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The Moms for Liberty campaign of hate started with a lie. It was echoed in right wing media and financed by right-wing national groups. Then Deerfield fought back. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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The Moms for Liberty campaign of hate started with a lie. It was echoed in right wing media and financed by right-wing national groups. Then Deerfield fought back. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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NBC [Apr 16] -- As corporate sponsors pull back from DCs upcoming WorldPride, Pride Parades all over also seeing major drops in funding. Typical is St Louis home to Anheuser-Busch which ended a 30-year $50k partnership. Others include Comcast, Diageo, & Nissan. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Guardian [Apr 16] -- In TERF lawsuit bankrolled by JK Rowling against Scottish govt UK Supreme Court rules legal def. of woman in Equality Act does not incl. trans women even if they get gender recognition certificates, barring them from taking places reserved for women. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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BangorDaily [Apr 15] -- A former cheerleader who has won state & national titles, Isabelle St. Cyr, is the first trans women to compete in a USA pageant next month as she vies to be Ms. Maine. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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ErinReed [cont] -- Oz claims that care--endorsed by all 27 medical groups involved in pediatrics--is based on "an underdeveloped body of evidence [& lacks] reliable evidence of benefits" -- unlike the fake weight loss drugs & cancer cures he peddled on TV, of course. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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ErinReed [Apr 14] -- Planned Parenthood stops providing affirming care to minors _and_ adults after new Apr 11th letter from Medicaid. Many trans people still get their meds from PP nationwide. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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TheHill [Apr 14] - Medicaid urges states to not use funds for minors' affirming care. CMS head Mehmet Oz says hormones can cause "permanent, irreversible harm incl. sterilization..."---unless cisgender kids take them, in which case they're _totally_ safe. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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WMUR [Apr 15] -- A federal judge tells NH parents they cannot wear pink "XX" wristbands to school games in protest targeting a trans girl playing for the opposing school team (Adults: get a life!). @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Gallup [Apr 15] -- At the end of the first 100 days, more than 1-in-4 Americans -- a plurality of 27% -- believe the biggest problem facing US is now bad government compared to just 19% for economy, and 14% immigration (Note: trans issues didn't even make the list). @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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BostonGlobe [Apr 15] -- Global Christian writer shitposts terrible op-ed claiming that being trans is nothing more than personal a belief, quoting anti-trans trans woman Brianna Wu declaring it “a messianic vision of dismantling the role of gender and sex in America, which is just insane.”

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Globe&Mail [cont] -- Many Canadian immigration lawyers think trans Americans would have strong asylum claims, adding one: "Not allowing someone to identify by their correct gender marker isn’t just discrimination, it’s a form of violence." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Globe&Mail [Apr 15] -- Canadian immigration lawyers being inundated by trans Americans seeking to move to country as it moves closer to issuing a travel advisory warning its own trans citizens of possible persecution if they go to US. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Guardian [Apr 14] -- Despite weeks of protest, autocratic Hungary -- beloved by the MAGA right -- passes constitutional amendment (140-21) that bans Pride Parades & restrict LGBTQ+ folks right of assembly bec. protecting children’s "moral development" takes precedence. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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So obsessed with anti-trans bigotry, the party that claims to champion free speech sees no irony in erasing parts of speech themselves. Article by Pax Ahimsa Gethen @funcrunch.bsky.social

