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Nearly 100 people killed seeking aid in Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.

Dozens of Palestinians were killed across Gaza on Sunday as they tried to get food aid, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest days in recent months for those seeking assistance.

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Trans people make up 1-3% of American society depending on definitions (nonbinary, trans, etc).

That is enough to swing multiple close swing state elections.

Democrats should not nominate an anti-trans Democrat.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court upheld a Texas law that requires adults to prove their age before accessing sexual content online.

This burdens the speech rights of adults and won't protect children.

One thing I am seeing misreported in the media today about the Skrmetti ruling is a claim that the supreme court ruled this is "about age, not transgender status."

SCOTUS also ruled this is about "diagnosis, not transgender status"

Bans targeting adults are likely legal under this ruling.

Judge Stops Federal Prisons From Enforcing Trump’s Trans Care Ban, For Now The district judge ordered the prison system to continue providing hormone therapy to transgender people as needed, while a lawsuit proceeds.

The Trump administration has no legal basis to deny incarcerated trans people medically-necessary health care — and a federal judge agrees.

FBI wants to investigate doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors. Experts question its legal basis | CNN Politics The Federal Bureau of Investigation began Pride month by asking Americans to report doctors, hospitals and clinics who offer gender-affirming surgeries to minors, claiming that those procedures amount...

This is an attempt to terrorize families and intimidate doctors into ignoring their best medical judgement.

We will always fight for the freedom of transgender youth and their families.

Trans Man Detained After Using Women’s Restroom in South Carolina Anti-trans lawmakers want to force trans men to use the women's restroom. Here’s what happened when one did.

1. A transgender man was detained in South Carolina for using the restroom that Republicans want him to use.

Officers allegedly hurled slurs at him for doing so.

The latest from S. Baum.

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A brown graphic with white and blue text reading "This is a defining moment for the legal profession. Some firms apparently believed that they could hand the bully their lunch money just once and be done with it. But that’s not how Faustian bargains work. Mr. Trump will be coming back to those firms, again and again, to demand further surrender and degradation. All of us will be judged by what we did — and did not do — in this moment. It’s not too late for these lawyers to reverse course and to defend the best values of our profession." The quote is attributed to Ben Wizner, Director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

When President Trump attacks the legal profession, he's attacking our right to representation. But good lawyers will not back down in the face of these threats.

Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.

The DOJ's move to cut funding to combat sexual assault in prisons, jails, and immigration and juvenile detention is callous and wrong.

These cuts make it harder to hold prison staff accountable for the abuse of incarcerated people.

Racial disparities in youth incarceration are the widest they've been in decades The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as overall numbers decrease, data shows Black and Native American youth are far ...

The number of American children and teenagers in juvenile detention has sharply declined over the last few decades, but as overall numbers decrease, data shows Black and Native American youth are far more likely to be incarcerated than white children.

It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime.

Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed.

I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.

Amidst Flood of Anti-Trans Bills, Georgia Democrats Walk Out Incarcerated trans people are the latest target of Georgia’s crusade against the LGBT community.

1. Over 70 House Democrats walked out of their session over the state's endless attacks on transgender people.

The latest bill would forcibly detransition incarcerated trans people by cutting off their care.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Black graphic with text: "Know Your Protest Rights. You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings.When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney-no matter your citizenship or immigration status.”Know Your Rights. White ACLU logo.

Dark blue background with text: "Know Your Rights When Interacting With Immigration Agents. If you’re in a public space, you can ask if you're free to leave. If so, you can calmly walk away.You have the right to remain silent, even if you’re arrested. You do not have to discuss your immigration status with anyone. If you’re arrested, you can say that you wish to remain silent until speaking with a lawyer.You have the right to refuse consent to a search.If you have valid immigration documents, you’re required to show them. Never provide fake documents.You have the right to record your interaction with immigration agents as long as you do not interfere.If you’re at home, you do not have to open the door. ICE agents may not enter unless they have a warrant signed by a judge (have them slip it under the door). If they force their way in, do not resist, but you can remain silent."Know Your Rights. White ACLU logo.

If you're protesting this weekend, know your rights when interacting with law enforcement, including immigration agents.

California Republicans Cite Gavin Newsom In Trans Athlete Ban Hearing Newsom has denounced what he calls the GOP’s “weaponization” of trans issues, but this evidently hasn’t stopped him from using it as a tool himself.

1. And it should surprise nobody... Gavin Newsom's anti-trans sports stance and other anti-trans stances he took in his interview with Charlie Kirk were cited by California Republicans during their sports ban hearing.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Remember when the anti-trans folks got accused Joanna Olson-Kennedy of not publishing a misleading null result on her trans dataset (even though she published 27 times!) and accused her of hiding stuff?

