# Assigned Media Your Daily Trans News Site Page: Feed: --- ## [Advocacy While Incarcerated: The Indomitable Spirit of Varia Merritt](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/interview-advocacy-incarceration-varia-merritt/) _2026-08-20 · Pax Ahimsa Gethen_ The founder of Be the Change, an LGBTQ+ community in a Tennessee prison, inspires ‘purpose that cannot be confined.’ ## [New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/new-hhs-report-on-gender-affirming-care-rife-with-false-information/) _2026-08-19 · Walker Bragman and Billie Jean Sweeney_ “As soon as you politicize any sort of healthcare it's a really slippery slope.” ## [Portland Mom Sues School for Trespassing Her and Teaching Inclusivity](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/portland-mom-sues-school-for-trespassing-her-and-teaching-inclusivity/) _2026-08-19 · Aly Gibbs_ After being banned from her kids' school for being disruptive, Allison Roberts is taking them to court about it. ## [Is Trans Loneliness Causing an Epidemic of AI Use in Our Community?](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trans-loneliness-ai-use/) _2026-08-18 · Alys S Brooks_ How members of the trans community rely on chatbots for support, according to the experts. ## [Ellie Krug Planned a Road Trip to One of the Worst States for Trans People](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/ellie-krug-interview-idaho/) _2026-08-17 · Evan Urquhart_ “The suffering was palpable immediately,” she told Assigned Media ## [TWIBS: NBA Has-Beens Interject Themselves into Women’s Sports](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/twibs-nba-has-beens-interject-themselves-into-womens-sports/) _2026-08-14 · Aly Gibbs_ Amid tiresome WNBA drama about trans women, two former NBA dweebs have decided to mock women athletes to get back into the spotlight. ## [Viral Post by Anti-Trans Activists Claims WPATH “Conceded” on Standards of Care](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/wpath-ftc-court-segm-misinformation/) _2026-08-13 · Evan Urquhart_ The group’s filings cite legal precedent stating published medical guidelines are protected speech. ## [Justice Department Withdraws from Trans Patient Probe](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/justice-department-withdraws-from-trans-patient-probe/) _2026-08-12 · Aly Gibbs_ The latest in a string of failures for Trump's weaponized Justice Department. ## [Information is Scarce for Trans Women Behind Bars](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/prison-incarceration-information-anxiety/) _2026-08-11 · B Speaks_ Inside the Georgia Department of Corrections, information does not move the same way it does outside prison walls. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1G5QSZTrzewr) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Trump’s ATF Continues the War Against Trans Second Amendment Rights](https://assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trumps-atf-continues-the-war-against-trans-second-amendment-rights/) _2026-08-10 · Valorie Van-Dieman_ In yet another move to restrict trans people's constitutional rights, the ATF has proposed a new rule that would restrict trans people's ability to arm themselves.