Naomi
@naomiggold.bsky.social
LGBTQ advocate. Data nerd. Policy wonk. Queer mom.
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#ICYMI: This case is about dangerous, debunked practices that fringe mental health practitioners are trying to force on LGBTQ young people.
CO’s law prohibits state-licensed therapists from hurting LGBTQ kids and trying to change a part of them that can’t be changed.
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/s...
CO’s law prohibits state-licensed therapists from hurting LGBTQ kids and trying to change a part of them that can’t be changed.
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/s...
Supreme Court will hear challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban
More than 20 states have bans on subjecting minors to such therapy.
www.axios.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#ICYMI: This case is about dangerous, debunked practices that fringe mental health practitioners are trying to force on LGBTQ young people.
CO’s law prohibits state-licensed therapists from hurting LGBTQ kids and trying to change a part of them that can’t be changed.
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/s...
CO’s law prohibits state-licensed therapists from hurting LGBTQ kids and trying to change a part of them that can’t be changed.
www.axios.com/2025/03/10/s...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case.
bit.ly
March 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children.
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1. President Trump has signed an executive order making employees at organizations that support transgender youth care and DEI ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.
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This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.
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Trump Makes Supporting Trans People Ineligible For Public Service Loan Forgiveness Via EO
The executive order could impact thousands of civil rights organizations, schools, hospitals, and more.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
1. President Trump has signed an executive order making employees at organizations that support transgender youth care and DEI ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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NEW: SCOTUS takes up challenge to conversion therapy ban aimed at protecting LGBTQ kids.
A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity.
This afternoon, at Law Dork:
A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity.
This afternoon, at Law Dork:
SCOTUS takes up challenge to conversion therapy ban aimed at protecting LGBTQ kids
A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity. Also: Today at the Post.
www.lawdork.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: SCOTUS takes up challenge to conversion therapy ban aimed at protecting LGBTQ kids.
A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity.
This afternoon, at Law Dork:
A Christian therapist sued over Colorado's ban on efforts to change minors' sexual orientation or gender identity.
This afternoon, at Law Dork:
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As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
March 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
As of today, there are more kids infected with measles than there are trans athletes playing in college sports in the U.S.
Let’s put all this together:
1- they’ve taken down existing data sets that include gender identity variables
2 - data use files now have no gender identity variables
3- they’ve halted funding for research about trans people
1- they’ve taken down existing data sets that include gender identity variables
2 - data use files now have no gender identity variables
3- they’ve halted funding for research about trans people
February 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Let’s put all this together:
1- they’ve taken down existing data sets that include gender identity variables
2 - data use files now have no gender identity variables
3- they’ve halted funding for research about trans people
1- they’ve taken down existing data sets that include gender identity variables
2 - data use files now have no gender identity variables
3- they’ve halted funding for research about trans people
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NEW: DOD issued its new military policy on Wednesday banning all transgender people who are living as themselves from joining or continuing to serve in the military. Under the policy, “separation actions” of current service members who are transgender are to begin within the next two months.
Breaking: Military issues policy banning trans military service, implementing Trump EO
The policy was filed Wednesday evening in a challenge to the executive order and will be subject to legal challenges.
www.lawdork.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
NEW: DOD issued its new military policy on Wednesday banning all transgender people who are living as themselves from joining or continuing to serve in the military. Under the policy, “separation actions” of current service members who are transgender are to begin within the next two months.
Removing a protected characteristic from nondiscrimination protections - ones that have been in place for more than a decade - is unprecedented and deeply worrying.
‼️ #ICYMI in #Iowa: lawmakers are considering the Iowa Civil Rights Removal Act (HF583 and SF418), which would make Iowa the first state in the US to roll back existing civil rights protections on the basis of gender identity from its state code.
⬇️ More in @apnews.com.
apnews.com/article/iowa...
⬇️ More in @apnews.com.
apnews.com/article/iowa...
Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code
Several protesters were arrested at the Iowa state Capitol as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity.
apnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Removing a protected characteristic from nondiscrimination protections - ones that have been in place for more than a decade - is unprecedented and deeply worrying.
