A Texas woman has decided the law doesn’t apply to her, and social media website X has declared that they agree.

For all of the nonsense about tradition, religion, and you-don’t-belong we all hear from our conservative relatives this time of year, historical Christmas traditions sure have a lot of genderqueer entities ready to feast on the bastards of this world. Here's some of them.

An authoritarian government, a captured press and cowardice at the head of most major institutions led to a year of losses for trans people’s safety and equality in the US.

Disagreeing with Donald Trump doesn’t make you a good person, especially when you’re still a bigoted monster.

In 2024, the NYT released a hit piece against a research paper that supported the use of puberty blockers. One year later, the very same researcher has found even more evidence supporting their use. Assigned Media takes a look at the results of this most recent study.

Leading Off: Intimidation of doctors and invasion of patient privacy are being fought in the courts. A radical right-wing assault on academic freedom is headed there as well. The week’s top story lines.

A federal judge ruled on Monday that teachers and other school employees should be required to report any changes in a child’s gender identity to their parents, a ruling which may violate state laws and will certainly endanger vulnerable children.

You may struggle over the holidays if you’re estranged from your family, but you are not alone.

The FDA sent twelve businesses threatening letters on Tuesday, demanding that they register their chest binders as medical devices with the FDA.

The right-wing campaign to create an autocratic state is also endangering long-held freedoms for all Americans, pushing U.S. democracy to the precipice. Trans people, its earliest targets, are among the most vulnerable.

Assigned Media investigates as the anti-trans organization Therapy First has begun offering continuing education to medical professionals.

As trans healthcare is decimated no one is standing up for the integrity of the scientific process for these patients.

The Department of Health and Human Services is trying to genocide trans children, and Jim O’Neill needs to come out of the closet.

Two months after a library board of trustees voted to keep one book featuring a transgender boy, out of 20,000 books in the library’s catalogue, the board was dissolved without any replacement.

A definitive ranking of trans journalism in 2025.

A definitive ranking of trans journalism in 2025.

Leading Off: A Bay area provider ends care for minors and the UK group GirlGuiding promotes bigotry against both girls and boys. Top story lines as the week begins.

A case of school bullying has been transformed into a freedom of religion case that demands the Justice Department’s attention, as if by magic!

John Weiser, a doctor and researcher, has treated people with HIV since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.

Community members reflect on the legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and the quest for Black trans liberation.