Erin Reed
@erininthemorning.com
Independent LGBTQ+ journalist, mom, D&D DM. Tips: http://ko-fi.com/erininthemorn // Booking: http://erinreedwrites.com // Venmo erin888
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Zooey and I just finished this behemoth of a campaign/legacy boardgame.
Now we need to finish our Frosthaven campaign next.
Zooey and I just finished this behemoth of a campaign/legacy boardgame.
Now we need to finish our Frosthaven campaign next.
December 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
ISS Vanguard Complete!
Zooey and I just finished this behemoth of a campaign/legacy boardgame.
Now we need to finish our Frosthaven campaign next.
Zooey and I just finished this behemoth of a campaign/legacy boardgame.
Now we need to finish our Frosthaven campaign next.
In a small breath of reprieve, the 9th Circuit Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling from a conservative judge that would have allowed teachers to forcibly out trans students to their parents.
This case will eventually have national implications.
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9th Circuit Court Temporarily Blocks Lower Court Forced Outing Ruling In California
A lower court ruling would have required schools to allow teachers to out transgender students to their parents.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In a small breath of reprieve, the 9th Circuit Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling from a conservative judge that would have allowed teachers to forcibly out trans students to their parents.
This case will eventually have national implications.
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This case will eventually have national implications.
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One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
December 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
One of the most incredible shots I've ever gotten, in Yellowstone. This coyote walked over a ridge in the blowing snow and posed for me, with a small grin on its face, the snowfalkes like stars in the background.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
The desolation and beauty of life and nature is grounding, and so good for the soul.
And off to Yellowstone to try to get pictures of wildlife in the winter. Zooey got me a dream lens - Sony 5.6-6.3/200-600mm. First wildlife lens ever.
So excited.
So excited.
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
And off to Yellowstone to try to get pictures of wildlife in the winter. Zooey got me a dream lens - Sony 5.6-6.3/200-600mm. First wildlife lens ever.
So excited.
So excited.
Merry Christmas everyone from Zooey and I :)
To the trans and queer readers, know you are all part of a community that looks out for each other and holds space when so few others do.
And I know days like today can be tough.
So please feel free to spend as much time here if you need to get away 💜
To the trans and queer readers, know you are all part of a community that looks out for each other and holds space when so few others do.
And I know days like today can be tough.
So please feel free to spend as much time here if you need to get away 💜
December 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Merry Christmas everyone from Zooey and I :)
To the trans and queer readers, know you are all part of a community that looks out for each other and holds space when so few others do.
And I know days like today can be tough.
So please feel free to spend as much time here if you need to get away 💜
To the trans and queer readers, know you are all part of a community that looks out for each other and holds space when so few others do.
And I know days like today can be tough.
So please feel free to spend as much time here if you need to get away 💜
Jesus Christ I built my computer at the right time last month. My ram prices were 40% of this.
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Jesus Christ I built my computer at the right time last month. My ram prices were 40% of this.
Aaaand just finished book 3.5 in the Stormlight Archives.
Dawnshard.
And this one was way better than the other novella in the series, Edgedancer. Rysn may be one of my favorite side characters in The Stormlight Archive.
5 stars.
Dawnshard.
And this one was way better than the other novella in the series, Edgedancer. Rysn may be one of my favorite side characters in The Stormlight Archive.
5 stars.
December 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Aaaand just finished book 3.5 in the Stormlight Archives.
Dawnshard.
And this one was way better than the other novella in the series, Edgedancer. Rysn may be one of my favorite side characters in The Stormlight Archive.
5 stars.
Dawnshard.
And this one was way better than the other novella in the series, Edgedancer. Rysn may be one of my favorite side characters in The Stormlight Archive.
5 stars.
During Christmas, a time when so many people are spending time with family for the holidays, I always notice that a disproportionate number of service industry workers who are covering those days tend to be queer.
It always makes me a bit sad why this is likely the case.
It always makes me a bit sad why this is likely the case.
December 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
During Christmas, a time when so many people are spending time with family for the holidays, I always notice that a disproportionate number of service industry workers who are covering those days tend to be queer.
It always makes me a bit sad why this is likely the case.
It always makes me a bit sad why this is likely the case.
Woah. Wasn’t expecting that. SCOTUS blocks Chicago national guard deployment.
