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Our reporting is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical.
Your donations go to keeping trans journalists out of poverty and informing our communities, which is now more important than ever.
Our reporting is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical.
Your donations go to keeping trans journalists out of poverty and informing our communities, which is now more important than ever.
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Last year @madycast.com wrote a really powerful piece on exactly this. We will survive.
On Surviving Trans Genocide
As fascists openly call for trans people to be institutionalized, forcibly detransitioned, and labeled as terrorists, we must remember how trans existence is undefeatable, and how trans people will fi...
transnews.network
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Last year @madycast.com wrote a really powerful piece on exactly this. We will survive.
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Trans people are facing a genocide. But communities under attack survive those who want us dead every single day. Queer communities survived genocides within living memory.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Trans people are facing a genocide. But communities under attack survive those who want us dead every single day. Queer communities survived genocides within living memory.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
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If you're trans, we *always* understand if you're not in a place to read articles like this. Investigating, writing and editing them is often difficult for us too.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
If you're trans, we *always* understand if you're not in a place to read articles like this. Investigating, writing and editing them is often difficult for us too.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
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Trans people face incarcerarion at horrific rates due to a status quo that seeks our destruction. TNN is committed to confronting that, something establishment queer media too often ignore.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Trans people face incarcerarion at horrific rates due to a status quo that seeks our destruction. TNN is committed to confronting that, something establishment queer media too often ignore.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
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Important to emphasize: while the realities depicted in this article are grim, the trans political prisoners are also building community. They do have real support both behind bars and outside. This is part of a long history of U.S. political prisoners organizing.
People resist. Always.
People resist. Always.
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Important to emphasize: while the realities depicted in this article are grim, the trans political prisoners are also building community. They do have real support both behind bars and outside. This is part of a long history of U.S. political prisoners organizing.
People resist. Always.
People resist. Always.
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the community is resilient as fuck and is banding together so well, and i'm so fucking proud of everyone here.
at the same time, jesus christ this is terrifying. im scared as shit! the important thing though, is to not let this stop you from organizing.
do it while scared. we all do.
at the same time, jesus christ this is terrifying. im scared as shit! the important thing though, is to not let this stop you from organizing.
do it while scared. we all do.
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
the community is resilient as fuck and is banding together so well, and i'm so fucking proud of everyone here.
at the same time, jesus christ this is terrifying. im scared as shit! the important thing though, is to not let this stop you from organizing.
do it while scared. we all do.
at the same time, jesus christ this is terrifying. im scared as shit! the important thing though, is to not let this stop you from organizing.
do it while scared. we all do.
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i can confirm. every single person here has a story about preparing for this, seeing it happen, knowing people affected, or organizing in response.
every time i hear a loud bang outside or a siren, im terrified that it'll be ICE. i check every single time.
every time i hear a loud bang outside or a siren, im terrified that it'll be ICE. i check every single time.
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM
i can confirm. every single person here has a story about preparing for this, seeing it happen, knowing people affected, or organizing in response.
every time i hear a loud bang outside or a siren, im terrified that it'll be ICE. i check every single time.
every time i hear a loud bang outside or a siren, im terrified that it'll be ICE. i check every single time.
Last year @madycast.com wrote a really powerful piece on exactly this. We will survive.
On Surviving Trans Genocide
As fascists openly call for trans people to be institutionalized, forcibly detransitioned, and labeled as terrorists, we must remember how trans existence is undefeatable, and how trans people will fi...
transnews.network
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Last year @madycast.com wrote a really powerful piece on exactly this. We will survive.
Trans people are facing a genocide. But communities under attack survive those who want us dead every single day. Queer communities survived genocides within living memory.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Trans people are facing a genocide. But communities under attack survive those who want us dead every single day. Queer communities survived genocides within living memory.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
We care for each other. We create. We defy. We fight. No tyrant is invincible. Trans existence is.
If you're trans, we *always* understand if you're not in a place to read articles like this. Investigating, writing and editing them is often difficult for us too.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
January 13, 2026 at 6:22 PM
If you're trans, we *always* understand if you're not in a place to read articles like this. Investigating, writing and editing them is often difficult for us too.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
Cis folks? These are the realities we live with and we need you to face that.
