The color of a state doesn't determine if it's safe for trans people. Here is a thorough breakdown on the statistics around violence against trans people, and ways to navigate through this.

Safe States Don’t Make People Safer

How legislative risk isn't lethal risk for trans women, and why the numbers we have are only a small part of the story.

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We will not comply with the EHRC 'guidance', and neither should you. Take action for trans liberation.

In other Michigan news, the state looks set to elect it's first transgender lawmaker. Joanna Whaley won her Democratic primary and will compete in November for a state house seat, beating a primary opponent who tried and failed to disqualify her for not running under her deadname

“If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

The American Transgender Refugee Crisis

If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.

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Imagine your home country stripping you of your passport with no notice because it doesn’t like your politics

The Needle@theneedlenews.com · 3d ago

New Investigation Out! Kathleen defied neo-Nazi violence across borders, and now her U.S. passport is revoked. Kathleen, a trans woman of color from the U.S. has been forced to seek asylum in another country. theneedlenews.com/2026/08/she-...

How long will that passport waiting for you in your go-bag still be valid?

The Needle@theneedlenews.com · 3d ago

New Investigation Out! Kathleen defied neo-Nazi violence across borders, and now her U.S. passport is revoked. Kathleen, a trans woman of color from the U.S. has been forced to seek asylum in another country. theneedlenews.com/2026/08/she-...

This story is the result of weeks of work.

The Needle@theneedlenews.com · 3d ago

New Investigation Out! Kathleen defied neo-Nazi violence across borders, and now her U.S. passport is revoked. Kathleen, a trans woman of color from the U.S. has been forced to seek asylum in another country. theneedlenews.com/2026/08/she-...

Lots of great stuff in here (and philosophers being cited!) I particularly enjoyed the distinction between liberation and representation

BASH BACK@bashback.bsky.social · 4d ago

Our interview with Tom Gann of @newsocialist.bsky.social, talking about who we are, why we do what we do, our philosophy, and Woodcock's sinister proscription attempt. This is our most in-depth interview yet, so please give it a read xoxo BASH BACK newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Amnesty International UK Apologizes for Reporting on Anti-Trans Groups After Rowling Threatens Lawsuit

Amnesty International UK Apologizes for Reporting on Anti-Trans Groups After Rowling Threatens Lawsuit

Amnesty's Chief Executive told the decades-long campaigner against human rights that "it would be good for us to meet... in the spirit of a commitment to human rights.”

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Amnesty International UK Apologizes for Reporting on Anti-Trans Groups After Rowling Threatens Lawsuit

Amnesty International UK Apologizes for Reporting on Anti-Trans Groups After Rowling Threatens Lawsuit

Amnesty's Chief Executive told the decades-long campaigner against human rights that "it would be good for us to meet... in the spirit of a commitment to human rights.”

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WPATH’s Fight Against the Trump Administration to Practice Medicine, and What it Means For Your Hormones

If the FTC lawsuit is successful, many trans people could lose access to their hormones. The only large exception would be in states where such care is legally protected.

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Just going to put this here to clarify

rax ‘levon honkers’ king@raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 3w ago

you know that kwame ture quote about how nonviolence only works as a strategy when your opponent has a conscience? something similar at play with pointing out your opponent's hypocrisy. that only works if your opponent agrees that he's playing a word game not prosecuting a holy war

It's bad enough when online randos do this kind of 'teehee gender affirming care I am very intelligent and so helpful and blocks to everyone who dare tell me otherwise,' but a sitting member of the Senate supposedly on the side of protecting trans people saying this is just disgusting.

Tammy Duckworth@duckworth.senate.gov · 3w ago

Sounds like gender-affirming care to me.

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Amnesty International Apologizes for Reporting on Rise in UK Anti-Queer Groups

J.K. Rowling is offering to personally fund lawsuits against Amnesty on behalf of the organizations listed as an “Anti-rights group” in the report.

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Amnesty International Apologizes for Reporting on Rise in UK Anti-Queer Groups

J.K. Rowling is offering to personally fund lawsuits against Amnesty on behalf of the organizations listed as an “Anti-rights group” in the report.

