Erica (she/her) 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️⚧️
@transnormative.bsky.social
Fuck Trump. Fuck ICE. #FreePalestine. Trans rights are human rights.
Pinned
For what it's worth, this is what I'm waiting for them to respond to.
They're supposed to respond in 4 days. My expectation is that they will give themselves an extension, or deny it with some excuse:
They're supposed to respond in 4 days. My expectation is that they will give themselves an extension, or deny it with some excuse:
This will be my thread concerning my FOIA Request to the EHRC. I think I got some actually worthwhile files, but I'll start with sharing the files so that other people can get their eyes on them.
They provided considerable correspondence between EHRC staff and antitrans orgs.
They provided considerable correspondence between EHRC staff and antitrans orgs.
What's this? You mean all the FUD about the dangers of HRT were overblown all along? Que surprise!
This is a good thing, and hopefully it will make hormones more widely available to everyone. Still, it's surreal after years of listening to TERFs talk about these "risks" for this change to just drop.
This is a good thing, and hopefully it will make hormones more widely available to everyone. Still, it's surreal after years of listening to TERFs talk about these "risks" for this change to just drop.
FDA removes 'black box' warning label on hormone replacement therapy for menopause
The Food and Drug Administration will remove the "black box" warning from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products for menopause.
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
What's this? You mean all the FUD about the dangers of HRT were overblown all along? Que surprise!
This is a good thing, and hopefully it will make hormones more widely available to everyone. Still, it's surreal after years of listening to TERFs talk about these "risks" for this change to just drop.
This is a good thing, and hopefully it will make hormones more widely available to everyone. Still, it's surreal after years of listening to TERFs talk about these "risks" for this change to just drop.
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To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
To repeat: Maybe electing a life-long criminal to an office where he can pardon other criminals wasn't such a good idea.
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On May 14, RFK JR “directed the FDA to review the safety of the abortion drug. The order followed the publication…of a report titled ‘The Abortion Pill Harms Women,’ published… by the Ethics and Public Policy Center,” a “right-wing think tank and…adviser in the creation of Project 2025…”
11/4/25 …1/
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells FDA to review safety of mifepristone
Years of scientific evidence from rigorous studies have overwhelmingly established the safety and effectiveness of the abortion pill.
michiganindependent.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
On May 14, RFK JR “directed the FDA to review the safety of the abortion drug. The order followed the publication…of a report titled ‘The Abortion Pill Harms Women,’ published… by the Ethics and Public Policy Center,” a “right-wing think tank and…adviser in the creation of Project 2025…”
11/4/25 …1/
11/4/25 …1/
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I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination | Globalnews.ca
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
globalnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
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Notable that FIRE (@thefireorg.bsky.social) filed an amicus in support of bullying trans youth. This is why trans people don't trust your transphobic organization, @aricohn.com.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Notable that FIRE (@thefireorg.bsky.social) filed an amicus in support of bullying trans youth. This is why trans people don't trust your transphobic organization, @aricohn.com.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The abundance of evidence of the Biden administration just looking the other way and being willing to supply arms to actions they knew violated international law will continue to grow
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BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
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An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court on Wednesday.
Trans people can't go one single day without some new attack on our rights, you can afford to read about it on a platform that was built largely by trans people.
But you know that's not what I was saying. I absolutely despair at what the trans community are going through, but it doesn't need to be posted about on every thread on Bluesky?
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Trans people can't go one single day without some new attack on our rights, you can afford to read about it on a platform that was built largely by trans people.
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‘Biological pronouns’, now part of a decision in the US courts, was workshopped in plain sight by British GCs. British GCs have been ascendant in large part due to US funding of their associated fake charities and activist orgs.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
‘Biological pronouns’, now part of a decision in the US courts, was workshopped in plain sight by British GCs. British GCs have been ascendant in large part due to US funding of their associated fake charities and activist orgs.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
Transphobia is an organised, international war effort.
Um, what the actual fk???
No it is not remotely similar to call all trans people pedophiles as it is to hold Kamala accountable for the actions of an administration that she was a senior part of.
No it is not remotely similar to call all trans people pedophiles as it is to hold Kamala accountable for the actions of an administration that she was a senior part of.
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Um, what the actual fk???
No it is not remotely similar to call all trans people pedophiles as it is to hold Kamala accountable for the actions of an administration that she was a senior part of.
