Katherine Alejandra Cross
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Sociologist, Mistress of Information Systems || Techy TransLatina Ph.D Candidate @UW iSchool || The Saturday Paper VG Columnist || Contributing Editor Liberal Currents ||📍Seattle || 🏳️⚧️ || Author of LOG OFF; order here! https://www.littlepuss.net/shop
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Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
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transphobia is a luxury belief afforded to the affluent Very Online dipshits currently ruining our country and even your average bigot would rather vote on his pocketbook
you will not be punished for your moral clarity, so find some
you will not be punished for your moral clarity, so find some
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
transphobia is a luxury belief afforded to the affluent Very Online dipshits currently ruining our country and even your average bigot would rather vote on his pocketbook
you will not be punished for your moral clarity, so find some
you will not be punished for your moral clarity, so find some
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Congratulations to Seattle's Sound Transit, America's fastest-growing train network, which is opening an 8-mile, 3-station extension to Federal Way today!
This is the system's 4th new segment opened in less than 2 years, continually pushing ridership up to new record highs!
This is the system's 4th new segment opened in less than 2 years, continually pushing ridership up to new record highs!
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Congratulations to Seattle's Sound Transit, America's fastest-growing train network, which is opening an 8-mile, 3-station extension to Federal Way today!
This is the system's 4th new segment opened in less than 2 years, continually pushing ridership up to new record highs!
This is the system's 4th new segment opened in less than 2 years, continually pushing ridership up to new record highs!
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Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
share.inquirer.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
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A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
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I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
Many people are saying.
The entire trans panic is an elite affectation that violently and deliberately misreads the willingness of the general public to go along with it.
The entire trans panic is an elite affectation that violently and deliberately misreads the willingness of the general public to go along with it.
December 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Many people are saying.
The entire trans panic is an elite affectation that violently and deliberately misreads the willingness of the general public to go along with it.
The entire trans panic is an elite affectation that violently and deliberately misreads the willingness of the general public to go along with it.
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I said it years ago and I’ll say it again. I’ve seen genocide with my own naked eyeballs. What we’re experiencing isn’t it. There are some words that should still have meaning, because otherwise they lose their power. And we’re watching that in real time.
But I would also add something here. This pattern is why I get annoyed with people who talk about there being a "genocide" against us in progress. There are prominent trans posters on here who approach the hate campaign with myopia, using hyperbolic language that obscures a bigger picture.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I said it years ago and I’ll say it again. I’ve seen genocide with my own naked eyeballs. What we’re experiencing isn’t it. There are some words that should still have meaning, because otherwise they lose their power. And we’re watching that in real time.
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From vaccines, to gender affirming care, to abortion, to psych meds, these people are fundamentally aligned with the Natural News movement against the medical industry generally
one of many parallels between anti-vaxxers & those who oppose gender-affirming care: they start by pretending they have a very specific concern (MMR vaccine, puberty blockers, etc), but once given any sway or say on the matter, they quickly strive to eliminate all of it
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
From vaccines, to gender affirming care, to abortion, to psych meds, these people are fundamentally aligned with the Natural News movement against the medical industry generally
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POV: u posted a little joke on blue sky. com
December 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
POV: u posted a little joke on blue sky. com
"You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."
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I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
Reposted by Katherine Alejandra Cross
Okay but this would slap, actually. I need this show.
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Okay but this would slap, actually. I need this show.
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I don’t think this is real, the guy has no videos on his page filmed with meta glasses, it’s all stuff about his music career. He also has an obviously fake one where he proposes to a girl and she says no, etc and so on.
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I don’t think this is real, the guy has no videos on his page filmed with meta glasses, it’s all stuff about his music career. He also has an obviously fake one where he proposes to a girl and she says no, etc and so on.
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Every interview with a right-wing politician is like: "Mr. Hitler is adamant: If we sacrifice enough children, Santa Claus will come back and deliver 5% GDP growth. But I have to ask him: Do you ever worry that your relentless advocacy for working folks offends the rootless cosmopolitan parasites?"
