Spencer aka The Trans Dad

So after the terrible week that we've all had as trans people, let's do something to uplift ourselves. I'm challenging all of you to post a thirst trap or just a “I'm proud of myself” photo in the comments, and let's share some love with each other.

My heart breaks for trans folks in Kansas who are being notified by the state that they need to immediately surrender their drivers licenses.

Failing to do so and driving with a now invalid could lead to arrest, charges, and revocation of driving privileges.

Can you buy an old man a cup of coffee?

Seriously, my work runs on caffeine, my desire to make the world a better place for trans folks, and your love & support. Your financial support helps make my work - and my life - possible.

Links in the Linktree in my bio.

ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.

“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

News from the ACLU this morning

If you’re a parent of trans or non-binary person and you need some support or have questions, I’m here for you. As a parent myself, I understand the concerns that parents have for their kids - even when those kids are adults.

One service I offer as a personal coach is talking to parents. If you need some assistance in talking to your parent(s) or want me to talk to them, I’m available for hire.

AURORE erotica (@readaurore) Deep thoughts on deep throating

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Donald Trump is a racist.
He has always been a racist.
He will always be a racist.
When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.

I’ve never used a scene name in my 37+ years in the Leather communities. And I don’t see a need to do that with my BDSM coaching/mentoring clients. But now……I’m contemplating adding a platform based income generating account and I’m thinking I should have a name for those purposes.

A photo of a protest in the wake of the Operation Soap bathhouse raids of 1981 in Toronto.

45 years ago today, Toronto police raided four gay bathhouses, arrested nearly 300 people and sparked such fierce backlash and protests from the city's queer community that it resulted in fully consecrating the Pride movement in Canada. A dark and ugly moment that yielded generational change. 🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

Erin Reed in Erin In The Morning Breaking News: SCOTUS is taking up sports ban cases. This means that the court will determine if equal protection applies to transgender status or to trans people on the basis of sex. This will be a h...

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“Gay ideology” usually refers to gay people being visible, expressing our identities, forming communities, fighting for our rights, etc. Now “gender ideology” evokes similar in relation to trans folk. And when LGBT people become an “ideology,” our humanity degrades and we become targets for erasure.

YouTube video by The Bulwark Heather Cox Richardson: Democracy Isn’t Dead. Yet. | The Focus Group Podcast

A great, optimistic episode with @hcrichardson.bsky.social!

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The Call is Coming From Inside the House Today, we have yet another awful opinion piece in the NYT.

My latest piece on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/thetrans...

This is the list of Rape Culture apologists. It includes Cuomo stans and literally people sent to attack me and other survivors for years. I’ve tried to include as many high profile abusers as I can. It is bipartisan on bad people supporting abusers. Block block block.
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Big huge thanks to all my supporters on Patreon. Your continued support helps me and my family survive.

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Spencer Bergstedt on Substack Last week, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave an interview to Ezra Klein at the New York Times. If you’ve been paying attention, you know that the NYT it’s been the force of so much anti-trans narrativ...

My latest Substack piece re Rep. McBride and the failing strategy of incrementalism.

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The Court Got Your Anti-Abortion Bullsh*t In My Trans Care Two bad tastes that taste like shit.

Hey, look, I wrote a thing, and Wonkette published it!

It's a brief bit about how anti-abortion jurisprudence ended up determining the shape of the Skrmetti decision.

Have fun! This is fun, right? This is what we read for fun?

McBride and her ilk think that taking an incremental approach will work. The reality is - that never works.

Trans people need to treat our lives with the same urgency that we approached the HIV/AIDS crisis. We didn’t apologize for our demands because our siblings were DYING. Just like now.

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.

In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.

You have a home here always.

A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest Anne Isabella Coombes stood up to Swim England's gender policies in an innovative way.

A trans woman, forced to compete against men, swims topless in protest

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Munroe Bergdorf On Trump 2.0 And The War On Woke: “Your Exhaustion Is Precisely The Point” “To me, witnessing Trump’s accelerated targeting of trans people feels like looking into the future and seeing what will happen to our politics here – if we don’t start fighting back together.”

“In controlling trans people’s freedom of identity, the establishment is sending a warning shot to all of those who dare to live a life outside of prescribed gender roles and expectations. Freedom for trans people, ultimately, means freedom for everyone.”

Freedoms for all of us require solidarity.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of hiding money from Sandy Hook families U.S. bankruptcy Trustee Christopher Murray has filed three suits accusing Infowars host Alex Jones of hiding millions of dollars in cash and property.

U.S. bankruptcy Trustee Christopher Murray has filed three suits accusing Infowars host Alex Jones of hiding millions of dollars in cash and property. https://n.pr/3STi0x3

Former U.S. Amb. to Ukraine Bridget Brink has jumped into the Democratic primary for Michigan's 7th Congressional District.

Brink left her post in protest of Trump’s policies in April and is now looking to unseat GOP Rep. Tom Barrett. "It's important to fight for democracy at home," she tells NYT.

If you are a young trans person and have seen today’s massively wrong SCOTUS decision, do not give up. If you can, get yourself to a safe state. If you can’t, find ways to disrupt the systems where you live. And remember - we exist. We have always existed. We will always exist.

Prescribing such high doses of testosterone to girls induces “hyperandrogenism,” which can cause increased cardiovascular risk, “irreversible changes to the vocal cords,” “clitoromegaly and atrophy of the lining of the uterus and vagina,” as well as “ovarian and breast cancer.” Id., at 772– 779. Giving high doses of estrogen to boys induces “hyperestrogenemia,” which can produce similarly severe side effects including, among other things, increased cardiovascular risk, breast cancer, and sexual dysfunction. Id., at 779– 781. And, for girls and boys alike, “it is generally accepted, even by advocates of transgender hormone therapy, that hormonal treatment impairs fertility, which may be irreversible.” Id., at 520–521; accord, W. Hembree et al., Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 102 J. Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 3869, 3882 (2017) (ES Guidelines).

this, from Thomas, is another example of the transphobes citing *the effects we want* as negatives and excluding any and all context. "Irreversible changes to the vocal cords" is what I WANT out of T.

The Cardio risk is in line with cis men. Same with the cancer risk. It's all bullshit.

All 50 States Participate in Anti-Trump 'No Kings' Protests — See Photos The protests took place in New York, Atlanta, Dallas, and beyond.

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Given that the shooter/murderer was impersonating a police officer, every person claiming to be ICE /HSI/FBI/Military/LEO must be REQUIRED to show valid ID at all times. Also, just assume that all of them are murderers or complicit.
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