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@flower-mouse.bsky.social

Anarchist | budding game designer| AuDHD | 26 | She/her transgender femme extraordinaire, sleeping in a flower | ICE must be abolished | 🇵🇸 Palestine must be free 🇵🇸

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 2d ago

I like how everyone is pretending like the years of liberal cowardice between 2020-2024 where Democrats created a far more dangerous and fascist and powerful Trump simply never happened

Asher HELLbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · 3d ago

One or two people I know IRL have been publicly poo-pooing midterm enthusiasm on the terms that "liberals are just going to return to brunch," and I think it crystalized something for me, which is that there is a tendency within some of our movements to be deeply, venomously suspicious of joy

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · 3d ago

canada shouldn't trust the U.S., nor should anyone else, unless and until we make permanent and clear steps to break the far right and reduce the power of the executive

Clare Blackwood@clareblackwood.bsky.social · 3d ago

I dunno y'all, I don't have the energy for a bunch of immediate, "Yay, Canada can start making ties with America again!" thinkpieces. I think we should take a step back from our keyboards for a hot sec and remember that a lot of their politicians will likely want to pretend this all never happened.

Corinne Green@ket.bsky.social · 2d ago

i submit to you the following: democrats running anti-trans ads are not "cowards." they didn't "cave." they aren't hostages. they aren't babies. they are just transphobic. if someone told me "you should go on tv and push bigotry" i would say "you should go to hell, bigoted asshole." wouldn't you?

Stella Sacco@antlervel.vet · 3d ago

Voting to get an adult to molest every girl doing extracurriculars in order to fuck over fewer specific children than you can count on two hands. Shameful doesn’t begin to describe it

For nearly 20 years, Washington has had no restrictions on trans students participating in sports. Current state policy allows students to participate on teams that align with their gender identity, without additional proof. I-638 would apply to sports regulated by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, which says it knows of around 10 trans kids playing school sports in the state.
OPB@opb.org · 3d ago

At least half the states in the country have some kind of restriction on trans girls in sports. But Washington would be one of the first to require medical testing to verify birth sex. Other states with bans require only proof of birth sex via a birth certificate.

Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW ESSAY: my thoughts (plus a timeline) on the mixed signals Dems have been sending trans ppl these midterms & how it all might play out in future elections. please share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/shifting-pos... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/shifting-p...

Shifting Positions: Democrats, Transgender Issues, and the 2026 Midterms

a timeline of events, plus thoughts on how this may play out in future elections

juliaserano.medium.com

Erin Elkin@shadell.itch.io · 3d ago

We must, if we want trans advocacy to work, want a trans advocacy that sees transition as a good thing in and of itself, that desires more trans people in the world. And we must demand this from our allies.

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 4d ago

“I have two passions, Brass bands and revolution. Long live blockades and sabotage, The ZADs and wildcat protests! I have two passions, Brass bands and revolution. Standing together, building the dream, Let the whole world rise up!” How wonderful

Stephanie Lamy@stephlamy.bsky.social · 5d ago

Meanwhile in Paris, the protests continue, with students in Paris kettled by police for several hours partying the time away. Sound ON 📢 (lyrics and translation in alt) via Luc Auffret

Sarah Clarke@damselindystopia.northsky.social · 4d ago

I am simply not interested in hearing about the impact of transphobia on cis people unless you first demonstate a willingness to care about the impact on trans people.

Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢@taliabhatt.itch.io · 4d ago

Here's the fundamental thing: even many orgs advocating for us struggle to spotlight harm against us as an issue worth taking seriously. I'm sure it's a combination of voter apathy and organizer apathy towards us reinforcing each other, but the result is that harm against trans people never matters.

Jayapal has addressed the measure’s targeting of transgender kids directly in a video posted on social media. But No Hate in Washington State, the leading group opposing the measure, has gone further in recasting the fight: None of its digital ads even use the word “transgender.” Instead, they focus on how the sex-verification requirement could subject cisgender girls to invasive scrutiny. “Although the opposition is really focused on trans kids, we’re focused on the impacts on all kids,” said Heather Weiner, the group’s spokesperson.
extra smalling@flower-mouse.bsky.social · 4d ago

This collection looks incredible, oh my god. I love that it's presented alongside the original text. Requesting this from my library immediately

The Transfeminine Review@thetransfemininereview.com · 4d ago

On today's episode of "Beth eases back into reviewing," we've got this anthology of global translated trans poetry! There are translations from five(!) languages in here: Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, French, and Korean. Before I've even cracked the cover, this deserves a translated awards nod.

Trans poets - Splendor has two jellyfish on the covet
Stella Sacco@antlervel.vet · 4d ago

look I’m stoned so I’m gonna be real nice and gentle okay? Everyone who told us it was fine for democrats to run anti-trans ads if it helped them win because “we can demand better after they win”? You better be on that phone to your electeds’ offices every single day. It’s your shift now.