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Julie Shapiro

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book nerd, trans woman, future therapist, former software engineer on compilers, somerville evangelist weeb.site/blog

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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The order ​of the president of the United States I think fairly read expresses the view that transgender citizens don't exist," Judge Young told a DOJ attorney. "Please tell me I'm wrong." DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very Smart People will see these and know that literally the world'a richest man is behind them and think "gee maybe trans activists did this to themselves"
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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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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 13/09/2026
hello, it’s me, diverse
a web form with the “gender” field selected and the 3 options in the dropdown are “Male”, “Female”, and “Diverse”
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
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siobhan mcdonough @siobhan-m.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
for those who aren’t familiar—the NAACP’s solidarity with trans people and willingness to recognize “similarities between exclusions of transgender kids and racial segregation” is something i find genuinely moving
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/09/2026
my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding. on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
theguardian.com
Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it
Activists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 30/08/2026
And as always, like I tell any baby trans woman, Enes and Royce unfortunately you’re going to have to prove your womanhood to the state and sports leagues now you say you’re a woman. If you need resources let’s talk: www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...
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Peter Cheung @bostonaruban.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Tactical Urbanism: White Duct Tape creates a “protected” bike lane at the intersection where Louisa was killed.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 26/08/2026
my problem with "teenage sex & death at camp miasma" is it's probably really cathartic and fulfilling for someone who is just starting to figure their whole deal out but there's not a lot in it for those of us who started murdering teenagers at a remote summer camp more than a decade ago
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 25/08/2026
I have not seen enough people talking about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma because it’s maybe one of my favorite movies of all time. teenage me would have been emotionally destroyed by that movie
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Julia Poe @juliapoe.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
When I think about trans people in sports, I don’t think about lobbies or legislation. I think about my friends. Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:
chicagotribune.com
Column: When I think about transgender people in sports, I think about my friends
Despite the rabid fixation upon the concept of trans women in sports, those who beat the drum the loudest for exclusive policies rarely seem to care about trans people themselves.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 04/08/2026
that’s my coach. but give ur money to trans people directly please not natl queer orgs that don’t do anything
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 28/07/2026
sometimes you see an article that feels tailor made for you personally
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 27/07/2026
people should read “Letter to my Transgender Daughter”! but also it’s abhorrent that we routinely remove kids from queer/black/poc safe parents over false claims, and I am very sorry this happened to him and his husband
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 08/07/2026
watching @acollierastro.bsky.social’s video on LaTeX and its reminding me of the shock I had switching from CS research to Psychology and just about crying when I learned every APA format paper required word document file formats and disallowed pdf’s
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
That's why I always make the point that trans people are the ones with the most stake in whether our healthcare is safe and effective. If it was dangerous or ineffective it would be our lives on the line. News coverage largely fails to recognize that or even nod in that direction.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A letter from James Dale, who was expelled from the Boy Scouts for being gay and lost a Supreme Court case about it 26 years ago, to Becky Pepper Jackson, a trans girl who wanted to run track and just lost her Supreme Court case. medium.com/prismnpen/to...
medium.com
To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago
A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm so thankful to Becky and her mom for their trust, generosity, and strength in front of the Supreme Court. No matter what the Court says, Becky is a hero for standing up for herself and trans girls like her. Doing what's right, even when the odds are against you, is the definition of courage.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 30/06/2026
Becky Pepper-Jackson is a stronger person at 15 than anyone who’s against her will ever be. I hope she’s able to be with those who love her today. Trans liberation now and forever.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 30/06/2026
Lex did such a stunningly good job with this piece
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Paul @pawlbologna.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Ed Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 20/05/2026
arguments in favor of mega-boston
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 12/05/2026
@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 07/04/2026
words cannot describe how bad microsoft word's autocorrect has gotten
A screenshot of a section of a microsoft word document, the sentence is cut off but reads "..., but myself in how I chose to align myself against them." The word "against" is double-underlined in blue and a grammar suggestion window has popped up suggesting I replace "against" with the word "with", which would truly invert the entire meaning of the sentence.
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 07/04/2026
Completely unstable and perilous. The House must bring up impeachment articles, and the Senate needs to remove a president who wants to commit war crimes. We cannot sit idly by as Donald Trump threatens to end an entire civilization.
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Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal
The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply.

