Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Trans North Texas

TransLash Media @translash.org · 3d

We honor the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce protector of our collective freedom. Our hearts are with her loved ones and all who carry her vision forward.

"We will honor Miss Major forever." - @imarajones.bsky.social

An illustration of Miss Major surrounded by candles with blue background and a famous quote of hers written in gold. The quote reads“I don’t need their permission to exist; I exist in spite of them. I want you to train and teach and love on and create families within my community and gender non-conforming people, so that we can understand that we have a culture, we have a history, we have a reason to be here. We have a purpose. We’re entitled to be loved, and seek happiness, and share that with the people that we care about.” -Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

3 650 1.4K

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 3d

This image from @translifeline.org has a pink and blue background and features an image of Randy Burns, co-founder of Gay American Indians (GAI).

Trans Lifeline @translifeline.org · 3d

On this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor those native to Turtle Island and also center Two-Spirit people. Today, the term means different things to different people, but is an umbrella term for gender diverse people. Visit our resource library to learn more and find resources for Two-Spirit people.

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 3d

It's so important to know your rights when protesting. @aclutx.bsky.social is offering virtual training on Wed. October 15th at 6:30pm CT!

ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social · 4d

Whether we’re out in the streets or supporting from afar, Texans have a right to protest.

Learn more about your protest rights by attending one of our upcoming virtual Know Your Rights trainings — register at aclutx.org/events.

1 4

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 3d

This is great information from @translifeline.org . Thank you for putting it together!

Trans Lifeline @translifeline.org · 4d

Attention: Trans allies <3 We’ve compiled resources, answers to common questions, and suggestions on how to support trans people now. The most important thing you can do for a trans person is show your support for them with *action*. Growth is the goal - not perfection. heyimtrans.com/cheat-sheet/

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 5d

These graphics from @gladlaw.bsky.social are a beautiful reminder that even when times are hard, you are wonderful and you deserve to have your story told. <3

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) @gladlaw.bsky.social · 5d

Coming out is personal—and it’s never one-size-fits-all. However you share who you are, you deserve safety, support, and respect. GLAD Law fights for laws to protect LGBTQ+ people and make it possible for everyone to live openly and safely. Share these graphics today for National Coming Out Day!

Reposted by Trans North Texas

Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 6d

The fight for trans rights is ALL our fight. 🏳️‍⚧️

We continue to battle in courts against attacks on trans people and we’re calling you to fight alongside us. We're not backing down. And you shouldn’t either.

Share with 3 friends who support trans rights. ✊

Read our statement: tinyurl.com/s87hbsd4

Purple graphic with text that reads, "I fight for trans rights."

Purple graphic with quote from statement by Lambda Legal's Interim Chief Legal Officer. Text reads, "Let’s be clear: We are not backing down. Trans rights are human rights. Our government is failing in its duty to shield the most vulnerable among us. But we are here to help protect you."

Purple graphic with text from statement that reads, "Our lawyers are fighting back. We have so far sued the Trump Administration 6 times over its anti-LGBTQ executive actions. And we have won court orders in 5 cases so far protecting these communities as our lawsuits proceed."

Purple graphic with text from statement that reads, "Our values are unwavering: every human being deserves safety, respect, and the freedom to live with pride and dignity as who they are. We will keep fighting until those values are the lived reality for every trans person."

9 27

Reposted by Trans North Texas

Indivisible Denton @indivisibledenton.bsky.social · 6d

Our silence speaks louder than we think. When we stay quiet, injustice wins. ✊
Now is the time to raise our voices and stand beside one another.
Be the friend who speaks up not the one history remembers for silence.
Join us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
#NoKings2 #NoKingsDenton #IndivisibleDenton

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

1 5

Reposted by Trans North Texas

Indivisible Denton @indivisibledenton.bsky.social · 7d

History warns us — freedom is lost not by force, but by silence. 🇺🇸
Stand up before it’s too late. Protect democracy. Protect each other.
Be on the right side of history. Join us: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

#NoKings2 #NoKingsDenton #NoKings #IndivisibleDenton

"America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed it ourselves."
- Abraham Lincoln

1 6

Reposted by Trans North Texas

United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 7d

On Nov. 9, hundreds of us are coming together for the UWD 2025 Digital Congress. Young people, working people, organizers—building power, learning strategies, connecting across generations.

There is no surviving this moment on our own. We have to have each other's backs.

1 2 5

Reposted by Trans North Texas

TransLash Media @translash.org · 7d

As hostility rises, finding hope in each other matters more than ever. This week on TransLash Podcast, @imarajones.bsky.social shares never-before-heard stories from the trans joy archives—musicians, parents, pastors & more building care and community.

🎧 https://linktr.ee/translashmedia

4 7

Reposted by Trans North Texas

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) @gladlaw.bsky.social · 8d

Happy International Lesbian Day! Today and every day, we celebrate the diverse, courageous, and vibrant lesbian community.

1 9

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 8d

We celebrate you!

Background is pink and the image features orange, red, and white flowers with magenta stems and leaves along the bottom. Image reads October 8th in bold all capital white letters and International Lesbian Day! in bold all capital magenta letters.

Reposted by Trans North Texas

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) @gladlaw.bsky.social · 23d

We proudly celebrate the vibrant, resilient, and diverse Bi+ community. Happy Bi+ Visibility Day!

