Emme Zanotti
@emmezanotti.bsky.social
politics and movement building at Equality Michigan 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️| occasional guest columnist | organizing is the cure 💪
“Hegseth” should be an actual term we adopt in the dictionary for the state of feeling like your boss is severely less competent than you.
The US military’s top brass were silent as the secretary ordered a return to the “highest male standard.”
Hegseth uses extraordinary meeting to fat-shame generals
The US military's top brass were silent as the secretary ordered a return to the "highest male standard."
www.motherjones.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“Hegseth” should be an actual term we adopt in the dictionary for the state of feeling like your boss is severely less competent than you.
Had the honor of sitting down with Robyn Vincent, of The Metro, to talk about the University of Michigan’s shameful decision to end health care for trans young people and their families. This was the final segment—one that I hope serves has a call to Michiganders to wake up before it’s too late.
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Had the honor of sitting down with Robyn Vincent, of The Metro, to talk about the University of Michigan’s shameful decision to end health care for trans young people and their families. This was the final segment—one that I hope serves has a call to Michiganders to wake up before it’s too late.
In case folks had any doubts about the fate of Michigan House R’s trans discrimination bill. Read the message Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks had for the children’s table (Matt Hall’s caucus). Moving on. 🏳️⚧️❤️
September 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
In case folks had any doubts about the fate of Michigan House R’s trans discrimination bill. Read the message Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks had for the children’s table (Matt Hall’s caucus). Moving on. 🏳️⚧️❤️
There is no ethical or fair way for a journalist to present the Trump administration’s or Republican’s perspectives on trans people and/or the health care we receive. It is dangerous sensationalism that has no place in good, responsible journalism.
August 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
There is no ethical or fair way for a journalist to present the Trump administration’s or Republican’s perspectives on trans people and/or the health care we receive. It is dangerous sensationalism that has no place in good, responsible journalism.
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Check out our new article on Michigan Voices (Literally) in collaboration with @emmezanotti.bsky.social from @actioneqmi.bsky.social 🗞️
Read and subscribe here: michiganvoices.substack.com/p/school-sho...
#michigan #backtoschool #civilrights #substack #transyouth
Read and subscribe here: michiganvoices.substack.com/p/school-sho...
#michigan #backtoschool #civilrights #substack #transyouth
August 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Check out our new article on Michigan Voices (Literally) in collaboration with @emmezanotti.bsky.social from @actioneqmi.bsky.social 🗞️
Read and subscribe here: michiganvoices.substack.com/p/school-sho...
#michigan #backtoschool #civilrights #substack #transyouth
Read and subscribe here: michiganvoices.substack.com/p/school-sho...
#michigan #backtoschool #civilrights #substack #transyouth
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Check out this podcast I did with @emmezanotti.bsky.social
Celebrating Pride and Navigating Challenges for Michigan's LGBTQIA+ Youth
YouTube video by Michigan's Children
m.youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Check out this podcast I did with @emmezanotti.bsky.social
The New York Times using the 10th anniversary of Obergefell to shit all over trans people feels crazy even for them. Maybe not though!
June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The New York Times using the 10th anniversary of Obergefell to shit all over trans people feels crazy even for them. Maybe not though!
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🚨 The Senate parliamentarian just disqualified a bunch of provisions from the GOP bill — including Medicaid provider tax language, funding restrictions based on immigration status, spread pricing and one prohibition on gender-affirming care. List via a Democratic budget aide:
June 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨 The Senate parliamentarian just disqualified a bunch of provisions from the GOP bill — including Medicaid provider tax language, funding restrictions based on immigration status, spread pricing and one prohibition on gender-affirming care. List via a Democratic budget aide:
Louder!
This is BS.
I ran for office in a red state and won with 80% of the vote. I regularly talk about my identity when I knock doors. The key is to do so a way that connects to other issues (e.g. being trans shapes how I think about ALL healthcare access, threats to education, etc.).
