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Jamie O'Rourke

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Investigative reporter (and sometimes film critic) @coloradotimesrecorder.com

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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 20h
The Colorado Medical Society is warning that a ballot measure which purports to ban transgender youth from receiving gender-related surgical care could have wider-reaching ramifications for children’s healthcare in general. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/10/aski...
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‘Asking Providers to Become Lawyers:’ Advocates, Physicians Oppose Ballot Measure Targeting Trans Healthcare
The Colorado Medical Society is warning that a ballot measure which purports to ban transgender youth from receiving gender-related surgical care could have wider-reaching ramifications for children's...
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from me: Proponents of a ballot measure to ban trans athletes from sports vehemently deny that the bill would lead to invasive inspections of children, but get fuzzy on specifics. I looked into their proposed alternatives. Each raises its own issues: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/09/chee...
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Cheek Swabs? Genital Checks? Anti-Trans Sports Ban Proponents Don't Know How It Would Be Enforced
A ballot measure which purports to simply ban trans athletes from participating in sports could have further-reaching consequences for students regardless of gender, but you wouldn’t hear that from th...
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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vance and the others all know this is a lie, but they want to believe the lie is true. The prospect of a massive evil conspiracy of evil conspirators conspiring to do evil is *exciting* and they can cast themselves as heroes. That's better than the reality: They're just picking on scared children.
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from me: Proponents of a ballot measure to ban trans athletes from sports vehemently deny that the bill would lead to invasive inspections of children, but get fuzzy on specifics. I looked into their proposed alternatives. Each raises its own issues: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/09/chee...
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Cheek Swabs? Genital Checks? Anti-Trans Sports Ban Proponents Don't Know How It Would Be Enforced
A ballot measure which purports to simply ban trans athletes from participating in sports could have further-reaching consequences for students regardless of gender, but you wouldn’t hear that from th...
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com. Crank's full quote is wild, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com. Crank's full quote is wild, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My latest. Paid canvassing firms don't work cheap. So how did Protect Kids Colorado pay to boost their anti-trans initiatives -- or, who paid for it on their behalf? We don't know, because they haven't reported it with the Secretary of State.
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My latest. Paid canvassing firms don't work cheap. So how did Protect Kids Colorado pay to boost their anti-trans initiatives -- or, who paid for it on their behalf? We don't know, because they haven't reported it with the Secretary of State.
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 11/09/2026
Bockenfeld says his comparison "maybe came off wrong," but that his intent was to point out that people are coming to DougCo because of its policies, but then want to change those policies to be like the places they left.
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Douglas County Commissioner Candidate Calls New Residents 'Locusts,' Now Says It Was a 'Figure of Speech'
The Republican candidate for Douglas County Commissioner called residents who have moved into the county from nearby cities “locusts” who "bring the policies with them that destroy the community they'...
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Colorado Newsline @coloradonewsline.com · 10/09/2026
ICYMI: 14 measures will appear on Colorado’s statewide ballot in 2026
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14 measures will appear on Colorado’s statewide ballot in 2026 | Colorado Newsline
The 14 measures on the ballot tie a record for the most questions put to voters in at least the last 52 years, according to a state database.
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 09/09/2026
A Colorado Springs teacher at the heart of a recent controversy over a reprimand for wearing an anti-transgender shirt to work, has a long history of conservative activism. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/09/tran...
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Trans T-Shirt Contest: Latest Conservative Outrage Has Familiar Players, Pattern
A Colorado Springs teacher at the heart of a recent controversy over a reprimand for wearing an anti-transgender shirt to work, has a long history of conservative activism. Stacy Adair’s...
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Blogged about Matt Bevin getting arrested on the set of a Christmas movie being produced by a Dallas Christian holiday movie company: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
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Former Kentucky Gov. arrested on set of Texas production company's movie
He was filming a scene for a movie produced by a Dallas-based Christian production company.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 04/09/2026
thinking about all the young people who left ban states and came to New York for care, and now
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Chase Woodruff @chasewoodruff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Man, this was wild one. I can only imagine some of the vintage fentanyl hysteria we're in for over the next couple of months with Prop 132 on the ballot.
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No, DEA didn't seize enough fentanyl in 2023 to kill everyone in Colorado '36 times over' | Colorado Newsline
A conservative group’s false claim about the amount of fentanyl seized in Colorado last year is being spread by media and political figures.
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Corey Hutchins @coreyhutchins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Journalists in Colorado have long noticed the Clarity outlets covering any time this organization sneezes. Reporters there might not have known about this even if they suspected it but they have no excuse but to disclose now: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/09/phil...
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Phil Anschutz & Son Give $735,000 to the Common Sense Institute, But the Gazette Doesn't Disclose It
If you were the editor of a chain of Colorado newspapers, and the chain's owner and his son controlled foundations that donated big bucks to an organization that you covered...
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: Colorado’s Elections Division is seeking a potential record fine of $51,427 against GOP Gov candidate Victor Marx for “unprecedented” violations. Marx says he’s now following the law, dismissing 9NEWS’ campaign finance qiestions as “stalking” by a “psycho trans person.”
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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Washington’s proposed ban would go further than red-state bans in one key way. All girls seeking to participate in athletics would need to verify their sex assigned at birth, not just those whose eligibility is challenged www.vox.com/politics/501...
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Erik Maulbetsch @erikm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congressman Gabe Evans continues to get credit for a position on ICE that he has flatly contradicted multiple times.
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Good afternoon! I’m kicking off a three-day reporting trip with a press conference from the Colorado Democratic Party to discuss Victor Marx’s position on abortion.
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 27/08/2026
The Douglas County Republican Party has a page on its website that promises to doxx all of the residents who signed the petition for the ballot question it opposes.
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20,000 Dougco Voters Signed a Ballot Petition Opposed by The County GOP, Now It Might Publish Their Addresses
This November, voters in Douglas County will decide whether or not to add two more commissioners to the county’s current three-person board. The Douglas County Republican Party, which opposes the...
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The QAnon conferences at the Ahern Hotel continues with Arizona state senator Mark Finchem, Tina Peters, and moderated by the guy who pretends to be JFK for his lil cult. They got the TPUSA Action sponsor this time which is lol, lmao yikes
Storm Summit 
Ahern Hotel 
Las Vegas, Nevada
September 10 - 14

