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Oct 14, 2026
At the University of Washington, an academic workers’ union is fighting a silent administration that refuses to protect trans rights, even after a trans student was murdered
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Aug 21, 2026
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares about trans lives must boycott and divest the Times.
May 6, 2026
Trans News Network interviews Razzia Santillán, a long-time trans activist in Mexico City. After police assaulted her in 2023 for using the women’s bathroom, she’s fought legal battles while organizing tirelessly among marginalized people.
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Apr 6, 2026
Long-time activist Ra’il I’Nasah Kiam co-founded the #YourSlipIsShowing movement. But he was erased in much of the media coverage. He reflects on his struggles, and how Black trans organizing gets buried.
Mar 23, 2026
Missing hormones. Canceled surgeries. Bureaucratic denials. Late last year the Catholic Church banned all trans healthcare across its sprawling networks. The impact on trans people's lives is devastating. Here are some of those stories.
LGBTQ+ History
Mar 11, 2026
After debunking the sanitized version of nonviolence peddled by the status quo, it’s time for a look at the hard truths about riots, rebellions and how trans communities have to grapple with violence to survive
Feb 2, 2026
TNN reporter Mira Lazine found a community in Minneapolis. Now, that community is under attack — and fighting back. Here’s her look of the realities on the ground.
Donald Trump
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Jan 12, 2026
Two trans women arrested in an absurd “antifa” crackdown face political prosecution for their beliefs. Experts warn it’s a sign of growing authoritarianism in the U.S.
Jan 1, 2026
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directed from the very top and the damage this legitimization of bigotry has done
State Legislatures
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Oct 24, 2025
A transfeminine protester of Florida's removal of the Pulse Nightclub memorial crosswalk recounts her horrific experiences in state jails in an exclusive interview with TNN
Oct 3, 2025
Four stories reveal just some the discrimination trans people deal with every single day of our lives
Aug 10, 2025
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.
Healthcare
Jul 26, 2025
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.
Massachusetts
Jul 25, 2025
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.
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Jul 21, 2025
MadyCast News is relaunching as the Trans News Network, a worker-run nonprofit newsroom under Community Partners, and leaving Substack for Beehiiv
Jun 12, 2025
CHLA plans to cut much of its healthcare to trans patients, once again obeying the Trump administration in advance to put trans lives in danger, despite their threats having no legal power.
May 23, 2025
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.
Apr 2, 2025
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
Feb 20, 2025
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.
HIV/AIDS
Feb 7, 2025
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
Florida
Jan 13, 2025
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.
Dec 1, 2024
A Comprehensive Data-informed Report.