It's that simple.
I ran for office in a red state and won with 80% of the vote. I regularly talk about my identity when I knock doors. The key is to do so a way that connects to other issues (e.g. being trans shapes how I think about ALL healthcare access, threats to education, etc.).
It's that simple.
June 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Louder!
I co-authored this Free Press op-ed 11 months ago, in the wake of the attempted assassination on Trump’s life. That week, MAGA’s propaganda machine came out firing about their victimhood and nobody in the mainstream media was holding them to account for the havoc they’ve brought to our country,
1/9
1/9
June 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I co-authored this Free Press op-ed 11 months ago, in the wake of the attempted assassination on Trump’s life. That week, MAGA’s propaganda machine came out firing about their victimhood and nobody in the mainstream media was holding them to account for the havoc they’ve brought to our country,
1/9
1/9
Repost: Happy No Kings Day 🙅♀️👑 to all who celebrate!
June 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Repost: Happy No Kings Day 🙅♀️👑 to all who celebrate!
Conservatives (extremists) flew five paid actors from around the U.S. into Plymouth, Michigan two weeks ago to attack the school board, the community, and very specifically, transgender students. Last night, Equality Michigan and PFLAG Plymouth-Canton responded.
June 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Conservatives (extremists) flew five paid actors from around the U.S. into Plymouth, Michigan two weeks ago to attack the school board, the community, and very specifically, transgender students. Last night, Equality Michigan and PFLAG Plymouth-Canton responded.
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A good rubric for any given piece of media about "transgender issues" is asking yourself how well the author answered the question "What about the trans people?"
It seems so stupidly obvious but you'll quickly notice how discourse ostensibly about us generally avoids the consequences we face
It seems so stupidly obvious but you'll quickly notice how discourse ostensibly about us generally avoids the consequences we face
June 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A good rubric for any given piece of media about "transgender issues" is asking yourself how well the author answered the question "What about the trans people?"
It seems so stupidly obvious but you'll quickly notice how discourse ostensibly about us generally avoids the consequences we face
It seems so stupidly obvious but you'll quickly notice how discourse ostensibly about us generally avoids the consequences we face
Remarkable and important write up on Bridget LaKyra-Jean Butts and all her brilliant work. So well told by @ellenshanna.bsky.social and some insightful info provided by Kristi Gamarel.
More stories like this need to be told at such a vital time for the trans community.
More stories like this need to be told at such a vital time for the trans community.
This Black trans woman lost her job because Trump ended LGBTQ+ grants. Here's why she has hope. - LGBTQ Nation
"I've been homeless before, like, real homeless. Not like, ‘Oh, I'm sleeping on somebody's couch.’ I mean, eating out the trash."
www.lgbtqnation.com
June 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Remarkable and important write up on Bridget LaKyra-Jean Butts and all her brilliant work. So well told by @ellenshanna.bsky.social and some insightful info provided by Kristi Gamarel.
More stories like this need to be told at such a vital time for the trans community.
More stories like this need to be told at such a vital time for the trans community.
After MI House Rs passed a trans sports ban yesterday, an R staffer mistook me for another woman while I was waiting at the elevator.
I quipped, “I hope you mistook me for someone fashionable.”
Case in point. They don’t know who is trans and who isn’t. These bills will hurt all girls in our state.
I quipped, “I hope you mistook me for someone fashionable.”
Case in point. They don’t know who is trans and who isn’t. These bills will hurt all girls in our state.
May 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After MI House Rs passed a trans sports ban yesterday, an R staffer mistook me for another woman while I was waiting at the elevator.
I quipped, “I hope you mistook me for someone fashionable.”
Case in point. They don’t know who is trans and who isn’t. These bills will hurt all girls in our state.
I quipped, “I hope you mistook me for someone fashionable.”
Case in point. They don’t know who is trans and who isn’t. These bills will hurt all girls in our state.
