Mel DeSilva
@meldesilva.bsky.social
They/them; GenX; neurodivergent; parent of a trans kid; I fight for trans rights; pro democracy and anti fascist. All opinions are my own. 🏳️⚧️🩷🏳️🌈
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Disability Pride Month is an annual observance in July that celebrates people with disabilities, promotes disability justice and visibility, and raises awareness of disability culture.
#DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #NoAbleism #ADA
#DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #NoAbleism #ADA
July 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Disability Pride Month is an annual observance in July that celebrates people with disabilities, promotes disability justice and visibility, and raises awareness of disability culture.
#DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #NoAbleism #ADA
#DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth #NoAbleism #ADA
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In the face of cruelty and fear, Transhealth will continue to offer healthcare, build community, and fight for a world in which every trans person—of every age—can thrive.
Read our full statement transhealth.org/transhealth-...
Read our full statement transhealth.org/transhealth-...
June 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In the face of cruelty and fear, Transhealth will continue to offer healthcare, build community, and fight for a world in which every trans person—of every age—can thrive.
Read our full statement transhealth.org/transhealth-...
Read our full statement transhealth.org/transhealth-...
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Deplorable.
1. Shamefully, the Washington Post Editorial Board has just endorsed the junk-science report put out by RFK Jr's HHS department on trans people.
The paper is willing to put science aside when a politically juicy target like transgender people is involved.
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The paper is willing to put science aside when a politically juicy target like transgender people is involved.
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Washington Post Shamefully Endorses RFK Jr's Pseudoscience Report On Trans People
The paper, which has had no problem critiquing other pseudoscience efforts by RFK Jr's HHS, appears to fully embrace anti-transgender pseudoscience and conversion therapy.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Deplorable.
The whole world just up and accepted the new Pope’s chosen name. Just like that. So don’t let anyone tell you they can’t do it for trans kids.
May 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The whole world just up and accepted the new Pope’s chosen name. Just like that. So don’t let anyone tell you they can’t do it for trans kids.
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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Why isn't Kristi Noem dressing up in her ICE cosplay outfit, going to Oklahoma, and apologizing to the family they incorrectly took out of their home, in their underwear, and took their money and belongings? You made a terrible mistake, Kristi Noem. Fix it.
May 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Why isn't Kristi Noem dressing up in her ICE cosplay outfit, going to Oklahoma, and apologizing to the family they incorrectly took out of their home, in their underwear, and took their money and belongings? You made a terrible mistake, Kristi Noem. Fix it.
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1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
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It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
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Fact Check: Trump's HHS Review On Trans Care Filled With Lies, Pseudoscience
The review, which was made possible by an executive order calling transgender healthcare "mutilation," reached its predetermined conclusion on its May 1st publication date.
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May 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
1. Today, the Trump administration's HHS Dept., under RFK Jr., released a review of transgender healthcare.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It has no authors. It pushes pseudoscience and conversion therapy. It does not follow a scientific process.
My fact check of the Trump HHS review.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Read Transhealth’s reponse to the unscientific attack on trans youth from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services transhealth.org/response-hhs-report
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Read Transhealth’s reponse to the unscientific attack on trans youth from the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services transhealth.org/response-hhs-report
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If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
May 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
If you open the anti-trans HHS report’s appendix in NotePad, you’ll see that it was compiled by Alex Byrne.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
The appendix is a rigorous, scientific overview of systematic reviews.
Alex Byrne is an MIT philosophy professor with no apparent background in science, let alone expertise in it.
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
The arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is chilling.
April 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is chilling.
I’m so saddened by the number of people I went to school with who are now fascists.
April 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’m so saddened by the number of people I went to school with who are now fascists.
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The Heritage Foundation, who wrote Project 2025, and to whom Trump is beholden to keep him in office, is actually, really, planning on making us all CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS. They are already having certain agency employees report on one another for criticising CHRISTIANITY.
April 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Heritage Foundation, who wrote Project 2025, and to whom Trump is beholden to keep him in office, is actually, really, planning on making us all CHRISTIAN NATIONALISTS. They are already having certain agency employees report on one another for criticising CHRISTIANITY.
I thought we were supposed to be saving money. What a joke. Fucking unbelievable. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
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April 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I thought we were supposed to be saving money. What a joke. Fucking unbelievable. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
JD Vance sucked the life out of a frail Pope Francis like a Dementor didn’t he?
April 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
JD Vance sucked the life out of a frail Pope Francis like a Dementor didn’t he?
Bingo
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bingo
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Georgetown Law, Mt. Holyoke, Cornell: who else is on the list? Let's celebrate those who fight back!
April 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Georgetown Law, Mt. Holyoke, Cornell: who else is on the list? Let's celebrate those who fight back!
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They don’t care.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
April 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
They don’t care.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
They don’t care that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 to bring an innocent man home to his family.
They don’t care.
They think it’s funny.
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It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
“Prime, but with human beings.” JFC, what have we become?
April 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
“Prime, but with human beings.” JFC, what have we become?
A lot of the tariffs have been paused huh? Trump is clearly manipulating the global markets for his own financial gain and the financial gain of his family and friends. Beyond corrupt and immoral.
April 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A lot of the tariffs have been paused huh? Trump is clearly manipulating the global markets for his own financial gain and the financial gain of his family and friends. Beyond corrupt and immoral.
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Good riddance but I’m sure the next person in charge of the
USPS will be so much worse. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
USPS will be so much worse. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
US Postal Service head DeJoy resigns | CNN Politics
Louis DeJoy resigned from his role as head of the US Postal Service on Monday, leaving the independent government agency at a time when the 250-year old service faces calls for privatization and scrut...
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March 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Good riddance but I’m sure the next person in charge of the
USPS will be so much worse. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...
USPS will be so much worse. www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/p...