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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
A network graph visualization on a dark background showing connections between various accounts. The central, highly connected node is labeled "J.K. Rowling," with lines radiating out to many other nodes color-coded by region (UK, US, etc.). A detail panel on the right displays stats for her account, including her role as "Author & commentator," an in-degree of 153, an out-degree of 84, and 14 million followers.A scatter plot graph on a dark background comparing accounts based on "followers (log)" on the x-axis and "in-degree" on the y-axis. The data points are color-coded by region. J.K. Rowling is highlighted as a major outlier in the top right corner, possessing the highest number of followers and the highest in-degree. Other labeled points lower on the graph include various politicians, individuals, and campaign organizations.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Calling my shot: we will see less than half as many pundit-consultant pieces about this Latino realignment as we saw in the other direction 2021-2025, because a Latino blue shift doesn’t fit the Dems-Too-Woke narrative
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You can kill as many people as you want, but you target a beautiful precious data center? The one that hosted all 40,000 Sexy Ladies For Ken Paxton accounts?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.
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Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court Rules
The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”
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M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Every real life "Hank Hill" you know is either still a bigoted POS at the end of the day no matter how folksy they talk or have been enabling the slide of American Conservatism to White Nationalist Christo-Fascism for their whole adult lives in some way.
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🌈miski🌦️ @miski.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
pottery throwdown kind of mogs bakeoff ngl
screenshot from great pottery throwdown. a man is having his puzzle jug looked at by judges and they're so proud of him they started tearing up. one is a very manly man
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 10/10/2026
QueerAF can reveal figures that show 618 people have died while under the care of an NHS gender clinic, at least 21 by suicide. www.wearequeeraf.com/the-deadly-t...
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The deadly toll of the trans healthcare crisis: 21 suicides and over 600 other deaths
QueerAF can reveal figures that show 618 people have died while under the care of an NHS gender clinic, at least 21 by suicide.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He’s mad our country is run by crooks and murderers and so am I. I’m no longer interested in negotiating with these people and neither is he.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
How fast will this come to a public school near you
A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations and use artificial intelligence to flag speech deemed “hateful” or “inciting.”

The plans laid out by the founder of the Gaza Children Village in a webinar last month have elicited ethical, safety and privacy concerns from some Palestinian and advocacy groups and at least one of the charity’s partners.

There is no indication the charity intends to share its classrooms’ recordings with anybody else, but fears about the potential misuse of surveillance technology are heightened in Gaza after three years of war. The Israeli military has used AI to sift through intercepted communications and find suspicious speech, including to identify targets for strikes.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026
Sherrod Brown's new response to an anti-trans ad is remarkably different from many other dems. Instead of accepting bigotry towards trans people, he pivots and links his Republican opponent to the Epstein files. It is notably different from his earlier ads. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Sherrod Brown Answers Anti-Trans Attack Ads By Tying Jon Husted To The Epstein Files
“Jon Husted? He protected men who abused young girls by voting in the Senate to block the release of the Epstein files.”
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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I don't think this is true in this case. When Marcy Kaptur talks about "keeping gender ideology out of schools," that's a direct conservative appeal, and you can't expect HRC to be quiet about it.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trans kids have been playing sports for more than 15 years. It only became a political issue when the far right ADF began targeting them. No one is asking Dems to commit “political suicide” That is a misleading formulation. Sincerely, please read up on this
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 06/10/2026
I hate it when the woke mob tries to cancel people just because they were “credibly accused of horrific gang rape.” so when someone says they’re going to wallop me with a Tex Avery inflatable hammer, I immediately try to get them fired
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/09/2026
If you want to understand just how pathetic the clean energy is on politics, read this excellent piece in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social. There are like a half-dozen quotes in here that make me want to jump off a fucking roof.
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Why Won’t the Clean Energy Industry Play Dirty?
After Republican attacks, why does the industry still spend so little on elections?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
This is what happens when you get loud and demand Dems not drop trans people. We CAN get orgs to realize this. But we can’t stop with Kaptur. She’s the worst but not the only one. There is NO acceptable anti-trans vote or statement or ad from a Democrat. None. GET LOUDER!
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/09/2026
The Ohio Democratic Party is repeatedly deleting criticism of Marcy Kaptur, who has released an ad calling transgender people an “ideology” that should be banned in schools. Still think Dems can’t become Labour?
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Kurt @kaatokunart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
sharing this again in light of recent events
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
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Booberry Cereal @bonklechicken.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Chuds forcing themselves to pretend to like Ultimate Spider-Man 2012 when a fan made trans character uses the name of the genderbend Spider-Woman they googled and learned about yesterday
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Burger Bite Beamsweep
ALT: Burger Bite Beamsweep
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Sunbeam Virtuous @sunbeamvirtuous.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s a pseudo-scientific way to misgender us. The fascists came up with the term. They wanted to misgender us but that was crass, so they figured they’d use “biology” to do it. It’s not grounded in biology just bigotry. But once they made that argument and merged it into sports, hate went mainstream
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june @kittygakumei.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
i really appreciate this post, because i think what so many fail to understand is how suddenly this has all happened. the first sports bans, the “moderate position” dems are now cementing as legitimate, were in 2020; they originally were struck down in the courts!
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Michelleraiser @michellestringer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Being prohibited from marriage is also an injustice with some material impacts as it pertains to shared health insurance, federal benefits, or legal agreements, but it is simply not the same as losing your health care, losing your career, losing equal access to public spaces, losing your passport, losing your driver's license, losing your housing, being threatened with prosecution, or being threatened with having your children removed from your custody. Combined with the fact that transgender people weren't doing well even before this wave of new restrictions - enduring higher rates of poverty, homelessness, physical violence, sexual violence, and illness while being overrepresented in our country's foster care system, juvenile detention, survival sex trade, and prisons - I'd ask you to forgive trans people for being "maximalist" in defense of our own lives.


