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TWIBS: RFK, Jr., Shockingly Incompetent and Wrong, Again
Kennedy, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, is promoting misinformation. Again. Uh, again… again again. Again.
Ask a Trans Lawyer: Trans Women in Sport
Assigned Media interviews former GenderPAC lawyer, Dana Priesing, discussing anti-trans lawsuits and trans women in women’s sports.
Federal Judge Orders Censorship Undone
Harvard Medical School doctors sued after their work was censored. Now a federal judge has ordered that their work be restored.
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found
A 1,000-page report by the College of Pharmacy at the University of Utah, which found care safe and effective, stands out from others: It’s both independent and an actual review of the evidence.
‘Pendulum Swing’ in Texas Races Points to Value of Local Organizing
Hard-line conservatives who promoted book and bathroom bans suffered big losses in school board races.
Utah Review: Youth Gender Medicine Exceeds Typical FDA Requirements
Leading Off: A first look at Utah's evidence review. The Times is pressed on bias. Democrats and Republicans say trans people face bigotry. The top story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Scumbags Unite to Sue MN
A newish anti-trans activist group has declared it’s litigating against the state of Minnesota, alongside Alliance Defending Freedom.
Ken Paxton Announces Another Investigation
After a trans woman won big at a swimming competition, Texas AG Ken Paxton quickly announced his plans to try and get the event hosts in legal trouble.
Trans Americans, Citing Hostile Politics, Seek Safer Homes, Survey Finds
Leading Off: A poll highlights “extreme pressure.” A quilt pleads for safety. The rabid right revels in harassment. The top story lines as the week begins.
TWIBS: Justice Department Cuts Grants to Give Cops More Money
Fox News and The Daily Wire are alleging that the Justice Department has cut “DEI” funds to pay the police, which is kind of the opposite of what we were asking for with the whole “defund the police” campaign, to be honest.
Pentagon Halts Gender-Affirming Care to Active Duty Troops
Following a Supreme Court win for the Trump administration, the Pentagon is officially ending GAC for trans troops effective immediately, and giving them less than a month to separate voluntarily.
The First Amendment Should Protect Trans People’s Passports
Trump’s executive order defining sex made it clear that passport sex markers will now carry an ideological message. The constitution protects Americans from being forced to endorse ideological messages with which they disagree.
Stirring Animus, Facts Be Damned: For Trump, Fomenting Bias Is Only Goal
Leading Off: Trump ousts trans service members as his party mainstreams hate. Cass is called “unreliable” and unsupported by evidence. The top story lines as the week begins.
Young NYC Trans Patients Face a Limbo With Devastating Implications
A series of interviews conducted by Assigned Media reveals that even a step forward in resuming care is accompanied by major limitations and ongoing anxiety.
TWIBS: Spineless SCOTUS Happy to Bend Over for Bigotry
Trump asked SCOTUS to jump, and they asked, “How high?” The Supreme Court delivered a simpering single page approval for the Trump admin’s purge of trans people from the US military and presumably hoped for a treat and a good boy from the president, and now thousands of people will lose their livelihoods for no reason.
Guggenheim Fellowships Celebrate the Art and Diversity Trump Attacks
Among the scholars and artists are – surprise! – the trans and nonbinary people whom the president wants to erase.
WV Eliminates Life Saving Exception in GAC Ban
When WV banned gender-affirming care for minors in 2023, they left in one exception for exceptionally at risk youth. Last week, they decided those children had it too good for too long.
NYU Langone Resumes Care Appointments for Trans Youth, Senator Says, but Questions Remain
The New York City hospital was one of the best known in the nation to acquiesce to Trump’s discriminatory anti-trans decree.
What’s in HHS Review of Youth Gender Medicine? A Lot of Harmful Politics.
Leading Off: A government report that reads like a long anti-trans opinion piece. Trump just keeps losing in Maine. The top story lines as the week begins.
A Clippings Scrapbook: Irene Clyde And Gender In The UK
One hundred years prior to the UK Supreme court decision to cease recognition of trans men and women as their respective genders, one writer spoke on the abolition of gender.