Rose Lovell, MD (they/she)
@rosehelene.medsky.social
Family physician specializing in care of gender and sexual minorities through a complex trauma sensitive approach in California. Neurodivergent, queer, nonbinary, nerd, and getting back into long distance running. Views expressed are my own.
Pinned
They tried to kill us. We're still here. They tried again. We're still here. They are trying again. In truth, they have never stopped. And yet we are still here. We still thrive. We laugh and dance and sing. We make art and make love and make family and make joy. They will never destroy us.
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The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...
The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism
The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It's just part of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s continuing war on vacc
sciencebasedmedicine.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The CDC is lying to you about vaccines and autism. The CDC webpage about vaccines and autism now misrepresents the science and lies to the public about vaccines and autism. It’s just part of RFK Jr.'s ongoing war on vaccines. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-cdc-is-l...
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Today’s FDA panel on SSRIs in pregnancy lacked balance and failed to reflect the evidence. Untreated depression and anxiety can lead to serious health risks for pregnant patients—SSRIs can be lifesaving. Patients deserve access to evidence-based, compassionate care. Learn more: buff.ly/NcCZno8
July 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Today’s FDA panel on SSRIs in pregnancy lacked balance and failed to reflect the evidence. Untreated depression and anxiety can lead to serious health risks for pregnant patients—SSRIs can be lifesaving. Patients deserve access to evidence-based, compassionate care. Learn more: buff.ly/NcCZno8
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USPSTF is the cornerstone of preventative medicine, and any attempt to undermine it could have serious consequences on primary care.
Breast/colon/cervical/lung cancer screening, diabetes screening, routine management of cardiovascular disease. It all links back to USPSTF guidelines.
Breast/colon/cervical/lung cancer screening, diabetes screening, routine management of cardiovascular disease. It all links back to USPSTF guidelines.
RFK Jr abruptly called off tomorrow's scheduled USPSTF meeting
Notice came from the immediate Office of the Secretary
"There is extraordinary concern," among those connected to the task force, "that it's about to be dismissed, like ACIP was," a source familiar tells us
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...
Notice came from the immediate Office of the Secretary
"There is extraordinary concern," among those connected to the task force, "that it's about to be dismissed, like ACIP was," a source familiar tells us
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/h...
HHS abruptly calls off meeting of expert panel on preventive care, raising questions about its future | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime, nonpolitical advisory gr...
www.cnn.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
USPSTF is the cornerstone of preventative medicine, and any attempt to undermine it could have serious consequences on primary care.
Breast/colon/cervical/lung cancer screening, diabetes screening, routine management of cardiovascular disease. It all links back to USPSTF guidelines.
Breast/colon/cervical/lung cancer screening, diabetes screening, routine management of cardiovascular disease. It all links back to USPSTF guidelines.
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since I see ppl posting pictures from a pseudoscience convention this morn, I will re-up this. Blanchard's theory of autogynephilia (read: his taxonomy & etiology) have been disproved by multiple research studies (see my reviews here):
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience
plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic
juliaserano.medium.com
July 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
since I see ppl posting pictures from a pseudoscience convention this morn, I will re-up this. Blanchard's theory of autogynephilia (read: his taxonomy & etiology) have been disproved by multiple research studies (see my reviews here):
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...
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For all the hoopla around thimerosal (a mercury-based preservative), it was removed from US childhood vaccines in 2001 — before any child today was born 1/n
June 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For all the hoopla around thimerosal (a mercury-based preservative), it was removed from US childhood vaccines in 2001 — before any child today was born 1/n
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SCOTUS just gave states permission to ban gender-affirming medical care for adolescent gender dysphoria (against the advice of all major medical orgs)
At least twenty studies have examined the mental health benefits of this care. You can evaluate them for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
At least twenty studies have examined the mental health benefits of this care. You can evaluate them for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
The Evidence for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions for Transgender Adolescents
Research suggests gender-affirming medical care results in better mental health. Here are the studies.
open.substack.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
SCOTUS just gave states permission to ban gender-affirming medical care for adolescent gender dysphoria (against the advice of all major medical orgs)
At least twenty studies have examined the mental health benefits of this care. You can evaluate them for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
At least twenty studies have examined the mental health benefits of this care. You can evaluate them for yourself: open.substack.com/pub/jackturb...
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One way in psychiatry we test if something has an innate / genetic basis is with “twin studies” - comparing monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins. If MZ are more likely to be concordant than DZ, it suggests an innate / genetic basis
This is the case for gender incongruence🧵
This is the case for gender incongruence🧵
June 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
One way in psychiatry we test if something has an innate / genetic basis is with “twin studies” - comparing monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins. If MZ are more likely to be concordant than DZ, it suggests an innate / genetic basis
This is the case for gender incongruence🧵
This is the case for gender incongruence🧵
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🌈! Protecting your sexual health is an important part of your overall health. ❤️Get tested, get vaccinated and talk to your provider to stay up-to-date on your sexual health. Visit go.cdph.ca.gov/sti for more.
