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The nyt heaped mounds of uncritical, cheerleading coverage on Cass, a shoddy, politically motivated report. It ignored this sober data-filled analysis.
So did the very Utah pols who ordered it up. It didn’t fit the narrative of bigotry.
So did the very Utah pols who ordered it up. It didn’t fit the narrative of bigotry.
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The nyt heaped mounds of uncritical, cheerleading coverage on Cass, a shoddy, politically motivated report. It ignored this sober data-filled analysis.
So did the very Utah pols who ordered it up. It didn’t fit the narrative of bigotry.
So did the very Utah pols who ordered it up. It didn’t fit the narrative of bigotry.
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This exemplifies how big media like the nyt skewed the facts to serve their bias.
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
An inependent review of medical evidence on trans youth healthcare found substantial evidence of benefit, and no evidence of harm.
This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
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This was one of our top stories this year. Legacy news, who extensively covered a review finding the opposite, ignored this.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Plentiful Data, No Regret: What the Utah Review on Youth Trans Care Found — Assigned
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.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This exemplifies how big media like the nyt skewed the facts to serve their bias.
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
“In contrast to the Cass Report and Trump’s HHS document, no national mainstream media organizations have run stories on the Utah evidence review ... “
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December 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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“Two years ago, Lia was a talented young swimmer at Middlebury; now, her name is almost entirely absent from the college’s athletics website, and her roster profile has been removed entirely.”
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Two years ago, Lia was a talented young swimmer at Middlebury; now, her name is almost entirely absent from the college’s athletics website, and her roster profile has been removed entirely.”
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We drove past Middlebury College this past weekend and I told Best Friend ™️ about her.
He'd never even *heard* of her story, and we live just a couple hours from there and our news outlets frequently publish stories about what happens in Vermont.
It was almost radio silence about this.
He'd never even *heard* of her story, and we live just a couple hours from there and our news outlets frequently publish stories about what happens in Vermont.
It was almost radio silence about this.
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We drove past Middlebury College this past weekend and I told Best Friend ™️ about her.
He'd never even *heard* of her story, and we live just a couple hours from there and our news outlets frequently publish stories about what happens in Vermont.
It was almost radio silence about this.
He'd never even *heard* of her story, and we live just a couple hours from there and our news outlets frequently publish stories about what happens in Vermont.
It was almost radio silence about this.
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
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Prison life isn't necessarily what you expect. Would you have guessed that American prisons often rely on incarcerated members of the LGBTQ+ community for their administrative skills?
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
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Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
To Survive in Prison, Desperate LGBTQ Inmates Turn to Office Work — Assigned
How America’s short-staffed prisons came to rely on the administrative skills of incarcerated queers.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Prison life isn't necessarily what you expect. Would you have guessed that American prisons often rely on incarcerated members of the LGBTQ+ community for their administrative skills?
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- NYT interviews ACLU's Chase Strangio on the shifting politics around trans rights.
Opinion | The Shifting Politics of Transgender Rights
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- NYT interviews ACLU's Chase Strangio on the shifting politics around trans rights.
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it was always about restoring traditional gender hierarchy, and it was never that hard to see
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
it was always about restoring traditional gender hierarchy, and it was never that hard to see
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Scholar Paisley Currah on the right's "Anti-Trans Playbook" in NY Review of Books. 1 key takeaway: while everyone focuses on the anti-trans attacks, the same fed and state govts are using them as cover to roll back women's rights & advancement.
The Anti-Trans Playbook | Paisley Currah
The current crusade against trans people imperils not just their rights but the survival of the legal doctrine built to protect all women from discrimination.
www.nybooks.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Scholar Paisley Currah on the right's "Anti-Trans Playbook" in NY Review of Books. 1 key takeaway: while everyone focuses on the anti-trans attacks, the same fed and state govts are using them as cover to roll back women's rights & advancement.
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How gender critical was Nazi Germany? Let’s find out & compare some top gender critical “beliefs” with evidence from historical Nazi Germany. Each post has a GC position + a picture from a historical source or modern research paper. English translation & the source are in each picture’s alt-text.
December 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How gender critical was Nazi Germany? Let’s find out & compare some top gender critical “beliefs” with evidence from historical Nazi Germany. Each post has a GC position + a picture from a historical source or modern research paper. English translation & the source are in each picture’s alt-text.
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Assigned Media aren't asking you for money, but I'm asking you on behalf of all trans journalists:
If you've got some coin, toss some into the plate of trans journalists telling stories from a trans perspective, because the institutionally-transphobic corporate media sure as fuck won't.
If you've got some coin, toss some into the plate of trans journalists telling stories from a trans perspective, because the institutionally-transphobic corporate media sure as fuck won't.
We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.
Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
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December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Assigned Media aren't asking you for money, but I'm asking you on behalf of all trans journalists:
If you've got some coin, toss some into the plate of trans journalists telling stories from a trans perspective, because the institutionally-transphobic corporate media sure as fuck won't.
If you've got some coin, toss some into the plate of trans journalists telling stories from a trans perspective, because the institutionally-transphobic corporate media sure as fuck won't.
