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Jenn Hoppe

@jennhoppe.bsky.social
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she/her/hers; gun violence prevention advocate; proud mama of 🏳️‍⚧️ and 🏳️‍🌈 kids; Kamala Harris admirer forever; reality TV aficionado; all views are my own

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026
For my newsletter this morning, I found a small glimmer of political hope for trans people in the US and wrote about it: www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...
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We May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans Rights
Some conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/09/2026
Wonder how those clinics for youth Mandani was gonna set up are going.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/09/2026
To anyone paying any attention at all, it was always clear they would move from targeting youth trans care to adult trans care. Now, Wales' gender clinic has shut down surgeries for transgender adults, because too many trans people were getting care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Wales Gender Clinic In The UK Pauses Surgeries Over Accusations That They Help Too Many Trans Patients
UK doctors are notorious for delaying trans people’s care. One clinic didn’t—now, they’re being targeted.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Penelope Wang @pennywriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
After being forced out of the military, many trans service members have yet to receive tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they are owed, leaving them destitute and homeless. (gift link) wapo.st/4qN0TNq
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A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance
Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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The Birthday Fairy Project @thebirthdayfairy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Additional August 24th birthdays – send info to thebirthdayfairyproject@outlook.com Alexzander Pope should be 7 today. He was killed in a self-inflicted unintentional discharge in Lohrville, IA in 2023. Ask your legislators to support #ethanslaw to #keepkidssafe
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Jenn Hoppe @jennhoppe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The brain of literally every member of Gen X upon reading this post
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I will repeat something that cannot be repeated enough. If you truly care about protecting female athletes focus on what is actually causing them lifelong trauma. It’s not the presence of trans people. It’s the assaults of the adults who are supposed to protect them.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/08/2026
Anti-trans activists are in uproar in North Carolina. Why? Because an elementary school has hired a trans teacher. Anti-trans activists and Republican elected officials are demanding gendered dress codes for school employees, and for the teacher to be fired. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Anti-Trans Activists In Uproar Over Trans Music Teacher In North Carolina, Propose Gender Dress Code For School Employees
Far-right activists have flooded a local school board in North Carolina for hiring a transgender teacher.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is an extraordinary and gorgeously written piece by Julia Curlee: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
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Jason Arday's Death and the Age of Digital Racial Terror
What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trauma clinician here. Even if those kids are released tomorrow they will never be fully released from the trauma of their incarceration. They may leave Dilley, but they will never completely leave Dilley behind them. The impact is forever. That is what our government chooses to do to children.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yet another op-ed in prestige media pretending racism, sexism and transphobia among Republicans is a response to Democratic overreach www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
Republicans Are About to Repeat the Democrats’ Biggest Mistake
Over the years, Republicans have portrayed Democrats as beholden to bespoke identities (they/them), obsessed with an alleged genocide (Gaza) and in thrall to anti-American revisionism (see the efforts to recenter our national narrative on slavery).

We are critics of diversity, equity and inclusion programs who largely agree with that characterization. We believe the Republicans’ war on woke has made America a fairer, safer place by checking some of the worst excesses of modern progressivism, from antiwhite discrimination in corporate America to biological men competing in women’s sports.

But we are also concerned that this backlash is morphing into something darker, dumber and ultimately self-defeating. Today the right has begun to resemble its depiction of the left: There are invented identities like heritage American, claims of white genocide in South Africa and arguments from right-wing influencers that the Allies weren’t the good guys in World War II.

What changed, in other words, were the facts on the ground. The Republican Party responded organically to a shift in public opinion, which was itself a response to a more assertive form of transgender activism — one whose definition of inclusion seemed to compromise basic notions of fairness. Once regarded as a political albatross, bathroom bills are now on the books in 21 states.

A similar dynamic drove the right’s dwindling tolerance for affirmative action and D.E.I.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Absolute must read from Christopher Wiggins here - don't just re-post, click through and read the nuanced portrait of trans constitituents of Vindman who feel caught between a rock and a hard place, forced to choose between a Republican or a callous, anti-trans Democrat.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yes they do… assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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‘Power and Dominance’: Atlantic and Times Champion Transphobia  - Assigned Media
The genocidal campaign against trans people is not being led by right-leaning news outlets, our analysis shows. Two elite media institutions are leading the charge.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Abolishing ICE is gun violence prevention
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/08/2026
Trans men used the bathroom they were required to use in Kansas under their new incredibly severe statewide bathroom ban. As a result, the police were called on them. They call themselves the Kansas Compliance Crew. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Police Called on Trans Men Using Women's Restroom As Required By Kansas Law
“As a trans man, I have the immense privilege of blending in. But these laws force me to choose between safety and obeying the law.”
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Punk Bnuuy @punkbnuuy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Every “trans women in sports” article needs to start with this, because im done hearing “both sides” arguements from bigots about a thing that does not happen at any level in professional sports
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The stories abound. Women being raped by men posing as ICE agents. Women being raped while in ICE detention. I cannot say this often enough: Abolishing ICE is sexual assault prevention. dot-connecting.ghost.io/sexual-assau...
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Sexual assault and ICE
Rape is a tool of war, including Trump’s war on immigrants.
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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is what you open the door to when you dabble in a little bigotry, triangulating Dems. (Looking at you, Amy Acton. You’ve already talked about boys playing girls sports. How are you going to argue against this sort of thing?)
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Dem. Ohio Gov Candidate Amy Acton Scheduled a Meeting With LGBTQ+ Advocates, Didn't Show Up, And Kicked Out Trans People Who Did
The meeting was supposed to be Acton's way of making up for calling trans girls "boys."
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Same with gender-affirming care for kids. Good-faith concern would be, "gee we should be making sure kids are appropriately assessed before receiving care and don't end up regretting it," realizing the numbers are tiny, kids are assessed and regret rates are miniscule and then dropping it.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
i don't believe anyone has "good-faith" concerns about trans women in sports in 2026. there's been too much time to hear the actual evidence, the actual people affected, and the role the debate plays in attempts to purge trans people from American life. anybody picking that side has made a choice
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Chicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
This post is great, and I would add to it that people in general and Republicans even moreso become angry and affronted when you try to point out basic connections between things that mean their own behavior supports something they themselves find deeply morally wrong.
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painesvillain 🏴 @painesvillain.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Great article. Sherrod Brown already tried the transphobic Diet Republican BS and got spanked by a car salesman. Throwing trans children under the bus not only makes you a horrible person, it's also just a losing strategy.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The person who brought in the Upskirting law is specifically accusing Rowling of breaking it.

