Zein Murib
@zeinmurib.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Political Science at Fordham University. Sexuality, trans politics, race, social movements, & intersectionality. Views my own.
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this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
this was posted four months ago.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
the lesson? Ignore the appeasers.
they are bad people. and they don’t know how to win.
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For those of you who don’t know, the residents of Paterson are overwhelmingly Black and Latino.
newjersey.news12.com/bomb-threats...
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Bomb threats force closures at some New Jersey polling places
Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh said polling sites at School 2 and School 10 in Paterson were shut down after threats were received.
newjersey.news12.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
For those of you who don’t know, the residents of Paterson are overwhelmingly Black and Latino.
newjersey.news12.com/bomb-threats...
newjersey.news12.com/bomb-threats...
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today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
today’s information came out piecemeal, and people should be able to share their own situations on their own time, but I could share this much ^ as it is pretty cut and dry on the facts.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
Teen Vogue also no longer has any trans staffers as of today.
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There's literally never been a trans woman who has ever competed on any US Olympic team despite trans people having been eligible since 2004.
Breaking News: The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee quietly changed its rules to bar transgender women from Olympic women’s sports, complying with President Trump’s order. nyti.ms/451EUYy
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There's literally never been a trans woman who has ever competed on any US Olympic team despite trans people having been eligible since 2004.
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Looking to understand how anti-trans 🏳️⚧️ actors mobilise against trans-inclusive healthcare? 🤔
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has you covered with evidence from the US 🇺🇸
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
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@zeinmurib.bsky.social has you covered with evidence from the US 🇺🇸
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
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July 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Looking to understand how anti-trans 🏳️⚧️ actors mobilise against trans-inclusive healthcare? 🤔
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has you covered with evidence from the US 🇺🇸
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
📖 doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has you covered with evidence from the US 🇺🇸
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
📖 doi.org/10.1332/2515...
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Never left. Positive & negative eugenics have been consistent features of U.S. economic, social, and health policy.
- Work requirements
- How "families"/"households" are defined for the purpose of eligibility for benefit (e.g. tax credits)
- The coupling of employment status & healthcare insurance
- Work requirements
- How "families"/"households" are defined for the purpose of eligibility for benefit (e.g. tax credits)
- The coupling of employment status & healthcare insurance
July 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Never left. Positive & negative eugenics have been consistent features of U.S. economic, social, and health policy.
- Work requirements
- How "families"/"households" are defined for the purpose of eligibility for benefit (e.g. tax credits)
- The coupling of employment status & healthcare insurance
- Work requirements
- How "families"/"households" are defined for the purpose of eligibility for benefit (e.g. tax credits)
- The coupling of employment status & healthcare insurance
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1. Yesterday, the FTC held a panel with anti-trans activists meant to justify charging providers of gender affirming care with fraud.
It is yet another avenue the Trump administration is trying to use to target trans care nationwide.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It is yet another avenue the Trump administration is trying to use to target trans care nationwide.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump’s FTC Lays the Groundwork to Charge GAC Providers with “Fraud”
Instead of working to protect Americans' privacy, the FTC is hosting what amounts to an anti-trans rally.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Yesterday, the FTC held a panel with anti-trans activists meant to justify charging providers of gender affirming care with fraud.
It is yet another avenue the Trump administration is trying to use to target trans care nationwide.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It is yet another avenue the Trump administration is trying to use to target trans care nationwide.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trump writes one of the most unhinged letters ever produced by an American president, demanding the right to interfere with Brazil’s case against Bolsinaro and threatening huge tariffs if they don’t let him walk free, and this your lede?
July 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Trump writes one of the most unhinged letters ever produced by an American president, demanding the right to interfere with Brazil’s case against Bolsinaro and threatening huge tariffs if they don’t let him walk free, and this your lede?
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Wouldn’t you know it, representing both states is Alliance Defending Freedom, the far right Christian law firm instrumental in overturning Roe v. Wade
adflegal.org/press-releas...
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NEW: The Supreme Court will decide next term whether states may lawfully prohibit transgender women and girls from participating in school sports on the women's team.
In light of Skrmetti, the answer will likely be "yes." www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
In light of Skrmetti, the answer will likely be "yes." www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
July 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Wouldn’t you know it, representing both states is Alliance Defending Freedom, the far right Christian law firm instrumental in overturning Roe v. Wade
adflegal.org/press-releas...
adflegal.org/press-releas...
