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This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...
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Whitmer declares October “transgender empowerment month.”
AG Nessel and the Michigan govt have yet to force state hospitals capitulating to Trump to return to providing trans youth care.
I feel like this message is empty, and will only serve as right wing rage bait while delivering nothing.
AG Nessel and the Michigan govt have yet to force state hospitals capitulating to Trump to return to providing trans youth care.
I feel like this message is empty, and will only serve as right wing rage bait while delivering nothing.
www.michigan.gov
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Whitmer declares October “transgender empowerment month.”
AG Nessel and the Michigan govt have yet to force state hospitals capitulating to Trump to return to providing trans youth care.
I feel like this message is empty, and will only serve as right wing rage bait while delivering nothing.
AG Nessel and the Michigan govt have yet to force state hospitals capitulating to Trump to return to providing trans youth care.
I feel like this message is empty, and will only serve as right wing rage bait while delivering nothing.
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1. The government is now shut down. The clean continuing resolution failed and neither party has come to an agreement.
Many people watching the anti-LGBQT+ riders in the FY26 appropriations bills want to know what this means.
I detail "what now?" in my latest.
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Many people watching the anti-LGBQT+ riders in the FY26 appropriations bills want to know what this means.
I detail "what now?" in my latest.
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The Government Is Shut Down. What It Means For The LGBTQ+ Appropriations Fight.
On Tuesday night at midnight, Democrats and Republicans failed to come to a deal to keep the government open.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
1. The government is now shut down. The clean continuing resolution failed and neither party has come to an agreement.
Many people watching the anti-LGBQT+ riders in the FY26 appropriations bills want to know what this means.
I detail "what now?" in my latest.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Many people watching the anti-LGBQT+ riders in the FY26 appropriations bills want to know what this means.
I detail "what now?" in my latest.
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1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.
Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Two Republican Congresspeople Call For Institutionalization Of Transgender People
Representatives Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson both called for the institutionalization of transgender people On Tuesday.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
1. Anti-trans rhetoric heated up yesterday on the far-right, with two congresspeople and major Republican figures calling for the institutionalization of trans people.
Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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Both Reps Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson made such calls. Musk, Loomer, and Walsh echoed them.
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1. An international humanitarian organization, Human Rights Watch, has issued a scathing report on transgender healthcare bans in the United States.
They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
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They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Human Rights Watch Issues Scathing Report on Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans in the US
A first-of-its-kind Human Rights Watch report documented the impacts of trans youth care bans in-depth.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
1. An international humanitarian organization, Human Rights Watch, has issued a scathing report on transgender healthcare bans in the United States.
They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
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They detail loss of care, people forced to move, and more.
The latest from S. Baum.
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There is absolutely no evidence that therapy alone improves the distress of transgender youth and widespread evidence that therapy is useful in conjunction with parental support and access to gender-affirming care.
"Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, federal policy has shifted to promote psychological therapy as the only treatment for transgender youth in distress." #denver
Trump administration pushing therapy for youth gender dysphoria
President Donald Trump's policy for transgender healthcare has shifted to promote therapy as the only treatment for young people with gender dysphoria. Some experts call it conversion therapy.
www.denverpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is absolutely no evidence that therapy alone improves the distress of transgender youth and widespread evidence that therapy is useful in conjunction with parental support and access to gender-affirming care.
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So Trump is threatening to use the FBI against any hospital providing transgender surgeries to those under 18.
Note: Such procedures, typically limited to top surgery and in some rare cases, bottom surgery at 17 before going to college, are legal.
This is meant to scare hospitals out of care.
Note: Such procedures, typically limited to top surgery and in some rare cases, bottom surgery at 17 before going to college, are legal.
This is meant to scare hospitals out of care.
June 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So Trump is threatening to use the FBI against any hospital providing transgender surgeries to those under 18.
Note: Such procedures, typically limited to top surgery and in some rare cases, bottom surgery at 17 before going to college, are legal.
This is meant to scare hospitals out of care.
Note: Such procedures, typically limited to top surgery and in some rare cases, bottom surgery at 17 before going to college, are legal.
This is meant to scare hospitals out of care.
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California voters ratified a constitutional amendment protecting gender identity this past election. This blatantly violates it.
Holy shit - Gavin Newsom has clarified that this goes even further.
The transgender runner will compete "in her own category."
California is basically instituting a sports ban.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
The transgender runner will compete "in her own category."
California is basically instituting a sports ban.
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
May 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
California voters ratified a constitutional amendment protecting gender identity this past election. This blatantly violates it.
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Today, I spoke on NPR affiliate KCRW's "Press Play" about transgender sports ban, AB Hernandez, and what is going on in California.
I really think I killed this interview y'all. Give it a listen.
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
I really think I killed this interview y'all. Give it a listen.
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
How trans track athlete AB Hernandez became a conservative target
On Tuesday, the California Interscholastic Federation announced “any biological female student-athlete” who didn’t qualify because a trans athlete placed ahead of them would be allowed to compete in t...
www.kcrw.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Today, I spoke on NPR affiliate KCRW's "Press Play" about transgender sports ban, AB Hernandez, and what is going on in California.
I really think I killed this interview y'all. Give it a listen.
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
I really think I killed this interview y'all. Give it a listen.
www.kcrw.com/news/shows/p...
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1. A transgender man was detained in South Carolina for using the restroom that Republicans want him to use.
Officers allegedly hurled slurs at him for doing so.
The latest from S. Baum.
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-man-...
Officers allegedly hurled slurs at him for doing so.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Trans Man Detained After Using Women’s Restroom in South Carolina
Anti-trans lawmakers want to force trans men to use the women's restroom. Here’s what happened when one did.
www.erininthemorning.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
1. A transgender man was detained in South Carolina for using the restroom that Republicans want him to use.
Officers allegedly hurled slurs at him for doing so.