No it is not remotely similar to call all trans people pedophiles as it is to hold Kamala accountable for the actions of an administration that she was a senior part of.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
First they came for the Palestinians, and I did not speak out because it's just so complicated and if you start to say something, you get called an antisemite and probably lose your job or something and it doesn't change anything anyway. And antisemitism is bad too so who can say what's right?
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
First they came for the Palestinians, and I did not speak out because it's just so complicated and if you start to say something, you get called an antisemite and probably lose your job or something and it doesn't change anything anyway. And antisemitism is bad too so who can say what's right?
SCOTUS will decide in the coming weeks how far Trump is allowed to push his dictatorial powers, and I think that should be a much bigger deal than it is, currently.
In a trio of cases, two currently pending before the Supreme Court and one that is likely to land on the justices’ doorstep as soon as Tuesday, President Donald Trump claims new powers that, if he prevails, would give him near-total control over all US fiscal and monetary policy.
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economy
The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
SCOTUS will decide in the coming weeks how far Trump is allowed to push his dictatorial powers, and I think that should be a much bigger deal than it is, currently.
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one of my spicy takes, for example, is that limits on strikes are unconstitutional under the 13th Amendment, because if we have a right to be free from forced labor, we must necessarily have a right to stop working and negotiate the conditions of our labor
I been saying I don't think Republicans are uniquely capable of creative legal thinking
personally I would like to see more 'if you wanna act funny, I can act hilarious'-type legal arguments in furtherance of good things
personally I would like to see more 'if you wanna act funny, I can act hilarious'-type legal arguments in furtherance of good things
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
one of my spicy takes, for example, is that limits on strikes are unconstitutional under the 13th Amendment, because if we have a right to be free from forced labor, we must necessarily have a right to stop working and negotiate the conditions of our labor
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He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
Reposted by Erica (she/her) 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️⚧️
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
I feel like adults should not need to be reminded that the concept of a biological pronoun is meaningless nonsense. But this is where we are right now.
I'm curious if the court thinks all verbal bullying is a matter of free speech, or only when it targets trans people.
I'm curious if the court thinks all verbal bullying is a matter of free speech, or only when it targets trans people.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I feel like adults should not need to be reminded that the concept of a biological pronoun is meaningless nonsense. But this is where we are right now.
I'm curious if the court thinks all verbal bullying is a matter of free speech, or only when it targets trans people.
I'm curious if the court thinks all verbal bullying is a matter of free speech, or only when it targets trans people.
I genuinely don't know what else Americans need to see to know that their government isn't theirs anymore. It's been sold to the oligarchs, it serves the richest, most selfish people on earth.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I genuinely don't know what else Americans need to see to know that their government isn't theirs anymore. It's been sold to the oligarchs, it serves the richest, most selfish people on earth.
All but two Senate Republicans voted to murder random innocent fishermen in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and it's hard to overstate how evil that is. These people need to be dragged into a war crimes tribunal.
The Senate has defeated an effort by Democrats to force a war powers vote on the U.S. military buildup re: Venezuela. Sen. Rand Paul R-KY & Sen. Lisa Murkowski R-AK were the only two GOP Senators to break ranks.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
All but two Senate Republicans voted to murder random innocent fishermen in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and it's hard to overstate how evil that is. These people need to be dragged into a war crimes tribunal.
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The "Trump v. Hawaii" standard they're citing to justify this was the case in Trump 1.0 when SCOTUS greenlit his Muslim travel ban, emphasizing that your rights are only as strong as your neighbors
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The "Trump v. Hawaii" standard they're citing to justify this was the case in Trump 1.0 when SCOTUS greenlit his Muslim travel ban, emphasizing that your rights are only as strong as your neighbors
SCOTUS has stayed the injunction in the Orr case, meaning that passports issued to trans people are likely to be wrong again. And the text of the decision suggests that the court would reject even a later decision of this sort.
Justice Jackson gave a powerful and correct dissent.
Justice Jackson gave a powerful and correct dissent.
SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants.
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
SCOTUS has stayed the injunction in the Orr case, meaning that passports issued to trans people are likely to be wrong again. And the text of the decision suggests that the court would reject even a later decision of this sort.
Justice Jackson gave a powerful and correct dissent.
Justice Jackson gave a powerful and correct dissent.
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We know if there is one things America still manufactures in large amounts it's made up victimhood and Bari is model selling it to us in the full page ads!
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We know if there is one things America still manufactures in large amounts it's made up victimhood and Bari is model selling it to us in the full page ads!
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This. Is. The. America. I. Love. ⬇️
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This. Is. The. America. I. Love. ⬇️