Author, speaker, and organizer. PhD researching political philosophy, social movements, and trans history. She/her
Eli Erlick
This is pedantic/unimportant, but I worry about how many trans people are suddenly using the term “cross sex hormones.” There’s no such thing. Everyone produces both, even without gamete-producing organs. The right is promoting the term because it sounds unnatural, experimental, and even dangerous.
I love it when they fail at being hateful.
A little lost trans story: a 22-year-old trans woman won a 1967 Wyoming beauty contest. She entered the pageant just a year after she transitioned. Unfortunately, the judges disqualified her after she came out to a competitor. I guess trans women have an unfair advantage in beauty contests?
The recent RI shooter was a transgender neo-Nazi, so I'm resharing the preview of my forthcoming @uchicagopress.bsky.social book on this surprisingly common topic. The @glreview.bsky.social piece explores Buck Angel’s transition from progressive darling to MAGA acolyte glreview.org/article/maki...
Curious what top surgery looked like in the 1930s? Surprisingly similar to today.
I found this photo in the Wellcome Collection medical archives holding the English edition of the Plastic Surgery Atlas 3. It shows an intersex man who underwent a double mastectomy nearly a century ago.
Just got through LaGuardia security and ICE forced the Jewish boy next to me to remove his kippah to be let through. TSA allows head coverings, so this is either malice or unbridled incompetence (probably both).
An iconic UK bookstore is offering visitors the opportunity to vandalize Harry Potter books for 25 pence. @thebookishtype.bsky.social, the trans-owned bookstore in Leeds running the promotion, will donate all proceeds to gender-affirming healthcare costs. Go support them!
JK Rowling:
✅ Holocaust denier
✅ Epstein supporter
✅ Pedoph!lia defender
She is truly the most fitting figurehead for the anti-trans movement
I’m delivering the University of York LGBT+ History Month Lecture virtually on the 25th at 1:30 EST/6:30 GMT. It's free and open to the public! Dr. Melissa Oliver-Powell and I will answer all your questions about trans people, past and present. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Republican-led @plasticsurgeryasps.bsky.social just became the only major medical org to deny trans care. Their baseless and potentially life-threatening recommendation would delay treatment until 19. It's no coincidence the arbitrary age aligns with Trump's threats to those offering trans medicine.
