Julie Shapiro
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book nerd, trans woman, future therapist, former software engineer on compilers, somerville evangelist
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Julie Shapiro
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· Apr 23
my new humblebrag is that in the last 6 months I've turned down both being in the macy's thanksgiving day parade and throwing the opening pitch at a red sox game
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"The order of the president of the United States I think fairly read expresses the view that transgender citizens don't exist," Judge Young told a DOJ attorney. "Please tell me I'm wrong."
DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
New: Judge William Young in Boston appeared open to blocking the Trump administration from barring healthcare providers that receive certain federal HIV-treatment funds from acknowledging their transgender patients' identities or providing them gender-affirming care. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge appears open to blocking Trump's transgender-related limits on HIV funding
A federal judge on Wednesday appeared receptive to blocking the Trump administration from barring healthcare providers that receive certain federal HIV-treatment funds from acknowledging their transge...
www.reuters.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"The order of the president of the United States I think fairly read expresses the view that transgender citizens don't exist," Judge Young told a DOJ attorney. "Please tell me I'm wrong."
DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
DOJ lawyer: "I can't."
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saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
September 22, 2026 at 5:55 AM
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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Very Smart People will see these and know that literally the world'a richest man is behind them and think "gee maybe trans activists did this to themselves"
September 15, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Very Smart People will see these and know that literally the world'a richest man is behind them and think "gee maybe trans activists did this to themselves"
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I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
September 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I don't think people really understand the psychic impact of knowing that multiple times a day every day your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors, and everyone who could ever have any power over you is being flooded with agitprop designed to make them hate you
hello, it’s me, diverse
September 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
hello, it’s me, diverse
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In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
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for those who aren’t familiar—the NAACP’s solidarity with trans people and willingness to recognize “similarities between exclusions of transgender kids and racial segregation” is something i find genuinely moving
the literal NAACP wrote an amicus brief making this comparison www.naacpldf.org/press-releas...
September 10, 2026 at 2:36 PM
for those who aren’t familiar—the NAACP’s solidarity with trans people and willingness to recognize “similarities between exclusions of transgender kids and racial segregation” is something i find genuinely moving
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my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
Even in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect it
Activists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.
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And as always, like I tell any baby trans woman, Enes and Royce unfortunately you’re going to have to prove your womanhood to the state and sports leagues now you say you’re a woman. If you need resources let’s talk: www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...
August 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
And as always, like I tell any baby trans woman, Enes and Royce unfortunately you’re going to have to prove your womanhood to the state and sports leagues now you say you’re a woman. If you need resources let’s talk: www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...
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Tactical Urbanism: White Duct Tape creates a “protected” bike lane at the intersection where Louisa was killed.
August 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Tactical Urbanism: White Duct Tape creates a “protected” bike lane at the intersection where Louisa was killed.
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my problem with "teenage sex & death at camp miasma" is it's probably really cathartic and fulfilling for someone who is just starting to figure their whole deal out but there's not a lot in it for those of us who started murdering teenagers at a remote summer camp more than a decade ago
August 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
my problem with "teenage sex & death at camp miasma" is it's probably really cathartic and fulfilling for someone who is just starting to figure their whole deal out but there's not a lot in it for those of us who started murdering teenagers at a remote summer camp more than a decade ago
I have not seen enough people talking about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma because it’s maybe one of my favorite movies of all time. teenage me would have been emotionally destroyed by that movie
August 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
I have not seen enough people talking about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma because it’s maybe one of my favorite movies of all time. teenage me would have been emotionally destroyed by that movie
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When I think about trans people in sports, I don’t think about lobbies or legislation.
I think about my friends.
Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:
I think about my friends.
Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:
Column: When I think about transgender people in sports, I think about my friends
Despite the rabid fixation upon the concept of trans women in sports, those who beat the drum the loudest for exclusive policies rarely seem to care about trans people themselves.
www.chicagotribune.com
August 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
When I think about trans people in sports, I don’t think about lobbies or legislation.
I think about my friends.
Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:
I think about my friends.
Wrote about pick-up hoops, queer community and love:
that’s my coach. but give ur money to trans people directly please not natl queer orgs that don’t do anything
The look everyone’s talking about can now be yours: show your support for trans youth now ➡️ hrc.im/transkidsbelong 🩵🩷🤍
August 4, 2026 at 12:12 AM
that’s my coach. but give ur money to trans people directly please not natl queer orgs that don’t do anything
sometimes you see an article that feels tailor made for you personally
LeBron James should just take the train to his new job: defector.com/lebron-james...
