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2 years

“Protecting” kids from masks, from LGBTQ people, from history, from getting health care but not from getting shot and killed at school. Got it.

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My father is a die hard Fox News watching Trump voter. Let me tell you: it is not a good use of time to try to flip Trump voters. No amount of logic or humanizing or anything else works. Just move on and mobilize and stop voter suppression.

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BREAKING: Judge has blocked Texas officials from enforcing their illegal policies against our clients. Full hearing on the TI next Friday. We will fight to protect all trans youth across Texas.

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COVID-19: just dangerous enough to block abortion but not dangerous enough to hold elections by mail.

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I had top surgery 13 years ago. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about how it was the best thing I have ever done for my survival. I also had orthopedic knee surgery at 14 and often regret it. But no NYTs pieces about orthopedic regret I see.

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If you are out here saying “marriage equality is next” please do keep in mind that at least one state has made care for trans youth a felony right now and is currently in court defending that law. There is no “next” - the horror is NOW.

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Things endangering American lives: -unclean water -lack of healthcare -police -pipelines Things not endandering American lives: -refugees

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The fact that this isn’t a blowout is itself a damning indictment of our country.

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FUCK YESSSS. Everyone you made your voices heard. Gov. Hutchinson has vetoed the bill.

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Keep in mind it took less than a year to go from "this is about irreversible procedures" to "letting you social transition is prohibited". This is not about protecting anyone, it is about control and it isn't stopping with youth or trans people.

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This bill in Texas, SB1646, would remove trans kids from their homes if a parent affirms their gender. Truly barbaric.

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Elliot Page is an actual person. With feelings and people who love and care for him. You may love to debate us. To use us to make your asinine points, to relish a sense of your own importance. But actually being a human being at the center of this fucking sucks. Just stop.

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Cis folks, especially cis women, today would be a good day to affirm your support for full inclusion of trans people, your love for trans people, and the fact that the presence and existence of trans people does not hurt cis people.

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They do not stop here. Don’t forget that.

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She is not a trans activist. 🙄

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Breaking News: Caitlyn Jenner, the Republican former Olympian and prominent transgender activist, is set to run for California governor, those close to her said.

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The “defending white womanhood-ness” of this photo is chilling.

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Gov. Kim Reynolds is now signing the law banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.

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I am actually sort of wondering if people should threaten to boycott SXSW at this point until Texas changes course and stops terrorizing trans kids. Things keep escalating and we need mass action now.

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Today: Arizona passed an abortion ban, a trans health ban on surgery, a sports ban. Oklahoma passed a sports ban, a gender maker ban and classroom censorship bill. Kentucky passed a sports ban. All in one day. In a pandemic. In a war. This is what our gov't does.

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This latest NYT op-ed is so deeply offensive and also so unbelievably incoherent. I hope more cis women speak out against this repeated and deeply unproductive fixation on demeaning trans people.

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We won because Black and Brown trans people fought and died for us to live and fight.

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I have been working in trans legal advocacy for 18 years and today is probably the most upsetting day with a felony ban on health care going into effect in Alabama. Not much noise nationally from our “allies” either.

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I simply cannot believe we live in a time when people think drag queens are a more of a threat to kids than guns and COVID.

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In addition to departing from the media norm of letting lying politicians go unchallenged, Jon Stewart’s team decided to actually learn a lot going into this episode so they understood the lies and also the reflexive biases we all carry. Let this be a model to everyone else.

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What is happening in Texas is terrifying and unimaginable. It is also part of a global attack on trans people, fixated on trans youth as a gateway into attacking all of us. If you want to take action start with Texas but do not stop there.

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The Arkansas General Assembly has officially voted to override Gov. Hutchinson's veto. HB1570 passes. We will see you in court you cruel cruel people.

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First day of the SCOTUS term and Alito & Thomas call for the overturning of Obergefell.

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One of the many reasons that U.S. law is not a path to liberation is that there will never be robust notions of liberty and autonomy in a system that was created to maintain chattel slavery. There is no history and tradition of bodily self-determination here.

