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PhD in Education | Queer Atheist | 3rd Wave Feminist | GenX Mom/Grandmom | Miscarriage Mama | Abolitionist John Brown's 2nd Cousin (2x removed) |Advocate for Addiction Recovery w/ Dignity | Voting Downballot Blue Since '92! 🌊

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 13/09/2026
Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban www.erininthemorning... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban
“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As a dedicated user of Waze since they first launched, I'm happy to say that I'm moving over to MapQuest as Google profits from Waze usage. As someone who grew up half-time on the edge of Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico, I've had enough of Combover Caligula's bullshit.
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ACLU of the District of Columbia @aclu-dc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not a U.S. citizen and get stopped or questioned by the police or ICE? Remain silent. Remain calm. Say “no” when asked to search. Never show false documents. Never lie about being a U.S. citizen. Know your rights when interacting with ICE in the DMV: bit.ly/4sXINsQ
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Know Your Rights when Interacting with ICE in the DMV - ACLU of DC
Your rights do NOT change when you cross the DMV (D.C., Maryland, and Virgina)
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 19/08/2026
Trump cannot strip Obamacare protections from trans people’s healthcare, judge rules www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Trump cannot strip Obamacare protections from trans people’s healthcare, judge rules
The ruling says the administration ignored existing law when it changed the rules that identify “essential benefits” under the Affordable Care Act.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 19/08/2026
Inside the Christian ministry accused of disguising conversion therapy as celibacy www.advocate.com/new... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Inside the Christian ministry accused of disguising conversion therapy as celibacy
By replacing promises of becoming straight with demands for celibacy, SIW has avoided the label of conversion therapy and, so far, scrutiny.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 18/08/2026
There are better ways to talk about patriarchy www.wearequeeraf.com/transmasc-ap...
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Transmasc apologies for male privilege: do we need them?
There are better ways to talk about patriarchy
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 16/08/2026
Bogus Trump Administration ‘Report’ Launders Reheated Anti-Trans Rhetoric to Attack Transition Medical Care www.hrc.org/press-re... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Bogus Trump Administration ‘Report’ Launders Reheated Anti-Trans…
You cannot hand-pick a panel of anti-transgender activists, feed it research from anti-trans advocacy organizations, publish the result under an HHS…
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 31/07/2026
School district sues Trump admin over pressure to discriminate against trans kids: “Not an option” www.lgbtqnation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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School district sues Trump admin over pressure to discriminate against trans kids: “Not an option”
The district accused the Department of Education of placing it in "an impossible position."
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 25/07/2026
US: The Country’s Most Famous Strip Club Hosted Its First Trans Night and We Were There lataco.com/teaze-tra... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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The Country's Most Famous Strip Club Hosted Its First Trans Night and We Were There ~ L.A. TACO
This wasn't a queer venue making room for trans performers—that already exists. This was one of the country's most recognizable strip clubs deciding that supporting trans dancers is just . . . normal.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 25/07/2026
How to build a better relationship with the news as a LGBTQIA+ person 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/how-to-build...
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How to build a better relationship with the news as a LGBTQIA+ person
Overcome the feeling of overwhelm, and build healthy news habits so you can use the LGBTQIA+ news to fight back
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 25/07/2026
Trump hijacks White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Trump hijacks White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo with antigay jabs, anti-trans mockery & lies
The president insulted Anderson Cooper, Don Lemon and Dylan Mulvaney while rambling from TikTok views to a White House “drone port.”
