Miles Whitney
@milesew.bsky.social
Trans Jewish Writer, Attorney, Father of a Dead Daughter, Dog Sport Enthusiast. Me encanta Colombia! 🏳️⚧️🇨🇴✡️✍️🐕🦺
https://miles-whitney.ghost.io/
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NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
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Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
Hard to think about anything else besides Venezuela, but I wrote this piece about my plans to move to Cali, Colombia in response to the current regime. Also a bit of a love letter.
Transgender Exile in the Salsa Capital of the World by Miles Whitney – Blasphemous share.google/13yFm3UQ7ELR...
Transgender Exile in the Salsa Capital of the World by Miles Whitney – Blasphemous share.google/13yFm3UQ7ELR...
Transgender Exile in the Salsa Capital of the World by Miles Whitney
January 20, 2025 On the first day of his presidency, President Trump called me coercive, a threat to the dignity and safety of women and a liar. I had a “corrosive impact not just on women bu…
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January 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Hard to think about anything else besides Venezuela, but I wrote this piece about my plans to move to Cali, Colombia in response to the current regime. Also a bit of a love letter.
Transgender Exile in the Salsa Capital of the World by Miles Whitney – Blasphemous share.google/13yFm3UQ7ELR...
Transgender Exile in the Salsa Capital of the World by Miles Whitney – Blasphemous share.google/13yFm3UQ7ELR...
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
"While glimmers of hope remain, it’s impossible to pretend that 2025 was anything other than a disaster for trans people across the U.S. The trans community lost [various rights] and the right to be recognized as human beings rather than ideological enemies of an authoritarian government."
The scope of Trump's campaign to drive trans Americans from public life is vast. On the last day of 2025, Evan Urquhart attempts to capture all of what we lost.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Year We Lost Everything — Assigned
An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"While glimmers of hope remain, it’s impossible to pretend that 2025 was anything other than a disaster for trans people across the U.S. The trans community lost [various rights] and the right to be recognized as human beings rather than ideological enemies of an authoritarian government."
I have been saying this is coming.
This is slavery.
Private prison company GEO Group allegedly made immigration detainees work for no pay. Now it's at the Supreme Court trying to prevent the detainees from suing. bit.ly/4pfafj2
December 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I have been saying this is coming.
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NEW COLUMN
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
Ableism in America: How Christian Nationalism Informs Project 2025
Americans with disabilities and their families have long fought for equal protection under federal and state law in the United States. The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 was a ...
kettering.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW COLUMN
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
We are on a path where decades of public policy aimed at supporting Americans with disabilities is being weakened and overturned due to the ongoing influence of Christian nationalism.
@kettering.org
kettering.org/ableism-in-a...
They can't stop.
The FDA says tight underwear is a medical device if trans people enjoy wearing it.
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
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More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
FDA Threatens Companies Selling Binders — Assigned
The FDA sent twelve businesses threatening letters on Tuesday, demanding that they register their chest binders as medical devices with the FDA.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
They can't stop.
This is so chilling. I received anonymous threatening (anti-trans) mail at my job with the judiciary so I started following this trend more closely. I had not seen the part about foreign actors being involved.
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is so chilling. I received anonymous threatening (anti-trans) mail at my job with the judiciary so I started following this trend more closely. I had not seen the part about foreign actors being involved.
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An authoritarian movement, led by the president and reaching into Republican-led state governments and the judiciary is chipping away at American democracy.
Trans people are among the first, most often targeted - but it won't end there. Read the full analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Trans people are among the first, most often targeted - but it won't end there. Read the full analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Authoritarian Surge Animates Attacks on Trans Americans — Assigned
The right-wing campaign to create an autocratic state is also endangering long-held freedoms for all Americans, pushing U.S. democracy to the precipice. Trans people, its earliest targets, are among t...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
An authoritarian movement, led by the president and reaching into Republican-led state governments and the judiciary is chipping away at American democracy.
Trans people are among the first, most often targeted - but it won't end there. Read the full analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Trans people are among the first, most often targeted - but it won't end there. Read the full analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social
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Hate crimes targeting transgender and gender nonconforming people have tripled since 2013
www.losangelesblade....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Hate crimes targeting transgender and gender nonconforming people have tripled since 2013
The Williams Institute is examining increasing anti-transgender and anti-gender nonconforming violence, as well as as the policies shaping it.
www.losangelesblade.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hate crimes targeting transgender and gender nonconforming people have tripled since 2013
www.losangelesblade....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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"The current policy debate has centered itself on trans youth, which is to say on youth transition, including medical transition such as puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy." (from December 2024) www.liberalcurrents.com/the-biopolit...
The Biopolitics of Youth Transition
Youth transition is a central pillar of trans rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"The current policy debate has centered itself on trans youth, which is to say on youth transition, including medical transition such as puberty blockers and hormone replacement therapy." (from December 2024) www.liberalcurrents.com/the-biopolit...
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w/ passage of Marjorie Taylor Greene bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, re-upping story I wrote couple yrs ago abt Renton Sinclair, trans dude in KC who survived horrific, non-affirming childhood w/ a mom who later became a MAGA anti-trans influencer www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-...
He’s The Trans Son Of An Anti-Trans Influencer. It’s His Turn To Speak.
Renton Sinclair’s mother is a former Miss Illinois who wants to force trans people out of public life. That’s exactly what makes her a rising star in MAGA World.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
w/ passage of Marjorie Taylor Greene bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, re-upping story I wrote couple yrs ago abt Renton Sinclair, trans dude in KC who survived horrific, non-affirming childhood w/ a mom who later became a MAGA anti-trans influencer www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-...
