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Imara Jones

@imarajones.bsky.social
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Journalist and CEO of TransLash Media. Time100 Honoree. Holding up the light so we can face what’s ahead.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Thank you!
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“For transgender Americans, this historic precedent is already a reality. The Human Rights Campaign has documented at least 399 transgender and gender-nonconforming people killed since 2013. Nearly 60% were Black transgender women.”
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
“Dehumanizing language is how permission for violence takes hold. When people in power treat a group as not equal, it can send the signal that abusing or even killing members of that group is acceptable. For transgender Americans, this historic precedent is already a reality”
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In my latest @ms.now piece,I write about what concerns me as we approach Election Day.”As a Black transgender woman who has spent years investigating America’s anti-trans movement,I am alarmed. Because escalating rhetoric is almost always followed by real world action.” www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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Opinion | The Trump administrations’s use of an anti-trans slur is more than just rhetoric
History has shown us that authoritarian leaders facing political trouble don't moderate their attacks on marginalized communities. They double down.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thank you!
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Willa Oczki @willa-oczki.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@imarajones.bsky.social is on MS Now w/ some regularity, tho not nearly enough, she is an excellent guest and communicator. There is one or 2 attorneys I've seen, tho perhaps not on a regular basis, but MS Now does not shy away from trans folks. Agree w/Cary- overall not often.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Support trans people in your communities this #WorldMentalHealthDay. Visit @ppfa.org, @trevorproject.bsky.social, or @translash.org for gender affirming care and trans resources. ❤️
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Appreciate the conversation, @ahylton26.bsky.social, @ayman.msnbc.com, @natashasalford.bsky.social, and Nathan Jun.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The association of Donald Trump with authoritarian leaders around the world is not an accident. It’s the result of an infrastructure which is brought them all together info a potent force. As always, thank you for having me on @theassignmentmsnow.bsky.social and @ms.now!
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Joe Aconite🎃📽️🎙️🐺🌕🐸 @joeaconite.com · 26/08/2026
She loved all.
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the_dude @lebowski76.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We lost a real one Y’all the most important thing she said here not MY place to judge..
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thanks to Miracle Lane Farm & Sanctuary and FiDi Fosters for making our connection possible and to her amazing foster mom. miraclelanefarmnsanctuary.com?utm_source=i...
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Miracle Lane Farm and Sanctuary
Find your new best friend today!
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This #NationalDogDay looks different because of you. Everyone, meet Lola! Having a dog was not on my 2026 bingo card but here we are.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton believed that Black Lives Matter and that Trans Lives Matter. What more is there to say? Rest well legend but more than your music, thank you for showing us how to be decent human beings. We need to follow your example now more than ever.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New podcast episode alert! 🎙️ So great getting to chat with Elliot Page. Listen to the @translash.org podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
But recently independent journalist outlets such as @democracynow.org and @btnewsroom.bsky.social are being targeted by the Administration and Congress. As the assaults on the press grow, it’s important that journalist organizations speak out and defend these essential pillars of a free society.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New caption. Caption: Journalism is the only profession protected by the Constitution. We all know about the attacks on the legacy press such as the @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com ABC News among others.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Guess who’s coming on an Odyssey with the @translash.org podcast? Find out this Thursday!! It’s gonna be epic.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Trans women are blamed for everything. Find out how we did it in my new documentary. Who’s watchin?! 😂🎬
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Perfect example
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leosparkle.bsky.social @leosparkle.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It's like the 3/5 clause
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Thank you!
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Rachel Martin @racheljo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"For 250 years people have been debating who’s a human and who’s not, who’s real and who’s not. Because if you’re accounted as real under the Constitution, you get human rights, and then if you’re not counted as real, then you don’t." Imara Jones on the heart of the matter for trans people in 2026.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Thanks for having me @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social @connectwithjacob.bsky.social and for the conversation @hayesbrown.bsky.social @msnownews.bsky.social
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
250 years ago today, America was created. Then too there was all powerful executive whose dominance over everyday life seemed without end. Today we are reminded that nothing lasts forever, and that eventually power reaches its limits. The cause of freedom is still worthy.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, a glaring, modern paradox that we must confront is the treatment of transgender Americans.”
