Posts by e_urq@journa.host
(DIR) Post #AaOcYtT3oblVpldNrs by e_urq@journa.host
2023-10-03T14:42:20Z
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The way the mainstream is approaching gender-affirming care isn't normal.In a normal process, questions about a treatment lead to further research, and if the evidence bears out the idea that something is amiss, then the treatment approach is adjusted.With gender-affirming care, we're skipping the evidence step and acting as if the act of raising questions alone creates a problem for a treatment with decades of evidence behind it. #trans #journalism #science https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/the-only-reason-gender-affirming-care-is-controversial-is-prejudice
(DIR) Post #Aac07rsctOjTPOqCoq by e_urq@journa.host
2023-10-08T16:18:46Z
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The #NYT this weekend sunk to new lows.A story about a family reluctantly leaving home because of Iowa laws directly impacting their trans son was presented as equivalent to a couple of retirees who cited political gripes with the Democratic leadership of Portland along with a desire to be near their grandkids.It may be the writer's opinion that these are similar, but opinion has its own section. #trans #transgender #journalism #news https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/nyt-sinks-absurd-depths-bothsides
(DIR) Post #AarLxSVwRN6hipBvbE by e_urq@journa.host
2023-10-16T21:31:50Z
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Using the pretext that a puberty blocking implant is a "surgery" the Daily Signal is rehashing a custody case that was decided against a non-affirming parent years ago.The child who got the implant is 19 years old now, but the anti-trans propaganda machine can't be bothered to find fresh stories so they keep rehashing the same ones over and over and over.https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/daily-signal-calls-puberty-blocking-implant-transgender-surgery
(DIR) Post #AbKNWGKHi39D2V2gGO by e_urq@journa.host
2023-10-31T10:55:05Z
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The knock on effects of the campaign of terror against the trans community: In states where gender affirming care is protected, wait times are exploding.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transgender-health-care-new-mexico-waitlists/
(DIR) Post #Ac2hCmE6GhCUgjdt1E by e_urq@journa.host
2023-11-21T19:37:08Z
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The biases of a certain anti-trans reporter were on full display today in a story for the right-leaning British website UnHerd.Jesse Singal wrote about the Transgender Map website of trans activist Andrea James, digging up stories of James' angry emails from the mid-2000s, complaining about his own entry, and speculating that the website (which is not associated with any known instances of harassment or violence) exists to intimidate people. #trans #journalism #newshttps://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/jesse-singal-cares-about-medical-evidence-when-it-suits-him
(DIR) Post #AcHUCCihtai6XBkoAi by e_urq@journa.host
2023-11-28T22:59:57Z
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God I love Gen Z quotes to local news.
(DIR) Post #AcHUCEIC38grPXMf7g by e_urq@journa.host
2023-11-28T23:01:17Z
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From this story, about students walking out in support of a trans girl who allegedly plays volleyball (breaking state law), and the suspension of school officials who allegedly allowed her to do so.https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/11/28/students-at-browards-monarch-high-school-walk-out-after-staff-shakeup-over-transgender-athlete/
(DIR) Post #AcIuHHaE29Od20pS6q by e_urq@journa.host
2023-11-29T14:41:53Z
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A trans girl who socially transitioned in second grade and has never gone through testosterone-fueled puberty is at the heart of a massive controversy in Florida, after her high school principal and 4 other school staff members were suspended by the superintendent after he received a tip that a trans youth was playing volleyball. #trans #sports #news #journalism This is the reality of trans sports bans. More here:https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/fl-student-lived-as-a-girl-since-2nd-grade
(DIR) Post #AcIzzmwrHQ2OoxSNKy by e_urq@journa.host
2023-11-29T17:18:57Z
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@dsmdexter It's not clear yet who knew she was trans- although there are registration forms for hs sports in FL that ask about birth-assigned sex (twice), as I understand it, no one knows if she listed her birth-assigned sex on the form or if anyone noticed.This is a girl who's been known as nothing else since 2nd grade, no reason anyone would necessarily have known anything.
(DIR) Post #AcXJbF4eI5Fk6k71s0 by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-06T13:52:18Z
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In South Carolina, administrators at a large teaching hospital quietly decided to bow to political pressure and abruptly end all treatment for gender dysphoria for anyone under 18.Quietly... meaning they didn't even inform the families and patients of the change. #trans #health #news #journalism Important reporting by Pro Publica, an example of what's happening on the ground with gender affirming care for youth.https://www.propublica.org/article/musc-medical-university-south-carolina-trans-healthcare-emails
(DIR) Post #AcbL2MZ8JdEaLbwq1I by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-08T12:16:40Z
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Focusing on language is a glue trap for civil rights movements. It begins because liberals love being told the exact right words to use- it means you're not asking something that requires effort.Slowly you find you're mostly talking about what words and phrases are respectful. Then they spring the trap.Now your movement stands accused of being all about empty performance. They rebel by refusing to use the words and phrases they forced you to focus on so they didn't have to take any action.