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🚨NEW ARTICLE ALERT🚨
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has analysed US state-level legislative debates over trans healthcare in 2023 to show that pseudoscience fuels anti-trans mobilization 🏳️⚧️✊
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
📖 doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has analysed US state-level legislative debates over trans healthcare in 2023 to show that pseudoscience fuels anti-trans mobilization 🏳️⚧️✊
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
📖 doi.org/10.1332/2515...
July 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚨NEW ARTICLE ALERT🚨
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has analysed US state-level legislative debates over trans healthcare in 2023 to show that pseudoscience fuels anti-trans mobilization 🏳️⚧️✊
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
📖 doi.org/10.1332/2515...
@zeinmurib.bsky.social has analysed US state-level legislative debates over trans healthcare in 2023 to show that pseudoscience fuels anti-trans mobilization 🏳️⚧️✊
It's ✨FREE ACCESS✨
📖 doi.org/10.1332/2515...
“Laws without morals are useless” indeed @upenn.edu
BREAKING
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
The University of Pennsylvania has come to an agreement with the Trump administration on what the Department of Education said was its Title IX violations.
This will include stripping trans athlete Lia Thomas of her records, titles, and recognitions.
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
“Laws without morals are useless” indeed @upenn.edu
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these people have literally never met a muslim outside watching Homeland
i’d appreciate if more people would own me by posting pictures where i look really beautiful and elegant. that would show me
July 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
these people have literally never met a muslim outside watching Homeland
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Learn more about what gender-affirming care is — and what it isn’t — our #LearningForJustice feature 🔗: www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/gen...
Consider how you can support trans and nonbinary youth 🏳️🌈🤝 and counter legislative attacks and disinformation.
#PrideMonth #LGBTQRights
Consider how you can support trans and nonbinary youth 🏳️🌈🤝 and counter legislative attacks and disinformation.
#PrideMonth #LGBTQRights
June 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Learn more about what gender-affirming care is — and what it isn’t — our #LearningForJustice feature 🔗: www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/gen...
Consider how you can support trans and nonbinary youth 🏳️🌈🤝 and counter legislative attacks and disinformation.
#PrideMonth #LGBTQRights
Consider how you can support trans and nonbinary youth 🏳️🌈🤝 and counter legislative attacks and disinformation.
#PrideMonth #LGBTQRights
Hey folks, the Cass Report has been critiqued a lot of doctors and researchers as junk science.
My personal favorite is the team of doctors and lawyers at major research universities: law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Here’s another one published by UK doctors: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
My personal favorite is the team of doctors and lawyers at major research universities: law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Here’s another one published by UK doctors: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
June 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hey folks, the Cass Report has been critiqued a lot of doctors and researchers as junk science.
My personal favorite is the team of doctors and lawyers at major research universities: law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Here’s another one published by UK doctors: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
My personal favorite is the team of doctors and lawyers at major research universities: law.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Here’s another one published by UK doctors: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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🏆 Winner of this year's Best Article Prize 🏆
@alschotel.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social use of qualitative text analysis paired with in-depth interviews bring out critical insights into trans symbolic representation in 🇩🇪 & 🇳🇱 parliaments.
Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟
buff.ly/4aKHQv9
@alschotel.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social use of qualitative text analysis paired with in-depth interviews bring out critical insights into trans symbolic representation in 🇩🇪 & 🇳🇱 parliaments.
Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟
buff.ly/4aKHQv9
June 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🏆 Winner of this year's Best Article Prize 🏆
@alschotel.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social use of qualitative text analysis paired with in-depth interviews bring out critical insights into trans symbolic representation in 🇩🇪 & 🇳🇱 parliaments.
Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟
buff.ly/4aKHQv9
@alschotel.bsky.social & @lizamugge.bsky.social use of qualitative text analysis paired with in-depth interviews bring out critical insights into trans symbolic representation in 🇩🇪 & 🇳🇱 parliaments.
