Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice
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ARC strengthens gender justice movements by connecting and resourcing advocates across prison walls.
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NEW: Protestors turn up the heart on Fenway Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center that recently pulled transtion care from all patients under 19.
Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Defiant Protests Target Fenway Health As Youth Care Ends — Assigned
Organizers spanning generations converged to demand the LGBTQ+ community health center reinstate gender-affirming care for patients under 19.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NEW: Protestors turn up the heart on Fenway Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center that recently pulled transtion care from all patients under 19.
Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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New Yorkers will not sit idly by while the Trump administration continues to separate families, detain & arrest immigrants or threatens to send troops to our city.
Join us to #ProtectOurFutures and register for the citywide call tomorrow (10/29) at 7PM: HandsOffNYC.com
Join us to #ProtectOurFutures and register for the citywide call tomorrow (10/29) at 7PM: HandsOffNYC.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New Yorkers will not sit idly by while the Trump administration continues to separate families, detain & arrest immigrants or threatens to send troops to our city.
Join us to #ProtectOurFutures and register for the citywide call tomorrow (10/29) at 7PM: HandsOffNYC.com
Join us to #ProtectOurFutures and register for the citywide call tomorrow (10/29) at 7PM: HandsOffNYC.com
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At some point, the people of the US are going to have to ask themselves why in 2025, we still have a system of "democracy" that is intentionally designed to give the 60% of pro ethno-state white voters more power than everyone else in the country combined.
Questions for the 40% of white folk.
Questions for the 40% of white folk.
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
At some point, the people of the US are going to have to ask themselves why in 2025, we still have a system of "democracy" that is intentionally designed to give the 60% of pro ethno-state white voters more power than everyone else in the country combined.
Questions for the 40% of white folk.
Questions for the 40% of white folk.
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay, all governments should commit to moving away from coercive mental healthcare practices.
Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.
Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.
On Mental Health Day, End Coercion, Embrace Dignity
Hauwa, a 25-year-old woman, was lying on the floor, shackled, and barely alive when Human Rights Watch found her in November 2024 in a state-run institution in Kano, Nigeria. She was deaf and had a me...
www.hrw.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, all governments should commit to moving away from coercive mental healthcare practices.
Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.
Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.
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"This isn't the America I know"
Black People:
Black People:
September 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"This isn't the America I know"
Black People:
Black People:
Day 2 of our Week of Action for incarcerated survivors! From Miley:
"I was comfortable on the West side of the prison. I did NOTHING to get moved off of that block! I was at my PRAT assessment Gender Review Committee and I was asked do you feel comfortable on JA block?
"I was comfortable on the West side of the prison. I did NOTHING to get moved off of that block! I was at my PRAT assessment Gender Review Committee and I was asked do you feel comfortable on JA block?
September 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Day 2 of our Week of Action for incarcerated survivors! From Miley:
"I was comfortable on the West side of the prison. I did NOTHING to get moved off of that block! I was at my PRAT assessment Gender Review Committee and I was asked do you feel comfortable on JA block?
"I was comfortable on the West side of the prison. I did NOTHING to get moved off of that block! I was at my PRAT assessment Gender Review Committee and I was asked do you feel comfortable on JA block?
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“I want people to know that my mom’s medications were taken away and not returned,” Nory told MSNBC in Quetzaltenango on Aug. 27. Through tears after her mother’s death, she repeated: “They took away my mother’s medicine. I had no way to help her.”
The death of Estela Ramos Baten
Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother Estela were deported after a routine check-in. Two months later, Estela was buried with Guatemalan and U.S. flags draped over her coffin.
www.msnbc.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“I want people to know that my mom’s medications were taken away and not returned,” Nory told MSNBC in Quetzaltenango on Aug. 27. Through tears after her mother’s death, she repeated: “They took away my mother’s medicine. I had no way to help her.”
Day 1 of week of action with Noel: “I feel so alone fighting against a system that doesn't exist. Now, don't think for a moment I don't appreciate you and what you're doing. It's just that I'm here alone trying to fight through this nightmare of depression.
September 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Day 1 of week of action with Noel: “I feel so alone fighting against a system that doesn't exist. Now, don't think for a moment I don't appreciate you and what you're doing. It's just that I'm here alone trying to fight through this nightmare of depression.
Join ARC's week of action for incarcerated #survivors! These #trans and cis #women are organizing campaigns to protect their and others' #health and safety in #prison. Please share, but above all, please take the actions! 5 min each, big impact.
Details: tinyurl.com/ARCActionDet...
Details: tinyurl.com/ARCActionDet...
September 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Join ARC's week of action for incarcerated #survivors! These #trans and cis #women are organizing campaigns to protect their and others' #health and safety in #prison. Please share, but above all, please take the actions! 5 min each, big impact.
Details: tinyurl.com/ARCActionDet...
Details: tinyurl.com/ARCActionDet...
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If you’re distressed watching the transphobic nightmare unfold, a great way to support trans people is to become a penpal to an imprisoned trans person.
@powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social
@powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If you’re distressed watching the transphobic nightmare unfold, a great way to support trans people is to become a penpal to an imprisoned trans person.
@powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social
@powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social
LAST CHANCE to submit a comment to oppose taking hormones away from #trans people in Georgia prisons! Please take 5-10 minutes NOW to show up for our trans family inside. #Abolition #AbolitionFeminism #AbolitionAction cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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August 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
LAST CHANCE to submit a comment to oppose taking hormones away from #trans people in Georgia prisons! Please take 5-10 minutes NOW to show up for our trans family inside. #Abolition #AbolitionFeminism #AbolitionAction cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...
