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‘I feel violated’ - Queer Creators Lose Livelihoods in Itch.io Bans

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Aug 10, 2025

‘I feel violated’ - Queer Creators Lose Livelihoods in Itch.io Bans

The recent Itch bans on queer and NSFW content have damaged careers and put countless people out of work. Though some are now on the verge of homelessness, they’re still organizing and fighting back. TNN delves into what’s at stake on the frontlines of the fight against anti-queer censorship.

Mira Lazine
Mira Lazine
The Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills Moving Through Congress No One’s Talking About

Healthcare

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Jul 26, 2025

The Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills Moving Through Congress No One’s Talking About

Republicans are jamming in dozens of anti-trans measures across a series of government funding bills. Few Democrats have spoken out against them. The failure of Democrats, the press and Gay Inc organizations to raise the alarm shows the need for grassroots organizing among trans people.

Mira Lazine
Mira Lazine
‘Absolutely Not’: Rep. Moulton’s Trans Primary Opponent Defies Dems on Trans Rights, Palestine and more, in Exclusive Interview

Massachusetts

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Jul 25, 2025

‘Absolutely Not’: Rep. Moulton’s Trans Primary Opponent Defies Dems on Trans Rights, Palestine and more, in Exclusive Interview

Bethany Andres-Beck is directly challenging an anti-trans incumbent in a deep blue Massachusetts seat, and hopes to channel grassroots energy against party leadership to show that voters support trans rights and Palestine.

Tom Sayers
Tom Sayers
MadyCast News Relaunches as Trans News Network, a Worker-Run Nonprofit Newsroom

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Jul 21, 2025

MadyCast News Relaunches as Trans News Network, a Worker-Run Nonprofit Newsroom

MadyCast News is relaunching as the Trans News Network, a worker-run nonprofit newsroom under Community Partners, and leaving Substack for Beehiiv

Mady Castigan
Mira Lazine
Corinne Green
David Forbes
Tom Sayers
Mady Castigan, +4
Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Trans Medicaid Ban From GOP Megabill

Healthcare

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Jun 26, 2025

Senate Parliamentarian Strikes Trans Medicaid Ban From GOP Megabill

In a major win for trans healthcare rights across the country, the trans Medicaid ban provision has been removed from the GOP’s megabill after advocates pressured Democrats to invoke the Byrd rule.

Mira Lazine
Mira Lazine
Trans Inclusion in Healthcare and Sports Are Under Attack in California — Officials Blame Newsom and Trump

Los Angeles

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Jun 1, 2025

Trans Inclusion in Healthcare and Sports Are Under Attack in California — Officials Blame Newsom and Trump

Funding cuts to HIV healthcare threatening thousands of queer Californians and fascist attacks against trans athletes suggest Newsom's deference to the billionaire oligarchy is only just beginning.

Mady Castigan
Mira Lazine
Mady Castigan, +1
Don’t Panic–the Battle Over the Trans Medicaid Ban Is Far From Over. Here’s How To Fight Back.

Healthcare

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May 23, 2025

Don’t Panic–the Battle Over the Trans Medicaid Ban Is Far From Over. Here’s How To Fight Back.

While confusion and misinformation spreads on social media, advocates offer concrete strategies to stop the GOP’s genocidal attack on trans people’s lives through community solidarity and defiance.

Mady Castigan
Mira Lazine
Mady Castigan, +1
Some Sexual Abuse Nonprofits Cut Resources For LGBTQ+ And Immigrant Survivors. DOGE Slashed Their Funding Anyway.

Donald Trump

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May 16, 2025

Some Sexual Abuse Nonprofits Cut Resources For LGBTQ+ And Immigrant Survivors. DOGE Slashed Their Funding Anyway.

Some sexual violence nonprofits have bent over backwards obeying to the Trump administration to protect their funding. That strategy has hurt survivors and failed to stop DOGE from cutting funding.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
"Absolute Terror”: Lawsuit Alleges Maryland Trans Prisoners Face Rape, Medical Detransition, Defied Court Orders, Retaliation, and Torture, Despite AG Brown’s Condemnation of Trump Prison Policy

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Apr 2, 2025

"Absolute Terror”: Lawsuit Alleges Maryland Trans Prisoners Face Rape, Medical Detransition, Defied Court Orders, Retaliation, and Torture, Despite AG Brown’s Condemnation of Trump Prison Policy

Gov. Moore's prisons defied a judge’s order to follow standards to keep a woman safe from rape, as AG Brown has mounted "vigorous" defense against her lawsuit and lawmakers sideline meaningful reform

Mady Castigan
Tom Sayers
Mady Castigan, +1
Proposed HHS Rule Would Ban Trans Healthcare From Essential Health Benefit Coverage In ACA Plans

Donald Trump

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Mar 14, 2025

Proposed HHS Rule Would Ban Trans Healthcare From Essential Health Benefit Coverage In ACA Plans

Trump's most sweeping attack on trans healthcare so far could have devastating impacts on trans people of all ages on ACA plans, especially for those who don't live in trans sanctuary states.

