CL (says protect trans kids and adults)

Good thread here.

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Scam Facebook groups send malicious Android malware to seniors Cybercriminals are targeting older Facebook users with fake community and travel groups that push malicious Android apps.

Scam Facebook groups send malicious Android malware to seniors www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20... via @malwarebytes.com

Beware, Seniors!

BREAKING:

The Supreme Court just rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein.

The decision means that her conviction and 20-year criminal sentence remain in place.

Supreme Court to Hear Case On Conversion Therapy Ban — Assigned Leading Off: The U.S. Supreme Court prepares to see a case on conversion therapy bans tomorrow, campaigning on an anti-trans platform is notably unpopular, and some states push to ease restrictions on...

The Supreme Court will hear a case seeking to legalize torture... er... conversion therapy under free speech protections.

That and not just one but TWO feel good stories to start the week in trans news in our Leading Off column.

Masking is a survival tactic. Autistic people often hide their true selves to avoid harm or rejection. It may "look fine" on the outside but inside, it drains energy and disconnects people from their needs ♾️

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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2% Why not 20%? Or more ...

I believe that we are many,
And I believe that they are few.

True. The best article I have read about the Hesgeth/Chump fiasco ... excellent and free to read thanks to @wendyharmer.bsky.social .

Donate to Help Kathi Find Safety and a New Home, organized by Kathi Williams Hello, my name is Kathi, and I am reaching out for assistance. I am a trans woman… Kathi Williams needs your support for Help Kathi Find Safety and a New Home

Help Kathi, a trans woman living in Oklahoma to flee the state as it's becoming unsafe for her to stay there.

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Chicken suit guy, well done (seriously) www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

God bless this woman

Jesus. You think it can’t get any worse, then you read these stories. US citizens and legal residents illegally arrested and held for days. **Native Americans** getting detained and held for days because ICE agents are too stupid/racist to know about tribal IDs.

Made and released at the height of the AIDS epidemic, it was powerful and scary and heartbreaking, and for sure creepy.

[Quick References] [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxiih2vvDLg [7] https://youtu.be/sQJeAXVAo_A Michigan’s House Bill 4938 would not only ban any depiction of a trans person presenting as their gender, but any written description, with up to 25 years in prison for any service provider caught US Bill Threatens to Ban Trans People Online

Michigan’s House Bill 4938 would not only ban any depiction of a trans person presenting as their gender, but any written description, with up to 25 years in prison for any service provider caught violating sad ban.

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

My favourite is when transphobes say "I identified as a dinosaur when I was six, kids that age are too young to know they're trans!". Nah mate, you didn't identify as a dinosaur. You didn't cry yourself to sleep because you couldn't figure out why you had no tail. You didn't feel an inexplicable sense of shame at your lack of claws. When you saw yourself in a mirror in a dinosaur costume, you weren't upset about all the non-dinosaur bits you could still see. When others saw the costume, you weren't brought to tears by them treating you like a child-wearing-a-costume instead of a real dinosaur. You were playing make-believe. Kids do that. Kids also have genuine insight into themselves as no external observer can, and we should be helping them to explore that so that they can make better choices. If your child told you that they were hearing voices, you wouldn't care that they were too young to understand schizophrenia. If they said that they had a wrenching pain in their gut, you wouldn't rage about "liberal doctors brainwashing children". Yet if a kid says "It hurts when people say I'm a boy/girl." suddenly the idea of treating that symptom becomes a conservative bogeyman.

Yep.
I have a theory that most boomer parents whose kids don’t talk to them are conservative.

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

The gender clinic files is out now!

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.

Just witnessed Chicagoans following this undercover ICE vehicle (Black pick-up truck) heading south on Ashland honking their horns incessantly and alerting everyone that ICE was coming.

I do follow both, and I know that independent journalists have been on the cutting edge of so much great reporting, especially since big media have allowed this administration to hobble them.

Breaking: Trump Used AI to Scan U.S. Generals’ Faces for Loyalty — and to Root Out Whistleblowers On the Jewish Day of Atonement, America Must Reckon With a President Who Never Repents

This is the only mention I could find in my quick look.
It's from Lev Parnas who doesn't site his sources, so take it with a grain of salt.
That's not to say that I wouldn't put it past trump, but ::shrugs::.
levremembers.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

Two ceramic dudes luxuriate in cubby furnished with fruit, steam bun, and coke pyramids (the soda; not Bolivian marching powder)

Does anybody know who these two fellas are? They are always seriously set up with different goodies and I wanna know what they did to earn such a smorgasbord.

What a great pic!
I don't have an answer, but I love that part of the tribute is cans of Coke adorned with lovely flowers.

I aspire to live my life in such a way that when I'm gone, people will pay homage to my spirit with soda and posies. 😍

I'm realizing a grim exercise/prompt may be in this ...

If others want to share, I'm curious:

Why aren't *you* leaving america (yet)?

Asking for trans folks in particular, especially those of us on HRT and/or other very directly threatened in terms of our healthcare ...

Reposts welcomed. Sigh.

Let’s give these motherfuckers bribing and kidnapping children as much attention as possible

Kansas Supreme Court Delivers Big Win For Driver’s License Gender Markers “I want every transgender Kansan to be able to live their lives authentically.”

Major victory in Kansas for transgender people.

The Kansas Supreme Court declined to block a lower court ruling on gender markers on drivers license.

ACLU Kansas says trans people can get their licenses updated starting Tuesday.

The latest from S. Baum.

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The Pentagon is ordering journalists to sign a gag pledge—even with respect to gathering unclassified information. Here are the facts.
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