A bad journalist misrepresenting data to push his own agenda? No way! @alyssaur.bsky.social looks at Jesse Singal and his piece in The Economist for this week's TWIBS.

19thNews/SurveyMonkey also found 4-in-10 Americans think politicians should stop focusing on trans issues, evenly split between Dems and Reps. In 2024 poll 33% of Dems & 53% of Reps said this, so while more Dems agree fewer Reps do. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

The 19thNews/SurveyMonkey polling echoes a Mar 2025 poll from Data for Progress which found 55% agreed that “families & physicians should be the ones making decisions about transgender youth medical care, not the government” and just 33% supported government bans. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

25 Sep 25 -- Poll from 19thNews/Survey Monkey finds majority of American's oppose bans on care for adults and kids. Just 37% back care for trans minors (53% for adults) BUT... half oppose the idea of lawmakers banning medical care for trans youth. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

"Diego is 26, gay, and undocumented." "Everywhere I go, I feel like I'm carrying two targets—one for being undocumented and one for being gay." "I can't hide either, and I know at any moment one of them could be used against me." #Georgia #USA #Honduras #Healthcare #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

As threats to both undocumented and queer Americans escalate, people like @uncagedcritique.bsky.social work to make their voices heard.

"You want us to remember Charlie Kirk? We’ll show you how the trans community and our allies remember that rat bastard." ✨🌈💌

I know it seems laughable to blame trans people for a government shutdown, but it is also deeply worrying how the administration is making every negative thing the fault of trans people. We’ve seen what happens when a small minority becomes the scapegoat of a whole society: a lot of people die.

Wrote the newsletter, but forgot to schedule it - I remembered to pick up my dry cleaning, though! (If you're waiting, I'll get it sent out now.)

25 Sep 2025 - After canceling meeting with Dems on coming shutdown, Trump goes to Truth Social to blame (wait for it) ..."funding Transgender surgery for minors [and] allowing men to play in women’s sports, and essentially create Transgender operations for everybody." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

I kind of wish it said: “Still dead. Change my mind”

So when I wrote this, I added a place for other journalists to "co-sign" this "Declaration of an independent Press." And what's really cool to me is already two other journalists have signed. If you haven't read it yet... eapmstyleguide.org/9-25-2025-de...

ART CONTEST!!! It's the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day ART CONTEST brought to you by Assigned Media!! That's right, you heard us.

my kid's rights are not window dressing, amd they are not trivial my child is not a "distraction" or a "purity test" and my kid is not an incomprehensible alien your willingness to sell out a disfavored group preemptively is a huge red flag go learn some shit #NeverNewsome

I've decided to write the newsletter about the America's love of free speech, how trans people are often seen through a framework of freely expressing ourselves rather than being born this way, and what I think are the best ways (and pitfalls) to make this work for us. Members only - come join us!

our final installment of our informal Clippings miniseries, Three Months Of Trans Dudes, is well underway this month, we'll be taking a look into New Age millionaire, exotic animal collector, and trans man Reed Erickson coming soon from your friends at @assignedmedia.org #research #wip

24 Sep 25 Progressive Dem wins open AZ House seat held by her father, shrinking Rep majority to 2019-2014. Adelita Grijalva got the 1st endorsement of Christopher Street Project, a new natl trans electoral grp countering GOP’s anti-trans focus. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Less than a week after expressing sympathy for trans people, noted transphobe and UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting suggests completely segregating trans women in trans-only "third spaces." Columnist @alyssaur.bsky.social is not surprised at the reversion to form by Streeting.

Evan here: Bluesky is having some sort of issues. My personal account @evanurquhart.bsky.social doesn't seem to be working, but this one (on the exact same device) is still functional.

So it was brought to my attention by someone on one of the other SM platforms that George Floyd was also born on 10/14. I for one am glad he now has a remembrance day. A man who had a rough start in life, but was able to turn it around. I'm sure many can relate.

More than ever, we need you. Either help us by donating, or help us by volunteering to get others to donate. Help us survive and grow. equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/ 🧵 19/19

My org, @equalaccesspublicmedia.org is here to make journalism more accessible. So far, we've taught classes. We've put out an ever-growing Style and Accessibility Guide. Last week, we launched a magazine directed at journalists about trends in journalism, news, and style called The Word. 🧵 17/19

A few people have asked, so we'll clarify that visual art is preferred but we're willing to consider particularly creative entries of any type.

After work: Prime art making time for all you 9-to-5ers out there. So pick up a sharpie, open a box of crayons, dust off your Photoshop skills and enter for a chance to save democracy and win $500 dollars or cool jewelry from Nora Reed Designs.

He said Dems want to force trans surgery on everyone. This is not a well man.

jesse singal is a lying hack and publishing him will actively damage the reputation of any news org dumb enough to do so

I'm so excited to read this from Henry (who beat me to it this time, well done)!

Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge.bsky.social) on Cancel Me, Daddy? That's a must watch for sure.

This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.

i am going to bring forth the abomination of the endtimes

After the death of Charlie Kirk Wall Street Journal ran with an unverified law enforcement bulletin and amplified a right-wing narrative. I wrote about what they did wrong and why it matters for @objectivejournos.bsky.social. objectivejournalism.org/2025/09/wall...

Even down to how they exploit the changes in diagnostic criteria to suggest there's some "contagion" or "epidemic." What those changes actually point to is a move away from a model of suppression to a model of acceptance, and that's what actually terrifies them

Sometimes elected officials do something foolish, and it's up to the people to show them the error of their ways. Participating in the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day Art Contest is a great way to send a message that no government act can force the American people to love a fascist.

Read this, from our friends at EAPM.

Their tough guy act sure seems to disappear anytime the rest of us stick together and tell them to get fucked.

I think this keychain I found is pretty good

We need you to tell you friends, your family, heck, even your frenemies if they like doing art. We need ART for our ART CONTEST and we need your help to reach the ARTISTS so we can give them 500 DOLLARS!

It's not hard to speak this way about trans rights. Just lean hard into the patriotism element: trans people represent the American ideal of self-determination and freedom of expression through their courageous and dogged fight to be who they are

22 Sep 25 - Joining presumed Pres hopefuls Gavin Newsom & Kamala Harris in speaking on trans sports (both moved right), PA Gov Josh Shapiro moves hard left, denouncing PA sports bill as "the work of extremist politicians" trying to "legislate restrictions on freedom." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

22 Sep 25 - Moms for Liberty rep at Yolo County (CA) School Board meeting begins taking off clothes. Responding “No, you cannot. We’re going to recess” they call a break. So she yells that "You are violating my 1st Amendment rights!" Just can't make this stuff up. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

This one's going to be hard to beat TBH bsky.app/profile/falc...

I’ll be curious to see what people come up with for this. Remember, no promoting violence

We need you to tell you friends, your family, heck, even your frenemies if they like doing art. We need ART for our ART CONTEST and we need your help to reach the ARTISTS so we can give them 500 DOLLARS!

Wow, I never thought a single image would do such a great job of embodying how the creepy Heritage people look in my head

I think you tapped into the "silent majority" of people who find a racist sexist transphobe bigot bully to actually not be that compelling of a figure, and who resent having his sainthood crammed down their throats.

Want to reassure people no art skill is necessary. As long as it's AI-free, you can use photoshop, collage, emoji, anything you feel would get your point across. We don't know what we're looking for yet, but the idea with the 2 special prizes is to reward creative ideas too, not just art skill.

In related news: We're doing an art contest. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...