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Trans News Network (TNN) is a worker-run nonprofit LGBTQ+ newsroom publishing articles that impact trans communities.

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@transnews.networkJul 2, 2026, 8:07 PM Pinned

Since our founding last summer Trans News Network has taken on everything from the New York Times' bigotry to Epstein's anti-trans cronies and much, much more. As a worker-run news org, we're dedicated to journalism that's in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical. Help us keep doing it:

transnewsnetwork.networkforgood.comTrans News Network's First Anniversary FundraiserSince our founding nearly a year ago, Trans News Network has exposed how The New York Times' bigotry is directed from the very top , revealed Epstein's extensive network of anti-trans cronies, sh...
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@transnews.networkAug 21, 2026, 7:48 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Trans people, consider this is a useful source of info any time you need someone to realize how the NYT threatens our existence. Cis people, consider this a wake up call. We welcome individuals and groups to join this call for boycott, or launch their own. Not One Dime to the New York Times!

An image of the NYT newspaper lit on fire over a grey background. A hand with trans nail polish is holding it, text that says 'Boycott the New York Times. Stand up for trans lives. Stop putting bullets in the gun that's killing us.'An image giving information on how to boycott the NYT. An on-fire NYT newspaper over a grey background, held by a hand with trans nail polish. Text reads 'Not one dime to the New York Times. Cancel all subscriptions to the NYT. Stop sharing articles, recipes, or anything else from their site (they get cash from clicks). Push for pension funds to divest all investments in the NYT. Tell others why you do this: against a company pushing trans genocide.
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@transnews.networkAug 21, 2026, 7:48 PMReposted by @transnews.network

"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.

transnews.networkBoycott The New York TimesFor 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 ...
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@billiejsweeney.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 10:24 AMReposted by @transnews.network

I spoke to @transnews.network about the nyt’s actions, the internal politics and their connections to US politics.

transnews.network/p/a-directiv...

@davidforbes.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 9:13 PMReposted by @transnews.network

"Trans people only get rights if they live in safe blue congressional districts" is an openly segregationist stance and I'm sick of anyone pretending otherwise.

@mady.catOct 6, 2026, 1:21 AMReposted by @transnews.network

every "pride" Democrat org: "For party leadership, the caucus is simply a recruitment and sales team. The job, in their eyes, is not to represent the LGBTQ+ community to the party, but to sell Democratic candidates to the LGBTQ+ community, regardless of the harm those candidates may cause."

@mady.catOct 6, 2026, 1:35 AMReposted by @transnews.network

a good example of how Democratic party politicians love to come out as transphobic and then victim-blame trans people when we inevitably reject their program of segregation: "They blame the Pride Caucus for the bad press caused by ODP and the Acton/ Kaptur campaigns."

@davidforbes.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:39 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Notably this is just at the federal and gubernatorial level. If we start adding in state legislators and local Dems who've gone openly anti-trans we'd have a whole goddamn book.

@davidforbes.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:29 PMReposted by @transnews.network

It's worth noting that by contrast, far-right christian fundamentalists magically have standing to dismantle antidiscrimination laws even if it's entirely based on a fictitious queer person getting mad at them: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/303_Cre...

The "rule of law," y'all.

@davidforbes.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 10:11 PMReposted by @transnews.network

I do not care what Leo says into a mic until it's "all the total trans healthcare bans in the Catholic Church's massive hospital networks are immediately repealed."

?Unknown authorSep 30, 2026, 6:58 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Pope Francis, the darling of the liberal left, was viciously transphobic and did as much if not more to disseminate anti-trans panic as the likes of JK Rowling and Elon Musk.

@davidforbes.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 6:15 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Hey, remember how us radical trans extremists were warning that you have to go on the attack against transphobic Dems immediately because otherwise other politicians will take the lack of consequences as permission and the bigotry will spread? Yeah...

@davidforbes.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 8:41 PMReposted by @transnews.network

An actual problem among queer communities, including too many radicals, is reacting to this kind of obvious bullshit with an appeasing crouch and frantic self-criticism rather than the hard contempt our enemies deserve.

