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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I had a very important appointment last week. A few, actually... happened to take this while hanging out in a waiting room. Sometimes, I see what I have been fighting so hard for over the past several years, and it's such a good feeling. 💚💚

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed In WA, where right-wing groups have poured millions of dollars into two anti-trans statewide ballot initiatives this year, Jaelynn Scott is poised to be elected the first Black trans woman to its state legislature. Go Jaelynn, Go.

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Washington Is Poised To Elect The First Out Black Trans Woman To A State Legislature In The US

“We will not let authoritarians dictate how we legislate in this state,” Jaelynn Scott said.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/08/2026

Michigan might elect its first trans woman ever to the state legislature this year! Joanna Whaley beat her primary opponent by 20 points and she sits in a solidly Democratic district. The list of trans people in office is likely to grow yet again! Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Michigan Might Elect A Trans Woman To The State Legislature For The First Time Ever

After nearly two decades at a megachurch and surviving conversion therapy, Joanna Whaley said she’s ready to take on the Christian nationalism of the Republican Party.

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Wow--I shared some selfies because I have been feeling pretty good about myself lately, and I guess BlueSky decided I should be on the NFSW list. My feed is now full of it. I don't think my pics were risque enough to warrant that... sheesh

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

100% completion on Octopath Traveler 0 tonight, 150 hours total! Need to figure out what to play next!

Save file screenshot for Octopath Traveler 0 showing 100% completion and 150 hours of gameplay

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Still out here doing the best I can, spreading joy where I can.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/07/2026

This is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

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Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care

NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 06/07/2026

Why should you support independent trans media? Perhaps because we take on the bias of major news organizations with facts and data. Here's the latest from @evanurquhart.bsky.social, who found NYT wrote 5 stories on the trans sports ban decision without quoting a single trans person. 🤯🤯🤯

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NYT Wrote Five Stories on the Trans Athlete Ban Decision. Not One Quoted A Transgender Person. - Assigned Media

The paper of record continues to diverge from other news organizations in its coverage of the transgender community.

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Not sure why I am posting mirror selfies on Bluesky, but here we are! (Just feeling cute tonight, teehee)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/05/2026

1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades. "Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III. He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Kansas Judge Eviscerates Anti-Trans

The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20/04/2026

1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care. The judge also blocked "any similar policy." Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats

The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Mamdani is silently abandoning trans people, contrary to his public commentary.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/04/2026

1. Incredible news out of Romania. An appeals court in the country has forced them to recognize the legal gender of a trans man. It is the first known internal enforcement of a 2024 EU Court ruling. Romania has ranked last by ILGA on LGBTQ+ rights in EU. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Romanian Court Forces State To Recognize Trans Man's Identity In Historic Ruling

Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a trans man with dual Romanian-British citizenship, will receive a birth certificate reflecting his gender identity after a Bucharest court enforced a landmark 2024 EU ruling.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/03/2026

1. In devastating news, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of conversion therapy, a practice the UN calls torture. The ruling could have catastrophic consequences, writes Jackson in her sole dissent. The ruling comes on trans day of visibility. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Supreme Court Rules Against Conversion Therapy Bans On Transgender Day Of Visibility

"The fallout could be catastrophic," said Justice Jackson in her lone dissent of the 8-1 opinion.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Big news —>

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 18 Reuters 80+ human rights & sports groups call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to abandon its plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female Olympic athletes and ban transgender and intersex competitors from competing as women.

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International Olympic Committee urged to drop reported gender test plans for female athletes

More than 80 human rights and sport advocacy groups have called on the International Olympic Committee to abandon reported plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female athletes and imp...

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 10 Advocate Confronted by Katie Couric on his transphobic policies, Gov Gavin Newsom denounces Reps for their scapegoating trans kids while he continues to scapegoat trans kids.

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Katie Couric confronts Gavin Newsom on his shifting views on transgender youth

The veteran journalist called the California governor out on the perception that he's retreating from his LGBTQ+ rights allyship.

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Don't make yourself small. It's ok to make your presence felt, and to be proud of who you are. Keep going, y'all.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/03/2026

A recent statement from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons advised against surgery, HRT, blockers for trans youth. Now members and experts that were sidelined at the org are demanding answers after evidence shows it may have been politically influenced by the Trump admin. Read our latest.

