a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

Hey world: don’t worry, he’ll be satisfied with Sudetenland. We’ll have peace in our time.

"Here we believe in standing up for those we love, whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many black women Trump has fired, a single mom waiting for the cost of groceries to go down, or anyone else with your back against the wall. Your struggle is ours too."

I am a Jewish woman (who happens also to be trans) and I wonder if i could similarly be charged with sexual assault if i did not reveal my Jewishness to an anti-Semite prior to a hookup.

New Air Force Policy Denies Transgender Troops Hearings Before They're Discharged It is the second policy change the Air Force has taken in recent weeks to crack down on transgender service members.

Three active-duty Marines who were part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were retained. But the Air Force will not allow transgender servicemembers to have hearings before it discharges them.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Anti-Trans National Risk Assessment Map: March Edition At the two-month mark of Donald Trump's presidency, the risk for transgender people has deteriorated nationwide. The United States now carries a "Do Not Travel" rating for transgender people.

Just turned down another great invitation to speak at a conference because it is being held in a state whose anti-trans laws makes it unsafe for me. Conference organizers who wish to include trans voices might consult this map: www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans...

DM me for the slate of candidates.

I left the AHA when its council vetoed the scholasticide resolution supported by an overwhelming majority of the membership. I just rejoined to support candidates to democratize the AHA.

I loved this amazing essay by my colleague Erin Chapman about the amazing film “Sinners.”

medium.com/@erin.d.chap...

I like! Where is it from? (Curious to see other stories like this).

Me too. As much to preserve my morale as anything.

Me too!❤️🏳️‍⚧️✊

This was a great article. And: Hiiii!

Oh true.

Can you tell me anything about the likelihood of success in DoJ appeal? (I ask as trans partner of trans service member.)

Just posted this image on my door and I'm now wondering if maybe it's too obviously anti-Trump?

Screenshot from Newsweek opinion piece, "Ex-Navy Secretary: Trump's Trans Military Purge Is Rushed, Brutal" by Carlos Del Toro, Former United States Secretary of the Navy. The first paragraph of the article reads, “On January 27, 2025, with the stroke of a pen, thousands of military careers were slated for termination. That was the day President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transgender individuals from serving in the military. This order was not only severe in its scope but alarmingly rushed in its execution and callous in its treatment of service members who have devoted their lives to protecting our nation.”

In his op-ed for @newsweek.com, Former Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro details how the Trump administration's ban on transgender service members isn't just discriminatory—it's reckless.

Read the piece: www.newsweek.com/ex-navy-secr...

Opinion | There’s a Name for What Trump Is Doing to Trans People: Denationalizing The message is that we are a threat to the nation. The subtext is that we are not of this nation.

In which I try to put it all together.
The Hidden Motive Behind Trump’s Attack on Trans People www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/o...

Trans Day of Visibility Rally Washington DC National Mall between 3rd St and 4th St March 31 - 4 PM transdayofvisibility.com

After relentless attacks from the Trump administration on the transgender community, trans Americans and allies from across the country will convene in Washington DC to show we’re not going anywhere.

Join us at transdayofvisibility.com.

UPDATE: Reyes now walking through every finding of the studies Hegseth relied on for transgender ban. Virtually every finding cuts against Hegseth's conclusion that it supports the ban. She wants to know why she should defer to his "cherrypicking" and "misleading" analysis.

Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...

But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?

CA Gov Gavin Newsom "Completely Aligns" With Charlie Kirk On Trans Issues In Podcast The California Governor, in the launch of his new podcast, announced that he completely aligned with far-right, ant-LGBTQ+ influencer Charlie Kirk on sports, and agreed on prisons and youth care.

1. This morning, California Governor said he was in "complete alignment" with anti-LGBTQ+ hate-influencer Charlie Kirk of TPUSA on transgender sports.

He also conceded on trans inmates and gender affirming care for youth.

It's so much worse than being reported.

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My wife, Rep. Zooey Zephyr, is working her ass off in the Montana legislature, railing against bill after bill, day after day. This is just one of many speeches I've watched her give... but it's one of the most powerful.

This on a bill that criminalizes us for being trans.

Watch her speak.

I got my first HRT at Whitman Walker. 😭.

Slain trans man faced ‘prolonged’ violence and torture, police say Five people have been charged with second degree murder over the death of Sam Nordquist, 24, who police say was tortured for more than a month in a case that investigators described as “beyond deprave...

Their id, bathroom, and other policies make it easier to identify us and their dehumanizing rhetoric makes it easier to do this to us. RIP Sam Nordquist. Know that you are loved. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

I went for subtle:

Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

The federal government has been changing LGBT to LGB as part of its attempt to erase trans people. All of it is quite painful but particularly awful is seeing this change in the NPS Stonewall site, esp bc we played a famously large role in the Stonewall rebellion. www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm

Just gave the “Gulf of America” its first one-star review on google “maps”

Banned Together: Protecting LGBTQ+ Military Rights By Minority Veterans of America

Fight the ban on transgender service members! These are are organizations leading the charge: givebutter.com/BannedTogeth...

Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.

This is how you refuse to comply.