Mady Castigan
Corinne Green
Mady Castigan, +1
Exclusive: Domestic Violence Nonprofit NNEDV Orders Workers To Cut Resources for LGBTQ+ Survivors

Donald Trump

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Feb 20, 2025

Exclusive: Domestic Violence Nonprofit NNEDV Orders Workers To Cut Resources for LGBTQ+ Survivors

Leaked emails reveal an executive at the NNEDV ordered workers to unpublish mentions of LGBTQ domestic violence victims. Some (but not all) pages for immigrant survivors were also removed.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
Capitulation: RAINN, NSVRC, and NCMEC Remove Nearly All Mentions of Trans and Nonbinary People

Donald Trump

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Feb 18, 2025

Capitulation: RAINN, NSVRC, and NCMEC Remove Nearly All Mentions of Trans and Nonbinary People

Three sexual abuse nonprofits have removed all or nearly all mentions of trans people from their blogs and articles. All three receive federal funding, but are independent organizations.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
Analysis: Thousands of Webpages Documenting LGBTQ+ History, Healthcare, and Safety Have Been Censored

LGBTQ+ History

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Feb 17, 2025

Analysis: Thousands of Webpages Documenting LGBTQ+ History, Healthcare, and Safety Have Been Censored

LGBTQ+ history webpages, mental health hotlines, and resources for the victims of CSAM and hate crimes are among the thousands of censored webpages identified by my custom tool.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
PHOTOS: Activists Protest and Leaders Speak at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Los Angeles

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Feb 13, 2025

PHOTOS: Activists Protest and Leaders Speak at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles

Activists protested outside of the Children's Hospital of LA last Thursday against the hospital's decision to pause gender affirming care for new patients, with several local leaders giving speeches.

Mady Castigan
Socks Whitmore
Mady Castigan, +1
Reagan-Era AIDS Activists Call for New ACT UP-Style Movement for Trans Liberation

HIV/AIDS

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Feb 8, 2025

Reagan-Era AIDS Activists Call for New ACT UP-Style Movement for Trans Liberation

In an exclusive interview, two prominent members of ACT UP, which has been credited with saving millions of lives, hope to inspire younger LGBTQ activists to embark on a bold trans liberation movement

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
“Shock and Awe”: President Trump Officially Orders the Broadest Attack on LGBTQ+ Existence in American History. Here’s How You Fight Back

Donald Trump

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Jan 21, 2025

“Shock and Awe”: President Trump Officially Orders the Broadest Attack on LGBTQ+ Existence in American History. Here’s How You Fight Back

Analysis: Donald Trump is prioritizing a massive assault of LGBTQ+ rights during his first days. How do we triage our response? Plus, photos of protestors who took to the streets today in DC.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
“I Cannot Imagine Surviving”: Read the Stories of the Trans Women Facing Forced Head Shaving and Medical Detransition in Florida Prisons

Florida

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Jan 14, 2025

“I Cannot Imagine Surviving”: Read the Stories of the Trans Women Facing Forced Head Shaving and Medical Detransition in Florida Prisons

Legal documents filed by trans women reveal that trans inmates have endured widescale persecution, humiliation, suffering, trauma, and brushes with death for many years in Florida prisons.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
Speaker Mike Johnson Tees Up National Trans Sports Ban for Expedited Consideration in Newly Released Rules Package

Donald Trump

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Jan 2, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson Tees Up National Trans Sports Ban for Expedited Consideration in Newly Released Rules Package

The GOP is indicating that rewriting civil rights law to ban trans people from sports, who make up 0.008% of NCAA athletes, is a top legislative priority for the party this year.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
Senate Democrats Might Vote Into Law the First Anti-LGBTQ National Legislation in Decades. Contact Your Senator Now.

Activism

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Dec 14, 2024

Senate Democrats Might Vote Into Law the First Anti-LGBTQ National Legislation in Decades. Contact Your Senator Now.

Senate Democrats are set to sign away the basic human rights of the trans kids of servicemembers, if they are not held to account.

Mady Castigan
Mady Castigan
14 Reasons Why Trans Rights Shouldn't Be Blamed For Kamala Harris's Election Loss

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Dec 1, 2024

14 Reasons Why Trans Rights Shouldn't Be Blamed For Kamala Harris's Election Loss

A Comprehensive Data-informed Report.

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