Jaimes Mayhew

Trans Texans brace for life under strict sex definition law Texas has strictly defined man and woman, leaving trans Texans in legal limbo.

www.texastribune.org/2025/06/12/t...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

I think so

Right?!?!

I think about this a lot, especially as I’m teaching college students, these days.

Sometimes the point of being alive is the people we are alive for. Sometimes we have to be each other’s reason and trust that doing so will lead us to other reasons.

Thank you for speaking up for trans kids!

Thank you!!!!

This may be the worst data visualization I have ever seen. Read below for some hot takes about this shit dataviz by the super transphobic @nytimes.com

It is notable that variations of the Samesies myth of The Wave of Mutilation exist across many gender variant communities, This monument stands as a permanentreminder of the reclamation of the very idea of mutilation, and the variety ofways that Samesies can healthily arrive in utopia.

…that they constructed in the shape of a pregnant seahorse to form Samesies Island. Once believed to be the only means to arrive on Samsies Island, theWave of Mutilation is now understood to be a myth.

An inflatable blue soft sculpture made of nylon and woven shopping bags in front of a row of windows.

I’ve been thinking of this older work lately. This is “The Wave of Mutilation” from 2015- and yes it’s a Pixies nod.

The Wave of Mutilation” is a semi–permanent wave off of the coast of Samesies Island. The wave appeared when a group of transmen decided to set sea in search of utopia…

Reminding me that we used to have a very similar object in our house growing up…

Don't wait to make your freaky kinky weird queer art. Don't wait until you feel more secure in your drawing/painting/painting/sculpture/performance skills. Do it now, cause your fellow queers need every drop of it.

A short musing on the co**p

Racism is the avatar of class struggle.
It's the sword and the shield of capitalism.
It is also why we are in this mess:

-Failed Reconstruction
-Lost Cause Mythology
-Conservative backlash against Brown. V. Board
-Neoliberalism

What did we expect?

Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.

Might I suggest that in addition to calling your senators and representatives every day, you also write an unsolicited note of appreciation to someone in your life or who you admire. We all need it and love can be spoken in many ways.

Yesssss. Thanks.

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Love this so much!

This is so good!

Nope- didn’t do us any favors. Hard agree.

A group of students came up with the phrase “GAFer” in class yesterday. I told them it sounds like a position in a film/tv set. They said it stands for “give a fuck”-er, as in, someone who cares as opposed to IDGAF. Brilliant.

Same!

Federal Agency bathroom ban in effect as of 5:00 pm Friday afternoon:

Thank you!

Where is this from?

Yes I’m wondering too. Or will trans people in this situation just have to hope for an informed sympathetic agent at the border coming and going?

if you send me a screenshot of a donation of $25 or more to an organization helping immigrants (like Immigration Equality) or trans people (like Transgender Law Center) I will send you an Atlas and pay for shipping myself.

A close up of a tree in space with a winged elephant (a pegaphant) nestled near the center surrounded by a variety of fruit and flowers.

A close up of a map of Espejio, an imaginary trans/queer utopia by Foster and Aileen Santiago. Features include a Giant Talking Flamboyant Tree, Free Trans Healthcare clinic and a taxi service run by frogs.

Maybe you need some queer/trans utopian dreaming in your life? For the cost of shipping (about $5), I will send you a copy of 5 maps of collaboratively imagined trans/queer utopias in A Different Horizon Atlas made by me and over 20 collaborators. Or,