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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hi everyone, as you saw already, I departed the Pride Caucus. (After only six to seven days in it sadly.) My friend Arienne Childrey, now follows me in departing. She has officially resigned and left the cacus as well. If anyone wants to poke the bigger accounts, please do.
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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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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I have a dire update on this story. I have reason to believe my source, Aurora Rush, was taken by the federal government as a political prisoner. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...
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Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police
An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/08/2026
The Trump administration just finalized its rule stripping gender-affirming care from Medicaid and CHIP. Advocates say there's still time to fight: it takes effect in October, and federal courts have already struck down two previous attempts to do this. The latest from our journalist S. Baum.
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Trump Issues “Finalized” Anti-Trans Medicaid Rule, But Human Rights Groups Say There’s Still Time
“Despite this being called a ‘final rule,’ we have time to fight back. Nothing will change overnight.”
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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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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Yes, the Ciara Keeton mentioned in the post is me. Yes, as I said, you'd hear from me only two more times. This was one of them. Thanks for the reporting. I have nothing left to give.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 19/07/2026
Got another story coming out about the Ohio Dems/Amy Acton stuff today and it’s a doozy. Transphobia is a cancer in the Democratic Party of Ohio.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/07/2026
The Ohio Democratic party is censoring its own members from criticizing Amy Acton. This even includes the Pride Caucus chair who has to criticize her from their personal capacity. They've threatened to kick caucuses out that formally criticize Acton over her transphobic positions.
Holding the Line: An Update on the Fight for Trans Rights and Accountability in Ohio
​Over the last couple of weeks, our community has taken some incredibly painful hits from people who are supposed to be our allies. Hearing a statewide candidate validate anti-trans narratives and write off our rights as "settled law" is a flat-out betrayal. Let’s be entirely clear: absolutely no boys are playing in girls' sports. Trans girls are girls, trans boys are boys, and transphobia and misgendering must be condemned, regardless of which political party it comes from. The anger out there right now is completely justified.
​A lot of you have reached out asking why I haven’t made a loud public statement yet, especially given my role with the Pride Caucus. I want to be very clear: the public quiet right now is not compliance. It’s strategy.
​Behind the scenes, the work hasn’t stopped for a single day. I, along with many other advocates, have been on the phone constantly with state party leadership, coordinating with allied organizations, and pushing back hard. We are forcing these conversations to happen, and we are not going to let this campaign run out the clock or sweep this under the rug hoping we just forget about it.
​The harm was done in public, and I believe that requires a public resolution. I will not settle for vague, backroom promises. We are demanding real, public accountability and an absolute respect for our community's right to exist. Anything less is completely unacceptable.
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Disclaimer: To be entirely transparent, I am posting this strictly in my capacity as a trans advocate, a legislative candidate, and a trans Ohioan living this reality every day. I am not writing this on behalf of, or as a representative of, my official role as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. So, to the ODP compliance team: you can save yourselves the phone call, because I will not be taking this down.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/06/2026
1. There has been a major new federal rule proposed governing ALL federal grants. A federal grant recipient will be deemed ineligible if the recipient advances "gender ideology," or denies that "sex is binary." This includes hospitals, schools, nonprofits. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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"Fascism"—New Federal Rule Would Require Federal Funding Recipients To Deny Trans People Exist
The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/06/2026
You just voted two weeks ago to ban any mention of LGBTQ people from federally funded schools and to forcibly out trans kids. Don't you dare come here and say happy pride.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/06/2026
Rep Laura Gillen is doing the same thing over on IG.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/06/2026
He posted this after voting to defund schools that have any policy whatsoever that "advances concepts" related to gender identity. That includes bathrooms, locker rooms, even possibly having a trans teacher state their pronouns. Shame.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/06/2026
It's June 1st, which means Pride month begins today. It's my 7th Pride as myself, and I find myself realizing something this year. Everything beautiful survived something to get here. I muse about Pride, picking up birding, and what we have been through. Happy Pride.
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Pride, Birds, And The Beauty Of Survival
Everything beautiful survived something to get here.