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Despite recent and rising threats against our community, LGBTQ+ Americans continue to make progress.
MAP's latest details all the ways we win — from beating bad bills to creating safe spaces, caring for each other, building capacity, and much more.
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MAP's latest details all the ways we win — from beating bad bills to creating safe spaces, caring for each other, building capacity, and much more.
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lgbtmap.medium.com/despite-the-...
Despite the Attacks Against Us, LGBTQ People Know How to Win
Despite threats against our community, we continue to make progress by amplifying our power and strengthening our impact.
lgbtmap.medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Despite recent and rising threats against our community, LGBTQ+ Americans continue to make progress.
MAP's latest details all the ways we win — from beating bad bills to creating safe spaces, caring for each other, building capacity, and much more.
⬇️ Read more.
lgbtmap.medium.com/despite-the-...
MAP's latest details all the ways we win — from beating bad bills to creating safe spaces, caring for each other, building capacity, and much more.
⬇️ Read more.
lgbtmap.medium.com/despite-the-...
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"If successful, this would be the first time that a state would remove existing, explicit nondiscrimination statutory protections for gender identity."
🏳️⚧️⬇️ More from MAP in new @apnews.com coverage on the #Iowa Legislature's attempt to repeal civil rights for trans people.
apnews.com/article/iowa...
🏳️⚧️⬇️ More from MAP in new @apnews.com coverage on the #Iowa Legislature's attempt to repeal civil rights for trans people.
apnews.com/article/iowa...
Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code
Several protesters were arrested at the Iowa state Capitol as Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity.
apnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"If successful, this would be the first time that a state would remove existing, explicit nondiscrimination statutory protections for gender identity."
🏳️⚧️⬇️ More from MAP in new @apnews.com coverage on the #Iowa Legislature's attempt to repeal civil rights for trans people.
apnews.com/article/iowa...
🏳️⚧️⬇️ More from MAP in new @apnews.com coverage on the #Iowa Legislature's attempt to repeal civil rights for trans people.
apnews.com/article/iowa...
Collaboration is key to how we power movements at MAP!
Every student deserves the freedom to bring their true self to school.
In a new collab. with @transequality.bsky.social, we offer resources that detail the current landscape of policies and laws affecting LGBTQI+ youth, and particularly trans students, in school.
lgbtmap.medium.com/the-state-of...
In a new collab. with @transequality.bsky.social, we offer resources that detail the current landscape of policies and laws affecting LGBTQI+ youth, and particularly trans students, in school.
lgbtmap.medium.com/the-state-of...
The State of Schools for Trans Youth in 2025
Bans across dozens of states continue to create a climate of fear and discrimination against young people who deserve so much better.
lgbtmap.medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Collaboration is key to how we power movements at MAP!
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In December, during oral arguments in Skrmetti, Justice Coney Barrett opined, "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people." I was flabbergasted. So I chronicled some of the most egregious examples for
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![High Court Must Acknowledge US History Of Anti-Trans Laws
By Paisley Currah · Listen to article
Law360 (February 24, 2025, 6:57 PM EST) --
Paisley Currah
President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order directing federal agencies to change policy and rules that make transgender people's lives harder marks the latest chapter in a long history of government-sanctioned discrimination against this group.[1]
The U.S. Department of State must now prevent transgender people from obtaining passports that align with their gender identity. Federal agencies are required to remove existing protections in shelters, schools, prisons and workplaces and to deny funding to contractors who serve transgender clients. This dramatic assertion of state power to target transgender people might seem unprecedented — but it's not.
During December's oral arguments in United States v. Skrmetti, Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people."[2]
As a political scientist who has studied how governments treat transgender people, I must respectfully disagree.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xdr5afgwondir6s5xjp45nkc/bafkreifz6lkhyrpin5icw26msctuzwlidatxxgkgjwyia4uslydu64k2je@jpeg)
February 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In December, during oral arguments in Skrmetti, Justice Coney Barrett opined, "we don't have a history of de jure discrimination against transgender people." I was flabbergasted. So I chronicled some of the most egregious examples for
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The inclusion of gender identity questions on federal surveys is critical for enforcing civil rights and for understanding experiences of trans people. This is devastating and should worry all of us.
