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NBC News @nbcnews.com

The Trump administration directs 40 states, five territories and Washington, D.C. to remove references to transgender people from their sex education programs or risk losing federal funding.

aug 26, 2025, 8:20 pm • 364 226

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Vman29397 @vman29397.bsky.social

Puerto rico governor upon hearing the news

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aug 26, 2025, 11:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mina @minerva1.bsky.social

If you capitulate to President Cankles, we will remember. And the loss of trust will be permanent.

aug 27, 2025, 2:38 am • 0 0 • view
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marebears.bsky.social @marebears.bsky.social

And then Fairy Trump waved his magic wand and ALL the transgender people in the world just disappeared!

aug 26, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Ian B. Bautista @xicanodekcenmke.bsky.social

Unacceptable. I hope my state, Wisconsin, sues the administration for OUR money back to teach sex education the way we know is just and fair (and that includes trans people with equal rights & access to all aspects of life).

aug 28, 2025, 9:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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urlcannonbear.bsky.social @urlcannonbear.bsky.social

Meanwhile, HE does the opposite of "losing funds," along with NBC, they gain funds by making Trump happy and not getting sued...yet..

aug 27, 2025, 12:04 am • 0 0 • view
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Bobbie Philipsborn @bobbielovesmickey.bsky.social

They are no going away… he can not erase human being!

aug 26, 2025, 8:30 pm • 8 0 • view
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✨Mary!!✨ @kobayashimaruu.bsky.social

transgender folks will always exist regardless, and no amount of censorship and disgusting fearmongering about them will stop this from being true. the US is in shambles, it is an embarrassment, and it is deserved if this is how it wants to treat its own people.

aug 27, 2025, 1:25 am • 1 0 • view
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Christine, a Theory Girl @theorygirl-ftw.bsky.social

The ball is in the Democrats court, especially in blue states, as to whether they capitulate. I'm sure they will step up and stand in defense of trans people! *Sees all the universities and hospitals in blue states giving up with no fight and people supporting Newsom here on Bluesky* Oh... fml...

aug 27, 2025, 12:10 am • 91 12 • view
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Natty @nataliek.bsky.social

I have personally seen some firsthand capitulation from really amazing Trans medical programs (including pediatric programs) in blue states. I can’t go into much detail but it’s really disturbing.

aug 27, 2025, 1:03 am • 16 0 • view
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this corrosion @roguesecunit.bsky.social

Dunno how much detail you need to go into besides “the hospital boards shut them down before there was any legal necessity.” Looking at you, CHLA, open since 1991, now gone. Children’s Nat’l DC. UPMC in PA. UChicago. Yale New Haven. It’s not the providers, it’s the boards. Cowards. Fucking cowards.

aug 27, 2025, 2:05 am • 16 0 • view
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Giackal (Giancarlo) 🔞NSFW🏳️‍🌈🔜 AFC @giackal.bsky.social

I hope California doesn't give up, but then again our pathetic governor actually vetoed trans health care and sides with Charlie Kirk... Maybe our state assembly can push for a bill again and override yet another veto.

aug 27, 2025, 3:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Giackal (Giancarlo) 🔞NSFW🏳️‍🌈🔜 AFC @giackal.bsky.social

Also the veto I'm referring to was regarding AB 2442. Still angers me to this day. I hope Porter is better. www.eqca.org/vetoes-gende...

aug 27, 2025, 4:10 pm • 0 0 • view
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Melter of ICE @davidhalber.bsky.social

The Trump administration are Nazis. I wish those monsters ill every day. Especially Stephen Miller and Teeny Tiny. mjhnyc.org/events/trans...

aug 27, 2025, 3:58 am • 1 0 • view
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Noah 🏳️‍🌈 @boston-noah.bsky.social

Step Umpteen in the elimination of trans people, in broad daylight. There is no hell hot enough for fascists.

aug 27, 2025, 11:55 am • 0 0 • view
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Ron.@sky.social @ronzoni.bsky.social

Creepy people in power 😢

aug 26, 2025, 8:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jacobonaut @jacobonaut.bsky.social

Every blue state needs to institute a wealth tax yesterday to pay for this (and, ideally, a collab between them all to help coordinate this)

aug 27, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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TransplantedSconie @transplantedsconie.bsky.social

Well, then withhold federal taxes to make up the shortfall while you take them to court.

aug 26, 2025, 9:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Shoshiroll @shoshiroll.bsky.social

I am convinced that people like you haven't filled out a W4 ever in their entire life.

aug 27, 2025, 12:27 am • 0 0 • view
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TransplantedSconie @transplantedsconie.bsky.social

