How does an anti-trans law get made? Leaked emails show how activists and powerful right-wing organizations pressure Republican lawmakers to create some of the most restrictive bills around the country. motherjones.com/politics/2023/…

I lived half my life in Florida, I received many degrees from Florida schools. I was a nurse in Florida. We are at the point where I feel unsafe bringing my children there even to visit grandparents. Floridians have little choice in the matter. The bigotry is unconscionable.

Great summary

I am currently with an attending that is overtly trans/homophobic. The first day I was with him I decided to take off my pride pin bc i didn’t want to deal with it. My straight classmate who I’m rotating with starting wearing a pride pin the next day

Huge news this morning! The FDA has approved Narcan, a prescription nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses, for over-the-counter use. 🛑More than 100,000 people have died from opioid overdoses over each of the last two years. nytimes.com/2023/03/29/hea…

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You cannot solely rely on parent narratives about trans youth or their health care when the reason trans youth are overrepresented in homeless shelters, juvenile detention, and foster care is because they are more frequently abused and rejected by their parents.

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The intersex exemptions in the trans health care bans are no mere hypocrisy--they give up the whole game. They preserve the right to deny intersex people autonomy over their own bodies because that's the central project of these laws--to enforce binary gender assignment.

Here's some free speech for you. We accept the fact that transwomen are women. We welcome them in our spaces and celebrate their successes and resilience.

The Center for Applied Transgender Studies proudly supports this important new open letter regarding scientific and ethical concerns about the editorial direction of Archives of Sexual Behavior. Read the open letter here and add your name to the list: asbopenletter.com

~30% of LGBTQ youth attribute their poor mental health to laws/policies that target LGBTQ people. To my knowledge, 2023 is the first year that a standalone section on anti-LGBTQ policies has been included in The Trevor Project's annual report. thetrevorproject.org/survey-2023/#a…

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Congratulations to all authors of papers in this issue esp @GilmoreJNurse & team for their commentary.

Last March, Fae Johnstone 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 was featured on a Hershey Canada limited-edition chocolate bar for International Women's Day. She suffered through a calvacade of right-wing terror. thewalrus.ca/anti-trans-att…

Check out our The National Couples' Health and Time Study paper on discrimination and supportive policy indicators for sexual and gender diverse partnered respondents. CFDR MPC Alex Bates Claire Kamp Dush link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In her speech on Racism and Fascism Toni Morrison explained how the creation of a pariah class is one of the first steps taken by fascist regimes.