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Trans people tried to warn the world about Epstein, but no one listened. Maybe now they finally will, and turn away from anti-trans figures closely associated with one of the most horrific human traffickers in history.
Read all this and more in the full article. Edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
Read all this and more in the full article. Edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Trans people tried to warn the world about Epstein, but no one listened. Maybe now they finally will, and turn away from anti-trans figures closely associated with one of the most horrific human traffickers in history.
Read all this and more in the full article. Edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
Read all this and more in the full article. Edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
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Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Richard Dawkins. Steven Pinker. Lawrence Krauss. Jonathan Haidt. Robert Trivers. Prominent atheists and scientists who have pushed anti-trans propaganda for years. They all had ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Some received huge research grants and island trips, and all of them benefited from their ties.
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I read through hundreds of emails and scoured through years of correspondence and background information to write this 4600 word report.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I read through hundreds of emails and scoured through years of correspondence and background information to write this 4600 word report.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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Welcome, new followers! We are a worker-run trans news org dedicated to journalism that is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. We are supported entirely by reader subscriptions and donations. No ads, no corporate backers and definitely no billionaires.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Welcome, new followers! We are a worker-run trans news org dedicated to journalism that is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. We are supported entirely by reader subscriptions and donations. No ads, no corporate backers and definitely no billionaires.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
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January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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trans people have also been speaking out about this! I'm glad we are finally seeing experts say what we all have understood to be true for quite a while now.
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
trans people have also been speaking out about this! I'm glad we are finally seeing experts say what we all have understood to be true for quite a while now.
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With anti-trans laws now in place in NC — where Dems did fairly well in the last election — it's worth reading @davidforbes.bsky.social's in-depth analysis from last year.
Dem betrayals of queer and trans people have a long history there, including with the infamous HB2. Don't trust politicians.
Dem betrayals of queer and trans people have a long history there, including with the infamous HB2. Don't trust politicians.
Opinion | Old Betrayals and New as N.C. Dems Pass Anti-Trans Laws
North Carolina Democrats had solid election results last year, amid promises to hold the line against the far-right. But two horrific anti-trans bills just became law thanks to Democratic support, wit...
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January 21, 2026 at 2:22 PM
With anti-trans laws now in place in NC — where Dems did fairly well in the last election — it's worth reading @davidforbes.bsky.social's in-depth analysis from last year.
Dem betrayals of queer and trans people have a long history there, including with the infamous HB2. Don't trust politicians.
Dem betrayals of queer and trans people have a long history there, including with the infamous HB2. Don't trust politicians.
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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 ...
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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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Fascism is a hateful, suicidal ideology. Trans existence is an indomitable, inconsolable fact of the universe. We survived the AIDS genocides, the Holocaust, and erasure of Indigenous gender identities. And we will survive this genocide too.
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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...
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September 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Fascism is a hateful, suicidal ideology. Trans existence is an indomitable, inconsolable fact of the universe. We survived the AIDS genocides, the Holocaust, and erasure of Indigenous gender identities. And we will survive this genocide too.
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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.
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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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So, let's elaborate a bit: transphobia is obviously not the exclusive domain of the gentry. This is a pervasively transphobic society and it shows up in all kinds of places.
But the kind of escalated, concerted attacks that rise to the level of genocidal threat are very much pushed by the gentry...
But the kind of escalated, concerted attacks that rise to the level of genocidal threat are very much pushed by the gentry...
Trans genocide is a gentry conspiracy.
February 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
So, let's elaborate a bit: transphobia is obviously not the exclusive domain of the gentry. This is a pervasively transphobic society and it shows up in all kinds of places.
But the kind of escalated, concerted attacks that rise to the level of genocidal threat are very much pushed by the gentry...
But the kind of escalated, concerted attacks that rise to the level of genocidal threat are very much pushed by the gentry...
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A reality hard to convey to those outside communities on the front lines. So many of us wanted to just be ourselves, but the realities of poverty, oppression and injustice are vast and brutal.
So trans people organize and fight. We have to. We're radical because we can't turn away from the truth.
So trans people organize and fight. We have to. We're radical because we can't turn away from the truth.
you know, i never wanted to be an organizer or anarchist or activist. all i wanted growing up was to play video games and study space.
but i heard people voicing warning signs back in 2017, and it got to me.
i dont organize bcz i wanna be a hero. i organize because i want to stay alive
but i heard people voicing warning signs back in 2017, and it got to me.
i dont organize bcz i wanna be a hero. i organize because i want to stay alive
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A reality hard to convey to those outside communities on the front lines. So many of us wanted to just be ourselves, but the realities of poverty, oppression and injustice are vast and brutal.
So trans people organize and fight. We have to. We're radical because we can't turn away from the truth.
So trans people organize and fight. We have to. We're radical because we can't turn away from the truth.
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TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Welcome, new followers! We are a worker-run trans news org dedicated to journalism that is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. We are supported entirely by reader subscriptions and donations. No ads, no corporate backers and definitely no billionaires.