A W4? In this economy? Everything is under the table, homey. I get paid in beaver pelts and Krugerrand.

aug 27, 2025, 12:40 am • 0 0 • view
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Nun Ya @ishfery.bsky.social

Cool, how exactly are you going to do that? Write an angry letter to your employer?

aug 26, 2025, 10:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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John Stofko @johnlukisstofko.bsky.social

🤬

aug 26, 2025, 8:24 pm • 9 1 • view
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jennanne.bsky.social @jennanne.bsky.social

First, do no harm. Hippocratic Oath

aug 26, 2025, 11:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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jennanne.bsky.social @jennanne.bsky.social

This is so offensive. These are medical issues. Leave people alone to consult with doctors and psychologists.

aug 26, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

Most states now have banned healthcare for trans minors so they can’t consult doctors.

aug 26, 2025, 11:30 pm • 6 0 • view
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jennanne.bsky.social @jennanne.bsky.social

People are always free to consult a doctor…or even out of state. I worked in healthcare in NYC are we had a visiting MD, a kindly old doctor who was an expert at treating the very rare trans patients. .6 of 1 %. Can cause harm to these people.

aug 26, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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ddza110.bsky.social @ddza110.bsky.social

Ignore, take it to court. Gonna be very hard for them to pull funding over this.

aug 26, 2025, 8:34 pm • 9 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

They won’t do it. It costs them money to take this to court, and the court of public opinion is firmly against trans people, so they can get away with it without any pushback. Hence why dozens of hospitals in blue states have ended trans healthcare & universities have banned trans ppl from campus

aug 26, 2025, 11:29 pm • 5 0 • view
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ddza110.bsky.social @ddza110.bsky.social

Those are hospitals, these are states, some of which enshrine gender equality in their constitutions. It is not the same. Look at Maine, Cali high school sports, etc. Court of public opinion is generally supportive of basic, fundamental lgbtq rights, even if not on trans inclusion in sports.

aug 26, 2025, 11:47 pm • 4 0 • view
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🔻Goblin Darkling🔻 @goblindarkling.bsky.social

Trans exclusion in sports is segregation. You now have a choice. Do you ignore the Democratic Party embracing segregation or do you leave? The more people leave the more likely the party backtracks.

aug 26, 2025, 11:59 pm • 9 0 • view
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ddza110.bsky.social @ddza110.bsky.social

I don’t support trans exclusion in sports. I thought the person who responded to me was being unduly pessimistic about the chances of this action by the administration being upheld in court. I have no personal attachment to the Democratic Party in any way.

aug 27, 2025, 12:03 am • 1 0 • view
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ddza110.bsky.social @ddza110.bsky.social

What I’m saying is, because of state state law, some of these states are legally obligated to go to court on this, and they will very likely win. Admin has done this bullshit before.

aug 27, 2025, 12:05 am • 1 0 • view
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🔻Goblin Darkling🔻 @goblindarkling.bsky.social

The issue is that two Democratic presidential hopefuls are siding with Republicans against trans children, and instead of attacking these assholes VBNMW is licking shit off the floor defending these pricks.

aug 27, 2025, 12:10 am • 3 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

This is false. The university of Michigan ended healthcare for trans youth despite bans on trans healthcare violating state law. They don’t have to provide. Brown and Harvard both effectively banned trans people from their campuses despite it violating state law.

aug 27, 2025, 12:09 am • 2 1 • view
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🔻Goblin Darkling🔻 @goblindarkling.bsky.social

Because you're Canadian?

aug 27, 2025, 12:06 am • 0 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

The issue is not any doubt about whether court actions will be successful, it is that Dems and private institutions will not be willing to take the administration to court. Even if they are successful, institutions will still ban/end healthcare to avoid future conflict

aug 27, 2025, 12:07 am • 2 0 • view
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ddza110.bsky.social @ddza110.bsky.social

No, some of these states quite literally *have to go to court* over this. They are legally obligated to do so, because of state constitutional protections.

aug 27, 2025, 12:14 am • 0 0 • view
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🔻Goblin Darkling🔻 @goblindarkling.bsky.social

Link it. You're online go ahead.

aug 27, 2025, 12:16 am • 3 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

They won’t. You are acting as if laws still matter. They don’t. State laws will not save anyone when the state will do nothing to defend a deeply hated minority. Look at Brown university. Not only is the state doing nothing, even the media didn’t say a peep about it.

aug 27, 2025, 12:19 am • 2 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

Several school boards and districts in Cali have banned trans athletes from sports, and the university of Michigan hospital system just ended healthcare for trans people, despite state law protecting it. The court of public opinion is OVERWHELMINGLY opposed to trans rights

aug 27, 2025, 12:06 am • 0 0 • view
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Abby @proactivebusybody.bsky.social

