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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 22/09/2026
Rare but significant condemnation of a transphobic Dem coming from a Democratic LGBT group that explicitly calls out the fact there's no difference on trans issues between the two candidates anymore. The silence from the many other similar Democratic LGBT groups, however, is deafening.
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
man, fuck this guy
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026
This is a Dem saying she proudly voted with Republicans to enact a national ban on trans people in schools and to withdraw federal funding from schools that offer protections for trans students. It's beyond monstrous. You cannot defend that and insist we vote for a candidate like that.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026
Last week, it was a few Dems agreeing with sports bans, calling trans girls "men," and agreeing to vote for national bans on gender affirming care. This week is Marcy Kaptur in Ohio highlighting that she voted "with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Holy shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 16/09/2026
is the unflinching support in the room with us right now
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
this. do you know how embarassing it was to watch a sporting event on tv in a room where you're the only trans person? and that "kamala is for they them ad" comes on and everyone knows it's about you? and they all just kinda laugh nervously or look uncomfortable? because it wears on us.
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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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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“When we were being stolen from our parents and experienced genocide in Indian Residential Schools, we wondered, ‘Who are the people that will help us?’ Today, we are those people. Today we offer our help, support, and jurisdiction to override these dehumanizing laws.”
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
if you can supposedly push candidates left after they are elected then there's no point in voting, just wait til the election ends then push the winner
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 16/09/2026
solidarity is a beautiful thing to witness. ten years ago if you told a Palestinian that multiple artists would drop out of a career-changing tour in solidarity with their people against genocide, they would not believe you. never give up hope in any struggle for liberation, never stop fighting.
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 14/09/2026
Did you know in 3 of 5 states it’s legal for someone to claim killing a trans person for not disclosing that they are trans is self defense?
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rose @breadnrosie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
i think it should be more commented on that jacobin put out a 57 page report that basically says candidates need to moderate on social issues, in particular trans rights
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"when i was doing HRC comms, trans people were winning. now trans people are losing because they are rude online - but i'm not rude like them! i piss in the bush and everything even! pick me!" sarah mcbride is running for party leadership against trans shitposters, we're just that powerful
I write today, humbly, to ask for your support and your vote for me to be one of the next Co-Chairs of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. I am in awe of our caucus and want to contribute what I can to make sure we hit the ground running with a unified message in the 120th Congress.

Since before I was sworn in, I have been grounded by and grateful for the genuine support members of this caucus show for one another. I have been moved by the mentorship, the friendship, and the simple sense of community I have witnessed through the highs and lows of serving in this chamber. We have all been through a great deal this term, and what I have taken from it is that our collective strength is precisely what will win us the majority and allow us to pass an agenda that makes life more affordable for the people we represent.

As we defend and deliver for our constituents in an increasingly complex media environment, our diverse caucus will need an exceptional communications and messaging operation. Before I was elected to office, communications was my profession. I directed national media engagement for the Human Rights Campaign during a period when the equality movement was arguably at its most effective. At that time, we were winning fights by earning public support through effective persuasion. We didn't shame those who disagreed with us. We welcomed them into a conversation about where we agreed and found common ground to build upon.

Since joining this caucus, I have worked to facilitate conversations on issues where we haven't all agreed, and where members in very different districts needed substantively different messages to effectively communicate with their constituents. I never asked a colleague to use a message that didn't fit their district, while also standing firm in our shared principles and what we were trying to accomplish together. That experience reinforced something critical: a big-tent party can hold both of those things at once, but only if…Three things I would focus on as a DPCC Co-Chair:

Tailored messaging guidance. I would expand the DPCC's tailored messaging program so that guidance reflects the district you represent. We can be entirely consistent in our values while giving members materially different tools. And, in doing so, we should provide you with the research and data that informs our recommendations.

Competing in every medium. I would build out real new media and podcast support for members who are strong in longer-form conversation. Not only staff training, but practical nuts and bolts: identifying shows and livestreams that reach the demographics you need, explaining how a podcast pitch differs from a pitch to a print reporter, and helping land individual bookings.

