Tess Mayo @tessmayo.wsocial.eu · 11hThis is positive, but it feels more like it’s driven more by a political calculus—a concern about losing support in tight races—than by principle. 010
Tess Mayo @tessmayo.wsocial.eu · 11hA good development. Thanks to @transvestigations.bsky.social and @erininthemorning.com for the reporting that helped prompt this. 010
Reposted by Tess MayoNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 07/10/2026Two panels at the #Disinfo2026 conference seem to have particularly upset the MAGA people. It would be a shame if people weren’t aware of them. 118296
Reposted by Tess MayoNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 07/10/2026The main takeaway from this year’s #Disinfo2026 conference will be about Streisand effect. 317859
Reposted by Tess Mayobrettangell.bsky.social @brettangell.bsky.social · 13hSummer sunset over Johns Bay. #pleinairwatercolor #maine #sunset #watercolor 0224
Reposted by Tess MayoEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 14hOur LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy is about making equality a reality — tackling hate, supporting communities and protecting people’s rights. 2497
Reposted by Tess MayoEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 14hOn International Lesbian Day, we celebrate lesbian women and stand up for a simple principle: Everyone should be free to be themselves and love who they love — free from discrimination, exclusion or violence. 🧡 619044
Reposted by Tess MayoAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/10/2026The court is basically saying that knowledge of the victim being trans is potentially exculpatory for a self defense legal claim. This is explicitly greenlighting the panic defense and saying a victims trans status might excuse a murder. 16573120
Reposted by Tess MayoKM Apothecary @apothcarysees.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When I saw Ghost, the Pacific Giant octopus at the Aquarium of the Pacific she was entering senescence and slowing down. I captured her color with airbrush, so now she has a portrait. 421636210
Tess Mayo @tessmayo.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026Here’s a new, thoughtful article from Parker Molloy.open.substack.comThe "Access Hollywood Tape," 10 Years LaterLooking back at the 10th anniversary of the Access Hollywood tape, it’s clear this was the moment the party fully caved to Trump. 000
Reposted by Tess MayoLong_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Driving Into Manhattan 8”x8” Oil on cradled wood panel . Available 021450
Reposted by Tess MayoErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/10/2026According to a new shadow docket filing with SCOTUS, the Alliance Defending Freedom is arguing that parents of cis kids have a "parental right" to forcibly out trans kids and prevent them from playing. It also seeks further Title IX restrictions in blue states. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comADF Files SCOTUS Shadow-Docket Request Claiming "Parental Right" To Stop Trans Kids From Playing Against Cis OnesThe filing uses Title IX and “parental rights” to target trans children who may compete against their cis ones. 37536169
Reposted by Tess MayoJustice Connection @justiceconnection.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Sexual assault survivors shouldn’t have to fight to afford care. Marnie Shiels, who spent 24 years in DOJ’s Office on Violence Against Women, tells Cosmopolitan why federal law should guarantee survivors free medical treatment after an assault.cosmopolitan.comImagine Getting Billed for Surviving AssaultThe cost of sexual assault for Cornell University’s Jane Doe—and for countless others—is life-altering. 0105
Reposted by Tess MayoDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Democrats aren't abandoning trans people! Maybe just one or two..." Here's every Democrat who's either voted to strip human rights away from trans people and/or has campaigned on anti-trans propaganda in the last year. 531252526
Reposted by Tess MayoEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The politicization of gender affirming care, where medical evidence became subordinate to ideology, set a terrible precedent. While some stood up for science a LOT of people treated it as too confusing, too political, and none of their concern. 113011
Reposted by Tess MayoNational Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 04/10/2026We need to protect students. But Trump's Dept. of Ed is making it harder for survivors to get justice—and easier for abusers & institutions to escape accountability. That’s why we're planning a public display of solidarity w/student survivors. Add your name to show support: bit.lyShow Your Support for Student Survivors of Sexual Assault Students deserve to feel safe and protected. Sign on this petition to demand Cornell and the Trump administration do better for student survivors. 043
Reposted by Tess MayoSouthern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 04/10/2026📚 Let books be. Protect the #FreedomToRead. During #BannedBooksWeek, we’re standing against censorship to support the freedom to learn, explore new ideas and see our communities reflected in the stories we read. Everyone deserves access to books that tell the full story of who we are. 14017
Reposted by Tess MayoEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Mainstream media isn't the center of gravity for news anymore. Independent media like Assigned is the future. And with your support that future can be very bright. Support trans news by trans journalists! Become a member today: assignedmedia.org/support/assignedmedia.orgSupport Our Journalism - Assigned MediaSupport OurJournalism Our journalism is only possible through the support of our members! As a supporting member, you’ll receive a special edition of our newsletter, featuring bonus essays and insight... 111619
Reposted by Tess MayoEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Assigned, of course, got the real story, and got it right, a week before the Times. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgDemocrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned MediaInsiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights. 120744
Reposted by Tess MayoEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026But NYT's biased agenda is to make the tiny number of Democrats who have made anti-trans statements sound like heroes. So the piece centers them and downplays the actual news about where Democratic strategy landed on this. 221331
Reposted by Tess MayoAPOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Happy #WorldAnimalDay! This year's theme is "See the World Through Their Eyes" and our #HeroRATs and HeroDOGs do exactly that, experiencing the world through their nose. Celebrate the animals that make our work possible: apopo.org/support-us #APOPO #ScentDetection 0278
Reposted by Tess MayoLong_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Live demo from my open studio earlier today. . 8”x10” oil. Available on my website. 7887160
Tess Mayo @tessmayo.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026I am starting a new book, People First by Siegfried Hoenle. 031
