Kyan Lynch
@kyanlynch.bsky.social
Co-editor of “A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States: From Margins to Mainstream”, author of free newsletter, The MedEdge. Sci-fi fan
I don’t think I can name a single software product I use that was made better by the rush to incorporate AI. But I can name a bunch that have gotten worse
July 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I don’t think I can name a single software product I use that was made better by the rush to incorporate AI. But I can name a bunch that have gotten worse
Why does “minor” now mean <19?
And I wish these articles would include data on the number of surgeries actually performed on “minors”.
In 2019, of 151 breast reduction procedures performed on minors nationally, 97% were for cis boys.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
And I wish these articles would include data on the number of surgeries actually performed on “minors”.
In 2019, of 151 breast reduction procedures performed on minors nationally, 97% were for cis boys.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Stanford Medicine ends surgeries for transgender minors amid pressure from Trump administration
As Children's Hospital Los Angeles scales back healthcare for trans youth, Stanford Medicine has stopped performing gender-affirming surgeries on patients younger than 19.
www.latimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Why does “minor” now mean <19?
And I wish these articles would include data on the number of surgeries actually performed on “minors”.
In 2019, of 151 breast reduction procedures performed on minors nationally, 97% were for cis boys.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
And I wish these articles would include data on the number of surgeries actually performed on “minors”.
In 2019, of 151 breast reduction procedures performed on minors nationally, 97% were for cis boys.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
I don't really know how to interpret this other than the Republican party is now pro-fascism.
86% of Republicans support "Trump sending the National Guard and Marines to respond to the L.A. protests"
Marines doing domestic law enforcement is illegal! How is it so popular?
wapo.st/4e5mhr2
86% of Republicans support "Trump sending the National Guard and Marines to respond to the L.A. protests"
Marines doing domestic law enforcement is illegal! How is it so popular?
wapo.st/4e5mhr2
We asked 1,000 Americans about the L.A. protests. This is how they responded.
Americans are divided on Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to L.A., Post-Schar School poll finds.
wapo.st
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I don't really know how to interpret this other than the Republican party is now pro-fascism.
86% of Republicans support "Trump sending the National Guard and Marines to respond to the L.A. protests"
Marines doing domestic law enforcement is illegal! How is it so popular?
wapo.st/4e5mhr2
86% of Republicans support "Trump sending the National Guard and Marines to respond to the L.A. protests"
Marines doing domestic law enforcement is illegal! How is it so popular?
wapo.st/4e5mhr2
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1. Terrifying news for transgender people across the United States. In a late night development, the House Spending Bill was amended to ban transgender coverage for transgender ADULTS on medicaid!
A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
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A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
Subscribe to support my journalism.
House Spending Bill Now Bans Medicaid For Transition Care For Adults
The provision was stricken late at night to appeal to hardline conservatives.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
1. Terrifying news for transgender people across the United States. In a late night development, the House Spending Bill was amended to ban transgender coverage for transgender ADULTS on medicaid!
A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
Subscribe to support my journalism.
A manager's amendment removed the words "for minors."
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Let’s imagine that @brucespringsteen.net and Taylor Swift were putting together a protest/Americana album.
Who else would you want making an appearance?
Who else would you want making an appearance?
May 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Let’s imagine that @brucespringsteen.net and Taylor Swift were putting together a protest/Americana album.
Who else would you want making an appearance?
Who else would you want making an appearance?
Apparently April is Stress Awareness Month and good job everyone - I am very aware.
#StressAwarenessMonth
#StressAwarenessMonth
April 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Apparently April is Stress Awareness Month and good job everyone - I am very aware.
#StressAwarenessMonth
#StressAwarenessMonth
Wait, what about that plush tiny screw gig I was promised by Lutnick?
Trump exempting computers & phones from the tariffs today means that Chinese-made laptops now have lower tariffs than European Cars, Mexican Steel, & Canadian Lumber.
Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
Also means Vietnamese-made laptops have a lower tariff than Ethiopian coffee, Indian tea, & Guatemalan bananas
April 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Wait, what about that plush tiny screw gig I was promised by Lutnick?
