Trump's New Media Offender website Rated Right Biased Fake News

Screenshot of Trump's Media Bias Webpage

On Friday, Donald Trump, using taxpayer money, launched a media bias tracker, which an actual media bias fact checker website rated as extremely right-biased, that spreads propaganda and conspiracy theories.

Media Bias Fact Check.com, the gold standard for unbiased media site reviews, had this to say about Donald Trump's latest attempt:

"A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence (Learn More). Sources listed in the Questionable Category may be very untrustworthy and should be fact-checked on a per-article basis. Please note sources on this list are not considered fake news unless specifically written in the reasoning section for that source. See all Questionable Sources."

•  Overall, we rate whitehouse.gov as Right-biased based on one-sided positive reporting on the Trump Administration. We also rate them as Questionable due to the promotion of one-sided propaganda that does not offer balanced viewpoints, republishing false statements by President Trump, and conspiratorial messaging.

Even the Washington Post wasn't immune from criticism, publishing "Trump ramps up reporter attacks with White House media bias tracker." Jeff Bazo, you need to know Trump doesn't give a shit about you or any of the boot-licking billionaires who have given millions to his nazi regime. History repeats itself. Trump will use all of you and throw you away when he is finished. Get on the right side of this before it's too late.

I attended the First Unitarian Church ALBQ TDOR and I was shocked

I came completely unprepared to the TDOR service held before US Representative Melanie Stansbury's address at First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, last Sunday. As I explained at the door, I am more political than religious and came to the 9:00 am service mainly as a courtesy.

I was shocked at how many young people, some in their early teens, had given up hope. I am appreciative that the church utilized the TransLivesMatter website, which counts suicides as the result of violence. And I was appalled that the US has so many trans murders, second now only to Brazil.

More trans teens attempted suicide after states passed anti-trans laws, a study shows.

My story.

See, I fought against the legislation in Texas for 10 years that sought to make our people outcasts, rejected, marginalized, and excluded from society. Eventually, Gov. Abbott succeeded in passing these bills, making my existence illegal.

So I formed a plan a few years ago and acted on it a couple of months ago. I fled to New Mexico, but not before I was attacked and left for dead, and had the displeasure of having a high school football squad block a sidewalk. and a hater I have dealt with for years, emboldened by Cruz's anti trans election ads, shout disparaging remarks at me as I entered a store across the street from my apartment.

An alternative to life I never seriously considered because I had a dear friend in Albuquerque who encouraged me to move and gave me hope. I had no idea that she was suffering from a terminal illness through all of that. Sadly, she died before I could make it to the land of Enchantment, but I have made a friend of her spouse. It seems as if she somehow knew we would connect.

Live long the burque in all of your welcoming, quirky uniqueness. And Rest In Peace all 367 trans and non-binary folks who died worldwide during the 2024-2025 reporting period.

Homeland Security Deported A Trans Woman Against Court Orders

Officials admit ‘inadvertent removal’ after court ruled Britania Uriostegui Rios should not be sent to Mexico.

Officials acknowledged in a court filing that Britania Uriostegui Rios, a transgender woman, was deported to Mexico in violation of a March court order, which ruled that she was likely to face torture if she returned there.

Related Breaking: Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge’s order, DOJ says

Britanna was offered readmission by Homeland Security if she could make it back to the border and if she agreed to be put back into immigration detention. Britania, who has a lengthy criminal record, has sued Noem to be allowed to remain in the United States and out of detention.

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Maria Corina Machado Wins The Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks in Caracas. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize for "leading the struggle for democracy in the face of ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela".

trump, a self discribed "white Nationalist" has commented that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

If Ms. Machado were a US citizen, she may have been classified as ANTIFA, originally meaning anti-fascist but co-opted by the Trump administration to encapsulate anyone who's opposing his attempted authoritarian takeover.

In 2023 she announced her candidacy for president in the 2024 presidential election. When she was blocked from running, she supported the opposition’s alternative candidate, Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia. The opposition mobilised widely and collected systematic documentation that it was the true winner of the election. The regime declared victory and tightened its grip on power.