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 25/07/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul NYT Athletic gives top coverage to WNBA's Sophie Cunningham's ongoing anti-trans bigotry. Continues its act of balancing anti-trans stories with positive LGBTQ+ ones, also running "Should Queer Parents Have Zingers Ready for Boneheaded Questions?" bit.ly/4pBdnaa
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Sophie Cunningham: 'Common sense' to keep trans athletes out of women's sports
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 06/07/2026
The Degradation Of Trans Rights Since 2020 www.reddit.com/r/MI_... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 13/06/2026
Trump's DOJ can't get names and medical files of trans youth in California, for now www.npr.org/2026/06/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 04/06/2026
A federal judge in Chicago has blocked the state of Florida from pursuing a lawsuit accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics of making misleading claims about the safety and effectiveness of ​gender-affirming treatment for minors. www.reuters.com/lega... #transgender
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 19/05/2026
Kansas anti-trans bathroom law leaves even state officials confused www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Kansas anti-trans bathroom law leaves even state officials confused
Kansas officials sought clarification after warning that the state’s anti-trans bathroom law was so vague it could reach private living and lodging spaces.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 17/05/2026
“Has the bisexual ‘trend’ started to reverse?” - no, any decline just reflects how much harder it is to come out as bisexual #IDAHOBIT
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Biphobia is sending our community back into the closet — here’s what we can do
‘Has the bisexual “trend” started to reverse?’ – no, any decrease just reflects how much harder it is becoming to be out as bisexual
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 16/05/2026
A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks it www.mdjonline.com/ne... archive.ph/DIkaH#sel... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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A judge is protecting youth gender care in Kansas while a settlement in Texas attacks it
A Kansas judge has protected access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors as the nation’s largest children’s hospital moved to restrict such care in Texa and buckled under pressure from
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My uncle, in his mid-80s, has afib and also works 40+ hours/week for the FAA as a trainer. He gets zapped every once in a while and is doing great! You got this, KO. We’re here for you + sending you healing vibes. ❤️‍🩹 please come back soon. 💞
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Fingers are crossed! 🤞🏻
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 10/05/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May TJA Trans Journalist Assn does an excellent deep-dive on the administration's new counterterrorism strategy on imaginary problem of trans terrorism. www.transjournalists.org/resources-fo...
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Resources for covering Trump counterterrorism strategy
The Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy and officials describing the strategy have invoked misinformation related to transgender people and “left-wing violence.” The Trans Journalists Ass...
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Same!!!! Just got mine last week - whew. ♥️
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LGBT Briefly @lgbtbriefly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Research from Virginia Commonwealth University disproves claims that most transgender youth will revert to their assigned sex at birth.
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Liska Dae (she/they) @liskadaebabbet.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Fox News Poll: Democrats +13 On Transgender Issues open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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Fox News Poll: Democrats +13 On Transgender Issues
For the second time in 2026, Fox News's own poll finds voters trust Democrats over Republicans on transgender issues by 13 points.
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Liska Dae (she/they) @liskadaebabbet.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Trump's FCC Targets Parental Rating System Over Transgender TV Characters open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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Trump's FCC Targets Parental Rating System Over Transgender TV Characters
The FCC is seeking comment on whether the TV Parental Guidelines rating system needs to be changed to penalize shows for transgender or nonbinary content.
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Love this!!
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Marcomerican @marcomerican.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Trump’s ATF accused of trying to ‘intimidate’ transgender gun owners after LGBTQ+ clubs see ‘explosive’ growth Proposed new rules would allow the federal government to compile lists of trans firearm buyers — and leave them in a ‘Catch-22’ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Trump ATF accused of trying to ‘intimidate’ trans gun owners
Proposed new rules would allow the federal government to compile lists of trans firearm buyers — and leave them in a ‘Catch-22’, gun rights advocates tell Io Dodds
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Is the "chaos" in the room with us?
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Insane story: Using facial recognition technology, The New York Knicks apparently tracked the movements of a transgender woman attending a game at Madison Square Garden to ensure she never appeared on the game's televised broadcast
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The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine
Famously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 12/04/2026
Passing Changes How People Treat You as a Trans Man medium.com/prismnpen... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Passing Changes How People Treat You as a Trans Man
It’s a privilege I don't take for granted
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 11/04/2026
House Republicans push bill forcing states to stop acknowledging trans people in schools www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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House Republicans push bill forcing states to stop acknowledging trans people in schools
The "don’t say trans" measure would shift power from states to Washington by conditioning education funding on limits to transgender-related content.
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Oh, wonderful news. 👏🏻
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 09/04/2026
‘It’s always the mother’s fault’: How America's anti-trans influencers are weaponizing motherhood www.fullerproject.or... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Gender-affirming mothers are losing in Trump’s war on trans rights
In the war on trans rights, data analysis by Fuller shows that mothers are cast as both villains and victims
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LGBT Briefly @lgbtbriefly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Minneapolis City Council is considering legalizing venues for sexual activity between consenting adults, including bathhouses, after decades of prohibition.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 08/04/2026
Trump administration undoes civil rights settlements that found discrimination against trans students www.advocate.com/pol... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Trump administration undoes civil rights settlements that found discrimination against trans students
The Education Department is ending oversight in cases where schools were found to have discriminated against transgender students, reversing years of federal enforcement.
