s. baum

rapid onset traumatic flashback—shit wait no that’s just ptsd

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons The Bureau of Prisons is subjecting trans people to conversion therapy and denying them care with the goal of helping them "recover." It's trying to prove dangerous conversion practices can work.

Under a new policy released Thursday, the Trump Administration will test conversion therapy on trans people in prisons. It explicitly states that it aims to help trans people “recover,” all the while forcibly detransitioning them both medically and socially.

transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

btw it is still Black History Month which is inextricably linked to queer history! so if you still have some funds to spare i highly recommend checking out this list compiled by them magazine, which includes a ton of great orgs led by and for Black trans folks

bsky.app/profile/tran...

UPDATE from @tolariancommunitycollege.com

After our article, the @translifeline.org fundraiser skyrocketed to to $600k—a new record! And then IT KEPT GOING to $620k!

Couldn't have done it without the amazing MTG community & @erininthemorning.com's awesome readers :) be trans do magic!!!

#DeTransLaw Public Service:

Since the Fox Varian Case Files Remain Sealed and we accessed them before trial, if you're interested I'm organizing them to a public drive.

Currently includes Affidavits, Depositions and more.

Don't pay a grifter for access to them.

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

A Day for Gaza Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...

ICE is afraid of children protesting “Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”

ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...

this post is gettin a lot of love! just wanna remind folks that Black trans history never ended! u can support black trans lives TODAY!

THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class For Black History Month, we’re honoring these Black trans pioneers from across America.

It's black history month, and so our writer S. Baum decided to cover black trans people you may not hear about in your history classes.

Go read their latest piece, and don't forget to subscribe to support our journalism.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/black-tran...

for black history month - who or what are the best places to donate to black trans folks specifically!

Borders also keep you in

What is Nick Shirley? Slop doesn’t need to be AI-generated

The violent occupation of Minneapolis started with a vlog. I've wanted to find a framework to describe Nick Shirley & others like him: "Influencer" is too quaint. "Journalist" is obviously wrong.

I landed on "slopagandist."

Gift link (open in a web browser) www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.

1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature.

It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.

The House is voting on it today.

Hostile Press Lookbook Here are some dishonest rage farmers that you should never talk to on camera. You can used the filter and sort functions to create your own view. There are page navigations at the bottom of the embed...

If you are on the ground at a protest and not sure if a journalist is safe to talk to, check out our hostile journalist lookbook! Sometimes it takes a minute to load, apologies for any pokeyness.

I want to bring you so much cool journalism in 2026. I want to bring you a story on trans people coping with mental health crises by @sandyernestallen.bsky.social. I want to bring you a series on resilience from @veraeikon.bsky.social. I want to go to ME and report on queers organizing against ICE.

We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing "the" labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant. 9,742 L7 19.4K 43.8K 个 AP The Associated Press @AP Replying to @APStylebook The use of "the French" in this tweet by @AP was inappropriate and has caused unintended offense. An updated tweet is upcoming. 12:18 AM • Jan 27, 2023 • 382.8K Views

Happy 3 year anniversary to this post

Who are some other good journalists that work for local news outlets I can follow?

The Weight of Breasts That Aren’t There | Kit Eginton | The Hypocrite Reader A biannual leftist magazine of useful, unexpected writing.

i didnt come up with this its a kit eginton quote tbqh www.hypocritereader.com/97/breasts-t...

"...it seems not too big of a leap to wonder whether helping individuals transition and helping the working class 'transition' might be mutually reinforcing forms of political work.

It is just possible that in order to successfully treat gender dysphoria, we have to give people a future."

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The collective shame we all feel tonight is only a fraction of what we will feel if we fail to stop it again.

Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.

This is a must read by the brilliant @silkys13.bsky.social

truthout.org/articles/tru...

I'm sorry, but when the only two people to publicly claim they've received "FBI letters" are a 22-y.o. essayist and an Instagram fashion model, it should fill your gut with doubt.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports.

And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.”

Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

Hey everyone,

We literally just added 100 more trans girl scouts to the trans girl scout cookie list. The list is bigger than it has ever been in EITM history.

Go get some cookies and make a trans scout's day!

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.

dilbert dies in darkness

reminder: if you go to settings on this app (or most apps) you can turn off autoplay on videos and gifs

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

ICE has recently bought the capability of monitoring the location histories of entire neighborhoods worth of phones. The data is likely harvested from apps that sell your data, which filters up through data brokers and eventually to companies that sell to ICE:

www.404media.co/inside-ices-...

important message to all bluesky users