Trans people face incarcerarion at horrific rates due to a status quo that seeks our destruction. TNN is committed to confronting that, something establishment queer media too often ignore.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Trans people face incarcerarion at horrific rates due to a status quo that seeks our destruction. TNN is committed to confronting that, something establishment queer media too often ignore.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
This shouldn't lead to despair. We always have context about how people fight back, because they always do.
Important to emphasize: while the realities depicted in this article are grim, the trans political prisoners are also building community. They do have real support both behind bars and outside. This is part of a long history of U.S. political prisoners organizing.
People resist. Always.
People resist. Always.
January 13, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Important to emphasize: while the realities depicted in this article are grim, the trans political prisoners are also building community. They do have real support both behind bars and outside. This is part of a long history of U.S. political prisoners organizing.
People resist. Always.
People resist. Always.
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Highlights from this crazy story we just put out-
- One of the incarcerated women has a lawyer who has spent his time misgendering his client to random social media users.
- The government's case relies on an "antifa expert" who recently suggested support for drone striking weed smokers in the US.
- One of the incarcerated women has a lawyer who has spent his time misgendering his client to random social media users.
- The government's case relies on an "antifa expert" who recently suggested support for drone striking weed smokers in the US.
Two trans women have faced torture, bigotry and horrific conditions since arrested as part of the infamous Prairieland crackdown on anti-ICE protest.
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
Two U.S. Trans Political Prisoners Recount Torture, Misgendering, Human Rights Violations After Texas ICE Protest Crackdown
Two trans women arrested in an absurd “antifa” crackdown face political prosecution for their beliefs. Experts warn it’s a sign of growing authoritarianism in the U.S.
transnews.network
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Highlights from this crazy story we just put out-
- One of the incarcerated women has a lawyer who has spent his time misgendering his client to random social media users.
- The government's case relies on an "antifa expert" who recently suggested support for drone striking weed smokers in the US.
- One of the incarcerated women has a lawyer who has spent his time misgendering his client to random social media users.
- The government's case relies on an "antifa expert" who recently suggested support for drone striking weed smokers in the US.
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My latest over at TNN! This piece is over a month in the making, and involved navigating the hells of trying to communicate with federal prisoners. It's the primary reason this took so long.
Give it a read, this one's huge.
Give it a read, this one's huge.
Two trans women have faced torture, bigotry and horrific conditions since arrested as part of the infamous Prairieland crackdown on anti-ICE protest.
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
Two U.S. Trans Political Prisoners Recount Torture, Misgendering, Human Rights Violations After Texas ICE Protest Crackdown
Two trans women arrested in an absurd “antifa” crackdown face political prosecution for their beliefs. Experts warn it’s a sign of growing authoritarianism in the U.S.
transnews.network
January 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
My latest over at TNN! This piece is over a month in the making, and involved navigating the hells of trying to communicate with federal prisoners. It's the primary reason this took so long.
Give it a read, this one's huge.
Give it a read, this one's huge.
Trans people face horrifying rates of incarceration and mistreatment in prisons and jails around the country. This latest crackdown also combines with escalating authoritarianism.
The Prairieland defendants are political prisoners.
Article edited by @madycast.com and @davidforbes.bsky.social
The Prairieland defendants are political prisoners.
Article edited by @madycast.com and @davidforbes.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Trans people face horrifying rates of incarceration and mistreatment in prisons and jails around the country. This latest crackdown also combines with escalating authoritarianism.
The Prairieland defendants are political prisoners.
Article edited by @madycast.com and @davidforbes.bsky.social
The Prairieland defendants are political prisoners.
Article edited by @madycast.com and @davidforbes.bsky.social
Two trans women have faced torture, bigotry and horrific conditions since arrested as part of the infamous Prairieland crackdown on anti-ICE protest.
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
Two U.S. Trans Political Prisoners Recount Torture, Misgendering, Human Rights Violations After Texas ICE Protest Crackdown
Two trans women arrested in an absurd “antifa” crackdown face political prosecution for their beliefs. Experts warn it’s a sign of growing authoritarianism in the U.S.
transnews.network
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Two trans women have faced torture, bigotry and horrific conditions since arrested as part of the infamous Prairieland crackdown on anti-ICE protest.
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
They tell TNN about surviving behind bars, as @thefreeradical.org delves into the absurd attack on "antifa" that's just about criminalizing dissent:
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"my service delivery organization has a funding problem," i lament, as i withdraw half a million dollars into my own checking account
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"my service delivery organization has a funding problem," i lament, as i withdraw half a million dollars into my own checking account
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here it is btw: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72077...
