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Friends, foes, and other h*es,
Hey hey! It’s KB Brookins. Please, sit down and take a few deep breaths with your eyes closed. I have nothing but good news. :)
This Wednesday, I’ve got political races heating up in the states, a huge win for trans people in Kenya, and fun videos helping trans people change their names on legal documents.
Let’s get into it AFTER some trivia! Who is the German-American endocrinologist and sexologist, whose 1966 book "The Transsexual Phenomenon” was the first major scientific text on the subject and established the first standards of care?
To find the answer, read this entire email :) Leggo!
Trans Video That Doesn’t Suck
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After the government in Kansas revoked trans people’s IDs, @Mayday Health stepped up by putting affirming billboards across the state. Shout out to orgs who show up when our government fails to!
If a few more people choose to become paid subscribers, I will be able to deliver make my newsletters even more robust. I’d love to, for example, interview trans artists/activists — or do more collabs with other newsletters and podcasts! — but that takes time and money (paying people is important!). So, if you can afford it, please support this work below:
Trans News That Doesn’t Suck
The Maine Secretary of State has invalidated an anti-trans ballot attempt. Turns out: the group leading the effort got over 12,000 invalid signatures. HA! I love it when transphobes fail.
Kenya’s High Court just ruled that refusing to amend gender markers for trans Kenyans violates the nation’s Constitution. Even better: they now have to process name changes in 60 days or less!
Shout out to all the advocates that made this happen!
Republicans tried to make a proposed women’s museum transphobic. The Democratic Women’s Caucus and the House Democratic Caucus stopped it. Thank you to all the reps who helped with this!
Trans D’Iberville High School salutatorian Jonas Hole stood up to anti-trans school admins in an inspiring speech.
California Governor candidate Tom Steyer said he fully supports trans athletes. Woo!
To be clear I’m NOT endorsing this guy — just celebrating that a politician is willing to be fully on our side & hoping other candidates follow suit. As a new Californian, I’m very eager to see how this gubernatorial race shakes out.
Texas Democratic candidate James Talarico is pro-trans. Now THIS candidate we should all get behind (his opponent is HORRIBLY transphobic [among other things] & Talarico seems solid)!
In the middle of America’s intensifying backlash against trans rights, voters are set to send Bentley Hudgins to the state Capitol as the first trans lawmaker to represent Georgia.
In NYC, many of the plants that call the Alice Austen House home are non-binary or sex-changing species, such as ferns and flowers that self-pollinate or have both reproductive organs. Hell yeah!
Friends, loved ones, and community members that are mourning Murry Foust, a 22-year-old trans man and student at Northern Kentucky University, are creating a scholarship in their name. This is a very sad story, but I’m glad that something positive is coming out it <3 Donate to the Murry Foust scholarship here.
A new 2026 ranking of the most trans-friendly countries in Europe and Central Asia has been released, and Iceland has come out on top! Thank you, Icelandic activists for making this country safer for trans people.
Have you been to Iceland? If so, would you recommend it? 👀
KOI is a Washington-based mutual aid organization focused on providing material support to trans individuals fleeing legislatively hostile US states.
Chicago PrimeTimers, a social org that welcomes primarily older gay, bi, and trans men, organizes for visibility and connection.
Out of the 58 proposed anti-LGBTQ+ bills that Missouri Republicans proposed, only 1 passed. Yay! Shout out to PROMO and other orgs that made this happen.
April was Autism Acceptance Month, and Your Trans Cousin wrote a helpful post on the oft-mentioned overlap between transness and autism!
This is what revolutionary love tells us about grieving together.
Shout out to Tep Tep, one of two trans femme characters in all of Star Wars!
Honórem, a legal firm in Arequipa, Peru, has gone viral recently for videos featuring members of their team in eye-catching ads touting their ability to help trans people change their names on their legal documents.
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That’s it & that’s all! The answer to my trivia is Harry Benjamin. Did you know about him before this?
Till next time :)
Love, Peace, & Chicken Grease,
KB
This was a good start to my day!! ❤️❤️❤️
Great title, even better news 🥰🥰🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️