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Joni Rae (she/her)

@joniroberta.bsky.social
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avid cook, frequent exerciser, learning to sing. Also TG AKA squirrelelite

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 25/07/2026
A secret trans support group met above a brothel in 1890s Manhattan. The Cercle Hermaphroditos is the earliest known trans advocacy group in the US and it marked a big shift in how trans people saw themselves. www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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A secret trans support group met above a brothel in 1890s Manhattan. It may have changed the world.
The Cercle Hermaphroditos is the earliest known trans advocacy group in the nation and marked a big shift in how trans people saw themselves.
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A photo of Frodo speaking with Gandalf in the Mines of Moria: "I wish it had not happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But the Dow is over 50,000."
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Good news! This study was eerily reminiscent of the Tuskegee Study. This study is unethical because it intentionally deprives participants of an intervention that protects them from life-long disease, liver cancer and even death. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Best of luck, Alex! What Alex Uballez discovered about Albuquerque politics (and himself) running for mayor citydesk.org/2025/12/22/w...
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What Alex Uballez discovered about Albuquerque politics (and himself) running for mayor
“To move to a world in which so much operates off of power, off of money, off of favors and relationships that circle around power — to see it up close is different…” Six weeks after finishing third i...
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Cute! I laughed all through it. Not the usual part of Downfall for parodies, but these scenes work great! It does help if you have some familiarity with Scottish history.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
So our government thinks that a VERY loose network of people who have opposed fascism (including groups flying Nazi flags) and haven't even been in the news for about five years (and then mainly in allegations about January 6) is a threat to them? Will they assert that, 'yes, we are Fascists'?
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide. As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire. End the genocide. Ceasefire now.
257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Since we still hear Lab Leak conspiracy claims, this video extracted from TWiV 1221 remains relevant.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Congratulations to the Meidas Touch Network and the hard-working people who have made it such a great source of news.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This is horrible. It only reinforces the cruelty and inhumanity of Trump's immigration policy.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This is unconscionable. But it's BAU for the MAGA Christo-Fascists and Trump.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
My thought for sometime has been that Democracy only works if we collectively are committed to making it work. That means even if we don't like the results. And that means resisting leaders who try to tear it down. Even if we like everything else about them (which is unlikely).
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I'm saying good riddance to Twitter/X. I have never paid for membership. But having an account adds to the number he bases ad charges on. I can't support a man who is trying to destroy our government. This shot is a last memory before I delete my account.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/03/2025
1. Major news in transgender care. Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines. They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the Cass Review in England. Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Who would like to read a ten tweet (skeet?) summary of my latest article "Towards a Theory of Cis-Supremacy". For those too tired to read a whole academic article, here's a very short summary thread on cis-supremacy. 1/12
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This deserves greater attention!
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This merits further sharing. Democrats are upset that their leaders are not standing up to Trump in more visible ways. The press reports this. And yet the press are now critiquing Democrats like Rep Crockett for not just sitting there and listen to Trump spew soundbites.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Great quote for today's crises.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I think this is an important interview to have available. We will likely learn the outcome of U.S. vs Skrmetti in June.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A friend of mine wrote a few thoughts about the recent mess at NNSA. wordpress.com/post/johnrha...
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13/02/2025
Sonewall
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Transgender women like Sylvia Rivera were among the first to fight back against repeated police harassment in the original Stonewall riot which this monument commemorates. Not mentioning them (or their Queer fellows) should be unconscionable.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Don't let us get talked out of democracy. And tell your congressional representatives to stand up for their power to appropriate funds.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
BREAKING: Federal lawsuit filed challenging Trump's executive order against gender-affirming medical care for those under 19, as well as the Jan. 20 EOs funding ban. The lawsuit is backed by the ACLU, Lambda Legal, Jenner & Block, and Hogan Lovells. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-tran...
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs request that the Court grant the following relief:
A. Declare that Section 3(g) of the Gender Identity Order and the Denial of Care Order
are unconstitutional and unlawful;
B. Issue temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief enjoining Agency
Defendants, including any subagencies of Defendant HHS, their employees, agents, and
successors in office and those in active concert or participation with them, from
implementing or enforcing Section 3(g) of the Gender Identity Order and the Denial of
Care Order or otherwise withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare
entity provides gender affirming medical care;
C. Waive the requirement for the posting of a bond of security for the entry of
temporary and preliminary relief;
D. Award Plaintiffs their reasonable fees, costs, and expenses, including attorneys’
fees; and
E. Grant any other and further relief that this Court may deem just and proper.
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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson @ayanaeliza.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽‍💻
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David Gorski, MD, PhD @gorskon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
We warned people. I’ve been debunking RFK Jr.’s antivax conspiracy mongering since 2005. None of this is a surprise to me. If confirmed, he WILL go after vaccines hard. He’s lying when he claims otherwise.
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Skeptical Raptor @skepticalraptor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Vaccine court myths – instead, here are facts about the NVICP The article debunks common myths surrounding the U.S. vaccine court, clarifying that it offers a favorable system for compensating vaccine injuries, contrasts with civil courts, and does not grant manufacturers immunity. It also…
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Vaccine court myths – instead, here are facts about the NVICP
The article debunks common myths surrounding the U.S. vaccine court, clarifying that it offers a favorable system for compensating vaccine injuries, contrasts with civil courts, and does not grant manufacturers immunity. It also emphasizes that vaccine-related payouts reflect safety, not danger, and asserts no causal link between vaccines and autism.
