Gwendolyn Ann Smith
@gwensmith.com
I foster communities, I shape opinions, and I dance the dream. columnist for Bay Area Reporter and online support staff. ⚧ and proud.
So yeah: Big news that I haven’t been able to talk about much until now: I was the narrative lead for Magic: The Gatherinng — Star Trek! It was a dream come true to work on this at all and I’m incredibly excited to finally show off some of our hard work!
high key looking for an artist to commission a big fossil design for a tattoo. If you are someone with a spookier/realistic ish style and available comment here I'll dm! ❤️
Golly! What a shame! I surely hope no one else copy cats this. Gosh!
Tyler King@tyleraking.com · 4h ago“Officers subsequently checked the various locations where the Flock cameras were placed and found that the poles were cut down near the base. Officers located the poles nearby in the weeds, but the cameras had been removed.”
THREAD: Here's what happened in today's "We are exploiting peoples' legitimate fears around kids online safety to advance dangerous censorship and surveillance legislation" hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee... 🧵
So the official recommendation is for small businesses to replace male and female single lockable toilets with gender neutral single lockable toilets, thereby protecting women from the risk of being in a women's toilet on their own.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 8h agoEHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...
I tried to write this to help explain the deal with her to those who aren't trans and/or so well-versed in her.
Bay Area Reporter, America's LGBTQ Newspaper since 1971@bayareareporter.bsky.social · 7h agoThere are some people Gwen Smith tries to avoid writing about. www.ebar.com/story/168988
There. Are. No. Trans. Women. In. The. WNBA. This whole conversation is a racist trap and long circuitous argument that always comes back to insulting cisgender Black women by calling them not women. In particular it attacks: Brittany Griner, Liz Cambage, and A'Ja Wilson.
The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
Give Them an Inch...
And they'll take away women's sports...
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Not only was she loudly right about everything and reviled for it, in 2017 O'Connor donated 30 years worth of clothes and makeup to trans girls in Ireland.
Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 2w agoRemembering Sinéad O'Connor, who died three years ago, on July 26, 2023. Photo by Andreas Larsson. #sineadoconnor
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
Exciting to live in a time when even our allies can't stand us.
The State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as "national security" risks. theneedlenews.com/20... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
She Defied Neo-Nazi Violence; Now Her U.S. Passport Has Been Revoked
The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as "national security" risks, and consequently revoking their passports.
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The SCREEN Act is not just another age-verification bill — it goes much further than anything passed at the state-level or in other countries. 1. The bill doesn't just target porn sites. It goes after *any* site that allows material "harmful" to minors. You'd have to scan your face to use Google.
on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...
“I deeply recognize your trauma, and I’m sorry if my comments hurt you.” ::rolls eyes::
LGBTQ Nation@lgbtqnation.com · 2d agoSeth Moulton apologizes for his infamous 2024 comments about how Dems should abandon trans athletes - buff.ly/F7twzhR
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Michigan Civil Rights Comsn ruls Studio 8 Hair Lab owner Christine Geiger violated MI civil rights laws when she posted on social media that the salon would not serve trans people, who should instead "seek services at a local pet groomer."
Michigan finds hair salon owner violated the law by directing trans people to pet groomers
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission ordered Christine Geiger to remove Studio 8 Hair Lab's anti-transgender posts, pay legal fees, and complete civil rights training.
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Maddow asked #JamesTalarico about attacks on #trans people and those who think that to win, Dems must "moderate" on trans rights. Talarico answered, "I don't believe we win by selling people out." #Texas
In addition to endorsements, California Democrats also passed resolutions and reaffirmations at this past weekend's conference. Proud to have worked with many others on this one, "Standing Firmly Behind Transgender Youth", calling for defending healthcare, student-athlete protections, and more. 🏳️⚧️
Please stop flying your drones over the fires, fire crews can't fly in water with all the drones out there right now
"We need to punish them for... resisting our attacks on their sovereignty!" Fucking abuser logic.
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d agoPENTAGON: Anyone got any ideas? @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/08/03/p...
A new study out of Canada looked at four youth gender clinics. Out of 445 patients only four who started gender affirming hormone therapy ceased taking it, and only one did so due to a re-identification with their birth sex. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
A New Study from Canada Again Finds Less Than 1 Percent of Trans Youth Detransition - Assigned Media
Out of 445 patients across four gender clinics only one who started hormone therapy stopped due to a change in gender identity.
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