The color of a state doesn't determine if it's safe for trans people. Here is a thorough breakdown on the statistics around violence against trans people, and ways to navigate through this.

Safe States Don’t Make People Safer

How legislative risk isn't lethal risk for trans women, and why the numbers we have are only a small part of the story.

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New Investigation Out! Kathleen defied neo-Nazi violence across borders, and now her U.S. passport is revoked. Kathleen, a trans woman of color from the U.S. has been forced to seek asylum in another country. theneedlenews.com/2026/08/she-...

She Defied Neo-Nazi Violence; Now Her U.S. Passport Has Been Revoked

The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transg...

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New Investigation Out! Kathleen defied neo-Nazi violence across borders, and now her U.S. passport is revoked. Kathleen, a trans woman of color from the U.S. has been forced to seek asylum in another country. theneedlenews.com/2026/08/she-...

She Defied Neo-Nazi Violence; Now Her U.S. Passport Has Been Revoked

The Needle has concluded that the State Department is likely asserting the power to deem U.S. citizens who they determine to be ideologically "far-left", and who seem to be especially active in transg...

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: we're sorry. we listened. we made an error when we listed the westboro baptist church as a hate group. we'd like to especially apologise to fred phelps for suggesting he was homophobic. we're sorry. and maybe god really does hate fags. we're sorry. we listened. we're sorry

the nyt and the atlantic are cited all over the heritage foundation bills. rowling is nearly single-handedly funding gc legal challenges in the uk. this isn’t “i got my feelings hurt” it’s “it’s legal to discriminate against me in very important ways”

IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION UPDATE VIA RESISTMAP: ICE doesn't have enough planes to deport all 350k ppl who were here legally until Trump attacked them. They had legal jobs & driver's licenses until TPS ended, so instead ICE is treating them like criminals, or cattle, & fitting them with GPS TRACKERS.

BREAKING: ICE Is Using GPS Ankle Monitors to Prepare a Mass Roundup of 350,000 Haitian Refugees

Haitian refugees being summoned to check-ins are being fitted with GPS monitors and sent home — making them easier to locate and round up for mass deportation later.

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Amnesty International UK Apologizes for Reporting on Anti-Trans Groups After Rowling Threatens Lawsuit

Amnesty International UK Apologizes for Reporting on Anti-Trans Groups After Rowling Threatens Lawsuit

Amnesty's Chief Executive told the decades-long campaigner against human rights that "it would be good for us to meet... in the spirit of a commitment to human rights.”

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Put a story about the love and community between trans people on your to read list!

‘The Dinner Party’ offers a view of love beyond doom or wish fulfillment

The prose brings out the best of the story, and the result is a balanced read that is hard to get elsewhere. By Jane Migliara Brigham Most trans fiction falls into one of two camps. The first camp is that of the pessimists, where the difficulties of being trans are

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In a time where HRT access grows more precarious, it is important to who controls our access and what challenging them would mean for us.

WPATH’s Fight Against the Trump Administration to Practice Medicine, and What it Means For Your Hormones

If the FTC lawsuit is successful, many trans people could lose access to their hormones. The only large exception would be in states where such care is legally protected.

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Our Latest: 📰 WPATH’s Fight Against the Trump Administration to Practice Medicine, and What it Means For Your Hormones📰 📝: @jane.theneedlenews.com

WPATH’s Fight Against the Trump Administration to Practice Medicine, and What it Means For Your Hormones

If the FTC lawsuit is successful, many trans people could lose access to their hormones. The only large exception would be in states where such care is legally protected.

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Safe States Don’t Make People Safer How legislative risk isn't lethal risk for trans women, and why the numbers we have are only a small part of the story.

Safe States Don’t Make Safer People

How legislative risk isn't lethal risk for trans women, and why the numbers we have are only a small part of the story.

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Our Latest: 📰 Amnesty International Apologizes for Reporting on Rise in UK Anti-Queer Groups📰 📝: @jane.theneedlenews.com

Amnesty International Apologizes for Reporting on Rise in UK Anti-Queer Groups

J.K. Rowling is offering to personally fund lawsuits against Amnesty on behalf of the organizations listed as an “Anti-rights group” in the report.

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(SATIRE) The Rusty Needle's Recent Article by Danielle Tamara Schatten: Go to theneedle.news/pjy_Qvkn5 to read the article!

Break in the Ranks?: Trans Lobby Gains Surprise Cross-Platform Support in Mitch McConnell

"I am still alive," Senator McConnell added, cryptically.