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A Republican-led voter suppression measure that could disenfranchise millions of Americans — and disproportionately harm women and trans people — heads to the Senate. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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Yahoo [Apr 12] -- A federal judge has ruled that the Trump admin must unfreeze funds for a child nutrition program that were part of funding frozen in retaliation for Maine's refusal to impose an anti-trans sports ban. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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WashPo [Apr 12] -- Trump's pick to replace Dr. Rachel Levine, the highest ranking trans govt official under Biden, is Brian Christine, a 61-year-old Alabama urologist -- a Covid conspiracist who has called for trans youth to undergo “corrective care.” @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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NOTUS [cont] -- Among the 40 listed corporate sponsors who would NOT affirm their support to NOTUS are heavyweights like Amazon, Hilton, H&M, McDonald, MGM, Starbucks, & Verizon. Booz Allen reportedly pulled theirs sponsorship due to federal contracts. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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NOTUS [Apr 12] -- WorldPride organizers are warning trans athletes about the risks of traveling to the US to attend the 2025 event in DC. Separately, NOTUS contacted 40 corporate sponsors on WorldPride's website and only 5 affirmed their support. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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CNN [cont] -- Said Maine AG's office: "Nothing in Title IX or its implementing regulations prohibits schools from allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls’ and women’s sports teams. Your letters to date do not cite a single case that so holds.” @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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CNN [Apr 10] -- Maine & DOJ at impasses as its AG announces state will not comply with DOJ order to ban trans athletes following a final warning from the Dept of Ed's Civil Rights office. Next step -- withholding federal funding @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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ErinReed [Apr 10] -- In deep blue MA House Dems water down but pass anti-trans sports bill -- a first passage in any blue state legislature. Even in red Montana every Dem voted against a recent sports bill. Definitely a warning light flashing. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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TheTimes [Apr 11] -- English football body FA resists calls to ban trans women with new rules allowing them in continue in amateur soccer competitions with reduced testosterone levels for 1 year. FA can ask its Transgender Non-Binary Comte to adjudicate disputes. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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NBC [Apr 10] -- Great backgrounder on how a single Maine girl in high school athletics became the focus of Trump's war on trans athletes. A teammate told NBC the rest of the track squad is “extremely accepting and just happy that everyone is trying to be who they are.” @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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People [Apr 10] -- Military pilot Jo Ellis is suing rightwing influencer Matt Wallace for falsely claiming she piloted the Army helicopter that crashed into a DC Amer. Air flight in Jan. She plans to donate any monetary damages to families of 67 people killed in crash. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Reuters [Apr 10] -- In a closely watched case, ACLU is suing the State Dept in MA court on behalf of TikTok influencer Zaya Perysian who got her new passport w/ wrong sex after Trump's E/O. Zaya has had surgery & hormones & has been legally female in MA for years. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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As is so often the case, its not about a supposed "athletic disadvantage," its about bigotry. TWIBS by Alyssa Steinsiek @alyssaur.bsky.social

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WashPo Apr 9 -- Brevard Cty FL high school teacher of 11 years became state's first to have contract terminated for using trans student's preferred rather than legal name w/o parental permission under a new "parents' rights" law. Brevard is home of Moms for Liberty. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Guardian [Apr 9] -- US Air Force reverses its ban on personal pronouns in emails & other communication after it was advised it ran afoul of a Biden-era law forbidding a formal pronoun policy. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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First the trans community, now the ace community, I wonder which community she'll decide is bad actually next. Article by Alyssa Steinsiek @alyssaur.bsky.social

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me, watching the giant red target over every trans person's head slowly getting larger and larger Haha, they're totally not gonna deport us all to El Salvador, right? Right? Right?

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YouGov [con't.] -- In fact, nearly 2/3 of respondents said they would be either "not very willing" (20%) or "not at all willing" (44%) to date someone with opposing views on transgender people. Just 1/4 were "very willing" (8%) or "somewhat willing." (17%) @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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YouGov [Apr 9]-- Trans rights emerges as one of the most polarizing issues: 44% tell YouGov they are "not at all willing" to date someone with opposing views on transgender people--more than for opposing views on Trump (43%), Jan 6th attack (39%) or abortion (37%) . @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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PorlandHerald Apr 7 -- Atty Genl announces on "Fox and Friends" that DOJ is pulling all nonessential funding from Maine prisons over a single trans woman housed in a women's unit. The amount reportedly comes to about $1.5m. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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