Amidst papers being twisted and numerous bad faith studies being used against trans people, a new paper cuts through to shed some real light on the broad impacts of hormone replacement therapy. Journal Club dives in to look at this 2026 paper.

Leading Off: Protests break out in Idaho Government buildings following bathroom ban, the DoJ files a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota, and Louisville considers becoming a safe haven. The top story lines as we start off the week.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Chiles v. Salazar takes the standpoint that therapists should not be restricted in what they be allowed to say to clients, but those restrictions are precisely what keeps clients safe.

In 2018, Nicole Maines became the first trans person to play an explicitly transgender superhero on television. Fifty years prior, another trans femme quietly took on a role on the opposite side of the coin.

After yet another Supreme Court intervention to curtail the rights of trans youth, a California judge insists trans kids who are likely to be abused should be outed to their parents.

The genocidal campaign against trans people is not being led by right-leaning news outlets, our analysis shows. Two elite media institutions are leading the charge.

Pose actress speaks on politics, community, visibility, and allyship.

Leading Off: Idaho and Tennessee move forward with harsh anti-trans bills and other states follow, the IOC bans transgender athletes. The top story lines as we start off the week.

Trump’s Department of Education threatens yet another school for being normal about trans people.

A newsletter from the board states “this was neither a policy change nor was it an endorsement of a position taken by another medical society” in contrast to the characterization of their statement in the paper of record.

Resilience comes in many forms, explore an array of ways you can build your defenses in a hostile world.

Luanne James may lose her job after standing up for the rights of her patrons and the First Amendment.

Crystal Cron leads an immigrant mutual aid organization. Crystal is nonbinary and Latine. Jesse Holleran does coms for Equality Maine by day, and volunteers to fight ICE after work. They’re far from alone.

Trans and queer inmates share their experiences in finding belonging and normalcy within the bounds of a hostile prison system.

An effort to pass legislation for a museum dedicated to women’s history in America, which has languished in congress for six years, has been dealt another blow by Republicans’ last minute anti-trans additions.

Resilience is a learnable skill, but people didn’t always believe it to be. To understand resilience, we take a look at its history.

Judge Ana Reyes, who has rebuked the administration’s ban on trans troops more than once over the last year, has called for a briefing to discuss whether or not their case should apply to a larger group of people.

Jeremy Peters took to the comments on his recent article to signal his agreement with a far-right conspiracy theory that major medical journals have been ideologically captured. The theory seeks to explain the overwhelming evidence in favor of gender-affirming treatments.

Leading Off: UK based DIY HRT site, HRT Cafe, shuts down without warning; Idaho moves to restrict social transition for minors; the State Department cracks down on transgender immigrants. The top story lines as we start off the week.

Iowa’s state legislature has passed a bill disallowing municipal protections for marginalized Iowans, who have been abundantly clear about who they want to protect.