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Trans* Scholar π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ She/They | Author of βMapping Multi-Genre Literary Frameworks for Trans* Studiesβ (Lexington Books, 2024) (All opinions are my own.)
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
18.10.2025 20:22 β π 33449 π 6558 π¬ 353 π 248State department guidance is now up for transgender people who want to change their gender marker on their passports.
Your window opens NOW to make it happen, with some caveats: data will be collected on changes.
EITM was the first media outlet to report this breaking development for trans people.
Florida in 2025: βcaselaw is building that seems to suggest teachers only have free speech when they disagree with transgender people, but as soon as transgender people come into play, they lose those rights - even in intensely personal subjects such as what name or pronoun or honorific one uses.β
02.07.2025 19:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Don't let the bigots pathologize us.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
βThe decision is hard to stomach. But itβs important to note that thereβs nothing in this decision that is a green light.β β Karen Loewy, Lambda Legal Senior Counsel via @huffpost.com
18.06.2025 18:54 β π 31 π 17 π¬ 1 π 2
1. Trump has promised harsher ICE crackdowns on Truth Social.
He blamed transgender people as the reason such crackdowns must happen.
Particularly, he used the phrase "transgender for everybody," a phrase he has increasingly used to justify anything he wants.
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Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
I woke with a swell of Pittsburgh pride this morning.
15.06.2025 13:22 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Cover Art for βMapping Multi-Genre Literary Framework for Trans* Studies.β The art was created by Arien Reed and features a person who is naked with long, tightly curled hair looking up to the sky. Two hands wrap around the person, leaving blank spaces in their torso, and flower petals stream off the vibrant water-color surface of the figureβs skin. The figure is ambiguously gendered.
Hi, folks! If you are interested in learning about how trans* authors are using counter narratives as a tool for survival in the face of anti trans* lawmaking, please check out my new book! π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ
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#transgender #literature #queer #trans
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Thank you for the kind shoutout, @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social!
14.06.2025 13:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yessssss
07.05.2025 15:37 β π 90 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0
In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect.
This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
Remember: community will care and remain regardless of whether federal support is available.
03.05.2025 00:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Misinformation is now the normβ¦ Iβm reminded of zines during the height of the AIDS epidemic (like the 1993 βgendertrash from hell issues) through which community organizers shared census data and care guidelines despite a lack of federal support. More accurate information can be found there.
03.05.2025 00:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Lambda [cont] β ICYWW the reason Lambda filed a 2nd suit _after_ ACLU got an injunction against State Dept passport policy was the P/I only applied to its plaintiffs. LLDEFβs suit is trying again to get a court to stop the practice for everyone [HT @dana@catodon.social]
28.04.2025 17:44 β π 104 π 25 π¬ 0 π 2Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
24.04.2025 00:22 β π 79212 π 20273 π¬ 839 π 1261I feel like I was just punched in the ribs. Fuck.
22.04.2025 22:14 β π 38 π 4 π¬ 3 π 0To hell with this.
22.04.2025 01:40 β π 228 π 58 π¬ 11 π 3
The cover art to βThe Spirit Bares Its Teeth.β In the center is an individual with long, curled blonde hair, violet eyes that look to be in pain (facing to the right), and a clutched shard of glass in hand. The individual is framed in an oval-shaped, golden frame with a blue sky and white clouds in the background. Behind the framed image of the individual is a haunting collage of violet eyes.
A timely book recommendation: βThe Spirit Bares Its Teeth,β by Andrew Joseph White.
The narrative is in the style of a Victorian Gothic (very dark, see trigger warnings), and it features a neurodivergent and trans masc protagonist whose knowledge of medicine seems to far exceed RFK Jr. Just saying!
To my autistic friends and fellow neurodiverse comrades, let your dreams, loves, and poetry fill with all the beauty and power he fails to imagine.
16.04.2025 23:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
βThe Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speedβ β Friends, please be advised.
15.04.2025 17:30 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Also, one more thing: if you're not LGBTQ, you don't get a say on who's welcome in our community. Asexual and aromantic people are sexual minorities. They're always welcome in our spaces. Our spaces are their spaces. Mind your own damn business and get a new hobby.
08.04.2025 15:52 β π 4550 π 510 π¬ 47 π 29
Last year, only 49βless than 10%βof the 533 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures passed into law.
Advocates in Georgia and Missouri defeated all 54 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced last year despite Republican majorities.
www.unclosetedmedia....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
I am watching Senator Booker's filibuster on Roland Martin's YouTube channel between meetings.
(Shout out to his staffers, too. They did tons of prep for this.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOm...
Take a minute to check in on your mental health before reading.
31.03.2025 00:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
1. The Trump administration has announced it will be investigating California, and will pull its school funding unless it forcibly outs transgender students.
California has a law against forced outing policies.
The latest from Mira Lazine.
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Debates over child labor laws in Florida could make it legal for 14 year olds to work overnight shifts on school nights in order to make up for lost labor from folks who are undocumented... like shifting from one exploited labor force to another. Clearly education is not a priority.
26.03.2025 00:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A row of books showing the spines of the books, each in the colors of the trans rights pride flag with sparkles in the same colors. "Marcy 17th - 31st! Over 40 creators! Over 70 stories! Stories for the Trans Rights Readathon.
There are 6 days left for the "Stories for the Trans Rights Readathon" Itchio bundle! 43 trans & non-binary creatives put together this bundle of 73 books!
2 of my books are in it & I'll be donating a portion of my proceeds from the bundle to trans rights orgs in my state
itch.io/b/2914/stori...
All of these countries have issues travel warnings for trans people visiting the US.
Austria
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Norway
Slovakia
Slovenia
The Netherlands
The US is not safe for trans people. Do not come.
metro.co.uk/2025/03/25/f...
