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Helen Parshall @partiallyhelen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Must-read from my incredible colleague @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social ahead of the Fourth of July: “From the founding of this nation, liberty has always been qualified. Born in the shadow of empire, the United States never abandoned the project of colonization; it simply repackaged it.”

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Beyond the Binary: A Fourth of July Reflection on “Freedom”

A Black, Nonbinary Attorney’s Reflections on Freedom, the Skrmetti Decision, and the Violence of Binaries By Whit Washington, Senior Attorney for the Nonbinary and Trans Rights Project The Fourth of...

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Haley Norris @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

@whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social on Gender Reveal podcast talking all things law/lawyering 🔥🫶 open.spotify.com/episode/6g9z...

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 31/07/2025

Proud to share that Whit Washington, Lambda Legal Senior Attorney, has received the National LGBTQ+ Bar’s 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 award! 👏 Congrats to all 2025 recipients! 🎉 #LavenderLaw @lgbtqbar.bsky.social @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social Learn more: tinyurl.com/2djx9rk9

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 06/06/2025

“I truly believe that if we are steadfast, thoughtful & united…we can prevail over hatred… & come out on a better side in a better country & a better world. But that won’t happen without courageous leaders who are willing to stand up for what we know is right.” @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 13/06/2025

The fight for trans rights IS the fight for immigrant rights. In our latest blog, Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Whit Washington breaks down the history of our communities shared struggles & why solidarity is our power. lambdalegal.org/blogs/us_202... @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social

Purple and pink tint over a photo of a protestor. White text on top is a quote from a Lambda Legal attorney that reads, “To our trans siblings in detention: we see you. To our immigrant siblings facing deportation: we stand with you. To everyone fighting for a world where we can all belong: your fight is our fight. Let us build that world together beyond borders and beyond binaries.”

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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/03/2025

Incarceration is dehumanizing for anyone, but especially for transgender people, who are more likely to experience harassment and violence while incarcerated.

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Whit Washington @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Today I learned: theres a $182 BILLION/YEAR wealth transfer from taxpayers and wrkrs to corps and govt’s from prisons; tax breaks for the 1% is around $216 BILLION/YEAR; AND corp tax breaks exceeded $1.9 TRILLION IN 2024. But for sure the problem is immigrants and trans folks. #themoreyouknow

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/03/2025

1. A new Texas bill outright criminalizes being transgender as felony fraud. It is one of the most alarming bills that I have ever seen. Though it stands little chance of passage, its rationale is already being used in other places and by the trump admin. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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New Texas Bill Outright Criminalizes Being Trans As Felony Fraud

The bill, brought by legislator Tom Oliverson, likely will not pass. However, it represents a new front in attacks on trans people, and connects with other attempts to label being trans as "fraud."

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 04/03/2025

‼️MAJOR WIN for trans people & their families! Today, a federal judge granted a request for a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of Trump’s executive orders threatening federal funding for providers of gender-affirming medical care for people under 19. Read more: tinyurl.com/5xm3btfv

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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

"Health-care institutions across the country are now free to resume or continue providing the gender-affirming medical care that is necessary." @lambdalegal.bsky.social's @karenloewy.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

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Second judge blocks Trump order on gender transition care for youths

A federal judge has blocked a Trump order that targeted transgender young people and their health care, allowing hospitals to provide gender transition care.

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Mariah Scary 👻 🎃 • #ProtectJho @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app · 05/03/2025

I distinctly recall this and the crack epidemic making certain parts of my city nearly uninhabitable.

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Watching the Dems quietly hold signs and point around the chamber in frustration last night was enraging. Rep. Al Green was the only one with enough courage to speak up and do something. Courage is usually contagious. Apparently, it's not in Congress.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

For me, fighting fascism has nothing to do with thinking I’ll win. I don’t fight because there’s an inevitable outcome, I fight because I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t do something.

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Andrea Plaid @ajplaid.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Another thing I learned from the "State of the People: 24 Hour Marathon": National Black Food & Justice Alliance, which has a food map and directory: blackfoodjustice.org/food-map-dir... #BlackSky

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Food Map & Directory — National Black Food & Justice Alliance

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 05/03/2025

Trans people are perfect exactly as we are and as we choose to be. We are blessed to experience a sacred journey of self-determination and expression that many could only dream of. Fuck anyone who says otherwise.

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Cori Bush @coribush.bsky.social · 17/05/2023

Slavery. Black codes. Jim Crow. Redlining. Mass incarceration. Every step of the way, Black Americans have been intentionally pushed back economically. A debt is owed. It’s time to pay that debt. It’s time for reparations.

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Cori Bush @coribush.bsky.social · 23/05/2023

The GOP is threatening to tank the entire economy in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” What’s responsible about tanking the economy, exactly?