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ASPS Members Demand Answers After Org Released Anti-Trans Statement From Behind Closed Doors

The statement is a blunt tool that the Trump regime can use to strip trans youth of life-saving care.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/02/2026

1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that under a new deal with Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, trans scouts will be forcibly outed and segregated from peers of their gender. The policy is the latest cruel capitulation. www.erininthemorning.com/p/secdef-heg...

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SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated

The policy is the latest in a trend of organizations capitulating to Trump over transgender people.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/02/2026

i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/02/2026

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"

The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 12: European Parliament priorities for gender equity pass overwhelmingly including resolutions containing language on "intersectionality" and "diversity" interpreted as referring to trans women as women.

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See how your MEPs voted

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

James Van Der Beek, who starred in the teen drama series "Dawson’s Creek," has died at 48

Our beloved James David Van Der Beek passed peacefully this morning. He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come. For now we ask for peaceful privacy as we grieve our loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I took my time with this one — almost as much time as Jones took after arguments to write her opinion backing Trump — because I think it’s a very important, alarming ruling. So, yes, I hope folks do read this. www.lawdork.com/p/fifth-circ...

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2026

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Are there any good search engines that do NOT default to using AI? Even Duckduckgo defaults to using it. Yeah, you can turn it off, but... bleh.

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Thanks** to everyone for continuing to follow this news feed. Just a reminder to please consider not only "likes" but also "reposts" to help grow our group. And please consider checking out my book, "WHEN TEXAS CAME for OUR KIDS: How Evangelical Extremists Launched a War on Transgender Teens"

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When Texas Came for Our Kids: How evangelical extremists launched a war on TRANSGENDER TEENS

Amazon.com: When Texas Came for Our Kids: How evangelical extremists launched a war on TRANSGENDER TEENS eBook : Wilchins, Riki: Kindle Store

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Lookat this little face! Meet Bruno Marzipan (he came to us with the name Bruno, so we made it cuter)

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We named one of our cats Benedict Cumbercat in the past. We adopted a new kitty who came to us with the name Bruno. Bruno Mars. BRUNO MARZIPAN but my wife doesn't like it. I THINK IT'S BRILLIANT

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We are in the process of adopting a new kitty that found us outside! She is the friendliest stray we have ever met. Appointments in a couple of weeks, and then she can integrate with our other cats!

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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jan 2 ABC: What started in NC House as online porn age verification law was transforme by Senate into anti-trans one: as of Jan 1 NC recognizes only 2 genders, bans state funding for teens' GAC & allows 10-yr look-back for lawsuits against doctors who provide it.

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New law in NC only recognizes male, female sexes as part of HB 805; other mandates in the bill

This change stems from House Bill 805, a comprehensive measure passed by the State Legislature last summer.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/01/2026

If you read nothing else this new year, let it be this piece. A former New York Times editor laid out how they're anti trans coverage was directed from the top by AG Sulzberger, Joe Kahn, and Carolyn Ryan. This was a purposeful effort to target trans people. transnews.network/p/a-directiv...

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'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry

In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I stopped reading and watching compromised mainstream media and switched to reliable independent journalism. I encourage everyone to do the same.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025

Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

THAT director aside, Diane Keaton’s performance in Annie Hall opened spaces for women in film: what romantic leads could look like, dress like, sound like; that there could be a place for an oddball who wasn’t a screwball. That’s all her - Keaton was such a brilliant actress and icon, truly

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/10/2025

Fuck Gavin Newsom. I will never vote for him and you shouldn't either.

Excerpt from an article discussing LGBT+ protections in California legislation. It states that Governor Newsom neither signed nor vetoed certain bills. One bill strengthened protections under Sen. Scott Wiener’s “State of Refuge” law. The highlighted portion reads: “At least four bills directly addressed trans protections,” followed by examples such as healthcare and patient confidentiality, streamlining legal name and gender changes, nondiscrimination in health insurance, and inclusive homelessness programs.

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Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈 @jamiegerhardt.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I have never used protein powder before. Does anyone have recommendations? This is for making liquid diet shakes/smoothies after a surgery. Not for working out or anything like that. Thanks in advance!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/09/2025

Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them. They want us all eradicated.

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Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.” The page defines “Transgender Ideology” and “TIVE,” outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism.

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Continuation of flyer with a section titled “Recent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.” Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions and Key Terms” section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with “Nihilistic Violent Extremism,” and discussing FBI designations.

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Section titled “Terminology Used by TIVE.” Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, “Right to Exist,” “Trans genocide,” and a phrase “You either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.” Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.

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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2025

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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