Making district work national. You host remarkable events at home, and home turf is where members are most authentic. Far more national reporters, podcasters, and creators would embed with you for a day, or for a single event, than most of us expect. I would like to make that a routine service rather than a lucky break.

I would be grateful for your support, and I'd welcome the chance to hear what you need from the DPCC, whether or not you're able to support me. Please reach out to me directly, or to my Chief of Staff, Roddy Flynn, at 302-897-7199.

With gratitude,

Sarah McBride Member of Congress
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15/09/2026
Attempting to frame these bigots like they’re brave pragmatists breaking from some kind of stalwart trans-affirming norm is the type of enormous lie where the ground should open up to pneumatic-tube you directly to hell.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
if the votes of trans people are so crucial they could sway an election then a politicians job is to win those votes
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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Real question: what are trans people in "very different districts" where McBride considers our rights inconvenient to the Democratic Party supposed to do? Stay silent forever? "Just move?" The South has the largest number of queer and trans folks, hands down. These are our homes, our communities.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
acting in my own self-interest isn't a purity test
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I do not understand the folks furious at trans people for responding in anguish when the party that they've been told would protect them treats their existence as negotiable. I do not understand thinking trans folks have political power and responsibility where candidates have none.
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 15/09/2026
1933 Germany version of this headline that cis people will understand as horrific automatically: "Some politicians recalibrating their approach towards the Jewish questions"
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/09/2026
This is what has happened with Labour in the UK. Most people don't believe that Labour could be transphobic - they aren't the Tories or Reform after all - and refuse to see it, and they are the most transphobic government of my life. So much harder to fight against, so much more damage done.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There’s a bizarre contrarianism in the Democratic Party, where, if an idea catches on with the base it’s treated as presumptively unreasonable forever. Not even an effort to *appear* to be supportive. Politicians used to pander!
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Jayne Fracture @jaynefracture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is the truth. Every Democratic candidate must choose either party funding or human decency. They can’t have both. A handful can choose decency while relying on grassroots fundraising and organising, such as through their local DSA, but those are few and the media is ruthless towards them.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 14/09/2026
If folks on here want to pretend that the only thing Talarico said was about sports, that's fine—it's also not true. He would ban gender affirming care for 17 year olds. And I'm sure many of you haven't tried to figure out how to keep a trans kid from killing themselves, so you don't get it
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026
One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
So when libs say, you need to do incremental progress like gay marriage, it completely ignores the rollbacks that have happened in 5 years. It is every aspect of trans life from where we use the bathroom, how we are addressed, what our IDs say, to even censorship on discussions about our existence.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
5 years ago, there were over 100 multidisciplinary gender clinics for trans youth. Today, there are less than 31 (as of July 2026). bsky.app/profile/esqu...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Again, 5 years ago, none of these policies existed. 15 states require the forced outing of trans students 16 states ban medicaid coverage of gender affirming care 14 states have "Don't say trans" laws banning discussion of trans people's identities. 29 states have banned participation in sports.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trans rights becoming a national talking point is bad for us. It's the worst kind of issue for cis people to get involved in: one they don't understand or really care about. There are no consequences for them. They can be face meltingly wrong and it doesn't matter; it won't affect them anyway.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13/09/2026
We're not saying vote for the Republican. We're saying don't vote for the Dem espousing anti trans rhetoric and policies. If Dems want to win by throwing us under the bus, they can do so without our votes. Votes are not an entitlement. They make their policy decisions and we vote accordingly.
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T. Ferox @transferox.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"why would trans people expect Democratic politicians to prioritize them, they're such a small minority!" "Ugh! these trans voters are going to throw this election by refusing to vote for the Democrat just because of a few campaign comments"
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Tamra Bonvillain @tamrabonvillain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Very disheartening to see more and more Dem politicians lean into anti trans positions and when trans people say "man, this sucks" they get swarmed by people yelling at them for handing elections to the GOP. Wish they had that energy for the politicians.