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Once I had a draft, I asked some of the smartest organizers I know for their input, and listened to folks already grappling with Trump's militant escalations in L.A. and D.C. What was ultimately shaped by these conversations is a set of questions that can help guide our preparations for this crisis.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Once I had a draft, I asked some of the smartest organizers I know for their input, and listened to folks already grappling with Trump's militant escalations in L.A. and D.C. What was ultimately shaped by these conversations is a set of questions that can help guide our preparations for this crisis.
Action alert!! ARC member Nadirah Ali, a Black woman in prison in PA, has terrible pain in her back, hips, and legs, to the point she is bent over even when she is just sitting in her wheelchair. Her legs and feet are swollen, and she has a hematoma on her leg that is not getting any better.
August 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Action alert!! ARC member Nadirah Ali, a Black woman in prison in PA, has terrible pain in her back, hips, and legs, to the point she is bent over even when she is just sitting in her wheelchair. Her legs and feet are swollen, and she has a hematoma on her leg that is not getting any better.
Can you donate to support Rayne and all of our members so they can do their brilliant work more efficiently and with less barriers?
August 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Can you donate to support Rayne and all of our members so they can do their brilliant work more efficiently and with less barriers?
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Reminder! ⏰ There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar all about IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA — learn what’s going on with education rights and what you can do. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us on Thu 7/31 for “IDEA, 504, and ADA — what are they and why do they matter?”! Public education is important, and we cannot let disabled students lose these rights. Register and learn what’s happening and how to fight back: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Reminder! ⏰ There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar all about IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA — learn what’s going on with education rights and what you can do. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
ARC is thrilled to share that a group of folks doing trans solidarity work across prison walls are throwing a COVID-safe concert in New Haven and online. All proceeds will go to trans people in prison!
Old Milk Mooney,Jesse Wilson, Old, Mother Juniper, and Fuzzy Dunlop!
More Soon!!!!
Old Milk Mooney,Jesse Wilson, Old, Mother Juniper, and Fuzzy Dunlop!
More Soon!!!!
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
ARC is thrilled to share that a group of folks doing trans solidarity work across prison walls are throwing a COVID-safe concert in New Haven and online. All proceeds will go to trans people in prison!
Old Milk Mooney,Jesse Wilson, Old, Mother Juniper, and Fuzzy Dunlop!
More Soon!!!!
Old Milk Mooney,Jesse Wilson, Old, Mother Juniper, and Fuzzy Dunlop!
More Soon!!!!
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In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
July 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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After 10 hours of debate, “vote-a-rama” (when senators can propose endless changes to a bill that their colleagues then need to vote on) will begin. Submit your ideas for amendments so Democrats can delay for as long as possible with a record-breaking vote-a-rama. 👇
Propose an Amendment To Delay and Disrupt the Reconciliation Bill
Senate Republicans want to vote on their Medicaid-slashing, billionaire-enriching reconciliation bill this weekend, and that means a “vote-a-rama,” when senators can propose endless changes that their...
act.indivisible.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
After 10 hours of debate, “vote-a-rama” (when senators can propose endless changes to a bill that their colleagues then need to vote on) will begin. Submit your ideas for amendments so Democrats can delay for as long as possible with a record-breaking vote-a-rama. 👇
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Late last night, Senate Republicans voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam.
But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today.
Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today.
Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
Senate Republicans advance Trump's tax and spending cuts bill after dramatic late-night vote
Senate Republicans cleared a key procedural step as they race to pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.
apnews.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Late last night, Senate Republicans voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam.
But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today.
Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today.
Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
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“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
www.tpr.org
June 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.
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We knew this about this Supreme Court. I guess everyone is on the same page now that the courts will not "save" us. The question is really how to save ourselves. On that, we need a lot more people doing a lot of different things for many years.
A column I wish I never had to write: The SCOTUS has washed its hands of its duty to be a check against tyrannical actions of the executive. As someone who has dedicated my career to protecting the rule of law, I’m profoundly shaken. Heaven help our nation. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/25/o...
The courts will not save us from tyranny - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court just washed its hands of its role in upholding the rule of law, the foundational principle that laws are meant to be followed by everyone, the government included, if we are to have ...
www.bostonglobe.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We knew this about this Supreme Court. I guess everyone is on the same page now that the courts will not "save" us. The question is really how to save ourselves. On that, we need a lot more people doing a lot of different things for many years.
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The federal government could announce tomorrow that it will no longer recognize same-sex marriages and every single person in one would need to sue to enforce the recognition of their marriage. If you can't sue, it won't be recognized.
No right is safe.
No right is safe.
Sotomayor issues a blistering dissent that states plainly that this decision renders constitutional protections meaningless.
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The federal government could announce tomorrow that it will no longer recognize same-sex marriages and every single person in one would need to sue to enforce the recognition of their marriage. If you can't sue, it won't be recognized.
No right is safe.
No right is safe.
The decision in Casa v Trump today is mind boggling and, frankly, fascist. Justice Jackson says it: "The majority’s ruling gives the Executive the go-ahead to sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate."
www.supremecourt.gov
June 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The decision in Casa v Trump today is mind boggling and, frankly, fascist. Justice Jackson says it: "The majority’s ruling gives the Executive the go-ahead to sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate."