I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night.

All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article detailed how an internal law enforcement bulletin said that ammunition recovered following the Charlie Kirk shooting was engraved with expressions of "transgender and anti-fascist ideology." Justice Department officials later urged caution about the bulletin by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, saying it may not accurately reflect the messages on the ammunition, and the article was updated Thursday to reflect that. This editor's note was appended on Friday, Sept. 12, after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said the engravings included one that said "Hey fascist!" along with other messages and symbols. He gave no indication that the ammunition included any transgender references.

hi, cis folks!

the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction.

it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this.

contact info below.🧵⬇️

"What rights have trans people lost?"

Every step of the way we've been told we're too loud.
Every step of the way we've been told we ask for too much.
Every step of the way we've been told we're selfish.
Every step of the way we've been told we need to compromise.
Every step of the way we've been told we're not human anyway.

It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.

US TRANS FRIENDS: Drop your gofundmes, venmos, whatever ways of supporting you you have, in the replies. Then go make sure you have plans with loved ones to deal with the worst. I love you all. We will get thru it

CIS PEOPLE: Go through the replies and donate money to someone. Then reskeet.

Cis people:

This is where you fucking step up. Do everything you can to support trans people in the coming days. You're going to hear horrible, hurtful rhetoric about us. Shut it down. Don't let it stand.

And buy the trans people in your life a drink.

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

Oh hey so

JK Rowling materially not only supports but actively encourages violence against trans people, including my personal loved ones, and I’m in favor of a WIDE RANGE of circumstances that might stop her from doing that in the future

I’m honestly not particular

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people

reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

We're watching the Trump administration systematically purge trans people from public life and the fucking media just hand waives it away as being about sports. This is why the Dem capitulation on this is so dangerous. It obscures and legitimizes what is being done to us.

Welp. I guess I'm gonna spend today thinking about how one state proposing a trans bathroom ban was enough for a national outcry and protest in 2016 and now 9 years later the propaganda has done enough damage that a sweeping nationwide federal ban just went through and we won't hear a peep

PSA: There’s a difference between wearing a mask or respirator & wearing a gaiter or face covering to disguise identity. It’s important to discern & communicate this nuance because if you don’t, you might encourage elected officials to ban masks for everyone, which would be a public health disaster.

Moved from TX to WA a few years ago, have the same worries but we're putting down roots and hoping that it can be long term ❤️

If you make your way to Tacoma, highly recommend Side Piece for biscuits and gravy (and frankly everything on the menu)

It's easier to navigate than DFW and that's a low bar 😂

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hi, folks!

is calling federal electeds to ask them not to pass shitty legislation not doing it for you? i get it.

how about helping to bring about positive change that would materially help thousands of trans people? and that's actually possible?

do you know about washington state's HB 1971?🧵

Our senior boy lived with asthma very happily for 5 years after diagnosis, I hope you're able to find a good routine for your baby. One tip that saved us financially was ordering inhalers from Canada ❤️

Not sure if my cis pals are aware of this, but if your trans friends are sobbing in their office today this is one of the (many) reasons why:

Just wondering if you knew that kids too young for COVID vaccines have COVID hospitalization rates that are similar to people 65-74?

Just wondering if you knew over 1000 people a week died from COVID while we were celebrating winter holidays and the New Year?

Does FDA Administrators know?

Twitter post/pohoto from JK Rowling who sits on what looks like yacht, taking a puff of what looks like a cigar. She holds a cocktail close to her face and looks smug as fuck. Text on tweet: I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights.

Text on screen: our.moral.imperative British billionaire JK Rowling has posted several gloating tweets today after the UK Supreme Court ruled that only 'biological women' legally count as women, excluding trans women from legal protections and safeguards. Rowling's vicious smear campaign against trans people in Britain has been going on for several years now and has played a major role in cultivating the extremely hostile and toxic environment that exists in the country towards trans people, particularly in the name of liberal 'feminism'. @fight_for_a_future @rowllingofficial

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

International students typically have requirements for at least some courses in-person for their visa status, which complicates remote learning options 😩

Not hearing enough noise about Mahmoud Khalil from folks who like to quote the "first they came for" poem. Y'all get that the point is that they came for controversial, easily othered groups first, right? Now, it's trans people, immigrants, and student activists. Your turn will come. Fight now.

Lifestraw makes a pitcher version of their filters, I recently got one for this reason!

"What about organizations?"

The $20 you give directly to a trans person in need or a trans artist will do infinitely more good than the same $20 given to the ACLU or the Trevor Project.

Not saying those are bad orgs, just saying facts.

Iowa lawmakers pass bill removing trans civil rights protections, sending it to governor Protesters filled the Iowa Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers passed a bill removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act.

'What rights don't you have?'

Fuck you motherfuckers who have said this, over and over and over and over and over again for the past 5 years.

Every single one of you.

FIGHT THE TX ANTI-MASK BILL Overview An anti-mask bill was filed at the Texas state level by Representative Tom Oliverson, who is in Cypress, Texas. Cypress is within the Houston area. Contact Oliverson’s office via phone cal...

Texas becomes the latest State to propose a mask ban.

These are ugly laws. They’re discriminatory & push disabled people further out of society. They increase the likelihood of police harassment. They paint maskers as “bad”.

There’s an excellent document with scripts for how to call & fight back!