Christ. That is dark.

aug 26, 2025, 11:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nikki🥀💀🌱Zombie Queen👑💋🏳️‍⚧️ @nikkiwhat.bsky.social

So, so fucking tired of this administration's rampant bigotry and how so few establishments, states or ppl in higher places fight back this bullshit and fight back hard and not give up AT ALL.... No, just meek capitulating or eager bigots happy to follow orders....

aug 26, 2025, 9:44 pm • 4 0 • view
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William F. Tulloch @cptdoomdc.bsky.social

Heaven forfend children learn that there are people who don't fit a narrow binary. What's next, insisting ambidextrous people are also erased?

aug 27, 2025, 12:30 am • 2 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

Autistic and adhd people

aug 27, 2025, 12:42 am • 3 0 • view
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ReverendJoey @revjoey.bsky.social

Time to suspend IRS deductions from payroll.

aug 26, 2025, 9:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Fátima @noodlesaddiction.bsky.social

Blue state's AGs have experience getting funding back . www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

aug 27, 2025, 12:51 am • 0 0 • view
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jay @gatherer.bsky.social

If educators don't put their foot down, Trump will just make more and more demands, exert more and more control. Sue them.

aug 27, 2025, 12:09 am • 0 0 • view
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Slut In Name Only @kipoca.bsky.social

Conservatives believe the Department of Education dictates curricula, but they don’t. They claim they want states to control their education; they already do. They are now using the federal government to dictate curricula.

aug 27, 2025, 4:16 am • 1 0 • view
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Benjamin Easter, Free Palestine @pighway.bsky.social

Transgender people have existed since before the United States and will continue to exist after the United States

aug 26, 2025, 8:40 pm • 251 10 • view
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beepatrix @radm.transsexual.navy

i'm starting to think i, personally, will get to exist after the united states

aug 26, 2025, 8:41 pm • 196 7 • view
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Transgender Menace, wishing ill on JK Rowling @transmenacetcf.bsky.social

For real. This country is in shambles and may not make it to 2035 at this rate.

aug 26, 2025, 9:34 pm • 62 0 • view
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Accountabilabuddy @accountabilabuddy.bsky.social

It's already dead. The sooner we start making plans for the next republics, the better off everyone will be (except of course the fash, but they're going to have bigger problems).

aug 27, 2025, 6:12 am • 6 0 • view
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Giackal (Giancarlo) 🔞NSFW🏳️‍🌈🔜 AFC @giackal.bsky.social

California has two Senators. Idaho has two senators. The current system is corrupt, unfair and completely undemocratic. And indeed completely broken beyond repair.

aug 27, 2025, 4:05 pm • 3 0 • view
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Darren415 @darren415.bsky.social

Across centuries and continents, transgender people have always been here—walking among shamans, warriors, poets, and healers. From Two-Spirit ancestors to hijra in South Asia, their story is ancient. It is not trans lives that are new, but the forgetting. They are history, memory, and becoming.

aug 28, 2025, 5:31 am • 0 0 • view
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F-lix Forres+er @felixforrester.bsky.social

The idea trans people are a recent fad because of the US is like thinking the entire concept of storytelling is a recent fad because the MCU exists. We existed before this specific government made us Target of the Decade in response to That Other Guy codifying gay marriage ten fucking years ago.

aug 27, 2025, 12:14 am • 8 0 • view
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Saurus Xp @qx-saurus-xp.bsky.social

I hope the United States doesn’t exist much longer.

aug 26, 2025, 9:47 pm • 6 0 • view
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Riley @rwintermute.com

how much you wanna bet this doesn't get much traction here on Bluesky? I'm watching this thread closely. It'll probably make or break if I stay here or not.

aug 26, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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Elaina the Dragon Girl 🐉🏳️‍⚧️🖤🩶🤍💜 @justell.bsky.social

This article will get more traction on here than on facebook or any other social media sites combined, sadly.

aug 26, 2025, 9:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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shidder @uhm-pooper.bsky.social

I hate this country

aug 27, 2025, 8:26 am • 0 0 • view
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thediggler.bsky.social @thediggler.bsky.social

How’s that vote looking, Caitlyn? Don’t worry—this is just the warm-up. Their endgame? Making trans existence illegal. You asshole!

aug 26, 2025, 8:30 pm • 6 1 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

Caitlyn Jenner actively opposes trans rights.

aug 26, 2025, 11:30 pm • 3 0 • view
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🐝 Rappaccini @rappaccini.bsky.social