James O’Keefe
Stephen Bannon
Wayne Allen Root
Eduardo Bolsonaro
Juan O’Savin
Mark Cool
Tina Peters
Joe Joft
Roseanne Barr
Loy Brunson 
Brian Kennedy
Gregory Stenstorm
Mark Finchem
Curt Weldon
Tony Shaffer
Shawn Taylor
Richard Mack
David Clements
Peter Santos
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So tonight I had planned on attending a campaign event for Jill Haffley, who is running for HD16, organized by the El Paso County Young Republicans. A few minutes ago, my event ticket was cancelled.
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A DougCo Deputy DA is running for House District 43. Is "tough on crime" campaign is kind of hampered by his history of shady conduct and incompetence: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/doug...
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DougCo Prosecutor's Missteps Undermine His Statehouse Campaign's Focus on "Accountability for Offenders"
An Douglas County Deputy District Attorney who is running for a statehouse seat has a long history of prosecutorial missteps and choices that appear to belie his campaign's tough-on-crime theme....
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Erik Maulbetsch @erikm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Good news: Congressman Jeff Hurd is holding an actual public townhall today --right now-- in Glenwood Springs Bad news: He gave his constituents a whole SIX MINUTES' notice.
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is an incredible essay. Well worth your time to read. 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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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 13/08/2026
Denver GOP Vice-Chair stands by his post that "Greg [Lopez] has more integrity in his pinky than you [another Marx supporter] and your boy-toy Victor have in your bloated bodies." CO GOP Chair: "That's a problem, Hugo."
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Colorado GOP Chair Says Party Officials Should Support Marx or Resign
Colorado Republicans’ election of Victor Marx as their gubernatorial nominee was far from unanimous, and the ongoing debate over his fitness for office is hard to miss, both online and...
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I wrote about all the alleged sex pests and domestic abusers who have donated to Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO). coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/gabe...
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Gabe Evans Won't Say if He'll Return Donations from Disgraced Republicans
According to data from the Federal Election Commission (FEC), U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO) received $5,000 in donations from the political action committee tied to the congressman at the heart...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 12/08/2026
NEW: Mike Lindell, founder of MyPillow and election conspiracist, lost his GOP bid for Minnesota governor in the state's primaries last night. His response? "Why would I listen to the AP?" And beyond refusing to admit defeat, he also alleged there were "a couple anomalies" in the vote tally.
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Election denier Mike Lindell denies own double-digit loss in Minnesota GOP governor primary
Lindell — a towering figure in the election denial movement and founder of the company MyPillow — lost to Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth (R) by more than 10 percentage points.
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 10/08/2026
One of his “first priorities” would be to delete Colorado’s voter rolls completely. Every voter in the state would have to re-register – in person – to be allowed to vote.
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GOP Candidate for State's Top Election Job Is an Election Denier Who Wants to Delete the Voter Rolls
The Republican nominee for Colorado Secretary of State, James Wiley, says one of his "first priorities" would be to delete Colorado’s voter rolls completely. Under his plan, every voter in...
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
i wrote this months ago. might have some edits to make
50007: Second draft

