Len
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Refusing to compromise on my happiness.
Refusing to compromise on my happiness.
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Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Gotta say, as a survivor, I’m not super loving this thing where the Department of Justice is running a cover-up of evidence the President sexually abused minors.
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The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
24 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Judge overturns CA school policy on outing trans kids, rules parents have right to know & teachers a right to tell them but no mention of child's rights. Case likely bound for Supremes. Weirdly CA law allows abortion w/o parental notification.
Federal judge rules California teachers are allowed to ‘out’ transgender students to parents
The ruling applies to all public schools in California and is a victory for two teachers who claimed that district policies violated their constitutional free speech and religious rights.
edsource.org
December 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The judge also ordered that teachers have a right to misgender trans youth even when the parents know of and are supportive of their trans child. Just in case you thought this was actually about parental rights.
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1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
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Gender-affirming care helps trans kids live happy, healthy lives.
Health care decisions belong to families and our doctors, not politicians.
Health care decisions belong to families and our doctors, not politicians.
December 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Gender-affirming care helps trans kids live happy, healthy lives.
Health care decisions belong to families and our doctors, not politicians.
Health care decisions belong to families and our doctors, not politicians.
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1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
ACLU Pledges To Challenge Trump Admin In Court Over National Trans Youth Care Ban Rule
The rule must undergo a 60 day comment period, whereupon the government must generally respond before it may be put into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
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A new federal rule would ban gender affirming care at virtually every hospital system in the country.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
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Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
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Trans Youth Emergency Project Offers Families Guidance To Help Keep Getting Care After New Trump Anti-Trans Rule
The organization tells EITM that they are prepared to scale up for further shutdown of care, and can offer most families places to continue getting care.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A new federal rule would ban gender affirming care at virtually every hospital system in the country.
Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
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Now, an organization says they've prepared, have private clinics and financial aid ready for families that need them.
Meet one group fighting back, the TYEP.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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1. A new Florida bill would make it illegal for State, County, and Local employers and special districts from firing transphobes.
It would apply to airports, hospitals, even parts of Disneyworld.
It also establishes a private business "don't say gay" policy.
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It would apply to airports, hospitals, even parts of Disneyworld.
It also establishes a private business "don't say gay" policy.
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New Florida Bill Would Make It Illegal To Fire Transphobes
The bill applies to state and local employers as well as contractors. The bill also establishes a "Don't Say Gay" policy that applies to private businesses that contract with the state.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
1. A new Florida bill would make it illegal for State, County, and Local employers and special districts from firing transphobes.
It would apply to airports, hospitals, even parts of Disneyworld.
It also establishes a private business "don't say gay" policy.
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It would apply to airports, hospitals, even parts of Disneyworld.
It also establishes a private business "don't say gay" policy.
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A major case was decided last week against a Georgia ban on gender affirming care for transgender people who are incarcerated.
The previous policy was cruel, forcing medical detransition.
S. Baum writes for EITM here.
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The previous policy was cruel, forcing medical detransition.
S. Baum writes for EITM here.
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Federal Court Strikes Down Georgia’s Ban on GAC for Incarcerated Trans People
Georgia provided GAC to incarcerated trans people for a decade. When legislators tried to suddenly halt it, the courts intervened.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A major case was decided last week against a Georgia ban on gender affirming care for transgender people who are incarcerated.
The previous policy was cruel, forcing medical detransition.
S. Baum writes for EITM here.
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The previous policy was cruel, forcing medical detransition.
S. Baum writes for EITM here.
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I've reported on trans legislation and anti-trans actions in states across the United States for five years, including in blue states.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care for kids
Sutter is the latest clinic to bow to federal pressure and stop treatment, leaving Bay Area families in medical limbo.
sfstandard.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I've reported on trans legislation and anti-trans actions in states across the United States for five years, including in blue states.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
I distinctly remember some people getting upset at me for reporting blue-state anti-trans actions, saying that it could never happen there.
Sadly, it can.