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
here it is btw: www.courtlistener.com/docket/72077...
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I think about this a lot, especially as part of communities where a lot of people die due to injustice.
Our enemies go to a lot of effort to deter open expressions of grief, rage and memory. Because these things are a threat to their power.
Our enemies go to a lot of effort to deter open expressions of grief, rage and memory. Because these things are a threat to their power.
THE OPEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GRIEF IS A POLITICAL ACT.
One of the things that genuinely shocked me as I read through surveillance logs for the police is how much of their energy and attention is dedicated to shutting down vigils and other ceremonies of remembrance.
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I think about this a lot, especially as part of communities where a lot of people die due to injustice.
Our enemies go to a lot of effort to deter open expressions of grief, rage and memory. Because these things are a threat to their power.
Our enemies go to a lot of effort to deter open expressions of grief, rage and memory. Because these things are a threat to their power.
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There's a lot of issues with the myths around nonviolence and protest. A big one is that they erase the actual history of the civil rights movement — complex coalitions whose struggles and strategies are vital to understand — into a whitewashed saintliness that gentry liberals are comfortable with.
January 8, 2026 at 4:48 PM
There's a lot of issues with the myths around nonviolence and protest. A big one is that they erase the actual history of the civil rights movement — complex coalitions whose struggles and strategies are vital to understand — into a whitewashed saintliness that gentry liberals are comfortable with.
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As people mobilize around the country, beware of claims that a sanitized version of "nonviolence" — passive, compliant and non-disruptive — is the only option.
As @thefreeradical.org detailed in-depth, these myths are based on bad history and social science. They're meant to serve the status quo.
As @thefreeradical.org detailed in-depth, these myths are based on bad history and social science. They're meant to serve the status quo.
Liberation is a Riot, Part 1: Debunking the Sanitized Nonviolence Myth
Based on shoddy research, bad history and outright lies, status quo propaganda portrays a sanitized version of ‘nonviolent’ protest as the only option, to damaging effect. It’s time to debunk it, and ...
transnews.network
January 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
As people mobilize around the country, beware of claims that a sanitized version of "nonviolence" — passive, compliant and non-disruptive — is the only option.
As @thefreeradical.org detailed in-depth, these myths are based on bad history and social science. They're meant to serve the status quo.
As @thefreeradical.org detailed in-depth, these myths are based on bad history and social science. They're meant to serve the status quo.
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Yesterday, I attended the vigil for Renee Good, the woman murdered by an ICE agent for daring to try and protect her neighbors.
This vigil, which had thousands upon thousands of people, gave me hope I never had before for the future of activism. I wanna talk about it.
🧵
This vigil, which had thousands upon thousands of people, gave me hope I never had before for the future of activism. I wanna talk about it.
🧵
January 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Yesterday, I attended the vigil for Renee Good, the woman murdered by an ICE agent for daring to try and protect her neighbors.
This vigil, which had thousands upon thousands of people, gave me hope I never had before for the future of activism. I wanna talk about it.
🧵
This vigil, which had thousands upon thousands of people, gave me hope I never had before for the future of activism. I wanna talk about it.
🧵
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this is so fucking huge, i never in my wildest dreams would've thought *in tnn's first 6 months* that we'd become nominated for an award
im an award nominee, like????
im an award nominee, like????
Trans News Network is among the 37th GLAAD Media Awards nominees for Outstanding Independent Journalism: glaad.org/mediaawards/...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:39 PM
this is so fucking huge, i never in my wildest dreams would've thought *in tnn's first 6 months* that we'd become nominated for an award
im an award nominee, like????
im an award nominee, like????
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Not quite as optimistic as the headline makes it seem:
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Not quite as optimistic as the headline makes it seem:
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), asked if the appropriations process should be used to constrain ICE, told Axios: "We're focused right now on … advancing the Affordable Care Act tax credits.""
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weaponizing "male socialization" against trans women isn't just hurtful because it's transphobia. it's hurtful because it weaponizes the tool of the patriarchy against its greatest victim--the women who have defied patriarchy's definitions of gender the most out of anyone.
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
weaponizing "male socialization" against trans women isn't just hurtful because it's transphobia. it's hurtful because it weaponizes the tool of the patriarchy against its greatest victim--the women who have defied patriarchy's definitions of gender the most out of anyone.