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Yesterday a trans woman was found dead on Rikers Island. It is June 8. At least five trans women have died from interpersonal or state violence this month already. What are we doing? What is Pride if not the imperative to honor our ancestors and demand a different world.

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Ahh yes, the only place where tampons are available - a country club.

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GOP state representative votes against ensuring free menstrual products in prison: It's not "a country club"

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I AM SOBBING

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33 states have introduced anti-trans laws in 2021

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Instead of pride and ab discourse what if we focused on the 14 anti-trans laws that passed in the last two months. Just a thought.

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I need people to understand how terrifying and sad and scary what is happening in the UK is for trans young people there and for trans people around the world. Please read and raise all the alarms that you can.

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Exactly zero large corporations have done what we need to stop these anti-trans bills. ZERO. Please remember that come pride.

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Just a huge shoutout to all the trans organizers in Texas who showed up for months and defeated ALL 13 anti-trans bills that were moving this session. It was so scary and painful and you are all so incredible. #ProtectTransKids #LetThemPlay

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Alabama is very likely to pass a felony health care ban, a bathroom ban and a "don't say LGBTQ" bill today. I am so angry at so many people and things. And just so sad. We will sue but that isn't a solution. We need massive movements in defense of trans lives.

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I am alarmed at how few people are talking about the most important case directly addressing LGBTQ people ever to reach the United States Supreme Court - set to be argued on October 8. Did you even know it was happening?

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Seriously, if you are a cis woman wondering if you should speak up now - the answer is yes. It is really bad and the harm of the discourse is material. When we (trans people) speak up or out we are often mocked so please make clear that these people don't speak for you.

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It isn’t the young people in schools who have a problem with trans kids. It is always the adults.

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Crowds of students have begun to walk out of Northern Virginia schools in protest of Gov. Youngkin’s proposed restrictions on transgender students’ rights. WATCH LIVE:

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I would rather my kid change their sense of their gender 200 times before puberty than die before they could live. Your anxiety over young kids claiming a truth of who they are is about you, not them, not medicine, not some grave threat. Deal with your shit and let others live.

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If every corporation that commodified queerness for Pride lobbied against these anti-trans bills in state legislatures none would pass.

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A thread explaining what happened at SCOTUS today with respect to LGBTQ rights, what the implications are and what comes next.

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Missouri just effectively banned care for trans people of all ages starting in two weeks. When I started practicing law 13 yrs ago, categorical bans on care were clearly understood to violate the 8th Amendment's prohibition on Cruel & Unusual Punishment in prisons.

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What is the fucking point of the Democrats? Honestly.

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A young trans woman is still not located after being shoved into an unmarked car by the city’s terroristic police force. No feds were needed for this. This is on you, @NYCMayor .

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A world where Klobuchar and Pete are above Warren is trash. No thank you to all of this.

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The NYT's horrible coverage of and fixation on trans people has been central to the progression of anti-trans bills and policies nationally. I have been trying to raise alarms about this for the past 6 years but the stakes could not be higher than they are now.

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I hope we don't lose the momentum to fight for trans kids in Texas and beyond. Alabama and Idaho are quickly moving bills that would criminalize health care for trans youth and put them and their families in a precarious position. Please help us fight these.

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Sorry what? As an attorney who litigated the 3 year challenge to this law I don’t remember your role. I do remember you denying health care to trans people in California prisons and defending the criminalization of sex work. It’s going to take more than a misleading tweet.

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School shootings, deadly pandemics and we are forced to listen to grandstanding about "life".

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Somehow there is not a huge hole in the middle of my torso. 🧐

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At least 25 lawyers and paralegals and other staff worked almost around the clock for the past 2.5 weeks to block the Texas anti-trans directives in court. Meanwhile hundreds of trans organizers worked around the clock to show up to DFPS’s hearing and fight back.

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Alabama has passed SB 184 the felony ban on health care for trans adolescents up to age 19.