April 7, 2026 at 9:22 a.m. EDT26 minutes ago
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 06/04/2026
moon!
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 31/03/2026
listen to more black trans women. happy tdov, do your shit, refuse to be invisible.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 30/03/2026
new sticker idea is “i’m so cute it’s outlawed in 31 states”
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
"'I love Texas but right now, it doesn’t feel like they love us back,' Jones-Radtke said."
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
BOOKMARK THIS: Massachusetts launched a brand new ICE Reporting Portal. Know that if federal agents operate unlawfully in Massachusetts, we will hold them accountable. You can submit reports of potentially unlawful activity or misconduct by ICE agents at www.mass.gov/fedmisconduct
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 11/03/2026
lol. lmao, even.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 10/03/2026
it took 1 good weather day for me to decide i finally want to buy an ebike
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Amanda Becker @amandabecker.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The moms risking arrest to protect gender-affirming care for trans youth 19thnews.org/2026/03/moms... via @19thnews.org
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The moms risking arrest to protect gender-affirming care for trans youth
The government wants to ban the care nationwide. Hospitals are shutting down treatment. Parents just want it all to stop.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 01/03/2026
i don’t think i want boy pizza for girl dinner
a pizza by the slice shop in nyc. the red awning says “boy pizza”. in between the two words someone badly painted over “99¢”
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 01/03/2026
something that’s been bothering me re: people mass donating to resources to help trans kansans is that “just move” is such a blue state lib coded message. it doesnt recognize that there are plenty of reasons people cant and wont move! if you’re cis, please *also* send money to gfm’s of trans kansans
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 28/02/2026
evergreen statement. I feel like the “everyone is 12” theory really misses how much it’s specifically 12 y/o *boy*. the scouts anti “dei” coercion efforts being literally right before this is such a giveaway.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 21/02/2026
repeating “There’s no real way to ban [abortion, gender affirming care, birth control, women wearing pants] you can only ban safe [abortion, gender affirming care, birth control, women wearing pants].” until i’m freed from the immortal curse.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 05/02/2026
“Any discussion of outgroups … often becomes quickly passionate. A typical scenario in intergroup discussion is the majority group members asking, ‘Why must we always deal with your anger?’ and the minority group members responding ‘How can you know us without understanding our rage?’” Olkin 1999
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 31/01/2026
“The only way we could get through it was to not be 100% serious, angry activists every hour of the day, year after year. … Show me an activist who can no longer feel joy, and I will show you a useless activist.” - Peter Staley of ACT UP NY taking care of yourself can be taking care of others
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 27/01/2026
There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity. They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability. My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Remember when you were a kid and your friend would invite you to a sleepover but it was so obvious their parents were actively divorcing
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 20/01/2026
transphobia is a special kind of funny because there are so many people who will scream about chromosomes online and meanwhile my bank teller today asked if I wanted kids and was saying she hoped 2026 was the year i got pregnant and had twins
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 16/01/2026
absolutely stunning photojournalism here www.texastribune.org/2026/01/16/s...
texastribune.org
San Antonio rainbow crosswalk removal splits LGBTQ+ community
Federal and state officials threatened funding if cities didn't remove crosswalks recognizing queer communities. But some LGBTQ+ folks say a proposed alternative is a consolation prize.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 13/01/2026
absolute hero, Becky is the kind of person I want to be when I grow up.
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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Los Angeles, CA - Bit of a false alarm; crowd isn’t marching yet though they are assembled in the street currently. Making speeches still.
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 10/01/2026
name a more lesbian thing thats ever happened than me showing up to my friend’s place with muffins baked by my sister’s ex-fiancé’s new girlfriend
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Julie Shapiro @weeb.site · 08/01/2026
like all days, nothing good will happen online today. the things that matter will all be in person: a gathering, a protest, a concert, advocacy, just coffee, dinner, something. go be together today, we need our energy to survive and win.
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