Jesse Jack
@jessemjack.bsky.social
Trans* Scholar 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 She/They | Author of “Mapping Multi-Genre Literary Frameworks for Trans* Studies” (Lexington Books, 2024)
(All opinions are my own.)
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Jesse Jack
@jessemjack.bsky.social
· Jun 14
Hi, folks! If you are interested in learning about how trans* authors are using counter narratives as a tool for survival in the face of anti trans* lawmaking, please check out my new book! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
30% Discount Code: LXFANDF30
#transgender #literature #queer #trans
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
30% Discount Code: LXFANDF30
#transgender #literature #queer #trans
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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State department guidance is now up for transgender people who want to change their gender marker on their passports.
Your window opens NOW to make it happen, with some caveats: data will be collected on changes.
EITM was the first media outlet to report this breaking development for trans people.
Your window opens NOW to make it happen, with some caveats: data will be collected on changes.
EITM was the first media outlet to report this breaking development for trans people.
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
State department guidance is now up for transgender people who want to change their gender marker on their passports.
Your window opens NOW to make it happen, with some caveats: data will be collected on changes.
EITM was the first media outlet to report this breaking development for trans people.
Your window opens NOW to make it happen, with some caveats: data will be collected on changes.
EITM was the first media outlet to report this breaking development for trans people.
Florida in 2025: “caselaw is building that seems to suggest teachers only have free speech when they disagree with transgender people, but as soon as transgender people come into play, they lose those rights - even in intensely personal subjects such as what name or pronoun or honorific one uses.”
11th Circuit Rules Trans Teacher Must Misgender Herself In Classroom In Accordance With FL Law
The ruling by Trump-appointed judges contradicts other classroom speech cases and is a clear case of the state barring disfavored speech, according to the dissent.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Florida in 2025: “caselaw is building that seems to suggest teachers only have free speech when they disagree with transgender people, but as soon as transgender people come into play, they lose those rights - even in intensely personal subjects such as what name or pronoun or honorific one uses.”
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Don't let the bigots pathologize us.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
June 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Don't let the bigots pathologize us.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
Yes dysphoria kills. It sucks. Believe me, I know. But we are NOT our dysphoria and we are owed more than simply being trauma porn.
We deserve gender affirming care because we're human beings and bodily autonomy is a human right.
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“The decision is hard to stomach. But it’s important to note that there’s nothing in this decision that is a green light.” – Karen Loewy, Lambda Legal Senior Counsel via @huffpost.com
Supreme Court Deals Another Major Blow To Transgender Rights
This decision could set a tone for other challenges to laws barring transgender people from participating in sports, using bathrooms and accessing health care.
www.huffpost.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“The decision is hard to stomach. But it’s important to note that there’s nothing in this decision that is a green light.” – Karen Loewy, Lambda Legal Senior Counsel via @huffpost.com
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1. Trump has promised harsher ICE crackdowns on Truth Social.
He blamed transgender people as the reason such crackdowns must happen.
Particularly, he used the phrase "transgender for everybody," a phrase he has increasingly used to justify anything he wants.
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He blamed transgender people as the reason such crackdowns must happen.
Particularly, he used the phrase "transgender for everybody," a phrase he has increasingly used to justify anything he wants.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump Promises Harsher ICE Crackdowns, Blaming "Transgender For Everybody"
The president has graduated to blaming transgender people for nearly anything he does.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
1. Trump has promised harsher ICE crackdowns on Truth Social.
He blamed transgender people as the reason such crackdowns must happen.
Particularly, he used the phrase "transgender for everybody," a phrase he has increasingly used to justify anything he wants.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
He blamed transgender people as the reason such crackdowns must happen.
Particularly, he used the phrase "transgender for everybody," a phrase he has increasingly used to justify anything he wants.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
trvr.org
June 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
I woke with a swell of Pittsburgh pride this morning.
Residents of Greater Pittsburgh opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump showed up in force June 14 as part of nationwide No Kings Day protests:
Thousands of Pittsburghers join nationwide protests on Trump's birthday
Residents of Greater Pittsburgh opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump showed up in force June 14 as part of nationwide No Kings Day protests. The demonstrations were a loud repudiation of Trump’s inc...
www.pghcitypaper.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I woke with a swell of Pittsburgh pride this morning.
Hi, folks! If you are interested in learning about how trans* authors are using counter narratives as a tool for survival in the face of anti trans* lawmaking, please check out my new book! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
30% Discount Code: LXFANDF30
#transgender #literature #queer #trans
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
30% Discount Code: LXFANDF30
#transgender #literature #queer #trans
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
June 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hi, folks! If you are interested in learning about how trans* authors are using counter narratives as a tool for survival in the face of anti trans* lawmaking, please check out my new book! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
30% Discount Code: LXFANDF30
#transgender #literature #queer #trans
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
30% Discount Code: LXFANDF30
#transgender #literature #queer #trans
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
Thank you for the kind shoutout, @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social!
🏳️🌈🎉🏳️⚧️We're so excited to share a new book from Jesse Jack, the perfect read for this #PrideMonth! Congrats, @jessemjack.bsky.social, on this fantastic publication!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
Purchase your copy today, and use code LXFANDF30 for 30% off!
#TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies
www.bloomsbury.com/us/mapping-m...
Purchase your copy today, and use code LXFANDF30 for 30% off!
#TeamRhetoric #WritingStudies
June 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Thank you for the kind shoutout, @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social!
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Yessssss
Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday plans to sign an executive order to restrict the mass collection and sharing of autism-related data for Illinois residents, in response to the country’s top health secretary’s rhetoric around the cause of autism.
