Idaho passes laws to report trans people to police or their parents These laws create widespread restrictions on both trans children and trans adults.

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Head of Trans Liberty uses Kansas Capital bathroom in defiance of new law As an out-of-state trans person, Samantha was willing to take the risk that every trans person in Kansas is now forced to take every time they exist in public. 

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Idaho passes bill to surveil of trans kids, aiming to “close the social transition loophole” 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.

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Trans surgeries cancelled due to dispute between hospital and health insurance company The result has been utter chaos for the patients involved.

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Operation Lifeboat is providing direct aid to trans people in Kansas– by helping them flee the state Now that the skeleton, or the framework for the operation is in place, the work turns to getting and giving funds and labor.

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United States fails to define gender as man and woman at United Nations The resolution was defeated 23-3, with 17 countries abstaining and one not voting. The only countries who voted alongside the US were Pakistan and Chile.

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“Somebody’s Daughter” talks punk, the Do-It-Yourself spirit, and playing the biggest trans music festival in the country You can't promise that the world's going to get better, but you can promise that for a couple of hours, you're going to have a good fucking time. And there's something to be said for that.

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As we said at least 4 times in the article, we don't know. Only the FDA knows that.

HRT Cafe Shutdown Shows Why DIY Hormone Networks Exist HRT Cafe helped transgender people find hormone therapy online. Its shutdown shows how barriers to gender-affirming care push some toward DIY options.

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We are quite literally in the middle of a genocidal campaign against our people. If you don't want to know the truth, you're going to have to avoid reading the news entirely.

In terms of how close the petition is to being adopted, these two statements are functionally identical.

I am seeing people accuse The Needle's coverage of the petition of being sensationalist, and that the paper as a whole is sensationalist. I want to address this 🧵

If you are trans and suicidal you should not read the news.

We are not responsible for the emotions of people who come across our reporting.

However, it should be emphasized that this proposal has not been adopted by the FDA. It is up for public comment, but that does not mean that its adoption is inevitable. The document can be read in full below, or by clicking HERE. /new Authors’ Note: Keep reading after the embedded document for a full breakdown of the document, its signatories, and its implications.

In short, the patient registry could be its own issue, even in the possible case that a REMS isn’t implemented by the FDA. According to policy expert and legal scholar Dr. Giovanna Esposito, "The FDA has a huge swath of bureaucratic discretion in even a normal administration. In this Trump era of executive overreach, the threat to trans healthcare infrastructure cannot be understated. This is first and foremost a way of getting all our names on a single list."

It is also notable that when The Needle reached out to every organization that signed onto the petition for which contact information could be found, none responded, despite being given several business days to do so. The same is true for all branches and representatives of the FDA which we contacted. The Needle’s team has come to the conclusion that the public was not intended to be broadly aware of this document. It is for this reason that we have decided to release it to the public. It is unclear how likely these policies are to be enacted. Given that both the signatories and the FDA have attempted to keep as low a profile on this as possible, while still farming in-group engagement via the public comment mechanisms, we have no way of knowing how seriously these proposals are being taken.

It is unclear to what extent doctors would be willing to comply with these regulations should they be enacted. This uncertainty could be used to leave pathways to medical transition open. 6. Conclusion It is very important to once again note that these changes have not yet happened. DIY HRT is still legal, and it is possible to stockpile it. An unused vial of estrogen that is kept at room temperature away from light sources can stay good for two to five years. Community and mutual aid networks exist. It is more important than ever to plug into the community– online if necessary, offline whenever possible.

Right on both counts. Even so, we were very clear in the article, several times, that "this has not happened yet".

As you probably saw.

You are in effect asking us to include information that would only further confuse the issue, and would not have made the timeline of implementation any clearer.

That could be anywhere from several years to a few days. That would not be useful information if it is that broad.

You are acting as if we had some idea as to the speed of this when that was never the case.

Again, we have no timeline for the speed of implementation. Anyone is saying they know how fast this could is lying. We have no idea.

You are looking for some detail which would make this less likely to be enacted. If there was a bureaucratic function capable of filling that role, I would have mentioned that. I found nothing of the sort.

Therefore, I deemed that it was not relevant to the story.

Because the petition may or may not be adopted. If the FDA decides to do the hearing, that means they have decided to adopt the proposals. The hearing is in no way a meaningful roadblock to the implementation of the supported policies.

Omg thank you

Articles from 3/12, 3/2, 3/2, 2/27, 2/25, 2/24, 2/22, 2/17

"look at their website, it's all bad news"

well there's not exactly much good news about us right now, and what's more informative is the *DATES* of these articles

which you might notice have large gaps

ah yes, the fear engagement farm that... takes 10 day breaks when there's nothing newsworthy?

That's why I didn't bother mentioning it. It is irrelevant information.

The hearing would not change the outcome of whatever happens anymore than the HHS report on trans youth healthcare did. Any hearings would be run and overseen by republicans. They want to see us suffer. The outcome would be predetermined.