Loving this vintage lesbian clip from the Canadian film, "A Day in the Life of a Bull-Dyke" (1995, dir. Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan).

In case you're wondering what it's like to be a trans woman on the internet, this is a post about liking pigeons. Pigeons!

Anti-ICE protesters chased off white supremacist Jake Lang yesterday during his "March Against Minnesota Fraud" (with 10 supporters). I've never seen people egging a speaker like they do in cartoons before, but apparently it works. Way to go, Minneapolis!

We did it, everyone. The houses are finally dating (and they're trans men).

There's something deeply dystopian about the San Francisco Airport's "Women of Afrofuturism" exhibit being mostly AI slop plagiarized from actual artists. This is exactly what they warned about.

Declaring myself a girl with 0 support or pre-existing knowledge of the trans community disproves the whole grooming moral panic. I thought I was the only person like this for years until learning about other trans people.

The overlap is a circle.

It's always a great day to celebrate trans kids, especially during National Sticker Day! I was tired of seeing the original anti-trans messages on these everywhere, so I decided to make some trans-positive copies. 🙌 Pre-order them here.

Proceeds go to Black Trans Liberation Kitchen, the NYC Trans Archives, and more.

Three of my favorite protest signs from NYC's rally to protect trans kids this weekend. 😍

The life of an ICE agent by Jesse Duquette

Hundreds of New Yorkers are out in the rain to rally for trans kids! NYC won’t leave anyone behind.

I spoke with PinkNews about my new book, Before Gender, and why we treat trans people differently than any other historical category. Read the full interview at https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/08/eli-erlick-before-gender/

Did you know I was kicked out of gymnastics for being trans when I was 10 years old? All this debate about trans athletes brings back memories. After 3 years of practicing with my friends, my coach decided to split classes by gender. I asked my parents and teacher if I could play with the other girls, but they said no. They even teased me for asking. Can you imagine how confusing and embarrassing that is for a 5th grader? I started to believe I was doing something wrong just for wanting to play with the other girls. But I also knew I wasn’t a boy, and being placed on their team would have made everyone see me as one. It would be public humiliation.

I felt so hurt that I began breaking rules, complaining that I was being forced into the wrong class. Eventually, my teacher asked me to leave the gym. If I couldn’t go with the other girls, I couldn’t go at all. I never practiced again. This is how trans kids are ostracized and isolated for simply expressing themselves.

I helped write the amicus brief for this month’s Supreme Court cases involving trans athletes. These cases could either allow or prevent exclusion, depending on the outcome. No matter what happens, I know we will look back on this moment in shame in 30 years. We are living through a time when it was socially acceptable to attack trans children and question their basic freedom to play with their peers.

This is Delta's new economy seating (I'm 5'8)

Mansplaining like this is how you know trans women are women (edit: I am joking, obviously we don’t need to justify our womanhood with condescension).