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State_of_Belief_062020

“State_of_Belief_062020”. Released: 2013.

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Advice from a fellow not-wanting-to-do-this person in @jdforward today.

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This week in Both/And -- jaymichaelson.substack.com .

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Here's a handy reference guide.

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Honored to have the lead story on msnbc.com right now. I even have some mildly good news: Trump faces an uphill legal battle in his plan to fire 50,000 civil service workers, and I'm not sure he'll win it. @msnbc

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I need this on auto-reply to the several hundred people who have taken time out of their day to email, text, mention, and message me over the last few days. The scientific understanding of gender, like most fields, can be complex. But it's also backed by half a century of data and thousands of lives positively transformed. However, you don't need a PhD or MD -- just get to know a parent of a trans kid, or a trans person, so that you're basing your opinions on evidence rather than something else.

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You've probably read enough election takes by now. But I promise, this one is different -- because it contains is a small glimmer of hope. Up now in @rollingstone .

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