LeBron James Should Just Take The Train To His New Job | Defector
LeBron James is coming to Philadelphia, a fact anyone who lives in Philly would have learned from interacting with strangers on the street, no matter their interest in basketball. This is salient…
defector.com
July 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
sometimes you see an article that feels tailor made for you personally
people should read “Letter to my Transgender Daughter”!
but also it’s abhorrent that we routinely remove kids from queer/black/poc safe parents over false claims, and I am very sorry this happened to him and his husband
but also it’s abhorrent that we routinely remove kids from queer/black/poc safe parents over false claims, and I am very sorry this happened to him and his husband
Exclusive: Officials who separated Pete Buttigieg from his young twins last month relied on a vague and unsubstantiated allegation from an accuser authorities later deemed possibly “mentally unstable,” according to unreported police records.
Source of false Buttigieg allegation appeared ‘mentally unstable,’ records show
The Michigan attorney general’s office is investigating how the accusation that prompted the ex-Cabinet secretary's separation from his 4-year-old twins was handled.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 27, 2026 at 2:09 PM
people should read “Letter to my Transgender Daughter”!
but also it’s abhorrent that we routinely remove kids from queer/black/poc safe parents over false claims, and I am very sorry this happened to him and his husband
but also it’s abhorrent that we routinely remove kids from queer/black/poc safe parents over false claims, and I am very sorry this happened to him and his husband
watching @acollierastro.bsky.social’s video on LaTeX and its reminding me of the shock I had switching from CS research to Psychology and just about crying when I learned every APA format paper required word document file formats and disallowed pdf’s
July 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
watching @acollierastro.bsky.social’s video on LaTeX and its reminding me of the shock I had switching from CS research to Psychology and just about crying when I learned every APA format paper required word document file formats and disallowed pdf’s
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That's why I always make the point that trans people are the ones with the most stake in whether our healthcare is safe and effective.
If it was dangerous or ineffective it would be our lives on the line. News coverage largely fails to recognize that or even nod in that direction.
If it was dangerous or ineffective it would be our lives on the line. News coverage largely fails to recognize that or even nod in that direction.
July 8, 2026 at 12:00 PM
That's why I always make the point that trans people are the ones with the most stake in whether our healthcare is safe and effective.
If it was dangerous or ineffective it would be our lives on the line. News coverage largely fails to recognize that or even nod in that direction.
If it was dangerous or ineffective it would be our lives on the line. News coverage largely fails to recognize that or even nod in that direction.
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A letter from James Dale, who was expelled from the Boy Scouts for being gay and lost a Supreme Court case about it 26 years ago, to Becky Pepper Jackson, a trans girl who wanted to run track and just lost her Supreme Court case. medium.com/prismnpen/to...
To the Trans Girl Who Just Lost at the Supreme Court: So Did I 26 Years Ago
A letter to Becky Pepper Jackson about her trans sports case defeat at SCOTUS yesterday
medium.com
July 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
A letter from James Dale, who was expelled from the Boy Scouts for being gay and lost a Supreme Court case about it 26 years ago, to Becky Pepper Jackson, a trans girl who wanted to run track and just lost her Supreme Court case. medium.com/prismnpen/to...
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I'm so thankful to Becky and her mom for their trust, generosity, and strength in front of the Supreme Court. No matter what the Court says, Becky is a hero for standing up for herself and trans girls like her. Doing what's right, even when the odds are against you, is the definition of courage.
June 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I'm so thankful to Becky and her mom for their trust, generosity, and strength in front of the Supreme Court. No matter what the Court says, Becky is a hero for standing up for herself and trans girls like her. Doing what's right, even when the odds are against you, is the definition of courage.
Becky Pepper-Jackson is a stronger person at 15 than anyone who’s against her will ever be. I hope she’s able to be with those who love her today.
Trans liberation now and forever.
Trans liberation now and forever.
June 30, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Becky Pepper-Jackson is a stronger person at 15 than anyone who’s against her will ever be. I hope she’s able to be with those who love her today.
Trans liberation now and forever.
Trans liberation now and forever.
Lex did such a stunningly good job with this piece
Liz Soto and Savanna Batten are 2 of those sentenced to 50 years in prison for Prairieland. I visited them in a north Texas jail—11 months into their incarceration over a July 4 noise demo—to meet the Trump admin’s “Antifa terrorists”.
from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”
from behind glass, Soto said, “They didn’t like my book club.”
‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Lex did such a stunningly good job with this piece
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Ed Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.
May 30, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Ed Markey tears into Seth Moulton: "Massachusetts deserves better than a senator who scapegoats trans kids." The crowd goes fucking wild.
arguments in favor of mega-boston
Among the plaintiffs are nine Black and Latino students who argue they attend school in segregated districts across the state, according to the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court. The students claim the state is violating their right to an adequate education to equal protection under the law.
Students sue Mass. education department, alleging school segregation across district lines
Among the plaintiffs are nine Black and Latino students who argue they attend school in segregated districts across the state, according to the lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court. The students cl...
www.wbur.org
May 20, 2026 at 4:40 PM
arguments in favor of mega-boston
@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball
May 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball