Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
@transrigo.bsky.social
Transgender advocate. First openly trans child of a Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)
I'm Cuban American, so yep, from Miami. Now a DC transplant. He/él. Native Spanglish speaker. Views = my own
https://linktr.ee/TransRigo
I'm Cuban American, so yep, from Miami. Now a DC transplant. He/él. Native Spanglish speaker. Views = my own
https://linktr.ee/TransRigo
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Hello new followers! 👋🏼
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
More of this.
I have a trans kid & they don't understand why people have so many questions about them.
I've said to kiddo answer if you find it comfortable, if you're uncomfortable send them to ask me.
People can have questions, the big BUT is find people happy to answer them or organisations.
I have a trans kid & they don't understand why people have so many questions about them.
I've said to kiddo answer if you find it comfortable, if you're uncomfortable send them to ask me.
People can have questions, the big BUT is find people happy to answer them or organisations.
Let’s change hearts and minds for trans acceptance 🏳️⚧️
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 PM
More of this.
I have a trans kid & they don't understand why people have so many questions about them.
I've said to kiddo answer if you find it comfortable, if you're uncomfortable send them to ask me.
People can have questions, the big BUT is find people happy to answer them or organisations.
I have a trans kid & they don't understand why people have so many questions about them.
I've said to kiddo answer if you find it comfortable, if you're uncomfortable send them to ask me.
People can have questions, the big BUT is find people happy to answer them or organisations.
Let’s change hearts and minds for trans acceptance 🏳️⚧️
January 29, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Let’s change hearts and minds for trans acceptance 🏳️⚧️
Wow, thank you Gayety for this beautiful profile. 🥹
I’m committed to persuasion over polarization, and honored to focus on that at The Trevor Project.
If we want everyday trans youth around the country to have a brighter future, we simply must go beyond the traditional echo chambers.
I’m committed to persuasion over polarization, and honored to focus on that at The Trevor Project.
If we want everyday trans youth around the country to have a brighter future, we simply must go beyond the traditional echo chambers.
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Wow, thank you Gayety for this beautiful profile. 🥹
I’m committed to persuasion over polarization, and honored to focus on that at The Trevor Project.
If we want everyday trans youth around the country to have a brighter future, we simply must go beyond the traditional echo chambers.
I’m committed to persuasion over polarization, and honored to focus on that at The Trevor Project.
If we want everyday trans youth around the country to have a brighter future, we simply must go beyond the traditional echo chambers.
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
hey, I'm a reporter looking to talk with other LGBTQ+ folks about their relationship to smoking (cigarettes). are you trying to quit? did you pick it back up again recently? do all your friends smoke? let's talk! DM me or Signal me @orionr.80
Being a teenager is hard enough. I can't imagine being a young trans person these days, trying to figure out who I am while seeing constant headlines that I don't belong, that I don’t deserve something as essential as healthcare.
Thanks ABC News for having Dr. Ladinsky & me on.
#TransHealthcare
Thanks ABC News for having Dr. Ladinsky & me on.
#TransHealthcare
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Being a teenager is hard enough. I can't imagine being a young trans person these days, trying to figure out who I am while seeing constant headlines that I don't belong, that I don’t deserve something as essential as healthcare.
Thanks ABC News for having Dr. Ladinsky & me on.
#TransHealthcare
Thanks ABC News for having Dr. Ladinsky & me on.
#TransHealthcare
Anti-trans sports bans lack any nuance.
Here’s a trans woman excluded in DARTS! 🎯
We need rules for fairness, but these blanket bans are so sweeping that they treat archery & bowling the same as football & basketball, and apply to everyone from elite college athletes to elementary schoolers.
Here’s a trans woman excluded in DARTS! 🎯
We need rules for fairness, but these blanket bans are so sweeping that they treat archery & bowling the same as football & basketball, and apply to everyone from elite college athletes to elementary schoolers.
Trans darts star hits back at 'scary' haters at World Darts Championship https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/16/noa-lynn-van-leuven-hits-back-at-scary-and-sy-haters-at-world-darts-championship/?utm_content=1766037602&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trans darts star hits back at haters at World Darts Championship
Noa-Lynn Van Leuven has described what it was like being on the receiving end of hate from "scary and sh***y" people.
www.thepinknews.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anti-trans sports bans lack any nuance.
Here’s a trans woman excluded in DARTS! 🎯
We need rules for fairness, but these blanket bans are so sweeping that they treat archery & bowling the same as football & basketball, and apply to everyone from elite college athletes to elementary schoolers.
Here’s a trans woman excluded in DARTS! 🎯
We need rules for fairness, but these blanket bans are so sweeping that they treat archery & bowling the same as football & basketball, and apply to everyone from elite college athletes to elementary schoolers.
Our counselors at The Trevor Project regularly hear from transgender youth who are scared and anxious over the anti-trans politics they’re hearing about in the news.