Ms Machado is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize first and foremost for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela. But democracy is also in retreat internationally. Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, to cast one’s vote and to be represented in elective government – is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.

Trump: Transgender Healthcare Ban Or Gov Shutdown

MSNBC Screen Grab: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) hold a press briefing.

Trump is demanding that an all-ages transgender healthcare ban be included in the government funding measure, or he will shut down the United States Government.

The Republicans are responsible if the Government is shut down, as they are the ones who included ideological demands in a routine government funding measure.

The Senate will vote on Wednesday, September 30, 2025, which is today. The Republicans can't pass this without Democratic votes

Call your Senator this morning and tell him not to allow this to happen.

Talking point: First off, you voted for them and they work for you! Secondly: Every major medical association agrees that transgender-affirming healthcare is lifesaving healthcare.

“These are not budgetary measures; they are ideological attacks.”

One person on Reddit, Pink News reports, called on members of the public to “contact your senators and house reps asap”, urging them to protect “the rights and dignity of LGBTQ+ Americans”.

They went on to say: “These are not budgetary measures, they are ideological attacks [that] would erase protections, endanger lives and weaponise federal funding to coerce institutions into abandoning care. For many, access to HRT and affirming care is not optional, it’s life-saving.

“Democrats have the power to stop all this from happening if they hold the line in the Senate.”

Call your Senator this morning and urge them to hold the line.

Anti-Trans Lawmaker Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges

RJ May faces up to 20 years in federal prison, a fine of $250,000, and at least five years of supervised release to follow any term of imprisonment.

Anti Transgender South Carolina State Legislator and "Freedom Caucus" founder Republican RJ May, 38, pleaded guilty Friday to avoid a trial on charges that he distributed videos of child pornography.

Prosecutors say May exchanged more than 200 explicit files of toddlers and young children on the Kik social media app during several days in spring 2024.

May resigned from the South Carolina House of Representatives last month.

May told the House in January 2024 regarding transgender issues and children: "We as legislators have an obligation to insure that our children have no harm done to them"

In January 2024, the South Carolina House of Representatives debated and passed a bill prohibiting medical professionals from performing gender-transition surgeries or prescribing puberty blockers and hormone treatments to minors.

This as it comes to light that Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson would prefer a government shutdown than allowing a House vote on releasing the Epstein Files that could prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Donald Trump is a pedophile.

Republican Analyst Tim Miller: It's an Authoritarian Takeover

Tim Miller, writer-at-large for the Never Trump opinion website The Bulwark, host for the Bulwark's daily podcast, and MSNBC analyst, weighs in on why Trump is sending the National Guard to Democratic strongholds.

“It is this authoritarian cosplay. It's like they're putting on costumes and they want to seem tough as part of this slow-rolling authoritarian takeover. That's what this is all about,” said Miller, speaking to MSNBC anchor Nicole Wallace. “It is not about crime. It’s important to say, clearly, this is not about solving crime.”

Charlie Kirk Murder and the Ultra Right Nationalist Shooter

Nick Fuentes, far-right activist, holds a rally at Michigan's Capitol in Lansing in 2020.Nicole Hester / Mlive.com / Ann Arbor News via AP file

It has come to light that Tyler Robinson, the man being held for the murder of Charlie Kirk, is a follower of the group "Groypers" led by white nationalist Nick Fuentes.

The Groypers are an ultra-nationalist, far-right group rooted in meme culture, and they use a mixture of internet memes, coded language, and mainstream conservative imagery to obscure their extremist beliefs and attract new followers.

This as the Wall Street Journal reported, shell casings left in the woods by Robinson were engraved with messages of transgender and antifascist idiology."

Trump, emboldened by Robinson's parents, who said he had become more "political," told Fox News that “For years, those on the radical Left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now," Trump said," but in reality, the exact opposite may be true.

Kirk was murdered as he engaged in an open debate with university students in Utah, an activity that the Groypers openly despised. They had previously disrupted an event like this simply because it was inclusive.

The memes and engravings that the Wall Street Journal falsely described as "transgender" and "anti-fascist" were standard engravings from the ammunition manufacturer or memes that the Groyper movement frequently uses. The Wall Street Journal has walked back those provocations but has yet to issue an apology or a full retraction.