Gina @ginamartinuk
I brought the "upskirting law" into affect in 2019.
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Le'ts talk about that image JK Rowling shared.
She did this to humiliate artist Freda Wallace. That is a specific motivation we included in the Voyeurism Act. We fought for, and included it *specifically* because...
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🪧 The University of Toronto (St. George) is hiring in American Politics, with a focus on democracy in the United States. Please spread the word! I'm on the committee and am more than happy to answer questions. Full ad & details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I am going to keep shouting this from my tiny rooftop. Abusers hurt people and then blame the person they hurt for the violence. Abusers demand compliance and mete out punishment when their victim doesn’t comply. Abusers use fear and hurt to maintain power and control. Tom Homan is an abuser.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20/07/2026
“Obama was opposed to gay marriage, give it time, don’t seek perfection on trans issues from Dems.” Yeah, but gay marriage was a new right LGBT people were seeking. Sports, bathrooms, and IDs are something trans people have had for decades. Going BACKWARDS Is the opposite of the Obama comparison.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/07/2026
It's funny how some cis people are saying you have to support Amy Acton in Ohio because she's better than the alternative. Better for who? Ohio already passed a ton of anti-trans legislation, a lot of which was vetoed by a Rep. Governor. It still went into effect. It can't get much worse.
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Jack Grimes @jackapedia.design · 16/07/2026
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
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ToughPigs @toughpigs.com · 17/07/2026
To celebrate Dave Goelz's 80th birthday, we've compiled six different times 'I'm Going To Go Back There Someday' has been performed.
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‘I’m Going To Go Back There Someday’ Six Times - ToughPigs
To celebrate Dave Goelz's 80th birthday, we've compiled six different times 'I'm Going To Go Back There Someday' has been performed.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I’m going to keep writing and hollering about the domestic violence that permeates the current moment in the United States. From the Maine ICE agent to the Maine senate candidate, violence against women is a constant part of the equation. We have to keep examining that. And call for it to stop.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/07/2026
Sen. Alsobrooks tells Vought "I have been waiting for the opportunity to come face to face with you" and repeatedly calls his actions "depraved" and "evil"
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“Prebunking” has been found to be very effective in neutralizing disinformation
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 13/07/2026
JKR and her new org apparently helped get the new Amnesty International report on how TERF organizations destroy lives taken down from their site. Well, guess what? The Streisand Effect is real. Here's the entire report in a thread. Read it. Share it.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Please sign up to support independent journalism, especially as they take this important step to protect the free speech of trans journalists. I just signed up for a year, but monthly is also an option!
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IndiaWilloughby @indiawilloughby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
1/ We are increasingly living in a world where super wealthy forces can bend or silence international organisations like Amnesty - whose decades-long existence demonstrably prove they stand for fairness, justice and equality.
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Aranock, 4 of Ravens @aranock.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Anyway if you want someone who actually covered the Platner stuff and leftist mens complicity @jessiegender.bsky.social has the best video on it Ive seen so far and sums up how I'm feeling. youtu.be/vbkxVa_3lGc?...
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The Graham Platner Allegations Have Leftist Men Telling on Themselves
YouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/07/2026
this, for me, is the defining Lindsey Graham statement
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The nyt’s recent anti-women campaign traces exactly the path as its propagandistic blitz against trans ppl The elevation of extreme sources and views. The rejection of science and individual human rights. The exclusion of dissenting mainstream voices. The normalisation of fringe right-wing stances
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
At some point we are going to have to reckon with what percentage of the Thought Leadership we get from this class of people is just drug addiction. Either a lot of credulous reporters have never listened to someone tooted out of their mind go on a monologue or they're afraid to call it out.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/07/2026
The Times didn't really care when it was trans people's medical records being subpoenaed so why should we care about them?
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Jenn Hoppe @jennhoppe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
For context - the weather in DC is lovely tonight
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/07/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Guardian Kai Wright interviews ACLU's Chase Strangio on the legal and political strategies animating the anti-trans movement, and why the latest decision could open the door to wider civil liberties erosion for cis kids as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/vide...
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'Gratuitously cruel': How trans youth became political targets – Stateside with Kai and Carter
ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio on the legal and political strategies animating the anti-trans movement, why the US supreme court's decision on trans youth athletes could open the door to the erosion of ci...
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