T.J. Bro I have been trying to hit you up for months. I got something for you.

JUICE. hit me

T.J. Sliced ketchup. Sliced mustard. Sliced mayonnaise. Sliced hot sauce. Sliced ranch dressing. All solid.

JUICE. hold up here

T.J. I figured out how to stabilize sauces and shit. No more fuckin' with the little packets. No more stupid bottles. It just comes out of a can like cranberry sauce. You can slice it like a butter knife.

JUICE. hooooold up here

T.J. Yeah. It's mad congealed. And that means shit doesn't spill everywhere or come out the sides when you make a sandwich.

JUICE. this also means, and i'm sorry if i'm jumpin to conclusions here, i just feel as though we opened the ark of the condiment. this means that an addition such as ketchup could be regarded not as a condiment of fluid and indeterminate quantity but a signature filling, a stackable, countable food integer. no longer will one ask for some ketchup. one will ask for a ketchup

T.J. See, you get it. You're seein' the vision here, bro. You got, like, special glasses where you can see the vision.

TEN. You're just describing glasses, I think.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 06/08/2026
“Phoebe Bridgers is in the Robert Pattinson Chris Hansen biopic” - statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged
Phoebe Bridgers with a blue bob in a ribbed hoodie
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Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Andy Biggs will be speaking at an event called Your Family at the Ballot at Valley Christian School. Hosted by the anti-LGBTQ, anti-choice Center for Arizona Policy PAC and America’s Women of Action. Also featuring Erin Lee, a CO mother who sued her child’s school after they came out as transgender.
You Family on the Ballot
Get Tickets
Presented by HANCOCK BUILDERS
CAP PAC, American’s Women of Action AZ

Evening Highlights

Scott Donnell
Founder, Mentor Family Internationally known family expert and Founder of Mentor Family and other companies for faith, family and freedom.

Peter Pentala — President, CAP PAC
Kim Miller — President American’s Women of Action
Jenny Clark — CEO Love Your School AZ
Erin Lee — Founder Stop Gender Ideology 

Andy Biggs 

Andy Biggs
Candidate for AZ Governor Our Candidate Forum will highlight Arizona's state-wide, pro-family candidates as they share their plans to protect and defend AZ families and children.

Get informed so you can vote your values in the midterm election!

