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Politics   -   Feb 03, 2026 The Needle endorses Lilliana Young for Indiana House
The Needle endorses Lilliana Young for Indiana House

As candidate for Indiana House District 61, Lilliana Young has shown the right kind of leadership.

News   -   Jan 31, 2026 Jess Ting, Prolific Vaginoplasty Surgeon, performed plastic surgery for Jeffrey Epstein’s “girls”, brought young children to Epstein’s island
a photo of jess ting (left) and jeffrey epstein (right)

Details in the recent Epstein Files document a working relationship between the two which spanned nearly a decade. By Jane Migliara Brigham & Artemis T. Douglas Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon who is now renowned for his work of performing vaginoplasties on trans patients, previously used his clinic to give

a trans flag with a blue stop sign and the ASPS logo (with the same blue as its background) superimposed. the stop sign has a top surgery scar icon
News   -   Feb 03, 2026 First Major US Medical Association Opposes Trans Youth Healthcare, Changing Previous Position

ASPS cites the Cass report and the HHS report to make its case

by Artemis T. Douglas & Jane Migliara Brigham
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News   -   Feb 03, 2026 First Major US Medical Association Opposes Trans Youth Healthcare, Changing Previous Position
a trans flag with a blue stop sign and the ASPS logo (with the same blue as its background) superimposed. the stop sign has a top surgery scar icon

ASPS cites the Cass report and the HHS report to make its case

by Artemis T. Douglas & Jane Migliara Brigham
Politics   -   Feb 03, 2026 The Needle endorses Lilliana Young for Indiana House
The Needle endorses Lilliana Young for Indiana House

As candidate for Indiana House District 61, Lilliana Young has shown the right kind of leadership.

by The Needle Editors & Writers
News   -   Jan 31, 2026 Jess Ting, Prolific Vaginoplasty Surgeon, performed plastic surgery for Jeffrey Epstein’s “girls”, brought young children to Epstein’s island
a photo of jess ting (left) and jeffrey epstein (right)

Details in the recent Epstein Files document a working relationship between the two which spanned nearly a decade. By Jane Migliara Brigham & Artemis T. Douglas Jess Ting, a plastic surgeon who is now renowned for his work of performing vaginoplasties on trans patients, previously used his clinic to give

by Jane Migliara Brigham & Artemis T. Douglas
Opinion   -   Jan 30, 2026 Americans favor Dems’ handling of trans issues. That doesn’t mean Americans support trans people.
Americans favor Dems’ handling of trans issues. That doesn’t mean Americans support trans people.

It merely means that given a binary choice between Democrats and Republicans, most choose the Democrats to ‘handle’ us.

by Artemis T. Douglas & Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Jan 28, 2026 Kansas to revoke driver's licenses of trans people, replacing them with IDs meant to out them
Kansas to revoke driver's licenses of trans people, replacing them with IDs meant to out them

This bill would be the harshest legal restriction on trans life anywhere in the United States, and is all but certain to pass.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Jan 28, 2026 Trump Administration bans foreign aid from funding trans healthcare
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The new sweeping rules expand the existing ban on foreign aid to abortion providers to include providers of trans healthcare and anything else that it deems to be “gender ideology”.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Jan 21, 2026 Bill defining trans people out of legal existence to be voted on in Indiana
Bill defining trans people out of legal existence to be voted on in Indiana

The bill was voted to be advanced to a floor vote on a 9-3 decision along party lines.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
Good News!   -   Jan 20, 2026 All anti-trans rules removed from upcoming government funding bill
All anti-trans rules removed from upcoming government funding bill

Democrats no longer appear willing to vote for these compromises in order to fund the federal government.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
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