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Jose Abrigo @gojoseabrigo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

DEIA isn’t "woke"- it’s a commitment to fairness, opportunity, and dignity for all. Inclusivity strengthens communities, workplaces, and democracy itself. We won’t back down. #DEI #EquityMatters

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

If I send you this, grab your coat

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Whit Washington @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Who will survive in America? Who will survive in America? Who will survive in America? Who will survive in America?

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samynemir.bsky.social @samynemir.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A proud nonbinary human here who used they/them pronouns. 👋🏽 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Our identities and pronouns are not an “illusion”, “ideology” or child abuse. It’s about respect. Trans & nonbinary people have existed even before US was founded from the times of Native Americans and before and throughout the world.

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samynemir.bsky.social @samynemir.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Prohibiting lifesaving medical care such as gender affirming care should be child abuse —not doctors and parents providing the care their trans kids needs and were prescribed to treat gender dysphoria. Who’s abusing children is the US govt by depriving healthcare.

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samynemir.bsky.social @samynemir.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

No school or teacher would “secretly transition” any children. LGBTQ youth have the agency to define their pronouns and who they are. Their identities are not a “gender ideology” but their lives. Framing this as child abuse is wrong and inhumane. Abuse is forcing them to be someone they are not.

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 05/03/2025

Now is the time to stand up for trans young people—against hate, misinformation & harmful laws. Trans youth deserve respect, care & the freedom to live fully and authentically. We will keep fighting for a world where that’s possible. To trans youth: You are perfect and loved exactly as you are.

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Whit Washington @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Child abuse is ignoring decades worth of research that hostile environments increase the incidence of self-harm in children living with gender dysphoria AND THEN choosing to pass legislation that increases hostility towards them

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

YOU JUST CUT ALL THE FUNDING FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH, YOU ABSOLUTE DOLT

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Whit Washington @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

The use of a Black child as a prop after announcing a “mandatory death penalty for killing cops” when we live in a country where cops murder Black kids like him regularly without any accountability is the epitome of #nightmaresaredreamstoo

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samynemir.bsky.social @samynemir.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Several things threat safety in the US and none are undocumented immigrants. One, mass shooters mostly tied to white supremacist and racist alt-right, neo-Nazis hate groups. Two, manufacturing of GUNS in the US killing many ppl and children. Three, racist policing and defunding social services.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

History is going to remember the Democrats' response to this speech the same way it remembers Neville Chamberlain's "Don't worry, he promised he won't invade any more countries" policy with Hitler.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

If you are not willing to be embarrassed, be dragged out of a joint session of Congress, be arrested, put your physical body in danger to defend Democracy, those Trump is targeting, and the Constitution, STEP ASIDE AND LET SOMEONE ELSE LEAD.

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 05/03/2025

LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV know too well what it's like to be targeted because of who we are, both in this country and around the world. Many immigrants and refugees come to the United States to escape persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status.

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Whit Washington @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

“I never took economics but even I know this isn't how this works, my dude.” @partiallyhelen.bsky.social bringing the right vibes to tonight

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/03/2025

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

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Jasmine Crockett @jasmineforus.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It’s been a long day, but in short, bullies ain’t shit! I don’t care what title you hold! This isn’t some long gone reality tv show or failed casino; it is war! How dare a draft dodging dumb dupe humiliate an ally & berate a brave man who has actually been on a battlefield for his people?!

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samynemir.bsky.social @samynemir.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

No one is illegal in stolen land. It is not only inaccurate, but inhumane and dangerous rhetoric to refer to human beings seeking better living conditions. #StateofTheUnion

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Ali Curd (she/her) @legallyblackesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trans people do not need governmental permission to exist. We do not need permission to resist. #morethan2genders #resist #istandwithrepalgreen

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

“Lesotho which no one has ever heard of???” Fuck this man with a long arm covered with every virus known to man who he doesn’t believe in.

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Whit Washington @whitwashingtonesq.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

“Made in America” is heavily reliant on slave labor from prisons- it is no coincidence there is an uptick in criminalization at the same time there is a push for “Made in America.” They won’t create jobs- they will disappear communities

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 05/03/2025

Democrats should be ashamed for not standing beside Rep. Al Green and joining in his protest of Trump.

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Raquel Willis @raquelwillis.com · 05/03/2025

Trump has bragged about sexually assaulting women and was found liable for sexual abuse. Cis folks need to stop falling for the lie that he cares about protecting women and girls.

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Congressman Al Green showed more resistance than the entire Democratic Party has in six weeks.

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Atima Omara @atimaomara.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Turned it on right as Congressman Al Green was escorted from the Capitol building for yelling “Trump has no mandate” And he needs backup… all I’m saying where you at Dem Members of Congress

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ALT: a man is covering his face with his hands while sitting in a dark room .

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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 05/03/2025

There is nothing to celebrate so long as President Trump continues to abuse the power of his office to sow fear & hatred. We will not cheer for unprecedented, dangerous actions. We've been the last line of defense for equality for 50+ years, and we will continue to see President Trump in court.

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