Related: Extremist Groups Hated Charlie Kirk. They’re Using His Death to Radicalize Others

Wouldn't be ironic if Kirk was murdered for doing something I admire in a person, a willingness to engage in an open debate, something that most MAGA won't do?

I am relieved that the shooter was not a member of the LGBTQI community or ANTIFA. While I am not mourning his death, I do feel obligated as a Christian to say this: Rest in Peace, Charlie Kirk.

Appeals Court Rules Transgender people can obtain a passport

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The First Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 4, 2025, ruled against Donald Trump keeping in place an injunction allowing transgender people the right to obtain passports that align with their gender identity.

In April, District Court Judge Julia Kobick granted a preliminary injunction requiring the State Department to allow six transgender and nonbinary plaintiffs in Orr v. Trump to obtain passports with sex designations consistent with their gender identity or with an “X” sex designation while the lawsuit proceeds.

Then, in June, Judge Kobick certified two classes of passport holders and expanded the preliminary injunction to include any class member applying to:

Obtain a new passport,

Change the sex designation or update their name on their current passport

Replace a lost, stolen, or damaged passport, or

Renew their passport within one year of its expiration.

This includes those who, under the Trump administration’s policy, were previously sent a passport with a sex designation listing their sex assigned at birth.

Read more at the ACLU Press Release.

State Department Files Motion To Revoke Transgender Passports

Three weeks after a federal court ruled trans people are constitutionally guaranteed the right to be issued passports, and one week after the State Department's help page was updated to indicate that transgender individuals can obtain a passport with their authentic gender, the acting assistant secretary for passport services filed a motion to revoke and replace passports issued under the current court ruling, "if a higher court allows it".

Erin Reed first reported that the State Department is keeping a list of those who have been issued a passport and intends to revoke those Passports even if the individual was out of the country. This action would be contingent on a ruling by a "higher court," which, of course, is the Trump appointees on the "Supreme" Court.

Scotus Trump appointees will face their most challenging case to date, as they will have to either uphold the constitutional rights of a class of US citizens as the did in BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY or rule in favor of their benefactor, Donald Trump.

Abbott talks about Football when asked about the Guadalupe River Flood

Texas Governor Greg Abbott talked about football and called reporters "losers" who asked for accountability for lives lost after the fourth-deadliest flood in Texas history.

Gov. Abbott talking about football is a dog whistle to white supremacists, much like Trump did during the election. Abbott, you are to blame, as are the Republican legislators who instead of focusing on what Texas needs introduced over 100 anti-trans bills this year and intends on passing a bathroom bill during the upcoming special session, the Austin fire chief who delayed sending help for budgetary reasons, the Trump administration for the absence of Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” who had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, The inspectors who approved Camp Mystic’s non-existent disaster plan just 2 days before the deadly flood, and the lack of a warning system on the Guadalupe river flood plain where children's summer camps are located.

Abbott talking about football is dog whistle to white supremacists, much like Trump, who did during the election. You are to blame, as are the legislators, the Austin fire chief, the lack of warning system on the Guadalupe river flood plain where children's summer camps are located.

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— Planet Trans (@kellibusey.bsky.social) July 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM

Abbott responded in the same fashion, by going on the attack after police stood by as a gunman slaughtered 19 children and 2 adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalda, Texas.

The buck stops with you, Greg Abbott, or at least it should have long ago. Texas deserves better.

Ohio Man Charged With the Murder of Canton Drag Artist

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Canton Police have charged Daniel Mattay, 33, with the murder of beloved drag artist Ryan Godbey, even though Godbey has yet to be located.

Godbey, whose pronouns are they/them according to qommittee.org, performed as JJ and was excited do a show Saturday night. When they didn't show, they were reported as missing. Godbey was last seen at Darlin's Crew nightclub on Cherry Avenue NE on Thursday night.

They sent a text to a friend early Friday that Danny was "mad." Calls and texts to their phone since then have gone unanswered.

Daniel Mattay Credit: Stark County Jail

Canton police announced late Thursday that the disappearance of Ryan Godbey is now a homicide investigation. They’ve charged Daniel Mattay, Ryan’s former partner, with four felonies: murder, felonious assault, strangulation and domestic violence.

