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How long do you think the cis gay, lesbian, & bi folks are going to last in the Trump admin/GOP until thereā€™s a ā€œnight of the long knivesā€ type event? Do you think they know the name ā€œErnst Rƶhmā€ I ask these questions partly as gallows humour but also 100% seriously.

Good news in the sea of awfulness

Really curious about this too. Havenā€™t heard anything yet but maybe others have heard stuff?

I donā€™t know how tariffs will impact Canadian books (doesnā€™t look good). Now would be the time to ask your local indie bookstore and libraries to stock up on trans and queer books published in Canada.

Writing update: Last night I started work on an epic poem called ā€œ12 Rules that Jordan B. Peterson can use to STFU about women & trans people.ā€ In it I offer poetic responses to every one of his stupid rules. Suffice it to say itā€™s gonna be a fun & fiery poem indeed šŸ˜‰

app.thestorygraph.com/books/ad2108... My review: ā€œThis debut collection is a beautiful meditation on the joysā€”love, sex, & belongingā€”and horrorsā€”lynchings & the Holocaustā€”that humanity is capable of. This should be seen as an instant classic of queer/trans Jewish art.ā€ #booksky #transbooks

BREAKING: Weā€™re suing the Trump administration for refusing to issue passports with accurate sex designations for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. This action violates the Constitution.

The straight married couple to "I'm transfemme," "Cool, I'm gay," lesbian married couple pipeline.

Dear every ally, both celebrity and random. Hormones cause puberty. Republicans are trying to convince everyone that *teenagers* are too young for *puberty*. Please bake this into the way you talk about trans youth.

OK, so I have an activism ask about a dear friend of mine. If you have the energy and are a WA resident, go here: https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/ContactForm.aspx And write a letter urging the WA AG office to force Seattle Children's to resume providing gender-affirming surgeries [ā€¦]

Thank you, @angryblacklady.bsky.socia! New weekly articles drop at The Flytrap on Tuesdays. We at @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social would love it if you subscribed today!

chappell talking about trans rights at the #grammys šŸ«‚šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø

Some days I need hopeful messages and other days Gallows humour will do šŸ˜‰

Like I posted yesterday, readingā€”especially queer/trans authorsā€”kept me sane-ish & grounded-ish throughout January.

This is why I have been writing and reading so much this month. Gives me grounding to do hard things

Trans poetry/literature/writing is what is keeping me sustained these days.. Just finished @yanyiii.comā€™s latest collection See the first comment below for my brief review of it app.thestorygraph.com/books/18baac...

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

Small wins are keeping me hopeful ā¤ļø

They are trying to overwhelm us with all these EOs. Do what you need to do to stay out of freeze mode the best that you can. Connect with people. Connect with yourself. We're gonna fight.

THE COSMIC COLOR by @ttmaddenwrites.bsky.social IS HERE! Paperback: www.neonhemlock.com/books/cosmic... Ebook: www.neonhemlock.com/ebooks/cosmi...

Ending the night with some hope

Here is something you can do right now

www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ Took some of my rage and fear and channeled it towards becoming a monthly donor. Dear trans youth, please stay around. I canā€™t promise ā€œit gets betterā€ but I can promise that there are those of us who have, and will continue to, fight like hell!

Cuteness keeps me grounded

Call it a purge, not a buyout. Call it a coup against Congress, not a spending pause. Call it censorship, not a review. Words matter, and we in the media have a chance to do better this time.

LRTs: this essay 1) provides a brief history of how gender-affirming care for trans adults & youth came to be 2) debunks the most common anti-trans talking points & tactics 3) provides a list of over 100 studies & reviews showing how established this field is: juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affir...

If you are looking to combat misinformation around gender-affirming care for young people in this current moment, I made 10-part video explainer series breaking down everything from puberty blockers to gender-affirming surgery. ā¬‡ļø xtramagazine.com/inside-xtra/...

It's important to the journalists at Assigned Media that you Stay With Us. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Survive any way you can.

To everyone at The Atlantic, at the New York Times, at the BBC, I hope you're happy. I hope you love the world you've made. I will hate you until my last breath. You are beyond forgiveness. Scum of the earth.

Dear cis people (and everyone tbh)ā€¦if you werenā€™t already now is a very good time to start saving up $$$ to: A) get trans people who are able to leave the country out of there ASAP B) to help pay the legal fees for trans-supportive medical personnel if/when they are arrested.

Soooo obviously Iā€™ve been feeling pretty anxious this weekā€¦ So I decided that one way to redirect that energy was toward financially supporting some of my fave independent media outlets! Just bought year long subs to @flaminghydra.com @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social & @zeteo.com Who are yr faves?

Look, the next few years are going to be hard. Itā€™s going to be exhausting trying to keep up with all of the noise and distractions. So make sure to enjoy things. You cannot be all fight. You need joy as well. And do not let people make you feel guilty for finding moments of joy. That is bad.