Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen

It’s so fun! Stupid, silly, lighthearted fun! 🐍

100%! Thank you for fighting for your kiddo

More of this.

I have a trans kid & they don't understand why people have so many questions about them.

I've said to kiddo answer if you find it comfortable, if you're uncomfortable send them to ask me.

People can have questions, the big BUT is find people happy to answer them or organisations.

Do you want to learn how to talk about trans issues with your friends and family without devolving into name calling? Do you have questions about what it’s like to be trans that you’re reluctant to ask for scared of being cancelled? Do you work at a company or organization that’s stumped on what to say about trans issues? Reach out to me. I do workshops and speaking events and more on all of this. I got you

Let’s change hearts and minds for trans acceptance 🏳️‍⚧️

Headline: “Meet Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, The Trevor Project’s New Voice Shaping Transgender Conversations”

Wow, thank you Gayety for this beautiful profile. 🥹

I’m committed to persuasion over polarization, and honored to focus on that at The Trevor Project.

If we want everyday trans youth around the country to have a brighter future, we simply must go beyond the traditional echo chambers.

hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80

ABC News live screenshot. Headline is, “HHS limits gender-affirming care for minors”. News anchor and two guests.

Being a teenager is hard enough. I can't imagine being a young trans person these days, trying to figure out who I am while seeing constant headlines that I don't belong, that I don’t deserve something as essential as healthcare.

Thanks ABC News for having Dr. Ladinsky & me on.

#TransHealthcare

Anti-trans sports bans lack any nuance.

Here’s a trans woman excluded in DARTS! 🎯

We need rules for fairness, but these blanket bans are so sweeping that they treat archery & bowling the same as football & basketball, and apply to everyone from elite college athletes to elementary schoolers.

Our counselors at The Trevor Project regularly hear from transgender youth who are scared and anxious over the anti-trans politics they’re hearing about in the news.
Even when these bills fail to pass, the rising anti-trans rhetoric hurts our young people’s mental health 💔

The Trevor Project: It’s Time for Americans To Get Familiar With Transgender People, Not Transgender Politics | Opinion Transgender people are people; and we are all just trying to get through our day—today, and every day—just like anyone else.

🔗 to the full op-ed

www.newsweek.com/the-trevor-p...

My dad is a Vietnam vet. When I told him I was trans, he didn’t get it. Most parents don’t.

Later he told me: when you’re in a foxhole, you don’t care who the guy next to you is, only if he has your back.

Change can happen.

Thank you @newsweek.com for publishing this for #TransAwarenessWeek

Shout out to National Hispanic Media Coalition for an inspiring night!
Celebrating all of the deserving honorees building bridges in the world of policy & tech 💻 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 🧡
#NHMCImpact
@nhmc.bsky.social
@trevorproject.bsky.social

I’m starting a new job!

My mission has long been to stop LGBTQ, and especially trans, people from being seen as political footballs and start getting us seen as real people - your friends, families, neighbors.

Now I get to focus on that at @trevorproject.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈

So proud to join this team 🚀

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It's Banned Books Week! Join us this year as we celebrate the freedom to read whatever we choose – free from government interference. Being able to learn about and engage with new ideas, especially those we may disagree with, is foundational to any healthy democracy.

Hello new followers! 👋🏼
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️‍⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛

Cat sitting inside a cardboard box

Cat sitting in a paper bag from Trader Joe’s

We bought Tootie many comfy cat beds. She prefers trash.
#catsofbluesky

🔗 www.littlereadersbigchange.org/programs/p/r...

📗 It gives reassurance and answers in an approachable, easy to read way.

📖 Donating a copy to a school, library, or community center will get this book in the hands of those who need it most.

#TransFamilies #TransYouth #TransBooks

📚 Looking for a concrete thing to do on trans rights? Put this book in a library!

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.

Thank you for this cute quote graphic! 🤗

Aw thank you for posting!

Oh, you can do that?!

I know the pace of harmful legislation is swift and relentless.

But we have a tremendous record of stopping/removing harmful anti-LGBTQ+ provisions this year

We can stop this, too.

We just need to keep speaking up.

Beautiful day on the Potomac River with my husband ☀️

Congrats to AIDS United on a beautiful event! My mom and I had a lovely time. As a Republican member of Congress, she continuously fought for PEPFAR, and is still doing so today with partners like @globalequality.bsky.social

Say hello to Tootie, the new queen of our household! 👑
#catsofbluesky
#catsfortransrights

Kamora Woods, a Black transgender woman, was murdered. There is so much violence against trans women, especially Black trans women, when society treats some people as more disposable than others.

The biggest differences are that the work should have begun earlier, opponents of inclusion have far deeper pockets and more sympathetic media environments, and we are talking about a smaller population with less familiarity.

We are starting from behind with fewer resources.

But we can do this! 🌈

While there are unique qualities that led to same-sex marriage shifts; the biggest was people having literally thousands of conversations with friends, family, and neighbors.

It will take time and investment, but we can do the same on trans rights - and some of us already are.

🏳️‍🌈 Sometimes folks are surprised to learn that trans men can be gay too. Just as non-trans men and women can be any sexual orientation, so can trans people. Thank you to @lgbtqnation.com for inviting me to write about my process of self-realization as a gay trans man ✨