“New evidence has led our agency to transition the case from a missing person to a homicide investigation,” Canton Police Chief John Gabbard wrote in a news release. “While Godbey has not yet been located, the new evidence makes it clear that they are deceased and that Mr. Mattay is responsible.”

The police department did not say what the new evidence is. Mattay is scheduled to be arraigned at 9 a.m. Monday in Canton Municipal Court.

Trans People Can Now Get Passports Indicating Their Authentic Gender

After two weeks of noncompliance with a court order from a class action lawsuit, the State Department's help page, updated two days ago, indicates that transgender people can get a passport with their authentic gender at least temporarily, as Orr. Vs. Trump moves through the legal process.

On June 17, 2025, U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston expanded a preliminary injunction she issued in April that allowed six transgender and nonbinary individuals who challenged the policy to obtain passports consistent with their gender identities or with an "X" sex designation while the lawsuit moves forward, Reuters Reports.

Kobick did so after concluding the policy the U.S. Department of State adopted pursuant to an executive order Trump signed likely discriminated on the basis of sex and was rooted in an irrational prejudice toward transgender Americans that violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment.

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Will Trump appeal this to the Supreme Court? According to the Trump Anti-LGBTQ+ Executive Order Litigation Tracker he hasn't done that yet.

100s of Thousands March in Budapest Outlawed Pride Parade as Police Detain Dozens

Organizers expected between 30 and 40 thousand participants like in years before, but were shocked when between 100,000 and 300,000 people marched in the Budapest Pride Parade Sunday.

Many said that they were there to support their LGBTQI community, and many said they came as allies to protest the country's fascist regime.

One marcher, Blanka Molnár, told the AP that it was “a fantastic feeling” that more people had attended the Pride march than ever before despite it being outlawed. She said it was “increasingly important” for Hungarians, “even those who have never been to Pride before,” to push back against the government’s policies.

Video has emerged of police slamming peaceful marchers to the ground and forcing them into vans. The total number of people detained due to the governor's office deeming the march unlawful is unknown.

Trigger Warning: Violent Images

Case Dismissed Against Trans Woman Who Used Florida Ladies' Room

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A Judge has tossed out the case against Marcy Rheintgen, 20, who was arrested in March for washing her hands in a woman's restroom at the Florida State House. The judge dismissed the case on June 20, after prosecutors failed to meet filing deadlines.

Nineteen states have laws banning transgender people from using the restroom, but only two, Florida and Utah, have criminal penalties. Rheintgen is the first and the only person, to date, to be arrested and charged under those laws.

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Rheintgen said that she intentionally broke the law because she felt it was disgusting and vile. She mailed letters to law enforcement and lawmakers telling them where and when she would be washing her hands.

When officers told her to leave the restroom, she refused, so they escorted her to a holding room at the state capitol where they offered to give her a notice to appear. But when Rheintgen "refused to lick their boots," she was arrested and charged with trespassing, which carries a possible eleven-month sentence.

Leon County court records show that a judge granted her defense attorney's motion to dismiss the misdemeanor trespassing charge against her on June 20 after state prosecutors failed to file charging documents and other information in her case within a 90-day timeline.

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Trump's Proposed Rule Would Deny Cisgender Girls Athletic Opportunities

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A proposed rule by the Department of Energy would limit cisgender girls' athletic opportunities, citing Trump's anti-trans executive orders as rationale.

The proposed rule would deny cisgender girls the right to play on boys' teams when their school doesn't have the same teams for girls. For instance, according to The Hill, 4,000 girls played on boys' high school 11-person football teams during the 2023-2024 academic year.

The Department of Energy is preparing to roll back a portion of Title IX requiring that some sports be open to “the underrepresented sex,” a cornerstone of the federal law against sex discrimination in schools that President Trump’s administration has said conflicts with his executive order banning trans girls from playing on teams that align with their authentic gender.

Schools that don't comply would risk losing their share of the $150 billion in grants the energy department currently gives to public schools, which includes funding for school lunches.

