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Trans Formations Project
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Trans-led, grassroots collective dedicated to providing accurate, actionable, and accessible info for the ongoing anti-trans legislative crisis in the US.
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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We also have good news to share! Updates on anti-trans bills that have failed: Updates on positive bills which protect and affirm trans individuals: California AB1084 had its amendments approved on September 13th and will be sent to the governor. California SB59 was enrolled on September 17th and will be sent to the governor. Massachusetts SB2516 was introduced on September 18th. The bill protects personal info that might out someone as private data. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The Trans Formations Project vision statement reads, "We envision a world where through community all trans people are empowered in their lives, safe from persecution, and able to express themselves without fear." The darkness is here despite our best efforts. To quote Dylan Thomas, "Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Do not go peacefully. Go out furiously, radiantly queer, and with a brick in your hand. I will see you on the other side, my friends. I love you. - In solidarity, Alex Petrovnia (ze/zir or any/all) Cofounder, Codirector, and director of communications Trans Formations Project Healthcare bills go against professional and scientific consensus that gender-affirming care saves lives. Denying access will cause harm. Providers are faced with criminal charges, parents are threatened with child abuse charges, and intersex children are typically exempted. Old Bills: Michigan HB4938 was moved to the House Judiciary Committee on September 16. Educational Censorship and Student Suppression bills force schools to misgender or deadname students, ban instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, and make schools alert parents if they suspect a child is trans. They remove life-saving affirmation and support for trans youth. New Bills: Ohio HB455 is an education censorship bill that was introduced on September 17. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. New Bills: Pennsylvania SB1007 was introduced and referred to the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on September 17. The bill creates a kind of detransition insurance called “Transition intervention reversal services.” Ohio HB457 is a trans erasure bill introduced on September 17. US HB5342 was placed on the Union Calendar on September 12. It covers many appropriations and interferes with trans inmates. US HB5304 was introduced on September 11th. The bill cuts funding for transition related programs. Wisconsin AB58 was sent to the Senate Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs Committee on September 12th.
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The Nazi Party of Germany did not burn the patient records of the institute. Instead, they hunted the patients down. Therefore, I will do the opposite. We, at the Trans Formations Project, have always been aware this reality could come for us, too. So we have decided to burn our patient records. We will destroy all data we can find about our volunteers. And we will save the library. Our data, our research, our analysis, our writings - are available. We will be working hard to store them in as many digital and physical archives as we possibly can. If you are able to offer an archive, please reach out to alex@transformationsproject.org. One of the personal contributions to this organization that I am proudest of was the suggestion of a phoenix as our logo. Trans people, by and large, are born into intolerance and hatred. Those trans people who come out or transition are trans people who, despite a lifetime of abuse directed at our authentic selves, choose to love ourselves anyway. Trans people who come out are almost entirely trans people who go searching for others like them, and find themselves in doing so. I dug myself out of the ashes of my trans elders. And so too will those who come after us. Trans people will always be here. We will outlast any empire, any regime, any ideology that paints us as anything but what we are - a variation on humanity that deserves to be cherished, loved and celebrated. Trans people after us will go looking through these ashes too - and I intend them to find us. Trans genocide has been ongoing. We have been tracking its exhaustive and endless creep towards today for the past four years. In 2022 the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention declared the “gender critical” movement to be explicitly genocidal against trans people: Statement on the Genocidal Nature of the Gender Critical Movement On March 13th of this year the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention released a “Red Flag Alert for the Anti-Trans Agenda of the Trump Administration in the United States”, here: Red Flag Alert for the Anti-Trans Agenda of the Trump Administration in the United States The Trump administration, on the day of Trump’s Inauguration, released an Executive Order titled, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." It defines transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people out of legal existence. The propaganda report from the Department of Health and Human Services argues explicitly for conversion therapy and argues that transgender and nonbinary people do not exist. It claims our