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Jenni Olson
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I'm @JenniOlsonSF everywhere | Senior Director, Social Media Safety at @glaad.bsky.social. LGBTQ film expert & online pioneer. Maker of films. Proprietor: Butch.org
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erininthemorning.com
Tomorrow, there will be oral arguments in a major SCOTUS case on transgender sports.

At least, that's how it's being reported everywhere.

But it's not just about sports. The ruling could change transgender rights for a generation, and impacts EVERYTHING.

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Tomorrow's SCOTUS Case Is Not Just About Transgender Sports; Ruling Could Impact All Trans Rights
Though much of the reporting on the Little v. Hecox court case is about transgender sports participation, the SCOTUS ruling could impact all rights of transgender people.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
❤️‍🔥 🏳️‍🌈 📽️ Great to see these 2025 gay adult classic restorations from the Bressan Project (Daddy Dearest and Juice) at the top of the @pinklabeltv.bsky.social Classics Newly Streaming list! Available worldwide — click to check out the gorgeous NSFW trailers. pinklabel.tv/on-demand/di...
Classics Newly Streaming: Daddy Dearest and Juice and more
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 AM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
🙏 @chasestrangio.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ “And so I’m a big believer, just like Marsha was, in terms of the bigger the problem, the bigger the solution — right? — and that when we’re in these harsh conditions, that is the perfect time to imagine what is the world that we deserve.” — @tourmaliiine.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
💪 As part of my tech accountability work at @glaad.bsky.social — my piece: "LinkedIn Joins Meta and YouTube in Abandoning Policies Designed to Counter Anti-Trans Hate" lands at #26 on the @techpolicypress.bsky.social Top 30 most-read pieces of 2025! www.techpolicy.press/top-30-most-...
Top 30 Most Read Pieces on Tech Policy Press in 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, Tech Policy Press published over 1,100 posts, including articles, analyses, perspectives, transcripts, trackers, podcasts, and more.
www.techpolicy.press
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
"The bill passed with 216 members voting for it and 211 against it. Three Democrats, Texas Reps. Henry Cuellar, Vicente Gonzalez, and North Carolina Rep. Don Davis joined all Republicans in supporting the bill’s passage." — @advocate.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
I'm extremely proud to be a consulting producer on Barbara Forever — an amazing new documentary by Brydie O'Connor about experimental lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer. If you're going to Park City in January, I look forward to seeing you at our World Premiere!
sundance.org Sundance Institute @sundance.org · Dec 10
📣 Announcing the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival U.S. Documentary Competition. World premiere documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people, and events that shape the present day.

Explore the program: sndnc.org/usdoc
December 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
So proud that we've been able to restore and re-release so many of the films of Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. — these are two of his other most important releases from the 1970s.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Please come out to see me and special guests present this 40th Anniversary screening of the landmark gay film BUDDIES (the first feature film about AIDS, by Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.) at the NYC @ifccenter.bsky.social on Mon Dec 15 @ 7pm. Thx @schlockvalue.bsky.social! www.ifccenter.com/series/cruis...
IFC Center - Cruising the Movies 2025
“Cruising the Movies” is IFC Center’s monthly screening series that explores the fringes, the underground, and the oft ignored chapters of queer cinema history. Each month, series programmers and host...
www.ifccenter.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
🥹 💪 40 years ago today: "For AIDS, while it has made us cry, has made us strong. It has taught us how to fight." — @glaad.bsky.social co-founder Darrell Yates Rist (November 14, 1985)
lgbtqhistory.bsky.social LGBTQ History @lgbtqhistory.bsky.social · Mar 24
"No More Lies!" by Darrell Yates Rist. Originally given as a speech on November 14, 1985 at the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Defamation League (later known as GLAAD) town meeting. Reprinted December 9, 1985 in the New York Native.
Two columns of text. Headline: NO MORE LIES! Two columns of text.
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
🚨🏳️‍⚧️ Good news! TikTok has fixed the trans flag emoji bug! "TikTok’s swift action fixing this problem, and being attentive to the needs of countless LGBTQ people and allies, is a best practice that other tech and social media companies should follow." - @glaad.bsky.social www.out.com/media/tiktok...
What happened to TikTok's transgender flag emoji?
Some TikTok users are no longer able to use the transgender flag in comments, sparking alarm and calls to action from GLAAD.
www.out.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
"It is more important than ever right now that companies are loud and clear in their values and that they practice inclusiveness and safety for transgender people on their platforms," the [@glaad.bsky.social] statement concluded. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Seriously, WTF WSJ?! @wsj.com Would you take this kind of approach to covering any other historically marginalized community? Absolute garbage clickbait (and 100% manufactured fear-mongering) shit.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Nov 2
In which a straight woman highlights a bunch of known anti trans activists and claims there's a divide in the queer community.

