Rank and file Republicans are turning against LGBT acceptance and GOP politicians are leaning into bigotry in both rhetoric and policy. But it is you, the progressive queer or ally, who needs to open your mind and consider other people's feelings. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...

In some good but bittersweet news, Seattle has allocated $300k to immediately assist with the dire needs of trans refugees. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

City Council approves $300K to aid trans community

The funds would go to local organizations supporting the trans community, which is struggling to keep up with a surge of new arrivals seeking refuge.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈@danifroom.bsky.social · last mo.

An exceedingly rare article which not only centers trans voices, but lays out in stark terms that this is a refugee crisis spurred by the Trump regime's campaign of hate. www.adn.com/nation-world...

While I understand articles like this are sympathetic to trans athletes, I still bristle at the way liberals argue for trans inclusion - describing hrt as “chemical castration” instead of liberatory, or arguing for trans women inclusion because HRT makes us weaker like (implicit “real”) women.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

"Ultimately, the gadflies don’t seem to actually understand how being a transgender athlete works. The idea that cisgender men like Enes and Royce would voluntarily undergo chemical castration to try to join the WNBA and make a minuscule rookie salary is farcical on its face."

This, by the way, is normal people don’t believe you when you try to describe Republican policies in plain language. It just doesn’t seem like legitimate behavior under the social terms people encounter in media, which is why media euphemism, soft pedaling, and legitimation do so much damage.

If people were constantly debating your basic human rights, you were under a near constant barrage of negativity both online and in person, and you lived in fear that at any moment someone could end your life because of who you are, would that not make you hostile and perhaps "unlikable"?

Oriel@oriel449.bsky.social · 3d ago

Same. I'd be generally sympathetic to the trans issue but man, so many with 🏳️‍⚧️ in their bios are deeply unlikeable and hostile individuals. It just feels like they just want to alienate everyone.

"My opponent is right and I'm wrong, which is why you should vote for me"

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 4d ago

Smart. Concede it, move on, try to win the seat instead of letting the GOP keep pushing the hot button.

Yeah, but Obama and the Dems were moving towards supporting marriage equality even in 08. Today's Dems are moving backwards on trans rights, and so is the general public, but that's b/c Republicans spent about a $1B on propaganda to move it. It was top down, marriage equality was bottom up.

Tom Nichols@radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d ago

Including Barack Obama, who did exactly that

I've said for a while that if there were a campaign that was reactionary on social issues but left-wing on economics, it would be one of the most powerful political forces in US history. It would be horrifically bad, but "free healthcare for all, except for immigrants and trannies" would sweep

Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 4d ago

hey look the bros are ok with universal healthcare now

Absolutely vile framing from the @nytimes.com. Why doesn’t this leave behind hard questions for the media that hounded him? Or the global right-wing that gleefully turned a local matter into an international incident?

They're already doing it

Hari Kunzru@harikunzru.bsky.social · 3d ago

The more brass-necked of the anti DEI hit squad will cry crocodile tears about “the tragedy” and write their 800 word Sunday pieces blaming the wokes for over-promoting someone with such obvious “fragility”

Please don't make me regret donating to Talarico, Democrats. I don't want to be on a list where I get asked to donate to my own segregation

Texas has at least 335 data centers, the second most in the country. Even Greg Abbott called for a moratorium on data centers. Ken Paxton hasn't, and he's taken a ton of Data Center cash. #TXSen www.notus.org/technology/k...

Ken Paxton’s Political Operation Rakes In Data Center Donations as Texans Turn Against Industry

The Republican Senate candidate has tried to avoid data center fights. His Democratic opponent, James Talarico, has called for more regulations.

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I have a visceral reaction to the words "dignity and respect" after the past couple of years.

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

This idea that Dems have to vote for anti-trans bills in order to gain power and undo them is such a brazen and obvious con. He even wraps it up by promising dignity and respect all around if he gets your vote.

"Dignity and respect" is the new "thoughts and prayers" I swear I hear it every single time an "ally" tries to justify their anti-trans actions

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

This idea that Dems have to vote for anti-trans bills in order to gain power and undo them is such a brazen and obvious con. He even wraps it up by promising dignity and respect all around if he gets your vote.

This has so much oxygen because it’s a world where trans kids can’t transition most places, can’t play school sports most places, can’t play collegiate sports at all and adults can’t play amateur sports. So how the fuck is a trans person supposed to make it to the WNBA? So one must be made up.

I had been reading Strength in Numbers for a little while now and I think G. Elliot Morris is a really smart and insightful guy with good analysis, but I've recently been getting video content of him and literally my first thing that popped into my head was this

Squidward Oh No He's Hot Meme

Alt: Squidward Oh No He's Hot Meme

static.klipy.com

Minnesota Democrats made a clear choice: bold, unapologetic support for trans people wins. 🏳️‍⚧️ CSP was proud to be the only national LGBTQ+ org to endorse @peggyflanagan.bsky.social We made calls, ran digital ads, and reached 19K MN users on Grindr with a nearly 5.13% CTR.

that’s fucking right

Decision Desk HQ@decisiondeskhq.bsky.social · 6d ago

Decision Desk HQ projects Peggy Flanagan wins the MN US Senate Democratic Primary #DecisionMade: 11:20 PM EDT

It's all happening again.

Today is the 10th anniversary of adopting my sweet baby man, Milo. I couldn't have asked for a better companion, you've been with me through everything and we've weathered so much together. I wouldn't trade a single second with you for the world, I love you buddy.

But it's the left that has an antisemitism problem, right?

Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 2w ago

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

yearning is a science 🌌

Fascinating detail.

daniel sieradski@self.agency · last wk.

private equity is destroying everything and must itself be destroyed

I appreciate this kind of clear-eyed statement about how the public opinion against trans inclusion has been shaped and influenced by bad-faith actors. This is why anti-trans activists can't simply be ignored. No amount of hostility is enough for them, and they deliberately court controversy.

Seerat Sohi@seeratsohi.bsky.social · last wk.

wrote about Enes Kanter Freedom, the conservative anti-trans panic playbook and where the WNBA goes from here www.theringer.com/2026/08/10/w...

Day #321: Pokemon (2001)

AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins