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Leader in non-profit and academic spaces for trans inclusion and DEI work. Poet, essayist, and community organizer. All views here are my own. 🏳️‍⚧️🩷 Learn about my work: linkedin.com/in/lily-rood
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Big news! The National Transgender Leadership Conference Committee (NTLCC) officially launches today! #TransLeadership #NTLCC #TransRights #SocialJustice #Leadership

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Giving up and checking out is what they want. Do not give them what they want. 19thnews.org/2025/02/tran...

Join our movement: ntlcc.org

Want to support new and developing trans leadership? Join our movement: ntlcc.org

In the face of relentless attacks on trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive people, these young activists are not running away — they’re organizing. 19thnews.org/2025/02/tran...

Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

In happier news...I love a story about the next generation of leaders refusing to accept what's happening in our country and choosing to do something about it.

We're counting down to something big. The National Trans Leadership Conference Committee launches Feb 24, bringing together young trans leaders to build community & drive progress across the United States. 🌐 ntlcc.org 📱 @ntlccommittee on Instagram #TransLeadership #CommunityFirst #TransRights #NTLCC

‘We won’t be safe if we’re silent’: Young trans leaders want to build a network of their own 19thnews.org/2025/02... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

I got back on this app after a break just to share - so thrilled to have this article out in the world. Join us at ntlcc.org!

As the Trump administration tries to erase their identities, these college students are founding a group to cultivate transgender leaders across the country.

In the face of an administration trying to erase their identities, these students are founding a group to cultivate trans leaders across the country.

In the face of an administration trying to erase their identities, these students are founding a group to cultivate trans leaders across the country.

be cool if we remembered 2017-2021 & put substantive evil over flash. what am i supposed to do here? join an anti-trump pro-canadian-sovereignty militia? it’s a good time to shore up your community. there’s policy being written locally. save panic for shit you can act on. you aren’t inexhaustible.

I've been off of Bluseky and focused on work, but I'm back with an update on that work! we're growing our team at the NTLCC (my trans leadership org, launching this February!) and we have multiple open roles! check it out: ntlcc.org/apply

Somehow, I doubt the media will condemn this open celebration of a killer.

For those that think Paxton's theories of out-of-state jurisdiction are something new and limited to abortion... as is so often the case, we see it used first to target trans people. Paxton tried to prosecute Seattle Children's Hospital last year the same way. I broke the filing doc itself.

This is why @aoc.bsky.social winning the Ranking Membership gives me the slightest hope - we need folks like her to usher in a new strategy, and fast.

The gender affirming care ban in Montana has been BLOCKED by the MT Supreme Court in a unanimous decision. Montana has a constitutional right to privacy, including in our healthcare decisions. And today our constitution continues to protect individuals from government overreach.

Nancy Mace could not be more despicable. She had a foster youth advocate arrested for shaking her hand and then falsely accused him of assault. All because he asked her to protect the rights of trans people. imprintnews.org/top-stories/...

Here are some nice mushrooms

Trans journalists, particularly ones writing about trans issues, have been pushed out of the industry. It's why I started Assigned Media, and why I'm determined to grow and increase our capabilities. A 🧵 about the "quiet purge" of trans voices, what to expect, and what I intend to do about it.

Ready to go for #LGBTQLeaders2024 @lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social!

There’s a man blowing leaves off of the steps of a government building amidst gusts of wind that then blow the leaves back. Dollars for aesthetics, not healthcare, from the nation’s capital.

I wrote about a crucial moment in today’s Supreme Court proceedings for Transverse: open.substack.com/pub/transver... This piece addresses transmisogyny and is in conversation with the historic work of @juliaserano.bsky.social - thank you for all you have contributed. #trans #queer #lgbtq #scotus

My journey to #LGBTQleaders2024 begins with a great dilemma... can Blahaj fit in the suitcase to come along for the ride?? Stay tuned! @lgbtqvictoryfund.bsky.social