Weird pic to choose for this article, hormonal birth control pills

aug 27, 2025, 1:52 am • 3 0 • view
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Skull Bearer @skullbearer.bsky.social

You think trans men don't use them?

aug 27, 2025, 12:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Neil O @neilomansky.bsky.social

So much for states' rights and returning power to the states.

aug 27, 2025, 1:01 am • 0 0 • view
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Megan (she/her) @americanmegalo.bsky.social

but can we talk about consent, tho? seems like that topic should threaten him WAY more than anything about trans folks

aug 27, 2025, 1:08 am • 1 0 • view
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jeanmoulin4ever.bsky.social @jeanmoulin4ever.bsky.social

It is time we start calling out the spineless republicans in Congress who are enabling trumps fascist takeover! Remind them they don’t work for Trump….. they work for US!! Time to say “You’re fired’ #ComplacencyIsComplicity

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windupminfilia.bsky.social @windupminfilia.bsky.social

Would have saved me two decades of misery if my school had it taught. So piss off.

aug 26, 2025, 8:49 pm • 22 0 • view
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Robin @robint.bsky.social

Trans teens and gay teen exist and deserve real information about their bodies so they can be safe.

aug 26, 2025, 10:12 pm • 19 0 • view
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Aeryn 🖖 Part Time Ma'am @baphometta.bsky.social

All we ever asked was to be treated like any other citizen and then LEFT THE FUCK ALONE, instead I have to check the news everyday to see if the cis-hets have found a fresh way to interfere with my life, for the sake of their precious, oh so important CONCERNS.

aug 26, 2025, 8:43 pm • 427 52 • view
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HannibabbleAlphaB @hannibabblealphab.bsky.social

🫂

aug 27, 2025, 2:47 am • 2 0 • view
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Erica (she/her) 🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @transnormative.bsky.social

California stood up to them, therefore they're trying to bully the other states into compliance before California gets a chance to finish their appeal, which HHS will lose.

aug 27, 2025, 5:58 am • 2 0 • view
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Witch Dread 🔞 @witchdread.bsky.social

Trans people are a force of change. We change ourselves, people around us, politics around us and that’s really what they are afraid of. They see change as the enemy because it hits their pockets. It hits their control. We are part of this country’s future and they are fighting it.

aug 27, 2025, 12:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ross Llewallyn @enduringbeta.bsky.social

@repnikema.bsky.social Need you loud on this, too

aug 26, 2025, 10:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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LewdDragon @lewddragon.bsky.social

can we fucking remove this fucking bigot from office

aug 27, 2025, 4:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Yes That Eleri @eleritmlh.bsky.social

This is what fascism looks like.

aug 27, 2025, 12:56 am • 1 0 • view
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freedomseeder25.bsky.social @freedomseeder25.bsky.social

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Shell @shelly3000.bsky.social

That damn Gavin Newsom.

aug 26, 2025, 9:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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Trey McClure @atxdem.bsky.social

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Marte Hoogenboom @martehoogenboom.bsky.social

One day, we will always....

aug 26, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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GnosticFumes @carlyvidivici.bsky.social

Clap clap clap

aug 27, 2025, 4:00 am • 0 0 • view
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Erratic Reader @randomreader.bsky.social

Kids are good at spotting condescension and BS. They want (need) accurate information to understand their own bodies and the people around them. They will not trust or respect adults who withhold developmentally relevant information.

aug 26, 2025, 11:03 pm • 3 0 • view
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Accountabilabuddy @accountabilabuddy.bsky.social

No, we won't be doing that.

aug 27, 2025, 6:11 am • 2 0 • view
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A Manatee @gablaw.bsky.social

'Mafia boss illegally using congress allocated funds as his personal checkbook' would be a better headline

aug 27, 2025, 1:03 am • 0 0 • view
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Dinant@Bluesky @dinant.bsky.social

Blue states are paying the bill. Red states are recipient

aug 26, 2025, 10:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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LazyGeekMom @lazygeekmom.bsky.social

The DNC response needs to be 2 letters: FU

aug 27, 2025, 12:26 am • 1 0 • view
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jace cavacini @dysamoria.com

These fucking bigots think they can change biology by suppressing education.

aug 27, 2025, 5:33 am • 6 1 • view
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aekm.bsky.social @aekm.bsky.social

Bunch of sick f$ks ruining/ running this place

aug 26, 2025, 8:23 pm • 7 0 • view
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Skip Cunningham @ladude.bsky.social

In a country of 59 million teenagers, fewer than 15,000 receive gender affirming care. But the administration wants you to think that .025% of kids are ruining your life. Those kids don’t affect the price of eggs.

