“I need to show people what it's like to be a trans person in the United States today.”

A training document at an Idaho school shows how the recently enacted “Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act” is being used to report kids attempting to socially transition.

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.

A methods explanation for our latest big investigation: into Erin Reed and AI based journalism.

Much of what she has written for Erin in the Morning since Spring 2023 has been written and/or influenced by AI. The resulting articles are full of unacknowledged and unretracted errors.

There aren't many new people like Julia Curlee entering public service, in no small part because we often aren't allowed to work there anymore.

By requiring trans people to identify themselves by their sex assigned at birth, and with a looming threat of prosecution for noncompliance, the Trump Administration is compelling every trans person to out themselves to the Federal Government.

This is not the first time Tennessee has attempted to make a list of trans people in its state, but it reflects a new tactic for doing so.

A bill like this would normally get called a ban in all but name; but since it is literally called the “Gender Delusion Disqualification Act”, it is, in essence, a ban in name as well.

Joining this lawsuit is the most concrete step towards protecting trans care that the New York Attorney General's Office has taken since Trump entered office last year.

We spoke with The Needle about their investigation into how a hate group funded and influenced anti-trans research at McMaster University.Footnotes:…

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The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transgender advocacy, as "national security" risks, and consequently revoking their passports.

We obtained internal communications between SEGM and McMaster University detailing what SEGM wanted out of anti-trans medical studies, and why it was willing to pay over CA$300,000 (US$215,300) to produce them.

We caught back up with Joanna Whaley to discuss her primary election victory, what has happened in the last year, and her plans for the future.

The Trump Administration’s Counterterrorism strategy is not a threat to ordinary trans people, nor is it a threat to those who are politically active in support of trans rights

The rule changes are the latest steps in a campaign which the Trump administration has been waging since its first days back in office: ending trans healthcare, particularly for trans children.

Joanna Whaley is running for state house outside of Detroit, Michigan as a progressive democrat.  Before coming out as trans five years ago, she was an evangelical pastor.  She spoke to The Needle about this transformation, and how she plans to help people going forward. The original interview has been edited down for time and clarity. Jane: I'm here with The Needle. I'm doing a series where I'm interviewing a bunch of trans candidates for public office. So, would you like to introduce yoursel

Amnesty's Chief Executive told the decades-long campaigner against human rights that "it would be good for us to meet... in the spirit of a commitment to human rights.”

“If you as a trans woman remove yourself from danger, you have done more invaluable work than most will to protect the life of a trans woman.” - Willow Theatre