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(SATIRE) The Rusty Needle's Latest: 🤡Break in the Ranks?: Trans Lobby Gains Surprise Cross-Platform Support in Mitch McConnell🤣 📝: Danielle Tamara Schatten

Break in the Ranks?: Trans Lobby Gains Surprise Cross-Platform Support in Mitch McConnell

 "I am still alive," Senator McConnell added, cryptically.

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TOMORROW is the last day to comment on a proposed OMB rule which would force most of American civil society and many employers to choose between trans people and everyone else. Read our coverage and go comment.... #trans #news #federalgov #trump

Trump Administration proposes barring federal agencies, federally funded organizations from acknowledging existence of trans people

This proposal is the most comprehensive such attempt to be floated.

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What gender are you running in the year of our lord 2026? Did we miss any?

TOP 10 BEST GENDERS (UPDATED 2026) (NOT CLICKBAIT)

TOP 10 BEST GENDERS (UPDATED 2026) (NOT CLICKBAIT) By Danielle Tamara Schatten Hey, what's up, y'all! So, there's been a lot of outdated info floating around regarding which gender to choose going into 2026, and while I know that none of us are ever locked into our

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📣ATTENTION TRANS ALLIES! The government is about to defund ALL organizations that receive public funds unless they actively erase trans identities. We need you to leave a public comment and oppose this regulation before it's too late! Instructions to leave public comment 👉 vist.ly/5axus

(SATIRE) The Rusty Needle's Recent Article by Danielle Tamara Schatten: Go to theneedle.news/dmk_Aj38e to read the article!

BREAKING: Well, Well, Well... Looks Like This Town’s Got a New Pronoun

Well, Ain’t Just That the Catgirl’s Pajamas?

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BREAKING: Well, Well, Well... Looks Like This Town’s Got a New Pronoun

Well, Ain’t Just That the Catgirl’s Pajamas?

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No one should ever be required to make an assessment like Dolores Huerta did below, which breaks my heart. A movement to unionize, to provide fair wages to farmworkers, should always be much bigger than the singular person leading it, no matter how charismatic or seemingly inspirational they are. 6/

🗃️Time and time again, I wish people would understand that dignifying someone with "great-man" historical status, no matter how noble their public cause, does an enormous disservice to all the actual people that mobilize to take on these enormous battles.🧵/

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Well this is horrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Another story on Platner just dropped. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex

The campaign for the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine called the allegation "categorically false and politically motivated."

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the ongoing defense of Platner tells me that plenty of men on the left hate women more than they love their supposed principles

In coverage we did last month, we explained the risk of a regulatory proposal by the Trump administration via the OMB. If made regulation, this rule would effectively force most of US society to ignore that trans people exist, or lose the money needed to serve other populations' basic needs.

Trump Administration proposes barring federal agencies, federally funded organizations from acknowledging existence of trans people

This proposal is the most comprehensive such attempt to be floated.

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Our latest, by @artemis.theneedlenews.com , goes over an attempt by the Trump administration and the ATF to de facto ban trans people from new gun purchases by implementing a rule that only affects trans people who have legally transitioned- this rule would make it impossible for them to comply.

Trump's ATF Floating Rule To Ban Trans People from Buying Guns

The rule isn’t set in stone yet. It could still be dropped by the ATF, and the public comment period is a critical way to create pressure to stop it.

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Our Latest: 📰 Trump's ATF Floating Rule To Ban Trans People from Buying Guns📰 📝: @artemis.theneedlenews.com

Trump's ATF Floating Rule To Ban Trans People from Buying Guns

The rule isn’t set in stone yet. It could still be dropped by the ATF, and the public comment period is a critical way to create pressure to stop it.

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5. Kobach went so far as to say the government could force people to eat a certain way. "It's conceivable the State might say, well, there's a health, safety, and welfare interest of the State exercising our traditional police powers as they're called to compel people to chew their food thoroughly"

1. In our latest, I go over an in-depth analysis of Kansas AG Kobach's arguments for making trans Kansans undocumented because they are trans. Among other absurd arguments, Kris Kobach states that the US Constitution "is rooted in ancient biblical concepts." 🧵 theneedlenews.com/2026/07/insi...

Inside Kansas's Defense of Invalidating Trans Owned Driver's Licenses

In Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach’s arguments in support of revoking trans people’s IDs, he stretched jurisprudence to its breaking point.

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Our Latest: 📰 Inside Kansas's Defense of Invalidating Trans Owned Drivers Licenses📰 📝: @artemis.theneedlenews.com

Inside Kansas's Defense of Invalidating Trans Owned Drivers Licenses

In Kansas Attorney General Kris W. Kobach’s arguments in support of revoking trans people’s IDs, he stretched jurisprudence to its breaking point.

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