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It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...

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In the 1950s, Alabama went after Civil rights lawyers in the NAACP for challenging segregation. Now they're going after trans lawyers for challenging anti trans laws.

Nothing ever changes.

Republicans trying to get the idea that "social, psychological, [and] behavioral" traits are inherently and inextricably tied one's "biological sex" codified into law should deeply worry everyone, trans and cis.

People are rightfully horrified about Adam being encouraged to complete suicide by chatgpt. I just wish there had been this level of outrage when all of social media a few months ago was celebrating the suicide of Charlotte Fosgate, a 17 year old trans teen.

the thing about trans rights is that we fight the civil rights issues of our time. nazi chuds have made this the issue of our time.

it's not more *important* than other civil rights issues, but it is the battleground of the moment, and we have to meet the moment to support everyone's rights.

Pete Buttigieg weighs in on ‘fairness’ of transgender kids playing girls’ sports He said he rejected blanket policies about trans participation in sports.

He blames this moral panic on “politicians in Washington trying to use this as a political pawn,” which is exactly right, but then says that transphobic parents have legitimate concerns about “fairness in sports.” That’s just not true, and Dems must stop validating this fascist campaign.

headline: "democrats lost voters on transgender rights."
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It is just so weird how obsessed republicans are with the genitalia of minors. Healthcare should be a conversation between a person, their doctor, maybe a therapist and if a minor their parents. Get the government out of it as much as possible.

Instead of working to protect Americans' privacy, today the FTC is hosting what amounts to an anti-trans rally. Nobody is more obsessed with controlling the private decisions of the American people than Republicans.

Do Trans Women Belong In Sports? The question of trans women in sports has little to do with the cultural practice of sport itself. Rather, it’s merely a convenient way of normalizing transphobia.

"The question of trans women in sports has little to do with the cultural practice of sport itself. Rather, it’s merely a convenient way of normalizing transphobia: the thin end of the ‘wedge’, as it were." www.liberalcurrents.com/do-trans-wom...

Necessary reading (for Dems who need to grow a spine).

Surprise surprise. A week after Sarah McBride gives cover fire for throwing trans people under the bus, some Dems are privately indicating they’ll capitulate on trans youth healthcare and citing the pseudoscientific Cass Report literally drafted in consultation with hate groups.

“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change as long as 50%+1 of the country also can't accept it. I am changing the things I cannot accept but like not if it's going to make people uncomfortable.” ~Sarah McBride's Angela Davis

Sec. 9.05. (A) As used in the Revised Code: (1) "Boy" means a juvenile human male. Am. Sub. H. B. No. 96 136th G.A. 15 (2) "Female" means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell. (3) "Gender identity" means an individual's internal and subjective sense of self, disconnected from biological reality and sex and existing on an infinite continuum, that does not provide a meaningful basis for identification and cannot be recognized as a replacement for sex. (4) "Girl" means a juvenile human female. (5) "Male" means an individual belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the small reproductive cell. (6) "Man" means an adult human male. (7) "Sex" means the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth, without regard to an individual's psychological, chosen, or subjective experience of gender. (8) "Woman" means an adult human female. (B) It is the policy of the state of Ohio to recognize two sexes, male and female. These sexes are not changeable and are grounded in fundamental and incontrovertible reality.

A very scary bill just passed in Ohio for transgender folks. No one but local LGBTQ+ orgs are talking about it.

First, Ohio is only recognizing sex assigned at birth, male or female. You can get in trouble for stating otherwise on documents, I imagine. I may need to change my state ID back. 1/5

The New York Times has a very long and sordid history of victim blaming the persecuted.

www.nytimes.com/1934/06/15/a...

Rep. Sarah McBride suggests Democratic Party overplayed their hand on transgender issues | Fox News Video Rep. Sarah McBride suggested on Tuesday that the Democratic Party overplayed their hand on transgender issues over the 2024 election cycle, arguing they were too far ahead public opinion.

Note to self: If Fox News immediately picks up your interview and broadcasts it as supporting their audience's anti-trans prejudices it's prbly a good sign you've just thrown your community under the bus. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions.

This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.

If “gender critical” people were facing so much bullying and backlash that a large percentage of them died by suicide and then people mocked them by quoting that figure all the time unprovoked I might almost consider listening to their bellyaching about how everyone is so mean to them

J.B. Pritzker says don’t blame trans kids for losses by ‘do-nothing Democrats’ in fiery New Hampshire speech The billionaire called his party to task in the wake of Donald Trump's authoritarianism.

Gov. Pritzker talks the talk and walks the walk when it comes to LGBTQ+ allyship.

And wrong to boot bsky.app/profile/erin...

Trash

CNN put together a collection of clips of various Trump officials who were on the signal chat criticizing Hillary Clinton’s email server

Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back. This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

The Times defense of higher education, while welcome, still engages in a lot of the tropes that Trump is using. I would love if there was some reflection on the role the Times has played, especially on its opinion page, which has been blasting higher ed for a decade.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...

+1!