Heather🏳️⚧️
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if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.
October 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
With SCOTUS set to legalize conversion therapy, I think it's important for states to get around this decision by implementing new legislation applying private rights of action to practitioners of conversion therapy by their victims with large damages and long statutes of limitations.
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One million Disney+ subscriptions to protect the human rights of a rich white man.
How many people will cancel their HBO subscriptions once Harry Potter is released in order to protect the human rights of trans people everywhere?
How many people will cancel their HBO subscriptions once Harry Potter is released in order to protect the human rights of trans people everywhere?
"More than a million people had canceled Disney streaming subscriptions as of Monday, the Disney source told me, and the company likely knew that trend would only continue the longer they kept Kimmel silenced."
@marisakabas.bsky.social w/ a doozy. 👀
@marisakabas.bsky.social w/ a doozy. 👀
Kimmel reinstatement preempted Disney+ price increase
The Handbasket reported first Monday evening on Bluesky
www.thehandbasket.co
September 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
One million Disney+ subscriptions to protect the human rights of a rich white man.
How many people will cancel their HBO subscriptions once Harry Potter is released in order to protect the human rights of trans people everywhere?
How many people will cancel their HBO subscriptions once Harry Potter is released in order to protect the human rights of trans people everywhere?
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Ahem the guy who invented the term "evidence based medicine" just rebuked the most prominent anti-trans health lobby group in the world www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown
The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.
www.motherjones.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ahem the guy who invented the term "evidence based medicine" just rebuked the most prominent anti-trans health lobby group in the world www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
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Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause
How stable are the gender identities of younger children?
A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind
econ.st
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.
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watching even a few seconds of the kirk funeral makes it clear a large quantity of this country is ready for full on nazi authoritarianism and we have to really grapple with how much we need to put a stop to this as quickly as possible
September 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
watching even a few seconds of the kirk funeral makes it clear a large quantity of this country is ready for full on nazi authoritarianism and we have to really grapple with how much we need to put a stop to this as quickly as possible
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I would love for a single democrat to reckon with the fact that conservatives are not in fact motivated by reasonable concerns. They are — just as they were with ‘concerns’ over blacks and gays and numerous other minorities over the last five decades — motivated by bigotry.
September 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I would love for a single democrat to reckon with the fact that conservatives are not in fact motivated by reasonable concerns. They are — just as they were with ‘concerns’ over blacks and gays and numerous other minorities over the last five decades — motivated by bigotry.
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I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story
Cool tip: it actually takes MORE effort to deliberately misgender someone AND it marks you as a total asshole! Pretty cool!
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I was listening to an old Casey Kasem American Top 40 (I find this soothing these days) from 1985 where he told the story of Wendy Carlos, who scored The Shining and Tron, and her journey to becoming trans. Casey got all the pronouns right and it was presented as a slice of life, feel good story
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The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
September 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Wall Street Journal needs to issue a full retraction and apology to the trans community for this. Nothing less will suffice. They put us all in danger and recklessly put out incorrect information.
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It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
It’s an absolute shame that DC fired Gretchen Felker- Martin for exercising free speech and then @bsky.app suspended her account. Every writer here should be decrying this because we have to stand up for each other! This is ridiculous.
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free Gretchen Felker-Martin
September 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
free Gretchen Felker-Martin
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thank you for mentioning this. here's a link to the letter that "Brandon Teena & Friends" wrote in response to Norm's transphobic "joke" and then sent to SNL & NBC:
bsky.app/profile/b3an...
bsky.app/profile/b3an...
here's more background on the story that Norm MacDonald made fun of here, and a link to an archived version of the letter that "Brandon Teena & Friends" wrote to Saturday Night Live & NBC in response to Norm's transphobic joke:
www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/b2773v...
www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/b2773v...
![pleuvoire on tumblr:
"regular plea for people to stop using this as a reaction image"
(photo of Norm MacDonald on SNL's Weekly Update. he says, 'Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die.')
