What's so insidious about this particular line is that it sets a framework for courts to bless any number of coercive measures by state and federal governments to get people to not transition. It establishes coercing people not to transition as a legitimate government interest.
I spent the last week writing up this essay on what it means to be trans in this moment. What it means to live under authoritarianism as the scapegoated minority of the moment and how it feels inescapable as an infinite loop.
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1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
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The New York Times coverage of trans issues has repeatedly resulted in experts and others complaining that their words were twisted and misrepresented... but only those quoted from on trans supportive side have that complaint.
Coincidence or eliminationism? @billiejsweeney.bsky.social dives in.
I love how cis people are throwing parties in states where trans people can be arrested for using the bathroom at the airport if they tried to go.
A 4th circuit panel of Republican appointees has ruled that Medicaid coverage bans on gender affirming care for adults are not unconstitutional. They cited Skrmetti 70 times in the decision. The en banc circuit court previously found it unconstitutional.
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***Taps the sign.
What's remarkable is how they cast widely prescribed drugs, available in much of the world without a prescription as "potent, experimental medications." News outlets regularly report cis people taking them without issue. It's pure fear mongering.
This Trans Month of Visibility, A4TE invites you to join us in two special online sessions where you'll learn more about fighting back against discrimination in healthcare and the workplace, and how to safely participate in direct action events. Register below! (1/3)
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
1. Major news out of San Jose State University.
The University has REJECTED Trump's demands to ban trans people from bathrooms, dorms, and other facilities.
This comes after Trump threatened them for once having a trans student athlete.
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This disgusting shit doesn’t belong in American society.
And Republicans who support it don’t belong in Congress.
I really, really don't like "oh trans people are just a tiny powerless population with no impact on anything, all these laws are just a distraction" tack and believe it's detrimental to the fight for our liberation, for several reasons.
So...🧵
Literally everything the Heritage Foundation suggests is nauseating
“The state’s proposed “trigger laws,” …are direct challenges to Plyler v. Doe, a narrowly decided 1982 Supreme Court case that enshrined the right to a free K–12 public education regardless of immigration status.”
"By July 2025, more than 300,000 Black women had exited the workforce, and that number scaled to 600,000 in November."
"You talk about trans issues by saying they are a distraction and also pointing out there are so few of us that it isn't worthwhile dedicating time to persecuting us" is not the fuckin woke win that I see people portraying it as and it sucks
IF Gavin Newsom is on a ballot
THEN me and many others will refuse to vote for him
THEREFORE instead of bitching at me and others like me
YOU should take the *years* you have and make sure that doesn't happen if you actually fucking care
BECAUSE my position is immutable
Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
In the U.S., I'd been used to thinking of the 2017 Values Voters Summit as the big divide & conquer strategy genesis moment, & hadn't seen reference to this before.
Even in the states, though we had earlier rumblings
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1. The New Hampshire House has passed a public building bathroom ban that says it is a violation of the state civil rights act for a trans person to "assert" their identity gives them access to a bathroom.
It bans them from public bathrooms across the state.
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NEW: The White House confirmed that Trump is pushing congressional lawmakers to make additions to the SAVE America Act specifically targeting transgender people — a move that appears to be weaponizing culture-war issues to pressure Republicans to back the suppressive bill.
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H Con Res 38 fails 212-219. 4 Dems voted against it. On to motion to recommit HR 7744, the carbon copy of HR 7147.
Floor of the US House Chyron: on motion to suspend the rules and agree H Res 1099 Republican: Yea, 215, Nay 0, Pres 0, NV 3 Democratic: Yea, 157. Nay 53, Pres 2, NV 2 Totals: Yea, 372, Nay 53, Pres 2, NV 5
157 Democratic members of the House just voted yea for a resolution that confirms they agree with the Trump administration's reasoning for starting with a war with Iran.
It passes 372-53-2
Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
BREAKING: @aoc.bsky.social just came out swinging in the House E&C hearing against dangerous & misguided "age verification" legislation (aka online ID checks) that would force everyone to upload government ID or get a face scan before accessing content or posting online.
Video incoming. This is big
For @ms.now I wrote about how progressive in the NC statehouse primary sent a warning to centrist Dems with a penchant for collaborating with Republicans on culture war issues like ICE and trans issues. www.ms.now/opinion/nort...
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The Florida Senate just PASSED the “Anti-Diversity in Local Government” bill (HB 1001 / SB 1134).
The bill is still up for a vote in the House.
Call the Speaker of the House and tell him to oppose HB 1001/SB 1134:
📞 House Speaker Daniel Perez — (850) 717-5000
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
Gotta love how expertise and relevant experience are portrayed as reasons to hold a person's takes as suspect.
