Alex Berg
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creative director & ⚢ journalist
telling stories in every medium. trail running devotee. probably yapping.
📍 nyc/catskills
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Alex Berg
@itsalexberg.bsky.social
· Nov 18
If you’re curious about all that is at stake for LGBTQ+ people now that Trump is elected and is empowering homophobes and transphobes with his cabinet picks, before the election I moderated this roundtable with leaders. It’s a good comprehensive overview.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmgk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmgk...
Democrats having a great election night thanks an electorate energized by the prospect of lawmakers who actually stand up for their constituents then caving on the shutdown with a catastrophic impact on healthcare not even a week later is so Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Democrats having a great election night thanks an electorate energized by the prospect of lawmakers who actually stand up for their constituents then caving on the shutdown with a catastrophic impact on healthcare not even a week later is so Democrats.
Zohran Mamdani winning via a year-long grassroots campaign that started with zero name recognition and visiting districts that Trump won is a lesson that political fatalism born of this fascist moment is not fate.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Zohran Mamdani winning via a year-long grassroots campaign that started with zero name recognition and visiting districts that Trump won is a lesson that political fatalism born of this fascist moment is not fate.
Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Dick Cheney dies, Zohran Mamdani wins, a beaver moon shines in the sky… I just know the Etsy witches have been busy.
I’m happy for Gen Z New Yorkers who — probably for the first time — got to feel genuinely excited about a political candidate in Zohran Mamdani. Everyone should enter adulthood feeling like the world is full of possibility and that hope is a worthwhile emotion.
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I’m happy for Gen Z New Yorkers who — probably for the first time — got to feel genuinely excited about a political candidate in Zohran Mamdani. Everyone should enter adulthood feeling like the world is full of possibility and that hope is a worthwhile emotion.
Teen Vogue's politics section not only took young people — a crucial electorate — seriously, but allowed journalists like me to cover reproductive rights without the damaging and misleading bothsidesism of legacy publications. Another huge loss for media.
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...
This Is What Later Abortion Really Is
Let's cut the myths and pseudoscience.
www.teenvogue.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Teen Vogue's politics section not only took young people — a crucial electorate — seriously, but allowed journalists like me to cover reproductive rights without the damaging and misleading bothsidesism of legacy publications. Another huge loss for media.
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-t...
Zohran Mamdani just made a surprise appearance and speech talking about fighting for queer and trans New Yorkers at the Meow Mix 30th anniversary weekend. Meow Mix was an iconic lesbian bar that closed in 2004, and is a symbol of the fight for lesbian nightlife spaces. This is deep lez herstory.
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Zohran Mamdani just made a surprise appearance and speech talking about fighting for queer and trans New Yorkers at the Meow Mix 30th anniversary weekend. Meow Mix was an iconic lesbian bar that closed in 2004, and is a symbol of the fight for lesbian nightlife spaces. This is deep lez herstory.
The Trump administration is spending $250 million to build a new ballroom in the White House while Americans are paying for groceries with Klarna.
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Trump administration is spending $250 million to build a new ballroom in the White House while Americans are paying for groceries with Klarna.
I'm incredibly sad to learn that NBC News has shuttered NBC OUT, a home for my work since its founding, along with all of the verticals that represented marginalized voices, NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, and NBC Latino.
October 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm incredibly sad to learn that NBC News has shuttered NBC OUT, a home for my work since its founding, along with all of the verticals that represented marginalized voices, NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, and NBC Latino.
Conversion “Therapy” is a harmful practice — disavowed by every major medical organization in the U.S. — that tells LGBTQ+ people we are fundamentally broken and must be “cured.” Queer and trans youth, in particular, will suffer when the court allows this.
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court seems skeptical about state bans on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ kids
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem to be leaning in favor of a Christian counselor who is challenging bans on LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” for kids as a violation of her First Amendment rights.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Conversion “Therapy” is a harmful practice — disavowed by every major medical organization in the U.S. — that tells LGBTQ+ people we are fundamentally broken and must be “cured.” Queer and trans youth, in particular, will suffer when the court allows this.
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...
I am currently in Portland for a photoshoot and the craziest thing that's happened is that our lunch was 10 minutes late because the delivery driver got stuck behind a train. Also, Blue Star Donuts is really good.
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I am currently in Portland for a photoshoot and the craziest thing that's happened is that our lunch was 10 minutes late because the delivery driver got stuck behind a train. Also, Blue Star Donuts is really good.
Thinking from a 30,000 foot view about Trump's disinformation about autism and Tylenol, the administration's plans to declare trans people terrorists, and go after Antifa...first, linking autism to a cause with a cure paints neurodivergent people as having something wrong with them — stigmatizing.
September 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thinking from a 30,000 foot view about Trump's disinformation about autism and Tylenol, the administration's plans to declare trans people terrorists, and go after Antifa...first, linking autism to a cause with a cure paints neurodivergent people as having something wrong with them — stigmatizing.
The FBI's plans to target transgender people amount to criminalizing trans people for the act of existing. We've learned via other anti-trans bills that it would also target anyone who is gender nonconforming or deemed trans in the eyes of the state.
September 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The FBI's plans to target transgender people amount to criminalizing trans people for the act of existing. We've learned via other anti-trans bills that it would also target anyone who is gender nonconforming or deemed trans in the eyes of the state.
As Kimmel is pulled from the air, where are all the comedians who claimed free speech was under attack because they were criticized for offensive remarks about marginalized groups? If concerns about free speech were sincere, they would come as more than a justification to insult trans people.
