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We're big time now :)
How Olympic Champion Helen Stephens Faced Discrimination Head On #transvestigation #LGBT
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David Lynch saying ‘One day, the sadness will end. But I don’t think today’s the day.’
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Holds up
"It should be a wake-up call to everyone in the UK that the political playing field has been reshaped, and the fight ahead will play out in uncharted territory" - @jamiewareham.co.uk
centrists love this sort of rhetoric, Hillary Clinton in her book about 2016 complained about the Sanders campaign offering voters a pony and she meant a healthcare system like every other industrialized nation has
even bread and water is an unimaginable demand to those who want you to starve
Concert invite with Kat as the Morton Salt girl, sprinkling salt on a frozen Chicago skyline. Graphic says: ALL PROCEEDS GO TO NATIONAL IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CENTER! ICE OUT! EVENT MARCH 6 @ 8PM THE MEE-OW BAND INERTIA RAIN CHECK DJ FAT DOG SLIM AT DOUBLE CLUTCH BREWING COMPANY 2125 ASHLAND AVE EVANSTON, IL 60201 GET TICKETS HERE: https://doorlist.app/e/0Lf7qfQ?s=LxxR4axN6J
Our GOTV concert lineup just got even better!
Local Mojo, Kat for Illinois, and Allianza are teaming up to host an ICE OUT benefit concert supporting the National Immigrant Justice Center.
Live music from The Mee-ow Band, DJ Fat Dog Slim, and now Rain Check has joined the lineup!
This has me crying in real life 😂😂😂
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And it has happened: Hegseth and Trump declare Anthropic a supply chain risk.
Every company that has government contracts will be barred from using Claude code.
It is an attempt to outright destroy the company because they did not consent to mass surveillance of Americans and AI kill bots.
Wow.
The president highlighted the story of a teenager in Virginia to call for a "ban" on affirming trans kids.
https://mrf.lu/Sh0s
There was some reporting today about my foreign policy positions, which surprised everyone… including me.
To clarify, here’s where I stand:
Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.
Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?
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Trans Women in sports - research continues the trajectory of all data in sports populations - TW align to CW, they may be disadvantaged compared to CW, & using CM as a proxy for TW is inaccurate. TW were equal with or worse than CW in nearly every metric.
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![Results
Gender-affirming surgeries were associated with a reduction in mental health treatment.
Five years post-surgery, gender-affirming chest and genital surgery recipients respectively used 1.87 (95% CI 0.88; 2.80) and 5.03 (95% Cl 3.62;
6.44) fewer mental health services per annum.
Mental health prescription utilization also decreased for chest surgery recipients [1.26 (95% C| 0.42; 2.10) fewer prescriptions at five years] but were not significantly different to the reference period for genital surgery recipients [0.01 (95% CI -1.03; 1.06) at five years]. Annual government spending on mental healthcare decreased by AU$430 (95% CI 270; 591) [US$310 (95% Cl 194; 425)] for chest surgery recipients and AU$884 (95% C| 545; 1,222) [US$636 (95% Cl
392; 880)] for genital surgery recipients at five years.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d56idxm2oyqwwn2uxnegm2yo/bafkreifjmuxkdcysl6eqahh3mqchqhlu3uknpzieuzhdopicohfxcyhf5e)
Results Gender-affirming surgeries were associated with a reduction in mental health treatment. Five years post-surgery, gender-affirming chest and genital surgery recipients respectively used 1.87 (95% CI 0.88; 2.80) and 5.03 (95% Cl 3.62; 6.44) fewer mental health services per annum. Mental health prescription utilization also decreased for chest surgery recipients [1.26 (95% C| 0.42; 2.10) fewer prescriptions at five years] but were not significantly different to the reference period for genital surgery recipients [0.01 (95% CI -1.03; 1.06) at five years]. Annual government spending on mental healthcare decreased by AU$430 (95% CI 270; 591) [US$310 (95% Cl 194; 425)] for chest surgery recipients and AU$884 (95% C| 545; 1,222) [US$636 (95% Cl 392; 880)] for genital surgery recipients at five years.
Gender-affirming healthcare doesn’t just save lives, it saves money, and on a much shorter timescale than you might think. New peer-reviewed research…
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The groove continues because of this.
We cannot buy what is not for sale. After decades of administrative victories that vanished seemingly overnight, the question is simple: How do we build power that endures? What does history teach us, and how do we build a durable liberation movement now?
L.G.B.T.Q. Clubs in Some Texas Schools Can’t Be Banned, Judge Says
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
"Why do you advocate for yourself instead of letting me treat you however I want? Why do you insist on your personhood? Don't you see how offputting that is? I'd treat you like a person if you'd stop insisting you're one."
"Why You Can't Always Tell" Article by Sophie Molly
"A woman not only lost her job but suffered a terrifying experience in an environment where she should of been safe. Why? Because a man deemed her too tall to be a woman."
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This centrist/"popularist" argument is just members of the majority demanding a fawn response when they attack a group they have the power to hurt. Removing from consideration the rights of minorities in favor of the desire of the majority for a legitimate target for abuse.
You know.
Conservatism.
We cannot buy what is not for sale. After decades of administrative victories that vanished seemingly overnight, the question is simple: How do we build power that endures? What does history teach us, and how do we build a durable liberation movement now?
Just in: 50 parents and transgender activists have blockaded the HHS Building in protest of sweeping new rules that could ban trans youth nationwide.
24 were then arrested.
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I first reported on the grim nature of the Labour Government's full frontal attack on trans kids in education last summer.
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PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE capabilities are NOT set at puberty they are controlled by HORMONE LEVELS.
The research I coauthored shows the physical performance of trans women & trans men approaches that of cysgender controls after 2 years of (GAHT).
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The European Social Survey: A Case Study In Gender Assignation
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
