This is such an good song. Glad to see it getting some well deserved recognition.

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order

BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.

A screenshot of a news headline from The Times. The headline reads: "Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look." Below, the sub-headline states: "The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash." The article is written by Geraldine Scott, Assistant Political Editor, and is dated Wednesday, November 19, 2025.

The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.

This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.

Update: The State Department has once again changed the language back to saying transgender people's passports will be valid "until they are invalidated pursuant to federal regulations."

MAP 1| States with the most Catholic hospital beds Percentage of staffed acute care hospital beds that are in Catholic facilities ranging from 20-46%

Many people dismissed the announcement Catholic hospitals will ban gender-affirming care nationwide under the assumption that there will be other options. In reality, Catholic hospitals make up as much 46% of options in some states. This map is 2020, prior to Trump’s assault on safety net hospitals.

I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation

Gentle reminder that the idea that SCOTUS and appellate judges can only follow what the law is and not what the law should be is conservative propaganda from the 1970s and 1980s created by the Federalist Society in response to the civil rights decisions of the Warren Court.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.

www.vogue.com/article/teen...

The news story that reveals Wes Streeting’s puberty-blocker ban to be nothing to do with “protecting children” and everything to do with Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer being deeply transphobic bigots…

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

If they eliminate the filibuster, it means national bans on gender affirming care, bathroom bans, a sports ban, gender marker bans, elimination of legal recognition etc. It will make life unlivable for trans people in the US, even in blue states. It's a worst case scenario.

Alt text: A post on X (formerly Twitter) by Leor Sapir with a City Journal article preview. The tweet says: “NEW: The Trump administration and Texas are investigating providers who use ‘endocrine disorder’ diagnostic codes to bill for ‘gender-affirming’ procedures. Insurance fraud is serious and brings significant penalties. But there are nuances here.” It includes a City Journal link and embedded post titled “Insurance Fraud Is Widespread in Transgender Medicine,” with a subheadline reading “Evidence of billing fraud is fueling a nationwide probe by the Trump administration.” The preview image shows a close-up of a doctor writing on a clipboard.

There's a concerted push to weaponize medical billing against trans people and their healthcare.

Using alternate billing codes for coverage is ubiquitous across the medical system for all kinds of care. This is not unique to trans healthcare but it's being portrayed as such to target access to it.

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Gavin Newsom's presidential ambitions should concern trans people Gavin Newsom has recently suggested he could run for president in 2028 – here's why his track record on LGBTQ+ rights should be a concern.

Why trans people are right to be worried about Gavin Newsom’s presidential ambitions

www.thepinknews.com/...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

i will never vote for newsom.

A screenshot of a social media post by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responding to Riley Gaines. Ocasio-Cortez’s caption says, “Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth.” Below it is Riley Gaines’s original post saying, “We’re being destroyed from within,” accompanied by a photo from a large political rally. In the photo, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, and a man in a suit stand on a stage facing a large cheering crowd. They are smiling and waving toward the audience under bright stage lights. The platform shows engagement numbers including comments, reposts, likes, and views.

@aoc.bsky.social from the top rope.

it's cool to have a wife when you are also a wife

24 Oct 2025 -- Fed Judge rules in favor of 15 GOP states,
strikes down Obama/Biden rule that health insurers doing business with fed govt cannot refuse to provide healthcare for gender affirming medicine.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Court to consider whether to hear challenge to same-sex marriage on Nov. 7 The court is scheduled to consider whether to hear Kim Davis’ challenge to same-sex marriage at their private conference on Friday, Nov. 7. As a general practice, the court does […]

everyone that said we were overreacting to the possible overturning of marriage equality needs to f**k off.

www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/cour...

It’s working exactly as designed. Keep everyone exhausted, anxious, and easy to control

President will now force airlines to guess passengers' genders if they have X gender markers - LGBTQ Nation US customs will no longer accept X gender markers in their system despite people still having those passports.

17 Oct 2025 -- Trump admin is going to make airlines guess the gender of international traveler who present passports with an "X" designation because US Customs and Border Protection will still require a binary input into its systems. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

Autogynephilia, Junk Science, and Pseudoscience plus links to my academic articles, online essays, and explainers on the topic

apparently the new Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story invented an "autogynephilia" backstory for their serial killer (because of course they did!). so time to re-up my collection of writings on this pseudoscientific zombie theory...
juliaserano.medium.com/autogynephil...

I'd love answers to this but i'm almost certain they will remain silent on it.

And we’re supposed to vote for them after this? Feels like an abusive relationship.

I’m holding judgement on @ossoff.senate.gov and @warnock.senate.gov until I see an official roll call but wtaf?

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

Trans people must not be left behind: TGEU highlights critical gaps in the new EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-30 - TGEU - Trans Europe and Central Asia TGEU welcomes the publication of the LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026–2030 and the European Commission’s renewed pledge to advance the rights of all LGBTIQ+ people while embedding an intersectional pers...

Trans people must not be left behind: TGEU highlights critical gaps in the new EU LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-30

"The Strategy inadequately addresses the scapegoating of trans people, misses the opportunity to ensure the full protection of the rights of trans people under EU law,"

My love and enduring respect to Miss Major Griffin-Gracy.