The Needle

News — Apr 10, 2026

Idaho passes laws to report trans people to police or their parents

These laws create widespread restrictions on both trans children and trans adults.

News — Apr 03, 2026

Why me and my friends went tits out in front of Trump Tower

When speaking to the public, [comedian Ashley Ryan] called the march our “gender reveal party”, where all the women present would reveal our genders (as designated by the federal government) “for the very third time”.

News — Apr 02, 2026

Head of Trans Liberty uses Kansas Capitol bathroom in defiance of new law

As an out-of-state trans person, Samantha was willing to take the risk that every trans person in Kansas is now forced to take every time they exist in public.

Operation Lifeboat — Mar 31, 2026

Operation Lifeboat is continuing to organize people and resources in order to get trans people in Kansas safe

The Operation is addressing requests for assistance, but needs additional resources to do so at the scale of the crisis in Kansas.

News — Mar 30, 2026

Idaho passes bill to surveil trans kids, aiming to “close the social transition loophole”

Simply put, the bill’s restrictions will be made into a normal part of taking care of kids in Idaho. It creates a dragnet to watch and enforce gender-conformity on all children in Idaho.