Autumn Acey
@autumnacey.substack.com
Clinical Social Work Associate, Writer, and Mental Health Therapist. they/them. Follow at autumnacey.substack.com.
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Autumn Acey
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· Feb 3
FREE EBOOK- Gendersections: Intersectional Gender Affirming Care
Download Gendersections, a textbook I wrote on gender health, including the WPATH Standards of Care Version 8, creating an affirming practice, and discussions on intersecting areas of social justice.
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I'm happy to report that I have released a free ebook on Gender-Affirming Mental Healthcare on my substack. This is over a year in the making, so please check it out and spread it around!
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1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
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It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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BREAKING: HHS just released a 267-page report attacking trans youth care.
It looks scientific. It’s not.
It erases trans voices, manipulates evidence, and sets the stage for bans.
Here’s what’s really going on 🧵
It looks scientific. It’s not.
It erases trans voices, manipulates evidence, and sets the stage for bans.
Here’s what’s really going on 🧵
May 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
BREAKING: HHS just released a 267-page report attacking trans youth care.
It looks scientific. It’s not.
It erases trans voices, manipulates evidence, and sets the stage for bans.
Here’s what’s really going on 🧵
It looks scientific. It’s not.
It erases trans voices, manipulates evidence, and sets the stage for bans.
Here’s what’s really going on 🧵
A couple quick reminders from a mental health professional in anticipation of the so-called "Detrans Awareness Day."
The existence of detransitioning people does not invalidate others' gender transitions any more than someone's divorce invalidates everyone else's marriage.
The existence of detransitioning people does not invalidate others' gender transitions any more than someone's divorce invalidates everyone else's marriage.
March 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A couple quick reminders from a mental health professional in anticipation of the so-called "Detrans Awareness Day."
The existence of detransitioning people does not invalidate others' gender transitions any more than someone's divorce invalidates everyone else's marriage.
The existence of detransitioning people does not invalidate others' gender transitions any more than someone's divorce invalidates everyone else's marriage.
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this is _montana_. this could be everywhere if dems collectively followed zooey zephyr's lead instead of throwing the vulnerable to the wolves.
And it happens again!
SEVERAL Republicans cross the aisle, vote against a bill that would remove trans kids from their parents.
They do so even after another Republican threatens them with primaries.
29 Republicans flip this time!
SEVERAL Republicans cross the aisle, vote against a bill that would remove trans kids from their parents.
They do so even after another Republican threatens them with primaries.
29 Republicans flip this time!
March 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is _montana_. this could be everywhere if dems collectively followed zooey zephyr's lead instead of throwing the vulnerable to the wolves.
Wonder how Congress would feel if constituents of the House Reps who voted in favor of censuring Rep. Al Green--for standing up to the administration's abuse of power--called to share their disappointment. You know, in theory.
March 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Wonder how Congress would feel if constituents of the House Reps who voted in favor of censuring Rep. Al Green--for standing up to the administration's abuse of power--called to share their disappointment. You know, in theory.
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9. Another bill, also unlikely to pass but similarly extreme, removes the word "minors" from a gender-affirming care ban, expanding it to apply to all ages. These proposals illustrate a broader shift in the Overton window, pushing once-unthinkable policies closer to political reality.
March 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
9. Another bill, also unlikely to pass but similarly extreme, removes the word "minors" from a gender-affirming care ban, expanding it to apply to all ages. These proposals illustrate a broader shift in the Overton window, pushing once-unthinkable policies closer to political reality.
This is your free reminder that if you call your senator on the weekend, you probably won't have to talk to anybody and you can just leave a message. I just called both my senators, and it took me a whopping 3 minutes 58 seconds. If you're not sure what to say, follow a script like on 5calls.org.
March 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
This is your free reminder that if you call your senator on the weekend, you probably won't have to talk to anybody and you can just leave a message. I just called both my senators, and it took me a whopping 3 minutes 58 seconds. If you're not sure what to say, follow a script like on 5calls.org.
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Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
February 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hey everyone -- Moms of Liberty and Dept of Education launched a snitch line portal today to rat out teachers and anyone promoting anything DEI.
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
FLOOD THE PORTAL
Spam the hell out of it.
Pass it on! It works!
enddei.ed.gov
Gendersections now comes in an epub format! I also dolled up a pdf version that looks a little more professional. Feel free to share among your communities!
FREE EBOOK- Gendersections: Intersectional Gender Affirming Care
Download Gendersections, a textbook I wrote on gender health, including the WPATH Standards of Care Version 8, creating an affirming practice, and discussions on intersecting areas of social justice.
autumnacey.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Gendersections now comes in an epub format! I also dolled up a pdf version that looks a little more professional. Feel free to share among your communities!
Mental health professionals have a duty to their clients to show up for them inside and outside of the therapy room. Here are some ways to tangibly help advocate for the trans communities you serve (as well as other populations threatened by current federal leadership).
Therapists, It's Time To Do Something
It is our sacred charge as helpers to take action. Here is how.
autumnacey.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mental health professionals have a duty to their clients to show up for them inside and outside of the therapy room. Here are some ways to tangibly help advocate for the trans communities you serve (as well as other populations threatened by current federal leadership).
Haven't seen many talking about how the Trump Administration is now targeting antidepressants and other vital mental health medications.