I don’t get how Jenrick can actually believe that we should shrink the population and then start making more of our own things from pots and pans to what iPhones? How does he think that happens?
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Every interview with a right-wing politician is like: "Mr. Hitler is adamant: If we sacrifice enough children, Santa Claus will come back and deliver 5% GDP growth. But I have to ask him: Do you ever worry that your relentless advocacy for working folks offends the rootless cosmopolitan parasites?"
Okay but this would slap, actually. I need this show.
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Okay but this would slap, actually. I need this show.
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
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Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Anyone who has participated in or attended a naturalization ceremony knows how meaningful and joyous these ceremonies tend to be. The cruelty of this is heartbreaking and enraging.
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we are currently engaged in a great struggle for the fate of our country. that requires a fiery heart and a cold head. a *war mindset.* take care of yourself--but learn that too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset
We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
we are currently engaged in a great struggle for the fate of our country. that requires a fiery heart and a cold head. a *war mindset.* take care of yourself--but learn that too.
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
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too many of us have built ourselves a mind prison. we torment ourselves because, on a deep level, that certainty of doom is more comforting than the uncertainty of struggle. and plus it gives you the thrill of feeling more righteous, more cynical, more knowing--even as you scare yourself sleepless.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
too many of us have built ourselves a mind prison. we torment ourselves because, on a deep level, that certainty of doom is more comforting than the uncertainty of struggle. and plus it gives you the thrill of feeling more righteous, more cynical, more knowing--even as you scare yourself sleepless.
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katherine is right. it's hard to express how scared i was after the election.and then i took a minute and a cold breath of air and asked, "okay. assume i'm completely on my own. america's not a country, it's just a business. am i in physical danger right now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dktB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dktB...
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
katherine is right. it's hard to express how scared i was after the election.and then i took a minute and a cold breath of air and asked, "okay. assume i'm completely on my own. america's not a country, it's just a business. am i in physical danger right now."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dktB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dktB...
"Demeaning" trans people is exactly right. Their goal--and what they're most able to easily achieve--is our humiliation. The imposition of indignities. They also hope that, as humiliations often do, it exposes us to ridicule. Perhaps even violence. (e.g. forcibly outing people on their IDs).
It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"Demeaning" trans people is exactly right. Their goal--and what they're most able to easily achieve--is our humiliation. The imposition of indignities. They also hope that, as humiliations often do, it exposes us to ridicule. Perhaps even violence. (e.g. forcibly outing people on their IDs).
Alright, gang, it's Book 3 time. Leia's characterisation as President continues to improve: she battles former allies' attempts to space-impeach her because she supposedly can't be geopolitically objective due to the Bad Guys kidnapping Han Solo, and she's a huge husbando-gal.
It's legit good shit.
It's legit good shit.
December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Alright, gang, it's Book 3 time. Leia's characterisation as President continues to improve: she battles former allies' attempts to space-impeach her because she supposedly can't be geopolitically objective due to the Bad Guys kidnapping Han Solo, and she's a huge husbando-gal.
It's legit good shit.
It's legit good shit.
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It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It's really frustrating that a lot of the media just sort of frames the Trump admin as "wading into a hot debate over trans issues that have roiled american politics" when it's like, clear that they are motivated by a desire to demean trans people
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Useful tells here were the fact that the DSA has previously looked into trying to primary Jeffries and abandoned it, and the fact Jeffries pretty consistently polls solidly on a personal level (+20 to +50) with *national* Dems let alone those in his district
Chi Ossé ends early bid to challenge Jeffries
Chi Ossé ends early bid to challenge Jeffries
He struggled to gain traction among city leaders like Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Useful tells here were the fact that the DSA has previously looked into trying to primary Jeffries and abandoned it, and the fact Jeffries pretty consistently polls solidly on a personal level (+20 to +50) with *national* Dems let alone those in his district