Gender critical TERFs, you remember those executive orders targeting transgender people? Of course you do, you celebrated them like it was 1999. Now, Trump is going to use those to deny your rights.

More on this at the Daily Kos: Inside Trump’s bigoted push to ban girls from school sports

 Don't say we didn't warn you. Misogyny knows no bounds.

We Win! Senate Deletes Paragraph Crowning Trump King

Despondent, friendless, wannabe dictator watches his military parade as millions march peacefully across the USA protesting his fascist policies.

Senate Republicans have quietly removed a provision from the House GOP’s massive tax-and-spending bill that would have allowed President Donald Trump to circumvent the courts and essentially serve as a king.

Late Thursday, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the panel’s proposed text for the GOP’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill. The House passed its version of the bill last month, so now the Senate is making its changes. Each committee is tasked with putting together language for its relevant section in the legislation, Huffpost reports.

The text that Grassley released for the bill’s judicial section doesn’t include this jarring, one-sentence provision that House Republicans buried in their 1,116-page bill:

Translated, this provision would restrict the ability of any court, including the Supreme Court, to enforce compliance with its orders by holding people in contempt. Contempt citations are an essential tool for the courts; they allow judges to threaten fines, sanctions or even jail if people disobey their orders. The provision in the House GOP’s bill also would apply retroactively to all temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions, leaving courts with no real way of enforcing orders they’ve already handed down.

Yes, this is a win, a major concession by republicans, but it's not over until Trump is out of office and behind bars where he belongs.

Beloved Trans Woman Jax Gratton Found Dead

Transgender woman Jax Gratton was found in a Lakewood, Colorado alley two months after she went missing. Police haven't yet determined the cause of death, but have classified her death as suspicious.

A Rosary Service for Jax Gratton was held June 9 at the Highlands United Methodist Church. It was very important to her mother that the Rosary was performed, but for those who wish to skip this part, friends and family begin her memorial at 51:47.

Her mother, Cherilynne Gratton-Camis, announced the tragic news on Facebook Saturday.

Gratton-Camis confirmed to Denver7 that Gratton’s decomposed body was discovered in an alley in the 9600 block of W. Colfax Avenue on Friday.

She said a detective told her he visually identified Gratton through her tattoos.

"I'm very thankful for that because I would be waiting weeks," Gratton-Camis told Denver7

Rest In Peace Jax Gratton

Police seek 3 juveniles in Acid Attack on Philly Trans Woman

Following the incident, the police video shows the juveniles boarding SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line at 52nd Street and getting off at 60t Street.

The victim, a 25-year-old transgender woman, said she was walking on the first day of Pride while listening to her headphones when she felt a searing pain on her face and legs.

The attack happened on Sunday, June 1, in the unit block of South 51st Street around 1:40 p.m.

She was treated at Temple University Hospital’s Burn Center for second and third-degree burns on her face and leg.

On Friday, June 6, police released surveillance video of three juveniles they were looking to identify in connection with the assault, Fox 29 reports.

The faces of the juveniles were blurred by police due to their age. However, one of the juveniles wore an easily identifiable hoodie.

If you have any information about the juveniles or the assault contact Southwest Detective Division at 215-686-3183 or 215-686-TIPS(8477). You can also submit a tip by text to PPDTIP (773847) or email tips@phillypolice.com. Anonymous tips can be made online at www.phillypolice.com.

Transgender Woman Laura Schuler Murdered in Ohio Saturday Morning

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Transgender woman Laura Schuler, 47, was shot and killed in Evanston, Ohio, on Saturday morning.

Police say that Schuler was found dead at the scene after responding to a report of a shooting that came in at approximately 6:50 a.m. from the 1500 block of Jonathan Avenue.

Family and friends held a candle light vigil in her memory Satuday night. They described her as a beloved member of the community and hoped the person who murdered her would be brought to justice quickly.

"I'm hurt, I'm devastated," Curtis Johnson, a friend of Schuler's, said. "This has to stop, I'm almost 50, and I go to more funerals for LGBTQIA+ people, more than I ever imagined in my life."

"With her being a trans woman, I just feel like this is crazy during Pride Month. No time is right, but it hurts even more for it to be during pride time," Tyson Carter, another friend of Schuler's, said at the vigil.