CJ: Sam, I’m going to need you to remember I’m a very smart and sophisticated woman who graduate summa cum laude from Berkeley
Sam: I *do* think you’re a very smart and sophisticated woman
CJ: Good, because now I need you to explain tariffs to me as if I’m an idiot
…
Sam: I *do* think you’re a very smart and sophisticated woman
CJ: Good, because now I need you to explain tariffs to me as if I’m an idiot
…
April 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
CJ: Sam, I’m going to need you to remember I’m a very smart and sophisticated woman who graduate summa cum laude from Berkeley
Sam: I *do* think you’re a very smart and sophisticated woman
CJ: Good, because now I need you to explain tariffs to me as if I’m an idiot
…
Sam: I *do* think you’re a very smart and sophisticated woman
CJ: Good, because now I need you to explain tariffs to me as if I’m an idiot
…
Actually *being* trans is a less significant part of my personality than having once competed against a trans woman is for these "influencers".
And yes, I played D1 (pre-transition) so I get elite competition.
Being a former D1 player is also a less significant part of my personality ...
And yes, I played D1 (pre-transition) so I get elite competition.
Being a former D1 player is also a less significant part of my personality ...
April 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Actually *being* trans is a less significant part of my personality than having once competed against a trans woman is for these "influencers".
And yes, I played D1 (pre-transition) so I get elite competition.
Being a former D1 player is also a less significant part of my personality ...
And yes, I played D1 (pre-transition) so I get elite competition.
Being a former D1 player is also a less significant part of my personality ...
This might be the most terrifying thing I've ever read.
Truly, this reads like the prequel to a dystopian novel set a few years later, in which all speech, movement, relationships, task completion, and interactions are tracked and used by a vindictive, malevolent govt.
And yes, we were warned.
Truly, this reads like the prequel to a dystopian novel set a few years later, in which all speech, movement, relationships, task completion, and interactions are tracked and used by a vindictive, malevolent govt.
And yes, we were warned.
NEW: 404 Media has seen parts of a Palantir-powered ICE database that allows for highly specific filtering of people, which allows for searches of students, people with tattoos, from specific countries, by visa status, etc:
www.404media.co/inside-a-pow...
www.404media.co/inside-a-pow...
Inside a Powerful Database ICE Uses to Identify and Deport People
The database allows filtering according to hundreds of different categories, including visa status, “unique physical characteristics (e.g. scars, marks, tattoos),” “criminal affiliation,” license plat...
www.404media.co
April 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This might be the most terrifying thing I've ever read.
Truly, this reads like the prequel to a dystopian novel set a few years later, in which all speech, movement, relationships, task completion, and interactions are tracked and used by a vindictive, malevolent govt.
And yes, we were warned.
Truly, this reads like the prequel to a dystopian novel set a few years later, in which all speech, movement, relationships, task completion, and interactions are tracked and used by a vindictive, malevolent govt.
And yes, we were warned.
How is MS Word still SO BAD when it comes to CV and other formats? Trying to update mine and it's like a comedy of errors.
I delete one entry and suddenly have 2 new blank pages inserted.
Try to add a bullet point and suddenly the margins are all over the place.
So frustrating
I delete one entry and suddenly have 2 new blank pages inserted.
Try to add a bullet point and suddenly the margins are all over the place.
So frustrating
April 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How is MS Word still SO BAD when it comes to CV and other formats? Trying to update mine and it's like a comedy of errors.
I delete one entry and suddenly have 2 new blank pages inserted.
Try to add a bullet point and suddenly the margins are all over the place.
So frustrating
I delete one entry and suddenly have 2 new blank pages inserted.
Try to add a bullet point and suddenly the margins are all over the place.
So frustrating
Way to go, Rochester
April 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Way to go, Rochester
Chris: CJ, why isn’t POTUS receiving the fallen US soldiers from Lithuania?
CJ: The president doesn’t like to use our troops as political props
Danny: But he’s ok with hosting a Saudi-backed golf tournament instead?
CJ: ok, anyone but Danny
Danny: C’mon CJ…
CJ: That’s a full lid, everyone
CJ: The president doesn’t like to use our troops as political props
Danny: But he’s ok with hosting a Saudi-backed golf tournament instead?
CJ: ok, anyone but Danny
Danny: C’mon CJ…
CJ: That’s a full lid, everyone
April 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Chris: CJ, why isn’t POTUS receiving the fallen US soldiers from Lithuania?
CJ: The president doesn’t like to use our troops as political props
Danny: But he’s ok with hosting a Saudi-backed golf tournament instead?
