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Anne Fausto-Sterling

@birdlady.bsky.social

Biologist, gender/sex expert, feminist. In the works: a book on gender identity. In retirement: lots of bird photography. Substack: Sterlinga.substack.com Mastodon: @faustosterling@mastodon.world Website: annefaustosterling.com

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Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences With invalid driver’s licenses and birth certificates, transgender people are at risk for more than just steep fines and imprisonment.

theconversation.com/kansas-revok...

01.03.2026 18:25 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Jonathan V. Last (@jvlast) I hope you’ll read this because my sense is that America has moved on from Minneapolis. But that battle is nowhere near over.

We still Ned to keep our eyes on Minnesota, even with every thing else. This a worthwhile read and not too long.
substack.com/@jvlast/note...

01.03.2026 14:13 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Bulwark | Substack The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported b...

I know there’s a lot and it gets more each day. But let’s not take our eyes off of Minnesota.
www.thebulwark.com?utm_source=n...

01.03.2026 13:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated The policy is the latest in a trend of organizations capitulating to Trump over transgender people.

What does the defense department have to do with Scouting?

SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

28.02.2026 03:27 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law The lawsuit was filed in state court on Friday.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-files...

28.02.2026 03:25 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

both joe rogan and megyn kelly—two of the biggest podcasts out there—had guests today who argued that it’s unnatural for women to work outside the home. so that’s how that’s going

27.02.2026 01:09 — 👍 170    🔁 36    💬 14    📌 10

"The architect of the current Court — the Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo — was behind the litigation that undid the tariffs. That tells you all you need to know."

20.02.2026 23:19 — 👍 231    🔁 76    💬 12    📌 2

OMG I no longer know where I got that figure from In the original it may have been hyperlinked to a source. I can look for it. What is Fuentes using it for?

21.02.2026 01:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: Feb 2026 The situation continues to deteriorate when it comes to transgender youth care. For adults, we see Kansas as the newest state added to a "Do Not Travel" advisory list.

Anti-Trans National Legal Risk Assessment Map: Feb 2026
open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

21.02.2026 01:54 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The liberal white boys are in love with Talarico. They gaga over him and dont even mention Jasmine Crockett. It drives me crazy.

18.02.2026 03:29 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Idaho House Votes, Passes Trans Bathroom Ban In Private Businesses As Bill Rockets Through Legislature The bathroom ban bill will now go to the senate.

1. Terrible news for trans people in Idaho.

The state's House just passed one of the first private business bathroom bans in the United States.

It allows you to sue any private business that lets trans people pee if you think they're in the wrong bathroom.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

17.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 940    🔁 374    💬 44    📌 57

none of these faces surprise me.

16.02.2026 22:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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BIG TURN, BIG RESISTANCE Why Minnesota's winter music festival matters more than ever in an age of fear, isolation, and federal crackdowns

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15.02.2026 18:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sophie Labelle (@sophielabelle) That’s not a question.

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15.02.2026 17:52 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks

11.02.2026 20:02 — 👍 5484    🔁 815    💬 82    📌 58
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Huh...the New Yorker writer who wrote the bootlicking profile of Anthropic *AND* who writes about "technology & books" doesn't mention the massive lawsuit against Anthropic for stealing authors' work.

11.02.2026 20:25 — 👍 35    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 1

I have heard of a no bill but zero votes is new to me

11.02.2026 16:01 — 👍 2286    🔁 382    💬 68    📌 9

My sense of Minnesota today is that there’s less tear gas and the same amount of unlawful detention, destruction of families, loss of livelihood, people in hiding.

There is less tear gas at places like Lake and Lyndale, so it’s not making news.

11.02.2026 13:25 — 👍 1952    🔁 616    💬 26    📌 12

If you have a few extra bucks to help Minnesota, they still need support

11.02.2026 13:37 — 👍 64    🔁 56    💬 0    📌 0

Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.

11.02.2026 11:03 — 👍 6150    🔁 2240    💬 295    📌 130
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Why Trump’s Attack on Refugees Could Hurt Grandma It’s immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries who care for our elderly, and nobody’s lining up to take their place.

"The [nursing home] director said many of her Jewish residents were distraught at the prospect of losing their Haitian caregivers—and asked if they could hide them, as some gentiles had done for Jews during the Holocaust."

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-atta...

08.02.2026 21:35 — 👍 402    🔁 124    💬 9    📌 14

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

09.02.2026 12:25 — 👍 11549    🔁 7413    💬 193    📌 828

1969: Diane Crump (20) becomes 1st woman jockey to ride against men at a major US racetrack, aboard Bridle ’n Bit in a race at Hialeah Park, in Hialeah, Florida #WomensHistory

07.02.2026 14:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Tear gas and pepper spray can have lasting health effects The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.

www.sciencenews.org/article/tear...

03.02.2026 15:30 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.

Keep count. Raise up each person's na,me
prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...

02.02.2026 14:31 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Kansas Legislature Passes Trans Bathroom Bounty, Drivers License Revocations “They're using very overtly anti-democratic measures to pass all this stuff because they know that it's unpopular.”

No words. Can I start challenging cis women in the women's bathroom and get paid for it? (I am also a cis woman, but what's to stop me?)

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-leg...

31.01.2026 20:15 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

Well first they came for trans people, next gay, black journalists, who's next?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

30.01.2026 14:55 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.

open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

29.01.2026 15:09 — 👍 7    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Postdoctoral fellowship in LGBTQ reproductive health disparities in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.
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26.01.2026 23:27 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:

"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

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