Gwendolyn Ann Smith
@gwensmith.com
I foster communities, I shape opinions, and I dance the dream. columnist for Bay Area Reporter and online support staff. ⚧ and proud.
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Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Deadnames
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Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Previous Names — Assigned
The group, who says they have been in contact with five trans people in ICE detention, is advising members of the community to share their former names with trusted friends.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Deadnames
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My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My nephew: Are you a girl or a boy?
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
Me: a boy, I used to look more like a girl but then I turned into a boy
Nephew: How???
Me: I went to the doctor and they gave me some medicine
Nephew: …
Nephew, bragging now: I’M a boy and I didn’t even HAVE to go to the doctor
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Just call us the t-slur at this point. I’d respect that more. www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-ca...
BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Just call us the t-slur at this point. I’d respect that more. www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-ca...
Almost types "Bikini Banes," and now there's a Batman movie I want to see.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Almost types "Bikini Banes," and now there's a Batman movie I want to see.
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I wish cis people would understand just how stressful it is when every time there's news of gun deaths, far right trolls immediately jump to social media and claim the shooter is trans, and sometimes they'll circulate pictures of random trans women they want to incite violence against.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I wish cis people would understand just how stressful it is when every time there's news of gun deaths, far right trolls immediately jump to social media and claim the shooter is trans, and sometimes they'll circulate pictures of random trans women they want to incite violence against.
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Columnist Gwen Smith pens a moving column about her mother.
Transmissions: The loss of a mother
Columnist Gwen Smith pens a moving column about her mother.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Columnist Gwen Smith pens a moving column about her mother.
I'd do that 10-year thing everyone is doing, but I transitioned 30 years ago (30 years last week, even!), and I really don't feel all that comfy sharing pre-transition photos to the world.
Still, it's so very cool to see from others!
Still, it's so very cool to see from others!
November 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I'd do that 10-year thing everyone is doing, but I transitioned 30 years ago (30 years last week, even!), and I really don't feel all that comfy sharing pre-transition photos to the world.
Still, it's so very cool to see from others!
Still, it's so very cool to see from others!
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Appreciate Muckrock and the Trans Journalists Association for the work they've done using FOIA to track anti-trans policies. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
TJA and MuckRock's collaboration hit 300 records requests. Here's what we got back.
Pronouns and nicknames in FDA emails, Medicare coverage changes and more.
www.muckrock.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Appreciate Muckrock and the Trans Journalists Association for the work they've done using FOIA to track anti-trans policies. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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Don't talk to cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Don't talk to cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
Every day is shut the fuck up Friday.
FBI are cops.
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Surprise! We've got two super special, limited edition long out-of-print singles available on our Bandcamp right now: bikinikill.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Surprise! We've got two super special, limited edition long out-of-print singles available on our Bandcamp right now: bikinikill.bandcamp.com
Because of course they do.
1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.
Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.
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Republicans Privately Pushing Anti-Trans Funding Ban For ACA Subsidy Deal After Shutdown Compromise
The proposal, which was first detailed in the Wall Street Journal, could harm transgender people even in blue states if it becomes part of the negotiated deal.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Because of course they do.
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New Transmissions, "The Loss of a Mother." This one is for you, mom. www.ebar.com/story/160620...
Transmissions: The loss of a mother
Columnist Gwen Smith pens a moving column about her mother.
www.ebar.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New Transmissions, "The Loss of a Mother." This one is for you, mom. www.ebar.com/story/160620...
Does no one remember that he always had a plan "ready in two weeks" for the four years of his previous term?
“Beyond parody”: Chaos reigns as Donald Trump postpones healthcare plan reveal - buff.ly/0T38nLg
November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Does no one remember that he always had a plan "ready in two weeks" for the four years of his previous term?
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Note how a 17-year-old trans girl is a “child” who must be protected when it comes to making her own medical decision, but an “activist” who can’t be afforded the basic protections of the law when she is assaulted by a 50-year-old man with a history of harassing trans people.
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Note how a 17-year-old trans girl is a “child” who must be protected when it comes to making her own medical decision, but an “activist” who can’t be afforded the basic protections of the law when she is assaulted by a 50-year-old man with a history of harassing trans people.
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In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.
My columns would be dreadful if not for @cynlaird.bsky.social. She has an amazing knack for sorting out what words I meant, versus the ones I typed.
By the way, it's National Editor Appreciation Day.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
Nobody ever reads a great article and thinks, "Dang, that was some tight editing." But editing is a big part of how it got to be great.
So writers, if you've ever worked with a good editor, shout 'em out.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My columns would be dreadful if not for @cynlaird.bsky.social. She has an amazing knack for sorting out what words I meant, versus the ones I typed.
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BTW, if you're legitimately pissed off at Marvel for the whole "let's make a victim of sexual violence a happy subservient to her abuser" thing, the BEST way to affect change is withholding your money.
Let that whole event bomb sales wise.
Let that whole event bomb sales wise.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BTW, if you're legitimately pissed off at Marvel for the whole "let's make a victim of sexual violence a happy subservient to her abuser" thing, the BEST way to affect change is withholding your money.
Let that whole event bomb sales wise.
Let that whole event bomb sales wise.
Not as new Transmissions. An Election Lesson in 2025. Forgot to post this election wrap up a week or two back. Here it is now. www.ebar.com/story/160161...
Transmissions: An election lesson in 2025
An intriguing story developed on election night last week.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not as new Transmissions. An Election Lesson in 2025. Forgot to post this election wrap up a week or two back. Here it is now. www.ebar.com/story/160161...
New Transmissions, "The Loss of a Mother." This one is for you, mom. www.ebar.com/story/160620...
Transmissions: The loss of a mother
Columnist Gwen Smith pens a moving column about her mother.
www.ebar.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
New Transmissions, "The Loss of a Mother." This one is for you, mom. www.ebar.com/story/160620...
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Saw someone refer to RFK Jr. as "Dr. Felchi" and reader, I did cackle.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Saw someone refer to RFK Jr. as "Dr. Felchi" and reader, I did cackle.
So we've had days of discussion about Megyn Kelly excusing Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilia because the children were teens.
Now, Graham Linehan gets off of harassment charges from someone who was 17 at the time he started harassing her, simply because the kid was trans.
Make it make sense.
Now, Graham Linehan gets off of harassment charges from someone who was 17 at the time he started harassing her, simply because the kid was trans.
Make it make sense.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So we've had days of discussion about Megyn Kelly excusing Jeffrey Epstein's pedophilia because the children were teens.
Now, Graham Linehan gets off of harassment charges from someone who was 17 at the time he started harassing her, simply because the kid was trans.
Make it make sense.
Now, Graham Linehan gets off of harassment charges from someone who was 17 at the time he started harassing her, simply because the kid was trans.
Make it make sense.
What to just exist in the world without bigots like this harassing you?
Congratulations, you are now an "activist."
Congratulations, you are now an "activist."
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist, but was found guilty of criminal damage to her mobile phone.
Father Ted’s Graham Linehan cleared of transphobic harassment
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What to just exist in the world without bigots like this harassing you?
Congratulations, you are now an "activist."
Congratulations, you are now an "activist."
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"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.