CJ: ok, anyone but Danny
Danny: C’mon CJ…
CJ: That’s a full lid, everyone
CJ: The president doesn’t like to use our troops as political props
Danny: But he’s ok with hosting a Saudi-backed golf tournament instead?
CJ: ok, anyone but Danny
Danny: C’mon CJ…
CJ: That’s a full lid, everyone
Donna: my cousin says it gets worse every time he looks at his portfolio
Josh: tell him to stop looking
Donna: but Joooosshh -
Josh: I don’t know what to tell you, he should’ve voted for the other guy
Donna: he did!
Sam: Josh! Drudge has a pic of POTUS playing golf while the market crashes
Josh: tell him to stop looking
Donna: but Joooosshh -
Josh: I don’t know what to tell you, he should’ve voted for the other guy
Donna: he did!
Sam: Josh! Drudge has a pic of POTUS playing golf while the market crashes
April 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Donna: my cousin says it gets worse every time he looks at his portfolio
Josh: tell him to stop looking
Donna: but Joooosshh -
Josh: I don’t know what to tell you, he should’ve voted for the other guy
Donna: he did!
Sam: Josh! Drudge has a pic of POTUS playing golf while the market crashes
Josh: tell him to stop looking
Donna: but Joooosshh -
Josh: I don’t know what to tell you, he should’ve voted for the other guy
Donna: he did!
Sam: Josh! Drudge has a pic of POTUS playing golf while the market crashes
So THAT'S why it's called Standard and POOR
April 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
So THAT'S why it's called Standard and POOR
Jeepers
“It is painful to say this… but the United States urgently needs a strong alternative to the government public health guidance it has relied on in the past. I urge public health experts to come together to invest in organizations that provide independent, trustworthy sources of information”
Opinion | Why I left my job leading public health messaging for the CDC
Public health policy must be guided by facts and not fantasy.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Jeepers
I’d be fired if I started a group chat with a bunch of colleagues and sent protected patient information they didn’t need… and accidentally included the hospital’s HIPAA Compliance Officer.
And I’d deserve it.
And I’d deserve it.
March 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I’d be fired if I started a group chat with a bunch of colleagues and sent protected patient information they didn’t need… and accidentally included the hospital’s HIPAA Compliance Officer.
And I’d deserve it.
And I’d deserve it.
This Signal story is a good illustration of what happens when the dog finally catches the car.
Which is to say, nothing good.
Which is to say, nothing good.
March 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This Signal story is a good illustration of what happens when the dog finally catches the car.
Which is to say, nothing good.
Which is to say, nothing good.
Avg life expectancy in 1776 was 38.
Maybe that’s why the founding fathers didn’t anticipate that old dudes overstaying their welcome would ruin their whole project
Maybe that’s why the founding fathers didn’t anticipate that old dudes overstaying their welcome would ruin their whole project
March 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Avg life expectancy in 1776 was 38.
Maybe that’s why the founding fathers didn’t anticipate that old dudes overstaying their welcome would ruin their whole project
Maybe that’s why the founding fathers didn’t anticipate that old dudes overstaying their welcome would ruin their whole project
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
Watching the Schumer interview with @chrislhayes.bsky.social. Other people have made the real points, but:
- Schumer starts by complaining that the book is "upside down" on screen (it wasn't). Sounds sniveling and also NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE BOOK, CHUCK!
- Schumer starts by complaining that the book is "upside down" on screen (it wasn't). Sounds sniveling and also NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE BOOK, CHUCK!
March 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Watching the Schumer interview with @chrislhayes.bsky.social. Other people have made the real points, but:
- Schumer starts by complaining that the book is "upside down" on screen (it wasn't). Sounds sniveling and also NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE BOOK, CHUCK!
- Schumer starts by complaining that the book is "upside down" on screen (it wasn't). Sounds sniveling and also NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE BOOK, CHUCK!
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INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
INCREDIBLE Ruling!
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus.
Trans military members may continue to serve.
Hi the economy is going to implode. The only way out is taxing the rich.
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hi the economy is going to implode. The only way out is taxing the rich.
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"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing (Gift Article)
The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"The reason you should care about this is not that it could happen to you but that it is already happening to others. It is happening to people who, we claim, have rights just because we are human. It is happening to me, personally."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...