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Three attorneys general to watch: Maine AG Aaron Frey, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and California AG Rob Bonta
The three attorneys general fighting to protect trans athletes
President Donald Trump’s administration has spent the year battling with three blue states over their discrimination protections for transgender athletes.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Three attorneys general to watch: Maine AG Aaron Frey, Minnesota AG Keith Ellison and California AG Rob Bonta
January 13, 2026 - Oral arguments re trans participation in sports @SCOTUS
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
January 13, 2026 - Oral arguments re trans participation in sports @SCOTUS
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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@hilakeren.bsky.social analyses the US v Skrmetti case which marks a significant & devastating departure from the constitutional principle of equal protection.
Read more on the judicial sleight of hand leading to wrong interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...
Read more on the judicial sleight of hand leading to wrong interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...
Deep Denial and No Care: U.S. v. Skrmetti and the Anti-Trans Campaign | OHRH
Image Credit: Patrick Perkins via Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/a-crowd-of-people-holding-signs-BDe03WuRo4I
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@hilakeren.bsky.social analyses the US v Skrmetti case which marks a significant & devastating departure from the constitutional principle of equal protection.
Read more on the judicial sleight of hand leading to wrong interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...
Read more on the judicial sleight of hand leading to wrong interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...
I am very grateful for the invitation and publication by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This is not normal and should not be normalized. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...
Deep Denial and No Care: U.S. v. Skrmetti and the Anti-Trans Campaign | OHRH
ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I am very grateful for the invitation and publication by the Oxford Human Rights Hub. This is not normal and should not be normalized. ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/deep-denial-...
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This is a horrifying and alarming firing, yet more evidence, as I have written repeatedly, that the Washington Post no longer serves the community in its name.
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is a horrifying and alarming firing, yet more evidence, as I have written repeatedly, that the Washington Post no longer serves the community in its name.
My Bloomberg Law insight on how the administration censors California, trying to erase any mention of gender identity and trans students from sex education, and does so while emboldened by SCOTUS' recent decisions.
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
High Court Record Supports Trump’s Moves to Erase CA Trans Youth
Opinion: Southwestern Law professor Hila Keren says the Trump administration's slashing of California education grants based on the state's moves supporting trans youth unconstitutional, but the US Su...
news.bloomberglaw.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My Bloomberg Law insight on how the administration censors California, trying to erase any mention of gender identity and trans students from sex education, and does so while emboldened by SCOTUS' recent decisions.
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
I am so sorry, but this is how bad it is, and writing about it as it happens is one way to resist, so I did (while citing @mjsdc.bsky.social). This is constitutional rights for me and not for thee! slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Supreme Court Is Being Tested on Whether Parental Rights Apply Equally in Blue and Red States
On Tuesday, we saw some of the earliest fallout from the Supreme Court's decision earlier this summer in United States v. Skrmetti.
slate.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I am so sorry, but this is how bad it is, and writing about it as it happens is one way to resist, so I did (while citing @mjsdc.bsky.social). This is constitutional rights for me and not for thee! slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:
The Blue-State Hospitals Carrying Out Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda
In states where gender-affirming care remains legal, some hospitals have nonetheless stopped providing it. What gives?
newrepublic.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Contrary to Trump’s grotesque, self-congratulatory press releases, he has not ended gender-affirming care for young people; rather, as the health care workers I spoke to this week made clear, hospital management, boards, and their legal advisers have ended it for him. My new story:
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THURSDAY: @heightenedscrutinydoc.com Q&A screening.
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
August 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
THURSDAY: @heightenedscrutinydoc.com Q&A screening.
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
Join @samfeder.bsky.social at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social in Pleasantville, NY!
🎟️: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/heig... #heightenedscrutiny
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1. State AGs have sued Trump for intimidating providers from providing trans care.
Meanwhile, institutions are dropping trans people left and right out of fear of Trump.
Suing Trump isn't enough. State AGs MUST enforce equality laws against cowardly orgs.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Meanwhile, institutions are dropping trans people left and right out of fear of Trump.
Suing Trump isn't enough. State AGs MUST enforce equality laws against cowardly orgs.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Suing Trump Isn't Enough: Blue State AGs Must Enforce State Laws Protecting Trans People
Private entities overcomplying with Trump executive orders and targeting transgender people must not be given free passes to do so by blue states.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1. State AGs have sued Trump for intimidating providers from providing trans care.