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Woah. Wasn’t expecting that. SCOTUS blocks Chicago national guard deployment.
It never ceases to blow my mind that so many tech, sci-fi, futurism backers ended up swinging so far right. Did they entirely miss the point of the sci-fi novels? That identity, self, personal exploration is something we can nurture and grow? It's like instead they said, "no we like the dystopia."
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It never ceases to blow my mind that so many tech, sci-fi, futurism backers ended up swinging so far right. Did they entirely miss the point of the sci-fi novels? That identity, self, personal exploration is something we can nurture and grow? It's like instead they said, "no we like the dystopia."
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
*sigh* My kiddo spilled milk on his laptop. I pulled power and hard shut it down and it’s tented over rice. Poor kid was so mad at himself. Hard lessons for everyone. I give it about a 25% chance of survival.
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
*sigh* My kiddo spilled milk on his laptop. I pulled power and hard shut it down and it’s tented over rice. Poor kid was so mad at himself. Hard lessons for everyone. I give it about a 25% chance of survival.
I know I’ve been reading big and weighty books lately but I took a detour from Sanderson to read the same book my son was reading.
Spy School by Stuart’s Gibbs.
Adorable, cute coming of age book and I’m glad he’s sucked up into the series.
Spy School by Stuart’s Gibbs.
Adorable, cute coming of age book and I’m glad he’s sucked up into the series.
December 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I know I’ve been reading big and weighty books lately but I took a detour from Sanderson to read the same book my son was reading.
Spy School by Stuart’s Gibbs.
Adorable, cute coming of age book and I’m glad he’s sucked up into the series.
Spy School by Stuart’s Gibbs.
Adorable, cute coming of age book and I’m glad he’s sucked up into the series.
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After what we're seeing at CBS, if today is not the perfect day for everyone to find some independent journalism & nonprofit newsrooms to support... what day could be better?
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
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Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
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ACLU Pledges To Challenge Trump Admin In Court Over National Trans Youth Care Ban Rule
The rule must undergo a 60 day comment period, whereupon the government must generally respond before it may be put into effect.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
A new federal rule would ban gender affirming care at virtually every hospital system in the country.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
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Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Youth Emergency Project Offers Families Guidance To Help Keep Getting Care After New Trump Anti-Trans Rule
The organization tells EITM that they are prepared to scale up for further shutdown of care, and can offer most families places to continue getting care.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A new federal rule would ban gender affirming care at virtually every hospital system in the country.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
“I will not let this administration come for you”: NY AG Letitia James Vows to Protect Trans Kids
“Your healthcare is still legal and protected, and your doctors cannot cut off your access to gender affirming care based on the administration's reckless proposal.”
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December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
While we were busy with the US Congress, major international news on trans healthcare.
A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.
The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.
Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.
The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.
Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
Victory in New Zealand, For Now—Injunction Brings Puberty Blocker Ban to a Screeching Halt
The High Court asserted that, contrary to wild speculation by anti-trans establishments, puberty blockers are largely safe and reversible.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
While we were busy with the US Congress, major international news on trans healthcare.
A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.
The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.
Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
A New Zealand court announced an injunction on the far-right trans health care ban there.
The court says that the biggest danger is posed by banning care.
Big story for us from @transvestigations.bsky.social
Shockingly, this bill would have failed were it not for the 3 Democrat defections.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shockingly, this bill would have failed were it not for the 3 Democrat defections.
4 Republicans voting against is significant. There's leverage there. Somewhere. There's concern that this isn't a winning move in swing districts. Echoes of the Virginia election.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
4 Republicans voting against is significant. There's leverage there. Somewhere. There's concern that this isn't a winning move in swing districts. Echoes of the Virginia election.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
1. Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride railed agianst GOP attacks on transgender people and incoming bills today, joined by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
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"They are obsessed with transgender people."
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“They Are Obsessed With Trans People:” Rep. Sarah McBride Rails Against GOP’s Upcoming Anti-Trans Votes
Rep. McBride joined Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Johnson in a speech against a felony national trans youth healthcare ban expected to be heard in Congress today.
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December 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1. Transgender Rep. Sarah McBride railed agianst GOP attacks on transgender people and incoming bills today, joined by Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.
"They are obsessed with transgender people."
Read my latest, watch the video here, and subscribe to support our journalism.