2 8

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Bi Visibility Day! We see you, the cloaking devices have failed <3

1

Reposted by Trans North Texas

ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social · 24d

BREAKING: We just filed a second lawsuit against Texas school districts that have posted or plan to display the Ten Commandments — despite a federal court’s ruling that S.B. 10 is a clear violation of the separation of church and state.

Public schools are for educating, not evangelizing.

5 19 91

Reposted by Trans North Texas

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas @ppgreatertx.bsky.social · 26d

Gender-affirming care saves lives.

Learn more about our gender affirming healthcare services: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-greater-texas/patient-resources/gender-affirming-healthcare

Gender Affirming Healthcare

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas is proud to serve transgender, nonbinary and gender diverse people for their sexual healthcare needs.

www.plannedparenthood.org

1 4

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 25d

A trans woman in custody is being represented by a public defender who misgenders and deadnames her. She told KERA News she's been denied her medication You can read more at the link. @lambdalegal.org @aclutx.bsky.social

Protest or 'ambush'? Woman arrested in Alvarado ICE facility shooting says it started peacefully

Meagan Morris, 41, shared with KERA News in interviews her perspective of what happened July 4.

www.keranews.org

1

Reposted by Trans North Texas

TransLash Media @translash.org · 28d

This week on TransLash Podcast, @imarajones.bsky.social sits down with @kredburn.bsky.social and @ziembavision.bsky.social to discuss the DHS rolling back limitations on surveillance based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

🎧 Listen now: linktr.ee/translashmedia

20 41

Reposted by Trans North Texas

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 28d

i remain resolute in my confidence we will win and it will be because we stuck together. dooming and fatalism is not how any of us will get out of this mess. i’m saying this as a veteran climate journalist who is a trans woman. if i have more hope than you, think of what that says about your view

31 520 2K

Reposted by Trans North Texas

Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org · 28d

HHS put out a plan called the Make America Healthy Again Strategy last week. It says what some people in the government think needs to happen for kids in America to get healthier. Our explainer talks about what is in the strategy and the problems with it. autisticadvocacy.org/2025/09/expl...

Textured grey background. Blue text reads: Explaining the Make America Healthy Again Strategy. Formal language and plain language statement on website.

Textured grey background with blue box. Text inside reads: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put out a plan called the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Strategy last week. The MAHA Strategy says what some people in the U.S. government think needs to happen for children in America to get healthier.

The way the MAHA strategy talks about sick kids shows that HHS doesn’t understand the problems sick kids have. The MAHA Strategy will:
Spread wrong health information
Make rules that make it harder to get vaccines
Make it harder to get medications for people with ADHD and mental health disabilities
Give money to badly-made studies that spread wrong health information
ASAN thinks the leader of HHS, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.), should not get to lead HHS. He is bad at his job, and his ideas hurt people. ASAN will keep saying that RFK Jr. should not be the Secretary of HHS. We will also keep talking to people in the government who make decisions.

6 18

Reposted by Trans North Texas

ACLU of Texas @aclutx.bsky.social · 28d

SHAMEFUL: The new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss already has 60 violations — according to ICE’s own inspectors.

🔴It failed to treat medical conditions.
🔴It lacked procedures to keep detainees safe.
🔴It didn’t provide access to lawyers.

No one should experience this cruelty.

ICE report finds 60 violations in 50 days at Fort Bliss migrant facility in El Paso, Texas

A report by ICE inspectors outlined numerous violations in the Fort Bliss detention center ad plans continue for its expansion.

www.elpasotimes.com

11 150 310

Reposted by Trans North Texas

Texas AFL-CIO @texasaflcio.org · Sep 16

Were you impacted by the Hill Country floods, previous Houston hurricanes, or flooding in the RGV?

Join the virtual Texas Disaster Survivors Meeting to organize for relief, demand full recovery, and prep for future storms.

Register at bit.ly/tx4ever918

4 5

Trans North Texas @transnorthtexas.bsky.social · 28d

@nooroodle.bsky.social has wise words for us

eyes emoji @nooroodle.bsky.social · Sep 16

lemme spell it out more clearly: white american trans folk you NEED to learn the history of this country and you NEED to practice optimism in a radical way

we will find solutions via community efforts but you you have to be realistic about what you can and can’t do to help yourself and others

eyes emoji @nooroodle.bsky.social · Aug 31

ngl it’s getting somewhat difficult to hear people coming from high places of privilege struggle with experiencing marginalization for the first time (I say this knowing that a lot of people here, including myself, experience both) mainly cause they can’t fully let go of their previous viewpoints

Reposted by Trans North Texas

TransLash Media @translash.org · 29d

From California to Vermont, nine Democratic Attorneys General are featured in the National Women's Law Center’s new video campaign, pledging to continue to defend trans students as the school year begins. https://www.advocate.com/politics/state-attorneys-general-transgender-youth#rebelltitem1

9 state Attorneys General pledge to support transgender youth: 'We have your back'

"You belong here. You inspire us. And we do love you," nine state AGs tell trans youth in a new video.

www.advocate.com

1 15 42

Reposted by Trans North Texas

United We Dream @unitedwedream.org · 29d

Families are being separated and children are losing their parents.

This is happening in our communities, to our neighbors.

We have the power to change this story, but only if we act together.

Call 832-742-1798 to demand Jean Carlos's immediate release.

1 2 5