My latest @npr.org story: Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, Robert Santos confirms to NPR in his first published interview since resigning as the bureau's director
Census Bureau stopped work on data for protecting trans rights, former director says
Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The inclusion of gender identity questions on federal surveys is critical for enforcing civil rights and for understanding experiences of trans people. This is devastating and should worry all of us.
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TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
February 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here
TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?
JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law
T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all
So proud of these young people - and my alma mater, Mount Holyoke.
‘We won’t be safe if we’re silent’: Young trans leaders want to build a network of their own https://buff.ly/4bbf0V8
February 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
So proud of these young people - and my alma mater, Mount Holyoke.
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Our new "Democracy 101" series is featured in today's edition of @electionline.bsky.social's "Electionline Weekly." Check it out below!
🔗 📒 To learn more about state Voting Rights Acts, click here to read MAP's full brief: mapresearch.org/2025-democracy-101-vras
electionline.org/electionline...
🔗 📒 To learn more about state Voting Rights Acts, click here to read MAP's full brief: mapresearch.org/2025-democracy-101-vras
electionline.org/electionline...
electionline Weekly - electionline
electionline.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Our new "Democracy 101" series is featured in today's edition of @electionline.bsky.social's "Electionline Weekly." Check it out below!
🔗 📒 To learn more about state Voting Rights Acts, click here to read MAP's full brief: mapresearch.org/2025-democracy-101-vras
electionline.org/electionline...
🔗 📒 To learn more about state Voting Rights Acts, click here to read MAP's full brief: mapresearch.org/2025-democracy-101-vras
electionline.org/electionline...
Surveys like this consistently show trans people in prisons experience higher rates of sexual violence. And gender identity is explicitly called out in PREA. Erasing trans people from these surveys will make it more difficult to understand the extent of the problem and to adequately enforce PREA.
NEW: An example of how a Trump executive order targeting gender identity is affecting ongoing federal surveys can be found in the Survey of Sexual Victimization, which tracks sexual abuse & harassment as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act
LEFT: Form as of Jan. 21; RIGHT: Form as of Feb. 19
LEFT: Form as of Jan. 21; RIGHT: Form as of Feb. 19
February 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Surveys like this consistently show trans people in prisons experience higher rates of sexual violence. And gender identity is explicitly called out in PREA. Erasing trans people from these surveys will make it more difficult to understand the extent of the problem and to adequately enforce PREA.
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NEW: Under the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights has shifted its focus to removing gender-neutral bathrooms, banning transgender athletes from women’s sports and prioritizing complaints alleging discrimination against white students.
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and ...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
NEW: Under the Trump administration, the Office for Civil Rights has shifted its focus to removing gender-neutral bathrooms, banning transgender athletes from women’s sports and prioritizing complaints alleging discrimination against white students.
Latest from me and my smart colleagues at @civilrightsorg.bsky.social + the Institute at Whitman-Walker.
Data are not just numbers — data tell the stories of our country. Data make visible communities who have long been stigmatized, discriminated against, and underserved in policymaking.
⬇️📊 More from MAP, @whitmanwalker.bsky.social, and @civilrightsorg.bsky.social.
lgbtmap.medium.com/disappearing...
⬇️📊 More from MAP, @whitmanwalker.bsky.social, and @civilrightsorg.bsky.social.
lgbtmap.medium.com/disappearing...
Disappearing Data: Why We Must Stop Trump’s Attempts to Erase Our Communities
Ensuring the collection and protection of demographic data affirms the visibility, rights, and well-being of the people behind the numbers.
lgbtmap.medium.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Latest from me and my smart colleagues at @civilrightsorg.bsky.social + the Institute at Whitman-Walker.
Data are critical for policy making, for business decisions, for research, and for knowing who we are as a country. The disappearance of key data is alarming.