When Obama said he supported civil unions in the run-up to the 2008 and 2012 elections, he was offering gay people a slower pace of progress. When Democrats today triangulate on transgender rights, they are offering us a slower pace of decline.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”
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Transgaziel 🏳️‍⚧️ @poom.tagaziel.net · 11/09/2026
Are you familiar with the concept of a pressure campaign? With politicos you never assume good faith and never assume they won't strip you of your rights.
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Bijou a wacky Hamster 🏳️‍⚧️☕️ @tomdanook.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A lot want to blame trans people for the lose Yet there were zero trans people in Harris's campaign A women who i voted for but also knew. She didnt even get a full campaign run Not talking about Gaza was bad Bringing on Liz Chaney was not rising in poll numbers Yet trans peeps get the blame?
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Haley @northandeast.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Three genocide warnings from Lemkin. NSPM-7 labeling anyone who supports trans Americans as terrorists. And the week after the President implied his party will end transgender people, the HRC is asking us to vote for democrats who's only clear opinion on us is that we should lose our healthcare.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
The voter who won't back Turek or Talarico over trans sports was never going to back them. The ad just changes to a new anti-trans topic. The ads are designed to illicit disgust at trans people, and caving on sports doesn't blunt that disgust for those who these ads work on. Caving doesn't work.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
And surprise surprise. Elon Musk drops $100 million targeting Dems with anti-trans ads. Looking at the ads, it appears he is ramping up the ads targeting Dems who already caved. This includes Turek and Talarico. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Elon Musk’s PAC Drops $100 Million On Anti-Trans Ads Targeting Dems Who Already Capitulated
Anti-trans capitulations didn’t stop Musk from spending big to attack these Democrats.
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🏳️‍⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️‍⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tell them here: advocacy@equalityohio.org and tell them you're not pleased with this intent and while we're not asking for an F, a B grade is a massive slap in the face to the immigrant LGBT+ community and the trans community.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 04/09/2026
Looks like Equality Ohio tends to give Amy Acton, Dem Governor candidate in Ohio, a "B" grade. The candidate has called trans girls boys, embraced a transgender sports ban, said it was a matter of safety, and refuses to meet with transgender activists int he region. Wow.
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VideoKid @videokid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JKR has a shit ton of internalized misogyny and that directly correlates to her transphobia. Also making Snape black is incredibly problematic considering a defining moment for his character was when he called Harry’s mom a slur in anger once and this ended their friendship.
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Scary Gay Worm 🏳️‍⚧️🪱 @lostbaggle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
zimmer unfortunately has a history of transphobia. Lauren Bousfield worked under him at one point and has given details Web archive source so hopefully it doesn't interact with twitter at all: web.archive.org/web/20221122...
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“@nadiaudio I worked for him. I did good work that he praised, but after I transitioned he quickly had me fired. He had cue notes named "tr*nny fight" etc etc... It's a pattern of abuse that will inevitably come out over time, and I'm glad that the industry is changing slowly.”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/09/2026
AND ITS CALLED IN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES! Ed Markey, incumbent, beats the anti-trans Democrat Seth Moulton in the primary race for Massachusetts Senate. Congressman Moulton had made targeting trans people part of his repertoire in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election. He goes down.
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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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🌭 Sid Oozeley 🌭 @oozeley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
They did a 9/11 on us every day during peak COVID because these spoiled chumps couldn't go two weeks without their Applebee's
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Reminder that the lies of white women have cost innocent Black and brown people everything. They are not bystanders in white supremacy, but active participants.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Core question in this case is whether the administration acted with animus towards trans people when they implemented a Trump order claiming trans people are inherently lacking "integrity," not helped every time Hegseth calls us "trannies" to make himself giggle
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/08/2026
In Tabor, Iowa, a school board erupted for what would otherwise be a routine vote to hire a slate of new teachers. Why? Because a teacher was trans. The school board decided after hearing comments not to hire him, even though he already set up his classroom. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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After Anti-Trans Uproar At School Board Meeting, Iowa School District Rejects Trans Band Teacher
An Iowa school district chose to start the school year without the new band teacher instead of allowing a trans educator to take on the role he was offered, following protests from parents.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 26/08/2026
ordinary people have no idea the system is such a kafkaesque nightmare
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
donald trump is busy humiliating the US in 10 different ways simultaneously and the democrats are spending their time condemning a twitch streamer. i know they're increasingly unpopular but that there's anyone who still thinks they're a real opposition party boggles the mind. boggles
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Lauren Theisen @laurentheisen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
something pleasantly jarring about a polite guy on the train platform asking sincere questions about my life as a trans woman. and I know he saw me as a woman because he didn't believe me and boarded anyway when I said the Q would not take him to Queens.
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Rootless Cosmopolitan @brennick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In a world full of Trumps, Musks, Jenricks and “Tommy Robinson”, choose to be a Hannah Arendt.
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LunchCounterPunch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I HATE it when people say “the culture wars” or “the discourse” are ruining the WNBA. BE PRECISE. Right-wing fascists are introducing misogyny and bigotry through their narratives and demands, in an effort to delegitimize an organization full of popular black women who vocally champion inclusivity.
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Christo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Center actually improving an actual person's life. If your action doesn't actually help at least one person, it's not worth doing
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/08/2026
Objective Journalism, folks
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/08/2026
Bluesky does have a fairly obnoxious culture but at least half the userbase isn't clearly huffing rubber cement
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