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TWIBS: Nancy Mace’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
For a woman who regularly throws childish fits and embarrasses herself in public, at work and on television, Nancy Mace has outdone herself this week in the public spectacle department.
Debunking the Cass Review’s Successor
Veronica Esposito debunks some of the basic claims made by the UK’s “Sullivan Review.”
Federal Judge Pauses Passport Changes
The federal judge overseeing the ACLU’s suit against the Trump administration over its policy regarding the sex marker on Americans’ federally issued identification documents has issued a temporary pause for six plaintiffs. The ACLU hopes to expand that pause to the rest of us.
Trump’s ‘Wall’ Against Trans Travelers Damages U.S. Prestige and Economy
Groups representing artists and academics are joining nations worldwide in warning international trans travelers: Beware the U.S.
Protesters: You Can Love Potter Without Financing Anti-Trans Bigotry
Leading Off: J.K. Rowling celebrates on her yacht, but the backlash over an anti-trans ruling begins in the US and the UK. Is Trump tired of losing? The top story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Trans Athletes Are Cultural Marxism, Says Gaines
During an interview with Fox News, silenced pundit Riley Gaines drew parallels between trans athletes, Marxism, and mysterious dark money, which she knows all about as the co-chair of dark money-funded Nine PAC.
Shiwali Patel — A Legal Defender of Trans and Women’s Rights
Assigned Media interviews Shiwali Patel, Title IX expert, Professor of Law, and Senior Director of Safe and Inclusive Schools at the National Women’s Law Center.
Fighting Right-Wing Lies, School Boards Are at the Front Line in Anti-Trans Battles
Deerfield, Ill., was the latest target in the Moms for Liberty’s campaign of anti-trans hatred. Trans allies turned out by the hundreds to stand against them.
Federal Judge Backs Governor Mills Against Trump
After the Trump administration froze federal funds for Maine, District Court Judge John Woodcock told them to knock it off posthaste.
Trump’s Contorted ‘Gender Ideology’: A Policy Against Pronouns
Listing one's pronouns is actually useful for everyone. Potential for confusion arises not only in names that are commonly considered gender-neutral in American English, but in foreign names as well.
Republicans Trample On Trans People, Women in Voter Suppression Bill
Leading Off: Disenfranchisement heads to the Senate. World Pride organizers are worried. And Trump loses in Maine. The top story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Annoying Failure Profits From Forfeiting Fencing Fight
A cisgender fencer who regularly competes and wins against cisgender men refused to compete against a trans woman and was immediately showered in money and glory for it.
Rowling Runs Her Mouth About Queer People, Again
World’s most annoying hack writer disparages the asexual community.
An ‘Obscene Process’ to Police Women Athletes Rears Its Head Again
The practice of “sex verification testing,” discredited decades ago, has become the new favorite of anti-trans zealots – cost and privacy be damned.
Trump’s Newest “Wall”? It Targets Trans Travelers From Overseas.
Leading Off: More European nations raise travel alarms. Walking out, and winning? Trans and Ukraine flags galore. The top story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Transmisogyny Casts a Wide Net
Last month a cisgender woman was accosted by a stranger in a bathroom then fired over it. It isn’t the first time and it sure won’t be the last.
Elisa Rae Shupe, a Complicated Profile in Bravery
She turned away from anti-trans activism and leaked a trove of emails that exposed the inner workings of the right-wing network dedicated to rolling back our rights. It was a great gift to the trans community and journalism.
Journal Club: The Perception of Trans People in the Workplace
A 2024 study dives into the differences in the perceived acceptance of trans people and the reality.
From Hate to Hope: Trans Legislator in Iowa Vows to Keep Fighting
Aime Wichtendahl has broken barriers in Iowa for years. She has more in mind, despite the assembly’s “gut-wrenching” move to revoke civil rights for trans people.
Dems Send Doug Collins Dear John
In the wake of a particularly heinous month for trans servicemembers and veterans, congressional Democrats sent Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins a strongly worded letter.