healthcare is “experimental” and “unproven”, despite being older than antibiotics. The Trump regime cancelled transgender health research. The regime erased transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. It is awarding the Medal of Freedom to a man who called for "every gender affirming care doctor to face Nuremberg-style trials". It has been torturing transgender people under the state's care in incarceration for years. Trump just declared that trans people are an acceptable target. Trans genocide is here. Whatever happens next - the trans people who come after us deserve to know we fought like hell. They deserve to know we were here. We did not go quietly. The regime is coming for trans people. They’re already calling us “Nihilistic Violent Extremists” What's left is to fight like hell. With bricks. With teeth. With punches. With words. With every means necessary. What's left is to defy them with every breath we have left. Every life matters. Every second matters. Every person who realizes the truth matters. Every time we speak the truth in public, someone hears it. Every time we fight, we inspire others. Show others like you what's possible. Fight, speak, organize like it's your last stand. It is. If they will kill us regardless, the work is now to make meaning with the time we have left. Make radical art. Speak the truth. Love as loudly as you can. The choice, under full blown fascism, is to face death in surrender, or to face death in resistance. Only one matters. Who will you be, at the end? If you do not resolve yourself, as soon as possible, to the grim reality, or the true stakes of the choices we are faced with at this moment, you will lack the conviction in the split second opportunities you will be given to act. Fascism makes the wrong choices easy. Fascism makes the cruel, shallow, and cowardly choices socially rewarding, easy, and obvious. Unless you resolve yourself, in advance, to make the hard choices that will be your only opportunities to resist, you will fail. Steel yourself to make impossible choices. For love. Do or die. Those are the stakes. Kindness costs everything when it really matters. What are you doing to prepare yourself, really, to be radically kind, even if it means losing everything? What are you doing right now to resolve yourself to choose love, even if it means death? That's the work. Trans organizers have a "joke" amongst ourselves. We often say, "the trans agenda is an average life expectancy". At every Trans Day of Remembrance, we hold each other, and we cry, and we say, in wavering voices of relentless hope, "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." So that's what we do now. That's what trans people have always done. We mourn the dead. We remember them. We carry their legacies with us to pass on to those who find us. But we cannot stop there. Despair is compliance by another name. We fight like hell for the living. And we do not go peacefully. It has been an honor to organize with you throughout the story of the Trans Formations Project. Our work here mattered. It matters now. And it will matter, for those to come. Our work does not stop here. It only changes form. Whatever the next iteration of your work looks like, remember: our people will rise from these ashes too. They deserve to see that we loved them fiercely enough to fight for them. Trans people deserve a world better than this, kinder than this, more loving than this. Trans people deserve an average life expectancy.
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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We also have good news to share! Updates on positive bills which protect and affirm trans individuals: California’s Assembly passed healthcare equity bill SB418 yesterday after adding an urgency clause and giving it its third reading. The bill was then sent back to the Senate for concurrence. California’s Assembly concurred with the Senate’s amendments to bill AB727 yesterday and sent the bill to Engrossing and Enrolling. This bill requires mental health resources to be included on the back of school IDs and specifically includes LGBTQ+ resources for queer students. California’s Senate passed bill AB1487 this past Tuesday after giving it its third reading and sent it back to the Assembly. This bill seeks to establish the Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund to fund and create healthcare programs. California’s Senate gave bill AB1084 its second Senate reading this past Monday and set it for a third reading. This bill updates the process for name and gender marker changes. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
September 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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We also have good news to share! Updates on positive bills which protect and affirm trans individuals: California sent healthcare anti-discrimination bill SB418 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee yesterday. Wisconsin introduced bill AB316 yesterday and sent it to the House Committee on Education. This bill requires the creation of grants for training in LGBTQIA+ rights for school counselors and school social workers. California re-referred healthcare bill AB1487 to the Assembly Appropriations Committee last Monday. This bill seeks to create the The Two-Spirit, Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Wellness and Equity Fund, which would fund grants to create or fund programs focused on coordinating trans-inclusive health care. Massachusetts scheduled a hearing for healthcare bills H1417 and S901 last Thursday, assigning them a hearing on July 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time in the Gardner Auditorium. These bills seek to improve healthcare equity and funding, and would also establish a Secretary of Health Equity. Wisconsin sent bill AB314 to the House State Affairs Committee last Wednesday. This bill seeks to adopt gender-neutral terminology for certain laws/statutes and incorporate gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights into them. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
