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Art Blake
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academic. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈. historian of 🇺🇸but writing about trans/queer 1970s 🇬🇧. settler in Dish with One Spoon territory. 🇬🇧 working in 🇨🇦.
May 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Attendees at the #RDconf last Saturday voted on an emergency motion to show their opposition to the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
Read the motion below 👇

BMA-wide policy is set at the Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in June 2025.
April 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Proud to work with colleagues who have joined together to write such a strong statement of our expertise and values!
May 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Hell of a closer.

"Although much of the administration’s focus has been on what it sees as endemic antisemitism on American campuses, it also paused about $175 million in funding for the University of Pennsylvania because it had allowed a transgender woman onto its women’s swim team in 2022."
Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard
The move follows the cancellation of roughly $400 million in funding for Columbia, and suspension of $175 million for the University of Pennsylvania.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Five things cis people can do for Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31). A 6th you can do is not expect trans people to organize your org’s TDOV event! www.instagram.com/p/DH3OFfUvbE...
March 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
National security group chat.
#whyworry
March 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This really helps right now. #LambriniGirls
Lambrini Girls - Big Dick Energy (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Lambrini Girls
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March 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
www.instagram.com/reel/DG5662X... Monica Helms — she created the trans flag 🏳️‍⚧️ Thank you Monica!
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March 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It’s literally a shit show now.
March 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Letter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages, signed by LGBTQ+ historians and authors, including Jonathan Ned Katz, John D'Emilio, Jack Halberstam, Marc Stein and Hugh Ryan.
Letter on Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web Pages
Letter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages Signatures closed at 5 P.M. EST on February 19, 2025. If you are a journalist writing about this issue o...
docs.google.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
No more “Mister Nice Trans Guy.” I’m pissed off and ready to fight.
February 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
US hospitals suspend healthcare for transgender youth after Trump order
February 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
January 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
December 27-30: the perineum of the holiday season.
December 28, 2024 at 5:01 PM
@cityoftoronto.bsky.social I couldn’t get an “oversized item” out to the curb by myself—too heavy for me alone. Does that mean I get no city garbage pick up?
December 6, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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The pushback has begun! Thank you Julia ❤️ Those of us in Canada can bear witness, offer support, & increase the international reach of our 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 kin in the 🇺🇸. #LGBTQNotGoingBack
December 4, 2024 at 3:25 AM
“Trans people scramble to stockpile medication ahead of Trump presidency.” The nightmare begins to unfold in 🇺🇸. And watch the Supreme Court hearing US vs Skrmetti on Weds on banning gender-affirming care for #trans youth. 🏳️‍⚧️
December 2, 2024 at 8:27 PM
December 1, 2024 at 4:50 AM
I just subscribed to Erin Reed’s excellent & necessary journalism. If you’re in Canada 🇨🇦 the subscribe link takes you to a Canadian $ version 😃 Please join me in supporting Erin & the news you need now more than ever.
1. On Wednesday, Nancy Mace announced a federal bathroom ban proposal.

If it becomes law, it will impact major DC airports like Reagan and Dulles, and could snarl travel in the leadup to world pride, which is expecting over 3,000,000 LGBTQ+ visitors.

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Nancy Mace's Federal Trans Bathroom Ban Would Apply To Major Airports, Hindering Travel
Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who has targeted Congresswoman Sarah McBride with a bathroom ban in the capitol, is now pushing a sweeping federal bathroom ban for trans people.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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In 9 days my colleague @chasestrangio.bsky.social will become the first transgender litigator to argue before the Supreme Court. He'll be representing three trans teenagers and their families in a challenge to TN's ban on hormone therapies for trans people under 18 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Transgender lawyer makes history, takes case on puberty blockers and hormone therapy to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will weigh whether Tennessee's ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors is a form of sex discrimination.
www.usatoday.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Saw this gorgeous cardinal alongside 3 of his pals, and a chipmunk, in High Park yesterday. Good reminder to get myself into the park more often.
November 24, 2024 at 3:23 PM