Prison life isn't necessarily what you expect. Would you have guessed that American prisons often rely on incarcerated members of the LGBTQ+ community for their administrative skills?
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
To Survive in Prison, Desperate LGBTQ Inmates Turn to Office Work — Assigned
How America’s short-staffed prisons came to rely on the administrative skills of incarcerated queers.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Prison life isn't necessarily what you expect. Would you have guessed that American prisons often rely on incarcerated members of the LGBTQ+ community for their administrative skills?
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Another remarkable essay from the other side of the wall, by B Speaks.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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JUST IN: The NY Times lawsuit names names, saying the Pentagon's new press restrictions violate the First Amendment by forcing out journalists who ask adversarial questions and replacing them with avowed MAGA supporters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
JUST IN: The NY Times lawsuit names names, saying the Pentagon's new press restrictions violate the First Amendment by forcing out journalists who ask adversarial questions and replacing them with avowed MAGA supporters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.
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4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Edinburgh woman loses lawsuit over employer allowing trans women to use restroom, claiming it sacrificing the privacy of women, 20% of workers for the 0.5 % who were trans. Judge found that only one person, 0.05%, of the workforce had complained.
Woman loses sex discrimination case after toilet complaint
Maria Kelly took legal action against Leonardo UK alleging harassment and discrimination after seeing a trans colleague in female toilets.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Edinburgh woman loses lawsuit over employer allowing trans women to use restroom, claiming it sacrificing the privacy of women, 20% of workers for the 0.5 % who were trans. Judge found that only one person, 0.05%, of the workforce had complained.
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Transgender Army vet and officer Alleria Stanley has announced her campaign to turn one of Maryland’s most reliably Republican legislative districts blue.
Transgender Army vet running for state delegate in red Maryland district is all about showing up
“I signed up to serve, and I will do so here again,” Alleria Stanley told The Advocate in an interview.
www.advocate.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Transgender Army vet and officer Alleria Stanley has announced her campaign to turn one of Maryland’s most reliably Republican legislative districts blue.
It's important to note that altho all these bathroom bills do affect bathroom use in govt buildings, public universities, etc. and have a chilling effect for trans ppl, actual enforcement has been very rare. Mostly they seem to increase profiling/harassment of women who appear gender nonconforming.
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It's important to note that altho all these bathroom bills do affect bathroom use in govt buildings, public universities, etc. and have a chilling effect for trans ppl, actual enforcement has been very rare. Mostly they seem to increase profiling/harassment of women who appear gender nonconforming.
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Good backgrounder from Texas Chronicle on what the SB-8 bathroom bill means for trans Texans. Nutshell: only affects public (not private) spaces, does not allow for arrests, does allow for building institution to be penalized after two written complaints
Know your rights under Texas' new 'bathroom bill'
Senate Bill 8, dubbed the "bathroom bill," goes into force on Dec. 4. The new law could impact transgender and cisgender Texans alike.
www.chron.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Good backgrounder from Texas Chronicle on what the SB-8 bathroom bill means for trans Texans. Nutshell: only affects public (not private) spaces, does not allow for arrests, does allow for building institution to be penalized after two written complaints
4 Dec 2025 The Handbasket -- U.S. Tennis Association now bars trans women, citing a (nonbinding) Executive Order of Trump. Renee Richards, backed by Billie Jean King, fought for the right for trans women to participate in 1977.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/usta-ban-t...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/usta-ban-t...
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
4 Dec 2025 The Handbasket -- U.S. Tennis Association now bars trans women, citing a (nonbinding) Executive Order of Trump. Renee Richards, backed by Billie Jean King, fought for the right for trans women to participate in 1977.
www.thehandbasket.co/p/usta-ban-t...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/usta-ban-t...
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- A trans teaching assistant placed at U of OK placed after giving student no credit for an essay attacking trans ppl as “demonic.” and asserting binary genders "God’s original plan for humans.” Student filed a complaint alleging religious discrimination.
Student Cries Discrimination for Failing Grade on Essay Calling Transness "Demonic"
Mel Curth, the teaching assistant the complaint sites, was placed on leave.
www.them.us
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
4 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- A trans teaching assistant placed at U of OK placed after giving student no credit for an essay attacking trans ppl as “demonic.” and asserting binary genders "God’s original plan for humans.” Student filed a complaint alleging religious discrimination.
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Right after Ken Paxton announced he would investigate, too.
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Right after Ken Paxton announced he would investigate, too.
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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These folks rock. You should follow, read, and - if able - support them.
We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
These folks rock. You should follow, read, and - if able - support them.
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I started following Evan and Assigned Media back on the old site and I would highly recommend to any cis, straight person who is seeking to improve themselves. Easy to understand, written for eveyone, and dedicated to the Truth. Trans rights now and forever
We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word.
Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!
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December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I started following Evan and Assigned Media back on the old site and I would highly recommend to any cis, straight person who is seeking to improve themselves. Easy to understand, written for eveyone, and dedicated to the Truth. Trans rights now and forever