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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/05/2025

Last night, we were one of the first outlets to report the ADULT ban on gender affirming care for Medicaid recipients who depend on it to access it. This morning, that bill passed 215-214-1. It now goes to the senate. It's a bleak day for transgender Americans.

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

“Now, I’m really concerned; how will we support the future generation of scientists to continue this work?” - @jaceflatt.bsky.social

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ What does #trans community mean to you? Share your thoughts in the TransForming Connectedness research study and help us learn how to leverage community to prevent suicide. Open to U.S.-based trans and nonbinary adults. Fill out the interest form at bit.ly/TFC_Interest to receive the survey link.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/03/2025

The Montana Bathroom ban is signed into law. Gianforte thanked the Alliance Defending Freedom and Riley Gaines in his address. This makes it against the law for trans people to use the bathroom in the airport, parks, the capitol building, and more. It also impacts me and my wife Zooey personally.

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Standing alongside our partners in Montana and across the country, I am proud to safeguard privacy and security for women and girls – because a man shouldn’t be in a women’s restroom, shouldn’t be in a women’s shower room, and shouldn’t be housed in a women’s prison.
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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

As a transgender person with a family history of Alzheimer's, it's a slap in the face to be told our lab's research on brain health and caregiving is "unscientific" and does "nothing to enhance the health of many Americans" -- just because it includes transgender people. But we won’t be silenced.

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

And then there were none… My advisor just lost their last remaining federal research grant. All were cancelled for being inclusive of #trans and #nonbinary people. People like us. These grants supported critical research into #LGBTQIA aging, dementia, and caregiving—and funded a staff of 7.

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Action alert: Submit a quick public comment in support of maintaining coverage for gender-affirming care under the ACA (referred to here as "sex trait modification"). #transrights #calltoaction

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ Use your voice to protect trans lives 🏳️‍⚧️ I’m recruiting U.S.-based #trans and #nonbinary adults (18+) to participate in an online survey about community connectedness and mental health, and inform suicide prevention efforts. Take the survey: bit.ly/TFC_Interest Learn more at the link in my bio.

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) raised concerns about research grants terminated for including transgender people -- including ones that fund our Rainbows of Aging team at the UNLV School of Public Health -- during a confirmation hearing for NIH director nominee Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya.

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Sen Markey questions NIH nominee on terminated research grants

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Our team just had an NIH grant terminated. The reason? “Transgender issues: Research programs based on gender identity are often unscientific, have little identifiable return on investment, and do nothing to enhance the health of many Americans….”

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

My advisor/our research team just had a $1.4 million, 4-year DOD grant revoked because the study includes LGBTQ+ veterans. Unless something changes soon, I have to assume our NIH funding is on the chopping block too. Our research is about dementia and caregiving.

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Erin Rook (he/they) @erinrook.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

“Data are not just numbers — they represent real people, real experiences, and real disparities. Data tell the stories of our country. Data make visible communities who have long been stigmatized, discriminated against, and underserved in policymaking.” #PublicHealth #LGBTQ #transrights

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Disappearing Data: Why We Must Stop Trump’s Attempts to Erase Our Communities

Ensuring the collection and protection of demographic data affirms the visibility, rights, and well-being of the people behind the numbers.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

SUBJECT:
Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs
'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve.
This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025).
Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20.
2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20.

ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial
surice tot foreign nongovernmental organizations, DEL woke gender ideology, and the
pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00
rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated
conducting merit review panels
No later than Febrar
- 10. 2025, agencies shail submit to OMB detailed information on
any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant
has reviewed provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information
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grant and ptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other case basis.
To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law

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