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Trans News Network (TNN) is a worker-run nonprofit LGBTQ+ independent newsroom publishing articles that impact trans communities.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Welcome, new followers! We are a worker-run trans news org dedicated to journalism that is in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. We are supported entirely by reader subscriptions and donations. No ads, no corporate backers and definitely no billionaires.
Want to know more? Read on:
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yes, refusing to treat trans californians clearly violates california nondiscrimination laws. you don't need to have worked on california nondiscrimination laws to know that. you are not missing anything, there is no secret #1 ally 4D pro-trans legal meta. it is the exact collaboration it looks like
February 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
yes, refusing to treat trans californians clearly violates california nondiscrimination laws. you don't need to have worked on california nondiscrimination laws to know that. you are not missing anything, there is no secret #1 ally 4D pro-trans legal meta. it is the exact collaboration it looks like
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if you were wondering why it's fine for kaiser/stanford/etc to discriminate against trans people in california but not CHOC/Rady, that's why. he can go after CHOC/Rady without committing himself to the legal position that denying trans people healthcare violates CA nondiscrimination law.
February 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
if you were wondering why it's fine for kaiser/stanford/etc to discriminate against trans people in california but not CHOC/Rady, that's why. he can go after CHOC/Rady without committing himself to the legal position that denying trans people healthcare violates CA nondiscrimination law.
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theatrics. AG bonta is not enforcing CA nondiscrimination law, because if he did that he'd be committing to enforcing CA nondiscrimination law for trans people, which he refuses to do. he is accusing CHOC/Rady of... violating CA mergers and acquisitions law.
February 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
theatrics. AG bonta is not enforcing CA nondiscrimination law, because if he did that he'd be committing to enforcing CA nondiscrimination law for trans people, which he refuses to do. he is accusing CHOC/Rady of... violating CA mergers and acquisitions law.
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I had to pause for a bit the first time I edited this piece, because Mira's account of what it actually feels like to be on the ground in Minneapolis — as a journalist, a trans person in poverty and part of communities under siege — hit that hard.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I had to pause for a bit the first time I edited this piece, because Mira's account of what it actually feels like to be on the ground in Minneapolis — as a journalist, a trans person in poverty and part of communities under siege — hit that hard.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
Essential reading, and a much-needed reality check.
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This is a powerful, grounded account of community resistance in the face of still-ongoing brutality. We'd encourage folks to read it for a reality check about what's going on in Minneapolis.
Article edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
Article edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 7:19 PM
This is a powerful, grounded account of community resistance in the face of still-ongoing brutality. We'd encourage folks to read it for a reality check about what's going on in Minneapolis.
Article edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
Article edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
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i talked to mira, a very good friend, a few days back about this unifying mindset in MPLS. she put it into necessarily rough yet overwhelmingly clear words here.
great read from someone living the federal hell
great read from someone living the federal hell
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
transnews.network
February 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
i talked to mira, a very good friend, a few days back about this unifying mindset in MPLS. she put it into necessarily rough yet overwhelmingly clear words here.
great read from someone living the federal hell
great read from someone living the federal hell
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Beautifully-written piece by a close friend. One of the most thorough, accurate representations of what my life feels like at this moment.
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
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February 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Beautifully-written piece by a close friend. One of the most thorough, accurate representations of what my life feels like at this moment.
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“Like many trans people in poverty, I’ve dealt with no shortage of oppression and violence in my life, but for the first time, it properly sinks in how myself and everyone I love, everyone I know, everyone I see and could have contact to, can die in an instant. Before I know it, I could be next...”
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
transnews.network
February 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
“Like many trans people in poverty, I’ve dealt with no shortage of oppression and violence in my life, but for the first time, it properly sinks in how myself and everyone I love, everyone I know, everyone I see and could have contact to, can die in an instant. Before I know it, I could be next...”
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My latest with Trans News Network -- I wrote about my experiences here in Minneapolis and what it's like. I hope this gives some insight as to what it's like to live through this, the trauma, and the hope. Shit's rough but we're surviving.
(Also thanks to @storster.bsky.social for the pic <3)
(Also thanks to @storster.bsky.social for the pic <3)
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
transnews.network
February 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
My latest with Trans News Network -- I wrote about my experiences here in Minneapolis and what it's like. I hope this gives some insight as to what it's like to live through this, the trauma, and the hope. Shit's rough but we're surviving.
(Also thanks to @storster.bsky.social for the pic <3)
(Also thanks to @storster.bsky.social for the pic <3)
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
My City Is Under Occupation: A Trans Reporter’s Dispatch From Minneapolis
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
transnews.network
February 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
TNN reporter Mira Lazine (@thefreeradical.org) found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack by a fascist regime — and fighting back.
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope:
Here’s her look of the realities on the ground, where exhaustion and terror exist alongside defiance and hope: