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<p>top surgery soon!!!!<br>my surgery is on oct 17th. i am so excited! i made a go fund me - insurance will cover the surgery, but the time off is going to be more than i originally expected, and making rent has already been a struggle. any help is greatly appreciated! thank you for boosting, sharing elsewhere, &amp;/or donating! 💖💖💖</p><p><a href="https://gofund.me/0f9b8ef6d" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gofund.me/0f9b8ef6d</a><br>cash app / venmo @du2du</p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/transsurgery/" rel="tag">#transsurgery</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#mutualaidrequest</a> <a href="/tags/transmutualaid/" rel="tag">#transmutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/minnesota/" rel="tag">#minnesota</a></p>

<p>In my new article for <span class="h-card"><a href="[&#x27;https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmedia.org&#x27;, &#x27;https://assignedmedia.org/&#x27;, &#x27;https://www.assignedmedia.org/support&#x27;]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>assignedmedia.org</span></a></span>, I share how <a href="/tags/linkedin/" rel="tag">#LinkedIn</a> moderators are allowing <a href="/tags/misgendering/" rel="tag">#misgendering</a> and other <a href="/tags/hatespeech/" rel="tag">#HateSpeech</a> against <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> users following a recent change to their policies.</p><p><a href="https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/linkedin-allowance-hate-speech" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/linkedin-allowance-hate-speech"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.assignedmedia.org/breaking</span><span class="invisible">-news/linkedin-allowance-hate-speech</span></a></p>

<p>THIS: &quot;What these people actually have is a seething, obsessive hatred of <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> people. They want them either back in the closet or dead.&quot; <a href="https://prospect.org/2025/12/19/transphobic-mask-is-off-congress-ban-health-care/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The%20transphobic%20mask%20is%20off&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Prospect%2012-19-2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="prospect.org/2025/12/19/transphobic-mask-is-off-congress-ban-health-care/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The%20transphobic%20mask%20is%20off&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Prospect%2012-19-2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/2025/12/19/transp</span><span class="invisible">hobic-mask-is-off-congress-ban-health-care/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=The%20transphobic%20mask%20is%20off&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Prospect%2012-19-2025</span></a></p>

<p>Trans women are women! Happy Women&#x27;s Day!</p><p><a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a></p>

<p>This year, I began contributing articles to the <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> news website <span class="h-card"><a href="[&#x27;https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/assignedmedia.org&#x27;, &#x27;https://assignedmedia.org/&#x27;, &#x27;https://www.assignedmedia.org/support&#x27;]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>assignedmedia.org</span></a></span>. Here are links to my 14 stories for 2025:</p><p><a href="https://funcrunch.org/blog/tag/assignedmedia/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="funcrunch.org/blog/tag/assignedmedia/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">funcrunch.org/blog/tag/assigne</span><span class="invisible">dmedia/</span></a> </p><p>(1/4)</p>

<p>New year, time for a new <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>. </p><p>I&#x27;m a queer Black <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> (agender/transmasculine) <a href="/tags/vegan/" rel="tag">#vegan</a> <a href="/tags/pacifist/" rel="tag">#pacifist</a>, freelance writer/blogger, long-time <a href="/tags/wikipedia/" rel="tag">#Wikipedia</a> editor, and <a href="/tags/sanfrancisco/" rel="tag">#SanFrancisco</a> resident. </p><p>If you like my writing, please follow me at <a href="https://funcrunch.org/blog" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>funcrunch.org/blog</a>, where I share my stories about gender, social justice, veganism, and other topics.</p><p>I&#x27;m also on <a href="/tags/patreon/" rel="tag">#Patreon</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/funcrunch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.patreon.com/funcrunch</a></p><p><a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a></p>

<p>I first met Perry when he was just 17, the youngest <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> person I&#x27;d ever known. Now he and every <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> person in the U.S. face a mortal threat from their own government, and it&#x27;s time for all of us to stand up. Thank you for taking the time to read this: <a href="https://www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/we-must-stand-our-trans-neighbors" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/we-must-stand-our-trans-neighbors"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.defendpublichealth.org/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/we-must-stand-our-trans-neighbors</span></a></p>

<p>A democratically elected council of <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> people sounds amazing tbh. </p><p>Plus you&#x27;d gain a UK rail system that worked and amazing IT infrastructure. </p><p>What&#x27;s not to like?</p>

<p>Todas as propostas de direita de retrocesso nos direitos <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> foram aprovadas no Parlamento em <a href="/tags/portugal/" rel="tag">#Portugal</a> (impedir acesso a adolescentes e exigir acesso de diagnóstico de disforia para mudar de nome). Mas as pessoas trans continuam aqui e lindas e em luta. (Fotografias da manifestação ontem à frente do Parlamento)</p>

<p>Transphobic scientists are recruiting trans people for study.</p><p>Do not respond to requests from Lisa Littman, Ken Zucker, J Michael Bailey, James Morandini, Kevin Hsu, Paul Vasey, Ray Blanchard, Scott Semenyna or Alex Byrne.</p><p><a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/scientists-behind-the-social-contagion" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.erininthemorning.com/p/scientists-behind-the-social-contagion"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.erininthemorning.com/p/sci</span><span class="invisible">entists-behind-the-social-contagion</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a></p>

