A trans couple has been brutalized by a mob, and then the trans woman ended up being arrested afterwards, at a public bathroom in Louisiana. EITM writer S Baum investigates this horrible act of violence in our latest piece. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...

Trans Couple Brutalized At Louisiana Park Bathroom, Then Charged By Police

An angry mob allegedly beat them. The police charged them. The municipality voted for one of the most severe anti-trans bathroom ordinances in the country.

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Really good developments in the UK that are worth supporting.

Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · 10h ago

🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇

The EHRC guidance slipped its way into law by default overnight. Do not self-police and do not let toilet weirdos and changing room weirdos dictate how you go about your life.

@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social defender of SOME women's rights, transitioning to defender of white cis men's privileges. Do you think your last act in office before cis men take your ability to serve, will be to serve that water you carry for them?

I'm not trying to tell you what to do or anything. But if you go to the link that Polly has in her post below, all your dreams will come true. Not that one, gross, the other one. Yes, that dream. Do it.

Polly Schattel@pollyschattel.bsky.social · yesterday

Pardon me, I'm doing promotion for my recent short film, AFTER THE FALL. My lead actor & co-producer is the incredible Kevin Patrick Murphy, who was so wonderful in "Stranger Things," "Manhunt," "House of Cards," "Mr. Mercedes," and so much more. A fantastic talent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYW...

Days after a WNBA team co-ownwer was suspended for confronting anti-trans activists courtside, Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx wore a "Trans Kids Belong" shirt while facing down Sophie Cunningham's team, the Fever. The Lynx won 108-100. Subscribe to support our journalism.

WNBA Coach Cheryl Reeve Wore “Trans Kids Belong” While Beating Sophie Cunningham’s Team

The crowd was equally indignant, reportedly booing whenever Cunningham touched the ball.

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AFTER THE FALL, the li'l 2025 short film I made from Jeffrey Thomas' fantastic story, is World Premiering on Youtube today! We've had a great festival run that played all over the world. Now Crafty Short Films has taken us in. Check it out! It's short. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdYW...

After The Fall | Award Winning Post Apocalyptic Short Film

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Genuinely annoyed that the US never embraced the local chippy. It's always some expensive artisan restaurant that still serves Moscow mules in copper mugs poured by a man in a waxed mustache wearing suspenders.

"There will never be a time to do the right thing again, after this moment." The sentence to live by. Every moment, you have a choice. Not all of them will be crucial, and not all of them will change the future. But you have no way of knowing which can. So live by these words, do the right thing.

there's plenty of restaurants in this town, but the owner of the sandwich shop downtown hates me, says he's gonna kill me, and has a sign up on the wall saying that 5 cents out of every sandwich order will go towards buying bullets to shoot me with.

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The Hyperfocus of JK Rowling

Freda Wallace and the Chamber of Secrets between her legs.

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watching cis women fight so hard to exclude trans girls and women from the very sports they were segregated into is weird. Your sport isn't exclusive, you were put here so you don't bother men, so they can more easily marginalize you and not pay you. And you want to do that to trans people? Delusion

There was so much to say, and so many ways. This movie lives in my heart. Letters to Cleo on the rooftop is burned into an entire generations mind.

Cozy Quilt Cinema Podcast@cozyquiltcinema.com · 2d ago

We like our shrews untamed. For this episode, it's 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). Kat's armor, Michael and Cameron's manipulation, Patrick's mask, and a father trying too hard to hold on. Plus Shakespeare nerdery and a 7 of 9 Stitch Count!

I love having guests on our show. I experience life through textures, the feel of a word imprinted upon paper is like the feel of a person who imprints upon me. I feel their presence and it leaves a lasting mark that I can feel like braille in my mind.

Finished editing our CQC podcast episode for tomorrow. Looking forward to talking to our friend and guest Allaina Humphreys today about her film pick, Project Hail Mary, which Michelle and I haven’t seen.

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Next Tuesday, Aug 4, my 2025 short film “After the Fall” will publicly premiere on Youtube’s popular Crafty Short Films channel. They specialize in stories which foreground the humanity of their subjects, something I can get behind 100 percent. More deets on Tuesday. youtube.com/@craftyshort...

