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Good News! — Dec 11, 2025

Good News! Trans youth healthcare ban defeated in the Senate

The ban was attached to a plan to defund subsidies for health insurance plans bought through the public market.

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.

News — Dec 02, 2025

KOSA hearing shows broad support for censoring children’s access to the internet

This hearing shows that parental groups and tech lobbyists agree on the broad strokes of what children’s access to the internet should look like.

News — Dec 01, 2025

Minnesota Court of Appeals expands legal precedent for faith-based discrimination

Broadly, this new precedent could mean that any faith-based organization now has free license to discriminate based on internal policies. It remains to be seen if this will remain state-wide precedent or be elevated to a SCOTUS case.

News — Dec 01, 2025

Oklahoma: Trans Instructor Suspended After Student Called Her Peers ‘Demonic’ in a Poor Quality Essay Which Cited No Sources

The suspension appears to be a response to calculated right-wing attacks. By Jane Migliara Brigham Yesterday, a trans instructor at the University of Oklahoma was put on administrative leave following poorly-evidenced complaints of discrimination by a student with deep ties to christian nationalist politics. Last month, Samantha Fulnecky,

Interview — Dec 01, 2025

Interview: Zoey Carter Talks Small Town Progressive Politics

by Jane Migliara Brigham Zoey Carter is running for State House in rural Illinois as a progressive. She spoke to The Needle about her plans for the area, and her work in building there. The original interview has been edited down for time and clarity. Jane: With us today is

Academia Slaying — Nov 25, 2025

HRT Blocked by Red Tape in Florida, Even for People who Still Qualify

We didn’t need a study or cis researchers to learn that; you could’ve just asked us. If trans people had the same resources as these researchers, we could have given you these results years ago.