Reposted by Tess MayoGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161... 781927463
Reposted by Tess MayoKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 03/10/2026Apparently some people need to hear this, but if a public figure gets outed as a rapist, the public has no obligation to continue supporting that public figure. 479595
Reposted by Tess MayoErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comElon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC ProvidersMusk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences. 1131389454
Reposted by Tess Mayo🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 02/10/2026she had to hide and be stealth, it’s never mentioned the character is trans but there’s something truly magic in knowing that the next time i rewatch TNG, i will see her there and i will know that someone like me helped make the show that ignited my lifelong love of Star Trek 😭 121237298
Reposted by Tess MayoJenny Boylan 🦞 @jennyboylan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I am happy to announce that your own Jenny B has been elected to the Board of Trustees of PEN International, as Member-at-Large. This is a perilous moment for artists and free souls worldwide, from Gaza to Sudan, from Texas to Minneapolis. I will try to do my best to join the fight. 1221
Reposted by Tess MayoErin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I HAVE A COVER! And a pub date - July 6, 2027! If you want six true stories of antiquities fraud, from a California college convinced that Hong Kong tourist trinkets were worth millions, to an entire fake museum, to the titular mummy carved from styrofoam, preorder at www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-Mu... 2139073
Reposted by Tess MayoW Social @wsocial.eu · 01/10/20261/8 🚀 Big news for W! Today we publish our constitution alongside a major platform upgrade: a verified-only feed, W Live on European infrastructure and easier account migration. Here’s what’s new, and what it means for you. 👇 1015643
Reposted by Tess MayoChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Justice Kavanaugh, please explain to me — and Christa Pike— how this is an “interim” decision? Justice Barrett, please explain to us how this is merely a “preliminary” ruling? 411357344
Reposted by Tess MayoRichard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Young women out on the town, watercolour and Indian ink 318020
Reposted by Tess MayoChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026BREAKING: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prison. Solicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. Today, at Law Dork:lawdork.comBreaking: DOJ asks SCOTUS to erase trans people from the law in case over trans care in prisonSolicitor General John Sauer made the alarming, all-encompassing argument — previously covered at Law Dork — to the Supreme Court on Monday morning. 18516301
Reposted by Tess MayoOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees. 296138044633
Reposted by Tess MayoNick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Diesel Fuel For @rawstory.com Go behind the scenes of my creative process at nickanderson.substack.com. 8306125
Reposted by Tess MayoRichard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another version of the four musicians at a pub table (in this one the woman on the right is singing). This is gouache, oil pastel and Daler/Rowney acrylic ink. I've kept all these mixed media works and hope to produce some more. There was one of a guitarist with his dog that wasn't finished. 2819
Reposted by Tess MayoCal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My new article, co-authored with @sandraduffy.bsky.social is out today, please read & share: "Criminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comCriminalising and eliminating affirmative healthcare: Trans childhood in a moral panic - Cal Horton, Sandra Duffy, 2026Trans children in the UK are the targets of an escalating moral panic, centred around access to affirmative adolescent healthcare. Combining moral panic theory ... 416590
Reposted by Tess MayoJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL 732615635
Reposted by Tess MayoElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026To anyone who is like “not all men” today: I encourage you to watch this piece on the Cornell rape case from the former head of sex offences for Scotland Fucking Yard. www.instagram.com/reel/DdzNCDy...instagram.comLaura Richards on Instagram: "Cornell: As the former head of the Se€xual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard and expert on s€xual violence this is an uncomfortable truth. Is it time for a new kind o...60K likes, 2,311 comments - crimeanalyst on September 27, 2026: "Cornell: As the former head of the Se€xual Offences Section at New Scotland Yard and expert on s€xual violence this is an uncomfortable... 1110751
Reposted by Tess MayoCouncil of Europe @coe.int · 24/09/2026The Council of Europe has adopted its first Strategy for Equal Rights for LGBTI People! 🏳️🌈 The Strategy (2027–32) sets out a common framework for upholding the dignity and equality of LGBTI people. 43716
Reposted by Tess MayoAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026This is a formal request to SCOTUS to forcefully detransition dozens of incarcerated trans people and to subject them to medical experimentation. That's what this is. 7434173
Reposted by Tess MayoKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026For my newsletter this morning, I found a small glimmer of political hope for trans people in the US and wrote about it: www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...burnsnotice.comWe May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans RightsSome conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people? 141053269
Reposted by Tess MayoEd Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We need universal health care for every American. It’s time to fight for Medicare for All and ensure that everyone receives the care they need. 311721
Reposted by Tess MayoNew Hampshire Bulletin @newhampshirebulletin.com · 28/09/2026"The CDC’s latest national report, a full-color publication with photos, graphics and high school success stories, offers a markedly different portrait of adolescent health than the one it published two years ago." From @amndavhernan.bsky.social via @stateline.orgnewhampshirebulletin.comCDC’s latest youth behavior report offers a narrower look at teen health • New Hampshire BulletinThe 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey report focuses on five areas — diet, physical activity, sleep, digital behavior, and mental health and suicide risk — while largely leaving out national findings… 031
Reposted by Tess MayoArienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership. 193133803
Reposted by Tess MayoBecca Thorne @beccathorne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The derelict stone cottage overlooked the estuary. Oil on panel, 70 x 100cm #MawddachEstuary #CadairIdris #Wales 0205
Tess Mayo @tessmayo.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026LGBTQ Nation has an engaging, thoughtful interview with historian Michael Bronski. 100