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Crafty Short Films presents new award-winning short films every week with our filmmakers receiving 100% of the ad revenue their film generates on YouTube! Crafty aims to highlight and discover talen...

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The supremacist ideology of the GC hate groups have to ignore science, ignore biology and instead rely on “the doctor did a casual external observation which marks you for life”.

Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk · 4d ago

The Gender Critical are trying to normalise the idea that trans + people are their birth sex. This is a cynical attempt to erase trans + people from existing. We must not let this happen. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary (enby) people are valid and exist too.

In addition to removing their latest report into the links between ‘gender critical’ transphobes and the far-right anti-rights movement @amnestyuk.bsky.social ALSO deleted this previous report to appease billionaire bigots! 😣 But you can read it here… 👉🏻 drive.google.com/file/d/1PSsa...

@amnestyuk.bsky.social We would like to remind you of your 'About us' page: "We believe in world where everyone enjoys their rights freely, is treated fairly, and lives without fear." If you no longer stand by this principle, maybe you should retract that also. www.amnesty.org.uk/about/who-we...

GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️[✊🏳️‍⚧️ I WILL NOT COMPLY]@geekonaleash.co.uk · 5d ago

@amnestyuk.bsky.social are now bending the knee to the anti-rights movement. Congratulations on adding yourselves to your own retracted report. You have opened the door to further SLAPPs from any organisations that do not agree with you. www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.

Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic

The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.

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it was never going to stop at trans women. JKR opened the gates of supremacy by showing that even Amnesty international would fold before their supremacist ideology and the money they have stockpiled through the commercialization of their religious delusions.

Duncan Hothersall@dhothersall.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oh look, JK Rowling's chequebook-waving has emboldened the ADF, a Christofascist hate group that has been pouring millions into the UK to fund court cases and lobbying against abortion rights, equal marriage rights, Pride events etc., to go on the attack as well. Top standing up for women, Joanne!

1. Amnesty International has withstood threats from death squads and dictators. But it could not stand up to JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement she finances. It has apologized for calling those groups "anti-rights" after legal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling, Issues Apology For Calling Anti-Trans Groups "Anti-Rights"

The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much.

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The "gender critical" movement have lost both of these cases today.

Imagine waking up a billionaire every morning and being instantly angry at trans people. Fuck her, fuck her shitty books, and Amnesty International for this horseshit. She's a nasty-ass bigot.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 5d ago

Amnesty International has apologised and retracted a report calling JK Rowling's support centre 'anti-rights' for excluding trans people. See the full statement 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

When I was around 9 years old, I made a loud declaration to my dad, stepmother, and all my siblings on a trip in the car. Two things: First, I would never smoke or allow it in my car. (The parental units hot-boxed us with smoke on every car trip.)

Far-right groups should be proscribed, they spread fear (terror), violence, hate, bigotry, intollerance, and zealotry. They don't just express free-speech, they express targeted hate speech against minorities and vunerable people.

This is someone you follow? Might want to check. BTW, he seems to only be responding to women with "Little one" or the "C" word. He's free range with the "R" word. Is this a shining example of the "center"?

The WNBA is known for being one of “the most LGBT-inclusive professional sports leagues." But when Seattle Storm co-owner Celeste Keaton confronted anti-trans activists who showed up to a game, they suspended her instead of the transphobes. Subscribe to support our journalism.

WNBA Suspends Seattle Storm Co-Owner Five Games for Confronting Anti-Trans Activists Courtside

Anti-trans provocateurs bankrolled by the right were sitting courtside with signs praising WNBA player Sophie Cunningham. Celeste Keaton reportedly confronted them.

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I’m a big fan of supporting local and indie artists if I can. Some cool filmmaker friends told me about this project and said it was helmed by a super-talented up and comer, and that a little would go a long way. So I pitched in. Maybe you can help, too! seedandspark.com/fund/arcadia...

Arcadia Village - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark

When expecting mother Liza finds something disturbing in her trash bin, she must confront what it means for the life she’s built in her seemingly idyllic suburban neighborhood.

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First trans women, then queer Black women, then all Black women, then dissolve the WNBA. Cis women helping white cis men remove women’s sports.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 6d ago

A third of the active players in the league are LGBTQ. This is very clearly a call to purge queer Black women from the league. It's absolutely disgusting.