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@lawsonlit.bsky.social
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Poet, Essayist, Educator (she/her). Gash Atlas (2022), winner of Kore Press Institute Poetry Prize. Rot Contracts (Trouble Department 2020). All opinions mine.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/10/2025
For my newsletter, I wrote about how wantonly illegal and unconstitutional ICE is, how it must come to a stop now, how it's up to all of us to stop it, and how we will need to develop a way so the federal government can never do this to us again. burns-notice.ghost.io/we-cant-live...
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We Can't Live Like This
Trump's ICE agents are wantonly breaking the law across the country, while he sends the national guard to forcibly occupy blue states. It's up to the good citizens of this country to oppose this uncon...
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Call your senators. Now.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/09/2025
1. Trump has dug in on anti-trans provisions in the shutdown fight this morning, cancelling a meeting with Dems unless they cave on trans people. His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trump Digs In On Anti-Trans Provisions In Shutdown Fight Message
The provisions are becoming a key sticking point in the ongoing fight to keep the government open.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2025
The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Yeah... If the administration adopts the Heritage Foundation's recommendations any speech in favor of trans rights would be treated as having the potential to incite violence. This might not mean arresting us for speech, but it might mean government censorship of trans supportive speech.
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Camille Rankine @camillerankine.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
This is accurate and also why I’m not the least interested in the exaltation of “dialogue” and “civil discourse”
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2025
Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies" Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
A screenshot of a tweet from the Daily Caller, which has been reposted by Rep. Nancy Mace. The tweet reads: "'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH': Rep. Nancy Mace comments on reports of Charlie Kirk's killer allegedly being 'pro-tranny'". The tweet includes a video thumbnail showing Rep. Nancy Mace outdoors wearing sunglasses and speaking to reporters. The timestamp is 11:29 AM, September 11, 2025.A screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace). The tweet, posted at 10:36 AM on September 12, 2025, reads: "We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We will try to do the same."
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anna, journalist, get woke or DEI trying @fakerobotgamer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
it needs to be asserted at every opportunity that the catholic school shooting is the end result of detrans grifting and white supremacy
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I agree with what Erin says here, but would add that Newsom's recent comment citing the age of 25 is especially scary, as that's well beyond centrist-sounding "fairness in sports" rhetoric – it is a hardcore anti-trans activist talking point! it's like he is actively consuming 4thwavenow/TERF posts
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Movies did not prepare me for this midlife shit. I was told there would be convertibles involved.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 22/05/2025
The bill wouldn't just cause millions to lose their health insurance, it would also: *ban Medicaid coverage of non-abortion care at Planned Parenthood *ban Medicaid coverage of ANY gender-affirming care (yes, adults) *block marketplace insurance plans from covering abortion or gender-affirming care
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House Passes 'Big, Beautiful Bill' That's a Vicious Attack on Abortion and Gender-Affirming Care
The budget bill would "defund" Planned Parenthood, closing nearly 200 clinics, and prohibit Medicaid from covering healthcare for transgender people, no matter their age.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 22/05/2025
The federal government is trying to kill 150,000 trans people in the United States. I can count the number of cis people talking about this on one hand.
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
There are way fewer movies/books/stories about moms having mid-life crises than dads. Probably because we'd need to find childcare first.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
ICYMI
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/05/2025
i’m a fan of this headline because it’s important to remember—as institutions are blackmailed over funding & illegitimate orgs like “american college of pediatricians” make headlines—that every legit US medical org with something to say about it said last year, “for trans kids, transition is good.”
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HHS breaks with major U.S. medical groups in review of pediatric gender care
The Department of Health and Human Services released the review, which doesn’t name any of its authors, in response to an executive order from President Trump.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/05/2025
I think they made a major mistake releasing this review. It’s going over like a lead balloon in US media and I think it infects the other reviews like the Cass review and the Florida review - it shows how politicized the “government reviews” are from right wing governments.
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
The only appropriate response to this is impeachment and removal from office. Every moment the political press spends spinning out theories about 2026 and immigration polling is a minute they are not spending asking Republicans in Congress about their plans to enforce the rule of law
A screenshot of a tweet by the official White House account. 

Text: “Fixed it for you, @NYTimes.
Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen - he's NOT coming back.”

There is also a screenshot of the front page of the NyT with a large headline and photo about Van Hollen meeting with Abrego Garcia. They have edited the headline with red ink handwriting to say “ Senator meets with deported ms-13 illegal alien in El Salvador who’s never coming back.”
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
everyone signing on to be a part of the new HBO Max Harry Potter series is endorsing this and should be treated accordingly
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/04/2025
1. In 2025, over 850 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been filed across the United States - the most in US history. Most bills target transgender people. The bills have also grown more extreme, reverting drivers licenses, arresting trans people in bathrooms, and more. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Over 850 Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Filed In 2025; Most In History
2025 has been a difficult year for transgender people. Over 850 bills targeting the community have been filed, the most in United States history.
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
At age 2.5, my autistic toddler isn't old enough to tell RFK Jr to go fuck himself (plus he's busy taking a nap right now), so I'll go ahead and say it, but I won't speak for him more than that. My kid is smart and loving, and even if he weren't those things he'd still be a fucking human being.
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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
for the afternoon crowd:
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Ari Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Trump wiped 2.5 trillion dollars out from the stock market today. Let's check in on America's most watched cable news network!