<p>My latest: &quot;<a href="/tags/this/" rel="tag">#This</a> is not difficult: <a href="/tags/genderaffirmingcare/" rel="tag">#GenderAffirmingCare</a> is health care, period, and decisions about that care belong to patients and their health care providers (and families in the case of minors), not politicians on an ideological crusade.&quot;<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/attacks-on-transgender-americans-are-attacks-on-health-care" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.commondreams.org/opinion/attacks-on-transgender-americans-are-attacks-on-health-care"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.commondreams.org/opinion/a</span><span class="invisible">ttacks-on-transgender-americans-are-attacks-on-health-care</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a></p>

<p>SOS UPDATE</p><p>I&#x27;ve landed in Atlanta, waiting on the next plane. Haven&#x27;t eaten all day, other than coffee, but I&#x27;m about to give in. I am trying to stretch out the help I&#x27;ve been given as much as I can.<br>---</p><p>I know a lot is going on and I feel incredibly ashamed about asking for help. But I need some help.</p><p>my car is totaled. temp work fell through. moving again.</p><p>anything you can spare, please. <br>$BrimstoneCrow on cash app<br>@ cory-westgate on Venmo</p><p>5 bucks, 20 bucks, anything, please. I need to stay medicated, and the scrips cost a total of 56 dollars. but I also need to grab a cheap junker car, and the scrap value of this one is right at 180 or so, which will barely get me started.</p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/help/" rel="tag">#help</a> <a href="/tags/sos/" rel="tag">#sos</a> <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#money</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a></p>

<p>There is a petition on the UK Parliament website to legally recognise nonbinary as a gender – which would include an X marker on UK passports for nonbinary people.</p><p>The deadline to sign is March 2026 and at the time of writing only 213 people have signed.</p><p>Let&#x27;s show them the power of the Fediverse. At 100,000 signatures, the petition will be debated in Parliament.</p><p>Sign 👇</p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738780" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738780"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/738780</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nonbinary/" rel="tag">#NonBinary</a> <a href="/tags/enby/" rel="tag">#Enby</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#Trans</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#Queer</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a> <a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/ukmastodon/" rel="tag">#UKMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>

<p>Transphobic Rhetoric Fails Spectacularly As Republicans Lose Big</p><p><a href="https://transitics.substack.com/p/transphobic-rhetoric-fails-spectacularly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="transitics.substack.com/p/transphobic-rhetoric-fails-spectacularly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">transitics.substack.com/p/tran</span><span class="invisible">sphobic-rhetoric-fails-spectacularly</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a></p>

<p>Uptight Dad, who are an Dublin trans-masc punk band, have put out their first release.</p><p><a href="https://uptightdad.bandcamp.com/album/to-everyone-ive-ever-loved" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="uptightdad.bandcamp.com/album/to-everyone-ive-ever-loved"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uptightdad.bandcamp.com/album/</span><span class="invisible">to-everyone-ive-ever-loved</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#punk</a></p>

<p>There&#x27;s some shit happening in Santa Cruz &amp; I&#x27;m trying my damndest to throw fuel on it... that is to say, I&#x27;m organizing a boycott &amp; I need your help</p><p>also if you&#x27;re the kind of person who&#x27;s prone to say things like &quot;you&#x27;re overreacting&quot; scroll all the way away, kid</p><p>If you celebrate Naughty <a href="/tags/nonbinary/" rel="tag">#Nonbinary</a> November, I have a mission for you: ⬇️ (cont)</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/santacruz/comments/1oqx4na/boycott_the_418_project/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reddit.com/r/santacruz/comments/1oqx4na/boycott_the_418_project/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reddit.com/r/santacruz/com</span><span class="invisible">ments/1oqx4na/boycott_the_418_project/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/enby/" rel="tag">#enby</a> <a href="/tags/pride/" rel="tag">#pride</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="/tags/boycott/" rel="tag">#boycott</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/santacruz/" rel="tag">#santacruz</a> <a href="/tags/santacruznews/" rel="tag">#santacruznews</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#community</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#mutualaidrequest</a></p>

<p>UK/Scotland: Expert says trans children&#x27;s rights are not being respected</p><p>“You see this, for example, with the puberty blocker study that&#x27;s happening in England, which we&#x27;re expecting the Scottish government to come on board with as well. That&#x27;s a study with not a single trans person involved in a decision-making capacity around it.&quot;... </p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/VDAXJ" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.ph/VDAXJ</a></p><p><a href="/tags/uk/" rel="tag">#UK</a> <a href="/tags/scotland/" rel="tag">#Scotland</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#Transrights</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#Trans</a> <a href="/tags/transrightsarehumanrights/" rel="tag">#TransRightsAreHumanRights</a></p>

