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NYT Won’t Be Correcting the Name of Deceased Trans Conjoined Twin
Despite pressure from GLAAD, the NYT resisted efforts to update their obituary for Lori and George Schappell to remove repeated uses of a previously used female name for George.
Misinformation Rampant in Press Coverage of Cass Review
Right-wing media has repeatedly shared false and misleading claims about the findings presented in the Final Report of the Cass Review.
TWIBS: Jillian Michaels Hates Science!
Award-winning quack and lawsuit queen Jillian Michaels, former “The Biggest Loser” fat people torturer, has thrown in her lot with the anti-trans activists! But it turns out she’s working from faulty knowledge…
Politico Offers Rare Peek Behind the NYT Curtain
A story in Politico on tensions between the Biden administration and the New York Times contains intriguing hints about A. G. Sulzberger’s role in shaping coverage of Biden and, perhaps, transgender issues.
Study Finds Employers Discriminate Against They/Them Pronouns
A new study looked at job applicants who included pronouns with their information and found those who used they/them pronouns were discriminated against.
What’s Up With Chloe Cole’s Lawsuit?
Checking in on the most famous detransitioner’s lawsuit against the Kaiser Permanente providers who once treated her gender dysphoria with transition care.
62-year-old Cisgender Man Declares Hilary Cass Empathetic
David Brooks is not qualified to judge this, or anything else, about transgender healthcare.
TWIBS: JK Rowling Will See You in Court
For how much Rowling and her Gender Critical ghoulies say they just want to “call a spade a spade,” they sure do get angry if you point out that she’s a Holocaust denier!
In Defense of the Medical Model for Trans Healthcare
Andrea Long Chu thinks libertarianism will save the trans community. That’s bonkers.
Trans Veterans Deserve Full Access to Transition Surgeries
The Transgender American Veterans Association has filed an appeal against Veterans Affairs’ denial of their 2016 petition to include coverage for transgender surgeries.
The Real Scandal in Trans Youth Healthcare
Activists are claiming that providing healthcare to transgender youth is a major medical scandal. The real scandal is that some journalists may be buying it.
What’s in the Cass Report?
The final report of the Cass Review of gender-affirming care for youth is being taken as vindication from anti-trans activists.
TWIBS: Come Hell or High Water I Will Find Trans Joy
Forget the Cass Review for five minutes! I don’t care how bleak the week is, I’ll find something we can all be happy about.
The Evidence Supports Informed Consent
Two models of gender-affirming care provision are currently in conflict. What does the research say?
Liv Raisner Went Undercover With an Anti-Trans Quack Therapist
Gender exploratory therapy is the newest face of conversion therapy. A trans investigator went undercover to share an inside look at the tactics used by its manipulative providers.
A Doctor’s Case Against Assigning Sex at Birth
Doctors assign their best guess at sex based on a cursory visual examination of an infant’s genitals. But, what if they didn’t?
TWIBS: Adult Human Female Bar Poised to Suck
Thoroughly outraged by transgender women she made up to get mad about, Jenny Watson threatens to open UK’s first “female-only” lesbian pub that trans women could easily sneak into if, in spite of all the bigotry, they wanted to!
Assigned News: Evan Urquhart Named As Incoming KSJ Fellow
Evan Urquhart, Assigned Media’s founder, is headed to MIT for a nine-month fellowship in August. He’ll be working on an in-depth project reporting on the science of gender-affirming treatments.
No One Ever Said J. K. Rowling Might Be Jailed for Misgendering
A BBC Radio 4 interview was misrepresented in the UK press, then JK Rowling went on a transphobic tear, then Caitlyn Jenner amplified the misinformation, and now we’re doing a story on it.