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Erin Reed Profile picture
@ErinInTheMorn
Apr 23 • 10 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
1. Incredible news for transgender and abortion providers and patients in Maine.

Despite violent threats, Gov. Janet Mills of Maine has signed a sanctuary bill into law.

It even enshrines WPATH Standards of Care as protected by Maine.

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2. The law has faced a rocky rode to passage. Many anti-trans influencers targeted legislators on social media. Those attacks were followed by anonymous bomb threats.

Undeterred, legislators passed protections.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/maine-signs-…
3. The sanctuary bill applies to transgender and abortion patients and providers. It says that people have a legal right to gender affirming care and healthcare services that are obtained within the state's borders. Image
4. The bill also enshrines the World Professional Association of Transgender Health's standards of care into law.

This is despite intense far-right campaigns to attack the leading world healthcare authority on transgender health. Image
5. The bill is said to be necessary due to increasing attempts to prosecute doctors and seek information from patients across state lines. A recent US Senate Finance Committee found increasing attempts by republican AGs to subpoena over state lines.

finance.senate.gov/chairmans-news…
6. The bill faced a rocky road to passage. A similar bill was debated in January, but after LOTT/Riley Gaines attacks, was withdrawn by the sponsor.

legiscan.com/ME/text/LD1735…
Despite these threats, legislators strengthened both the abortion and gender affirming care provisions and pressed forward.

Now there are protections for those who aid care, protection against court orders, and protection against forced malpractice premiums for other state laws. Image
8. The decision comes as the Biden Administration released updated HIPAA protections that protect "reproductive healthcare," although it is uncertain if it protects trans healthcare.

meidastouch.com/news/biden-adm…
9. For now though, Maine will become the 16th state to provide advanced protections for transgender healthcare and abortion care, leaving patients and providers more secure in coming months as the fight rages across state lines.
10. Lastly, I am a queer journalist covering this topic every day. Please subscribe to support my journalism at to support my work.erininthemorning.com/subscribe

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Apr 22
1. Major victory in Iowa for trans and queer people. As the legislature adjourned Sine Die, every explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ bill has died - 20 in all.

Even a last second amendment to a veterans benefit bill targeting trans people fialed.

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2. This year, some of the biggest fights over anti-trans legislation happened in Iowa. Bills included a bill defining trans people as disabled, a bill stripping all civil rights from trans people, a "pink triangle" bill, and more.

Read my latest here:

erininthemorning.com/p/iowa-attacks…
3. In the closing hours of the session, some Republican lawmakers in Iowa, upset that no anti-LGBTQ+ legislation was passing, tried to hold a veterans bill hostage.

That gambit failed as they realized such a move would probably be politically unpopular.

Read 9 tweets
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Apr 21
1. Governor Greg Abbott, in a speech to the Young Conservatives of Texas, stated that Texas must "end" trans and gender-nonconforming teachers.

The statement was then echoed by multiple Texas GOP officials and candidates. Image
2. Governor Greg Abbott claims to have heard about a "man in a dress" who was teaching, and says that Texas must "end that behavior," citing fears of normalization of trans and GNC people.

Read my latest article and subscribe to support my journalism.

erininthemorning.com/p/gov-abbott-w…
3. The statement, which was first reported on by local journalist Steven Monacelli, is one of the latest statements signaling intent to continue cracking down on trans and GNC people in the state of Texas, which has been exceptionally harsh.

Read 10 tweets
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Apr 19
1. In the latest twist out of England. Dr. Hillary Cass appeared to backpedal from her own review, stating that blockers and hormone therapy should be made available based on individual need.

She also defended her meet with DeSantis' picks

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2. The interview, first reported on by @DadTrans, was done with a group of LGBTQ+ organizations who asked Dr. Cass questions about her review.

The answers are sure to further embroil the review in controversy.

Read my story here:

erininthemorning.com/p/dr-cass-back…
3. In the interview, Dr. Cass is asked about whether or not blocker are unsafe drugs.

She responds that nothing supports that, and that blockers were actually being given "too late" by the NHS, and that blockers and HRT should be made available based on individual need. Image
Read 17 tweets
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Apr 18
I have come into possession of an email sent by Patrick Hunter of the Catholic Medical Assn to the Florida BoM, where he says Dr. Cass and her team met to share info with the Florida BoM.

Patrick Hunter was handpicked by DeSantis to ban care, and met with Cass to do so. Image
This also implicates Dr. Kaltiala, a favored source for anti-trans things in Europe.
Important to note: Patrick Hunter is part of an organization that swears to uphold that gender affirming care is bad.

Read 4 tweets
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Apr 18
1. There has been much more that has come out about the Cass Review since its initial publication. In my latest story, I make an argument that the Cass Review is politics disguised as science for the purpose of restricting transgender care.

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2. The Cass Review was released last week, and as expected, it appears to be pretext to ban care f in England.

Meanwhile, in the US, far right organizations are using it to try to accomplish extreme crackdowns on trans people.

Read my article here:

erininthemorning.com/p/opinion-engl…
3. For those unaware of the situation in England, waitlists for care have ballooned in excess of 5 years as little support is given to trans people's medical care.

After a series of political attacks on trans people, the NHS tapped Dr. Hillary Cass to do a review.
Read 20 tweets
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Apr 16
1. Yesterday, the Supreme Court allowed a trans ban in Idaho to take affect for everyone EXCEPT for two young trans plaintiffs. I spoke with attorneys to examine the impact of this ruling nationwide; it's not what you might think.

Subscribe to support my journalism. Lets dig in. Image
2. The ruling, which allowed an Idaho trans care ban to go back into effect, was more about broad preliminary injunctions than it was about trans people. Importantly, it did not rule on the constitutionality of trans care at all.

Read my story here:

erininthemorning.com/p/what-the-ida…
3. The ruling was primarily about broad preliminary injunctions. In December, a federal judge overturned a trans ban in Idaho, barring the state from enforcing it on anyone as likely unconstitutional.

erininthemorning.com/p/judge-blocks…
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