Even when these bills fail to pass, the rising anti-trans rhetoric hurts our young people’s mental health 💔
Even when these bills fail to pass, the rising anti-trans rhetoric hurts our young people’s mental health 💔
One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.
House Republicans advance sweeping anti-trans bills ahead of holiday break
One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.
19thnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Our counselors at The Trevor Project regularly hear from transgender youth who are scared and anxious over the anti-trans politics they’re hearing about in the news.
Even when these bills fail to pass, the rising anti-trans rhetoric hurts our young people’s mental health 💔
Even when these bills fail to pass, the rising anti-trans rhetoric hurts our young people’s mental health 💔
My dad is a Vietnam vet. When I told him I was trans, he didn’t get it. Most parents don’t.
Later he told me: when you’re in a foxhole, you don’t care who the guy next to you is, only if he has your back.
Change can happen.
Thank you @newsweek.com for publishing this for #TransAwarenessWeek
Later he told me: when you’re in a foxhole, you don’t care who the guy next to you is, only if he has your back.
Change can happen.
Thank you @newsweek.com for publishing this for #TransAwarenessWeek
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
My dad is a Vietnam vet. When I told him I was trans, he didn’t get it. Most parents don’t.
Later he told me: when you’re in a foxhole, you don’t care who the guy next to you is, only if he has your back.
Change can happen.
Thank you @newsweek.com for publishing this for #TransAwarenessWeek
Later he told me: when you’re in a foxhole, you don’t care who the guy next to you is, only if he has your back.
Change can happen.
Thank you @newsweek.com for publishing this for #TransAwarenessWeek
Shout out to National Hispanic Media Coalition for an inspiring night!
Celebrating all of the deserving honorees building bridges in the world of policy & tech 💻 🫱🏼🫲🏾 🧡
#NHMCImpact
@nhmc.bsky.social
@trevorproject.bsky.social
Celebrating all of the deserving honorees building bridges in the world of policy & tech 💻 🫱🏼🫲🏾 🧡
#NHMCImpact
@nhmc.bsky.social
@trevorproject.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Shout out to National Hispanic Media Coalition for an inspiring night!
Celebrating all of the deserving honorees building bridges in the world of policy & tech 💻 🫱🏼🫲🏾 🧡
#NHMCImpact
@nhmc.bsky.social
@trevorproject.bsky.social
Celebrating all of the deserving honorees building bridges in the world of policy & tech 💻 🫱🏼🫲🏾 🧡
#NHMCImpact
@nhmc.bsky.social
@trevorproject.bsky.social
I’m starting a new job!
My mission has long been to stop LGBTQ, and especially trans, people from being seen as political footballs and start getting us seen as real people - your friends, families, neighbors.
Now I get to focus on that at @trevorproject.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
So proud to join this team 🚀
My mission has long been to stop LGBTQ, and especially trans, people from being seen as political footballs and start getting us seen as real people - your friends, families, neighbors.
Now I get to focus on that at @trevorproject.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
So proud to join this team 🚀
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I’m starting a new job!
My mission has long been to stop LGBTQ, and especially trans, people from being seen as political footballs and start getting us seen as real people - your friends, families, neighbors.
Now I get to focus on that at @trevorproject.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
So proud to join this team 🚀
My mission has long been to stop LGBTQ, and especially trans, people from being seen as political footballs and start getting us seen as real people - your friends, families, neighbors.
Now I get to focus on that at @trevorproject.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
So proud to join this team 🚀
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
It's Banned Books Week! Join us this year as we celebrate the freedom to read whatever we choose – free from government interference. Being able to learn about and engage with new ideas, especially those we may disagree with, is foundational to any healthy democracy.
October 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's Banned Books Week! Join us this year as we celebrate the freedom to read whatever we choose – free from government interference. Being able to learn about and engage with new ideas, especially those we may disagree with, is foundational to any healthy democracy.
Hello new followers! 👋🏼
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hello new followers! 👋🏼
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛
Wondering what my deal is?
I’m a transgender advocate 🏳️⚧️
First openly trans kid of a sitting Member of Congress (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican from Miami) 🏛️
My mission is to change hearts and minds for acceptance.
Because every trans person is a part of someone’s family 💛
We bought Tootie many comfy cat beds. She prefers trash.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We bought Tootie many comfy cat beds. She prefers trash.
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
September 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
📗 It gives reassurance and answers in an approachable, easy to read way.
📖 Donating a copy to a school, library, or community center will get this book in the hands of those who need it most.
#TransFamilies #TransYouth #TransBooks
📖 Donating a copy to a school, library, or community center will get this book in the hands of those who need it most.
#TransFamilies #TransYouth #TransBooks
📚 Looking for a concrete thing to do on trans rights? Put this book in a library!
🏳️⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.
🏳️⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.
