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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Guardian UK court rules PATHWAY blockers trial can proceed bec. kids wd "reasonable prospect of receiving clinical benefit." Cass called for trials but also said they may harm “psychosocial health, cognitive devel., fertility...cardio-metabolic and bone health."

High court clears way for clinical trial giving puberty blockers to childrenLegal challenge to King’s College London research study claimed it could harm participants but was rejectedwww.theguardian.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Observer A Wake County NC elementary school is under fire for hiring a nonbinary trans teacher after truly evil Libs of TickTok posted their name, photo, and principal's contact info. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

Wake school gets backlash over transgender teacher. Board member defends hire.Libs of TikTok wants people to complain about the hiring. A school board member says parents should be ‘welcoming a qualified educator.’www.newsobserver.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed Celeste Keaton, co-owner of WNBA Seattle Storm, suspended 5 days and fined undisclosed amount for confronting anti-trans activists who wore provocatively transphobic tees courtside in support of anti-trans player Sophie Cunningham and against trans women.

Military Testosterone Policy Raises Questions About Its Links to AggressionA new policy raises questions about testosterone’s effect on aggression in some men.www.nytimes.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul NYT No kidding... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/s...

Military Testosterone Policy Raises Questions About Its Links to AggressionA new policy raises questions about testosterone’s effect on aggression in some men.www.nytimes.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed Dem OH Gov Candidate Amy Acton, who just endorsed trans sports bans, scheduled a Zoom meeting with LGBTQ+ advocates, stood them up, and locked out the trans people who showed along with the Chair of the Progressive Caucus. I'm from OH--we can do better.

Dem. Ohio Gov Candidate Amy Acton Scheduled a Meeting With LGBTQ+ Advocates, Didn't Show Up, And Kicked Out Trans People Who DidThe meeting was supposed to be Acton's way of making up for calling trans girls "boys."substack.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul My Assigned Media interview with leading researcher TJ Billard on how the Right created this tide of anti-trans disinformation and what we can do about it is live. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

TJ Billard on Anti-Trans Disinformation and Media  - Assigned MediaRiki Wilchins interviews expert on anti-trans disinformation, TJ Billard.assignedmedia.org

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social I've checked the crosstabs and this finding is real.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Reuters Kids posed by court w/ transphobic signs supporting WNBA's transphobic star Sophie Cunningham booed by fans, given thumbs-down gestures by Seattle players and attacked by co-owners, who then apologized. Wanna bet it was staged? www.reuters.com/sports/storm...

Storm apologize after co-owner berates teen girls supporting Sophie CunninghamThe Seattle Storm issued an apology statement Wednesday, one day after one of their co-owners verbally accosted two teenage female fans with expletives because they were holding signs supporting the v...www.reuters.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Moving on from MO's hysteria over rainbow dinosaurs, the US Dept of Ed is now investigating MN schools over supposed use of MyGender dolls, a teaching tool for explaining gender not yet even avail. out which it condemns as "sexually explicit." mygenderdolls.com

Trump Administration Investigates the Use of “Transgender Dolls” in Minnesota SchoolsToday, the U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation into the Minnesota Department of Education to ensure compliance with the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment.www.ed.gov

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social SCOTUS efforts to suppress Black vote seems to be having the opposite effect for now, with all but one of the 78 Black belt counties shifting farther left bec. of increased Black voter turnout. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Republican disenfranchisement bid drives Black voters to polls, study findsBlack voters in south motivated to turn out by Republican push to redraw maps after supreme court rulingwww.theguardian.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social [Library cont] Esp at issue were "Rainbowsaurus", featuring same-sex parents chasing rainbow dinosaurs and "Big Wig" about genderqueer kids playing dress-up, which the Secy of State, clutching his pearls, called, “sexual grooming [that] is unconscionable, if not criminal.”

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats“This isn’t isolated to Missouri. It doesn’t end here if we don’t stop it here.”substack.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul ErinReed As MO Atty Genl and Secy threaten investigations, funding cuts and criminal charges for "grooming" kids with "pornography," Columbia's Daniel Boone Public Library defiantly goes ahead with its Rainbow Story Time for LGBTQ families and allies.

Missouri Library Defiantly Holds LGBTQ Story Hour Despite Funding and Legal State Threats“This isn’t isolated to Missouri. It doesn’t end here if we don’t stop it here.”substack.com

CORRECTION: Despite my snarky comment that Americans were tiring of The Christian Nationalist Six as the reason SCOTUS approval has tanked, I'm wrong. Turns out the falling approval is among REPs who want MORE support from justices for Trump's crazy Christian nationalist policies. Who knew?

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Axios Only one third/33% of Americans approve of the Supreme Court--one point lower than Trump's approval rating. Under the extremist decisions The Christian Nationalist Six it has cratered to nearly half of just twenty years ago. www.axios.com/2026/07/29/s...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Upon learning that he had procreated YET AGAIN...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Less than a month after its worker ratify new contract, A4TE warns some jobs may be eliminated as employees accuse leadership of financial mismanagement and violating the collective bargaining. www.advocate.com/politics/adv...

Layoff threat ignites labor fight at major transgender rights groupWorkers accuse Advocates for Trans Equality leaders of mismanagement after the organization warned that staff positions could be eliminated.www.advocate.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Oberver After Wake County schools hire transgender music teacher. state legislator floats idea of law to regulate what trans school employees can wear. www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

NC GOP lawmaker says she’ll propose law to restrict attire for trans teachersWake has hired a trans music teacher. Rep. Erin Paré objects to the teacher’s attire.www.newsobserver.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Trump approval 34%, matches lowest ever following January 6 insurrection. Half of Americans now strongly disapprove, with a record-low 15% strongly approving. www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/p...

CNN Poll: Americans doubt Trump is paying enough attention to the country’s most important problems | CNN PoliticsA record-high 73% of US adults say that President Donald Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, with just 27% saying he’s ...www.cnn.com

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social So sad... :-{

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Up to 9% of trans ppl have moved out of hostile states since 2024. and well over half (55%) report talking steps to be less visible. Liberal Currents runs this down as a form of unacknowledged ethnic cleansing. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

The American Transgender Refugee CrisisIf this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.www.liberalcurrents.com