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A lot of journalists are writing stories about DIY now and I don't trust any of them not to scaremonger about it to build support for crackdowns. I've refused requests for interviews on this. Do not talk to the media about DIY.
Trans people need to be careful about talking about DIY. Yes talk about it in the general sense, quote the facts and figures but be careful. Don't give away sources to cis folks. Don't talk to journalists about the details. They're coming for it.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A lot of journalists are writing stories about DIY now and I don't trust any of them not to scaremonger about it to build support for crackdowns. I've refused requests for interviews on this. Do not talk to the media about DIY.
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1. For weeks, EITM has reported that Republicans would push a trans healthcare ban in their ACA negotiations.
Now, the plan is released, and it includes heavy restrictions on ACA plans, a medicaid ban, an EHB ban, and more.
Democrats must not capitulate.
Now, the plan is released, and it includes heavy restrictions on ACA plans, a medicaid ban, an EHB ban, and more.
Democrats must not capitulate.
Democrats Must Reject The Premise Of Trans Healthcare Bans In Republican Healthcare Offer
Republicans new healthcare bill would bar transgender healthcare as an essential health benefit, bar trans medicaid coverage, and would bar HSAs from considering trans healthcare medically necessary.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
1. For weeks, EITM has reported that Republicans would push a trans healthcare ban in their ACA negotiations.
Now, the plan is released, and it includes heavy restrictions on ACA plans, a medicaid ban, an EHB ban, and more.
Democrats must not capitulate.
Now, the plan is released, and it includes heavy restrictions on ACA plans, a medicaid ban, an EHB ban, and more.
Democrats must not capitulate.
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1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
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Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
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Michigan State Medical Society Greenlights Anti-Trans Hate Group Genspect to Teach Trans Medicine
Anti-trans rhetoric—sponsored by Moms for Liberty, and brought to you by Genspect—could be coming to a clinician near you via CME.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine.
Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
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Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers.
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The 6th Circuit has been competing to be the most anti-trans circuit in America and is now carving out a right to bully transgender kids.
Despicable.
Despicable.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The 6th Circuit has been competing to be the most anti-trans circuit in America and is now carving out a right to bully transgender kids.
Despicable.
Despicable.
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1. Protests at Fenway have erupted this week, and further ones are planned.
The protests are in response to the capitulation of the institution to the Trump administration.
They have ended trans youth care.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
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The protests are in response to the capitulation of the institution to the Trump administration.
They have ended trans youth care.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
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After Fenway Cuts Trans Care, Protests Erupt—Again and Again and Again
“This failure of courage does not have to be permanent.”
www.erininthemorning.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
1. Protests at Fenway have erupted this week, and further ones are planned.
The protests are in response to the capitulation of the institution to the Trump administration.
They have ended trans youth care.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
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The protests are in response to the capitulation of the institution to the Trump administration.
They have ended trans youth care.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”
when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
October 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”
when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:
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The government is shut down, people are literally about to go hungry as SNAP payments stop, and this dude is building a gold trimmed billionaire ballroom.
This isn’t going to end well.
This isn’t going to end well.
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The government is shut down, people are literally about to go hungry as SNAP payments stop, and this dude is building a gold trimmed billionaire ballroom.
This isn’t going to end well.
This isn’t going to end well.
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Wait his last name is literally Blaha? It's like he was born for this moment.
October 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Wait his last name is literally Blaha? It's like he was born for this moment.
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I’m getting reports of another major LGBTQ center that is following Fenway’s cowardly example and dropping trans youth care.
This decision will be a stain on their institutions.
This decision will be a stain on their institutions.
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I’m getting reports of another major LGBTQ center that is following Fenway’s cowardly example and dropping trans youth care.
This decision will be a stain on their institutions.
This decision will be a stain on their institutions.
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1. Two more colleges announce they will reject Trump's bribe to institute trans sports and bathroom bans.
Arizona and USC have rejected Trump's "compact," which features crackdowns on immigrants, trans people, and DEI.
They join MIT, Dartmouth, and Virginia.
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Arizona and USC have rejected Trump's "compact," which features crackdowns on immigrants, trans people, and DEI.
