Category: Trans

Two Asian green bee-eaters. The underside of the wing is rust orange. The breast is vibrant green.

Green birds are birds

I point this out because you asked. Look at these bird friends. Both are green. They’re both birds! Neither is confused. Neither is upset. And your mind will really be blown when you realize—

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purple cartoon worm with googly eyes sawing its way through a cartoon brain, one half of which is black and white, the other which in rainbow paint splatter

Yes, Virginia, there are brainworms

And some conspiracy theorists do have them. Yes, Virginia, there are brainworms. They exist as certainly as transphobia exists and abounds attempting to morally mandate trans people out of existence.

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A person wraps themself in a gray blanket. You can only see their hands.

Is your clothing the wrong gender?

A proposed Texas law would classify you as a drag performer. A proposed law in Texas says there’s a proper, legal way to wear clothing and makeup—and to have a body. You must look like your “gender assigned at birth”.

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two cartoon people, with short hair, grinning. one has their arm around the other.

It takes two people to go on a first date

You may want info before a first date, but that doesn’t mean you’re entitled to have it. If someone isn’t allowed to have their gender at a key moment, they aren’t really allowed to have it at all. Cis people don’t own trans people’s info.

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wooden letter blocks for a small child, etched and carved with letters. the two letters at the center are S and X.

English only, two sexes: A mashup of two executive orders

Interlace the lines to read things like: A designated language attacks women in society by depriving them of dignity. When I read Trump’s instruction ‘to designate one — and only one — official language,’ I remembered his prior instruction ‘to recognize two sexes.’

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from a dark room, a view out a window at a snowy landscape. The glass distorts the view. Bare trees and another house are visible in the distance.

Pausing in the darkness

Trump’s latest anti-trans executive order calls us ‘anti-Christian’. Trump has labeled as ‘anti-Christian’: trans inclusion, trans visibility, supporting queer kids, and even holding Christians accountable to the law.

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closeup of person holding a basketball

Now, there’s a no-sports order

Let’s kick it open, bounce it against the wall, and dunk on it. The anti-trans movement has never been about sports. it enacts arbitrary exclusion to make trans people less safe. It’s a political assault.

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