<p>Abigail Spanberger gets it. Upon being sworn in she immediately issued an executive order requiring <a href="/tags/virginia/" rel="tag">#Virginia</a> police to stop cooperating with <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a>. She also refused to kiss Nazi boot on <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> rights. </p><p>Throwing trans people under the bus was depraved and ineffective against the original Nazis and nothing has changed.</p><p><a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/governor-abigail-spanberger-virginia-commonwealth-richmond-inauguration-rescinds-gov-glenn-youngkins-state-police-ice-affordability-education-immigration-attorney-general-jay-jones-lt-governor-ghazala-hashmi-general-assembly-trump-immigrants-ice" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="wjla.com/news/local/governor-abigail-spanberger-virginia-commonwealth-richmond-inauguration-rescinds-gov-glenn-youngkins-state-police-ice-affordability-education-immigration-attorney-general-jay-jones-lt-governor-ghazala-hashmi-general-assembly-trump-immigrants-ice"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wjla.com/news/local/governor-a</span><span class="invisible">bigail-spanberger-virginia-commonwealth-richmond-inauguration-rescinds-gov-glenn-youngkins-state-police-ice-affordability-education-immigration-attorney-general-jay-jones-lt-governor-ghazala-hashmi-general-assembly-trump-immigrants-ice</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a></p>

<p>El Gobierno incumple la Ley Trans y entorpece el cambio de sexo legal de las personas extranjeras</p><p>La norma daba al Ejecutivo un año de plazo para desarrollar por vía reglamentaria un procedimiento claro y homogéneo para ejercer este derecho, pero han pasado dos y no lo ha hecho mientras abogados, asociaciones y afectados denuncian una situación de confusión e inaccesibilidad</p><p>(…)</p><p><a href="https://www.eldiario.es/sociedad/gobierno-incumple-ley-trans-entorpece-cambio-sexo-legal-personas-extranjeras_1_12931389.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eldiario.es/sociedad/gobierno-incumple-ley-trans-entorpece-cambio-sexo-legal-personas-extranjeras_1_12931389.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eldiario.es/sociedad/gobie</span><span class="invisible">rno-incumple-ley-trans-entorpece-cambio-sexo-legal-personas-extranjeras_1_12931389.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/lgtbiqa/" rel="tag">#LGTBIQA</a> <a href="/tags/leytrans/" rel="tag">#LeyTrans</a> <a href="/tags/racismo/" rel="tag">#racismo</a></p>

<p>that <a href="/tags/shockumentary/" rel="tag">#shockumentary</a> we&#x27;ve been working on has an official name and a teaser trailer</p><p><a href="https://spectra.video/w/eGpfXBPqxmvTz5pac3uGXS" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="spectra.video/w/eGpfXBPqxmvTz5pac3uGXS"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectra.video/w/eGpfXBPqxmvTz5</span><span class="invisible">pac3uGXS</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/spiritualgore/" rel="tag">#spiritualgore</a> <a href="/tags/nsfl/" rel="tag">#nsfl</a> <a href="/tags/nsfw/" rel="tag">#nsfw</a> <a href="/tags/jewish/" rel="tag">#jewish</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/videomixtape/" rel="tag">#videomixtape</a></p>

<p>👐🏼 ¡Lanzamos un fanzine!</p><p>💞 &#x27;Utopías Trans: Una reflexión comunitaria para impulsar cambios narrativos hacia futuros mejores&#x27; </p><p>Parte de un ejercicio de imaginación colectiva sobre cómo será el mundo cuando acabe la transfobia y vivamos todes felices... y propone algunas vías para llegar ahí, con poder narrativo.</p><p>Esperamos que os resulte inspirador.<br>👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼 <br><a href="https://lainterseccion.net/content/uploads/2026/02/UtopiasTrans_ProyectoHortensia.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lainterseccion.net/content/uploads/2026/02/UtopiasTrans_ProyectoHortensia.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lainterseccion.net/content/upl</span><span class="invisible">oads/2026/02/UtopiasTrans_ProyectoHortensia.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> <a href="/tags/narrative/" rel="tag">#narrative</a> <a href="/tags/utopias/" rel="tag">#utopias</a></p>

<p>European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For &quot;The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women&quot;</p><p>Analysis over at : <a href="https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/european-parliament-votes-overwhelmingly" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.erininthemorning.com/p/european-parliament-votes-overwhelmingly"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.erininthemorning.com/p/eur</span><span class="invisible">opean-parliament-votes-overwhelmingly</span></a></p><p>REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women | A10-0010/2026 | European Parliament</p><p><a href="https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0010_EN.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0010_EN.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/d</span><span class="invisible">ocument/A-10-2026-0010_EN.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#Europe</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#lgbtq</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/feminism/" rel="tag">#feminism</a></p>

<p>*takes first injection of estrogen*</p><p>February 16th, 2026 at 12:00 PM. I am reborn.</p><p>“I have been waiting for my greatest self to rescue me my entire life. Now l realize that I must go to her.” - Jennifer Williamson</p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#Trans</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a></p>