happy lesbian visibility week! all my works involve lesbians or some flavor of yuri so jot that down

3. However, some clinicians have raised concerns about the conference’s sole panel dedicated to trans health care. The workshop will be stacked exclusively with academics who have been tied to a SPLC-designated hate group—the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine, or SEGM.

Trump's HHS Report Co-Author Is Headlining a Trans Youth Care Panel At Preeminent Pediatric Academic Conference The PAS Meeting’s premier event dedicated to gender-related care will be led by academics tied to SEGM and Genspect, groups known for anti-scientific, anti-trans practices.

1. Major alert: Trump's anti-trans co-author Moti Gorin will be presenting with Kaltiala and Montante. These are conversion therapy advocates with intense anti-trans ties to hate groups around the world.

Now they'll be teaching pediatricians THIS FRIDAY.

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She was, eventually, openly queerphobic. At least three times. And I would call her violently racist for her unwavering support for expanding and militarizing the police. But these people still insist that none of that was real.

the promise of Democrats: vote for us and expect nothing, but if you don't vote for us, we will go out of our way to deride you

Centrists have decided that the only way to counter the mythical Mean Tranny Leftist Non-Voter they've cooked up in a thousand op-eds is to demand every possible voter pledge fealty to a party whose motto has become "Trumpism Without Trump" in less than a year's time. They truly are Blue MAGA.

I guess that's kind of Blue MAGA in a nutshell, right? Some are totally fine with far-right policy as long as Democrats are the ones making it happen.

Like... no. Their job, if they win in November, is to spend the next two years making Donald Trump's life a living hell and prevent him from making things worse for the rest of the time he's in office. They are there to gum up the works.

"Look, we gotta elect Democrats to implement some Republican policy," basically.

2028 dem primary is gonna be a bloodbath of deluded egos who have zero clue how to engage with a human voter

Why is the "big tent" always eager to open to far right lunatics, but remains vehemently hostile to progressives and the Left who want to actually help people? I mean, I know the answer, but jeez.

10% because of her support for trans rights?! She specifically DID NOT support trans rights! Or any other LGBTQ+ people. She still doesn't. So many voters have no idea what actually happens or what candidates have actually said or done.

Tucker Carlson: I'II be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. We're implicated in this. I misled people.

It'd sure be nice if Kamala Harris' campaign organization wouldn't constantly promote Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, and whatnot. But oh well.

!!! and they can insist more of them are needed/eschewing em for oneself wrongdoing, just on basis of being 'miracles'

also they don't really care about their daily existence in the world. only as a rhetorical device

I guarantee you anything Tucker Carlson will say about Israel can also be said by someone who is not a virulently racist, transphobic, homophobic douchebag who will defend Palestinian lives only as long as they stay in what he considers to be their designated part of the world.

If you only gender me correctly when you want something from me, and then immediately misgender me when I say no, you're not actually respecting trans people.

I do not respect or trust Tucker Carlson and I will continue to not respect or trust Tucker Carlson until I am dead.

Israel is (still) killing aid workers in Gaza Officials say Israel’s attacks on humanitarian aid workers aim to block essential aid from reaching Palestinians, as Israel continues to impose a blockade on Gaza seven months into the so-called “ceas...

Officials say Israel’s attacks on humanitarian aid workers aim to block essential aid from reaching Palestinians, as Israel continues to impose a blockade on Gaza seven months into the so-called “ceasefire”

4 frame street reporter comic. the reporter, off frame, asks someone waiting for the subway, with a dark long jacket, a gold and red scarf and round glasses : miss! any thoughts about the newest study showing that trans people's mental health deteriorates after starting gender-affirming treatment? she replies : kaltiala's paper didn't measure mental health deterioration. it measured how many trans people visited a psychiatrist after getting their diagnosis from the finnish gender clinic, which forces trans people to be screened extensively every 3-6 months during their treatment. this paper counts any visit to a psychiatrist, including when the patient is cleared of any issue, as a sign of "mental health deterioration". that metho- dological flaw is mentioned in the paper*, but that didn't stop any of these powerful anti-trans bigots to share it online. *erin in the morning : "Fact Check: New Finnish "Study" Does Not Prove "Trans Youth Care Leads To Worse Outcomes" *kehraaja.com (in Finnish)

Mental health care

People always have a choice.

Ah, I miss my AK. But I live in a state now where they are very illegal. And the result is fewer mass shootings and less gun crime overall.

We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.

The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Jerusalem Post: Despite a “ceasefire” the IDF is giving orders to open fire on everyone in Southern Lebanon trying to go home — “Even if the person is unarmed… based on the idea that there are no civilians left in Southern Lebanon.”

www.jpost.com/middle-east/...

North Carolina ICE arrests continue at fast pace after Border Patrol surge In the months after the Border Patrol’s surge on Charlotte, ICE arrested thousands of immigrants statewide.

North Carolina ICE arrests continue at fast pace after Border Patrol surge in Charlotte. ICE arrested about 2,300 people over 3 months, hitting monthly records higher than before surge. ICE credits HB318 with making arrests easier. (Via Caitlin McGlade) www.newsobserver.com/news/politic... #ncpol

That's so awesome! Congratulations! 🎉

Realizing US citizens paid $166 Billion in illegal tariffs and now it’s being refunded back to corporations instead of us.

another day, another thing that makes it blatantly obvious that dems are willing partners in the fascist project