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- The United States is tearing itself apart, and the occupying forces have made it clear that queer folk and minorities have no stake in this new world. Nearly a century and a half ago, a trans man for the Union sent his own response to that sentiment in lead. Comic by @piperbomb.bsky.social
- @rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 5 Independent: Landmark meta-analysis of 50 studies (2943 trans women, 2309 trans men, 568 cis women 665 cis men ages 14-41 ) finds that following 1-3 yrs of hormone therapy, trans women have similar fitness levels to cis women.
- @rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3 ErinReed: In groundbreaking move CA Atty Genl sues Rady Children's Hospital for dropping GAC by charging it w/ breach of contract for abandoning ~1.5k trans patients. The strategy sidesteps often-hostile federal courts & keeps jurisdiction in state courts.
- When anarchism isn't being villified as evil it's being dismissed with an eyeroll by people who think they know better. But in Minneapolis, we're seeing the power of this maligned philosophy. Today on Assigned: The argument for anarchism, by Emma Arcadia. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
- @rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3 PinkNews: A TN Rep candidate for governor, among the most regressive states in anti-trans laws, calls for death penalty for affirming parents. "We need a law that would allow for capital punishment for those who...disfigure a child thru hormones or surgery.
- An extreme Kansas bill will invalidate the drivers license of every trans person in the state. It was passed alongside a particularly extreme bathroom bill, meaning that the implications of every trans Kansan losing legal ID overnight has largely been missed.
