Saenzr03
@saenzr03.bsky.social
Counsel at Lambda Legal. My practice areas are #LGBTQ and #HIV civil rights, Constitutional law, and prison litigation. Georgetown and Fordham Law Alum. Married @alfonx and our baby boy Shadow 🐕🦺🐾❤️ this is my PERSONAL account.
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Saenzr03
@saenzr03.bsky.social
· Mar 7
So proud to be one of @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social FLAA’s Rising Stars recognizing my 15 years of public interest lawyering on behalf of #LGBTQ people, people living with #HIV, and incarcerated people, and fighting against poverty, racism, and anti-LGBTQ bias and discrimination. #SteinScholars
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In our latest blog, Camilla Taylor, @lambdalegalclo.bsky.social details the decades-long fight for marriage equality, and what we need to do as a community to continue protecting the hard-won right.
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
![Quote from Camilla Taylor that reads, "We knew our opponents would not simply give up and disappear after our [Obergefell] victory before the U.S. Supreme Court. Securing the freedom to marry and all it should guarantee would require more than a court decision, no matter how significant. It would require a community determined to live with pride and joy, and to defend what we have gained from the inevitable attacks. So, let’s take a day to celebrate Kim Davis’s long overdue descent into irrelevance. And then let’s brace ourselves for the tough fight ahead."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6yedvymehprtsaiuinqclvvu/bafkreiapcsja5so4ts3gjplbhejm6xozhfybusaumyapvpt6ish5u2bmsu@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In our latest blog, Camilla Taylor, @lambdalegalclo.bsky.social details the decades-long fight for marriage equality, and what we need to do as a community to continue protecting the hard-won right.
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
Read now: tinyurl.com/rpedppx6
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Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
The Failures of “Centrism”
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Centrist Democrats in the Senate folded on the shutdown, throwing away their leverage in exchange for worthless GOP promises.
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
When will they learn that there is no center between a government of oligarchs and a government of the people? https://youtu.be/EQzG_TrhyrY?si=LBXGJad9NjGyBGBo
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For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
Politicizing Transgender Athletes Is Dangerous. Lia Smith Deserved Better.
"Let her passing be an inflection point for how you think about trans rights and trans people more generally."
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
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They’re bailing out Argentina because they’re all going to be living there when this is over.
Argentina President Javier Milei doing the “Trump dance” at Mar-a-Lago after getting an $40 billion bailout.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
Meanwhile, Trump won’t renew subsides for American healthcare.
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
They’re bailing out Argentina because they’re all going to be living there when this is over.
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I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I saw the Washington Post editorial on redistricting today and this is my official response.
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Get yourself a Congressperson who will fight a tyrant who starves kids, and push for a Supreme Court majority that knows no one is above the law.
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Get yourself a Congressperson who will fight a tyrant who starves kids, and push for a Supreme Court majority that knows no one is above the law.
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
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The justices are smart people. (Minus Kavanaugh.) They see that tariffs are a tax on the American people. And they may hate taxes more than they love Trump.
Full clip from @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/wa...
Full clip from @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/wa...
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The justices are smart people. (Minus Kavanaugh.) They see that tariffs are a tax on the American people. And they may hate taxes more than they love Trump.
Full clip from @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/wa...
Full clip from @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/wa...
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i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution
Opinion | Nancy Pelosi Is an American Political Giant
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i think this is a pretty good take on pelosi, who is unquestionably one of the most consequential house speakers in the history of the institution
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I'm in @thenation.com this morning on the repeated failure of transphobia as political strategy, efforts to scapegoat trans people for Democrats' own failures, and Zohran Mamdani's model of solidarity
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm in @thenation.com this morning on the repeated failure of transphobia as political strategy, efforts to scapegoat trans people for Democrats' own failures, and Zohran Mamdani's model of solidarity
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To my trans and nonbinary friends, I am so sorry that you have to deal with this hate. And I hope to see us reach the other side of it soon. And, we will reach the other side. This is horrifying, but it is ultimately the latest iteration of a time-worn tale. And their time always comes to an end.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
To my trans and nonbinary friends, I am so sorry that you have to deal with this hate. And I hope to see us reach the other side of it soon. And, we will reach the other side. This is horrifying, but it is ultimately the latest iteration of a time-worn tale. And their time always comes to an end.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
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Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con.
Please.
Please.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
![SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 25A319
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, ET AL. v. ASHTON ORR, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[November 6, 2025]
This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreievxyvqikl7wmrg5jkqhsrta5l5xfq272x7caunvxka7vtuzp7hoa@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
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Chicago’s Pope Leo XIV calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs.
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Pope Leo calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs
Pope Leo XIV appealed for greater consideration for the "spiritual rights" of migrants in the United States, saying church ministers should be allowed to provide pastoral care to detained people.
www.ncronline.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Chicago’s Pope Leo XIV calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs.
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
"He cited Matthew 25, recalling Jesus' admonition that, at the final judgment, people will be asked how they treated ‘the foreigner’ — whether they welcomed him or not.”
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
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Mississippi Democrats flipped 3 legislative seats & broke the GOP's Senate supermajority, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social writes: www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Mississippi Democrats flipped 3 legislative seats & broke the GOP's Senate supermajority, @ashtonpittman.bsky.social writes: www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
BREAKING:
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is retiring.
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi is retiring.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Mamdani: My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Mamdani: My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
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More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years.
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign.
Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽
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Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
SAME!!!!
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
SAME!!!!
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Just thinking back to how I was feeling a year ago.
This is better.
This is better.
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Just thinking back to how I was feeling a year ago.
This is better.
This is better.