Reposted by shortcakeHelen @helenm40.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'. One wonders what *would*. 382186735
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/11/2025Abolish ICE, prosecute their agents. 15723183
Reposted by shortcakeRachana Pradhan @rachanadpradhan.bsky.social · 21/11/2025US Cancer Registries, Constrained by Trump Policies, To Recognize Only ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Patients For decades, registries have been the most comprehensive U.S. tool for understanding cancer rates and identifying troubling trends. Via @kffhealthnews.org kffhealthnews.org/news/article...kffhealthnews.orgUS Cancer Registries, Constrained by Trump Policies, To Recognize Only ‘Male’ or ‘Female’ Patients - KFF Health NewsUnder Trump policies, cancer registries in 2026 will have to classify sex data strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of one of the nation’s m... 612236
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 06/11/2025Gender markers shouldn't even be on passports at all in the first place. They are unnecessary and I'm glad Justice Jackson hints at this. They weren't even added until 1972 when women started to be able to travel independently of their husbands and fathers. 236083
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/11/20251. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration. The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comSCOTUS Rules Against Trans People's Passport Gender Markers In Shadow Docket RulingThe administration has previously indicated it could revoke some trans people's passports if it got this ruling. 39938376
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/11/202510. Lastly, EITM is an award-winning media outlet covering LGBTQ+ issues everyday. You can subscribe to support our journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.erininthemorning.comSubscribe to Erin In The MorningNews and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers. 11159
Reposted by shortcakeNPR @npr.org · 30/10/2025The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mYn.prTrump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationallyThe White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. 1901455876
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/07/2025The Israelis were able to kill top Iranian leaders with extreme precision strikes on their apartment only. But suddenly they bombed an entire wing that primarily housed trans people? 432733
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/07/2025Just sit with this for a moment. Israel perpetrated what is certainly the largest single mass killing of trans people in history. And it's basically a footnote in an article in the NYT covered weeks after it happened. 211898798
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/07/2025A 16 year old trans girl attempted suicide on a bridge. Fortunately, concerned friends manage to save her by contacting emergency services who stopped her from jumping. Users on X spent the following days making memes mocking her and hoping she killed herself. 42895151
Reposted by shortcakeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/06/2025RUIZ: Did you read the report & fact-check its sources prior to publication? RFK JR: I did not fact check RUIZ: It included citations to sources that don't exist. How does that happen? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions are accurate RUIZ: They did not exist. How can they be accurate? 793211755720
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/06/2025On this day more than 50 years ago, Sylvia Rivera climbed onto a stage to advocate for incarcerated trans people at a Pride rally and demanded trans inclusion in the fight for rights. Hearing her speech is important 50 years later. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comWhy You Need to Hear the Speech That Sylvia Rivera Wasn’t Allowed To GiveSylvia Rivera was met with jeers and boos at one of the very first Pride Parades on this day in 1973. Here’s why that matters now. 61705467
Reposted by shortcakeSapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Saw this on Instagram and thought this applies to art too. Not only are genAI “artists” stealing, but they’re also cheating themselves out of the benefits of creating. The joy of the process, the complex decisions, the pride. Giving up creativity for productivity is exactly what capitalism wants. 8544256
Reposted by shortcakeCoffeeclaws 🔜 BLFC Table 324 @coffeeclaws.bsky.social · 19/06/2025LGB-Tea Dragon 🌸 ‧˚✩ (Trans edition 🏳️⚧️) 141322473
Reposted by shortcakeGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/06/2025Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always. 242166073543
Reposted by shortcakeRep. Zooey Zephyr @zoandbehold.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I will live in spite of this Administration. I will live in spite of this court. The work goes on, and I will not stop fighting for us. 182057378
Reposted by shortcakeGov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision is deeply disappointing and harmful to transgender individuals. In Washington, we stand up for and support transgender people, including transgender youth. That won’t change as long as I am governor. 351820292
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/06/2025The federal government imposing a stop work order on Trevor project for the national 988 suicide hotline on the same day that the Supreme Court greenlit a ban on care despite the risk of suicide sends a clear message: The United States government officially wants trans youth to kill themselves. 181201444
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/06/2025Trump posted this deranged message ordering every federal agency, including the pentagon, to do mass deportations in major cities because of trans people. I wish I was joking. 2132842756
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/06/2025A 17 year old transgender man in New Zealand died after extreme family rejection. Now, Radio New Zealand and the far right is deadnaming him and trying to use his case to advocate AGAINST gender affirming care. It's shameful. Read Alex's story, in his own words: www.webworm.co/p/lifeanddea...webworm.coThe Life and Death of Alex6000 messages show the real story behind the horrific reporting on the death of a trans teen. 211659433