Meanwhile, institutions are dropping trans people left and right out of fear of Trump.
Suing Trump isn't enough. State AGs MUST enforce equality laws against cowardly orgs.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Meanwhile, institutions are dropping trans people left and right out of fear of Trump.
Suing Trump isn't enough. State AGs MUST enforce equality laws against cowardly orgs.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
New baby paper submitted! Download it, please. "Constitutional Opportunism" tells how the Supreme Court takes an active part in the conservative attack on LGBTQ people. Hope student editors see the urgency because we have conversion therapy and participation in sports on the docket for next term.
August 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New baby paper submitted! Download it, please. "Constitutional Opportunism" tells how the Supreme Court takes an active part in the conservative attack on LGBTQ people. Hope student editors see the urgency because we have conversion therapy and participation in sports on the docket for next term.
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JUST IN: A judge has certified a nationwide class aimed at blocking the effects of Trump's birthright citizenship order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
JUST IN: A judge has certified a nationwide class aimed at blocking the effects of Trump's birthright citizenship order. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Jake Sherman is reporting that the Medicaid gender affirming care ban has been removed from the reconciliation bill!
Huge news!
Huge news!
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Jake Sherman is reporting that the Medicaid gender affirming care ban has been removed from the reconciliation bill!
Huge news!
Huge news!
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Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Heightened Scrutiny, a very good doc about the Supreme Court case that was just ruled on, does an impeccable and infuriating job laying out just how culpable the NYT and Atlantic are for the nation’s transphobia www.avclub.com/sundance-202...
Last night, I was at a special screening of Heightened Scrutiny - a new documentary about @chasestrangio.bsky.social and the fight for access to gender-affirming care. I laughed, cried, got mad at the media, and was inspired to continue fighting. The movie is a MUST! and Chase Strangio is a hero.
June 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Last night, I was at a special screening of Heightened Scrutiny - a new documentary about @chasestrangio.bsky.social and the fight for access to gender-affirming care. I laughed, cried, got mad at the media, and was inspired to continue fighting. The movie is a MUST! and Chase Strangio is a hero.
I wrote about how US v Skrmetti is devastating and wrong, but there are two other ways in which bans on gender-affirming care are unconstitutional, which are still challenged in courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
Parental Rights, Free Speech Issues Survive Trans Care Decision
Opinion: Southwestern Law's Hila Keren writes that the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision leaves questions about due process and the First Amendment unanswered.
news.bloomberglaw.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I wrote about how US v Skrmetti is devastating and wrong, but there are two other ways in which bans on gender-affirming care are unconstitutional, which are still challenged in courts. news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-...
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The Supreme Court just ruled against trans rights.
Join us outside the court for an emergency rally at 3:00 pm today to show we won't be silenced.
Join us outside the court for an emergency rally at 3:00 pm today to show we won't be silenced.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
June 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Supreme Court just ruled against trans rights.
Join us outside the court for an emergency rally at 3:00 pm today to show we won't be silenced.
Join us outside the court for an emergency rally at 3:00 pm today to show we won't be silenced.
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Read the dissents first because there's no way that trans liberation won't happen at some point. Just not today, sadly.
And when it does happen, all these transphobic bellends will pretend they were always for trans rights.
I'm disgusted.
And when it does happen, all these transphobic bellends will pretend they were always for trans rights.
I'm disgusted.
June 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Read the dissents first because there's no way that trans liberation won't happen at some point. Just not today, sadly.
And when it does happen, all these transphobic bellends will pretend they were always for trans rights.
I'm disgusted.
And when it does happen, all these transphobic bellends will pretend they were always for trans rights.
I'm disgusted.
What a dishonest "decision" (#Skrmetti). One day, no one will believe it was written. Until then, many will suffer terribly. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What a dishonest "decision" (#Skrmetti). One day, no one will believe it was written. Until then, many will suffer terribly. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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Beyond devastating. The cruelty and idiocy of this ban is mind-numbing. So many brave men and women, serving their country honorably in uniform, purged from the ranks because of the president's vile, unvarnished bigotry. My heart breaks. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
The Army Was the Only Life She Knew. Trump’s Trans Ban Cast Her Out.
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Beyond devastating. The cruelty and idiocy of this ban is mind-numbing. So many brave men and women, serving their country honorably in uniform, purged from the ranks because of the president's vile, unvarnished bigotry. My heart breaks. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
LA showed up today!
June 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
LA showed up today!
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I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.