KL Dunkle, MPH PhD
@kldunkle.bsky.social
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Social epidemiologist | LGBTQI+ health | SGBV | SRHR | Disability Skilled faciliation | Training & capacity development | Impact evaluation | Surveys | Mixed methods | Data analysis Based in South Africa. 🏳️‍🌈☮️♿🏳‍⚧ (they/them)
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kldunkle.bsky.social
Everything the Trump administration puts out is propaganda, no matter what it calls it.
rivka-otter.bsky.social
In 1988, Phantom debuted on Broadway, Die Hard was in theaters, and you could still smoke on airplanes. An outcome study was published about 141 Dutch gender-transition patients.

That 37-year-old study is the ONLY research cited in the "adult outcomes" section of the new HHS report.

#therapistsky
kldunkle.bsky.social
No court ruling or executive order can reduce the beautiful symphony of biological complexity and nuanced identify down to the narrow confines of transphobic bigotry. They can just make life unfair and miserable.
kldunkle.bsky.social
This is about ADHD but absolutely applies to all forms of neurodivergence.
flowerhorne.com
But also, any article that talks about the rise in diagnosis without talking specifically about the rise in diagnosis outside The Affluent White Boy demographic is obscuring more than it clarifies.

Diagnosis has risen because more people have access to appropriate health care now. This isn't hard.
kldunkle.bsky.social
Searing, eloquent, and on point.
naomiaklein.bsky.social
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
kldunkle.bsky.social
I'm pleased to join @abigailmhatcher.bsky.social @nickmetheny.bsky.social and @rebeccafieldingmiller.com in suggesting a few strategies for a collective rufusal to abandon HIV science, patients, and vulnerable communities in these chaotic times.
aidsjournal.bsky.social
Our May issue is here! 🙌

In this Viewpoint article, ‘A refusal to abandon HIV Science’, researchers from South Africa and the US point out the disastrous consequences of the anti-science actions in the US and call on HIV scientists to push back with focus and intent.

🔗➡️ ow.ly/Tyjv50VwAV1
A refusal to abandon HIV science : AIDS
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Reposted by KL Dunkle, MPH PhD
sanven.com
The GOP is spending tens of millions of dollars on a campaign to make others afraid of less than 1% of the population. This is a distraction. This is scapegoating and evil.

Love one another. ✌️ #Resist #BeKind #TakeNoShit 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

usafacts.org/articles/wha...
Approximately 0.95% of the US population self-identifies as transgender. Chart graphic.
kldunkle.bsky.social
So grateful to be living in #SouthAfrica. Oom Cyril left no doubt at last night's #SONA about being #ProudlySouthAfrican in the face of disinformation & bullying from the current US administration.
Screenshot of a transcript. Text reads:

We are a resilient people. We will not be bullied. 
We will stand together as a united nation.
We will speak with one voice in defence of our national interest, our sovereignty and our 
constitutional democracy.
By staying true to our values, by harnessing our unique strengths and endowments, and by 
forging a common purpose, we can turn these trying circumstances to our advantage and propel 
our country forward. 
As South Africans, we stand for peace and justice, for equality and solidarity. 
We stand for non-racialism and democracy, for tolerance and compassion.
We stand for equal rights for women, for persons with disability and for members of the LGBTQI+ 
community
We stand for our shared humanity, not for the survival of the fittest.
kldunkle.bsky.social
This is good news, for as long as it holds.
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Birthright citizenship remains the law of the land. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
point out, it is also unworkable. (See Dkt. No. 69-1 at 17.) The recordkeeping and administrative burden from such an arrangement, (see id.), ' also mandates nationwide relief. Nor is it clear what, if any, prejudice the Government would suffer from nationwide relief. In its brief in opposition, it points to none. (See Dkt. No. 84 at 57-59).

For all these reasons, the Court finds that relief must be nationwide. Anything less is ineffectual.

III. CONCLUSION

Citizenship by birth is an unequivocal Constitutional right. It is one of the precious principles that makes the United States the great nation that it is. The President cannot change, limit, or qualify this Constitutional right via an executive order. The Court GRANTS the i Plaintiffs' motions for a nationwide preliminary injunction (Dkt Nos, 63, 74) and ENJOINS enforcement or implementation of the Order on a nationwide basis.
kldunkle.bsky.social
DM if you aren't already drowning in stories and want connections.
kldunkle.bsky.social
I'm in South Africa: It's not a risk, it's already happened,with numerous PEPFAR clinics forced to suddenly close doors and cease services with ZERO opportunity to plan for patient care. The immediate impact on patients and frontline health care workers is horrifying.
kldunkle.bsky.social
So it's clearly time to start hanging out with the cool kids over here. Hello, cool world 👋🏻😎