Laura Schuler is the 11th trans person murdered in the US this year.

R.I.P. Laura Schuler

Courageous Transgender Girl Medals At WVA State Track Meet

Although Becky Pepper-Jackson wasn't listed on the 2024 Indian's Track and Field Roster, at age 14, Becky has already won a place on our roster of iconic trans warriors

Becky Pepper-Jackson has always known she is a girl; her mom confirms, and has fought and won when West Virginia passed a law specifically denying her the right to play sports.

During a track meet in May, Becky, now a freshman at Bridgeport (W.V.) High took third place in the discus throw, making her the first trans student to medal in the history of the state.

In the Class AAA girls discus event, her 122-foot, 11-inch effort was good enough for bronze. With the third-place finish, Pepper-Jackson became the first trans student-athlete to also score points and finish on the medal podium at these championships. Her effort was 19 feet behind the winning throw by Cierra Groom, who won her second-straight state title in Class AAA, Out Sports reports.

Becky at age 11 as a middle school student, made headlines when she participated in the girls' sports team.

But state lawmakers had other plans, the ACLU reports. During the 2021 session, the West Virginia Legislature passed HB 3293 , which bans trans girls from participating in sports. Becky and her mom, Heather, wrote and called Gov. Jim Justice’s office several times asking for a veto, but Justice signed it into law despite tens of thousands of similar phone calls, emails, and letters.

The ACLU and Lambda Legal challenged the law, but a federal judge ruled in favor of West Virginia. They then took the challenge to the  4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled the law unconstitutional. Not satisfied, WVa appealed to the US Supreme Court, but SCOTUS didn't accept the case and sent the lawsuit back to lower courts, where it is currently being litigated.

Through all of this, Becky has increasingly become the focus of right-wing anti trans propagandist sites like faux news, and the current governor's hatred of gender diversity.

Becky Pepper-Jackson, is a hero, and her accomplishments should be recognized, especially in the face of such adversity. After all, the girl just wants to play.

Bill forcing Trans Texans to detransition (or leave) goes to Abbott for signing

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Thursday, around midnight, the Texas Senate passed a bill that will destroy transgender people's lives, without having the word "transgender" appear in the bill.

HB 229 requires state IDs to reflect the sex assigned at birth, empowering the State Attorney General, Ken Paxton, to retroactively invalidate driver's licenses, IDs, and Birth Certificates that have had gender markers changed by court orders.

I use the term "detransition" for brevity to describe the actions that will occur come September first when this becomes law. Many trans Texans, like myself, went through the arduous process of, thearpy, obtaining a "carry letter," finding a endocrinologist for hormones, spending a year of "real life experences" and if we found ourselves happy in our authentic gender, begin the the proccess of legaly updating our state ID to reflect our authentic gender.

Then, and only then, after years of preparation, did I feel right about using the ladies' room. This bill was specifically written to force me to use the men's room or get out of Texas.

The word "transgender" does not appear anywhere in the bill, making it the most insidious attack on our community that I have ever seen.

The Texas Tribune article reporting on this bill correctly states that there are no criminal penalties written into HB 229. The state's first attempt to force a bathroom bill in 2017 was met with opposition from Mayors and state law enforcement who unequivalently stated that there was no need for it, as there had never been a transgender person arrested for trespassing in a restroom.

It took the state eight years and Abbott's right-wing radicalizing of the legislature, but they finally figured out how to write an anti-transgender bill and use existing law to enforce it.

It is a sad day for freedom of expression, but it's not over yet. There is another bill that will force medical providers to use conversion therapy instead of gender affirming care for those diagnosed with gender dysphoria. And a bill has been introduced to make it a state felony to present oneself as a gender other than the one we were identified at birth.

Regardless of how much Abbott and his thugs hate me, I will always be recognized as female, as I have since the 70s. It's just who I am. For myself and a lot of other Texans, this leaves us with one option, which is the true endgame of the fascists: to force us to leave Texas for a state where our existence isn't a felony.

So it's with a heavy heart that I bid adieu to the Blue Bonnet State. Goodbye to you.