Nu Trans Movement, Inc

05/21/2026

05/16/2026

Content warning: violence against a transgender woman.

Juniper Blessing was 19 years old.

She was a transgender woman, a University of Washington student, and an atmospheric and earth sciences major. She had a name. A family. A future. A life that mattered.

This week, Juniper was found murdered in the laundry room of Nordheim Court, an off-campus housing complex near the University of Washington. According to court and medical examiner reports, she had been stabbed more than 40 times.

That is not just a death.

That is violence.
That is brutality.
That is terror felt far beyond one building, one campus, one family.

Juniper’s family said, “Juniper was simply the most amazing human being we have ever known.” They described her as highly intelligent, talented, and deeply sensitive to others. They also said her death devastates them and diminishes the world.

And that is the part we must not lose.

Before she was a headline, Juniper was beloved.

She was someone’s child.
Someone’s friend.
Someone’s classmate.
Someone who carried gifts this world will never get to fully receive.

A memorial has been growing in UW’s Red Square, filled with flowers, notes, and messages of love for Juniper and support for the transgender community. Students have gathered there not only to grieve, but to remind one another that Juniper’s life deserves to be honored with tenderness, truth, and community care.

A community grieving and healing event is also being planned on the UW campus at Sylvan Grove on Saturday at 4 p.m., organized by local trans rights groups. Organizers have asked that the space be respected, with no media, filming, or photography.

Because grief is not a spectacle.

And trans grief, especially, deserves protection.

We do not yet know everything about motive. But we do know this: transgender people already live with disproportionate risk of violence. Trans women especially are too often forced to move through the world calculating safety in ways no human being should have to calculate.

So when a young trans woman is murdered this violently, the impact does not stop with one family.

It ripples through every trans student wondering if they are safe.
Every parent of a trans child swallowing fear.
Every friend refreshing updates.
Every q***r and trans person who has learned that even ordinary places — a laundry room, a campus, a sidewalk, a home — can become unsafe.

Juniper Blessing deserved ordinary safety.

She deserved to do her laundry and go back to her room.
She deserved to study the earth and sky.
She deserved late-night conversations, inside jokes, messy adulthood, family, graduation photos, birthdays, joy, love, and time.

She deserved a whole life.

And we want to say this clearly:

Trans women are not threats.
Trans women are beloved.
Trans women are part of our families, our campuses, our communities, and our world.

We will say Juniper’s name.
We will honor her life.
We will hold her family, friends, classmates, the trans community and the UW community in our hearts.

And we will keep working for a world where transgender people are not merely mourned after violence, but fiercely protected while they are living.

Rest in peace, Juniper Blessing.

You were here.
You mattered.
And your light will not be forgotten.

05/16/2026

Texas just FORCED a Hospital to build America's first "De-Transition Clinic" and FIRE all the doctors who protected Trans youth.

In a horrifying precedent, Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston — the largest children's hospital in the country — was just politically starved into submission to stop a relentless, years-long legal attack by Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Instead of going to trial, the hospital was forced to agree to a sweeping, devastating settlement.

The details are absolutely CHILLING:

• The "Detransition Clinic": The hospital is being forced to fully fund and operate a new clinic specifically for detransitioning, providing care entirely for free for the next five years.

• The Fines: They must pay a massive $10 MILLION settlement directly to the state.

• The Purge: Five doctors who treated trans youth are being fired — permanently losing their jobs and medical privileges in a direct threat to every clinician in the state.

• The Ban: The hospital must permanently exit the business of providing gender‑affirming care to minors.

Gender-affirming care is an umbrella term for the treatment of gender dysphoria, or the discomfort that comes when someone’s gender identity does not align with the s*x they were assigned at birth. Gender-affirming care ranges from “socially transitioning” — using different pronouns or dressing differently — to puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgical interventions.

“Today is a monumental day in the fight to stop the radical transgender movement,” Paxton said in a statement issued Friday. “I applaud Texas Children’s Hospital for changing course and committing to being a part of the solution by agreeing to form a first-of-its kind Detransition Clinic that will help provide free care to those who have been victimized by twisted, morally bankrupt transgender ideology.”

Texas Children’s said in a statement that it made the “difficult decision” to settle with the attorney general’s office to close a legal chapter that has been, “wrought with falsehoods and distractions.”

The hospital said it spent three three years producing more than 5 million documents to both the state and the U.S. Department of Justice.

“All reviews and investigations continue to support the facts – we have been compliant with all laws,” the hospital statement said. “To be clear – we are settling to protect our resources from endless and costly litigation … We stand proud knowing we will always put our purpose over politics and that we have and will continue to follow the law.”

Texas Children’s, one of the world’s leading pediatric hospitals, did not say in its statement how it will roll out its clinic or what services it will include.