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LGBT Briefly @lgbtbriefly.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
States are enacting laws that severely restrict the rights and existence of transgender individuals, increasing surveillance and legal penalties against them.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 04/04/2026
All of today's transgender news headlines on one page: transgenderreport.co... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Transgender News April 4 - Transgender Report
“Animorphs Returns: Our Favourite Trans Positive Teen Series Is Getting A Reboot”Disney making a trans-positive series in this day and age? We can always hope. “As it deals with the actual destruction of human memory, acts of memoricide concentrate on the destruction of physical property that holds great significance to the impacted groups of people […]
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 04/04/2026
What is the trans gaze? It's relief and recognition between strangers on a train www.advocate.com/opi... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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What is the trans gaze? It's relief and recognition between strangers on a train
Opinion: In an increasingly hostile world, New York City subway nights become a space where trans women of color keep each other in view and safe.
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LGBT Briefly @lgbtbriefly.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
State bans on conversion therapy may be unconstitutional, but the practice is harmful and unethical regardless of legal status.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 04/04/2026
Between conspiracy theories, FBI raids, late-night social media posts & more, these moves can distract. But here's the thing: we can have safe and secure elections in November. We’ll have to work for it. bit.ly/4dmlGTp
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Trump Is Waging War on Our Elections. These People Are Fighting Back.
The president is desperate to suppress the vote. Local officials, lawyers, nonprofit groups, and everyday citizens are resisting him every step of the way.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 03/04/2026
‘We are on pins and needles’: S.F. trans orgs face funding uncertainty missionlocal.org/202... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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'We are on pins and needles:' S.F. trans orgs face funding uncertainty
With federal dollars at risk and city cuts ahead, nonprofits navigate an uncertain future.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 02/04/2026
Judge Benitez Still Hates Trans Kids www.assignedmedia.or... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Judge Benitez Still Hates Trans Kids — Assigned
After yet another Supreme Court intervention to curtail the rights of trans youth, a California judge insists trans kids who are likely to be abused should be outed to their parents.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 31/03/2026
Sex test used in IOC’s new transgender ban more likely to exclude from Olympics intersex women who were assigned female at birth theconversation.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Sex test used in IOC’s new transgender ban more likely to exclude from Olympics intersex women who were assigned female at birth
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks discrimination against some female athletes.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 31/03/2026
Before Stonewall, trans women of colour taught us what resistance looks like. Learn about the history you don’t hear enough about #TDoV 🌈
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The pivotal riot that shaped modern LGBTQIA+ rights, you don't hear about enough
Before Stonewall, Pride, or the rainbow became a symbol for the queer community, a group of trans women started a revolution that history almost forgot
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Advocate4Change @queerphd.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy Trans Day of Visibility! You are seen and loved. 🥰🏳️‍⚧️ You will never be erased as long as many of us have breath in our bodies. ♥️
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Legal Defense Fund @legaldefensefund.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This Trans Day of Visibility, here’s how we celebrate and protect trans communities: ➡️ Speak out against misinformation ➡️ Advocate for inclusive policies ➡️ Support LGBTQ+ and trans-led organizations ➡️ Elect leaders who respect and defend trans people
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apnews11.bsky.social @apnews11.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Caster Semenya calls out IOC chief over Olympic transgender ban Mar 29, 2026, 08:21 AM ET CAPE TOWN -- Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya on Sunday expressed her disappointment with International Committee president Kirsty Coventry over the decision to ban transgender athletes from…
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Caster Semenya calls out IOC chief over Olympic transgender ban
Mar 29, 2026, 08:21 AM ET CAPE TOWN -- Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya on Sunday expressed her disappointment with International Committee president Kirsty Coventry over the decision to ban transgender athletes from competing at the Olympics. Semenya, who is South African, said she expected more from a woman leader such as Coventry, who is from Zimbabwe and a fellow African.
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