Available 🌟 #OpenAccess 🌟
buff.ly/4aKHQv9
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Democrats who stop doing stuff like this as soon as the winds change are making it *very clear* what we knew all along: that they will only do the bare minimum and only if there are zero consequences to them. the exact opposite of having principles
Yesterday I was so PROUD to stand with LGBTQ+ New Yorkers alongside my friend and our Democratic nominee for Mayor, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
June 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Democrats who stop doing stuff like this as soon as the winds change are making it *very clear* what we knew all along: that they will only do the bare minimum and only if there are zero consequences to them. the exact opposite of having principles
I watched all the 2023 leg debates over trans healthcare 🤮
This short essay for @ejpgjournal.bsky.social shows how pseudoscience drives laws targeting trans kids for healthcare bans 1/6
s/o @payoub.bsky.social & @jennpiscopo.bsky.social
Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
This short essay for @ejpgjournal.bsky.social shows how pseudoscience drives laws targeting trans kids for healthcare bans 1/6
s/o @payoub.bsky.social & @jennpiscopo.bsky.social
Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I watched all the 2023 leg debates over trans healthcare 🤮
This short essay for @ejpgjournal.bsky.social shows how pseudoscience drives laws targeting trans kids for healthcare bans 1/6
s/o @payoub.bsky.social & @jennpiscopo.bsky.social
Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
This short essay for @ejpgjournal.bsky.social shows how pseudoscience drives laws targeting trans kids for healthcare bans 1/6
s/o @payoub.bsky.social & @jennpiscopo.bsky.social
Read: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Surprise surprise. A week after Sarah McBride gives cover fire for throwing trans people under the bus, some Dems are privately indicating they’ll capitulate on trans youth healthcare and citing the pseudoscientific Cass Report literally drafted in consultation with hate groups.
June 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Surprise surprise. A week after Sarah McBride gives cover fire for throwing trans people under the bus, some Dems are privately indicating they’ll capitulate on trans youth healthcare and citing the pseudoscientific Cass Report literally drafted in consultation with hate groups.
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That sound you hear is every columnist at The Atlantic screaming into a pillow
June 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
That sound you hear is every columnist at The Atlantic screaming into a pillow
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Mamdani’s platform on transgender rights is stellar.
I’m pleased to see him ahead in the polls today.
A victory would be profoundly meaningful for where progressives move from here, in a time where monied interests are trying to urge a rightward movement in the Democratic Party.
I’m pleased to see him ahead in the polls today.
A victory would be profoundly meaningful for where progressives move from here, in a time where monied interests are trying to urge a rightward movement in the Democratic Party.
We have gone from the margin of error to the margin of effort.
On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
On the day before the election, we stand on the verge of toppling a political dynasty and winning a city we can afford. But we can only do it with you.
zohranfornyc.com/gotv
June 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Mamdani’s platform on transgender rights is stellar.
I’m pleased to see him ahead in the polls today.
A victory would be profoundly meaningful for where progressives move from here, in a time where monied interests are trying to urge a rightward movement in the Democratic Party.
I’m pleased to see him ahead in the polls today.
A victory would be profoundly meaningful for where progressives move from here, in a time where monied interests are trying to urge a rightward movement in the Democratic Party.
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NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
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Garcia said he was shaken by what he heard while he was detained.
“They call them ‘bodies,’ they reduce them to bodies,” he said. “My blood was boiling.”
“They call them ‘bodies,’ they reduce them to bodies,” he said. “My blood was boiling.”
"A good day:" Detained U.S. citizen said agents bragged after arresting dozens at Home Depot
A U.S. citizen who was tackled and arrested by border agents after filming and yelling at them, said his "blood boiled" when agents high-five'd each other after grabbing dozens at Home Depot on Thursd...
www.latimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Garcia said he was shaken by what he heard while he was detained.
“They call them ‘bodies,’ they reduce them to bodies,” he said. “My blood was boiling.”
“They call them ‘bodies,’ they reduce them to bodies,” he said. “My blood was boiling.”
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1. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times.
It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.
Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.
Here's what McBride gets wrong.
It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.
Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.
Here's what McBride gets wrong.
What Sarah McBride Gets Wrong
Congresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a more cowardly form of politics when it comes to transgender people.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
1. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times.
It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.
Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.
Here's what McBride gets wrong.
It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.
Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.
Here's what McBride gets wrong.
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I want to emphasize Max's point bc the law is outrageous
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
June 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I want to emphasize Max's point bc the law is outrageous
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
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@zeinmurib.bsky.social's (Fordham University) research focuses on sexuality, gender, & race in US politics. Murib's academic publications include work on transgender politics, LGBT politics, & intersectionality.
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Zein Murib | Scholars Strategy Network
Murib's research focuses on sexuality, gender, and race in US politics. Murib's academic publications include work on transgender politics, LGBT politics, and intersectionality.
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June 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@zeinmurib.bsky.social's (Fordham University) research focuses on sexuality, gender, & race in US politics. Murib's academic publications include work on transgender politics, LGBT politics, & intersectionality.
🔗 Connect with Murib: scholars.org/scholar/zein...
🔗 Connect with Murib: scholars.org/scholar/zein...