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the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress
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Rep Sarah McBride on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by David Steinglass
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December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
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In North Carolina, a town dissolved their library board rather than accept that libraries shouldn't engage in censorship.
The sticking point was a book about a trans child. Read more on Assigned from @alyssaur.bsky.social.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The sticking point was a book about a trans child. Read more on Assigned from @alyssaur.bsky.social.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Library Board Dissolved Over One Trans Book — Assigned
Two months after a library board of trustees voted to keep one book featuring a transgender boy, out of 20,000 books in the library’s catalogue, the board was dissolved without any replacement.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In North Carolina, a town dissolved their library board rather than accept that libraries shouldn't engage in censorship.
The sticking point was a book about a trans child. Read more on Assigned from @alyssaur.bsky.social.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The sticking point was a book about a trans child. Read more on Assigned from @alyssaur.bsky.social.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Some great and some awful!
Are you a fan of trans journalism? Are you an enjoyer of ranked lists? If you are either of those things, or both, we've got the end of year feature for you.
Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
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Read our list of the best ten and worst five examples of journalism on trans issues of 2025.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
The Ten Best (and Five Worst) Pieces of Trans Journalism of 2025 — Assigned
The trans community has been plagued with a surplus of news in 2025. Here’s Assigned Media’s list of the best and worst of journalism on this beat.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some great and some awful!
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Earlier this year, I reported for @propublica.org and @wisconsinwatch.org how Wisconsin's name change law creates a de facto database of trans people, which is dangerous in times like this. Now @lmcgaughy.bsky.social breaks the news that Texas has done just that: www.kut.org/politics/202...
The state is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using driver's licenses to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Earlier this year, I reported for @propublica.org and @wisconsinwatch.org how Wisconsin's name change law creates a de facto database of trans people, which is dangerous in times like this. Now @lmcgaughy.bsky.social breaks the news that Texas has done just that: www.kut.org/politics/202...
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In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim
www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting...
www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting...
What fasting again taught me as a transgender Muslim
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim
writes on being trans and Muslim
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In the wake of the killing of an openly gay imam earlier this year, Jaheim Karim writes on being trans and Muslim
www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting...
www.wearequeeraf.com/what-fasting...
This seems like a very Northern California thing to do: Getting donuts for Hanukkah at a donut shop called Don Jose's.
December 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This seems like a very Northern California thing to do: Getting donuts for Hanukkah at a donut shop called Don Jose's.
ICYMI last year I wrote about trans people having to carry papers, especially in light of the wild enforcement attempts in Texas.
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I’m a Trans Traveler. I May Need to Start Carrying “Papers” When Visiting These States.
The 2024 elections caused me to revisit the challenges facing transgender travelers.
slate.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICYMI last year I wrote about trans people having to carry papers, especially in light of the wild enforcement attempts in Texas.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
“Luckily everyone had their passport, because I've been telling them to have their passport with them,” Osman said.
I hate this.
But I liked that a bunch of people showed up with whistles.
But then hate that they then got sprayed with chemicals.
I hate this.
But I liked that a bunch of people showed up with whistles.
But then hate that they then got sprayed with chemicals.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
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December 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Luckily everyone had their passport, because I've been telling them to have their passport with them,” Osman said.
I hate this.
But I liked that a bunch of people showed up with whistles.
But then hate that they then got sprayed with chemicals.
I hate this.
But I liked that a bunch of people showed up with whistles.
But then hate that they then got sprayed with chemicals.
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incredible sense of community here. if this was in Minneapolis (going by OP's location), it's been REALLY cold. I wonder what happened to the guy - I hope he's okay and ICE left.
Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
December 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
incredible sense of community here. if this was in Minneapolis (going by OP's location), it's been REALLY cold. I wonder what happened to the guy - I hope he's okay and ICE left.
I believe that if the regime can figure out how to make slavery great again they will. Taxpayers cover the cost of food, housing and um, overseers and corporations will take the profit. I believe the infrastructure is being created by the prisons overseas for "deported" people, plus new prisons here
Assigned to a prison job paying $0.13 per hour, Abron Arrington refused to work, figuring his time could be better spent learning physics.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
The Colorado DOC punished him with bouts of solitary confinement.
Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery
Coloradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments.
boltsmag.org
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I believe that if the regime can figure out how to make slavery great again they will. Taxpayers cover the cost of food, housing and um, overseers and corporations will take the profit. I believe the infrastructure is being created by the prisons overseas for "deported" people, plus new prisons here
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This comes just days after a DOJ memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people.
Trump Admin Leaves Data About Trans People Out of Prison Sexual Violence Reports
This comes just days after a DOJ memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This comes just days after a DOJ memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people.
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1/7
What you’re seeing about trans people today isn’t organic outrage. It’s an assembly line. Same phrases. Same moral framing. Same escalation. Different accounts. Same day. Once you see the pattern, the spell breaks. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy 12/13/25 AM
What you’re seeing about trans people today isn’t organic outrage. It’s an assembly line. Same phrases. Same moral framing. Same escalation. Different accounts. Same day. Once you see the pattern, the spell breaks. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy 12/13/25 AM
December 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
1/7
What you’re seeing about trans people today isn’t organic outrage. It’s an assembly line. Same phrases. Same moral framing. Same escalation. Different accounts. Same day. Once you see the pattern, the spell breaks. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy 12/13/25 AM
What you’re seeing about trans people today isn’t organic outrage. It’s an assembly line. Same phrases. Same moral framing. Same escalation. Different accounts. Same day. Once you see the pattern, the spell breaks. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy 12/13/25 AM