Nisa

Lmao very belated in seeing this but real…

4 months later and I am still feeling this

That is so darksided lmao

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-based care not only threatens patient health and well-being, but also undermines the integrity of our healthcare system in its entirety,” said Alex Sheldon (they/them), GLMA executive director. “Today's intervention by the court underscores the cruelty and recklessness that is embedded in this order and affirms our commitment to resist the administration’s extremist agenda that targets trans and non-binary young people and privileges political ideology over medical expertise. We are hopeful that…

In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspensions and continue to provide healthcare and act in their best medical judgment without risking their funding or worse. “The president’s orders sought to take away from transgender young people the very care that they, their families, and their medical providers all agree is best for them – medical care that is evidence-based and well-established. But these decisions are for patients, their families, and their doctors to make, not for politicians or Washington bureaucrats,” said Omar Gonzale…

Incredible news!

The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.

The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.

ACLU statement here:

Susan Faludi talks about this in "Backlash" too: In the '80s tons of men were told 'we can't hire you because we have to hire a woman' even though companies weren't hiring very many women. Managers were just too chickenshit to tell men they weren't qualified.

Absolutely hate “we went too far” revisionist history. “We all believed women and it went too far.” No we did not all believe women. I was there

Gofundme should not be our national safety net

This fuckin' rules!!!

Additional news: Robbie Williams Monkey biopic is like. Shockingly good

French mutuals I am pouring one out with you right now. Celebration time!!!

I mean this in the least misogynistic way possible but it’s funny how much Edgeworth just does NOT like women lol

Every edgeworth and Eustace interaction feels like this

Verrrry tipsy but happy new year bsky lovelies !!! ❤️❤️❤️

Forgot to post on here my favourite first listens of 2024! First two rows are my favourite things I’ve listened to that released this year and the other rows are my favourite first listens that were released in other years. Cheers to more good stuff in 2025!

Ace attorney investigations is great cause it’s an excuse to see edgeworth make this expression constantly

For @twentyuno.bsky.social since bsky still won’t allow me to send images in DM’s

people really need to remember the printer gun post in times like this.

lol

Playing turnabout goodbyes for the first time was like a slap in the face. What do you mean you became a lawyer just so you could talk with this guy you haven’t seen since THIRD GRADE

The funny thing about playing ace attorney for the first time is that you really aren’t prepared for gay it is. Like going in you think there’s only gonna be a couple of narumitsu crumbs and that’s it. But then you actually play it and it’s like oh I understand why people are so insane abt them now.

So far have only finished the first 2 cases and thought the second one was fun!! Like the presence of Franziska especially since I feel the direction they went with her character in the first trilogy was a bit of a sore spot. Will keep those others in mind!

Very excited to play that second one tho since I’ve heard many good things about it!! I know some consider it one of the best games of the whole series so I have high hopes lol

lol ofc you’re one of the few friends I know who’s majorly into those games! Had to!!

I’m actually in the middle of playing the first ace attorney investigations game! Like the change of pace in game mechanics but wish the cases themselves had more meat to them.

Oh 100% when that age gap was first revealed It def felt very strange and left a kinda bitter taste. But def helped up the dramatic stakes and I appreciated how they tried to tie in a lot together!! Good stuff

All three are very enjoyable games tho!! Had a blast playing all of them! Got the Apollo Justice trilogy and AA Investigations recently (plus the great ace attorney a while back) so I’m excited to sink into those as well!!!

trials and tribulations has some of the bits that have aged the most poorly but is the most cohesive. Phoenix Wright has the most entertaining ‘case 3’ and lots of edgeworth but is too long. Justice For All has probs the best case in the whole trilogy but the rest just kinda pales in comparison lol

I have finally finished playing the first ace attorney trilogy and so far my game ranking is: Trials and Tribulations > Phoenix Wright > Justice For All 😁

as we move forward into the enshittification of Everything, i'd like to recommend stocking up on photo reference books! i have a few i got from this site and they've been absolute lifesavers www.animebooks.com/referenceboo...

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

i love when they interview judith butler english.elpais.com/culture/2024...

Aquarium Drunkard : 2024 Year in Review : Aquarium Drunkard The records from 2024 that held our attention, our year-end list casts a wide net, with listening selections for every mood and beyond.

Aquarium Drunkard's year-end list is always the coolest, where despite listening to ~200 new albums a year, I still find dozens of things I haven't heard of, almost all of which are deeply awesome aquariumdrunkard.com/2024/12/09/a...