Melissa Jackson
@melissajackson.bsky.social
Postconviction Attorney / Ohioan / It can always get worse.
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Even down to how they exploit the changes in diagnostic criteria to suggest there's some "contagion" or "epidemic." What those changes actually point to is a move away from a model of suppression to a model of acceptance, and that's what actually terrifies them
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Even down to how they exploit the changes in diagnostic criteria to suggest there's some "contagion" or "epidemic." What those changes actually point to is a move away from a model of suppression to a model of acceptance, and that's what actually terrifies them
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
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This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.
June 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.
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one thing i think people should ask the court conservatives given this ruling is what, specifically, was wrong with plessy?
🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court UPHOLDS Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for minors, concluding that it does NOT discriminate on the basis of sex, is not subject to heightened scrutiny, and survives rational basis review. All three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
one thing i think people should ask the court conservatives given this ruling is what, specifically, was wrong with plessy?
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June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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We got the ruling in Skrmetti and it's shit.
"Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for
transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for
transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We got the ruling in Skrmetti and it's shit.
"Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for
transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for
transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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They finally caught the son of a bitch
You seriously cant make this shit up
A law enforcement officer points a taser at a person wearing a hot dog costume during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
A law enforcement officer points a taser at a person wearing a hot dog costume during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
June 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They finally caught the son of a bitch
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Pope Trump? That’s what the president of the United Stated suggested when talking to reporters at the White House yesterday.
It is imperative, according to canon Law, that any candidate is of sound mind.
This, along with not being a baptized Catholic, would rule out President Trump.
It is imperative, according to canon Law, that any candidate is of sound mind.
This, along with not being a baptized Catholic, would rule out President Trump.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Pope Trump? That’s what the president of the United Stated suggested when talking to reporters at the White House yesterday.
It is imperative, according to canon Law, that any candidate is of sound mind.
This, along with not being a baptized Catholic, would rule out President Trump.
It is imperative, according to canon Law, that any candidate is of sound mind.
This, along with not being a baptized Catholic, would rule out President Trump.
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"I’m one part libertarian, one part populist, and one part common sense. I care about the same things you do: a backyard BBQ with my neighbors, my family’s safety, and the sanctity of women’s collegiate swimming."
I’m a Free-Thinking Centrist with Only Right-Wing Ideas
You’ve probably wondered about me, the independent thinker in your social network. I’m one part libertarian, one part populist, and one part common...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"I’m one part libertarian, one part populist, and one part common sense. I care about the same things you do: a backyard BBQ with my neighbors, my family’s safety, and the sanctity of women’s collegiate swimming."
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Happy Trans Visibility Day! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Looking to show up as an ally today (and every day!) and not sure where to start? Don't miss this resource from @transequality.bsky.social:
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Looking to show up as an ally today (and every day!) and not sure where to start? Don't miss this resource from @transequality.bsky.social:
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Supporting the Transgender People in Your Life: A Guide to Being a Good Ally | A4TE
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March 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Happy Trans Visibility Day! 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Looking to show up as an ally today (and every day!) and not sure where to start? Don't miss this resource from @transequality.bsky.social:
transequality.org/resources/su...
Looking to show up as an ally today (and every day!) and not sure where to start? Don't miss this resource from @transequality.bsky.social:
transequality.org/resources/su...
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Today, Ohio Attorney General Yost announced that he is running for Ohio Governor
Let me tell you one story that tells you everything you need to know about Yost, and how we can’t allow him to be Governor.
When a 10-year old rape victim in Ohio was forced to go to Indiana for abortion care,
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Today, Ohio Attorney General Yost announced that he is running for Ohio Governor
Let me tell you one story that tells you everything you need to know about Yost, and how we can’t allow him to be Governor.
When a 10-year old rape victim in Ohio was forced to go to Indiana for abortion care,
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January 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Today, Ohio Attorney General Yost announced that he is running for Ohio Governor
Let me tell you one story that tells you everything you need to know about Yost, and how we can’t allow him to be Governor.
When a 10-year old rape victim in Ohio was forced to go to Indiana for abortion care,
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Today, Ohio Attorney General Yost announced that he is running for Ohio Governor
Let me tell you one story that tells you everything you need to know about Yost, and how we can’t allow him to be Governor.
When a 10-year old rape victim in Ohio was forced to go to Indiana for abortion care,
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Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
December 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.
Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
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It’s genuinely shocking if you’re remotely familiar with the basic facts of trans care and youth medicine.
It is *profoundly* difficult to access gender-affirming care as a minor and the Times has printed more than a dozen articles implying that it is too easy.