February 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Haven't seen many talking about how the Trump Administration is now targeting antidepressants and other vital mental health medications.
New post on my substack.
Why trans women get so much hate
It's more complicated than you think.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
New post on my substack.
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This should be exceedingly obvious, but when Stonewall stays up while references to trans people come down, they will measure the silence of cisgender people as concurrence for whatever they plan next, and it still won't protect you in the end. So please get loud. Our mutual survival depends on it.
February 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This should be exceedingly obvious, but when Stonewall stays up while references to trans people come down, they will measure the silence of cisgender people as concurrence for whatever they plan next, and it still won't protect you in the end. So please get loud. Our mutual survival depends on it.
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Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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Fuck this hurts…
In a new lawsuit filed against Trump by state AGs, a family with a trans kid shares she died by suicide last month citing fears Trump would deny her access to gender-affirming care. "Her parents have expressed fear...that what happened to their daughter does not happen to other children."
![The serious concerns over how the Order will detrimentally impact transgender
youth cannot be overstated. One Washingtonian, as her parents describe her, was a bright and
gentle soul who loved playing musical instruments, trying new things, and playing Magic the
Gathering. She was excited to learn Japanese and the impact of gender-affirming care was
immediately clear to her family. Her parents described that “her joy was clear with every new
milestone in her transition. She was so happy to get to the next step, to get closer to presenting
in a way that was true to herself.” But the day before the presidential election, she shared,
“[t]omorrow I get to find out if I’m illegal.” After the election, she asked her parents if they
could move to Canada because she was fearful of new restrictions on transgender youth and
worried about losing access to gender-affirming care. In January 2025, she took her life. After
the Order issued, her parents expressed that the outlook for transgender futures looks scary and
shared fears of what ending gender-affirming care would have meant for their daughter’s access
to therapy, puberty-delaying medication, hormones, and hope of surgery. Her parents have
expressed fear for the many lives who depend on gender-affirming care and that what happened
to their daughter does not happen to any other children.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mlmouohgzbjofidukcp4pxf2/bafkreich7jyv3lnkmd5r234itpdhtvavgblc46ai6d47tb4i7oxgfga2ym@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Fuck this hurts…
Frustrated that I need to do this, but here's a throwback to a post about trans athletes I wrote in July 2024.
On Transgender Athletics
The way we view sports shows how we view each other.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Frustrated that I need to do this, but here's a throwback to a post about trans athletes I wrote in July 2024.
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I think a lot of folks could benefit from taking a minute to read this from @tuck.bsky.social (and support Gender Reveal while you’re there).
www.patreon.com/posts/121361...
www.patreon.com/posts/121361...
literally what can we do | Tuck Woodstock
Get more from Tuck Woodstock on Patreon
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February 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I think a lot of folks could benefit from taking a minute to read this from @tuck.bsky.social (and support Gender Reveal while you’re there).
www.patreon.com/posts/121361...
www.patreon.com/posts/121361...
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Hospitals (and anyone else), this is why you shouldn't act preemptively and weakly like this. You just become his pawn.
NEW: The Trump administration is now bragging about hospitals that are preemptively pausing, reviewing, or stopping gender-affirming medical care for those under 19 following Trump's anti-trans executive order relating to health care, asserting, "Promises made, promises kept."
February 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hospitals (and anyone else), this is why you shouldn't act preemptively and weakly like this. You just become his pawn.
I'm happy to report that I have released a free ebook on Gender-Affirming Mental Healthcare on my substack. This is over a year in the making, so please check it out and spread it around!
FREE EBOOK- Gendersections: Intersectional Gender Affirming Care
Download Gendersections, a textbook I wrote on gender health, including the WPATH Standards of Care Version 8, creating an affirming practice, and discussions on intersecting areas of social justice.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm happy to report that I have released a free ebook on Gender-Affirming Mental Healthcare on my substack. This is over a year in the making, so please check it out and spread it around!
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In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.
Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.
Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.
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Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
February 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy:
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Black history
Black present
Black future
Black love
Black joy
Black health
Black healing
Black people
Black community
Black family
Black kids
Black culture
Black creativity
Black ingenuity
Black legacy
Black innovation
Black liberation
Black resistance
Black existence
...month🖤
Not a perfect document, but the executive orders claiming the DSM-5 are illegitimate sources on the topic of gender is an attack on science and evidence-based medicine at large.
February 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Not a perfect document, but the executive orders claiming the DSM-5 are illegitimate sources on the topic of gender is an attack on science and evidence-based medicine at large.
"I can't keep up on the news. It's too draining."
Then don't get your news from endless social media feeds filled with emotional hooks. Try getting news directly from reputable journalists' websites instead. They do great work. I often learn more with less effort, which really helps my brain.
Then don't get your news from endless social media feeds filled with emotional hooks. Try getting news directly from reputable journalists' websites instead. They do great work. I often learn more with less effort, which really helps my brain.
February 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"I can't keep up on the news. It's too draining."
Then don't get your news from endless social media feeds filled with emotional hooks. Try getting news directly from reputable journalists' websites instead. They do great work. I often learn more with less effort, which really helps my brain.
Then don't get your news from endless social media feeds filled with emotional hooks. Try getting news directly from reputable journalists' websites instead. They do great work. I often learn more with less effort, which really helps my brain.