Last day for public comment tomorrow, Jun 29! Not only is the administration proposing to end nondiscrimination policies, it’s proposing to mandate that discrimination in order to access HUD funding. Leave a comment below.

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And hoping the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals or THIS SCOTUS uphold the Constitution is not a bet I'd recommend making. Instead, here are some concrete actions you can do. First, if you're in a blue state, tell your state attorney general to intervene on behalf of WPATH.

You've probably seen that the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with four states with GOP attorneys general (Iowa, Nebraska, Alaska, and Texas), is suing the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). THREAD. www.ftc.gov/system/files...

New(ish) in Philosophy & Social Criticism: an intervention on realist “unveiling narratives” and their associated prescriptive claims within critical philosophy of race. doi.org/10.1177/0191...

Eyes and Darkness: Race and Idealism Through Cinga Samson’s Okwe Nkunzana 6 - Bradford Gladstone, 2026

This article critiques a strain of critical philosophy of race that presumes an ability to remove the evaluative “distortions” of race-based judgements from per...

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Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Morning Bluesky.

the real test is right here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ if you have a dem or independent senator, it’s a real good time to call & tell them to stand up for trans people: no transgender healthcare bans or restrictions in the HHS bill. period. real easy message & a 2 second call. find your reps’ info here: reps.fyi

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Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9mo ago

But the big one for transgender people is going to be the Health and Human Services spending bill, which deals much more directly with gender-affirming care. It is easy to slip in a Hyde-style amendment in that bill since it is must-pass and HHS deals with Medicaid and Medicare

they’re trying it 3 big ways right now (& a bunch of smaller ones). there’s an HHS rule to fight, too. under the proposed rule, any facility taking medicare/medicaid would be barred from providing trans care to any child even if medicare/medicaid isn’t involved. this one doesn’t even take a call!

ACLU@aclu.org · 10mo ago

The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a new set of rules attempting to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationwide. Take action and tell HHS: No bans on gender-affirming care.

hi, cis folks! today, congress votes on 2 bills —HR498 & HR3492—one bans medicaid funds for providers of trans youth care; the other criminalizes that care, imposing penalties including jail. either one passing destroys lives. we need you to call & tell your rep to vote no. tap into the 🧵for more

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jae holzman@jael.bsky.social · 10mo ago

so like, i’m aware that it’s not a done deal that all dems vote no on this bill flooding folks’ offices with calls tomorrow is probably a good idea if you care about the trans folks in your life

if they just call every complaint a title ix complaint it engages specific federal channels that presumably they believe the administration will be able to use to support them. so that's what i figure they're doing.

From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

For trans folks trying to parse the federal bills; this is my TL;DR: 1. The National Defense Authorization Act *will* pass w/harmful riders - it is a win that any were stripped out. 2. The GOP Healthcare proposal w/ban language *won’t* pass - it’s all messaging. Always worth calling your reps!

Tucked inside the Republican bill for health care subsidies, a clause that would restrict the money from being used for abortion (with exception for rape, incest or life of the mother) or for "any sex trait modification procedure or service." www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

While Maryland Gov. Moore posted about Trans Day of Rememberance, his state was torturing a trans woman by denying her hormones and housing her with men--according to her lawyer--for 2 months. All of this for "hate crime" charges from alleged vandalism of a trans symbol near a Catholic school.

A transgender symbol painted near an Easton school led to hate crime charges

Sian Radaskiewicz-King pleaded guilty to two property-related misdemeanors and was released after spending more than two months in jail.

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Governor Wes Moore@govwesmoore.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors the memories of those taken from us by violence, and reminds us that we must keep working to make sure everyone is safe, seen, and free to be themselves. Photo credit: Kayden Cooper/Redefine Media Productions.

both parts of this matter: this would be a near ban in all states; there’s a runway here where fighting back helps hold up falling sky for trans kids. every day matters. & if you’re like “it’ll be fine—they’ll just wait til after trump” i want you to recall what happened to *your* body from 14-17.

NPR@npr.org · 11mo ago

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

this is a relatively new and bizarre argument in the history of book bans btw—conservatives have rarely if ever operated from the position that libraries are “government speech” (?) they’ve almost always argued on the grounds of obscenity and the public good

hi, cis folks! trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too. we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi info & script in the🧵⬇️

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · last yr.

Schumer on government funding: "Our position remains this: We want to keep the government open by engaging in bipartisan negotiation where we can address some of the grave harms Donald Trump has caused to our health care system and help Americans with the cost of living."

the pinknews article about this was weird writing about the trans hyde amdt on few fronts and quite vague recommend reading my reporting on this topic to actually understand how this works and what could happen next as well as past reporting by @iododds.bsky.social & @ericmgarcia.bsky.social

so like, it’s not in the cr but trump can demand it be a part of funding govt whether thru cr later or funding bill later and essentially the rules are made up, points don’t matter, etc point is this is m a must-get and has been