July 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity. Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes. Old Bill: New Jersey tabled bill A775 last Monday. This sets the bill aside for now, though it may still be brought back up again later. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bills: North Carolina presented bill H171 to the governor yesterday. North Carolina presented bill H805 to the governor last Friday. We also have good news to share! Updates on anti-trans bills that have failed: Oregon bills SB618, HB2037, SB672, SB506, HB2308, SB899, HB3330, HB3338, HB3740, and SB1100 all failed in committee last Friday when the legislative session ended! Updates on positive bills which protect and affirm trans individuals: California sent bill SB418 to the Assembly Business and Professions Committee yesterday and scheduled a hearing in the same committee on July 8 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. California sent bill AB727 to the Senate Education Committee last Friday and scheduled a hearing in the same committee on July 9 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
July 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bills: North Carolina listed bill H171 as Engrossed today after passing it through its third Senate reading. North Carolina presented bill S442 to the governor today to be signed. North Carolina listed bill H805 as Engrossed yesterday after passing it through its third Senate reading. Texas’ governor signed bill HB1106 last Friday. The bill will go into effect on September 1. We also have good news to share! Updates on positive bills which protect and affirm trans individuals: California sent bill SB418 to the Assembly Health Committee last Monday and scheduled it for a hearing in that same committee on July 1 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
June 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bills: North Carolina bill HB805 had a hearing earlier today at 9:00 a.m. ET and was placed on the Senate calendar for June 23. North Carolina sent bill S442 to the Senate Rules and Operations of the Senate Committee yesterday. North Carolina bill H171 was sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee last Monday and had a hearing earlier this morning at 10:00 a.m. ET. We also have good news to share! Updates on anti-trans bills that have failed: Florida bills S0060, H0731, H1307, H1483, S0440, H1571, S0420, S1710, S1692 all died in their various committees last Monday. Maine bills LD233, LD868, LD1337, LD1134, LD1432, and LD1704 all died in the legislature last Monday and were placed in the state Legislative Files. Updates on positive bills which protect and affirm trans individuals: California sent bill AB727 to the Senate Education Committee yesterday. This bill would mandate the printing of a list of various mental health resources on school IDs and specifically require LGBTQ+ resources to be among them. Oregon’s House read and adopted bill HR3 yesterday. This bill honors Oregon’s Black drag community and its history in observance of both Pride Month and Juneteenth. New York’s Assembly passed bill S04914 last Monday and returned it to the Senate. This bill protects anyone receiving or providing legally protected healthcare–such as abortion services or gender-affirming care–from civil and criminal liability or professional sanctions imposed by jurisdictions outside New York. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
June 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity. Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes. New Bills: Minnesota introduced cross-filed Sports bills HF19 and SF10 last Monday and sent them to the House Education Policy Committee and Senate Rules and Administration Committee respectively. Old Bills: Maine reported bill LD1134 as out of the joint Judiciary Committee yesterday, after it received a tied 6-6 vote in committee. Oregon House members attempted and failed to withdraw bill HB2037 from the House Education Committee last Thursday. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bills: Ohio’s House refused to concur on the Senate amendments to bill HB96 today. The bill has now been sent to a Committee of Conference to resolve this. North Carolina sent bill S442 to the House Committee on Health last Tuesday. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
June 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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Digital Censorship Bills describe any legislation that potentially targets Queer and Trans media/material for removal. They typically do this by using vague and broad definitions of "Obscene" or "Harmful to Minors" and then banning such content from being accessible to minors, which often either removes the material entirely or requires age verification methods in order to view. This includes online censorship bills, library book bans, and other such legislation. Old Bill: Texas passed bill SB13 last Tuesday and sent it to the governor to be signed. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bills: New Hampshire passed bill SB72 through the House today and scheduled it for a hearing in the Senate sometime next week. Texas passed bill HB1106 last Friday and sent it to the governor to be signed. Nevada’s governor vetoed bill SB141 last Monday. Nevada enrolled bill SB71 yesterday and delivered it to the governor. Nebraska’s governor signed bill LB504 last Friday. Oregon sent HR3 to the House Rules Committee today. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
