A late one here but for MSNBC, I wrote about JK Rowling, the UK Supreme Court judgement on trans rights, and the current state of trans freedom in the English speaking world. [www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...](
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J.K. Rowling’s war on trans people won’t stop us from existing
The world has always had trans people, and always will.
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J.K. Rowling’s war on trans people won’t stop us from existing
The world has always had trans people, and always will.
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this administration had no problems fishing andrew tate out of a romanian prison RE:
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Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social)
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or i...
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Love your life in such a way that your ex doesn't end up dancing on stage while your rival raps about you being a pedo at halftime of the biggest sporting event of the year.
This has been, by far, the worst week of news in my 9 years of covering trans issues.
I wrote about Speaker Mike Johnson's first priority fore this congress: banning about 20 total trans athletes from sports. [www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...](
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The oppressive goal at the top of Speaker Mike Johnson’s to-do list
Making Democrats look bad by defending trans women — or look bad by not defending trans women — isn’t Republicans’ end goal here.
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The oppressive goal at the top of Speaker Mike Johnson’s to-do list
Making Democrats look bad by defending trans women — or look bad by not defending trans women — isn’t Republicans’ end goal here.
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Whenever I explain that almost 95% of the disinformation that gets laundered through mainstream media comes from 10 people who are all in the same group chat together, people look at me like I'm a conspiracy theorist. But it's true. RE:
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Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net)
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first, Ryan is an anti-trans activist, not a reporter in any sense of the word. secondly, he doesn't mention how long ago this father's kid started transitioning, i could have been years ago, yet Ryan writes as if it happened yesterday and the guy has a thousand yard stare now. it's farcical. RE:
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Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com)
Ben Ryan reports on fathers being “stunned” their kids are trans, acts as if transition means death. Ben is a gay reporter. He should know th...
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There is no possible amount of shoplifting that justifies this RE:
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Shabazz Stuart (@shabazzstuart.bsky.social)
I get the need to safeguard from shoplifting but this CVS setup is insane.
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I find the whole Capitol bathroom thing just really tiring. I knew it was inevitable but christ...
A good litmus tear for how informed you are about trans athletes is whether or not you previously knew that no sports governing body has ever produced a study of actual trans bodies to justify banning trans women from sports.