My latest @npr.org story: Concern is growing over threats to public trust in the Census Bureau after the public lost access for days to many data tables and research reports following an executive order by President Trump targeting gender identity
The public lost access to Census Bureau data for days after a Trump order
After Trump put out an executive order targeting gender identity, the public lost access to many Census Bureau data tables and research reports for days, raising concerns about the data's integrity.
www.npr.org
February 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Data are critical for policy making, for business decisions, for research, and for knowing who we are as a country. The disappearance of key data is alarming.
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"I would not be here without trans girls"
alright make me cry why don't you
alright make me cry why don't you
February 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"I would not be here without trans girls"
alright make me cry why don't you
alright make me cry why don't you
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Quick note: if you do not drive, you can get an Enhanced State ID with the same privileges. I did so in WA, it was quick and easy. Try to share this in more closed networks if you can.
Trans folks seeking passports: Here's something potentially useful, to a small group. If you are in:
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Vermont
Washington
You have access to an "EDL". This is a drivers license that can be used for LAND AND SEA (not air) entry to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean. (1/3)
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Vermont
Washington
You have access to an "EDL". This is a drivers license that can be used for LAND AND SEA (not air) entry to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean. (1/3)
Enhanced Drivers Licenses: What Are They? | Homeland Security
Enhanced Drivers Licenses (EDLs) are state-issued enhanced drivers licenses that provide proof of identity and U.S. citizenship.
www.dhs.gov
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Quick note: if you do not drive, you can get an Enhanced State ID with the same privileges. I did so in WA, it was quick and easy. Try to share this in more closed networks if you can.
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The past two weeks have seen a dizzying flurry of executive orders, rapid directives to federal agencies, and a lot of fear and confusion across many communities.
⬇️📝 In a detailed recap, MAP's ED shares what we know so far about the new administration’s actions.
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⬇️📝 In a detailed recap, MAP's ED shares what we know so far about the new administration’s actions.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w...
What We Know: A Recap of Trump's Executive Orders
▸▸ This update was originally sent to MAP's email subscribers. Want to receive our newsletters? Click here to sign up.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The past two weeks have seen a dizzying flurry of executive orders, rapid directives to federal agencies, and a lot of fear and confusion across many communities.
⬇️📝 In a detailed recap, MAP's ED shares what we know so far about the new administration’s actions.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w...
⬇️📝 In a detailed recap, MAP's ED shares what we know so far about the new administration’s actions.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-w...
So excited about this collaboration!!
As we enter 2025, MAP and @transequality.bsky.social are ensuring that our community has the information and resources that we need.
🔗⬇️ This new brief details the bans and other efforts to limit healthcare for transgender Americans in states across the country.
lgbtmap.medium.com/the-state-of...
🔗⬇️ This new brief details the bans and other efforts to limit healthcare for transgender Americans in states across the country.
lgbtmap.medium.com/the-state-of...
The State of Trans Healthcare in 2025
This brief from A4TE and MAP details the bans and other efforts to limit healthcare that affect the lives of transgender Americans in 2025.
lgbtmap.medium.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So excited about this collaboration!!
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Hi! 👋 It's a new year and a new platform for MAP — and we're still the same trusted source for rigorous research, policy analysis, and transformative communications.
Follow us for more on:
➡️ LGBTQ Equality Maps
➡️ Democracy Maps
➡️ Policy Research
🔗 Visit mapresearch.org to view all of our work.
Follow us for more on:
➡️ LGBTQ Equality Maps
➡️ Democracy Maps
➡️ Policy Research
🔗 Visit mapresearch.org to view all of our work.
January 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hi! 👋 It's a new year and a new platform for MAP — and we're still the same trusted source for rigorous research, policy analysis, and transformative communications.
Follow us for more on:
➡️ LGBTQ Equality Maps
➡️ Democracy Maps
➡️ Policy Research
🔗 Visit mapresearch.org to view all of our work.
Follow us for more on:
➡️ LGBTQ Equality Maps
➡️ Democracy Maps
➡️ Policy Research
🔗 Visit mapresearch.org to view all of our work.