Andrea Segovia with the Transgender Education Network of Texas said she’s worried that other states will follow Texas’ lead in forcing more of these clinics to open.

“It’s terrifying what other states will take from this,” Segovia said, the organization’s senior field and policy director.

Transgender people make up about 1% of the population, Segovia said, and it is “infuriating” that the state is creating the detransition clinic as access to other healthcare services are struggling — such as rural hospitals and reproductive care.

She is also concerned that access to mental healthcare will not be woven into the clinic’s services.

“When trans people decide to detransition, it is because of social pressures from their job, from their friends, from their family, from their government,” Segovia said. “It is not normally because of healthcare complications.”

In March, Paxton released an opinion saying that mental health providers licensed by the state cannot provide gender-transitioning care to minors under state law. It’s not clear if Paxton believes state law bars detransitioning mental healthcare as well.

Brad Pritchett, CEO of Equality Texas, a nonprofit that advocates for the LGBTQ community, said in a statement that the attorney general is “blackmailing a hospital system into creating a resource that no one is asking for.”

Pritchett said a detransition clinic “ignores the actual science and years of data about the overwhelming benefits of gender-affirming care,” and that it is “embarrassing that a hospital once revered for its care has lost its integrity and put politics over patients.”

Several medical associations including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and American Psychiatric Association, have supported evidence-based gender-transitioning care as appropriate and medically necessary for minors.

Dallas State Rep. Jessica González who chairs the Texas House LGBTQ Caucus said in a statement that the settlement is “shameful, and is the furthering of an agenda to eradicate transgender people from the eyes of society.”

González, one of the few openly q***r representatives, said “detransitioners already have access to care. There is no evidence that people who detransition lack access to medical care.”

She added that because Texas Children’s has to fully fund the clinic for five years, that will take away attention and limited resources from the hospital’s other departments, such as care for children with cancer and infants with heart conditions.

“Using a settlement to compel a hospital to build an ideologically framed clinic opens the door to more state interference in medical practice, more dangerous stigmatization that truly harms young Texans, and, sadly, more lives lost in our nation’s su***de epidemic,” González said.

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Let’s be clear about what that clinic is: It is not based on medical science or patient demand. It is a political trophy. It is a monument built to punish a hospital for helping q***r kids, draining millions of dollars away from other pediatric departments just to satisfy a political vendetta.

This is how the rules are being rewritten. They aren’t just passing bans anymore... they are using the crushing weight of state investigations to threaten hospitals with financial ruin, forcing them to fire their own staff and build facilities designed by the very officials trying to erase us.

If they can do this to a massive hospital in Houston, they will use this exact blueprint to hold every hospital hostage in America.

Sources: The Texas Tribune & Josh Helfgott

05/13/2026

05/13/2026

To Our Gender-Affirming Care Community in New York,

We want to acknowledge the fear, anxiety, and uncertainty many families and young people may be feeling after reports that officials in Texas have sent requests to providers in New York, including NYU and other healthcare institutions, seeking information related to minors who have received gender-affirming care.

Many people came to New York or sought care here because they believed they would be treated with dignity, compassion, privacy, and respect. Hearing about attempts to access sensitive information may create feelings of vulnerability, distrust, or fear about what comes next.

We want our community to know that you are not alone.

New York has legal protections in place intended to safeguard access to gender-affirming care and to protect providers, patients, and families from out-of-state actions targeting lawful healthcare. Healthcare institutions are also bound by privacy laws, including HIPAA, and providers cannot simply release confidential medical information without appropriate legal authority.

At this time, it is important for families to stay informed, remain connected to trusted providers and advocacy organizations, and avoid panic while monitoring developments carefully. If you have concerns about your privacy, your child’s records, or your legal rights, consider speaking directly with your healthcare provider or a qualified attorney familiar with LGBTQ+ and healthcare privacy protections.

Most importantly, please remember this: your identity is valid, your healthcare matters, and your safety and wellbeing deserve protection. Transgender youth deserve the opportunity to grow, thrive, and receive affirming care without intimidation or political targeting.

We stand in solidarity with transgender youth, their parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, and the broader LGBTQ+ community during this difficult moment.

With support and care,

Nu Transgender Movement, Inc.

05/09/2026

Rest in Power & Love, sweet sister. 💔💔 Kiara St James New York Transgender Advocacy Group

🪷 REST IN POWER, KIARA ST JAMES

05/08/2026

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11/27/2025

I was invited to the Thanksgiving giveaway in Manhattan, hosted by There was pizza, and bags full to the brim with Turkeys, Chickens, Seafood, and all the Thanksgiving trimmings. It was an opportunity to fellowship and share space despite the state of affairs. The art contestant winners received their prizes. Congratulations. 🎉🎊 Thank ya, I had a blast.