"[ID: A white man in a suit who is saying, 'Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die'. End ID]
this is a real sentence that was said by a during an sl skit by the guy in the picture (norm macdonald) in response to a real news story - specifically, the murder of brandon teena, a trans man, whose death macdonald is mocking here. this very sentence that has now been turned into a meme prompted a trans rights org to picket the noc in absence of any apology_ from them (the statement here slightly misquotes the sentence, but you can find video demonstrating that the wording in the image is what he said). i've used this as a reaction image in the past when i didn't know the history behind it but i think more people should know and we should stop using it like this"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kj2kpzdfyo2mqj3fpspp3bl3/bafkreierwbujyi2jdo6p3ikdxhv2wz7i66qzrzycbayzcjkang5kjgkc7m@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
thank you for mentioning this. here's a link to the letter that "Brandon Teena & Friends" wrote in response to Norm's transphobic "joke" and then sent to SNL & NBC:
bsky.app/profile/b3an...
bsky.app/profile/b3an...
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There are some libs on here who are just absolutely salivating over the idea that they might get to nominate an out and proud transphobe. They do this because they like the anti-trans policies.
August 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
There are some libs on here who are just absolutely salivating over the idea that they might get to nominate an out and proud transphobe. They do this because they like the anti-trans policies.
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If the election ends up between two transphobes (since you insist on nominating a transphobe as the Dem nominee), then no, I won't be voting at all. Hope that helps!
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
If the election ends up between two transphobes (since you insist on nominating a transphobe as the Dem nominee), then no, I won't be voting at all. Hope that helps!
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Even this framing from PSA sounds deranged, there is no worthy “debate” over trans rights. Trans people deserve full rights and equal protections and freedom under the law full stop. There is no reasonable other “side” on this issue.
so there’s gonna potentially be a pod save america “debate” on democrats future support for trans rights in the near future
i had to back out because of scheduling conflicts, and for some reason they didn’t want my help finding a replacement
on the other side of the “debate” is…
matt yglesias
i had to back out because of scheduling conflicts, and for some reason they didn’t want my help finding a replacement
on the other side of the “debate” is…
matt yglesias
August 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Even this framing from PSA sounds deranged, there is no worthy “debate” over trans rights. Trans people deserve full rights and equal protections and freedom under the law full stop. There is no reasonable other “side” on this issue.
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this. it is my only response to your panicked texts about whatever next shoe to drop in the inevitable war on our freedoms. we’re going to win, and it’s not by spiraling on our phones.
it’s really damn bleak right now & it’s hard to feel good about anything but some trans folks out there are 100% determined to make sure every trans person is exactly as panicked as they are in a way that’s not additive or informative & i’m not sure that’s helpful or what solidarity looks like.
August 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
this. it is my only response to your panicked texts about whatever next shoe to drop in the inevitable war on our freedoms. we’re going to win, and it’s not by spiraling on our phones.
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My requirements for any Democrat running for president are simple:
1. Undo/reverse every single anti-trans policy the Trump administration has implemented.
2. Pledge not to further restrict trans people's rights.
3. Support the passage of the Equality Act and make it a priority.
1. Undo/reverse every single anti-trans policy the Trump administration has implemented.
2. Pledge not to further restrict trans people's rights.
3. Support the passage of the Equality Act and make it a priority.
August 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
My requirements for any Democrat running for president are simple:
1. Undo/reverse every single anti-trans policy the Trump administration has implemented.
2. Pledge not to further restrict trans people's rights.
3. Support the passage of the Equality Act and make it a priority.
1. Undo/reverse every single anti-trans policy the Trump administration has implemented.
2. Pledge not to further restrict trans people's rights.
3. Support the passage of the Equality Act and make it a priority.
Tom Clancy’s Interview With the Vampire
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Nexus Alpha
Tom Clancy's Nexus Alpha
Ruin a story by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title?
Tom Clancy's Schindler's List
Tom Clancy's Schindler's List
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tom Clancy’s Interview With the Vampire
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I don't usually make newsletters public, but I'm making an exception in light of a dam breaking where many of us are admitting America is now ruled by a dictator.
It's about the way grief was influencing my behavior, and trying to move toward acceptance.
www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter/i...
It's about the way grief was influencing my behavior, and trying to move toward acceptance.
www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter/i...
August 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I don't usually make newsletters public, but I'm making an exception in light of a dam breaking where many of us are admitting America is now ruled by a dictator.
It's about the way grief was influencing my behavior, and trying to move toward acceptance.
www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter/i...
It's about the way grief was influencing my behavior, and trying to move toward acceptance.
www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter/i...
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Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature 🔥🔥🔥 @susanstryker.bsky.social