A year ago, David Toshack was fired for refusing to be normal and decent. Now, he insists he’s been discriminated against.

A 2025 paper analyzes the myths surrounding trans folk and the ways these myths drive anti-trans policy. Assigned Media dives into this paper and its findings.

Two particularly vile bills expanding existing anti-trans laws are on their way through FL’s House and Senate.

The moderators of trans forums, many of them volunteers, have demonstrated remarkable resilience and resourcefulness over four decades and multiple digital eras. 

Leading Off: Libs of TikTok shared fake photos purporting to show Alex Pretti in drag, attempting to make a victim who conservatives don’t like seem trans. An invasive subpoena is quashed. And the Council of Europe may ban conversion therapy. The top story lines.

Controversial though it may be, private citizens telling you they don’t like what you’re saying and don’t want to hear it isn’t an infringement of your right to free speech.

The queer community of Minneapolis is dealing with the loss of one of their own as well as seeing their city under seige.

Dylan Mulvaney has been cast as Anne Boleyn in the musical SIX for her Broadway debut next month, shocking hateful losers everywhere.

Two trans experts Assigned spoke with expect a narrower ruling from a court whose appetite for harming trans people may have ebbed.

Founded in a far different era, the Bay Area group has emerged as a highly effective advocate for policy and press strategy.

A minority within a minority bear witness in a case accusing Myanmar of genocide.

An English tabloid put some spin on a brief altercation the Washington state governor had with a right-wing influencer.

Introducing the 2026 Trans News Tracking Project from Assigned Media.

When it comes to care for trans inmates, the empathy of individual officers and workers often comes into conflict with the law. A problem that is only worsened by a lack of understanding.

In the debate on child grooming, there are abundant easy answers and one side is obviously correct.

Wargaming, a traditionally masculine-coded hobby, has, in recent years, become a home to many trans and queer players.

Leading Off: Cases from West Virginia and Idaho have potentially vast repercussions. One law was aimed at a single girl. Another opens all girls, cis or trans, to eye-opening invasive actions. The week’s top story.

The famously mean spirited comedian had a brief explanation for his bad behavior in an interview, and I have some thoughts on what an annoying twerp he is.

The New York Times published a story covering the death of trans athlete, Lia Smith, but takes no responsibility for the ways their coverage of trans issues has fed the moral panic that caused it.