June 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
May 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Trans Erasure bills create legal definitions of terms like “sex” designed to exclude or erase trans identity and insert them into various laws. This can have many different effects, depending on what laws are affected. They can force a male or female designation based on sex assigned at birth. Some target anti-discrimination statutes, legally empowering trans discrimination. Old Bill: Texas bill HB229 was unfortunately not dead as believed. It passed yesterday and is headed to the governor. Digital Censorship Bills describe any legislation that potentially targets Queer and Trans media/material for removal. They typically do this by using vague and broad definitions of "Obscene" or "Harmful to Minors" and then banning such content from being accessible to minors, which often either removes the material entirely or requires age verification methods in order to view. This includes online censorship bills, library book bans, and other such legislation. Old Bill: Maine placed bill LD1395 in the legislative files today, signaling that the bill is dead for this session. Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity. Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes. Old Bills: Texas postponed any action on bill SB2920 yesterday until after the current session’s end date. The bill is likely dead unless a special session is called. Michigan sent bill HB4066 to the Senate today before assigning it to the Senate Government Operations Committee. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bill: Texas bill HB1106 was unfortunately not dead as believed. It passed yesterday and is headed to the governor.
May 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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Digital Censorship Bills describe any legislation that potentially targets Queer and Trans media/material for removal. They typically do this by using vague and broad definitions of "Obscene" or "Harmful to Minors" and then banning such content from being accessible to minors, which often either removes the material entirely or requires age verification methods in order to view. This includes online censorship bills, library book bans, and other such legislation. Old Bill: Maine sent out the committee reports from both chambers on bill LD1395 last Thursday and sent the bill to both chamber floors. Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity. Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes. Old Bills: Texas placed bill SB2920 on the House floor calendar yesterday but failed to finish with it before the end of the Texas legislative session. The bill is now dead! Michigan passed bill HB4066 through the House last Thursday and sent it to the Senate. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bill: Texas placed bill HB1106 on the Senate floor calendar yesterday but failed to finish with it before the end of the Texas legislative session. The bill is now dead! It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
May 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to transformationsproject.org to learn more and contact your representatives!

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Trans Erasure bills create legal definitions of terms like “sex” designed to exclude or erase trans identity and insert them into various laws. This can have many different effects, depending on what laws are affected. They can force a male or female designation based on sex assigned at birth. Some target anti-discrimination statutes, legally empowering trans discrimination. Old Bill: Maine held a work session in the Joint Judiciary Committee yesterday. Bill LD1432 was sent to the floors of both chambers with a divided report for and against the bill, as the committee could not agree. Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity. Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes. Old Bills: Maine held a work session in the Joint Judiciary Committee yesterday. Bills LD1134 and LD233 were sent to the floors of both chambers with a divided report for and against the bills, as the committee could not agree. Texas gave a positive House committee report to bill SB2920 yesterday and added it to the House floor calendar. New Hampshire held a hearing for bill SB211 yesterday and left the bill in the House Education Policy and Administration Committee for now. These are other anti-trans bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own. Old Bills: Maine held a work session in the Joint Judiciary Committee yesterday. Bill LD1337 was sent to the floors of both chambers with a divided report for and against the bill, as the committee could not agree. Louisiana passed bill HB685 through the House last Monday and gave it its first Senate reading. It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to http://transformationsproject.org/ to learn more and contact your representatives!
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM