News Stories Shape Public Perception of Trans Lives. We’re Keeping Score.
Introducing the 2026 Trans News Tracking Project from Assigned Media.
Contempt Is the Foundation for the War on Trans People, and America
Bred on social media platforms and legitimized by mainstream outlets, the language of contempt for fellow human beings endangers us all. Trans people have been the early targets.
“A Shameful Chapter”: How Anti-Trans Disinformation Drowned Out Science and Gripped the Mainstream
A pipeline of pseudoscience funded by powerful right-wing hate groups has undermined medical truths with the help of big media.
Free Press “Whistleblower” Exposes Private Details of Therapy Sessions
An essay in the Free Press repeatedly misgendered, demeaned, and belittled the trans youth whose welfare Tamara Pietzke claims to care so much about.
Emily Yoffe Takes Sides Against a Vulnerable Youth
This isn’t journalism. It’s despicable.
What is Bari Weiss’ “Free Press”?
Would a news site print something like Jamie Reed’s now-debunked story about the clinic where she used to work?
Former Patient Directly Refutes St. Louis Whistleblower’s Allegations
Turns out it was all bullshit.
J. K. Rowling Will Be a Podcast
“The Witch Trials of J. K. Rowling” promises a biased, one-sided view of the post prominent transphobe of our time.
Anti-Trans Propagandist Abigail Shrier Among “Team” Given Access to Twitter Data by Billionaire
Shrier, along with Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi, have been given access to a large amount of data on Twitter’s past moderation decisions by Elon Musk. The three share at least one ideological belief in common, anti-trans bias.