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Ari Drennen

@aridrennen.bsky.social

Trump's lawyers are absolutely flailing in the courts right now

A screenshot of a text excerpt from a court proceeding, showing a conversation between Judge Reyes and Jason C. Lynch about an executive order that defines “sex” strictly as male or female. Judge Reyes challenges this definition, noting that there are roughly 30 different intersex variations and citing examples such as XXX chromosomes, androgen insensitivity, and five-alpha reductase deficiency. Judge Reyes emphasizes that not everyone fits neatly into an XX or XY pattern, concluding that the executive order’s premise—that there are only two sexes—is biologically incorrect.

February 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM

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Hank Green

@hankgreen.bsky.social

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM

danielle1983.bsky.social

@danielle1983.bsky.social

And so it begins.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Jan 20

Donald Trump will strip trans people of their legal protections in one of his first acts after returning to office

The convicted felon & US President will sign an executive order declaring that the federal government would recognise only two genders: male & female
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Trump changes sex definition and rips up diversity plans in huge blow for LGBTQ+

The convicted felon and US President will sign an executive order declaring that the federal government would recognise only two genders: male and female

www.mirror.co.uk

January 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM

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H. John Tran

@johnhtran.bsky.social

AOC took to Instagram ahead of Trump’s inauguration, slamming TikTok for praising him prematurely and calling out the dangers of ‘21st century fascism.’ Her stance is a necessary pushback, and I support her fight to hold leaders accountable and resist the normalization of authoritarianism.