Tristan Crane
@tcrane.bsky.social
Photographer, tea drinker, art maker, trans/non-binary entity, occasional writer of a weird comic book.
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Tristan Crane
@tcrane.bsky.social
· Nov 15
I'm bad at these intros, but I'm a middle-aged queer trans person who's spent years documenting my community through photography, I've been known to write a comic book or two, occasionally experiment with ceramics, and currently also work as a therapist for queer and trans folk in California.
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Like sure never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity is fine but also breaks down when you have malicious idiots in charge and those people have repeatedly demonstrated themselves to be idiots in those domains.
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Like sure never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity is fine but also breaks down when you have malicious idiots in charge and those people have repeatedly demonstrated themselves to be idiots in those domains.
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Chest binder vendors respond to 'absurd' FDA warning letter: 'Clearly discrimination'
www.advocate.com/exc...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/exc...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Chest binder vendors respond to 'absurd' FDA warning letter: 'Clearly discrimination'
The FDA warned companies selling chest binders to register their products as medical devices. Here's how they're responding.
www.advocate.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Chest binder vendors respond to 'absurd' FDA warning letter: 'Clearly discrimination'
www.advocate.com/exc...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.advocate.com/exc...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
The simple truth is that we cannot unilaterally trust any governing organization, including the licensing boards, unfortunately. That doesn't mean we should still work towards licensure, and I'll personally only ever go to a licensed clinician as a client when seeing a therapist.
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The simple truth is that we cannot unilaterally trust any governing organization, including the licensing boards, unfortunately. That doesn't mean we should still work towards licensure, and I'll personally only ever go to a licensed clinician as a client when seeing a therapist.
I've honestly been waiting for this to happen, the goal has always been for these anti-trans conservative 'values' folk to get into spaces like accrediting organizations to push their biases and unscientific agendas.
Therapists Push Back on Anti-Trans Continuing Education — Assigned
Assigned Media investigates as the anti-trans organization Therapy First has begun offering continuing education to medical professionals.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I've honestly been waiting for this to happen, the goal has always been for these anti-trans conservative 'values' folk to get into spaces like accrediting organizations to push their biases and unscientific agendas.
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The most impressive thing about Bari is her ability to violate ethical principles while indignantly claiming to defend them.
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1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
ACLU Pledges To Challenge Trump Admin In Court Over National Trans Youth Care Ban Rule
The rule must undergo a 60 day comment period, whereupon the government must generally respond before it may be put into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. The Trump administration last week made headlines with a new rule banning most gender affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
Now, the ACLU is pledging to sue if the rule goes into effect.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/aclu-pledg...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
" I noticed a mousetrap in the corner of Blair’s office and was reminded that the rodents are the only truly permanent residents of the White House."
‘Vanity Fair’ Goes to the White House: Trump 2.0 Edition
“Is this the part where you say we’re all evil?” the vice president asked.
www.vanityfair.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
" I noticed a mousetrap in the corner of Blair’s office and was reminded that the rodents are the only truly permanent residents of the White House."
The reality is that Vance, grade A bought and sold douchnozzle, is probably going to be president in the next few years. And yes, that scares me too.
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The reality is that Vance, grade A bought and sold douchnozzle, is probably going to be president in the next few years. And yes, that scares me too.
There are so many terrifying and honest quotes in the Vanity Fair interviews. "Vice President JD Vance was our first subject of the day. “I’ll give you $100 for every person you make look really shitty compared to me,” he said as Ben metered the light. “And $1,000 if it’s Marco.”
December 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
There are so many terrifying and honest quotes in the Vanity Fair interviews. "Vice President JD Vance was our first subject of the day. “I’ll give you $100 for every person you make look really shitty compared to me,” he said as Ben metered the light. “And $1,000 if it’s Marco.”
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Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
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"Don't worry, it'll fail in the senate." Ancient cis proverb
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Don't worry, it'll fail in the senate." Ancient cis proverb
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This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This would not have passed if those chickenshit Dems Davis, Cellar, and Gonzalez had not voted for it. They voted to put the parents of trans youth in prison for ten years.
Primary them all.
Primary them all.
I love how portraiture, and photography, can be both a weapon and a tool.
December 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love how portraiture, and photography, can be both a weapon and a tool.
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"I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things."
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"I didn’t put the injection sites on her. People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things."
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
VF photog interview:
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
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How did Jeffrey Epstein, a college dropout with no financial training, become such a wealthy and influential figure in business?
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How did Jeffrey Epstein, a college dropout with no financial training, become such a wealthy and influential figure in business?
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/17/epstein_wealth
I'm the worst at self promotion sometimes, but if you're looking for the perfect comic book anthology all about queer folks and sports, check this one out! I have a short story about my return to ballet as a creaky old adult, beautifully illustrated by the talented @jamdye.bsky.social
Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project – Stacked Deck Press
stackeddeckpress.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I'm the worst at self promotion sometimes, but if you're looking for the perfect comic book anthology all about queer folks and sports, check this one out! I have a short story about my return to ballet as a creaky old adult, beautifully illustrated by the talented @jamdye.bsky.social
So far the highlights of the day have been waking up on the coast near Mendocino and finding an exceptionally large mushroom. Maybe it's time to go to bed.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
So far the highlights of the day have been waking up on the coast near Mendocino and finding an exceptionally large mushroom. Maybe it's time to go to bed.
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Every time you talk to someone about "what we did before" things like commercially available formula the answer is "babies died" (or suffered nutritional deficiencies, or or). I can tell you every household manual from the 19th c back has recipes for replacements for breast milk. Not a new issue.
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Every time you talk to someone about "what we did before" things like commercially available formula the answer is "babies died" (or suffered nutritional deficiencies, or or). I can tell you every household manual from the 19th c back has recipes for replacements for breast milk. Not a new issue.
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Beth Bourne is our local Mom for Liberty who has been harassing our community with her transphobic agenda for 3 years.
You know her as the Karen who screamed at drag queens in Hawaii, or the mom who stripped at a school board meeting.
Here’s our perspective. Pt 1.
youtube.com/shorts/ETBor...
You know her as the Karen who screamed at drag queens in Hawaii, or the mom who stripped at a school board meeting.
Here’s our perspective. Pt 1.
youtube.com/shorts/ETBor...
FAQBB: Who Is Beth Bourne?
YouTube video by DTAB
youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Beth Bourne is our local Mom for Liberty who has been harassing our community with her transphobic agenda for 3 years.
You know her as the Karen who screamed at drag queens in Hawaii, or the mom who stripped at a school board meeting.
Here’s our perspective. Pt 1.
youtube.com/shorts/ETBor...
You know her as the Karen who screamed at drag queens in Hawaii, or the mom who stripped at a school board meeting.
Here’s our perspective. Pt 1.
youtube.com/shorts/ETBor...
"He does not call the whole thing off but forgives us time to restore ourselves and then calls for another take" ??? Maybe I am better at writing than I realize because this is wildly bad.
At least 40% of the book is just tortured descriptions of her surroundings.
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"He does not call the whole thing off but forgives us time to restore ourselves and then calls for another take" ??? Maybe I am better at writing than I realize because this is wildly bad.
Obligatory Meow Wolf photo.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Obligatory Meow Wolf photo.