In response to RFK Jr., Pritzker to sign first in nation executive order protecting autism data
The governor's office said the executive order is in response to rising concerns about efforts to create federal autism registries or databases without legal safeguards or accountability.
buff.ly
May 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Yessssss
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In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect.
This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
May 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
In an absolutely devastating ruling, the Supreme Court has allowed the transgender military ban to go into effect.
This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
This is shocking - the ban explicitly called transgender people dishonorable for being transgender. It is as clear as day soaked in animus.
www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...
Misinformation is now the norm… I’m reminded of zines during the height of the AIDS epidemic (like the 1993 “gendertrash from hell issues) through which community organizers shared census data and care guidelines despite a lack of federal support. More accurate information can be found there.
May 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Misinformation is now the norm… I’m reminded of zines during the height of the AIDS epidemic (like the 1993 “gendertrash from hell issues) through which community organizers shared census data and care guidelines despite a lack of federal support. More accurate information can be found there.
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Lambda [cont] – ICYWW the reason Lambda filed a 2nd suit _after_ ACLU got an injunction against State Dept passport policy was the P/I only applied to its plaintiffs. LLDEF’s suit is trying again to get a court to stop the practice for everyone [HT @dana@catodon.social]
Lambda Legal Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Discriminatory Passport Policy
Today, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven transgender U.S. citizens, including one who is nonbinary, challenging the Trump administration’s policy denying them U.S. passports with accurat...
lambdalegal.org
April 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Lambda [cont] – ICYWW the reason Lambda filed a 2nd suit _after_ ACLU got an injunction against State Dept passport policy was the P/I only applied to its plaintiffs. LLDEF’s suit is trying again to get a court to stop the practice for everyone [HT @dana@catodon.social]
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Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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I feel like I was just punched in the ribs. Fuck.
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I feel like I was just punched in the ribs. Fuck.
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To hell with this.
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
To hell with this.
A timely book recommendation: “The Spirit Bares Its Teeth,” by Andrew Joseph White.
The narrative is in the style of a Victorian Gothic (very dark, see trigger warnings), and it features a neurodivergent and trans masc protagonist whose knowledge of medicine seems to far exceed RFK Jr. Just saying!
The narrative is in the style of a Victorian Gothic (very dark, see trigger warnings), and it features a neurodivergent and trans masc protagonist whose knowledge of medicine seems to far exceed RFK Jr. Just saying!
April 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A timely book recommendation: “The Spirit Bares Its Teeth,” by Andrew Joseph White.
The narrative is in the style of a Victorian Gothic (very dark, see trigger warnings), and it features a neurodivergent and trans masc protagonist whose knowledge of medicine seems to far exceed RFK Jr. Just saying!
The narrative is in the style of a Victorian Gothic (very dark, see trigger warnings), and it features a neurodivergent and trans masc protagonist whose knowledge of medicine seems to far exceed RFK Jr. Just saying!
To my autistic friends and fellow neurodiverse comrades, let your dreams, loves, and poetry fill with all the beauty and power he fails to imagine.
WATCH | RFK Jr claims autistic children will never go on dates or pay taxes
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Read the recent CDC autism report here: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
April 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
To my autistic friends and fellow neurodiverse comrades, let your dreams, loves, and poetry fill with all the beauty and power he fails to imagine.
“The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed” — Friends, please be advised.
The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed
Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed” — Friends, please be advised.
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Also, one more thing: if you're not LGBTQ, you don't get a say on who's welcome in our community. Asexual and aromantic people are sexual minorities. They're always welcome in our spaces. Our spaces are their spaces. Mind your own damn business and get a new hobby.
April 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Also, one more thing: if you're not LGBTQ, you don't get a say on who's welcome in our community. Asexual and aromantic people are sexual minorities. They're always welcome in our spaces. Our spaces are their spaces. Mind your own damn business and get a new hobby.
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Last year, only 49—less than 10%—of the 533 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures passed into law.
Advocates in Georgia and Missouri defeated all 54 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced last year despite Republican majorities.
www.unclosetedmedia....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Advocates in Georgia and Missouri defeated all 54 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced last year despite Republican majorities.
www.unclosetedmedia....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Advocates Beat 91% of Last Year's Anti-LGBTQ Bills. How?
While the trans community still faces unprecedented legislative attacks, with 49 bills passing into law in 2024, there are key strategies that activists are using to fight back.
www.unclosetedmedia.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Last year, only 49—less than 10%—of the 533 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in state legislatures passed into law.
Advocates in Georgia and Missouri defeated all 54 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced last year despite Republican majorities.
www.unclosetedmedia....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Advocates in Georgia and Missouri defeated all 54 anti-LGBTQ bills introduced last year despite Republican majorities.
www.unclosetedmedia....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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I am watching Senator Booker's filibuster on Roland Martin's YouTube channel between meetings.
(Shout out to his staffers, too. They did tons of prep for this.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOm...
(Shout out to his staffers, too. They did tons of prep for this.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOm...
Cory Booker holds marathon Senate speech to warn of Trump’s ‘harmful’ policies
YouTube video by Roland S. Martin
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I am watching Senator Booker's filibuster on Roland Martin's YouTube channel between meetings.
(Shout out to his staffers, too. They did tons of prep for this.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOm...
(Shout out to his staffers, too. They did tons of prep for this.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOm...
Take a minute to check in on your mental health before reading.
Trump says ‘there are methods’ for seeking a third term, adding that he’s ‘not joking’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Sunday did not dismiss the idea of pursuing a third term in the White House, despite the 22nd Amendment of the Constitution prohibiting it, claiming that “there are methods” ...
www.cnn.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Take a minute to check in on your mental health before reading.