Now Trump is ACTIVELY suppressing research and doing their own purposefully manipulated studies.

A reminder for this Transgender Day of Visibility:

Trans people have always existed, and we always will. 

No president, politician, or court can change that.

What’s the Safest Way for Trans Americans to Travel Right Now? The Trump administration’s new policy to discontinue “X” gender markers on passports has many transgender Americans wondering if it’s safe to fly.

The Trump Administration's executive order denying trans people accurate passports has made it more difficult and dangerous for people to fly.

While we challenge this unconstitutional policy in court, know your rights before traveling abroad.

Military Will Now Ask Soldiers If They Have "Symptoms" Of Being Trans The document, filed in the Trump military ban court cases, raises more questions than it answers.

1. The military has announced in a new filing that it will ask all soldiers if they have "symptoms" of being transgender.

The filing appears designed to target both out transgender people, as well as those living closeted or stealth.

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Call Your Reps: No Attacks on Sanctuary Cities Congress is considering a bill that would hold critical federal funds hostage unless states comply with Trump's agenda.

Congress is considering a bill to cut off critical federal funds in more than 24 states that refuse to carry out Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.

Tell your representative to vote no on the Defund Our Communities Act.

Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

Amazon is listening to conversations in people's homes and using these voice recordings to train AI — and now, customers won't be able to opt out.

We deserve control over who has access to our voices.

Official for Cuomo’s New York Mayoral Campaign Worked for Ferociously Anti-Trans Group “The company you keep says a lot about you.”

1. Andrew Cuomo, a frontrunner for NY Mayor, has tapped an ex-employee of "the Coalition to Protect Kids," an anti-trans org, to serve as his treasurer.

His campaign would not commit to EITM that it would protect gender affirming care.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Hands Off Our Passports: Stop Attacking Transgender Americans The Trump administration is denying accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people – so I’m joining the ACLU to fight back. Urge the State Department to reject this dangerous attack on ou...

Today is the last day that the State Department is taking public comments about its policy denying accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people.

Tell the Trump administration to abandon this discriminatory action NOW.

Arkansas Bill Would Make “Contributing To Social Transitioning” Of Trans Youth Against The Law House bill 1668 is one of the most extreme anti-transgender bills of 2025.

1. In one of the most extreme anti-trans bills of 2025, a bill in Arkansas would make "contributing to social transitioning" of trans youth against the law.

It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.

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Texas AG Paxton Declares Court Orders "Void," Orders Gender Markers Reverted For Trans People The Texas Attorney General says that all drivers licenses and birth certificates must be reverted for trans people

1. Texas AG Ken Paxton is usurping the authority of Texas Courts in a brazen act of autocratic power.

He's ordering court ordered gender changes void.

He's demanding licenses and birth certificates revoked, with reverted replacements for trans people.

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Black graphic with text “You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police.If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, calmly walk away.If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law enforcement office at a protest, you have the right to remain silent or to tell them that you’ll only answer questions in the presence of an attorney — no matter your citizenship or immigration status.”

If you’re protesting this weekend, know your rights.

Florida Sues Target Over Selling Pride Merch The state’s budget for suing “leftist” corporations is ballooning.

1. We have entered a new era where states are suing corporations for selling pride merchandise, arguing they should know that bigotry would hurt their bottom line.

Florida has now sued Target for selling rainbow merchandise.

The latest form S. Baum.

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BREAKING: The Senate declined to advance a bill that would exclude transgender student athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.

All young people deserve the freedom to be themselves on and off the field.

“We had to erase trans people or we couldn’t get our federal funding”

Fuck the federal funding. You fight, you sue, you do not become complicit in our mass erasure.

We are all in this together, and we all go down together.

I will not allow us to be jettisoned or erased.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-based care not only threatens patient health and well-being, but also undermines the integrity of our healthcare system in its entirety,” said Alex Sheldon (they/them), GLMA executive director. “Today's intervention by the court underscores the cruelty and recklessness that is embedded in this order and affirms our commitment to resist the administration’s extremist agenda that targets trans and non-binary young people and privileges political ideology over medical expertise. We are hopeful that…

In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspensions and continue to provide healthcare and act in their best medical judgment without risking their funding or worse. “The president’s orders sought to take away from transgender young people the very care that they, their families, and their medical providers all agree is best for them – medical care that is evidence-based and well-established. But these decisions are for patients, their families, and their doctors to make, not for politicians or Washington bureaucrats,” said Omar Gonzale…

Incredible news!

The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.

The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.

ACLU statement here:

President Trump banning the Associated Press from an event over their usage of "Gulf of Mexico" instead of "Gulf of America" may seem more absurd than alarming, but Trump's attacks on the free press are no joke.