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Journal Club: The Everyday Impacts of Microaggressions

Journal Club: The Everyday Impacts of Microaggressions

June 2, 2026

A 2024 paper explores microaggressions against trans people and the way they can impact everyday life. Assigned Media takes a look at those effects in this month’s Journal Club.

Eli Clare: On Disability, Transness and Postponing Easy Answers

Eli Clare: On Disability, Transness and Postponing Easy Answers

May 18, 2026

Assigned Media interviews disability and trans rights scholar, Eli Clare.

Can Conversion Therapy Be Just Speech?

Can Conversion Therapy Be Just Speech?

May 6, 2026

Trans legal experts discuss Chiles v. Salazar, the Supreme Court conversion therapy case.

Political News

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TWIBS: Hormones for Me, but Not for Thee!

TWIBS: Hormones for Me, but Not for Thee!

July 17, 2026

After a year and a half of insisting medically transitioning troops can’t serve in the military, the SecDef is offering cisgender troops HRT.

HHS Shelves Rule on Trans Youth Healthcare, For Now

HHS Shelves Rule on Trans Youth Healthcare, For Now

July 15, 2026

A rule that would have made HHS blocks on trans youth healthcare official has been quietly deprioritized.

WPATH Faces Legal Battles With Trump’s FTC on Multiple Fronts

WPATH Faces Legal Battles With Trump’s FTC on Multiple Fronts

July 13, 2026

The Trump administration has deployed the Federal Trade Commission in unprecedented ways against WPATH, the professional organization that oversees care standards for trans medicine. WPATH sued the FTC in January, over subpoenas it had issued against them. In their suit, WPATH asserts that the FTC’s actions were retaliatory and infringed on their right to free

Medical News

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Pete Hegseth is Obsessed With Testosterone. Here’s All the Neat Science the Manosphere’s Not Talking About

Pete Hegseth is Obsessed With Testosterone. Here’s All the Neat Science the Manosphere’s Not Talking About

July 16, 2026

Hegseth says, “It’s well-established science that as we age, testosterone levels, often, naturally drop.” But that’s not the full story.

Journal Club: How Often Do Trans Kids Detransition, Really?

Journal Club: How Often Do Trans Kids Detransition, Really?

July 7, 2026

A 2026 paper explores the identities of trans youth, tracking the rates of detransition. Journal Club digs into the research and their findings.

TWIBS: City Journal Writer Has Another Terrible Take

TWIBS: City Journal Writer Has Another Terrible Take

June 26, 2026

Another terrible opinion from a ghoulish twerp, another TWIBS takedown!