Junia (Jay) Bennett 🏳️⚧️
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I like trains, transit, languages, linguistics, religion, foreign policy, and international politics. Both UT & DC area are home. (she/they)
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If passed, this would place most of the US in the same position that *all* of the UK has been in since 2021 or so.
This is why trans people don't listen to twerps who say 'vote Labour or else you'll get Reform'. We are already getting full Trump/Reform policies from a Labour government.
This is why trans people don't listen to twerps who say 'vote Labour or else you'll get Reform'. We are already getting full Trump/Reform policies from a Labour government.
“Access to gender-affirming care for transgender youth will be dramatically restricted by the Trump administration under new proposals by the Department of Health and Human Services.”
The ongoing political attacks on young trans people are designed to erase their existence. This is painfully clear.
The ongoing political attacks on young trans people are designed to erase their existence. This is painfully clear.
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
www.npr.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If passed, this would place most of the US in the same position that *all* of the UK has been in since 2021 or so.
This is why trans people don't listen to twerps who say 'vote Labour or else you'll get Reform'. We are already getting full Trump/Reform policies from a Labour government.
This is why trans people don't listen to twerps who say 'vote Labour or else you'll get Reform'. We are already getting full Trump/Reform policies from a Labour government.
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Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
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yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
Really important NYT investigation finds that the ADF has been working with Reform, 'courting the party since at least 2024' and that the British arm 'orchestrated Mr Farage’s appearance in Congress, reaching out to ask if he would like to give evidence on censorship'
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...
They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
yeah man, trans reporters, whom the ny times derogatorily calls "trans activists" so that normies won't listen to them, have been reporting on ADF activity in the UK since 2018.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
bigotry in journalism makes you late to the story.
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Reminder that if you’re still posting on Twitter then you’re monetizing this
September 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Reminder that if you’re still posting on Twitter then you’re monetizing this
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MAGA's version of free speech seems to involving banning a lot of speech, oddly enough.
March 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
MAGA's version of free speech seems to involving banning a lot of speech, oddly enough.
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man it was nice to have a president who wouldn’t give an off the cuff press conference tanking the economy
Dow now down over 700 points
March 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
man it was nice to have a president who wouldn’t give an off the cuff press conference tanking the economy
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My wife just asked me if I was whistling at our dog and I had to admit that no, I was pretending to be R2D2. She took it in stride and said, “Oh, okay.”
March 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
My wife just asked me if I was whistling at our dog and I had to admit that no, I was pretending to be R2D2. She took it in stride and said, “Oh, okay.”
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i think it's cool that they made a truck that doesn't work as a truck at all and instead makes random strangers hate you and want to ruin your life. good purchase
Seen in Brooklyn this AM: an egged cybertruck with a bag of dogshit and also unbagged dogshit
February 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
i think it's cool that they made a truck that doesn't work as a truck at all and instead makes random strangers hate you and want to ruin your life. good purchase
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a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights.
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
A Year Without Nex Benedict
"We are saying that the rhetoric is just as damaging as the bullet or the blow."
www.teenvogue.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
a year ago 16-year-old Oklahoman Nex Benedict died after a bathroom beating. in the time since, we've lost more trans kids, while losing federal trans rights.
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
how a community is holding itself together after years of living under Trump's current anti-trans policies at the state level @teenvogue.com
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I got mad at the New York Times after their editorial board released an opinion piece condemning Trump's anti-trans EOs and I decided to write about how the paper of record laundered transphobia into the mainstream and paved the road for Trump's transphobia. www.patreon.com/posts/nyt-ed...
The NYT Editorial Board's Shameless Pro-Trans Stance | Katelyn Burns
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February 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I got mad at the New York Times after their editorial board released an opinion piece condemning Trump's anti-trans EOs and I decided to write about how the paper of record laundered transphobia into the mainstream and paved the road for Trump's transphobia. www.patreon.com/posts/nyt-ed...
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in retrospect maybe it was a mistake to tell young people that reading, the arts, the humanities weren’t important and that “learning to code” was sufficient for a good life.
February 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
in retrospect maybe it was a mistake to tell young people that reading, the arts, the humanities weren’t important and that “learning to code” was sufficient for a good life.
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I like how all the trans journalists had the same idea this morning lol. Fuck the Times.
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I like how all the trans journalists had the same idea this morning lol. Fuck the Times.
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tariff the fuck out of me, Trudeau. I want to pay $50 for maple syrup and to see car prices to go up 25% overnight.
the American people voted to touch the stove, and by god, that stove shall be touched.
the American people voted to touch the stove, and by god, that stove shall be touched.
February 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
tariff the fuck out of me, Trudeau. I want to pay $50 for maple syrup and to see car prices to go up 25% overnight.
the American people voted to touch the stove, and by god, that stove shall be touched.
the American people voted to touch the stove, and by god, that stove shall be touched.
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I just sent this email to all 13,000 federal employees of the NOAA lol. The Trump administration's changes to their communications system made it so literally anyone can blast messages out to the entire agency
January 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I just sent this email to all 13,000 federal employees of the NOAA lol. The Trump administration's changes to their communications system made it so literally anyone can blast messages out to the entire agency
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Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
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If you don't think you can be talked out if your current gender, why do you think trans people can be talked out of theirs?
January 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you don't think you can be talked out if your current gender, why do you think trans people can be talked out of theirs?
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i said in the chat the other day that even though i'm a literal witch, i reckon i'm still closer to jesus' teachings than a significant number of american christians
January 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
i said in the chat the other day that even though i'm a literal witch, i reckon i'm still closer to jesus' teachings than a significant number of american christians
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First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
January 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.
This is the latest post on my newsletter and, honestly, it felt like I was just listing the most basic of things. Like "stand up for us!" and "educate yourself!"
The problem is, even those super basic things are too difficult for a lot of cis folks who proudly say they are trans allies. 😕
The problem is, even those super basic things are too difficult for a lot of cis folks who proudly say they are trans allies. 😕
January 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This is the latest post on my newsletter and, honestly, it felt like I was just listing the most basic of things. Like "stand up for us!" and "educate yourself!"
The problem is, even those super basic things are too difficult for a lot of cis folks who proudly say they are trans allies. 😕
The problem is, even those super basic things are too difficult for a lot of cis folks who proudly say they are trans allies. 😕
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A lot of people need to read their Brandon Sanderson. We will *not* comply in advance.
January 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A lot of people need to read their Brandon Sanderson. We will *not* comply in advance.
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Do not do the devil's work for him. Until there are legally enacted rules under the APA that are upheld by the courts, do not obey in advance. These are meant to intimidate trans people. It won't work.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
January 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Do not do the devil's work for him. Until there are legally enacted rules under the APA that are upheld by the courts, do not obey in advance. These are meant to intimidate trans people. It won't work.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
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Fuck. This is so fucking stupid.
January 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fuck. This is so fucking stupid.
Me whenever I'm on a night shift
I’m sad and I want to talk to my brother but he’s asleep 😕
January 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Me whenever I'm on a night shift