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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12h

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.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18h

My most optimistic opinion is that the combination of cheap AI-generated fake news and major legacy news orgs taking a torch to their reputations is going to create huge opportunities for independent journalists who maintain a reputation for honest, ethical reporting.

Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18h

it's hard to talk about this without sounding braggy but you can get pretty far as a business with sincerity and trust, mostly because so many goddamn businesses burn up that kind of intangible resource as soon as they get it, and everything is so dire right now that people are hungry for trust

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 17h

“I hope to live up to the ideals of both Annie and Ellie and the better angels of my profession. Journalism has an outsized role in the lives of every human being so I try to remind myself each day of my obligation. Keep going.”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 18h

Her grandmother moved from Ireland to America for a better life, now @billiejsweeney.bsky.social is going back.

America Was Once a Place For Brighter Futures — Assigned

Billie Jean Sweeney’s grandmother left Ireland in search of a better life. Now Sweeney’s pinning her hopes for safety on a reverse trip.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

While an adverse Supreme Court decision would technically apply only to the defendant - the state of Colorado -- all ~30 states with anti-conversion therapy laws would be potentially affected. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

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WolfyRayet124 @wolfyrayet124.bsky.social · 17h

Patriarchal manhood is a pyramid scheme is the best succinct description I have heard.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 21h

"As much as our enemies are louder and crueler, and in many cases more powerful than ever, we have more allies than ever too."

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist @judedoyle.bsky.social

Jude Doyle On Manhood After Patriarchy — Assigned

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist author Jude Doyle.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 17h

7 Oct 2025 - No surprise: the Supremes seem disposed to strike down 30 state laws banning anti-LGBTQ+ conversion therapy. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Supreme Court sharply questions law banning conversion therapy

Supreme Court sharpy questions Colorado law that bans efforts to changing minors’ sexual identity, suggesting it violates free speech rights of therapists.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 18h

Her grandmother moved from Ireland to America for a better life, now @billiejsweeney.bsky.social is going back.

America Was Once a Place For Brighter Futures — Assigned

Billie Jean Sweeney’s grandmother left Ireland in search of a better life. Now Sweeney’s pinning her hopes for safety on a reverse trip.

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George @hannahtempler.com · 19h

wonderful interview!! essential reading

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 21h

"As much as our enemies are louder and crueler, and in many cases more powerful than ever, we have more allies than ever too."

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist @judedoyle.bsky.social

Jude Doyle On Manhood After Patriarchy — Assigned

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist author Jude Doyle.

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andrea shea @whattheshea.bsky.social · 19h

“If we view feminism as the struggle of gender-marginalized people for bodily autonomy, rather than just calling these things “women's issues,” then we make room for all trans people within feminism.”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 21h

"As much as our enemies are louder and crueler, and in many cases more powerful than ever, we have more allies than ever too."

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist @judedoyle.bsky.social

Jude Doyle On Manhood After Patriarchy — Assigned

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist author Jude Doyle.

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Jude "BE NOT AFRAID #4 Out Now" Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social · 20h

Here I am, talking about how the second wave became TERFy, why it didn't need to, and how feminism can be better for everybody.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 21h

"As much as our enemies are louder and crueler, and in many cases more powerful than ever, we have more allies than ever too."

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist @judedoyle.bsky.social

Jude Doyle On Manhood After Patriarchy — Assigned

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist author Jude Doyle.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 21h

"As much as our enemies are louder and crueler, and in many cases more powerful than ever, we have more allies than ever too."

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist @judedoyle.bsky.social

Jude Doyle On Manhood After Patriarchy — Assigned

Assigned Media interviews transmasc feminist author Jude Doyle.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

8 Oct 2025 -- Trans people back before Supreme Court asking that a fed judge's order that the State Dept must issue passports with the correct gender on them be upheld after Trump admin appealed the ruling. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Transgender Americans ask Supreme Court to leave order in place allowing them to choose sex markers on passports

Lawyers for a group of transgender and nonbinary Americans urged the Supreme Court on Monday afternoon to leave in place a mandate by a federal judge in Massachusetts that temporarily […]

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

7 Oct 2025 -- More than 48,000 adult in UK are now waiting for their first NHS gender clinic appointment as of March 2025-- 12.5% increase over 2024. (No word on the wait times for cis adults seeking HRT from NHS but it can prbly be counted in minutes.) @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

7 Oct 2025 -- Waits vary widely across UK's 15 gender clinics: England's avg is 12 years; Wales 2 years; No. Ireland 41 years (down from 151 years); & Scotland 58 years w/ Glasgow a staggering 224 years. For every 1 person who gets an intake appt, ~4 more are being added. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

7 Oct 2025 -- After shutting down GAC for kids, dozens of FOIs filed by QueerAF & TransLucent reveal that adult care is going as well. Avg estimated wait for intake for trans adults is now 25 years (not a misprint). NHS recommends 18 weeks. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

The waiting times for every gender identity clinic in the UK revealed in new investigation

TL;DR: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get their first appointment at an NHS gender clinic…

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

who could forget when TFP published a totally dishonest hatchet job on a youth gender clinic from a bilious transphobe that (again) turned out to be bullshit, and she refused to take that down too prospect.org/blogs-and-ne...

The Useful Idiots Fueling the Right-Wing Transphobia Panic

Today on TAP: Prominent center-left journalists were swindled by obvious nonsense about a St. Louis gender clinic.

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 1d

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 15d

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 15d

ART CONTEST!!!

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

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Jason Tracy @jason.tracys.org · 1d

Ah, this must be the other “culture war” issues the court is considering, according to the Today show.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

The Supreme Court will hear a case seeking to legalize torture... er... conversion therapy under free speech protections.

That and not just one but TWO feel good stories to start the week in trans news in our Leading Off column.

Supreme Court to Hear Case On Conversion Therapy Ban — Assigned

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...

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ᚇᚐᚏᚉᚅᚓᚄᚄ ᚋᚐᚅᚔᚃᚓᚄᚈᚓᚇ @ciara2001.bsky.social · 1d

You'd have thought lying about your evidence should be a major red flag

(from here archive.ph/2025.10.06-1...)

US supreme court
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

6 Oct 2025 -- Dobby the House Elf makes appearance on SNL pushing back on JK Rowling's transphobia. Hilarious! "Master sent Dobby on the telly to define ONCE AND FOR ALL what woman is, Sir....House elves are ALWAYS the problem even tho they're just 1% of the population.
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Bowen Yang dresses as Dobby and roasts JK Rowling in trans rights SNL sketch

Saturday Night Live's Bowen Yang has roasted JK Rowling by dressing as Dobby the House Elf and skewering the author's views on trans rights.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

The Supreme Court will hear a case seeking to legalize torture... er... conversion therapy under free speech protections.

That and not just one but TWO feel good stories to start the week in trans news in our Leading Off column.

Supreme Court to Hear Case On Conversion Therapy Ban — Assigned

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...

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2d

6 Oct 2025 -- 16-person Aussie team publish a killer take-down of The Cass Review in the prestigious Australian Medical Journal titled, Cass Review Does Not Guide Care for Trans Young People ("lacking expertise & compromised by implicit stigma & misinformation..." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people

Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

www.mja.com.au

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