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Gov. Ivey has signed the felony health ban making Alabama now the third state to cut off health care to trans kids. We blocked Arkansas and Texas. We will sue Alabama next. But this is just so unbelievably cruel and dangerous.

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The incoherency of anti-trans logic is going to hurt us all. A thread.

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4 years

People who are trying to criminalize trans youth are trying to stop this joy. This possibility. This magic. Let us live!!

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We knew this would happen but seeing the words in writing is so jarring. We are in so much trouble.

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Trans women are women. Happy #WomensHistoryMonth .

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Just a reminder that many men who are transgender and nonbinary people access abortion care. Reproductive health care providers are also often the only source of gender affirming care in many communities.

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States will be criminalizing health care for trans people long before Obergefell or Lawrence are overturned. So hold a full queer analysis in this moment. And center the fight for bodily autonomy and reproductive justice.

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I am just so sorry to all the trans kids and their families in Texas. We will never stop fighting for you. You are so loved.

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It is possible that soon 20 states will ban gender-affirming care for trans adolescents. People are rightfully panicked. There is very little noise from our supposed allies and very little recognition of how catastrophically this has progressed.

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If you're a white person having to do an interview on nat'l television to say you're not racist then you're definitely racist. I also know this b/c all white people are racist. We are taught to be racist & have to spend our lives unlearning it & actively working to dismantle it.

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If every person who congratulated Elliot (which was beautiful and the right thing to do) could now direct your attention to the many attacks on trans people happening every day (which is what he asked of you), that would be great. Some things to be aware of below.

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To the Supreme Court - no matter what you do we will find a way to fight for people. This is only the beginning.

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This is the #BlackTransLivesMatter protest in Brooklyn right now.

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More anti-trans bills became law in 2021 than in the previous 10 years combined.

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We need all hands on deck in Alabama where SB184 may be voted on in the House this week. This bill would make treatment for transgender adolescents up to age 19 a felony. It would be catastrophic and it is one vote away from the Governor. Please raise all the alarms.

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Just a reminder that the term "biological sex" appeared nowhere in US law before North Carolina passed HB2. It is a legal structure that emerged for the sole purpose of excluding trans people from public life.

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6 to FUCKING 3.

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The words that we crafted. And fought for. In the middle of the night. Through so many drafts. Are in this opinion. The words of trans lawyers. The words of Black queer women lawyers. Our words.

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Alabama is close to make trans health care a felony. We need all hands on deck. Vote NO on HB1/SB10!

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The following states are closing to banning - and in some cases criminalizing and deeming child abuse - medical care for trans adolescents: MS, TN, SD, ND, WY, ID, WV, OK, MO, MT, ID. The following states have: AR, AL, UT, TX. Where's the outrage? Where's the media coverage?

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Girls who are trans are NOT: -males -“biological males” -male-bodies Just stop. A girl has a female body. A girl is biologically female. Having some characteristics that may be typical of a different gender does not make you that gender. We all have a combination. Please stop.

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BREAKING: SB 115, South Dakota anti-trans bill has been WITHDRAWN. Pressure is working. Stay vigilant and keep fighting!

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I genuinely think this is a full win. We fully won. The HHS rule is completely void.

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Listen to Angela Davis, Ruthie Gilmore, Tourmaline, Mariame Kaba, Miss Major, they have the blueprint for abolition and have been sharing it for decades. This isn’t new. Take their lead.

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I want to pause and recognize and celebrate how important it is that the Alabama felony ban on health care for trans young people died last night. So much incredible work and we keep building and fighting to live and thrive.

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Attacks on providers of health care to transgender adolescents are escalating. We can expect, too, to see a range of new bills coming in January, criminalizing standard of care medicine for transgender adolescents and possibly adults.

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I wish we didn’t have to convince people that the greatest threats to our youth are not books and trans people.

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This week is going to be brutal in terms of votes on trans lives in state legislatures. We have a lot of attacks at once. Here is what is happening and what you can do.

