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if you’re voting in the MA primaries, this is a reminder.. DO NOT vote for Seth Moulton. he’s a classic transphobic dem. he’s “apologized” for what he said about trans athletes, but we all know this is him trying to save face for votes. so don’t vote for this scumbag.

Rep. Seth Moulton says he stands by comments on trans athletes, calls Democrats "out of touch"

Rep. Seth Moulton is defending controversial remarks that he made about transgender athletes.

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Blindingly obvious that this is targeted at “degrees we think women get.”

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

what the FUCK

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · 2d ago

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

this issue at hand isn't whether or not Jennings is a transphobe in his heart, it's that he decided to take time out of his day to respond to polite criticism from a trans woman with a much smaller platform than him with a shitty joke that subsequently blasted her so far as to get global coverage

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

correcting myself: writer of this piece is trans. she is ex-lds, tho. and i checked to see if she’d signed the nyt contributors’ letter along with the rest of us because she’d written for them in the past and she sure did not. which makes this even more fucked

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

I think one of the big problems with contemporary politics is that, conceptually, a whole lot of people treat politics as a matter of 'caring about issues' and not 'doing things,' which lets them prioritize PR statements about how much people care over the tangible actions those same people take.

Them@them.us · 2d ago

The ‘Jeopardy!’ host made it absolutely clear where he stands once again.

So Ken Jennings mocks a trans woman for pointing out he gives $$ to NYT, which mainstreamed US anti-trans rhetoric, and now he's pulling a Gavin Newsome claiming "I'm a great trans ally!" while cis ppl lap it up praising him as SUCH A GOOD GUY! Cis liberals really don't give a fuck about trans ppl.

One day left to leave a comment. Even if you disapprove of firearm ownership this rule is likely being used to set a legal battle that may strip blue states of the ability to change gender markers on IDs and other documents.

IllCaesar@illcaesar.bsky.social · last wk.

I know there's going to be a mixed response to this but there's only one week - until August 4th - left to leave a comment about the ATF's change to background check forms that would de facto single out and ban trans people from legally buying firearms.

This one took a lot out of me, but I'm so proud of it.

Tawni Marshall@tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 5d ago

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Cool how he makes this all about the *important* person in this story, KEN JENNINGS, TRANS ALLY with no mention of the trans woman he subjected to the conservative media spotlight with his tantrum, or all the trans posters he blocked for calling him out for it.

The Indiana Fever have a traveling band of anti-trans agitators whose intention is to terrorize trans women & intimidate Black & queer women & WNBA goers. They do so in the name of a current player. The WNBA is protecting the agitators & punishing uprisers. I won’t watch a single Fever game.

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

loser shit outside of minnesota lynx vs indiana fever

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Sydney Bauer@sydney-bauer.com · 4d ago

Labeling what kind of people were at the rally was done to give credibility to the two dozen people there. Notice how no one mentions what type of people were at a counter rally? Or how the word transgender is only used as a descriptor for people being talked about. Not actionable people.

Notice how there’s never ever ever trans people quoted in these.

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

So I'm reading this New York Post article about Bluesky drama, thinking, "Oh, well, at least I wasn't a part of this, so I don't have to worry about one of my posts ending up in it, and...

Ken Jennings triggers outrage after joke about trans protest of NY Times word games

Jennings sarcastically claimed he received “express permission from the trans community” to keep his subscription, taking aim at demands to boycott all New York Times products.

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this, of course, means transphobes get to say and do whatever they want and everyone else shuts up

The Athletic@theathletic.com · 4d ago

Speaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn

Some motherfuckers need to read Winner. Like, it’s been clear from the jump that AI adoption has been a political project or in service too political projects and those projects have been universally shitty extensions of white supremacy and other structures of oppression.

One thing that orgs like Amnesty absolutely rely on when operating in liberal democracies is being able to get good press on whatever they're doing from the likes of the Guardian and NYT and this absolutely isn't available here

Talia "Pre-Order CALL ME KIMBERLY" Bhatt ⚢@taliabhatt.itch.io · 3w ago

Transphohic orgs threatening a human rights org with legal action is a new level of brazen. It's kind of disorienting that it's probably going to work.

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It was nice to get out of the house tonight. I finally got to meet @evelynfloragray.bsky.social in person after her rad set and @brosaleigh.bsky.social absolutely killed it. Highly recommend catching them live on their respective tours if either of them stop near you.

still trying to wrap my head around the fact that out-of-towners threw a bigotry party at a facility that is demanding $120 million from the city, and my friend got thrown out for trying to make it clear that hate has no home in Portland with a t-shirt that deliberately didn't cross into profanity

the circumstances surrounding protests against Sofia Cunningham’s comments are clearly a test for not only the first amendment but whether people consider trans existence protected by it

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 5d ago

so, the stooges came back and asked my friend to leave her seat and tried to convince her that she had to change her shirt... we are currently being effectively escorted out of a building that is currently asking for untold millions of our tax dollars

PORTLAND: meet me at the Moda Centet in an hour and let's tell the transphobes to fix their hearts

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 6d ago

And now Fox News is promoting the next rally. The whole thing is so cynical.

[daily mail headquarters] intern: hah yeah i was just scrolling on bluesky and the jeopardy guy got roasted by a trans— boss: TRANS???? holy fuck get me the US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER on the line now