Meredith Jacobson

Truth is my love language.

If they’re looking to make a case for the importance of a strong social safety net, laying off hundreds of thousands of workers at once ought to do it.

This should be exceedingly obvious, but when Stonewall stays up while references to trans people come down, they will measure the silence of cisgender people as concurrence for whatever they plan next, and it still won't protect you in the end. So please get loud. Our mutual survival depends on it.

They won't stop there: Which disabled ppl deserve access, which immigrants are the good ones, which POC are qualified, which Jews are deferential enough, which women deserve to vote. It's designed to divide & conquer. Wherever they succeed, they'll continue. Stay alert to this & don't give in to it.

Part of the cruelty of taking away the TQIA+ and leaving just LGB is the cynical, tyrannical naming of the community FOR that community, defining and isolating from outside who belongs and who doesn't.

National Park Service removed the word "transgender" from the Stonewall Nat'l Monument page. Marsha P. Johnson, heroine of Stonewall, was trans. NPS now uses only "LGB" — erasing the T, Q, +, and everyone else. Tell them they can't erase trans people from history, LGBTQ+ community, or real life.

This is tremendous—thank you and the DOH so much for making this happen! It will make a profound difference to so many Washington families and individuals who are worried for their own or their children’s safety. Deep gratitude for your work and that of the DOH and the AG. ❤️

This is miraculous. Thank you SO MUCH to all the staffers working hard to make this happen. Many families are so grateful to you. ❤️

Thank you for speaking up against this confirmation. Please continue pushing and speaking up and refusing to pave the way for this disaster. We need you to stay in the fight, and we see you when you do. Thank you.

WA state friends, leave a public comment & contact your state legislators to urge them to oppose HB 1038: "Prohibiting puberty blocking medications, cross-sex hormones, and gender transition surgeries for minors."
app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038

Not a surprise, but the violence of this is devastating. I know ACLU, HRC & others will fight it, and I'm again contacting my Congresspeople & governor to beg them to act.

Please follow & support @erininthemorning.com—she's doing crucial work.

See below for similar bill now in WA state.

My kid, trying to distract me from making him go to bed: “Wait, don’t you want to talk about the Chicago Manual of Style?” 🤣
#editorproblems

I ate your PLUMS and I cannot lie
I'm guilty and I won't deny
That when I found them kept in a pretty chilly place
yeah I put them in my face
and man, YUM, couldn't have enough
'Cause you know that my tum is stuffed,
But you were breakfast saving,
Your forgiveness now I'm craving

I literally just got out of meetings with members of Congress & used the bathroom on my way out.

Trans women are women—full stop. We're every bit as "biologically female" as cis women & Speaker Johnson's statement doesn't change the fact that women's spaces include trans women.

Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. The resolution, which would prohibit members, officer…

when the time comes & this bill has a number or is rolled into a rules package, we absolutely need cis folks to call reps about this. even GOP reps.

if 1 democrat lets this go without a fight, a national bill won’t be far behind. and if the GOP isn’t unanimous, there’s a chance they won’t even try.

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I feel a burning mix of fury, heartbreak, and powerlessness over the Republican drooling viciousness toward Sarah McBride and her mild response to it. I trust that she’s doing what she needs to do. I will not hear any Republican speak to me of “civility,” EVER.

I just saw that @billybragg.bsky.social is on here, and maybe he’d like it too.

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The ACLU is a powerful, proactive force behind fighting anti-trans legislation.

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Home We are a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV.

@lambdalegal.bsky.social Lambda Legal has fought in the courts for LGBTQ+ rights for decades. They know what they’re doing and they win cases.

lambdalegal.org

Support Homepage The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.

@trevorproject.bsky.social The Trevor Project is a lifeline for queer youth, with a 24/7 hotline & other support & advocacy. Trans & other queer young people have a high suicide rate when they don’t have safe support in their lives. The Trevor Project saves lives.
www.thetrevorproject.org

Erin In The Morning | Erin Reed | Substack News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

I’ll comment w/ a few options.
• @erininthemorning.bsky.social is doing important work to track, report on, and interpret anti-trans legislation across the country. Subscribe to support her. www.erininthemorning.com

The Revolution Will Be Live

Here, America, I made you a playlist.

Please support @erininthemorning.bsky.social, who is doing crucial work to track, report on, and interpret the sweep of vicious anti-trans attacks across the country.

I posted this in December 2016, but here we are again:

Trump nominates Wolf for Secretary of Henhouse. Trump nominates Fire for Secretary of Ice. Trump nominates Nihilism for Secretary of Hope.

“You must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.”

—Samuel Beckett, _The Unnamable_

"I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very pessimistic about that society. And it's only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society."

—Carlos Fuentes, 1987