Todd Blanche has shown us exactly what he’ll do with power: weaponize the DOJ against Trump’s enemies and dismantle protections for LGBTQ+ Americans. Tell your Senators to VOTE NO on his nomination for Attorney General: hrc.im/toddblanche
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Bible college dropout. Amateur woodworker. Always fighting for trans people to get a fair shake. Director of Communications @hrc.org. Opinions mine. 🏳️⚧️
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I'm a fan of chaos. Politics is chaos. Primaries are SUPPOSED to be chaotic, and sometimes nasty, but they eventually end and we move on. Stevens acquits herself well here.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 15h agoA gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
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
Great night for little-d democracy as voters reject the power grabs in KS Amendment 1 (State Supreme Court changes) & MO Amendment 4 (changes to citizen-led amendments).
did we find the guy David Lynch based Leo on?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
looking up in the sky and stammering is a classic tell for someone who is being entirely, 100% truthful
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · yesterdayTapper: "When's the last time you used illegal drugs?" Rep. Max Miller: "The last time I had illegal drugs would have been, I don't know, several years ago…This whole needles thing, this is testosterone replacement therapy…That's what I was doing."
Outbox: The Trump admin, while they're stripping the Dept of Ed to the studs, has ended collection of critical data used to help address & prevent bullying of LGBTQ+ youth. It's another heinous way they are rolling back decades of progress.
Human Rights Campaign Slams Trump Ed Department Move to Stop Critical…
HRC president Kelley Robinson: “If [anti-LGBTQ+ bullying] is not tracked, [it] cannot be prevented or stopped — which is exactly what the Trump…
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📅 TOMORROW: Join HRC for a national conversation about the growing threats facing LGBTQ+ healthcare—and how you can take action in your community. 📋 Register: hrc.im/healthcaretownhall
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reaching new depths of evil to be the worse person in a split-screen graphic with Bernie Moreno
BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social · 2d agoHe’s so damn evil
Send prayers of strength to Tim as he copes with the death of his horse! One like on this post equals one prayer sent!
The look everyone’s talking about can now be yours: show your support for trans youth now ➡️ hrc.im/transkidsbelong 🩵🩷🤍
BREAKING: We’re suing Trump. Again. Today, as part of a continuing case, we filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of federal employees against Trump’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for eliminating health insurance coverage for transgender healthcare.
Thank you Coach Cheryl Reeve for always standing ten toes down for trans kids and inclusion. Love the HRC vintage shirt too! 🩵🩷🤍
Cassidy Hettesheimer@cassidyhett.bsky.social · 3d agoCheryl Reeve’s shirt today:
Out of all the sentences in this heartbreaking story, this one stands out to me: “As the losses mounted, she was stunned to see soldiers so quickly dismiss other soldiers who, just like them, had spent years in uniform.” [Gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
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You bolt awake in an apartment in Geneva. You are not online. Online does not exist yet. It is 1989, you are the computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, and you have changed your mind. The future must not come to pass. CERN must burn.
OUR HEALTHCARE IS UNDER ATTACK. So we’re mobilizing Aug. 5 to protect our access to care. See you there: hrc.im/healthcaretownhall #Healthcare #You
wonder if our digital team is tired of me suggesting collabs with smosh cast members
Dylan Mulvaney's response to Trump's recent attacks on her at the WHCD is worth watching. www.readtpa.com/p/the-punchl...
The Punchline
Dylan Mulvaney did nothing wrong. That's the point.
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INT. OFFICE BUILDING - DAY Me, flipping pages in this month's issue of 'The Onion': "Wouldn't it be so cool, if we, like, could write for a gay version of The Onion" Colleague: "That's already 'The Onion'"
“Our family...discovered that when something fundamental to your child's well-being is at stake, showing up becomes an act of love.” Read more from two parents-turned-advocates on why they testified at the NJ Legislature: https://humanrightscampaign.substack.com/p/our-son-is-thriving-thats-why-we
Our son is thriving. That's why we went to Trenton.
On testifying for New Jersey's Healthcare Shield Law and why every family has a role to play.
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Elon Musk spent an unfathomable amount of money to buy his way onto millions of Americans' phones and has spent countless hours since demonizing trans people. But he and his billionaire friends will find out how little folks really care for his hate when we send a pro-equality majority to Congress.
How a mean, disrespectful tweet about Rachel Levine shaped the X platform Elon Musk bought and broke
A dispute over Twitter’s response to deliberate misgendering became part of Musk’s takeover mythology — and a preview of what X would become.
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watching the newest Last Week Tonight and the news is so depressing I wish he’d just skip it and talk about General Hospital