It's pure propaganda and gaslighting.
Alt text: Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal article headline titled “The Growing Divide in the Rainbow Coalition.” The subheadline reads, “More gay people are speaking out against the gender ideology of trans and queer activists.” The article is categorized under “U.S.” and written by Pamela Paul, published on October 31, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. ET.
November 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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esqueer.net
The official USDA site is blaming trans people for SNAP benefits expiring.
“A screenshot of a webpage from fns.usda.gov showing a warning message in a brown box. The message claims Senate Democrats voted 12 times not to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), states there will be no benefits issued November 1, and accuses them of holding out for healthcare for illegal immigrants and gender-related procedures. The USDA Food and Nutrition Service logo appears at the bottom, along with a blue ‘Menu’ button.”
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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jamellebouie.net
apparently “bari weiss doesn’t actually know what journalism is” extends to getting basic facts like the name of a subject right
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · Oct 13
Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...
CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Ah sweet to stumble across this in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum! Vintage pic of me as the 2 of spades in @csopie.bsky.social's legendary 1990s Dyke Deck! Yes, I'm reading Dennis Cooper's Frisk. #LGBTQHistory collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O176694...
Dyke Deck | Catherine Opie | V&A Explore The Collections
Playing card from the 'Dyke Deck', a pack of cards with screenprint photographs by Catherine Opie. USA, 1995.
collections.vam.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
👍 "Debate me bro” culture: "creates a false equivalence between good-faith expertise and bad-faith trolling. When you agree to debate someone pushing long-debunked conspiracy theories or openly hateful ideologies, you’re implicitly suggesting that their position deserves equal consideration."
techdirt.com Techdirt @techdirt.com · Sep 17
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
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September 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Current mood
September 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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"I can’t stand the idea of working for a company that doesn’t live up to having basic values around L.G.B.T.Q. rights and equality.

What should I do?"
How to Speak Up I work for a social media company. Recently, the company changed its hate speech policies that protect trans people. The policy had previously said that targeted misgendering and deadnaming is a violation, and is considered hate speech. They completely removed that part of the policy. The official company communication about it is saying that the policy has not changed — but it absolutely has. They also removed the phrase “race or gender identity” from the list of examples of negative comments that are considered harassment. Intentionally calling people by the wrong pronouns or their former names is a common and horrible form of harassing trans people both online and offline (this is not about accidentally getting someone’s pronouns wrong, but about deliberately doing it as a way to express hate and contempt for transgender people). As a trans person myself, I not only feel like I am now not safe on my company’s platform, but that I also now work for an anti-L.G.B.T.Q. company. I want to advocate to get these policies fixed internally but I’m afraid of potential blowback. It also feels somewhat hopeless, since so many social media companies are doing this, like YouTube removing gender identity from its hate speech protections and Meta’s similar changes in January. If I don’t stand up and say something, it would feel terrible. I can’t stand the idea of working for a company that doesn’t live up to having basic values around L.G.B.T.Q. rights and equality. What should I do? — D.B., Oakland, Calif.
September 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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jonkeegan.com Jon Keegan @jonkeegan.com · Sep 8
ICYMI: ID’d all of the tech execs you were in attendance at Trump’s White House dinner last week. Also interesting to see who wasn’t there. Made a fun lil X-ray inspector.
sherwood.news/tech/which-t...
September 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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esqueer.net
This is the digital stasi. Social media influencers utilizing tips from followers for content that they monetize while working with state actors to target the people they want.

It's all a spectacle packaged as content. Destroying people's lives for profitable ideological bloodsport.
Alt text: A tweet from Pete Hegseth reads: “Pronouns UPDATED: She/Her/Fired.” Below is a screenshot of a post by Libs of TikTok saying: “Yikes. This she/her Navy Commander is apparently a medical director for ‘transgender healthcare’ at a Naval center in California. Can you please look into this? @PeteHegseth @DODResponse.” The image shows a Navy officer’s profile with a rainbow background, pronouns listed as “She/Her,” and the role described as “Deputy Medical Director for Transgender Healthcare.” Red boxes highlight the pronouns and the words “Transgender Healthcare.”
September 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
"Welcome to the future, where your tax dollars fund AI founding fathers spouting catchphrases from guys who weren't even born yet. Facts might not care about your feelings, but apparently nobody cares about facts anymore either."
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
This movie is so fantastic. My favorite film this year at @framelinefestival.bsky.social. Coming to US theaters from @cineverse-ent.bsky.social on Halloween!
cartoonbrew.bsky.social Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 27
Aussie indie sci-fi comedy 'Lesbian Space Princess' will get a U.S. theatrical release on October 31. A queer space adventure about love, villains, and a runaway pop idol, the film has already won top awards at Berlin and Sydney and impressed at Annecy.
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
'Lesbian Space Princess' Sets Halloween U.S. Release Date
Cineverse brings the award-winning queer sci-fi comedy 'Lesbian Space Princess' to U.S. theaters this Halloween after a triumphant festival run.
www.cartoonbrew.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Happy International Butch Appreciation Day! Appreciate all the butches in your life every day. "I wanted to thank you. If it wasn't for you, I'd never have known I had a right to be me." — Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues (art by @miriamkleinstahl.bsky.social)
www.facebook.com/butchappday/
"I wanted to thank you. If it wasn't for you, I'd never have known I had a right to be me." — Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues (art by Miriam Klein Stahl)
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Meta is such an immoral company. As horrible as the platform landscape is, I maintain my optimism in the fact that we have such incredible journalism and advocacy work that continues to shine the light on all this shit.
jeffhorwitz.bsky.social Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · Aug 14
Also from Meta's GenAI risk standards:

"It is acceptable to create statements that demean people on the basis of their protected characteristics."

This is the justification for Meta AI helping a user argue "why black people are dumber than white people."

www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
jenniolsonsf.bsky.social
Grateful to journalists, activists, tech accountability folks, and platform workers who continue to illuminate how very very bad this is (all the more concerning after Meta and YouTube’s similar moves in January). Shout-out to @mmasnick.bsky.social and @taylorlorenz.bsky.social!
August 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM