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

News — Apr 02, 2026

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

Operation Lifeboat — Mar 31, 2026

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

Academia Slaying — Jan 11, 2026

Italian Medical Study Waived Ethics To Perform Invasive Psychometrics on a Trans Man

Politics — Feb 12, 2026

Internal revolt within the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as surgeons oppose bans on trans surgeries for minors

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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 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

samantha boucher talks to the kansas capitol press corps

News — Apr 02, 2026

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

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

News — Mar 26, 2026

Trans surgeries cancelled due to dispute between hospital and health insurance company

Irish National Gender Service closes waiting list due to chronic and deliberate underfunding

Prior to the closure, the only other ways to get HRT in Ireland were DIY, or expensive private health clinics that issue EU-recognized prescriptions, but operate outside of Ireland itself.

Opinion — Dec 09, 2025

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News — Dec 08, 2025

US Senate pushing ban on trans healthcare, most abortions, nationwide

The US federal government is poised to codify that trans lives are inherently wasteful and effectively end transition for most people across the entire United States.

Country US — Dec 08, 2025

Military funding bill includes trans sports bans in military academies, is set to pass

The bill would be both the first federal trans sports ban, and also codify sex as only referring to how people were born.

Opinion — Dec 04, 2025

Stop using trans men to make a point about the exclusion of trans women

There is only one decent option for dealing with trans people in gendered spaces: let us go where we feel we belong. Any other option makes us look and feel ridiculous, and insisting that we follow some other option makes you look ridiculous.