June 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🌈! Protecting your sexual health is an important part of your overall health. ❤️Get tested, get vaccinated and talk to your provider to stay up-to-date on your sexual health. Visit go.cdph.ca.gov/sti for more.
Okay so hear me out. I know this is a radical idea. What if we just drank pasteurized milk instead?
Bird flu can live in raw milk for more than a week, study finds
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Okay so hear me out. I know this is a radical idea. What if we just drank pasteurized milk instead?
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Large peaceful protest from over the weekend. What doesnt get views on the news is what's actually happening in the majority of places. Peaceful protests that the local police are more than happy to keep safe while occuring.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
June 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Large peaceful protest from over the weekend. What doesnt get views on the news is what's actually happening in the majority of places. Peaceful protests that the local police are more than happy to keep safe while occuring.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
This is what Mayor Karen Bass is calling for to continue.
This. All of this. Very well said.
RFK Jr. fired every single vaccine expert advising America—all 17 members of ACIP, which has guided safe vaccination for 50+ years. ACIP determines who gets vaccines, when, & why. RFK Jr. claims vaccine expertise itself = corruption, setting the stage to replace scientists with ideological allies.
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This. All of this. Very well said.
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
Sounds a lot like the HHS is trying to practice medicine without a license. No.
The HHS is now telling medical centers to adhere to their latest sham report on transgender healthcare which literally says is not a treatment guideline.
They’re sending this letter to hospitals in blue states and threatening them unless they stop trans care.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/...
They’re sending this letter to hospitals in blue states and threatening them unless they stop trans care.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/...
HHS letter tells health care providers to disregard treatment protocols for trans people, adhere to report by unnamed authors | CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter urging health care providers and medical boards to update treatment protocols for youth...
amp.cnn.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sounds a lot like the HHS is trying to practice medicine without a license. No.
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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."
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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.
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A new paper in BMC Medical Research Methodology finds major issues with the UK's "Cass Report" about gender-affirming medical care for adolescent gender dysphoria.
bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
May 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A new paper in BMC Medical Research Methodology finds major issues with the UK's "Cass Report" about gender-affirming medical care for adolescent gender dysphoria.
bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcmedresmethodol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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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...
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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.
www.erininthemorning.com
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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Damnit, ICE! WTF???
ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC
Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana
The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Damnit, ICE! WTF???
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1. In a new leaked memo, Pam Bondi is directing the DOJ to go after trans care providers under "anti-FGM" laws.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
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She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
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“Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1. In a new leaked memo, Pam Bondi is directing the DOJ to go after trans care providers under "anti-FGM" laws.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.
She calls transgender people "infectious."
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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🧵What’s going on with Title X family planning funds — and why everyone should care:
TL;DR: The Trump administration froze $65M in funds that were used for birth control, STI tests, & cancer screenings (funds do not cover abortions) for low-income patients. It’s a public health disaster.
TL;DR: The Trump administration froze $65M in funds that were used for birth control, STI tests, & cancer screenings (funds do not cover abortions) for low-income patients. It’s a public health disaster.
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🧵What’s going on with Title X family planning funds — and why everyone should care:
TL;DR: The Trump administration froze $65M in funds that were used for birth control, STI tests, & cancer screenings (funds do not cover abortions) for low-income patients. It’s a public health disaster.
TL;DR: The Trump administration froze $65M in funds that were used for birth control, STI tests, & cancer screenings (funds do not cover abortions) for low-income patients. It’s a public health disaster.
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We've read your comments about the eugenics undertones in Trump and RFK Jr.’s rhetoric. As public health experts, we share your concerns. Let’s take a moment to break this down. 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We've read your comments about the eugenics undertones in Trump and RFK Jr.’s rhetoric. As public health experts, we share your concerns. Let’s take a moment to break this down. 🧵
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A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
April 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A Lancet preprint estimates that if US funding is cut and not replaced, from 2025-2040 there will be 15.2 mil add'l AIDS deaths, 2.2 mil add'l TB deaths, 7.9 mil add'l child deaths from other causes, and 40-55 mil add'l unplanned pregnancies.
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
@altusaid.altgov.info
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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HHS Eliminated Programs - Updated
Here is an updated list of all programs eliminated in the 2026 HHS Budget. Reach out if you have information or clarity on the cuts.
These cuts will impact Every Single American.
Email altcdc1@pm.me for PDF and xlsx.
Here is an updated list of all programs eliminated in the 2026 HHS Budget. Reach out if you have information or clarity on the cuts.
These cuts will impact Every Single American.
Email altcdc1@pm.me for PDF and xlsx.
April 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
HHS Eliminated Programs - Updated
Here is an updated list of all programs eliminated in the 2026 HHS Budget. Reach out if you have information or clarity on the cuts.
These cuts will impact Every Single American.
Email altcdc1@pm.me for PDF and xlsx.
Here is an updated list of all programs eliminated in the 2026 HHS Budget. Reach out if you have information or clarity on the cuts.
These cuts will impact Every Single American.
Email altcdc1@pm.me for PDF and xlsx.