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Trans Youth and Families Deserve Better Than The Affirming Care “Debate”
In the Washington Post, Megan McArdle pushes vague fearmongering about transgender youth in an example of the poisoned debate that asks endless leading questions when we already know the answers.
TWIBS: Missouri Rep Proposes Criminalizing Teachers Using a Trans Kid’s Pronouns
State Rep. Jamie Ray Gragg introduced this absolutely bizarre bill that would jail teachers and have them register as sex offenders if they contribute to the social transition of a student.
Texas Democrat Who Turned on Trans Community Is Finding Out
Representative Shawn Thierry voted to ban gender-affirming care for youth. Now she’s heading for a runoff, unless her opponent, Lauren Ashley Simmons, won outright.
Aaron or LillyAnarKitty? The Complicated Identity of Aaron Bushnell
Should we remember Bushnell as Lilly, or as Aaron?
Actually Nothing: The Non-Starter Non-Story of the WPATH Files
Assigned Media analyzed hundreds of forum posts by WPATH members under a microscope. We found that WPATH members created hundreds of boring forum posts.
Conservative Media Elevated and Enabled a Ranting, Rage-Filled Anti-Trans Dad in California
Adam Vena swore at and berated the mother of his 5-year-old trans daughter. To the right, his rage filled outbursts, including some in family court, are inconvenient details to be papered over.
This Week in Barrel Scraping: The Smut Habits of Helen Joyce
A prominent British anti-trans activist got caught reading explicit Harry Potter fanfic on a public train. No, we’re not making this up.
Boston Globe Story on ADF-Backed Case Thumbs Scale Against Trans Youth
Coverage of a Christian school challenging non-discrimination law contains subtle attempts to skew the story against transgender girls’ participation in sports.
Owasso PD Tried to “Head Off” National Scrutiny Over Nex Benedict
Mainstream media nearly fell for it, but the efforts of independent reporters who pressed police for answers have changed the narrative.
Moms 4 Liberty Chair Who Faked Gender Dysphoria Expresses Shock At Gender Dysphoria Dx
This one’s really stupid. We’re sorry.
Listen to Owasso Students, Not Chaya Raichik or Taylor Lorenz
Arguing about who’s platforming Chaya Raichik is a distraction from the voices we desperately need to hear from right now.
Aspects of Nex Benedict’s Death are Becoming Clear, but Questions Remain
An Oklahoma 16-year-old died after being beaten by peers in a girls bathroom at Owasso High School. Rumors and misinformation have swirled around the story ever since.
TWIBS: Gender Crits Come Out AGAINST Nourishing New Life
Is it right or wrong to feed a newborn babe? Two very different answers from the trans community and their opponents on the right.
Conservative IWF Now Replacing “Women’s Sports” With “Women’s Prisons”
Whenever conservatives claim to advocate for women the only item on their agenda is attacking trans women’s rights.
Downplaying a Teen’s Death, Chaiya Raichik Explains Her “Mission”
“Having a fight in school, it’s not breaking news, it’s not so outrageous,” said the embattled social media personality and member of the Oklahoma State Library Advisory Committee.
Riley Gaines Has No Shame, Decency, Honesty, or Self-Respect
Gaines recently claimed Title IX “means nothing” in response to a Division III trans woman athlete whose times are far behind Gaines’ high school bests.
Conservatives Freak Out At Cecilia Gentili’s Big Queer Funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral
The cons were spitting mad that a trans woman’s life was celebrated.
This Week in Barrel Scraping: Flags Down in Tennessee
Some flags are OK. Just none of these gay flags, you hear?
It’s Time for Science to Move Past the Sex Binary
A paper in the journal Hormones and Behavior calls on researchers to move beyond the binary.
Nonbinary ID Drives Increase in Trans & NB College Students
Nonbinary people’s unique experiences are being passed over in stories about the increase in trans identities.