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Erin Reed Profile picture
@ErinInTheMorn
Mar 29 • 16 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X
1. All anti-LGBTQ+ bills were defeated in Georgia, the third major Republican state in the last month to do so.

Is the anti-transgender panic that has gripped Republicans losing steam, or is this just a pause?

I analyze it in my latest piece.

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2. Georgia is the latest state to defeat all of its anti-trans legislation. In Florida and West Virginia, similar massive defeats of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation happened. More broadly, only 16 explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ bills passed this year.

Read my article:
erininthemorning.com/p/all-anti-lgb…
3. Georgia had over 20 pieces of legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people. These bills would have banned trans people from bathrooms, sports, ended legal recognition, sent the titles of books that kids checked out to their parents automatically... this all failed.
4. Republicans pushed hard, attempting to cram all of their favorite anti-trans legislation into a single bill to get around deadlines.

As of last night, though, it was confirmed: No anti-LGBTQ+ law passed this year as the legislature adjourned sinedie.

5. Similar things occurred this month in West Virginia and Florida, states that have notably targeted LGBTQ+ people.
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6. Georgia even failed to pass a bill that would ban puberty blockers! This is an essential lifeline for trans youth in the state that buys them more time. Image
7. What is happening here? Is the anti-trans panic dying?

There are certainly signs. Besides the aforementioned other states, we also saw a Republican kill a ballot initiative in Arizona, the defeat of 50+ anti-LGBTQ+ amendments in the national budget, and more. Image
8. On the other hand... Some states, like Utah and Idaho, have passed some of the worst legislation we've ever seen targeting trans people, so it's not a reprieve everywhere.
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9. Furthermore, we have seen an extreme ramping up of tactics by those opposing trans care, such as the @shellenberger "ClimateGate"-type release of the highly editorialized and misleading "WPATH Files," which failed on fact check.

erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check-2…
10. We've also seen even more willingness by major platforms to push extremist anti-trans stances, such as Pamela Paul's 4,500 word and disinformation-filled opinion piece that similarly failed on fact check.

erininthemorning.com/p/debunked-mis…
11. Nonetheless, for people in states that have previously sailed everything through... this is a reprieve, a moment to breathe and a chance to regain strength for the coming fight.
12. And there is a coming fight. The 2024 election cycle promises to be the determinant of this final inflection point. Donald Trump has already stated the willingness to target adult trans care and HRT manufacturers.

erininthemorning.com/p/national-tra…
13. And we also know that the Republicans plan to ban trans care "for everyone" as part of their "endgame," according to Republican legislators.

erininthemorning.com/p/ohio-michiga…
14. The Heritage Foundation has outlined how the 2024 election results will be used, if they fall in their favor, to criminalize transgender identities and declare trans people as obscene.

damemagazine.com/2023/08/14/the…
15. Perhaps then, this is less a ledge, or a bottom, or a "pause" or the dying of anti-trans steam... but rather, an inflection point that will determine the next decade for transgender people.

I'll be covering how this fight unfurls as we move forward.
16. Lastly, I am a transgender journalist covering LGBTQ+ issues, news, and cultural moments every day. Please subscribe to support my work at and receive my articles before anyone else.erininthemorning.com/subscribe

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Erin Reed Profile picture
Mar 31
Matt Walsh is under the impression that transgender people have done nothing. On Trans Day of Visibility, lets look at some of the contributions, accomplishments, and amazing things transgender people have done.

We have always been here.
Let's first go all the way back to Enheduanna, 4500 years ago - the worlds first author. She was writing about a priesthood of transgender and gender nonconforming priests. We played a role in the development of authorship itself. Image
In ancient Rome, Elagabalus, who would certainly be seen as transgender today (famously offered vast sums of wealth to any physician who could give her gender affirming care) was a roman empress. Image
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Mar 27
1. A new lawsuit against a gender affirming care ban in Ohio has a novel approach to overturning the ban: a Republican anti-Obamacare amendment from 2011 banning government interference in the purchase or sale of healthcare.

Subscribe to support my work. Lets dig in. Image
2. The new lawsuit, filed by the ACLU, asserts that the trans ban in the state is unconstitutional.

It alleges that the law violates single-subject rules, equal protection, due process, and... an anti-Obamacare amendment from 2011.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/republican-a…
3. This novel strategy comes after mixed results in federal courts. For instance, the 8th and 9th Circuit Courts have blocked gender affirming care bans from going into effect, whereas the 6th, 7th, and 11th have allowed them.

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Mar 22
1. Lots of talk about the Pride Flag embassy ban.

I want to give context, as I reported heavily on anti-LGBTQ+ riders in the budget fight.

1) Biden/Dems deserve the criticism they are getting on this rider.
2) Over 40+ horrific targeted anti-LGBTQ+ riders died, except this one.
2. I first reported on the idea that Democrats might surrender transgender and LGBTQ+ rights in the budget fight when I was tipped off on the negotiations by insiders. At the time, I received heavy blowback for reporting it, saying "they never would."

erininthemorning.com/p/national-ant…
3. It became clear, though, that this was going to become a major battleground. Representative Crenshaw said "this is the hill we will die on" while literally holding up funding for every children's hospital in the country that allows for trans care (MANY do). Image
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Mar 21
1. Major news in the national fight for transgender rights. Democrats appear to have held firm on the national spending and appropriations bill, defeating major anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-trans riders, including book bans and trans care bans.

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2. The national budget fight had as many as 40 anti-LGBTQ+ riders, many of which focused on transgender people.

Those riders were nowhere to be found in the final bill. Only a single rider made the cut - a pride flag ban for flying flags above embasies.

erininthemorning.com/p/massive-defe…
3. Importantly, not even the pride flag ban was a full flag ban - it did not ban rainbow displays or flags not flown or displayed "above" embassies and allows for personal pride flags.
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Mar 18
Hey everyone!

Libs of TikTok, Riley Gaines, and other huge anti-trans far-right activists are trying to flood Maine legislators so that they don't pass a sanctuary bill for transgender people.

If you'd like to advocate to keep trans people safe, here is what you can do... Image
The above list is from an extreme anti-trans account's target list. But those who support LD227 need to hear from people in favor of the bill as well.

So please send them an email and let them know that you support LD227 and the trans sanctuary bill.

Next...
If you are in Maine, you can go here and contact your legislators. Just put in your zip code, and contact your STATE representatives and senators. Not your congressional ones. State level. Local legislators.

Let them know!
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Mar 18
1. A handful of Southern States are pushing forward with bills ending legal recognition for trans people: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

They even target a lone trans employee at the Alabama Space Camp.

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2. In recent months, many states have slowed their attacks on transgender people. While a staggering 500 bills have been introduced in 2024, far fewer are advancing this year than last year.

But these states may be bucking that trend.

erininthemorning.com/p/southern-sta…
3. In Louisiana, HB608 was introduced with a staggering 63 Republican cosponsors. It would target bathrooms, shelters, and prisons but also would apply to ALL laws in Louisiana, ending legal recognition for trans people's gender identities.

It defines sex by reproduction. Image
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