Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportAgui!🌻 @aguichart.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Sharing the 1990 Bisexual Manifesto once again to remind everyone that bisexuality was NEVER binary 1226251380
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports. 85110724470
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 02/06/2026If Big Brother doesn’t like your science topic you won’t be funded and if Big Brother doesn’t like your results you will be defunded. A recipe for backwardness that seems to be designed by people who want America to humiliate itself and collapse. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...elizabethginexi.substack.comSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance RuleRussell Vought is going to destroy American Science 791397622
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/03/2026The NYT purposefully mischaracterized the position of the AMA to make it seem like they changed policy and opposed gender affirming care on trans youth. It appears they have rejected efforts by the AMA to correct the record. 133568791
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4... 91147838504
Reposted by Dr. Teddy Davenportemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 24/03/2026hi, cis folks! it’s been a little over a month since the 2 biggest private hospitals in NYC ended trans youth care. some folks thought this was resolved with a judge’s ruling or a letter from the NYAG. care has *not* resumed! there’s a simple ask ⬇️ for you, if you’re willing to fight with us. 🧵 1322501288
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportJo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Children's Minnesota will pause providing puberty blockers and hormone therapy to patients under 18 effective Feb. 27. If your family will be affected, I'd love to speak with you: Jo.Yurcaba@nbcuni.com or @joyurcaba.91 on Signal. 38245
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportCara Ocobock @caraocobock.bsky.social · 26/11/2025All NSF SBE DDRIG solicitations have been archived and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Grants currently submitted will be processed, but as always, chances of funding remain very low. This means anyone aiming for the upcoming deadline will not be able to submit. 1/3 11017
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportTessa Hill @tessahill.bsky.social · 05/11/2025A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...insidehighered.comUC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc ProgramEstablished in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates. 4189122
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025thank you for the outpouring of support! those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.gofundme.comDonate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenaminMore than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover 1771173485
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.talkingpointsmemo.comWhat We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen VogueThis article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news... 3828621262
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportCharlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 21/10/2025I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong. Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on. 6776722176
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 19/10/2025the massive scale of the No Kings protests, from the organizers’ perspectives, was ALWAYS about making it easy for people to people to go and meet organizers and organizations and mutual aid: “Let this be a springboard, not the end of your journey.” if you went, how are you doing so?teenvogue.com"No Kings" Organizers: Make Your Activism Last Beyond the ProtestsTeen Vogue speaks with a “No Kings” organizer on leveraging change even after the protest. 121083
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportAutumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Y’all should read @taliabhatt.itch.io’s Verge article on trans indie publishing challenges. It’s fucking great, y’all. (The article. Not the trans indie publishing challenges 😭) www.theverge.com/cs/features/...theverge.comTrans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threatOnline communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops. 218371
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportSam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025We're starting a new 'ArtsLab' (research network) in trans studies at Glasgow! It's very exciting and I hope that in time we can become a real centre for research in this field. Find out more - including details of our upcoming launch event - on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/art... 15217
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself 5637321081
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 09/10/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon character is sitting at a table with a bunch of food on it .Alt: GIF of Marge Simpson hiding her face 020
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 27/09/2025A new complaint from ACLU and other human rights groups details how the warden at a Lousiana ICE facility created an unofficial “work program” of manual labor and sexual humiliation for trans men at the facility. This is very hard to read. rfkhumanrights.org/wp-content/u... 10366191
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportRuth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025New essay: REJECT TRANS DOOM-POSTING. It's about grief, loss, institutional failures, and the horror of the current moment. It's also a love letter to trans community, and the things we do with and for one another.ruthpearce.netReject Trans Doom-PostingThis week I took the long train down to the south of England for my friend Robyn’s funeral. She died very suddenly three weeks ago, aged just 32. Robyn gave so much love to the world, and was so lo… 19578212
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 24/09/2025@averyeverhart.bsky.social and I are SO excited to share "How to lose a culture war: Social media, trans disinformation and the authoritarian right," a paper we co-wrote on disinformation, digital authoritarianism, and anti-trans politics! Now available open access with Dialogues on Digital Society.doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 083
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/09/2025This matters a lot more than his tweets.sfchronicle.comMassive Bay Area transit cuts likely as Newsom backtracks on $750M loan, lawmakers warnBay Area lawmakers and transit advocates say Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reneging on a critical $750 million loan will have devastating consequences for BART, Muni and other agencies in the region. 321545442
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportMichael Ann, sociotechnical femme @michaelann.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Here's a fun fact: most professors only get paid for 9 months of the year, and if you want to get paid for the rest, you have to get grants and fund it out of those yourself. So the functional ban on trans people getting grants is also functionally a huge pay cut for all trans academics! Fun! 0205
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportVivian McCall @vivmccall.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I broke this last week! www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...thestranger.comTacoma’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital Axes Gender Clinic WaitlistCiting “changing federal expectations,” the gender clinic at MultiCare’s Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network in Tacoma has cut its waitlist for trans youth, a... 1758
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 22/08/2025today a UN body announced famine is in Gaza. this oped from New Disabled South connects US funding of Israel's starvation campaign to Trump's BBB cutting SNAP as fundamentally American. "The U.S. allegedly has no money to feed its children or the world’s children, but has plenty of money for war."teenvogue.comFrom Famine in Gaza to Trump Cutting SNAP, Child Hunger is An American Pastime"At home and abroad, the U.S. government is participating in starving people, particularly children, and calling it policy." 6265164