It is *profoundly* difficult to access gender-affirming care as a minor and the Times has printed more than a dozen articles implying that it is too easy.
in hindsight the NYT anti-trans crusade is one of the most despicable things that any big time journalism outfit in this country has ever done. a perfect and clearly intentional layup for the fascists on the Supreme Court
December 4, 2024 at 8:34 PM
It’s genuinely shocking if you’re remotely familiar with the basic facts of trans care and youth medicine.
It is *profoundly* difficult to access gender-affirming care as a minor and the Times has printed more than a dozen articles implying that it is too easy.
It is *profoundly* difficult to access gender-affirming care as a minor and the Times has printed more than a dozen articles implying that it is too easy.
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I only object to Joe Biden pardoning Hunter to the extent that Joe Biden doesn’t pardon people who AREN’T his children, starting with commuting the sentences of everyone on federal death row before Trump starts killing them again in 6 weeks
December 2, 2024 at 1:20 AM
I only object to Joe Biden pardoning Hunter to the extent that Joe Biden doesn’t pardon people who AREN’T his children, starting with commuting the sentences of everyone on federal death row before Trump starts killing them again in 6 weeks
May they all suffer from chronic UTIs until the end of their miserable days
I wish Mike DeWine and the rest of the Ohio GOP get stuck in traffic all week. I hope they don’t get anything on their Christmas lists. I hope sports events boycott this state until this policy changes.
Also, fuck you.
Also, fuck you.
November 27, 2024 at 4:40 PM
May they all suffer from chronic UTIs until the end of their miserable days
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Fuck you, Mike DeWine. You're a spineless piece of shit who knows better but you're a fucking coward.
November 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Fuck you, Mike DeWine. You're a spineless piece of shit who knows better but you're a fucking coward.
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AOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride.
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
November 21, 2024 at 2:48 AM
AOC comes out swinging against a Nancy Mace for targeting Sarah McBride.
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
"They're doing this so that Nancy Mace can ... fundraise off an email. They're not doing this to protect people. They're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kinds. And everybody should reject it. It's gross."
Can confirm - this is where we thrive!
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Can confirm - this is where we thrive!
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NEW: Joe Biden has a moral, ethical responsibility to clear the federal death row
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/joe-biden-...
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/joe-biden-...
Joe Biden has a moral, ethical responsibility to clear the federal death row
The Biden administration must do all it can to unwind the federal death penalty. Also: News on Texas's death penalty. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:10 AM
NEW: Joe Biden has a moral, ethical responsibility to clear the federal death row
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/joe-biden-...
Tonight, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/joe-biden-...
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I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
November 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
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Undecided voters not beating the "dumbest motherfuckers alive" allegations
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 5, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Undecided voters not beating the "dumbest motherfuckers alive" allegations
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is abhorrent.
The Ohio Legislature passed an anti-transgender bathroom bill this afternoon. They've been trying to do that for a very long time and they've finally done it.
Fuck this state and the hateful bigots who run it.
Fuck this state and the hateful bigots who run it.
November 13, 2024 at 9:22 PM
This is abhorrent.
Immediately disrespecting bright young people seems like a great way to accelerate Ohio's "brain drain" problem ... college students can't leave after graduating if they don't come here in the first place!
Real important stuff going on in Ohio… columbusunderground.com/ohio-gop-wan...
Ohio GOP Wants to Make Pronouns Illegal on College Applications - Columbus Underground
Republican lawmakers introduced a pair of higher education related bills as lame duck begins, including one to ban college applications from asking preferred pronouns.
columbusunderground.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Immediately disrespecting bright young people seems like a great way to accelerate Ohio's "brain drain" problem ... college students can't leave after graduating if they don't come here in the first place!
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i wore this shirt to jury duty and the defense lawyer asked if it was true. that man’s client is fucked
November 12, 2024 at 3:29 AM
i wore this shirt to jury duty and the defense lawyer asked if it was true. that man’s client is fucked
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When Beto Duran got out of prison, he went to his mom’s & opened “all the years of Christmas presents"
“All the years?” I asked him
Yes. His mom had such faith in his innocence that every year for 30 YEARS she got him presents & saved them for the day he went free.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“All the years?” I asked him
Yes. His mom had such faith in his innocence that every year for 30 YEARS she got him presents & saved them for the day he went free.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
He spent 30 years in prison, where he was beaten and shot. But was he actually innocent?
Humberto Duran was arrested on suspicion of murder in 1993, implicated by a teenage witness who since recanted her account. More than a decade later, Duran was still in prison.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2024 at 10:44 PM
When Beto Duran got out of prison, he went to his mom’s & opened “all the years of Christmas presents"
“All the years?” I asked him
Yes. His mom had such faith in his innocence that every year for 30 YEARS she got him presents & saved them for the day he went free.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“All the years?” I asked him
Yes. His mom had such faith in his innocence that every year for 30 YEARS she got him presents & saved them for the day he went free.
www.latimes.com/california/s...