aug 26, 2025, 9:39 pm • 6 0 • view
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David Breece @davidbreece.bsky.social

"Trump says" isn't a law. Try going through Congress.

aug 26, 2025, 9:35 pm • 30 1 • view
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doom boy @doomboy.bsky.social

congress? lol what are you talking about. he rules by decree dude. do you really think anyone's gonna put a stop to this? are you 8?

aug 26, 2025, 11:58 pm • 4 0 • view
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Shoshiroll @shoshiroll.bsky.social

Congress hasn't done shit to stop him so why would they start now

aug 27, 2025, 12:23 am • 2 0 • view
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Cockroach Queer "Woke Scold" Public Universal Fiend 🦇⚧️♿ 🇵🇸🦋🏳️‍⚧️ @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social

you suck bsky.app/profile/alex...

aug 27, 2025, 12:34 am • 3 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

It doesn’t matter. Dozens of hospitals in deep blue states have ended healthcare for trans people just because Trump told them to (and a few because Gavin Newsom told them to) and several universities in blue states have effectively banned trans people from their campuses.

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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social

It does matter. Every time you shrug and go "oh well, everyone's awful and nothing matters, what are you going to do," the assholes win another inch. And every time you say "lol no fuck off," they lose an inch.

aug 26, 2025, 11:58 pm • 18 0 • view
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Shoshiroll @shoshiroll.bsky.social

No the point is you should not depend on others who are apathetic to save you.

aug 27, 2025, 12:25 am • 1 0 • view
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hell3quin.bsky.social @hell3quin.bsky.social

So you win an inch and lose an inch every time someone says one or the other. You realise that you're describing stalemate right?

aug 27, 2025, 1:06 am • 0 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

That is absolutely not what I said and it is extremely pernicious to twist my words that way. What doesn’t matter is that whether it is a law or Trump’s demands, they are being enacted.

aug 27, 2025, 12:01 am • 18 0 • view
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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social

As it says in the article, the state of California has already refused to comply with these demands; the question right now is whether New York will comply, which is something activists can push on. This is a call to action.

aug 27, 2025, 12:10 am • 4 0 • view
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Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social

Also per the article, only 21 hospitals nationwide are confirmed to have ended trans healthcare for minors. Even one is bad, but most medical professionals are fighting this. Fascists want despair. They want to look more powerful and popular than they are.

aug 27, 2025, 12:12 am • 3 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

All 21 hospitals are in Blue states (red states have all already banned trans healthcare). Included in the 21 are most major hospital systems in Blue states. Medical professionals aren’t fighting this. There’s nothing they can do when the hospitals end the programs.

aug 27, 2025, 12:16 am • 7 3 • view
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D.D. (S.R.) @mumbojimbo.bsky.social

Spoiler: we won’t. ☑️

aug 27, 2025, 12:16 am • 2 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

California has *already* complied with the demands. Several school districts and boards in Cali (which Newsom praised) have already banned trans athletes, and the LA Children’s hospital ended care for trans minors

aug 27, 2025, 12:17 am • 6 0 • view
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Distraction @syyyyyyyyy.bsky.social

Hell, California has a law on the books banning trans discrimination and yet Newsom not personally feeling that one means high school sports can exclude trans women now. He didn't even have to do anything, just make his opinion known on a podcast!

aug 27, 2025, 1:08 am • 12 1 • view
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Ima Cygnenoir @ima-cygnenoir52.bsky.social

LACH is in financial trouble Downgraded to a negative rating by Moodys With the threatened loss by this admin of grants in the multimillions and slashed or even cancelled medicade $$ They swerved rather then jump the tracks It sucks

aug 27, 2025, 10:40 am • 0 0 • view
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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social

you're right, it's not a law. it's the Department of Education - an executive agency - being directed on how to enforce their assessment and distribution of funding, a power that is granted to that branch. this is unfortunately within his power.

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David Breece @davidbreece.bsky.social

It's still not a law. His word is meaningless. If the department wants to codify that in its bylaws they can, and they can be sued.

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Cockroach Queer "Woke Scold" Public Universal Fiend 🦇⚧️♿ 🇵🇸🦋🏳️‍⚧️ @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social

"his word is meaningless" chastises a man to people dying from his word lmao

aug 27, 2025, 1:40 am • 2 1 • view
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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social

the law in question allows the Secretary of Health and Human Services to specify additional requirements for funding over the legally required minimums (I had the wrong department earlier). They have written legal authority from Congress to do this. That is not a fruitful avenue to challenge this on

aug 26, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social

DHHS's assertion is that discussion of gender outside the heteronormative exceeds or detracts from the min requirements for this section of the legislation. You can argue against that in court, but fucking good luck ever finding a venue and appellate court that receptive to trans people.