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I was asked to reflect about what democracy means as America turns 250 today by the @fordfoundation.org. As a trans journalist I had a lot to say. Here’s what I wrote. www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...
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Rebecca Boston @rlboston14.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Love you.
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TransLash Media @translash.org · 01/07/2026
After yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling upholding state laws banning trans girls and women competing in school sports, @imarajones.bsky.social and @chrisgeidner.bsky.social went live on YouTube to unpack the decision, its implications, and what it could mean moving forward. 🔗 bit.ly/4wpdkkc
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I and my colleagues @translash.org have detailed this for six years through the #AntiTransHateMachine podcast series. The fact that no one at the paper put on a pair of headphones to listen to it, so that they could report this story accurately, is astounding.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The legal assault on trans people is squarely at the feet of Alliance Freedom Foundation, Heritage Foundation, FDRC, and not @chasestrangio.bsky.social, @aclu.org, @lambdalegal.org, or @gladlaw.bsky.social
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The attack on trans people is not trans people’s fault. It is irresponsible for the @washingtonpost.com to imply that in their analysis of the SCOTUS sports ruling.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As we approach the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, be sure to read the #DemocracyReflection on fordfoundation.org
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Ford Foundation Homepage - Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation envisions a fair and peaceful world with opportunity for all
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m so honored to be part of the democratic visionaries which @fordfoundation.org brought together to reflect on what democracy actually means. Democracy is not a static monument; it is a living project of constant renewal.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Of the people. By the people. For the people.  In 1863, Abraham Lincoln used these words to define the American experiment. Today, 250 years after our founding, that definition is still our ultimate goal, and our unfinished work.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My final thoughts on yesterday’s SCOTUS trans ruling.
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Laura @lbuffi.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Agreed. This just opened the door.
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Reese Ourso @reeseourso.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Emboldened, they will come for adult GAC with lightning speed.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Any time!
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Antonia Hylton @ahylton26.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Always love seeing you 🫶🏽 thanks for joining me!
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TransLash Media @translash.org · 30/06/2026
@imarajones.bsky.social and @chrisgeidner.bsky.social are live right now unpacking the SCOTUS trans sports decision! Click to tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSRd...
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LIVE: Unpacking the SCOTUS Trans Sports Decision
YouTube video by TransLash Media
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Thank you!
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Beep Beep B*tch @hthers.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
This is so well put and really clarifies what the fuck is going on. Authoritarianism and traumatizing women and girls (trans and cis)
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RichieNYC @richspence10.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
now girls will be traumatized who have to show their genital's to prove they are female.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Thanks to @ahylton26.bsky.social @ms.now first having me on alongside @lawofruby.bsky.social
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Christian Nationalist and authoritarian forces behind the anti-trans sports cases are happy about the result, and that should worry everyone who wants an open, democratic future. Check out @translash.org #AntiTransHateMachine for a deeper dive.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Sports has always been the entry point, but it is not the final stop. I’ve said this since I started covering the Hecox v. Little anti-trans sports case which the Supreme Court ruled on today.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
On the last day of Pride Month, the Supreme Court has voted to allow states to bar transgender athletes from playing girls’ sports. Their stated goal is to deny constitutional protections for trans people, and this is just another box to check on their list.
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Pride was a vibe and we’re outside!! There were so many people everywhere and at every event. This just goes to show that at times like this, we need each other now more than ever. So let’s keep that same energy across the entire LGBTQ+ community all year around!
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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Pride is the day that we remember how it all started. It’s the day we honor all of the courageous trans people who brought the entire community this far. And it’s the day we commit to not step one inch back because #Pride began as the #StonewallRiots. ❤️‍🩹✊🏾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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