The surveys, and the political stances pundits build from them, lack essential context on how firmly Americans hold their beliefs and how knowledgeable they are.

Conversion therapy is not only ineffective at its purported goal, but also only serves to amplify psychological distress.

Leading Off: The U.S. Supreme Court prepares to see a case on conversion therapy bans tomorrow, campaigning on an anti-trans platform is notably unpopular, and some states push to ease restrictions on transgender Americans updating their documents. Our top stories starting out the week in trans news.

Trans lawyers criticize both Roberts’ opinion and the ACLU’s strategy in the case that allowed state laws to discriminate against trans youth in healthcare.

Meanwhile, other mainstream media newsrooms treated the U.S. v. Skrmetti case as an opportunity to center coverage around the expected result.

An anti-trans, anti-science decision relies on a history of discrimination against women, and opens the door to challenges on care like vaccines.

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.

After declining to hear a case on conversion therapy in 2023, the Supreme Court has decided to hear an identical one starting in October.

Assigned Media’s street photographer shares some of her best photos from outside of the Supreme Court before and during oral arguments at U. S. vs Skrmetti on December 4, 2024.

People gathered in front of the Supreme Court to stand up for trans rights. Assigned’s team captured their photos and stories.

An interview with Chris Geidner of Law Dork about what he thinks happened at oral arguments in US vs Skrmetti and whether journalists should smooth the way for the high court to uphold bans on gender-affirming care for youth.

Outside supporters of trans rights showed their fighting spirit. While inside, questions about detransition signaled court’s openness to gender affirming care bans.

Assigned Media’s reporters were on the scene early, reporting on the Supreme Court case that may decide the fate of transgender healthcare.

What you need to know and what the mainstream media may not tell you about the case.

A comic based on trans news stories from the month of November 2024.

An anti-trans organization has filed a brief in an important Supreme Court case about gender-affirming care for trans youth, suggesting that gender dysphoria can be caused by… Lyme disease?

In 2024, a resurgence of bathroom bans is testing how far the GOP’s targeting of the trans community will go.

Courts will not return a trans child who developed a severe eating disorder to her non-affirming conservative Christian parents.

Do Catholics have the right to foster children, even if the best interests of the child would not be served?

The 11th circuit ruling that a trans boy was not discriminated against when he was barred from using the boys’ restrooms at school contradicts a 4th Circuit decision in Gavin Grimm’s case.