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Celeste Irwin 🏳️‍⚧️ @celestefinally.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Next episode of my series with Billie is up! This week's episode is less than fifteen minutes, covering Sprinkle and Eddy's claims about laws affecting trans health care. Go check it out!
Thumbnail for Episode 5 has picture of myself and Billie Hoard. Episode is titled "Oregon is Fine, Conversion Therapy is Bad."
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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
States are justifying their bans of transgender health care on a 388-page report called the Cass Review. Supreme Court justices have invoked it. Today, in @nejm.org, Craig Konnoth and I conclude the report is unsound because it departs from standards in medical law, policy, and practice. 🧵(1/12)
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/01/2025
The "controversy" is literally just that a trans woman is an RA. That's it. That's what's got Utah politicians up in arms. They want to make us unemployable and our existence next to (if not outright) illegal. www.hjnews.com/news/local/u...
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USU reviewing policy amidst controversy over transgender resident assistant
A Utah State University representative said the university is reviewing its policies and practices after social media posts about an alleged transgender resident assistant in USU’s Merrill Hall has sp...
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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 11/01/2025
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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Joni Roberta on Substack
I too am worried about the coming years. I will continue to build and support connections in both the LGBT+ community and our supportive neighbors. I also will look for ways to advocate against these ...
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 26/12/2024
Scotland: ‘Trans remembrance' flags will now be flown from public buildings www.dailymail.co.uk/... Link goes to transphobic site. #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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'Trans remembrance' flags will now be flown from public buildings
Transgender flags will be flown from government buildings under controversial new guidance.
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Pollock parkrun in Glasgow had a massive turn out yesterday and it sounds like a lot of events did 🥳 I wrote this earlier in the year when bigots tried to bring parkrun into their obsessive transphobic hate campaign. Inclusivity and community won 🧡 www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/opinion/6...
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Opinion | Parkrun remains as joyful and inclusive as ever, with or without race records
Parkrun offers things humans need: community, routine, stability and the great outdoors, writes Gemma Clark.
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GorgonGumption @gorgongumption.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
This is fucking HILARIOUS, but I'm horrified some people think this is real??? Clearly an excellent LotR joke post.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 16/12/2024
🏳️‍⚧️ "But we must remember our history because then, just like now - we survived" - Isabelle Bale This article was produced with our launchpad project @transhistoryweek.bsky.social which just announced it's 2025 dates as 05-11 May. www.wearequeeraf.com...
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Last time they came for us, it looked a lot like right now - we survived then too
As the world remembers the Transgender people we've lost, we remember how, even at times of the worst violence - our community survives
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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr marries writer Erin Reed in Missoula wedding Thank you to @zoandbehold.bsky.social @erininthemorning.com and David Clumpner Photography for letting us use these photos! For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
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Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr marries writer Erin Reed in Missoula wedding
The couple, who have become nationally recognized transgender activists, met while protesting Texas’ investigations into the parents of trans youths.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2024
Again, this year I celebrated the Transgender Day of Remembrance at the adult fishing pool at Tingley Beach. But this year I had support…
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
FACT CHECK: Yes, Trump Praised the Nazis in Charlottesville. Sorry, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan, but Trump absolutely did praise neo-Nazis, and it's not actually a 'hoax.' zeteo.com/p/fact-check...
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FACT CHECK: Yes, Trump Praised the Nazis in Charlottesville
Sorry, Elon Musk and Joe Rogan, but Trump absolutely did praise neo-Nazis, and it's not actually a 'hoax.'
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
i spent a month investigating how republicans could cut off access to trans healthcare for most americans, and how democrats can likely stop them — but it’s unclear if they will. tw: president of wpath warning of mass suicides www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Will Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?
Donald Trump and Republicans may try to ban funding to companies that perform trans health care. Some fear Democrats won't stop them.
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Jemimah Steinfeld @jemimahsteinfeld.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan reaches grim milestone of 100 days since her re-arrest. Zhang was 1st arrested after reporting from Wuhan in early days of pandemic. She put her own life at risk to cover one of the most important global stories. For this she's been punished again & again #FreeZhangZhan
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/12/2024
Anyways, check out my thread connecting his article this morning to a broader smear campaign being launched against Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy. bsky.app/profile/esqu...
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
IMHO, the Democratic Party lost the last election because they failed to emphasize the positive things they planned to do enough. Erin in the Morning talks about several Senators rebuking the blame the victim mentality. www.erininthemorning.com/p/several-de...
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Several Democratic Senators Rebuke Scapegoating Trans People After Election
A growing number of leaders in the Democratic Party are pushing back on the narrative that they must sacrifice transgender people in order to win elections.
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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Life, Flowers and Emily Dickinson
Another day of Thanksgiving has come and gone. This year feels a bit sadder than the last. But there are good things to remember. I’m now…
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Joni Rae (she/her) @joniroberta.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Deja Vu All Over Again Eight years ago, on election day, I arose and went to the restaurant in Amarillo that my sons and I were running to prepare for the day. I had hopes for the election. The U.S. had elected its first black… johnrharstine.wordpress.com/2024/11…
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