“They are using our work to minimize the harm of conversion therapy. There are few practices where there is as much demonstrated evidence of harm” -Lisa Diamond, renowned psychology + gender studies scholar, whose work ADF cited to promote conversion practices. “The misinterpretation is so profound"

The case, CO notes, is manufactured: No one has filed a complaint against Chiles. The state has not disciplined her. The law is narrow: it bans conversion practices for licensed clinicians with youth patients, but does not impact religious counselors or life coaches or Chiles' speech outside of work

ADF defended its quotations as "accurate." The group reps Kaley Chiles, a Colorado counselor who claims a ban on conversion therapy violates free speech rights to discuss Christian faith + beliefs about “biological sex” with patients.

Chiles, ADF says, has "begun censoring herself" due to the law.

ADF also cited a deceased researcher and psychologist as a proponent of conversion therapy, prompting his family to tell me they were “deeply disturbed” by the “distortion” of his work, and that he “strongly condemned all forms of conversion therapy."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

ADF used two scholars' work to argue for conversion practices to be permitted, even though their paper explicitly condemns conversion therapy as "psychologically damaging" + linked to suicide.

“This is the most upsetting use of my scholarship in my career ...It's lethally dangerous to LGBTQ+ kids"

CoreCivic, the operator, opened the California City ICE facility without proper permits or a business license and bypassing state law, the city’s mayor told me. The private prison company has denied mistreatment claims, and says it “submitted all required information” to the city for its license.

The law enforcement briefings + counterterrorism training materials were obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org / @rshapiro.bsky.social and shared with @us.theguardian.com.

Experts say US officials’ claims linking emojis to the Venezuelan gang are “ludicrous,” “baseless,” “uneducated” + “absurd”

Butler and others targeted were given no info about the nature of the claims against them and the university suspended normal processes for reviewing complaints, they said: "That means allegations sent to the administration, even anonymous ones, were simply forwarded without having been adjudicated

Names include international students, lecturers and part-time faculty, Judith Butler says: “The consequences of this compliance could be terrible for a lot of people’s lives, most of whom are much more vulnerable than I am. They can suffer deportation, expulsion, job loss, harassment, surveillance"

When ICE + Border Patrol agents were spotted at hotels across LA region, communities organized sustained rallies that forced them out + pressured hotels to take action. Intelligence records obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org + shared with @theguardian.com show how the US military responded:

UCLA @williamsinstitute.bsky.social research comes as Trump erases trans + nonbinary from vital surveys across government. The report provides detailed demographic data, but it will likely be the last report of its kind for a decade or more due to the White House's attacks on data and trans people.

The DOJ has dismissed at least 12 felony cases against protesters accused of "assault" + "impeding" officers and ppl accused of interfering w/ ICE arrests. The cases have upended ppl's lives - many jailed for days. Nearly all targeted are Latino US citizens.

“They're chasing down innocent people."

Thomas detailed brutal BOP + ICE conditions, worsening amid mass detentions:

-lockdown for days, cut off from family

-1hr outdoor time / week

-given stained used underwear + bloody jumpsuits

-no medical care

-immigrants denied translators

-fed “disgusting” mystery meat slop, left malnourished