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Stay With Us
Whether they’re inspiring us through their advocacy, their creativity, or their humor, these essays by prominent trans writers give us heart.
You Are Who We Are Fighting For
In the midst of these hard times, Erin Reed and Zooey Zephyr fight for you. Just as the trailblazers of the past fought for all of us to have a better world, they’re fighting for the trans community and for the soul of the country today.
How to Stay With Us Using Science
In times of crisis, there are research backed methods to help you get through it.
I Will Survive
In the face of this high stakes election, Jay Edidin shares why he chooses to survive.
Do it For the Pettiness
There are many uplifting, hopeful reasons for trans people to carry on fighting. Riley Silverman brings us some of the other ones.
How Anti-Trans Forces Turned an Amendment Into a Platform
An Ohio senate bill for access to college credits gets a transgender bathroom ban stapled to it last minute.
What Can We Make of Polling on Trans Issues?
Riki Wilchins offers some post-election trans polling analysis.
TWIBS: Reality TV Loser Fakes Death and Gender
One week contestant of The Bachelorette, Josh Seiter, who faked his own death last year and came out as trans in May has revealed that his non-transition was a “social experiment,” in a stunning display of Hollow Skull Syndrome. But does this weirdly committed vitriolic act against trans people stem from a more intimate source… ?
The (Dis)Information Playing Field is Completely Out of Balance
Additional commentary by Riki Wilchins on the Jack Turban interview.
Jack Turban – A Life on the Frontlines
Assigned Media interviews Jack Turban, Director of the Gender Psychiatry Program at the University of California.
Video in Which Trump Lays Out Plan to Harm Trans Community Resurfaces
A video released by President elect Donald Trump in which he cribs plans from the Heritage Foundation evil manifesto, Project 2025, to explain how he’d like to destroy the trans community has been shared again by conservatives on social media.
How to Change Your Legal Name and Gender 101
A guide on how to change your name and you gender markers on documents across the United States.
Send Assigned Media to DC
With your help, Assigned plans to go to DC to cover an upcoming Supreme Court case.
TWIBS: What Would You Do With $134???
Conservatives spent more than $120 MILLION dollars astroturfing anti-trans hatred for this election cycle, which begs the question… what would trans people do if they had that cash?
Journal Club: Does Passing Improve Your Health?
A 2019 paper investigates the health effects of “passing” for trans people.
Georgia Holds Hearings to Exclude Trans Women From Sports
Georgia holds special hearings to talk about excluding trans women from sports, ft. Riley Gaines & Alliance Defending Freedom.
TWIBS: Strange Things Are Happening in Redlands, CA
Redlands is the latest Southern California town to fall victim to right-wing efforts to turn the historically blue state red… but these bad actors are having a hard time keeping their neuroses in check!
Clippings: October 2024
A comic based on trans news stories from the month of October 2024.
Odessa, TX, puts $10,000 bounty on trans bathroomgoers
Last week, Odessa’s city council passed an ordinance barring trans people from the correct bathrooms and allowing anybody to sue suspected violators of this ban. This is, shockingly, a really terrible idea!