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I saw Leah present this project at the last AAG and am so delighted that the game is finally public! 152
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportPeople’s City Council - Los Angeles @pplscitycouncil.bsky.social · 25/08/2025It is absolutely ridiculous that Adrienne Villa's death has basically gone unreported in local & national media An anti-ICE protester being held on $1.3 million bail found dead in a courtroom jail cell & crickets from media. Should make you question why they want this kept quiet! 10817518
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportIsabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 19/08/2025It’s a common complaint to spend an afternoon reading papers in search of something that turns into half a sentence (that you delete next week) – I’d argue that the “foraging” benefits are real, only pay off if you’re engaging with the actual material, & worth the “inefficiency” to learn more. 45512
Reposted by Dr. Teddy Davenport19thnews @19thnews.org · 21/08/2025UPMC’s move to cut gender-affirming care mirrors a broader trend. Major health systems — from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to Penn State Health — have also ended gender-affirming care for minors. Copublished with @publicsource.org:19thnews.orgHe graduated early to get gender-affirming surgery before college. Then his hospital cut him off.Months before his first class at Carlow University, Lee, a 17-year-old in Pennsylvania, found himself without a provider. 03917
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportJo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 18/08/2025NEW: I spoke to SJ Joslin, a park ranger and wildlife biologist who was fired by Yosemite National Park last week for helping to raise a transgender pride flag on the park's iconic El Capitan rock face. For @nbcnews.com: www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...nbcnews.comPark ranger fired after helping drape a transgender pride flag on Yosemite's El CapitanThe ex-ranger said they plan to fight the decision, citing an executive order issued by President Trump that protects Americans’ free speech rights. 211329390
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportNatasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 17/08/2025This tattoo, by InkedMongoose on IG, is perfect. No notes. 6464911023
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportXander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025I've been saying this for a while now, but anti-immigration fascism is providing a spatial fix for the slow decay of the traditional carceral state. apnews.com/article/tenn...apnews.comTennessee town approves deals to turn closed prison into immigration detention facilityOfficials in a rural Tennessee town have voted to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud objections from upset re... 1166
Reposted by Dr. Teddy Davenportemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 14/08/2025the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison. if you’re cis you should read this. trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.advocate.comTrans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing.A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. 72012890
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 10/08/2025🚨BREAKING: ISRAEL ASSASSINATES AL JAZEERA CORRESPONDENT ANAS AL-SHARIF Israel also killed Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Quraqa and wounded Al-Kawthar correspondent Mohammed Subh in a strike on Al Jazeera’s tent at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex. 26729450
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportAbbie Adams @abbieadams.bsky.social · 10/08/2025The hyperfixation is and will always be on detransitioners because cis "mistakes" are infinitely more valuable to cis people than trans pain. 0739
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportDr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 09/08/2025What I would like to remind everyone talking about Sam Altman talking about the “PhD level intelligence” of the new ChatGPT is that Sam Altman dropped out of college so he… has no experiential construct for what grad school even is. 17950188
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 09/08/2025The feds invested ~$140k into my graduate training as a social scientist, only to ban federal funding from supporting any of my future work two months after I defended my dissertation. My academic job and funding prospects are not looking great, to say the least. 030
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportSydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 07/08/2025There is a concerted effort by this administration to forcibly remove the notion of trans people existing in public life. That’s why it’s so frustrating when democrats insist on meeting anti-trans crusaders on talking points like sports where they are. This is where they’re at. They want us gone. 1408159
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Around 1 in 5 trans Americans are active service/veterans, which is almost twice the rate of the general population of the US. 030
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportBlake C. Stacey @blakestacey.myatproto.social · 04/08/2025Well, they are literally, not figuratively, collaborating with Republicans to pass legislation that will give Trump's FTC more power over the Internet at the expense of LGBT people, accurate information about abortion... (#KOSA currently has 17 D cosponsors in the Senate, including Schumer.) 02615
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 04/08/2025see also: techcrunch.com/2023/11/21/w...techcrunch.comWhat does a Harry Potter fanfic have to do with OpenAI? | TechCrunchA famously divisive Harry Potter fanfic is weirdly popular among powerful figures in artificial intelligence. 000
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Really interesting study on referrals to gender specialists by age and gender, although I think "transmisogyny" would be a more accurate descriptor here since "AMAB femininity" could include gay or gender non-conforming cis men. 311420
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 04/08/2025say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities demolishing higher education is economic sabotage 402336950
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/07/2025THIS IS HUGE! The FIRST 100% effective HIV PrEP drug, Lenacapavir, is APPROVED AND GOING GLOBAL. The makers are providing AFFORDABLE access to the drug in the United States AND beyond, signing ROYALTY-FREE licensing agreements with SIX generic manufacturers to produce AND supply it. 🧪🧵⬇️ 8990403459
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportJen Rose Smith, PhD @sprucehen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025hi if you're trying to buy my book while Duke Press is transitioning to a new distribution warehouse, you can find it at the link below, thanks for your interest! it will be available again through DUP after July 7th. folks in canada you can also buy it through the university of toronto pressbookshop.orgIce Geographies: The Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the ArcticThe Colonial Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Arctic 12410
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 26/07/2025“Authors have until the end of August to opt out of the licensing agreement. If they do not, their work will be used to help train AI models.”thebaltimorebanner.comJohns Hopkins Press will license its books to train AI modelsAuthors at the Johns Hopkins University Press will be able to opt out of the AI licensing agreement until the end of August; if they do not, their work will be used to train AI models. 30553541
Dr. Teddy Davenport @tsdav.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Worth noting that anti-crossdressing laws in US cities also came into existence during the late 19th century, often using the same language as ugly laws. The spatial governance of gender nonconformity and disability are deeply linked. 175
Reposted by Dr. Teddy DavenportJewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Thank you to @monachalabi.bsky.social for this powerful graphic, which starkly pictures the severity of the Israeli government’s policy of mass death through forced starvation. 8702442