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You can just write "Elliot Page shares that he is transgender" and link to the statement. We can all figure it out.

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Both Iowa and Indiana have passed anti-trans sports bills now awaiting Governor signature. Alabama is moving rapidly to pass a felony ban on health care. Idaho has a hearing on a felony ban on health care tomorrow. Arizona is moving an anti-trans sports bill. This is a lot.

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No one should have to deal with this. But I am 38 years-old and they are not going to shake me by trying to dehumanize me. But remember this is what they are doing to kids. Every day. Relentlessly. Saving women’s sports? Or just hating trans people....

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The Christian Right has introduced 200 anti-LGBT bills in the last six months and people blaming Islam for this. No. #PulseNightclub

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Arizona's trans health ban has died in committee. This is amazing. It can still come back (because yikes state legislatures) but such an amazing first step in this fight. Bye, SB1138 - please stay dead. Thank you to all the amazing trans kids who testified.

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Here is what is going to happen. Today we are going to raise $3million for trans-led work. Ariana Grande is matching up to $1.5million. We are going to make #TDOV about action, investment and power. Go here, donate, share.

Protect & Defend Trans Youth Fund

Right now, there are hundreds of bills pending in state legislatures across the United States that target trans youth and aim to curb their rights. The impact of fighting these anti-trans bills and...

www.pledge.to

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The attack on marriage equality will be part of a larger wave that also includes the criminalization of trans health care, the formulation of a constitutional right for cis people not to share space with trans people, the attack on our very existence. We must fight.

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We rushed to court this morning to try to stop this. Families across Texas are being investigated and care is being halted. It is a disaster. They are trying to stop kids from being trans - but you can't make us not trans you can only make us not alive.

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BREAKING: Texas has begun investigating parents of transgender children for possible child abuse for providing them with gender-affirming care. Among the first is the family of 16-year-old whose mother works for the state agency responsible for such investigations Story TK 1/

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Pediatric ACL surgery is very common, particularly for athletes in girls’ sports who are not supported in strength training. It comes with a lifetime of potential complications. Many surgeries do. And yet this is how medicine works.

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It is so horrifying that we went from no anti-trans bills becoming law after HB2 to: 17 states banning trans kids from sports 3 states banning health care 2 bathroom bans Multiple curricular bans & forced outing bills. You marching in pride after doing nothing to stop this?

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Imagine seeing 32 states try to ban trans athletes in school sports without a single currently competing trans girl athlete in scholastic sports that anyone can point to and thinking the piece of journalism we need is on the “threat” trans kids pose to sports.

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Please also do not forget that states are in court right now defending the criminalization of trans youth. Let us not be so limited in our discourse and organizing.

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Don’t get it twisted. Caster Semenya is being forced to alter her body because she is Black and excellent.

Opinion | Caster Semenya will be forced to alter her body to comfort slower runners

The courts decided that discriminating against some women is required for athletic competitions to be “fair” to other women.

www.nbcnews.com

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For everyone who has been caught up in the discourse about "protecting" children from trans health care - please note that they are already banning care for adults.

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If you are angry or think it’s “unfair” for a trans girl to beat a cis girl in a sporting event then fundamentally you don’t think trans girls are “real” girls. It’s that simple.

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This case aged me 15 years and I am so sad for everyone we have lost along the way. And I also found a moment to feel joy today and energy for the many fights ahead.

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Anyone reporting on the "Don't Say Gay" bill without mentioning (1) that the bill also prohibits reference to trans people; and (2) that other states are literally criminalizing trans life is doing a grave disserve to this conversation and perpetuating anti-trans violence.

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If cis is a slur what do cis people want us to call them? “Non-trans”? If we want to center transness that also works for me.

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There are trans kids that are sitting in the Texas statehouse right now, preparing to beg for their health care, to ask their government not to take them from their parents.

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BREAKING: @ACLU has sued @realDonaldTrump over the #TransMilitaryBan on behalf of six service members and the ACLU of Maryland.

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