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Uh Oh! Conservative Brits Take EIC Roles at Two Major US News Orgs
The Washington Post and the Daily Beast have featured responsible, factual coverage of trans issues. That’s now threatened as two editors who helmed culture war focused papers have been put in charge.
Adult Human Female Dating App Poised to Suck
The next phase of Jenny Watson’s Transphobic Cinematic Universe has come to fruition! She says her dating app for cis lesbians, which scans your face like any normal app, is nearly fool-proof… but will it hold up in the long run?
Site Known for Anti-Trans Coverage Accused of Money Laundering
The Epoch Times, a far-right website associated with the Chinese Falun Gong religious movement, may have been funded by criminal activities.
Biden Condemns Trans Healthcare Bans in Pride Declaration
President Biden’s official Pride statement said bans on trans youth healthcare are “attack our most basic values and freedoms as Americans.” We should give him more credit for it.
TWIBS: Rowling Can’t Quit, So Stop Begging!
Infamous hackish fiction writer J.K. Rowling admits in a collection of essays by transphobes that her family begged her to stop obsessing over trans people. Like any other brain rotted transphobe, she simply can’t help herself!
Clippings: May 2024
A roundup of trans news from the month of May 2024 featuring art by Piper Bly.
Dreyfuss Has Bigoted Senior Moment on Stage
Yet another Hollywood has been is indulging in a very public, very bigoted rant about trans people, among other things. I say let’s cancel Mr. Holland and the Opus he rode in on.
J. K. Rowling and the Dreaded Pee Squirts
We’re talking about the importance of gynecological care and pelvic floor health and no third-rate children’s author can stop us.
Trans People and Crime: The Facts Behind the Disinformation Campaign
Right wing news outlets have repeatedly sought to link the trans community with violence and criminality. But what do we actually know about trans people and crime?
TWIBS: New Freedom Summer Regulations
With Florida’s “Freedom Summer” just around the corner, Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Transportation have come up with some new rules curtailing the freedom of bridges all across Florida!
Undark Examination of SEGM Includes Errors and Misinfo
A middle-of-the-road treatment of SEGM introduced errors and distortions into the topic of trans youth healthcare, based in part on the distortions advanced by people associated with the controversial organization.
New World Sailing Guidelines Ban Most Trans Women
New participation guidelines published by World Sailing mirror de facto bans on trans women participating in competitive sailing, a move sure to harm cisgender competitors and the sport as a whole.
Evan’s Moving House
Assigned Media will have a reduced publication schedule this week while Evan prepares and moves to Boston.
WPATH and USPATH Trash Talk the Cass Review
A response highlighted the lack of expertise involved in the Cass Review, the lack of evidence for many of the claims, and the lack of any new information that might change the picture of gender-affirming care.
TWIBS: Peru Says Trans People Mentally Ill, We Say Right Back Atcha
They don’t actually get to declare this, do they?
The Questions in Gender-Affirming Medicine Aren’t What You Think
We asked providers and researchers what the open questions in gender-affirming medicine were. Their answers might surprise you.
The Cass Review Buried Trans Youth Perspectives
We got into the weeds on the Cass Review website to surface the youth perspectives ignored by a Report that will further limit options for gender dysphoric youth in England.
Washington Post Buries Trans Response to Inaccurate Anti-Trans Op-Ed
Mira Lazine wrote that an offensive op-ed opposing trans medical care by a gay man made major errors in its interpretation of the history of the gay rights movement and the APA.
J. K. Rowling Is Officially Too Toxic to Defend
Elon Musk, Jonathan Chait, and Debbie Hayton are among the diverse figures distancing themselves from Rowling’s increasingly open hostility to trans women.
TWIBS: Cass Says Porn Makes You Trans
Bloviating good-for-nothing unqualified annoyance Dr. Hilary Cass confidently declares exposure to porn might be making trans boys trans! As usual, she prefers theories without even a shred of evidence.