(DIR) Post #AclkHwZZAJlmneHB20 by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-13T14:04:30Z
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Ohio is attempting to ban gender affirming care TODAY.Media outlets covering the bill have referenced detransitioners supporting the ban, but today on Assigned I'm reporting on an aspect no outlet has mentioned: Even more detransitioners OPPOSED the ban, including the only detransitioned Ohio native to weigh in on either side.Why does the media keep carrying water for anti-trans activists? #trans #detransition #news #law #journalism https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/detransitioners-among-opponents-of-ohio-plan-to-ban-gender-affirming-care
(DIR) Post #Ad2ogDzvnyn0PXcWPo by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-21T19:50:19Z
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There is a CURIOUS OMISSION in the coverage of the murder of Brianna Ghey, in both the NYT and Washington Post.Neither paper's story included any of the transphobic messages Brianna's teenage killers, obscuring the way her trans identity allowed them to dehumanize her and made her more vulnerable than other young people who encountered the pair.These messages were central to most other stories about this murder, and their omission is glaring. #trans #newshttps://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/nyt-wapo-transphobia-brianna-ghey
(DIR) Post #AdF7DINPTDJbxvOyK8 by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-27T18:15:28Z
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Idaho's ban on gender affirming care has been barred from taking effect in federal court. The judge believes the lawsuit against the ban has a high likelihood of succeeding because the ban likely violates the 14th Amendement's due process protections.https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-blocks-idahos-gender-affirming-care-ban-from-taking-effect/
(DIR) Post #AdHgjsZmInQQDNNaK0 by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-28T19:18:53Z
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Remember the ban on trans women playing in women's chess? Turns out there's only one trans woman playing chess at a competitive level internationally. Yosha Iglesias of France is feeling singled out as an intentional ban turns out to impact only her. #news #trans #transgender #chess #news https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/the-bbc-found-one-1-trans-woman-impacted-by-trans-ban-in-chess
(DIR) Post #AdJBXApawVbWw9OXUe by e_urq@journa.host
2023-12-29T12:44:22Z
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This Week in Barrel Scraping: When Sage Steele was at ESPN the world was deprived of her thoughts about former college swimmer Lia Thomas. Now, FINALLY, she's able to share them on a podcast with Riley Gaines.What a gift to the world Steele's committment to free speech is. Truly. #trans #news #humor #ESPN #journalism https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/twibs-sage-steel-tells-riley-gaines-her-transphobic-nastiness-was-silenced
(DIR) Post #Adfb1lJjqHKbObIKB6 by e_urq@journa.host
2024-01-09T12:33:08Z
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Anti-trans activists in the UK have become suspicious that the leader of the Labor Party, Kier Starmer, might have a trans child after an apparent slip of the tongue in an interview.There is absolutely no reason any reasonable person would think he has a trans kid, but reason isn't anti-trans activists' strong suit. They're currently demanding Starmer clarify the gender of his children and declaring that he'd be unfit to lead the country if he had a child who was trans.
(DIR) Post #Aiap9IHzuCV8FEBgDA by e_urq@journa.host
2024-06-04T14:02:05Z
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The Epoch Times is under investigation for money laundering, but the site's role in spreading anti-trans misinformation has gone unmentioned in mainstream coverage of the case.An Epoch Times link that showed up in a story for the Atlantic is a particularly clear example of the laundering process on trans stories that goes fringe right -> far right -> mainstream.#trans #news #journalism #media https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/epoch-times-falun-gong-money-laundering-trans-misinfo
(DIR) Post #Aip3idAnks7h7xpM92 by e_urq@journa.host
2024-06-11T15:46:05Z
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Assigned Fact Check:A right-wing Canadian site claimed the Canadian Cancer Society apologized for using the "cervix" instead of "front hole."The word cervix is found on 314 pages of the society's website. Front hole appears once, on an info page for trans people, and not as part of any apology. #trans #journalism #news #transgender #FactCheck https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/canadian-cancer-society-cervix-front-hole-fact-check
(DIR) Post #Aj1y4rqw5gttq6HBHU by e_urq@journa.host
2024-06-17T17:12:23Z
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Indictment for Eithan Haim has been unsealed:https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/doctor-charged-unauthorized-access-personal-information-pediatric-patients-texasHaim is a doctor who did part of his residency Texas Children's Hospital. He used his access to look up records of young trans patients and leaked them to right-wing activist Chris Rufo.