24-hours. Your donation will be doubled!

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Celebrate Four Years of Elevated Access!

By Elevated Access

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 13/04/2026

🧵 The ninth annual Black Maternal Health Week began on Saturday, amplifying the perspectives of Black pregnant people and bringing awareness to high death rates Black women face during pregnancy and after birth. We cover these issues year-round. Here’s some of our reporting on Black maternal health:

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Come see us at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, next week!

We’re an exhibitor at the 2026 Sun ‘n Fun expo, April 14 to 19 in Lakeland, Florida! We’ll be in Exhibitor Hangar B with swag and exclusive merch. Give your support and help us recruit more pilots!

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 31/03/2026

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today. Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere. Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We see you and celebrate you. And we’re here for you to help overcome some of the barriers to being happy, healthy, and safe

Celebrating Transgender Day of Visibility

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

2 million miles. That’s 1,500 miles per day since our first flight in 2022. Nearly half of these miles were flown in 2025 as more and more people face barriers to abortion and gender-affirming care

2 million miles flown: everyone deserves access to the healthcare they need, including abortion and gender-affirming care. Our volunteer pilots backed up by airlines provide no-cost transportation for those who need assistance.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

We’ve been taking a rest after a busy year, and we’re expecting to be even busier in 2026 when we return Monday. We've brought creativity, joy, and persistence to the movement, and we're bringing even more to our efforts this year. Still walkin', still talkin,' still flyin'.

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outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social @outlawedthepodcast.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Check out this week’s episode - featuring groups supporting patients traveling for abortion care. Special thanks to @elevatedaccess.bsky.social for inspiring us with all they do! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

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The Helpers Part 2: Planes, trains, and automobiles

Podcast Episode · Outlawed · 12/18/2025 · 30m

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Hope y’all know how awesome you are on at least an annual basis :)

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance when we remember the trans people whose lives have been lost to anti-trans violence and isolation. We recommit ourselves to action for a world where trans people live long, happy, and healthy in their full selves.

Today, we remember and honor the transgender individuals whose lives were tragically taken due to acts of anti-trans violence and isolation.

We recommit ourselves to action for a world where trans people live long, happy, and healthy in their full selves.

(image of two hands holding a heart colored withe the Trans Pride flag color pattern of blue, pink, and white)

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Standing up for reproductive justice, reducing the barriers of time and money, one flight at a time

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Follow the link in our bio to subscribe to our monthly newsletter! We know you already get a lot of email, and we won't fill your inbox. (We hate it, too, when non-profits send us an email every day.) #reproductivejustice #aviation #airplane #airplanes #pilot #pilots

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🎉: Make sure trans kids and their families know that we exist to help them access care. 🛩️: If you're a pilot, sign up to volunteer with us. 💵: If you're able, donate to support our work to make sure no one is left behind. Links in our bio!

Our Response: Working with dozens of providers, support groups, and community organizations around the country, we’ll continue flights at no cost to help families begin or continue gender-affirming care. Everyone has the right to control their own bodies and futures as well as to raise healthy children.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The only way for Evil to win is for Good people to do nothing. So like Mr. Rogers told us when we were kids, "Look for the helpers." So how do you help? #trans #transrights #aviation #airplanes #airplane #pilot #pilots #reproductivejustice

Many Providers Ending Gender-Affirming Care for Minors: Screenshots from Chicago Sun*Times, WVVA, and LAist

Why are they doing this? Trump issued Executive Order #14187 on January 28th which required that medical institutions who receive federal research and education grants must not perform certain gender-affirming care on people under 19. The EO also seeks to end Medicare and Medicaid support for gender-affirming care for the same people.

Impact: Thousands of families are experiencing the government putting itself into their doctor’s office. These tactics parallel tacticsused against abortion. People will face transportation and financial barriers to starting or continuing care. Research shows that access to gender-affirming care improves mental health and reduces the risks of suicide.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Medical misogyny played a role in the AIDS crisis

Medical Misogyny

The CDC’s medical definition of HIV/AIDS skewed heavily toward men, which neglected to recognize opportunistic infections that commonly affected female bodies with AIDS, such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and cervical cancer.

Medical Misogyny

Women were excluded from receiving medication in clinical trials, and denied needed healthcare from the Division of AIDS Services. Due to this medical misogyny, about 65% of HIV-positive women died without being diagnosed with AIDS.

Honor the “L,” and remember its significance

As we close out Pride Month 2025, keep in mind the example of the MANY Queer women who stepped up during the AIDS Crisis, not just as caretakers, but also as activists, lawyers, artists, and historians.
And call out medical misogyny
when you see it!