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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social

Bostock v Clayton has not been extended to education or Title IX. A legal challenge trying to extend it has to weigh the risk that the specific challenge and legal circumstances will fail and possibly shut the door on any others.

aug 26, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gwen @topmarx.bsky.social

he fired as many ppl as he was legally allowed to 6 months ago, so there isn't even anyone left to try to get around this. hopefully that means the DoE won't enforce it, but the risk is in schools complying in advance. they will.

aug 26, 2025, 10:46 pm • 0 0 • view
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Knifemode @amazingxc.bsky.social

There is no congress (or law) any more

aug 27, 2025, 1:16 am • 0 0 • view
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Corie @corhir13.bsky.social

Just because you remove/erase words, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

aug 26, 2025, 8:41 pm • 21 0 • view
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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social

you're not trans, huh. Not having information will cause a lot of needless suffering for trans kids. Do you want them getting medical info from Chat GPT or social media? This is how that happens.

aug 27, 2025, 12:01 am • 5 0 • view
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Corie @corhir13.bsky.social

I fully agree with you. Its detrimental to eradicate the language around anything or persons, but even if these morons think eliminating the name or history- doesnt mean it doesnt exist. Like attempting to erase US's history of slaves, doesn't mean we weren't/aren't currently a slave nation.

aug 31, 2025, 4:11 am • 0 0 • view
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angrycassandra.bsky.social @angrycassandra.bsky.social

They really seem to believe that. Newspeak or else!

aug 26, 2025, 9:28 pm • 10 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

Actually, it does. This is called epistemicide, and it’s highly effective in genocide campaigns.

aug 26, 2025, 11:26 pm • 7 1 • view
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Corie @corhir13.bsky.social

Never knew the word 'epistemicide'. Thanks for sharing. Also learned about 'scholasticide' too. I believe it. I see it happening. I also believe, if the US attempts to erase the terms or history, the people will still exist, regardless of what this Admin/people are trying to do.

aug 31, 2025, 4:24 am • 0 0 • view
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Ashbasher22 Art; Animation Fan 🌈🍉🇺🇦 @ashbasher22nerd.bsky.social

I'm an Cis British Autistic White Male and I say Trans Rights are Human Rights. Trans People are valid and they must be heard. Let's make the rest of the world hear our voices. For Trans Rights are and will forever be Human Rights! #TransPeopleAreValid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🫂 #TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️‍⚧️

aug 26, 2025, 10:16 pm • 6 1 • view
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MaryBeth Hastings @mbhastings.bsky.social

These people are pro teen suicide.

aug 27, 2025, 12:21 am • 2 0 • view
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RandyRandyRandy @randybronco.bsky.social

Absurd that this article makes no mention of the fact that every major medical association in america stands behind this medically necessary and lifesaving care. Get off the fucking fence NBC.

aug 26, 2025, 11:45 pm • 118 7 • view
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Darren415 @darren415.bsky.social

California’s PREP defunding is a lifeline for kids. So-called “gender ideology” is a fabricated pseudo-science pushed by anti-LGBTQ forces. Forcing it in schools is an attack on children’s well-being, common sense, and parental rights—we must resist.

aug 28, 2025, 5:44 am • 0 0 • view
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Zeon 🎶 @zeonicsound.bsky.social

How about no?

aug 26, 2025, 10:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dr Deb K @drdebk.bsky.social

The headline says it’s about transgender. It’s not. The states are being told to remove all education about LGBTQIA, two-spirit, asexual, any reference to gender. We all experience gender FFS! 🤦🏽‍♀️ These grants are for marginalized youth like disabled, BIPOC, rural, foster kids, homeless. Shameful!

aug 27, 2025, 11:21 pm • 1 1 • view
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the frass and the furious @apophis426.bsky.social

the replies to this are like a battle between the kids who trust the adults enough to give them the second marshmallow and the kids whose adults never had a second marshmallow to begin with and just wanted to eat theirs

aug 27, 2025, 6:40 am • 0 0 • view
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Dave Kwiatkowski @cuyahogadave.bsky.social

*Literal* nazi shit Literal

aug 28, 2025, 10:55 am • 0 0 • view
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Laura76574 @laura76574.bsky.social

Said the tiny dicktater.

aug 26, 2025, 9:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ole Hippy Nudist @naturisthippy.bsky.social

The Trump & Republican economy has fallen off the precipice & these fucks are worried about sex education classes in schools I don't remember anything about Transgender in biology or sex education classes So what states have mentioned Transgender in their sex education classes?

