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News — Jan 31, 2026

Jess Ting, Prolific Vaginoplasty Surgeon, performed plastic surgery for Jeffrey Epstein’s “girls”, brought young children to Epstein’s island

Opinion — Jan 30, 2026

Americans favor Dems’ handling of trans issues. That doesn’t mean Americans support trans people.

Politics — Feb 03, 2026

The Needle endorses Lilliana Young for Indiana House

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

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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

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

Opinion — Jan 30, 2026

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.

News — Jan 28, 2026

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.

News — Jan 28, 2026

Trump Administration bans foreign aid from funding trans healthcare

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”.