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Hi, everyone, I'm Liz M (she/they), here for our final staff takeover for Pride Month!

Hi, everyone!
I’m Liz M (she/they)

I’m the Manager of Community Relations for Elevated Access, and the social worker on staff. I’m the final staff member taking over for
Pride Month.

Why the “L” comes first in LGBTQIA+?

Up until the 1980s, the acronym for our community was spelled out “GLB,” for “Gay,” “Lesbian,” and “Bisexual.” During the AIDS Crisis of the 1980s and ‘90s, many lesbians stepped up to care for gay men who were sick and dying when other doctors and caregivers refused, so the “L” got moved to the first letter in the acronym in honor of those women.

Women and the AIDS Crisis

This paints an inaccurate picture, however, of the impact that the AIDS Crisis had on lesbian and bisexual women and their communities. In 1991, about 40% of people who were HIV-positive and 12% of people with AIDS were women.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

The Stonewall Uprising was a response to the continuing oppression of the LGBTQIA+ community by police in New York City. While LGBTQIA+ elders had fought for acceptance for years, the uprising began a larger cultural shift towards acceptance. The work is not over, and the resistance continues today.

Today is the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. Stonewall was a direct response to the police oppression of the LGBTQIA+ community in NYC.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Happy Pride Month from Oliver, our Gender-Affirming Care Coordinator!

Title text says "Rupert Raj"
Below that there are two pictures of Rupert, a younger photo of him in a sweater with his arms crossed on the left, and on the right, there's a more recent photo of him.

Below those is a text box says:

"Raj (now in his 70’s) was a trans therapist, researcher, educator, and poet. He transitioned at age 19 in 1972. He has started and been involved with a number of groundbreaking organizations and publications across the past 50 years, I want to highlight two of those in this post. Metamorphosis Magazine and his 1987 essay "Burnout: Unsung Heroes And Heroines In The Transgender World"

Text box on the left reads:

"Metamorphosis Magazine gave information specific to trans men, including: clinical research, information about hormones, surgery, and legal reforms for trans people, tips for passing in public, book reviews, and poems."

On the upper right, there's an excerpt from Metamorphosis sharing info about a gender-affirming care clinic:

"The Center for Gender Roassignment Norfolk, Virginie
The Centre for Gender Reassignment has been present for approximately 10 years. A recent increase in interest has expanded our center and the number of patients that are now included in our gender program. Over the past 20 months, we have had well over 100 requests for information regarding our gender program. The majority of these patients are female transsexuals. This is perhaps due to our reputation for phalloplasty surgery.
Upon visiting the Center, each patient is evaluated by two psychologists, two plastic surgeons, a gynecologist, and our coordinator. We follow the "standards of care" of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association."

On the lower left there's a cover page from Metamorphosis Magazine, and to the right is a text box that reads "It was the most popular magazine for trans men throughout the 80’s"

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Abby Vesoulis @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Mike Bonanza runs Elevated Access. Bonanza's group recruits pilots who fly people to places they can access abortion & gender-affirming care (pilots are volunteers; flights are no charge). Unlike commercial flights, passengers don't need drivers licenses. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Abortion Diaries: The pilot

"The vast majority who fly with us have never been on an airplane before."

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We imagine a future of reproductive justice, where people are empowered to control their own bodies, to make true choices to have children or not have children, and to raise children in safe and healthy environments.

The Hope: Working with dozens of partners, we’re doing our part to help people overcome these barriers to abortion care.

Thanks to you, our volunteer pilots and our donors, we’ve helped thousands of people travel receive care on their terms.

Join us! Whether you’ve donated before or haven’t at all, today is the best time to donate.

If you’re a pilot, get signed up as a volunteer.

Remember this: Try.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Roe was the floor. We always deserved better, and better will come someday. Until then, we work with communities across the country using our network of volunteer pilots to get people to the care they need.

June 24th marks the 3rd anniversary of the SCOTUS decision on the Dobbs case, erasing nearly 5 decades of precedent protecting abortion rights.

The Impact: Maternal mortality in Texas rose 56%.

Abortion bans are costing over $133 billion every year due to lost wages, slowed careers, and overall avoidance of those states with bans.

Pregnant people are being charged with crimes for their pregnancy losses.

People are having health-altering and life-ending experiences because hospitals are unable to provide life-saving abortions and risk legal action.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

If you're looking for action after this week's SCOTUS decision, you can help families of trans kids can still get care in other states. We provide free air travel with both volunteer pilots and airline flights to make sure no one is left behind. (Thank you, Ariana Grande, for the shout out.)