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This is why the Philosophy Tube episode on conversion therapy in Britain was so carefully worded and went through lawyers first! It’s difficult to educate the public on topics that rich and powerful groups do not want people to know about

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3w ago

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.

7. He made additional absurd arguments, and the worst part is the court went along with those arguments for the most part. Read our full article below: theneedlenews.com/2026/07/insi... (end thread)

Inside Kansas's Defense of Invalidating Trans Owned Driver's Licenses

In Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach’s arguments in support of revoking trans people’s IDs, he stretched jurisprudence to its breaking point.

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1. In our latest, I go over an in-depth analysis of Kansas AG Kobach's arguments for making trans Kansans undocumented because they are trans. Among other absurd arguments, Kris Kobach states that the US Constitution "is rooted in ancient biblical concepts." 🧵 theneedlenews.com/2026/07/insi...

Inside Kansas's Defense of Invalidating Trans Owned Driver's Licenses

In Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach’s arguments in support of revoking trans people’s IDs, he stretched jurisprudence to its breaking point.

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1. This Independence Day, I’ve been thinking about the diaries of a German Jew named Victor Klemperer. He was one of a handful of Jewish survivors who openly lived among the wider German population from the rise of the regime to its fall.

Saluting the Flag of a Nation that Hates You

This Independence day, are you celebrating the idealized America you remember from better days, or America as it exists today?

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Illinois also removed testosterone, estrogen, mifepristone, and misoprostol from the controlled substance monitoring list, a database which is shared with other states. (2/4)

Illinois recently removed testosterone from its list of controlled substances, a change that will lead to far greater access for trans men in the state. (1/4)

Illinois removes Testosterone from controlled substance list; requires insurance to cover HRT stockpiles

While all of these changes are excellent, removing testosterone from the controlled substance list is a unique policy that many have wanted for years, but which has not been accomplished until now.

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Illinois recently removed testosterone from its list of controlled substances, a change that will lead to far greater access for trans men in the state. (1/4)

Illinois removes Testosterone from controlled substance list; requires insurance to cover HRT stockpiles

While all of these changes are excellent, removing testosterone from the controlled substance list is a unique policy that many have wanted for years, but which has not been accomplished until now.

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Still the best movie of last year

Review: “Castration Movie Anthology ii” and the Horror of Being Perceived

The film presents the horror of being perceived and demands you to answer the question "What would you be willing to do to stop being watched?"

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ira@lashonhara.bsky.social · last mo.

1. In defiance of a longstanding court ruling, Missouri has become the latest state to begin medically experimenting on trans people in its prisons. According to the bill’s sponsor, they deserve to be forcibly detransitioned because “they’ve been convicted of a crime.”

Missouri Becomes Latest State to Begin Medically Experimenting on Trans Prisoners, in Defiance of Longstanding Court Ruling

Missouri quietly passed a law that will immediately forcibly detransition every trans person in its prisons. According to its sponsor, they deserve it because “they’ve been convicted of a crime."

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This is not about trans athletes. This is about all civil rights for trans people.

Human Rights Campaign@hrc.org · last mo.

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court upheld discriminatory, anti-trans sports bans in West Virginia and Idaho, allowing these states to leave transgender student athletes behind simply for who they are. All kids deserve the freedom to be, to play, and to belong. Full stop.

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Trans Americans & Asylum: Everything You Need to Know

Pack light, ideally a backpack and a small roller at most, and expect to be moving around a lot.

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It was never JUST about sports nor youth nor the justice impacted nor schools nor bathrooms... It was about our lives... All Trans lives. And now we are second-class citizens in a country where my ancestors were the land & brought on ships as slaves... The cycle continues... but does the fight? 🏳️‍⚧️

The Needle@theneedlenews.com · last mo.

Our Latest: 📰 Supreme Court rules trans people not entitled to equal protections under law📰 📝: @jane.theneedlenews.com

I just know if the Trump admin tries to force colleges to adopt a trans bathroom ban, I'm going to have a bunch of cis colleagues saying, you can just use the single stall bathroom! No, I'm not going back. I'm not accepting any "compromise" for something I've had no issue with for 10+ years.

Big Ol’ Mush@chadstanton.blacksky.app · last mo.

I remember North Carolina having to back off its bathroom bill after a concerted pushback and its been wild to witness the wholesale abandonment since.