September 18 at 5:30 to 8:30 PM
Fine Arts Auditorium 
Valley Christian School
6304 S Price Road
Tempe, AZ 85283
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I did a story on Intercessors for America, the group that gave the sharia presentation at the Western Conservative Summit, and their recent prayer call with AG Todd Blanche: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/08/isla...
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Islamophobic Group Meeting with U.S. Attorney General Took Part in Western Conservative Summit
Politico’s Alice Miranda Ollstein and Josh Gerstein reported this week that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told conservative Christian faith leaders on a private call that he was preparing to...
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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Imane Khelif, Barbra Banda, now the Cunningham circus - it's kind of amazing how many "trans women in sports" controversies don't actually involve a single trans woman
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
CO GOP Gov candidate Victor Marx is soliciting unlimited contributions, appearing to openly defy campaign finance law Campaign finance attorneys call Marx's plan unprecedented and "patently illegal" Marx's campaign won't say where the money is going www.9news.com/article/news...
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Good morning! I’m in Lakewood for Colorado Christian University’s Western Conservative Summit. It’s like a convention for every group I’ve covered in the last 5 years…
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 31/07/2026
Asked in September, 2025, if he disagreed with anything Trump has done to date, Markert said, “Not right now, no.” He said he would have voted yes on the Big Beautiful Bill if he’d been in the Senate.
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Last Year, Marx's Running Mate George Markert Said He Agreed With Everything Trump Had Done So Far
Victor Marx, the drama-and-satire-generating Republican candidate for governor, announced today that he's picked retired Colonel George Markert as his running mate for lieutenant governor. Markert On ...
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
justin timberlake "it's gonna be may" meme
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
NEW: Colorado GOP Gov nominee Victor Marx says he will participate in a single debate with Dem Gov nominee Phil Weiser on the condition that there is no moderator.
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JacketDan’s Stunt Spooktacular @jacketdan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
They keep telling me media literacy is dead but then I see videos like this and I know it jot to be true
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Sean Beedle @beedle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Good morning, I’m at a funeral home in Castle Rock for a Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce event featuring Sen. Lisa Frizell (R-Castle Rock).
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 


JON FINISHES JAR OF SALSA
“I’m sure I’ll pick up some more at some point,” says Bluesky personality


NEW YORK – Jon Bois (@jonbois.bsky.social) announced Friday afternoon that he and his family has finished a jar of salsa purchased weeks prior, and plan to purchase a new jar of salsa in short order.


“I finished the last of it today,” Jon said. “I’m sure I’ll pick up some more at some point.”


Jon offered little insight into whether he’ll stick with the same brand of salsa, or reach for another label. “I don’t know,” he said. “I’ll just grab whatever [the grocery store has available], probably.”


Taco nights must be a hit in the Bois household, no? “I mean, yeah, I guess,” Jon offers. “ We put it on our tacos and stuff. All that’s really going on here is that I ran out, so I’m gonna get some more. I don’t think there’s much more to it than that.”


Perhaps Jon would be interested in hearing some of his Bluesky followers’ favorite brands of salsa?


“No, not really.”


Media Contact: Jon Bois (operator, @jonbois.bsky.social Bluesky account)
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Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Breaking: The shooter was a Geo employee who fired at the back of two protesters as they walked away from the facility last night. There had been a verbal altercation before the shooting, per Aurora Police statement, and the protesters had taken photos of the Geo employees’ vehicles.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is why, speaking as a reporter who has covered a lot of this stuff, I find it bizarre that a lot of the commentariat don't see where anti-trans stuff is going. Gaines et al are pretty clear about how they see sports as a way to win battles that bathroom stuff didn't like a decade ago.
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Jamie O'Rourke @jamie-orourke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My latest for @coloradotimesrecorder.com. True to form for Bottoms, there's some wild quotes in this one.
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ive talked about this a little but it's been kind of crazy-making to watch testosterone and hormone therapy blow up and become a big body-hacking craze at the exact same time that it's being rolled back for trans people
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
all right fam it's time for "Give Us This Day Our Daily Thread," in which your favorite internet lesbian breaks down what's new and hot in the world of Schism Watch 2026 please hydrate, stretch, and get a snack, we have a LOT to go over today
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/07/2026
"why don't you win hearts and minds first?" Yeah, that's exactly the reason the right goes after any representation in film. They don't want trans people in media because they don't want people to empathize with trans people at all or know their struggles.
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