Help Trans Kids Get the Care They Need: Parents have spent years raising their kids and working with medical professionals to understand how best to keep them healthy and happy. Because of the SCOTUS decision this week, trans kids will face more barriers to the care they need because of their gender identity.

Transgender kids are not alone in this fight. We fly every day for families to access the care they need, for transgender people’s rights to control their own bodies and their own futures.

You can donate to support this work through the link in our bio. This work will need to happen for years to come.

What our passengers say: Anyone who gets to experience flying with you on your plane is very lucky and in great hands. I am so thankful I had a chance to be assisted in my time of need. During this hard time, I was given the support that made my difficult time so much better. I will always be grateful and remember the kindness I was blessed by. It truly had a major positive impact on my life. Thank you all!
- An Elevated Access passenger

You can donate, volunteer, and spread the word. People need to know that help exists. Others need to know what they can do to help. Donate and more at the link in our bio!

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Allison Raine Chapman @alli.gay · 20/06/2025

Today myself and nine other activists with @genderlib.com were arrested in front of the Supreme Court while protesting for the rights of Trans Youth. These are scary times but we must act up and fight back for our rights and our children’s rights.

Allison Chapman from the back. She is wearing white shorts and black shirt. Her hands are behind her back and in zip tie hand cuffs. A police officer is holding her by the arm. You can see the Supreme Court in the background.

A female police officer with aviator sunglasses points forward while she is holding Allison Chapmans arm behind Allison’s back. Allison Chapman is wearing black lipstick and eyeliner while looking towards the left. Allison is wearing a black shirt that says “Protest Trans Folks” in white letters. Behind Allison is other protestors and onlookers.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Happy Juneteenth! We celebrate the emancipation of enslaved people people at the end of the Civil War, and we recognize the work continues every day. We're not free until we're all free. #juneteenth

The holiday Juneteenth was recognized first by Black Texans and now by Americans everywhere as a day to celebrate the freedom of those previously enslaved. Today, we continue to fight for the freedom of all Americans, including those enslaved through forced prison labor.

On January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all enslaved people were legally free, save for those enslaved as punishment for a crime. But, the declaration was met with resistance and would not immediately be enforced in all states.

The state of Texas would remain under Confederate control for nearly two years, delaying the freedom of more than 250,000 people. On June 19th, 1865, Union troops stormed Galveston Bay, Texas, and announced that these people were free by order of executive decree.

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Hillary’s Laugh @jillyfromthehilly.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Adriana Smith did not give birth to a baby. She was used as an incubator, cut open, and a baby was taken out of her lifeless body. A Black woman was used as a science experiment.

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The GenderCool Project @gendercool.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

To every trans and nonbinary young person: You are real. You are loved. You are free to be yourself, to live boldly, to dream big. You are thriving. You are leading. You are shaping the future. Today hurts, but you are not alone. Not now.Not ever.We see you. We believe in you. We’re with you. Always

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

With hundreds of volunteer pilots all over the country, we help parents access gender-affirming care for their children, even if it means traveling hundreds of miles. Donate. Volunteer. Resist.

Breaking New: The Supreme Court believed the junk science and veiled transphobia to uphold Tennessee’s ban on hormone therapy and puberty blockers for trans youth even though cis youth can receive the same treatments.

In 23 other states, there are similar bans. This means that families all over the country will continue to see barriers to healthcare that keeps their children healthy and thriving. But that’s not the end of the story.

We all want what’s best for our children. The parents in this case have spent years considering what would best support their children only to have Tennessee take away their healthcare. That is care that they, their children, and their doctors decided was necessary for them to thrive.

Healthcare bans threaten people’s well-being, the safety of our communities, and every individual and family’s ability to determine what’s best for them.

Transgender people are facing an onslaught of political attacks as the Trump administration and extremist politicians nationwide try to strip communities of their identities, their safety, their healthcare, and more.

Transgender people are not alone in this fight. We will continue flying every day for families to access the care they need, for transgender people’s rights to control their own bodies and their own futures.

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Elevated Access @elevatedaccess.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Every day is an effort to resist hate. Every day is an opportunity to make the world a better, safer place.

Today we remember the victims and survivors of the Pulse nightclub shooting where 49 people died and dozens more were injured in 2016.

The Pulse nightclub in Orlando was a favorite place of the LGBTQ+ community, a place filled many nights with community and joy.

The struggle against hate never ends, and we owe it to the victims, the survivors, their loved ones, and ourselves to keep working to make a more safe and just society.

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