Reposted by shortcakeLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Dallas turned out with at least 10,000 marching for #NoKingsDay 659468179704
Reposted by shortcakeMichael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 14/06/2025To those out protesting today, power to ya! #nokingsday 31165285
Reposted by shortcakeRyan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 14/06/2025The first known detention by the US Marines in their recent Los Angeles deployment is of... a US Army veteran on his way to an office at the Department of Veteran Affairs building. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...reuters.comExclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video showsMarines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump. 11627131250
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/06/2025The countries largest gender clinic with 3000 patients is complying in advance and shutting down. They treat up to age 25 so trans adults will lose access as well. www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comChildren's Hospital Los Angeles halts transgender care under pressure from TrumpChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles will stop offering services related to transgender care, according to a message reviewed by The Times. 421779647
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/06/2025Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem. 15735771609
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11/06/2025ICE is abducting US citizens out in the open to provoke a response. They're doing this on purpose to escalate and then play the victim when people protest. 361921647
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2025An HSI federal agent pointed a rifle with live ammunition at a protester and was taunting him. We're at the point where protesters may be shot and killed by ICE. 1061427519
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/06/2025The only rioters I see are the police. 131023165
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/06/2025I hate Newsom as much as anyone but arresting a duly elected sitting governor like this would mean we're in a dictatorship. There must be a mass uprising if this happens. 1860387
Reposted by shortcakePrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/06/2025"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel." 2352290713935
Reposted by shortcakeunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 07/06/2025Trying and failing to come up with the right words to describe what we are witnessing unfold in LA right now. Your resistance is here, support them 11780412087
Reposted by shortcakeKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 07/06/2025Okay listen... i am not at all angry when i say this because a lot of people who say this and mean well but are really clueless because the media narrative on this is so disconnected with reality. A trans only category would not work in any sport, anywhere. There are not enough trans athletes. 652923451
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/06/20251. A Mexican revolution trans man... a trans woman who transitioned as a kid in the 1800s... a trans woman fencer and spy turned double agent... a trans civil war soldier who stole his captor's weapon... These are the trans people you never learn in school. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comThe Most Legendary Trans Figures In History You Never Learned In SchoolWe have always been here. 221595479
Reposted by shortcakeAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/06/2025ICE trying to get inside your home. 291266340
Reposted by shortcakeChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 31/05/2025Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers. 57475764020
Reposted by shortcakeCerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Never seen that meme be so on point :') 342412357
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/05/2025The HHS is now telling medical centers to adhere to their latest sham report on transgender healthcare which literally says is not a treatment guideline. They’re sending this letter to hospitals in blue states and threatening them unless they stop trans care. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/...amp.cnn.comHHS letter tells health care providers to disregard treatment protocols for trans people, adhere to report by unnamed authors | CNNThe US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter urging health care providers and medical boards to update treatment protocols for youth... 33950334
Reposted by shortcakeJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety" www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...404media.coA Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an AbortionThe sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state... 882106054913
Reposted by shortcakeKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/05/2025Cis people have no idea just how stupid gender is about to get 171706358
Reposted by shortcakeDrawn 'til Dawn @drawntildawn.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Beach Vibes 🏖️ Made last summer but I don't think I ever posted here ~ --- #SonicTheHedgehog 4577218
Reposted by shortcakeErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/05/202599% of the time, the people who end up getting barged in on by police and security guards with transgender bathroom bans are cisgender lesbian women. Bathroom bans don't work because you can't tell whose trans by looks alone. Anyway. Many such cases.gomag.comHotel Guard Barges Into Women’s Restroom, Accuses Lesbian Guest Of Being A Man - GO MagazineThe Liberty Hotel in Boston has suspended the guard and promised staff retraining after forcibly removing a cisgender lesbian from the women’s restroom. 782881629
Reposted by shortcakeThe Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 20/04/2025I’ve been positing this every year for sixteen years. Happy Easter. 171218188
Reposted by shortcake✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 07/04/2025Shinx 💙💛 81560529
