JD Vance suspended from Bluesky for bizarre reason after posting transgender views
Vance posted to the site for the first time on Wednesday to open a discussion about the Supreme Court 's decision to uphold a Tennessee law banning minors from being prescribed hormones or receiving transgender surgeries or treatments.
'Hello Bluesky,' Vance wrote. 'I've been told this app has become the place to go for common sense political discussion and analysis. So I'm thrilled to be here to engage with all of you.'
He shared images of the 6-3 majority opinion where the conservative justices questioned the authority of so-called 'experts' on the matter of transgenderism in children and said it should be left up to the states to decide their laws one way or the other.
The vice president's account was suspended after the three-post thread went live.
A spokesperson for the platform said Vance was briefly removed because the Bluesky system flagged the account as a potential imposter.
Vance posted for the first time to the left-leaning alternative to X to open a discussion about the Supreme Court's decision to uphold rulings letting stand a Tennessee law that bans minors from receiving transgender treatments and surgeries
They said the account was reinstated within 20 minutes of the automated system removing it and a verified badge was added to help authenticate the profile.
'Vice President Vance's account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts which have targeted public figures like him in the past,' Bluesky said in its statement.
'The account was quickly restored and verified so people can easily confirm its authenticity,' the company added. 'We welcome the Vice President to join the conversation on Bluesky.'
Vance posted images of his Bluesky thread on X writing: 'Just set up my page on @bluesky, hope to see you guys there!'
He wrote in the three-part post about his consensus with the conservative majority's opinion handed down on Wednesday.
The decision is likely to extend to bans or restrictions in 25 other states where similar laws were put into place or proposed to stop minors from receiving irreversible gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments.
'The Court's role is not 'to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic' of [the Tennessee law], but only to ensure that the law does not violate equal protection guarantees. It does not,' Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.
He added: 'Questions regarding the law's policy are thus appropriately left to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process.'
Vance's first activity on Bluesky was a three-part post about the Supreme Court ruling
Vance posted on Bluesky: 'I found Justice Thomas's concurrence on medical care for transgender youth quite illuminating.'
'He argues that many of our so-called 'experts' have used bad arguments and substandard science to push experimental therapies on our youth,' the vice president wrote.
'I might add that many of those scientists are receiving substantial resources from big pharma to push these medicines on kids. What do you think?'
Vance said he wanted to have open conversation on the social media site that emerged as the liberal alternative to X as it became increasingly right wing – especially after billionaire Elon Musk's purchase of the platform.
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