An ode to Matt Hall and Michigan House repubs in session today
May 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
An ode to Matt Hall and Michigan House repubs in session today
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Take action and sign a petition today at bit.ly/migacp 📢🚨
May 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Take action and sign a petition today at bit.ly/migacp 📢🚨
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Gender affirming care in Michigan is safe and legal, but we have to fight to keep it that way! Learn more about the current state of care in Michigan and what you can do to help.
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Gender affirming care in Michigan is safe and legal, but we have to fight to keep it that way! Learn more about the current state of care in Michigan and what you can do to help.
The Democratic Party apparatus is built on queer and trans labor.
From funding, to campaign management, to the office staff of elected officials.
I repeat.
B U I L T on queer and trans labor.
From funding, to campaign management, to the office staff of elected officials.
I repeat.
B U I L T on queer and trans labor.
March 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Democratic Party apparatus is built on queer and trans labor.
From funding, to campaign management, to the office staff of elected officials.
I repeat.
B U I L T on queer and trans labor.
From funding, to campaign management, to the office staff of elected officials.
I repeat.
B U I L T on queer and trans labor.
@stephanielilychang.bsky.social is one of the best! So grateful for her and the Michigan Senate Dems’ leadership 💪
Lansing — The Democratic-controlled Michigan Senate approved on Tuesday a resolution in support of policies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion as Republican President Donald Trump attempts to end DEI programs within the federal government.
The Senate… #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion
The Senate… #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion
Michigan Senate approves resolution in support of diversity, equity and inclusion
Lansing — The Democratic-controlled Michigan Senate approved on Tuesday a resolution in support of policies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion as Republican President Donald Trump attempts to end DEI programs within the federal government.…
detne.ws
March 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
@stephanielilychang.bsky.social is one of the best! So grateful for her and the Michigan Senate Dems’ leadership 💪
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A landmark case at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday set a significant precedence for Trans+ rights across Europe. 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-refugees-court-case-against-hungary-just-improved-trans-rights-across-all-of-europe/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-refugees-court-case-against-hungary-just-improved-trans-rights-across-all-of-europe/
A trans refugee's court case against Hungary just improved Trans+ rights across all of Europe
A landmark case at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday set a significant precedence for Trans+ rights across Europe.
www.wearequeeraf.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A landmark case at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Thursday set a significant precedence for Trans+ rights across Europe. 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-refugees-court-case-against-hungary-just-improved-trans-rights-across-all-of-europe/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/a-trans-refugees-court-case-against-hungary-just-improved-trans-rights-across-all-of-europe/
I hope @mlive.com covering a detransition story means they will cover 102 stories of trans individuals who transitioned and are happily living their lives. Anything less is a blatant and glaring inequity in their coverage of this issue.
March 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I hope @mlive.com covering a detransition story means they will cover 102 stories of trans individuals who transitioned and are happily living their lives. Anything less is a blatant and glaring inequity in their coverage of this issue.
Michigan women have re-entered the chat 🗣️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Go off!
Go off!
March 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Michigan women have re-entered the chat 🗣️🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Go off!
Go off!
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Trans rights are human rights. There is no compromising and no ceding ground.
Equality Michigan Action Network condemns Michigan House Resolution 40, which was introduced today by Representative Jamie Greene and supported by 8 democrats, who have crossed a dangerous line.
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trans rights are human rights. There is no compromising and no ceding ground.
Girl-bossed a little too hard this weekend. Will probably get a call from my mom later 😂✊🏳️⚧️
Trans rights yesterday, today, and forever!
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/08/h...
Trans rights yesterday, today, and forever!
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/08/h...
March 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Girl-bossed a little too hard this weekend. Will probably get a call from my mom later 😂✊🏳️⚧️
Trans rights yesterday, today, and forever!
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/08/h...
Trans rights yesterday, today, and forever!
michiganadvance.com/2025/03/08/h...