aug 26, 2025, 8:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social

the list of states is literally in the article Of course you don't remember it, you're old. They didn't have it then. Do you want kids to get medical info off random sites on the internet instead?

aug 27, 2025, 12:05 am • 0 0 • view
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Stacie Rosenzweig @ethicking.com

I am old and we did not discuss LGBTQ+ outside of HIV My kids got/get pretty inclusive sex ed though

aug 27, 2025, 12:47 am • 1 0 • view
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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social

I think you and I are the same age, or within a year. I grew up here and got no info about LGBTQ stuff (except HIV, as you said). If I had gotten info about being trans when I was 13-14? My life would likely have gone entirely differently. That's why I get fired up about this. (not at you, obvs)

aug 27, 2025, 1:59 am • 1 0 • view
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Stacie Rosenzweig @ethicking.com

I grew up in the Chicago area. My trans nibling went to the same high school I did, three decades later, and had a much more inclusive experience--there is even a SAGA now.

aug 27, 2025, 2:25 am • 1 0 • view
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Kevin @kevinlikesmaps.bsky.social

That's awesome!

aug 27, 2025, 2:30 am • 1 0 • view
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Sobekhotep 🐊 @sobekhotep97.bsky.social

Newsom is going to capitulate and strip trans people from sex ed programs. Frankly, he might do that even without Trump’s threats. Newsom already got the LA Children’s hospital to end trans healthcare.

aug 26, 2025, 11:23 pm • 54 3 • view
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Giackal (Giancarlo) 🔞NSFW🏳️‍🌈🔜 AFC @giackal.bsky.social

He fully agrees with Charlie Kirk on everything afterall. I would hope the state assembly could push a bill and override any veto.

aug 27, 2025, 4:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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Giackal (Giancarlo) 🔞NSFW🏳️‍🌈🔜 AFC @giackal.bsky.social

And I was talking AB 2442 which he vetoed. www.eqca.org/vetoes-gende...

aug 27, 2025, 4:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Śniąca Syrena @blossomlilija.bsky.social

Newsom already has done it, the ban took into effect on August 1st already www.erininthemorning.com/p/devastatin...

aug 27, 2025, 3:09 pm • 3 1 • view
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Giackal (Giancarlo) 🔞NSFW🏳️‍🌈🔜 AFC @giackal.bsky.social

And he vetoed AB 2442. Which would have expanded healthcare for trans people.

aug 27, 2025, 4:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Śniąca Syrena @blossomlilija.bsky.social

only fitting that in the same month Kaiser Permanente stopped treating trans people of the age of 19 and below, Newsom came out with a healtcare ban for trans people of the age of 25 and below bsky.app/profile/blos...

aug 27, 2025, 3:12 pm • 4 2 • view
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Miriam @gr82bus.bsky.social

#Newsom is disgusting.

aug 27, 2025, 3:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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Lamaty'i's Specialest Clove🏳️‍⚧️ @clove.kiruvi.dog

Any educator who complies with this bullshit is complicit. Allies have the moral responsibility to put themselves on the line for once.

aug 27, 2025, 6:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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PoliticallyInteresting @politicallyint.bsky.social

Democrat-controlled (both chambers): 15 states Republican-controlled (both chambers or effectively so): 23 states Divided/mixed control: 5 states This hurts republican controlled areas worse and they may not appeal it.

aug 26, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dr Deb K @drdebk.bsky.social

The red states will capitulate and get their money. Hopefully Blue states will sue for their and students 1st Amendment Rights.

aug 27, 2025, 11:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pixel Pushers Union 512 @ppu512.bsky.social

Just tell the Feds to stuff it and keep the stuff in.

aug 26, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mommy Marshal Heidi 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️☭ @theonetrueheidi.bsky.social

It's very tiring to just want to live your life while every dickhead with a mic tries to make it a problem.

aug 26, 2025, 9:16 pm • 16 0 • view
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Yesfan1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @yesfan1.bsky.social

Probably can remove transgenic mice too!!!

aug 26, 2025, 8:22 pm • 3 0 • view
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ita-b0nita.bsky.social @ita-b0nita.bsky.social

This is FASCISM!

aug 26, 2025, 9:06 pm • 6 0 • view
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Untitled Goose Name @goosname.bsky.social

remember when the government had to pass laws to make people do things, and not just issue royal decrees?

aug 27, 2025, 4:22 am • 4 1 • view
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Public Universal Fiend @publicuniversal.bsky.social

I thought we and the brits fought a war about this. Several in fact!

aug 27, 2025, 5:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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bselena.bsky.social @bselena.bsky.social