The latest from S. Baum.
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-man-...
Officers allegedly hurled slurs at him for doing so.
The latest from S. Baum.
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www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-man-...
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Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Remembering Dr. Alan Hart for Pride, trans man from the early 1900s. He revolutionized the detection of tuberculosis, saved thousands of lives, and died using his name, as the man he always was meant to be.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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Remembering this trans man for Pride. Mexican Revolutionary Amelio Robles Ávila, who threatened to shoot anyone who misgendered him and said "he did not want to die without being known as a man,” lived his life as a man after transitioning. One of Zapata’s top commanders.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Remembering this trans man for Pride. Mexican Revolutionary Amelio Robles Ávila, who threatened to shoot anyone who misgendered him and said "he did not want to die without being known as a man,” lived his life as a man after transitioning. One of Zapata’s top commanders.
We have always been here.
We have always been here.
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Remembering trans man Albert Cashier for Pride, Union soldier during the civil war, was captured, marched a thousand miles without them figuring out his assigned sex at birth, escaped, and went right back to fighting them.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
June 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Remembering trans man Albert Cashier for Pride, Union soldier during the civil war, was captured, marched a thousand miles without them figuring out his assigned sex at birth, escaped, and went right back to fighting them.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
Lived the rest of his life as a man.
We have always been here.
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Kady Grass, a lesbian teenager in Illinois, was severely beaten after trying to use the bathroom in a McDonald's.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
May 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Kady Grass, a lesbian teenager in Illinois, was severely beaten after trying to use the bathroom in a McDonald's.
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...
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In case y'all missed it - Utah Republicans ordered a study on transgender healthcare, expecting it to come back unsupportive.
Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it.
Whoops.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it.
Whoops.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban?
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
www.sltrib.com
May 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In case y'all missed it - Utah Republicans ordered a study on transgender healthcare, expecting it to come back unsupportive.
Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it.
Whoops.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it.
Whoops.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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When the Cass Review came out last year, the NYT rushed to cover it complete with post notifications. After reviews in Germany and Utah came out supporting gender affirming care for trans youth, dead silence. You can be just as biased in what you don't cover as what you do.
May 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When the Cass Review came out last year, the NYT rushed to cover it complete with post notifications. After reviews in Germany and Utah came out supporting gender affirming care for trans youth, dead silence. You can be just as biased in what you don't cover as what you do.
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Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
trevorredcap.trvr.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.
This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.
Take it here:
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Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
May 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Every Harry Potter book or shirt you buy directly funds the persecution of trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
There's absolutely no excuse to support anything Harry Potter anymore unless you hate trans people.
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1. In one of the most extreme anti-trans bills of 2025, a bill in Arkansas would make "contributing to social transitioning" of trans youth against the law.
It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.
Latest from Mira Lazine.
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It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.
Latest from Mira Lazine.
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Arkansas Bill Would Make “Contributing To Social Transitioning” Of Trans Youth Against The Law
House bill 1668 is one of the most extreme anti-transgender bills of 2025.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
1. In one of the most extreme anti-trans bills of 2025, a bill in Arkansas would make "contributing to social transitioning" of trans youth against the law.
It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.
Latest from Mira Lazine.
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It asserts extraterritorial jurisdiction, applying to social media and more.
Latest from Mira Lazine.
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
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1. Greg Abbott will direct the state of Texas to consider whether teachers who affirm transgender kids are actually engaging in "child abuse."
He's already attempted to go after parents of trans kids with charges of child abuse before.
The latest from S. Baum.
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He's already attempted to go after parents of trans kids with charges of child abuse before.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Abbot Directs Texas To Consider Investigating Teachers Who Support Trans Kids For Child Abuse
Texas lawmakers want educators who allegedly used a child’s name and pronouns to be investigated by law enforcement.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
1. Greg Abbott will direct the state of Texas to consider whether teachers who affirm transgender kids are actually engaging in "child abuse."
He's already attempted to go after parents of trans kids with charges of child abuse before.
The latest from S. Baum.
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He's already attempted to go after parents of trans kids with charges of child abuse before.
The latest from S. Baum.
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1. The military has announced in a new filing that it will ask all soldiers if they have "symptoms" of being transgender.
The filing appears designed to target both out transgender people, as well as those living closeted or stealth.
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The filing appears designed to target both out transgender people, as well as those living closeted or stealth.
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Military Will Now Ask Soldiers If They Have "Symptoms" Of Being Trans
The document, filed in the Trump military ban court cases, raises more questions than it answers.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
1. The military has announced in a new filing that it will ask all soldiers if they have "symptoms" of being transgender.
The filing appears designed to target both out transgender people, as well as those living closeted or stealth.
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The filing appears designed to target both out transgender people, as well as those living closeted or stealth.
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1. The list of countries issuing travel advisories for LGBTQ+ and especially trans travelers to the United States is expanding.
France, Denmark, Finland, and Germany are all warning trans and LGBTQ+ travelers of potential trouble.
The latest form S. Baum.
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France, Denmark, Finland, and Germany are all warning trans and LGBTQ+ travelers of potential trouble.
The latest form S. Baum.
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Not Just Passports: Several Countries Have Issued U.S. Travel Advisories Over Anti-LGBTQ Policies
At least four countries have adjusted their travel guidelines to keep citizens safe from anti-LGBTQ persecution in the United States.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1. The list of countries issuing travel advisories for LGBTQ+ and especially trans travelers to the United States is expanding.
France, Denmark, Finland, and Germany are all warning trans and LGBTQ+ travelers of potential trouble.
The latest form S. Baum.
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France, Denmark, Finland, and Germany are all warning trans and LGBTQ+ travelers of potential trouble.
The latest form S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.