September 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
📗 It gives reassurance and answers in an approachable, easy to read way.
📖 Donating a copy to a school, library, or community center will get this book in the hands of those who need it most.
#TransFamilies #TransYouth #TransBooks
📖 Donating a copy to a school, library, or community center will get this book in the hands of those who need it most.
#TransFamilies #TransYouth #TransBooks
📚 Looking for a concrete thing to do on trans rights? Put this book in a library!
🏳️⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.
🏳️⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.
September 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
📚 Looking for a concrete thing to do on trans rights? Put this book in a library!
🏳️⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.
🏳️⚧️ Trans people are under attack in unprecedented ways, yet trans youth are still coming out. Many families don’t know what to do. They’re shocked and overwhelmed. This book can help ease that.
Thank you for this cute quote graphic! 🤗
“My authentic gender and sexuality can’t change. The only things that can are whether or not I’m out and whether or not I’m happy.” — Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen @transrigo.bsky.social
#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes
#queer #gay #lesbian #bi #trans #lgbtq #lgbt #lgbqt #lgbtqia🏳️🌈 #lgbtqia🌈 #pride #visibility #quotes
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thank you for this cute quote graphic! 🤗
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
Oh, you can do that?!
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after Supreme Court panel convicts him of attempting coup.
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Oh, you can do that?!
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
I know the pace of harmful legislation is swift and relentless.
But we have a tremendous record of stopping/removing harmful anti-LGBTQ+ provisions this year
We can stop this, too.
We just need to keep speaking up.
But we have a tremendous record of stopping/removing harmful anti-LGBTQ+ provisions this year
We can stop this, too.
We just need to keep speaking up.
September 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I know the pace of harmful legislation is swift and relentless.
But we have a tremendous record of stopping/removing harmful anti-LGBTQ+ provisions this year
We can stop this, too.
We just need to keep speaking up.
But we have a tremendous record of stopping/removing harmful anti-LGBTQ+ provisions this year
We can stop this, too.
We just need to keep speaking up.
Beautiful day on the Potomac River with my husband ☀️
September 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Beautiful day on the Potomac River with my husband ☀️
Congrats to AIDS United on a beautiful event! My mom and I had a lovely time. As a Republican member of Congress, she continuously fought for PEPFAR, and is still doing so today with partners like @globalequality.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congrats to AIDS United on a beautiful event! My mom and I had a lovely time. As a Republican member of Congress, she continuously fought for PEPFAR, and is still doing so today with partners like @globalequality.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Kamora Woods, a Black transgender woman, was murdered. There is so much violence against trans women, especially Black trans women, when society treats some people as more disposable than others.
Black Trans Woman Kamora Woods, 27, Was Shot to Death in Indianapolis - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents bit.ly/3Uz7jAA
Black Trans Woman Kamora Woods, 27, Was Shot to Death in Indianapolis - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
The worst kind of horrifying moment for Danielle Dehoniesto was when she found her 27-year-old Black trans daughter, Kamora Woods, dead on the floor from a gunshot wound. Her mother found Kamora…
bit.ly
August 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Kamora Woods, a Black transgender woman, was murdered. There is so much violence against trans women, especially Black trans women, when society treats some people as more disposable than others.
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
The biggest differences are that the work should have begun earlier, opponents of inclusion have far deeper pockets and more sympathetic media environments, and we are talking about a smaller population with less familiarity.
We are starting from behind with fewer resources.
But we can do this! 🌈
We are starting from behind with fewer resources.
But we can do this! 🌈
August 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The biggest differences are that the work should have begun earlier, opponents of inclusion have far deeper pockets and more sympathetic media environments, and we are talking about a smaller population with less familiarity.
We are starting from behind with fewer resources.
But we can do this! 🌈
We are starting from behind with fewer resources.
But we can do this! 🌈
Reposted by Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen
While there are unique qualities that led to same-sex marriage shifts; the biggest was people having literally thousands of conversations with friends, family, and neighbors.
It will take time and investment, but we can do the same on trans rights - and some of us already are.
It will take time and investment, but we can do the same on trans rights - and some of us already are.
Being a teenager in the 2000s, seeing the shift in public opinion from 2004 to 2012 on same-sex marriage in real time was something else. Part of me wonders if anything will happen like that for transgender people or if this was a once-in-a-lifetime movement.
Over the past 40 years, negative attitudes toward #homosexuality have taken a nosedive in places like the US, Spain, the UK, Sweden, and the Netherlands. What used to be 75% of Americans thinking it was “never or rarely justified” has dropped to about 28%, showing major progress in acceptance! 🌈💬
August 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
While there are unique qualities that led to same-sex marriage shifts; the biggest was people having literally thousands of conversations with friends, family, and neighbors.
It will take time and investment, but we can do the same on trans rights - and some of us already are.
It will take time and investment, but we can do the same on trans rights - and some of us already are.