Threats. Threats threats from Trump . President for only some people NOT a president for ALL the people

aug 26, 2025, 8:49 pm • 2 0 • view
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bunny @ratgirlbunny.bsky.social

fuck all of you fr

aug 26, 2025, 8:42 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jody @jdperkins.bsky.social

This administration should have much more important matters to attend to, like reducing prices and ending the Ukraine war, 2 things that were supposedly going to happen on day 1.

aug 27, 2025, 3:05 am • 1 0 • view
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Trey McClure @atxdem.bsky.social

🤔 that’s weird because for the last year I was told Kamala was the trans boogeyman

aug 27, 2025, 12:13 am • 0 0 • view
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alj8.bsky.social @alj8.bsky.social

Isn’t this what Newsom wants? Newsom supporters are certainly keen to advocate dropping trans rights

aug 27, 2025, 12:37 am • 3 0 • view
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Trey McClure @atxdem.bsky.social

Not all of his supporters. In fact I haven’t found one supporter who advocates for dropping trans rights.

aug 27, 2025, 12:39 am • 1 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

We've been meeting LOTS of them for the last month. Don't know where you've been.

aug 27, 2025, 12:43 am • 9 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

Oh, VBNMW. Nevermind.

aug 27, 2025, 12:47 am • 4 0 • view
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Trey McClure @atxdem.bsky.social

How bold

aug 27, 2025, 12:48 am • 0 0 • view
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Trey McClure @atxdem.bsky.social

Is that right? Are they in the room with you now? Go ahead and stick by Trump. We’ll see where that gets you.

aug 27, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

I can play this game all night!

aug 27, 2025, 1:16 am • 0 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

Here's another one bsky.app/profile/pair...

aug 27, 2025, 1:16 am • 1 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

And you can look for yourself if you're not a coward. bsky.app/search?q=Enj...

aug 27, 2025, 1:11 am • 4 0 • view
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HierophantXX Shelley B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social

Oh, here's one I just found in 5 seconds of digging bsky.app/profile/iwri...

aug 27, 2025, 1:11 am • 2 0 • view
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syn @jayceerain.bsky.social

well you are here in this thread doing the thing so...

aug 27, 2025, 1:41 am • 4 0 • view
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Leia's New Account: The Quickening🇵🇷🏳‍⚧ @moongirlsforsale.bsky.social

4 yelled at me on Threads just this morning.

aug 27, 2025, 1:13 am • 3 0 • view
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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social

That’s what Newsom is doing over trans rights.

aug 27, 2025, 1:10 am • 2 0 • view
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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social

Drop into any trans person's mentions after they say that they won't vote for Newsom. You know, a year out from midterms and three years from the election? You'll see plenty of folks genuinely pissed that our right to exist is non-negotiable and calling us advocating for our rights a "purity test."

aug 27, 2025, 1:08 am • 4 0 • view
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alj8.bsky.social @alj8.bsky.social

You just don’t care that he does

aug 27, 2025, 12:40 am • 2 0 • view
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Trey McClure @atxdem.bsky.social

And you obviously would rather have more MAGA. Enjoy that kid

aug 27, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
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🌮 Hegseth's Liver @sixxtoo.bsky.social

Small government?... State's rights?... "Many people are saying they want a dictator" "Me, I'm saying that"

aug 27, 2025, 4:05 am • 0 0 • view
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goatest.bsky.social @goatest.bsky.social

AKA: Trump administrative coercing state health departments to deny medically accurate descriptions of people.

aug 27, 2025, 12:43 am • 1 0 • view
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oldchrome @oldchrome.bsky.social

The Trump administration also supports convicted child sex-traffickers, can you please cover that? #EpsteinFiles #DonaldTrump #RepublicanPedophila

aug 27, 2025, 1:55 am • 5 0 • view
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Eboneezer Goode - FDT - Trump Break America @egoode.bsky.social

Oh for fucks sake. Why are Republicans obsessed with the genitalia of children? No WONDER they elected a Pedophile.

aug 27, 2025, 12:10 am • 0 0 • view
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Emmy @ehedie3939.bsky.social

This needs to be found illegal in court. It should not be within the presidential powers to pull back already allocated funds from entities like states or universities.

aug 26, 2025, 8:30 pm • 43 0 • view
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angrycassandra.bsky.social @angrycassandra.bsky.social

That would require an independent judiciary.

aug 26, 2025, 9:27 pm • 24 0 • view
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Eboneezer Goode - FDT - Trump Break America @egoode.bsky.social

Unfortunately we have a corrupt and illegitimate judiciary.

aug 27, 2025, 12:11 am • 0 0 • view