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
youtu.be/o6nJ0l_9Y6A Happy first day of pride month, everybody! Stay safe and have fun. 🏳️‍🌈 😀 💜
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/05/2026
1. According to a heartbreaking large new survey, trans youth who desire to obtain hormone therapy and cannot get it face double the suicide attempt risk. Only 10% of trans youth under 18 are on hormone therapy. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-yout...
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Trans Youth Who Want Hormone Therapy But Can't Get It Face Twice Suicide Risk, Says National Survey
The Trevor Project survey revealed deep anxieties over losing healthcare access among trans youth.
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
For Trans day of Visibility //youtu.be/b-F9V3FTN2o
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/03/2026
The IOC has announced a trans and intersex athlete ban requiring an invasive SRY genetic test for female athletes. In the 20+ years trans women were eligible, only one ever competed and none ever medaled. This is solving for a problem that doesn't exist. www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
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Transgender women banned from Olympics by new IOC policy
The new policy limits eligibility in women’s events to biological females based on genetic screening beginning at the 2028 Games.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Trump’s decision to deploy ICE agents to U.S. airports didn’t come out of nowhere. It follows a pattern we’ve seen from him where he sends federal forces to U.S. cities in service of his own political goals rather than public safety. If the pattern holds, it won't end well for him.
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Trump's Deployment Of ICE To U.S. Airports Follows A Disturbingly Familiar Pattern
His use of ICE and federalized National Guard as his personal army has met stiff resistance. But what's his next big move?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/03/2026
Two anti-trans initiatives have just made it onto the Colorado Ballot, pending any additional challenges. They were backed by political arms of the Catholic Church. The backers called trans people "a plague" Now, they'll go directly to voters. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Colorado Anti-Trans Ballot Measures Certified: Evangelicals Who Backed It Call Being Trans A “Plague”
A conservative political group in Colorado, aided by the archdiocese, is leading an attack on trans kids, their families, and their providers.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/03/2026
It's very cool how much free speech in the 5th circuit depends on your views. It's a de facto viewpoint discriminatory judiciary.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/03/2026
1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit. An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans. It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans
They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's Medicaid ban for trans adults.
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I was no older than 4 years old when I knew. I'm 65 now and I'm so glad that there are people out there like you who aren't afraid to tell our stories and stand up for us. Nobody should ever have to live their life as someone they're not.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/03/2026
The reason I fight so hard for trans kids is because I was a trans kid myself. I knew who I was in the year 2000, 12 years old, behind my computer, using the name Erin. I wanted puberty blockers so badly. My body shifted and changed in horrifying ways that I suffered for 15 years over.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/03/2026
Still not a peep on the things Mamdani can do for trans youth after hospital closures. No activation of H+H to take patients. Trans patients are a rounding error for the $10B program. No movement on human rights complaints. No promise to restore care. Rarely have I been so disappointed.
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Mr Newburgers AI funnies: youtu.be/fMAzoRFcztQ?...
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NEW JAZZ HIT - It's Cause the Midterms
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/02/2026
It’s the Jeffrey Epstein War
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Let's not forget why we're going to war: The Epstein files. We could call this the 'Epstein files war'.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/02/2026
1. Yesterday, we broke the story that Kansas drivers licenses for transgender people were being immediately revoked by the state. This morning, the ACLU filed suit in state court to block that process. Thousands of trans Kansans watch with horror and hope. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law
The lawsuit was filed in state court on Friday.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026
1. Its been a week since NYU Langone ended its trans youth care program. Then Sinai followed a few days ago. There are immediate steps Mamdani can take, and he refuses to do so. When asked about those steps, his office has chosen not to comment repeatedly. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trans New Yorkers Deserve Better Than Mamdani's Inaction On Trans Youth Care Closures
The mayor has immediate steps he can take to ensure continuity of care for trans youth.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/02/2026
1. The New York Times, unsurprisingly, has released yet another hit piece on transgender people. This time, it comes from Jesse Singal. I fact check it in my latest piece. End your NYT subscription, and put it towards people doing good work on the issue. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times
The New York Times spreads misinformation about transgender people yet again.
