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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12h

We've had a ton of amazing entries for our Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day art contest, but there's still a little over 24 hours left for those who want to win cash or cool prizes and help us show up the farce that is honoring a far right extremist.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17d

ART CONTEST!!!

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12h

We've had a ton of amazing entries for our Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day art contest, but there's still a little over 24 hours left for those who want to win cash or cool prizes and help us show up the farce that is honoring a far right extremist.

Get your entry in now, hurry before the deadline!

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17d

ART CONTEST!!!

It's the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day ART CONTEST brought to you by Assigned Media!!

That's right, you heard us.

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 16h

De-pathologizing transness was always a bitter pill to swallow for the likes of Ken Zucker, Ray Blanchard, and J Michael Bailey, all of whom retained positions of power and influence within the fields of sexology and psychology. Many Psychiatrists and Psychoanalysts rejected depathologization.

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Q. McLamore @ghawinriver.bsky.social · 16h

The funny thing is the explicitly use those words. It's literally right there in the title of their call: genspect.org/genspect-cal....

I should point out that while Genspect has no actual expertise, they've only gotten as far as they have because of reactionaries who do.

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Slava Greenberg 🩼🏳️‍⚧️✡️🇺🇦 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social · 15h

“Genspect is a group whose primary policy goal is to end access to medical transition, though they have also advocated against the acceptance & inclusion of trans ppl in society, particularly in school settings. In 2024 the Southern Poverty Law Center officially designated it as a hate group”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

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Viridian Lakes @viridianlakes.bsky.social · 16h

It's funny because I'm reading research on the affirming approach (esp for trans youth) from the early 2010s, based itself on research from the 00s and earlier. Science progressed. Some people, it seems, did not, and want the world to wind back to please them.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Bishop Whitewind @bishopwhitewind.bsky.social · 16h

Hey you guys remember that time Donald Trump decided that if you're mentally ill he can send you to a concentration camp and no one will ever see you again. You guys remember that? I'm just thinking about that for no reason.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 17h

One of the central characteristics of the anti-trans movement is how it has lied in public and only slowly revealed the full extent of its nasty beliefs.

A few years ago, they would all claim to have trans friends they loved and respected.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 17h

"Genspect itself has no expertise or legitimacy" - which makes them a perfect vehicle for the anti-science, anti-human bullshit they're pushing.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 17h

New piece from me asking "What are extreme overvalued beliefs and why does Genspect think all trans people have them?"

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

The Trump admin has floated trial balloons about removing trans people's gun rights and designating trans people as terrorists. They have also called for mass civil commitment of unhoused people and those suffering from addiction or mental illness.

Genspect's scheme fits that framework perfectly.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

Genspect itself has no expertise or legitimacy, but the call for re-psychopathologization comes in the midst of a war against science and expertise where some of the highest officials in the U. S. government are trying to make science subordinate to ideology.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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birdguy66.bsky.social @birdguy66.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if a licensed therapist offered to do “witchcraft therapy” by channeling dark arts. Would SCOTUS shrug and say a licensing body couldn’t refuse to allow that because of “free speech”?

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Daisy Gardner @daisygardner.bsky.social · 1d

It seems like the US just effectively cancelled everyone’s passports who has an X gender marker on them (unless I’m reading this wrong).

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com/u-s-customs-...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 19h

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1d

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country?

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

Yesterday the Supreme Court saw arguments for reversing bans on conversion therapy. @veraeikon.bsky.social brings us the real statistics of this deeply harmful practice.

The Unscientific Nonsense of Conversion Therapy — Assigned

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

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 1d

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country?

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

The Trump regime continues its quest to violate every conceivable right of trans people.

Aly Gibbs brings you this story of the DoJ's invasion of trans people's privacy.

Trump’s Justice Department Wants to Violate Your Family’s Right to Privacy — Assigned

Subpoenas filed by the Justice Department are demanding far more information from healthcare providers than they’re entitled to, but some are fighting back.

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 1d

Oslo University Hospital caught using trans patients' journals for research purposes:
- Without the patients' consent to participate in research
- Affecting minors
- 1700 of them
- Taking highly sensitive information from said journals

This is a HUGE breach.

Anine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 2d

Tidligere i år meldte vi et forskningsprosjekt til redelighetsutvalget ved OUS og UiO.

Nå er forskerne felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

Oslo universitetssykehus felt for ulovlig forskning på transpersoner

Forskere ved Oslo universitetssykehus har forsket på transpersoner uten godkjenning. Nå er de felt for alvorlige brudd på forskningsetiske normer.

www.forskning.no

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

8 Oct 2025 -- Along with KY, LA, MI, & NJ, Virginia among a handful of states w/ off-year election & signs that voters maybe tiring of Reps flogging trans issues in a state where this was so successful just 4 yrs ago will be widely analyzed by both parties for 2026. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

8 Oct 2025 -- VA voters prefer Dem Rep Abigail Spanberger over Rep Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears even as she replicates outgoing Rep Gov Glenn Youngkin's 2021 campaign attacks on trans rights. But poll shows VA voters prefer Spanberger even on trans issues by 50–37. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

New Poll: Voters Prefer Spanberger For Virginia Governor On Transgender Issues By Wide Margin, Despite Anti-Trans Ads

The issue also ranked lowest among issues polled. The CNU poll is the second poll showing Spanberger pulling ahead.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

8 Oct 2025 -- AZ Judge strikes down state policy requiring trans people to get surgery before they can update their legal ID changed to their correct sex. Reps passed a law banning such changes this year but it was vetoed by Dem Gov. Katie Hobbs. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Judge ends Arizona's "irrational" policy requiring surgery for updating gender markers - LGBTQ Nation

The requirement forced trans people into unnecessary surgeries or risked outing themselves in potentially dangerous situations.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2d

7 Oct 2025 - CA Gov Newsom, still moving right on trans issues, vetoes a measure attacked by Reps as "gender ideology" that would have allowed teaching that reproductive anatomy does not necessarily determine a person’s gender @rikiwilchins.bsky.social.

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, hasn't signed other trans protections - LGBTQ Nation

The California governor left at least 10 pro-LGBTQ+ measures on the table.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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