They join MIT, Dartmouth, and Virginia.
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Two More Colleges—Arizona and USC—Reject Trump Trans Bathroom Ban Compact
The universities are the latest in a series of institutions that are refusing to comply with Trump's threats to target tarns people.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
1. Two more colleges announce they will reject Trump's bribe to institute trans sports and bathroom bans.
Arizona and USC have rejected Trump's "compact," which features crackdowns on immigrants, trans people, and DEI.
They join MIT, Dartmouth, and Virginia.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Arizona and USC have rejected Trump's "compact," which features crackdowns on immigrants, trans people, and DEI.
They join MIT, Dartmouth, and Virginia.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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1. A federal judge has just ruled in favor of 16 states and schools that refuse to comply with Trumps trans ban demand.
The administration is threatening to pull tens of millions in federal sex ed funding.
Now, they will be blocked.
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The administration is threatening to pull tens of millions in federal sex ed funding.
Now, they will be blocked.
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Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of Public Schools In 16 States That Refused To Comply With Trump's Trans Ban
The judge will block the Trump administration's attempt to restrict funding for sex education from schools that teach it in an inclusive way.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
1. A federal judge has just ruled in favor of 16 states and schools that refuse to comply with Trumps trans ban demand.
The administration is threatening to pull tens of millions in federal sex ed funding.
Now, they will be blocked.
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The administration is threatening to pull tens of millions in federal sex ed funding.
Now, they will be blocked.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Emergency rally against Fenway Health's capitulation to Trump today at 4:00.
The institutions that are supposed to protect us cannot toss aside Transgender people to protect LGB people.
We are all in this together.
The institutions that are supposed to protect us cannot toss aside Transgender people to protect LGB people.
We are all in this together.
Friends!
We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.
Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!
We’ll see you today for this emergency rally outside Fenway Health.
Join us to protest their shameful decision to abandon Trans Youth!
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Emergency rally against Fenway Health's capitulation to Trump today at 4:00.
The institutions that are supposed to protect us cannot toss aside Transgender people to protect LGB people.
We are all in this together.
The institutions that are supposed to protect us cannot toss aside Transgender people to protect LGB people.
We are all in this together.
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1. In a groundbreaking lawsuit, fencer Dinah Yukich has become the first to our knowledge to sue an entity for capitulating to Trump's anti-trans executive orders in violation of state nondiscrimination law.
This kind of lawsuit could have huge ripple effects.
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This kind of lawsuit could have huge ripple effects.
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Fencer Becomes First Trans Athlete to Sue USOPC For Capitulation To Trump’s Sports Ban
“The tournament organizers were [aware] that implementing the transgender policy may violate state law where an event is taking place.”
www.erininthemorning.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
1. In a groundbreaking lawsuit, fencer Dinah Yukich has become the first to our knowledge to sue an entity for capitulating to Trump's anti-trans executive orders in violation of state nondiscrimination law.
This kind of lawsuit could have huge ripple effects.
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This kind of lawsuit could have huge ripple effects.
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1. New York City Public Schools has announced that it will defy Trump's demands to ban trans students from bathrooms, funding threats be damned.
Instead, it has launched a lawsuit against the admin and declared it will not throw trans students under the bus.
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Instead, it has launched a lawsuit against the admin and declared it will not throw trans students under the bus.
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NYC Public Schools Becomes Latest To Defy Trump Trans Bathroom Ban Demands, Launches Lawsuit
“U.S. DOE’s threat to cut off tens of millions of dollars in magnet funding unless we cancelled our protections for transgender and gender expansive students is contrary to |law|"
www.erininthemorning.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
1. New York City Public Schools has announced that it will defy Trump's demands to ban trans students from bathrooms, funding threats be damned.
Instead, it has launched a lawsuit against the admin and declared it will not throw trans students under the bus.
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Instead, it has launched a lawsuit against the admin and declared it will not throw trans students under the bus.
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1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.
Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
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Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
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Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing
The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.
Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."
Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.
Subscribe to support our journalism.