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May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 @goddessblade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Transphobia and the oppression of children are linked to the point that trans adults are often treated like de facto children. One way we see this is how we’re told continually that we don’t understand grown-up politics, as if our political concerns are childish and immature.
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Volition @v-newlove.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I hate how trying to explain this to anyone always leads to them then arguing that it doesn't count because they personally weren't aware of The Trans Debate back then.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Individual trans people NEVER have to shut up and accept disrespect. Never. The people who need to shut up and stop disrespecting trans people are the POWERFUL and these include fucking elected officials. GET IT STRAIGHT IN YOUR MINDS.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 12/09/2026
at this point in political time i have to believe that trans people make up 70-80% of society and are oppressing the cis minority
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/09/2026
No candidate, regardless of party, will ever get my vote if they call me a "biological man" and advocate for laws targeting my community. Its that simple.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/09/2026
A trans man in the UK has been banned in the workplace restrooms after he was forced to use the women's restrooms to comply with the new EHRC guidance. The women complained because he is visibly male and so they told him he can't use any bathroom.
A screenshot of a Reddit post from the r/LegalAdviceUK subreddit by user Dijstraanon, titled "FtM transgender facing two different issues at work? England."
The post text reads:
"Brother in law is trans FtM and presents fully as a man. He's now facing an impossible situation at work with his employer telling him that due to recent legislation he must use the toilet of his birth gender. BUT several female colleagues have raised a grievance about him using their gendered toilet.
His employer has told him that he cannot use the toilet while he is at work until they sort it out and cannot give him a timeframe to do so. They do [cut off] have disabled separate toilets.
In the mean time one of his female colleagues has accused him of sexual harassment because he was used their gendered toilet. His menstrual cycle meant he needed to use the toilet.
He's been with the employer for just over 5 years but only in this location for 18 months. The location is mainly male with just a handful of females, and his workshop only has male toilets.
I do not know how to support him and as he's not in a union there is no one to turn too right now."
The post has an orange "Comments Moderated" tag, 169 upvotes, and 134 comments.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
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Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
i cannot emphasize enough that what is happening here is democrats are paying the trans founder of the national center for transgender equality to publish anti-trans screeds like that is just straight up literally what is going on
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onion person @junlper.beer · 10/09/2026
trying to get people to understand that the trans women in sports debate isn’t really about sports but a meta narrative pushed by the right all about slowly getting all trans people out of public life is truly impossible
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
"I think Black people should be able to use the same drinking fountain that white people do as long as it's safe and fair."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/09/2026
Women and children must die so men can get a hard on is a Trump administration policy.
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by user Eric Katz (@EricM_Katz), which quotes a post by Paige W. Cunningham (@pw_cunningham).
The post text reads:
"👀 In canceling the maternal and infant mortality grants, HHS said those issues were no longer a priority for the office and grants would instead focus on 'low sperm count, low testosterone levels and erectile dysfunction.' 👇"
The quoted post by Paige W. Cunningham reads:
"Scoop: HHS's Office of Minority Health has cancelled 16 grants, several focused on maternal/infant health, telling grantees it's pivoting to a focus on the root causes of infertility and promoting exercise. with @EricM_Katz notus.org/health-science..."
At the bottom, the post metadata indicates it was posted at 3:05 PM on Sep 4, 2026, and has 133K views.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.
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The United States Department of
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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September 4, 2026
Justice Department Secures Agreement with Mount Sinai to End Pediatric "Gender-Affirming Care"
Another result of the Department's nationwide investigation into hospitals performing sex-rejecting procedures on minors
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gwen 🌶️👹 @gwenpepperoni.myatproto.social · 01/09/2026
its okay trans people, you just have to wait your turn. soon as we win back power by abandoning you we're gonna get right on this whole desire to be seen as humans with equal rights business you won't shut up about. These things take time you pieces of shit (sorry thats just for show, I'm an ally)
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