Susan Forrest

Into the Darkness I: Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself

Talia’s new Sunday article substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Another podcast @talia-mae.bsky.social

Judith Butler and Talia Mae Bettcher talk philosophy, personhood, resistance University of Minnesota Press · Episode

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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file…

Your periodic reminder that you have the right to find out why your health insurer denied your claim.

We built a tool to help you do it: projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

when they go low, we go Jasmine Crockett @repjasmine.bsky.social 🔥

The important thing here is that some brave people said NO and they WALKED AWAY

HIV prevention was making great strides. Then Trump’s budget axe fell CDC layoffs and program cuts gutted branches responsible for a slew of HIV prevention services, imperiling decades of progress.

www.statnews.com/2025/04/07/h...

No one is talking about std/sti protection in the context of title 10 cuts. Or are they? If there’s any reporting on this please let me know.

HIV seropositivity and viral non-suppression in transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse people in primary care receiving gender-affirming hormone therapy in the USA between 2013 and 2019 (LEGACY):... Gender-affirming care is important for optimising HIV outcomes among trans people. Our results underscore the vital role of gender-affirming models of care and access to gender-affirming hormone thera...

"Gender-affirming care is important for optimising HIV outcomes among trans people. Our results underscore the vital role of gender-affirming models of care and access to gender-affirming hormone therapy for trans people."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

San Francisco limits access to drug-use supplies: Will it help, or make things even worse? The city will prohibit the distribution of safe drug use supplies, unless the outfits distributing them offer counseling services or connections to care.

"San Francisco will no longer allow the distribution of safe drug use supplies, including sterile syringes and smoking kits, unless the outfits distributing the supplies offer counseling services or connect recipients to services, the Mayor’s Office announced on Wed"
missionlocal.org/2025/04/san-...

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@talia-mae.bsky.social gave a talk in Pasadena today. #transphoria #transphilosophy

Trans Identity with Talia Mae Bettcher Overthink · Episode

@talia-mae.bsky.social #transphilosophy #transphoria #transthinkers
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No Cis Person Will Read This Essay When you say 'cis person,' I hear 'transphobe'

An article by a friend
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News Brief: Musk Goes Full Alex Jones as Media Belatedly Mentions the Dreaded "I" Word | Citations Needed Get more from Citations Needed on Patreon

In this Patreon News Brief, "Musk Goes Full Alex Jones as Media Belatedly Mentions the Dreaded 'i' Word," we update the latest on Musk's far right coup of the regulatory state and detail how some outlets are slowly, coyly, mentioning DOGE's ideological agenda.

Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern

As measures preventing drug poisoning injuries are under attack in Ontario and other provinces, this is an ever more important webinar.

Brain injury after non-fatal overdose: A rising concern

Register and listen to speakers who understand the issues.
www.catie.ca/brain-injury...

It is shameful that RAINN, representing sexually abused people, erased trans people because they are scared of Trump.

To any org censoring themselves: you cannot jettison trans to save yourself. Yes, if you don't, other groups may suffer, and you might too.

But we are all in this together.

How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you If you want to know how to delete your Facebook account, follow these steps to get rid of it, and also save anything you want to keep.

If you are so inclined, here's "How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you. Meta has buried account deletion and deactivation within your Facebook settings, but we found them." www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-d...

YouTube video by Cal State LA Department of Philosophy The Philosophy of María Lugones Meets Transgender Studies: A Complex Conversation

A super fascinating conversation between @talia-mae.bsky.social, @hilmalatino.bsky.social, PJ DiPietro and Andrea Pitts. Some great house pets even make an appearance in the last 30 minutes or so.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3y...

Okay. This is long but/and a) worth reading and b) it's well TOC'd so you can skip around, which the author encourages if the alternative is dusty tab shelving.
Those of us in the intersection of Wanting to Deal with Books and Not Knowing WTF to Do Right Now are especially encouraged to read it.

@rykaaoki.bsky.social Light from Uncommon Stars

@rykaaoki.bsky.social