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Read about the lost history of 14-year-old trans girl Emma Heinrich in my latest from @teenvogue. She was nicknamed the "tomboy bandit of Passaic" in 1905 for her unusual heists and refusal to adhere to gender norms.
Read the full story by Eli Erlick:
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/before-gender-book-stories-trans-youth
![Late on Halloween night, 1905, Emma and her gang started a steady string of robberies. They stole cigars, “great quantities” of tobacco, and five gold rings from a local store (altogether worth around $1,785 in 2025). Halloween night was a citywide celebration in Passaic, and the holiday provided the perfect cover for their heist to go undetected. The following evening, the gang stole alcohol, tobacco, and other valuables from a nearby saloon. The trio slid through a skylight to plunder the bar. One estimate put their loot at an astonishing fifty bottles of alcohol, which they resold to a local man.
The police caught Emma a week later. An officer spotted her in a shoplifted coat and stopped her, recognizing the missing item. She acknowledged that it was stolen but denied that she was the one who looted it. The officer marched her to jail. Her uncle paid for the coat, and the judge dismissed the case. However, officials remained curious about her “boyish nature.”
Respecting her gender, Emma’s father explained, “She is a Tom boy [ . . .] she invariably associates with boys and leads a reckless sort of existence.” Charles’s statement is a small but remarkable piece of trans history. He was willing to defend her gender (and perhaps commit perjury) even when she misbehaved. Gender is not a reward to be distributed but a basic form of self-expression that families must support. If Charles Heinrich knew this in 1905, we can certainly understand it today.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/114/699/444/072/383/621/original/36d02848a24b6f5c.jpg)
Intentionally dysregulating an autistic person is an act of violence.
Not only do the #Republicans want to take our #taxes and give them to #rich. They now want to sell #publicland
Trump suggests he’ll again extend deadline for TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell app
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-suggests-hell-again-extend-deadline-for-tiktoks-chinese-owner-to-sell-app?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into World @world-PBSNewsHour
Mastodon updates its terms to prohibit AI model training https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/mastodon-updates-its-terms-to-prohibit-ai-model-training/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
After 3 years of full-scale war in Ukraine, Europe finally lays out road map to detox from Russian oil and gas
https://kyivindependent.com/europe-lays-out-road-map-to-finally-detox-from-russian-oil-and-gas/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Latest News @latest-news-KyivIndependent
“U.S. military is deploying more fighter aircraft to the Middle East and extending the deployment of other warplanes, bolstering U.S. military forces in the region, three U.S. officials said.
One of the officials said the deployments include F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft.”
- https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-iran-conflict-live-trump-leaves-g7-summit-early-says-should-evacuate-2025-06-17/
Trump Has Been Privately Trash Talking Gov. Walz In Response to Minnesota Assassinations
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-walz-assassination-call-minnesota-1235366427/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics News @politics-news-RollingStone
Via Kyle Griffin:
From the AP:
Lander replies, as he's being handcuffed, "I'm not obstructing, I'm standing right here in the hallway."
"You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant," Lander said as he was led away down a hallway and into an elevator.
Breaking:
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's comptroller, mayoral candidate Brad Lander, has been arrested while visiting an immigration court.
For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source!
Gee. Maybe you need a DNI you can trust?
Trump dismisses Gabbard's testimony on Iran nukes: "I don't care what she said"
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/trump-gabbard-iran-nuclear-weapon-testimony
#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
“I’m not a virgin, I’m a lesbian.”
Reader, never, not in my entire life, have I made someone stagger backwards the way this doctor did. I think if I had brandished a gun and demanded all the sperm in the bank she would have been calmer. Meanwhile, I’m there with my knees by my ears thinking, “Why is she so shocked?”
https://medium.com/prismnpen/gay-in-the-exam-room-f781b1d52b91?sk=beb66df46e94e422096ce94da532e913
#LGBTQ+ adults see self-interest in corporate Pride
68% of US LGBTQ+ adults say all or most companies participate in Pride Month to boost business, while just 16% believe it’s driven by genuine support
https://content-na1.emarketer.com/lgbtq--adults-see-self-interest-corporate-pride
Organizers of last weekend’s #NoKings protests set July 17 for their next mass demonstration in memory of John Lewis. They’ll center racial justice, voting rights, and a united fight for inclusive democracy. www.axios.com/2025/0...
Agent Orange’s seamless transition from NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT to GLOBAL EMBARRASSMENT has been the smoothest part of his fake presidency.
— Oliver Griswold
#politics #tyranny #FascistAmeriKKKa #Nazis #embarrassment #dictatorship #Authoritarianism #kakistocracy #kleptocracy
