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TWIBS: What Would You Do With $134???
Conservatives spent more than $120 MILLION dollars astroturfing anti-trans hatred for this election cycle, which begs the question… what would trans people do if they had that cash?
RW Media Falsely Claim Cancer Society Apologized for Using “Cervix”
A webpage’s explainer text was falsely billed as an apology by the Daily Mail, the Toronto Sun, and others.
FBI Indicts Doc Who Leaked Trans Kids’ Medical Info to Chris Rufo
Dr. Eithan Haim has portrayed himself as a victim of politically motivated prosecution after he leaked information about trans kids treated at Texas Children’s Hospital to a notorious culture war activist.
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.
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.
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?
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.
TWIBS: Peru Says Trans People Mentally Ill, We Say Right Back Atcha
They don’t actually get to declare this, do they?
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.
In Defense of the Medical Model for Trans Healthcare
Andrea Long Chu thinks libertarianism will save the trans community. That’s bonkers.
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.
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.
Christian Nationalists Claim Ownership of Easter’s Month of Sundays
Wall-to-wall coverage of the convergence of Trans Day of Visibility sends an authoritarian message that dissenters to Christian nationalist totalitarianism will not be tolerated.
Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth
The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told PBS that young people are becoming trans due to peer contagion. There is no evidence that this is so.
TDOV Coincides With Easter Sunday, Conservatives Dismayed
Ian Miles Cheong and the Washington Examiner are trying to make a scandal out of the coincidence of dates.
Reading Between the Lines of a USA Today Anti-Trans Column
How does it harm a cis woman to tie for fifth place with a trans woman? Opinion columns opposing trans women’s equal participation in sports won’t tell you.
The Real Scandal in British Trans Care: 10-year Waiting Lists
A BBC Newsnight investigation is shedding light on the hopelessness of waiting years for a first appointment at a UK gender clinic.
Glowing Review of Matt Walsh Doc Honored by Oldest Press Club in US
The five-star review repeated multiple false and misleading claims, echoing the What is a Woman? documentary by Walsh. It is to be honored with a 2023 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism award.
Transgender Space Camp Employee Accused of Being Transgender
Conservatives are trying to get a transfemme fired for being transgender. The case highlights the increasing danger of the moral panic that insinuates trans people are inherently dangerous to children.
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.