@davidforbes.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 8:37 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Asked elsewhere how I think folks should respond: * Refuse to treat obvious bad faith hitpieces like they're a sign of any real wider issue that needs some internal reckoning. Reality check those falling for it. * Go on the attack against the real problem: propagandists who pull this kind of shit.

@davidforbes.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 6:11 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Union workers at major trans non-profit A4TE fighting back against lay-offs that leave well-heeled managers untouched.

@transnews.networkSep 1, 2026, 7:30 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Klapecki draws from her extensive experience — as a trans Catholic who faced discrimination firsthand —to deliver a searing examination of the church's hostile theology on trans people, its long record of attacks on us and how buying into its "progressive" facade does real damage to our lives.

"When one considers that the church also teaches that there are exactly two gender identities permitted by God, that those gender identities have specific, narrow roles, when those gender identities are unchanging and immutable, that gender confirmation surgery is a violation of the dignity of humanity alongside abortion, murder, and sexual violence, that “sexual difference” is a gift from God and attempts to alter or downplay it is itself a threat to damage, and that all human beings have a moral dignity that they can destroy while maintaining the valuable ontological dignity gifted from God?

Beyond all the rhetoric, all the philosophy, all the theology, all the caveating, the position is simple: God loves everyone, even the faggots. He just cannot tolerate what you’re doing, and that gives the church the authority to oppress you however they wish.

There is no actual difference between this position and a Protestant Evangelical mewling that he “loves the sinners, hates the sins.” There is no wiggle-room, no exception. In fact, the church spills far more ink on finding all of the different loopholes or potential methods one could interpret their theology in an affirming light than they ever do saying that transgender people are deserving of respect. We’re not, after all. We’re deserving of pity, prayer, and the fervent belief we will correct our errors of existence.

This lack of flexibility is intentional, as the Catholic Church seeks to tightly control doctrine and respond to the modern world in the way that suits it best. Rogue priests who are affirming, who defy these expectations, can expect stern reproaches and potentially even excommunication. These statements of doctrine are not negotiable, nor are they up for interpretation.

While it is not strictly impossible that these things may change in the future, the consistent stance of the Catholic Church has been that transgender individuals are living in sin..."
@transnews.networkSep 1, 2026, 7:21 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Underneath the "progressive" papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution, one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide.

@sjklapecki.itch.io, who survived the Catholic Church's bigotry firsthand, goes in-depth on why it's time to see through the propaganda and face reality.

transnews.networkThe Pope is Not Our FriendUnderneath the supposedly progressive papacy of Pope Leo remains a deeply reactionary institution that is one of the biggest enemies of trans rights worldwide. A trans survivor’s view: it’s well past ...
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@ket.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 4:03 AMReposted by @transnews.network

these are the attorneys general who are gonna enforce your blue state "trans sanctuary" protections? lol. can y'all please stop arguing with me about this shit already?

A spokesperson from the state Attorney General’s Office praised the ruling but condemned the language, saying that “decisions about the appropriate placement for an individual should be addressed case by case… rather than by mandating new across-the-board policies.” But the spokesperson added, “We strongly disagree with the court’s harmful language. It does not reflect our brief or our values.”
@mady.catSep 23, 2026, 6:24 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Oregon Democratic politicians appealing a favorable ruling so it would get overruled by MAGA 9th circuit appointees is a great example of how Democrats want trans women to be raped and killed in prisons as much as Republicans do, just politely.

@mady.catSep 23, 2026, 11:50 PMReposted by @transnews.network

if politicians really gave a shit about protecting the youth, they would ban all of these gambling websites federally. But instead, the "protect the kids" policies are being used to enable getting 18 year olds addicted to gambling.

@davidforbes.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 3:11 PMReposted by @transnews.network

Dems replaced action on trans rights with hollow statements, then dropped those statements, then embraced anti-trans rhetoric. Now supporting anti-trans laws and blocking pro-trans ones. At every step the "they're betraying us" radicals were correct and "be patient" liberals were completely wrong.

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