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
As Kimmel is pulled from the air, where are all the comedians who claimed free speech was under attack because they were criticized for offensive remarks about marginalized groups? If concerns about free speech were sincere, they would come as more than a justification to insult trans people.
The demise of free speech is also brought to you by corporate interests and complicity that would rather acquiesce to the autocracy of the Trump administration than stand behind comedians, journalists, and voices they hire. Free speech for me but not for thee.
www.vox.com/politics/461...
www.vox.com/politics/461...
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.vox.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The demise of free speech is also brought to you by corporate interests and complicity that would rather acquiesce to the autocracy of the Trump administration than stand behind comedians, journalists, and voices they hire. Free speech for me but not for thee.
www.vox.com/politics/461...
www.vox.com/politics/461...
I'm honestly terrified for the retribution that will come next. If you truly believe "political violence has no place in our country" then don't stoke your base to go out and commit more of it. By the way, there was also a school shooting today.
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm honestly terrified for the retribution that will come next. If you truly believe "political violence has no place in our country" then don't stoke your base to go out and commit more of it. By the way, there was also a school shooting today.
The Florida lawmakers eliminating vaccine mandates under the guise of medical freedom and bodily autonomy are the same ones shutting down abortion access and access to gender affirming care. This is all about medical freedom for me, not for thee.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
www.nbcnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Florida lawmakers eliminating vaccine mandates under the guise of medical freedom and bodily autonomy are the same ones shutting down abortion access and access to gender affirming care. This is all about medical freedom for me, not for thee.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The Trump administration's efforts to denigrate same-sex marriage are part of a continuum of anti-LGBTQ activism that follows pervasive attacks on trans people. The marriage equality movement in the 2010s ignored trans people; cis queer people fighting for marriage this time have to do better.
August 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Trump administration's efforts to denigrate same-sex marriage are part of a continuum of anti-LGBTQ activism that follows pervasive attacks on trans people. The marriage equality movement in the 2010s ignored trans people; cis queer people fighting for marriage this time have to do better.
Kim Davis, the clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses back in 2015 and who's now asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, has herself been married four times. If anyone is cheapening the sanctity of marriage, it's her.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.
abcnews.go.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Kim Davis, the clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses back in 2015 and who's now asking SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell, has herself been married four times. If anyone is cheapening the sanctity of marriage, it's her.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/sup...
The Trump administration is planning on *burning* nearly $10 million worth of contraceptive pills, IUDs, and hormonal implants stored in Belgium. “Women are going to die because they’ve not had access to those contraceptives.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Trump administration is planning on *burning* nearly $10 million worth of contraceptive pills, IUDs, and hormonal implants stored in Belgium. “Women are going to die because they’ve not had access to those contraceptives.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
“We’re not walking out on our responsibilities; we’re walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent.” - Texas House Dem Caucus Chair Gene Wu
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Texas Democrats head to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting
In an extraordinary move brokered with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, dozens of Texas House Democrats aim to deny a quorum as the GOP is set to draw new maps.
www.nbcnews.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“We’re not walking out on our responsibilities; we’re walking out on a rigged system that refuses to listen to the people we represent.” - Texas House Dem Caucus Chair Gene Wu
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
Is the New York Times aware that Zohran Mamdani is not currently the mayor of New York City? Because reading the paper's coverage of the horrific shooting yesterday...unclear.
July 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Is the New York Times aware that Zohran Mamdani is not currently the mayor of New York City? Because reading the paper's coverage of the horrific shooting yesterday...unclear.
You know, one of Pete Buttigieg's stronger qualities was his ability to steamroll stupid Fox News arguments, especially over the culture wars. That goes out the window now with this laundering of transphobia and disinformation that he should be condemning, not parroting.
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
Pete Buttigieg Says Trans Athletes in Women’s Sports Raise “Serious Fairness Issues”
The former transportation secretary joins a list of Democrats who are conceding to the right on the issue.
www.them.us
July 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You know, one of Pete Buttigieg's stronger qualities was his ability to steamroll stupid Fox News arguments, especially over the culture wars. That goes out the window now with this laundering of transphobia and disinformation that he should be condemning, not parroting.
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
www.them.us/story/pete-b...
As an American Jew, I'm haunted by images of starving Holocaust victims in concentration camps, and grew up being exposed to these images to teach us "never again." As I see images of starving Palestinians, I'm horrified that Israel is inflicting the same cruelty under the guise of protecting Jews.
July 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As an American Jew, I'm haunted by images of starving Holocaust victims in concentration camps, and grew up being exposed to these images to teach us "never again." As I see images of starving Palestinians, I'm horrified that Israel is inflicting the same cruelty under the guise of protecting Jews.
"I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear." How anyone can see this coverage and that Israel is starving Palestinians and simply turn away is beyond me.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Gaza facing man-made 'mass starvation', says WHO's Tedros
Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"I don't know what you would call it other than mass starvation, and it's man-made, and that's very clear." How anyone can see this coverage and that Israel is starving Palestinians and simply turn away is beyond me.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Barring trans women from women's sports at the Olympics is not only discriminatory but thwarts research about transition and athletic performance. It will also lead to more policing of any woman athlete who doesn't adhere to conventional white femininity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
U.S. Olympic Officials Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Competitions
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Barring trans women from women's sports at the Olympics is not only discriminatory but thwarts research about transition and athletic performance. It will also lead to more policing of any woman athlete who doesn't adhere to conventional white femininity.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...