I had a very important appointment last week. A few, actually... happened to take this while hanging out in a waiting room. Sometimes, I see what I have been fighting so hard for over the past several years, and it's such a good feeling. 💚💚
Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️⚧️🌈
@jamiegerhardt.bsky.social
Married, LGBTQIA+ activist, cat-mom and cat-rescuer, performer in regional theatre, runner, into personal health and fitness, video-gamer, fantasy-fiction junkie, and overall pretty chill (I think so anyway) human being.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed In WA, where right-wing groups have poured millions of dollars into two anti-trans statewide ballot initiatives this year, Jaelynn Scott is poised to be elected the first Black trans woman to its state legislature. Go Jaelynn, Go.
Washington Is Poised To Elect The First Out Black Trans Woman To A State Legislature In The US
“We will not let authoritarians dictate how we legislate in this state,” Jaelynn Scott said.
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Michigan might elect its first trans woman ever to the state legislature this year! Joanna Whaley beat her primary opponent by 20 points and she sits in a solidly Democratic district. The list of trans people in office is likely to grow yet again! Subscribe to support our journalism.
Michigan Might Elect A Trans Woman To The State Legislature For The First Time Ever
After nearly two decades at a megachurch and surviving conversion therapy, Joanna Whaley said she’s ready to take on the Christian nationalism of the Republican Party.
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Wow--I shared some selfies because I have been feeling pretty good about myself lately, and I guess BlueSky decided I should be on the NFSW list. My feed is now full of it. I don't think my pics were risque enough to warrant that... sheesh
100% completion on Octopath Traveler 0 tonight, 150 hours total! Need to figure out what to play next!
Still out here doing the best I can, spreading joy where I can.
Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.
This is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...
Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
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Why should you support independent trans media? Perhaps because we take on the bias of major news organizations with facts and data. Here's the latest from @evanurquhart.bsky.social, who found NYT wrote 5 stories on the trans sports ban decision without quoting a single trans person. 🤯🤯🤯
NYT Wrote Five Stories on the Trans Athlete Ban Decision. Not One Quoted A Transgender Person. - Assigned Media
The paper of record continues to diverge from other news organizations in its coverage of the transgender community.
assignedmedia.org
Not sure why I am posting mirror selfies on Bluesky, but here we are! (Just feeling cute tonight, teehee)
1. A Kansas Judge has struck down the anti-trans "experts" the ADF parades. "Cherry-picked information, conjecture, and research taken out of context," ruled Judge Folsom III. He then established 349 facts that support trans care and reversed the Kansas ban. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Kansas Judge Eviscerates Anti-Trans
The judge found 349 individual facts supported the continued provision of gender-affirming care.
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THIS IS HUGE: Colorado Supreme Court orders Colorado children's hospital to resume gender affirming care for trans youth. www.coloradopolitics.com/2026/05/18/c...
Children's Colorado must resume care to transgender plaintiffs, state Supreme Court rules by 5-2
The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, ordered Children's Hospital Colorado on Monday to resume providing certain medical services to a group of transgender plaintiffs, which it had ceased in the face of...
coloradopolitics.com
1. This weekend, a federal judge permanently blocked funding threats to providers and hospitals that provide trans youth care. The judge also blocked "any similar policy." Hospitals have NO excuse and must return to providing care under many blue state laws. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats
The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.
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Mamdani is silently abandoning trans people, contrary to his public commentary.
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 5mo agoNews from today confirms NYU Langone has still not started care. Mayor Mamdani has yet to push for enforcement of NYC Human rights law against the hospital, which is in his power. He has yet to direct H+H to absorb trans youth patients. He has maintained radio silence.
1. Incredible news out of Romania. An appeals court in the country has forced them to recognize the legal gender of a trans man. It is the first known internal enforcement of a 2024 EU Court ruling. Romania has ranked last by ILGA on LGBTQ+ rights in EU. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Romanian Court Forces State To Recognize Trans Man's Identity In Historic Ruling
Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a trans man with dual Romanian-British citizenship, will receive a birth certificate reflecting his gender identity after a Bucharest court enforced a landmark 2024 EU ruling.
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1. In devastating news, the Supreme Court just ruled in favor of conversion therapy, a practice the UN calls torture. The ruling could have catastrophic consequences, writes Jackson in her sole dissent. The ruling comes on trans day of visibility. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Supreme Court Rules Against Conversion Therapy Bans On Transgender Day Of Visibility
"The fallout could be catastrophic," said Justice Jackson in her lone dissent of the 8-1 opinion.
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Theresa Gaffney@theresagaff.bsky.social · 6mo agoBreaking: A U.S. district judge in Oregon said he will vacate a declaration made late last year by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that asserted gender-affirming care for young trans people does not meet medical standards of care. www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/j...
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 18 Reuters 80+ human rights & sports groups call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to abandon its plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female Olympic athletes and ban transgender and intersex competitors from competing as women.
International Olympic Committee urged to drop reported gender test plans for female athletes
More than 80 human rights and sport advocacy groups have called on the International Olympic Committee to abandon reported plans to introduce universal genetic sex testing for female athletes and imp...
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 10 Advocate Confronted by Katie Couric on his transphobic policies, Gov Gavin Newsom denounces Reps for their scapegoating trans kids while he continues to scapegoat trans kids.
Katie Couric confronts Gavin Newsom on his shifting views on transgender youth
The veteran journalist called the California governor out on the perception that he's retreating from his LGBTQ+ rights allyship.
advocate.com
Don't make yourself small. It's ok to make your presence felt, and to be proud of who you are. Keep going, y'all.
A recent statement from the American Society for Plastic Surgeons advised against surgery, HRT, blockers for trans youth. Now members and experts that were sidelined at the org are demanding answers after evidence shows it may have been politically influenced by the Trump admin. Read our latest.
ASPS Members Demand Answers After Org Released Anti-Trans Statement From Behind Closed Doors
The statement is a blunt tool that the Trump regime can use to strip trans youth of life-saving care.
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1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that under a new deal with Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, trans scouts will be forcibly outed and segregated from peers of their gender. The policy is the latest cruel capitulation. www.erininthemorning.com/p/secdef-heg...
SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated
The policy is the latest in a trend of organizations capitulating to Trump over transgender people.
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i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 12: European Parliament priorities for gender equity pass overwhelmingly including resolutions containing language on "intersectionality" and "diversity" interpreted as referring to trans women as women.
See how your MEPs voted
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