A Fox News broadcast shows a male anchor in a dark pinstripe suit and pink tie reporting live. The headline at the bottom of the screen reads, "FEMALE FENCER TAKES KNEE AGAINST TRANS OPPONENT." The U.S. Capitol building is visible through the window behind him. A red ticker on the bottom right displays the Dow Watch, showing a drop of 1,425.88 points or 3.38%, bringing the total to 40,799.44. The time reads 11:24 PT.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 02/04/2025
anyways. hi, cis folks! the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. context & guidance in the thread below. it’s not hard; you can do it while you’re still angry about other things. 9 days left, as of this post!
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Kate Redburn @kredburn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I hope this doesn't get lost in the barrage of news - @chasestrangio.bsky.social on the necessity of learning and sharing trans legal history time.com/7272976/tran...
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Why Trans People Must Prove a History of Discrimination
From criminal cross-dressing laws to bans on open military service, trans people have long faced discrimination.
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Here's a video poem I made a while back, about Trump, Columbus, and other r*pist psychopaths (and the complicity of folks who keep handing them power). youtu.be/tOjURhRsSW0
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The Columbus Poems
YouTube video by Jessica Lawson
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/04/2025
Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏
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CNN @cnn.com · 31/03/2025
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a "mass grave," a week after they went missing following attacks by Israeli forces.
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Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza ‘mass grave’ following Israeli attacks | CNN
The bodies of more than a dozen aid workers have been recovered in southern Gaza from what a United Nations agency described as a “mass grave,” a week after they went missing following attacks by Isra...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/03/2025
Maybe I haven’t been paying enough attention but I never thought a dictator could be so whiny
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Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.com · 18/03/2025
Really can't be emphasized enough that Kamala Harris, like most Democrats, did not actually run on the defense of trans people in 2024. The real ask here is for Democratic candidates to join in attacking a minority population that is being persecuted by the current administration for votes.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/03/2025
MUST-WATCH: This is the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil from the perspective of his wife, who is 8 months pregnant. This is federal agents in plain clothes dragging a man from his home as punishment for his speech. @nyclu.org @ccrjustice.org @theimeu.bsky.social
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/03/2025
1. Major court ruling! The 11th Circuit Court has ruled that there is no constitutional parental right to out trans students at a Florida school in a major ruling against January Littlejohn, who was referenced at Trump's address. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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11th Circuit Court Finds Florida School Was Not Obligated to Forcibly Out Trans Students
“Children do not give up their constitutional rights by enrolling in public school.”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 14/03/2025
Cherry picking false readings of studies and the anti-trans right, name a better duo. abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...
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Pentagon 'cherry picked' studies to support transgender service member ban, judge says
A judge on Wednesday signaled that she was deeply skeptical that the Pentagon's handling of transgender service members complies with federal law.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 14/03/2025
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk. It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 14/03/2025
The assault on First Amendment rights being jointly committed by the federal government & Columbia University are an attack on all workers who dare to protest, speak out, or exercise their freedom of association under the US Constitution. uaw.org/in-shocking-...
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In Shocking Move, Columbia University Fires Union President One Day Before Contract Negotiations Begin, in Further Crackdown on Free Speech - UAW | United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implem...
In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers.
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Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
We will never know what would have happened if all arrests and deportations under the Nazis had gotten this kind of response. We do know what happened when they didn't.
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
holy shit
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/03/2025
It should terrify everyone that a green card holder was black bagged and disappeared to Louisiana simply for having opinions this administration dislikes. They're building the prisons and camps to do it to citizens. The time to stand up to this is now.
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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Let's be really really clear. The Trump admin chose a Palestinian activist as the target of its first lawless political detention precisely BECAUSE they believe that will split the opposition. If you shrug at the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil, or worse, cheer it on, you're following Trump's script.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/03/2025
The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities. We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication. This is inhumane and illegal.
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Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Incarcerated trans women report being groped by male guards and suicidal thoughts: ‘I’m punished for existing’
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/03/2025
1. This morning, California Governor said he was in "complete alignment" with anti-LGBTQ+ hate-influencer Charlie Kirk of TPUSA on transgender sports. He also conceded on trans inmates and gender affirming care for youth. It's so much worse than being reported. Subscribe to support my journalism.
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CA Gov Gavin Newsom "Completely Aligns" With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast
The California Governor, in the launch of his new podcast, announced that he completely aligned with far-right, ant-LGBTQ+ influencer Charlie Kirk on sports, and agreed on prisons and youth care.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I would absolutely believe that Jim Comer thinks reading a newspaper is against the law.
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'm a subscriber, because in times of incessant and escalating attacks on trans people, Katelyn Burns' writing and reporting is essential.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/03/2025
Unsurprisingly, it appears that the House will try to censure Green this week. Calling out POTUS' lies is worthy of being censured, apparently, meanwhile they're not going to censure Nancy Mace for yelling in the middle of a hearing "Tranny tranny tranny!" and threatening to fight someone.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 05/03/2025
For my Patreon blog, I wrote about Trump's speech and why he kept circling back to trans people over and over. www.patreon.com/posts/trans-...
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Trans people are MAGA's shiny object | Katelyn Burns
Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon
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Susan Stryker @susanstryker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
So many causes to donate to these days. Here’s another one I’ve just donated to: Annie Jump works hard for the trans community, help out with legal expenses related to a wrongful arrest if you can. gofund.me/a377021f
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Donate to Free Annie Jump Vicente, organized by Nicole Sanford
Annie Jump Vicente, a well-known West Hollywood transgender rights advocate and founder of Tran… Nicole Sanford needs your support for Free Annie Jump Vicente
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Jessica Lawson still has too many jobs. @lawsonlit.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Dear Internet, do your thing.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/03/2025
"I've stopped all government censorship" Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I need the institution where I teach (NYU) to respond clearly and unequivocally saying this is unconstitutional and they will not be adhering to it. This is a red line.
Trump tweets: All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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