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Tony Ortega @tonyortega.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Was it the newts? The bats? We’re not sure which of the objections raised to #Scientology’s plans for its UK headquarters was too much, but David Miscavige has put those plans on a temporary hold. ALSO: A new Ideal Org today in Puerto Rico, and we say goodbye to Fredrick Brennan.
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Dave blinks: Scientology pauses its UK expansion plans in the face of so much opposition
Was it the newts? The bats? The water main?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/02/2026
What the fuck we have a rapist pedophile president.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/02/2026
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions. Then covered it up again when caught. Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 10/02/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 9: Good Law Project's Freedom of Information requests find spike in trans kid's suicide following NHS stopping GAC: from just 9 for 2019 thru 2020 to 32 for 2021 thru 2022-- an increase of 256%. [This is a correction of an earlier post which wrongly said 800%] 1/2
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New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/01/2026
1. In a major new federal rule, Trump is attempting to attach billions in international aid to recipients agreeing to impose anti-trans restrictions. This includes social transition "at any age," attempting to export transphobia globally. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trump Pressures International Orgs To Disavow Trans Care, Social Transition Globally "At Any Age" With Funding Ban
The new rule would enact the "Mexico City Policy" towards what it calls "gender ideology."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/01/2026
This is an occupying force.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/12/2025
2025 has been an incredibly hard year for trans people. And yet... the political project to erase us is failing. In spite of them having so many levers of power, many of us have continued to thrive, and new pathways open up every day to get around the attacks. My case for hope for 2026.
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The Case For Hope: Transgender Rights Going Into 2026
This last year has been one of the hardest years for transgender people in memory. Somehow, though, I'm feeling hope going into 2026.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/11/2025
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.
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Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20/11/2025
1. Nearly every transgender person walks this earth knowing people like us who are no longer with us. In writing about transgender people every day, I hold in my heart the people who are now our ancestors, and I try to bring their light forward. These are the people I'm remembering today.
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The People I Remember On This Trans Day Of Remembrance
Elisa Shupe, Lia Smith, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and so many more names are worth remembering today.
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Happy birthday S. 🥳 🎂
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/11/2025
Good article. We have reported about "Gender Exploratory Therapy" at EITM for years now - it's a subversive practice akin to "crisis pregnancy centers" that seeks to delay transition until the person gives up on being trans - they will NEVER let the trans teen transition.
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Conversion therapy is quietly rebranding — and targeting trans youths
As political attacks on gender-affirming care escalate, parents and experts fear a resurgence of discredited “therapies” that seek to change transgender children’s identities.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/10/2025
Very sad to see NBC Out go down. I know journalists who have worked there and it was home to some of the best in depth reporting on LGBTQ+ issues out there from a legacy media outlet. Legacy media continues to abandon us, and it seems only we can tell our own stories these days.
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Breaking: NBC fires teams of journalists focused on marginalized communities, axing NBC Out & NBC BLK staff
NBC News has fired journalists who reported on Black, Latino, Asian and LGBTQ+ communities.
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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Politicians who meet fascists half way, are just fascists. Newsom is all about publicity & nothing about integrity. It’s been depressing watching American ppl hero-worship a power crazed sell-out. It’s not just Kimberly Guilfoyle & cosmetic surgery he has in common with the Trumps. READ this:
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/10/2025
And now Stonewall National Monument under Trump has erased the very thing she fought for. Love the support, Zohran. Thanks, sincerely. bsky.app/profile/erin...
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
We need more of this.
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LurkHorror (they,them) @lurkhorror.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Bowen Yang mocks J.K. Rowling’s transphobia in hilariously bizarre Saturday Night Live sketch www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/bowe...
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Bowen Yang mocks J.K. Rowling's transphobia in hilariously bizarre Saturday Night Live sketch - LGBTQ Nation
He played a scared and subservient house elf forced to repeat Rowling's transphobic beliefs.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/10/2025
1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents. And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family. This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents
The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.
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