Eli Erlick

Did you know that trans teens had access to hormones in the 1930s? Mark & David Ferrow, 17 & 15 years old trans brothers, are the first known minors to obtain HRT. Trans youth are nothing new. Neither are their medical transitions. Read their full story: yesmagazine.org/body-politics/…

Always frustrating when these people insist trans women don’t date each other. It’s such a common canard that there’s a comic about it! My longest relationships were with other trans women- why this rhetoric disgusts me so much. They need to go outside and make some trans friends

There is no conflict between trans people and lesbians. There is a conflict between trans people and a few loud campaigners using lesbians as props for their reactionary agenda. 96% of non-trans lesbians self-describe as supportive of trans people, according to a recent survey.

Woke Grok strikes again. Even an algorithm designed to demean trans people knows that defending access to lifesaving medicine is the right thing to do.

Lesbians dressed as clowns disrupted a "gender-critical" panel last month in London. Participants were surprised when trans and cis dykes from @theDykeProject obstructed the proceedings while in cheerful clown attire. More of these protests, please!

It's funny how every evidence-based study finds this exact same result. Where is the flood of detransitioners we were promised years ago? Where are the whistleblowers of doctors "forcing" teens to transition? That's right, they don't exist.

Trans woman Jaia Cruz was sentenced to 15 years in prison for defending herself. Even conservative witnesses described her actions as self-defense. With right-wing media constantly calling her as "evil," the trial was over before it began. Support her at fundrazr.com/SupportingJaia

This is the largest mass killing of trans people in recorded history and “constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law.” Defense Minister Katz confirmed the strike was intentional without going into further detail.

Did you know the first trans person to legally change their sex might have been a formerly enslaved trans woman? Sally-Tom received court approval to live as a woman shortly after her release from slavery in 1860s Georgia. Read more in @TheAdvocateMag: advocate.com/history/sally-…

Roundup of this week’s Zohran Mamdani “scandals” that just made me like him even more. Which scandal is your favorite?

My latest article is now out in the Gay & Lesbian Review! I wrote about @BuckAngel and why some trans people turn to right-wing politics. This is a brief peek into my forthcoming @UChicagoPress book covering the transgender far right. Enjoy! glreview.org/article/making…

It was never about "fairness." They're punishing trans teenagers for existing. Most chess tournaments aren't even gendered.

Saying you want to convert to Judaism after repeating an offensive antisemitic stereotype within the same thread is wild.

The cruelty is the point. Penn clearly doesn't realize that the more they give, the more the Trump admin will take. This is such a gross capitulation that singles out and punishes a young woman for just wanting to swim. Next will be humanities and diversity initiatives.

Did you know that Florida, now considered a deep red state, was once at the center of national transgender activism? Check it out: aclufl.org/en/news/florid…

For this 55th pride weekend, I want to celebrate Stormé DeLarverie (1920-2014), whose arrest helped incite the Stonewall Riots in 1969. He is performing at the Jewel Box Revue, where he MCed for over a decade, in this restored 1958 photo.