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NEWS UPDATE: The Needle's latest deep investigation revealed that Ambetter- and its parent company, Centene, quietly removed transition medicine coverage for trans adults across 19 states just because it could. theneedlenews.com/2026/06/ambe...

On Trans Day of Visibility, Samantha Boucher traveled to Kansas with one purpose: to piss in a public bathroom. Read the full story at: theneedle.news/transbathroo...

The UN stopped an attempt by the US to remake international law in a way that would've aligned international recognition of "gender" with Trump's landmark Day 1 anti-trans executive orders. Read the full story at: theneedle.news/UNgender

Our latest "Good News!" - One trans woman has created a website to make it easier for the trans community to get involved with mitigating the bad news, rather than just doomscrolling. theneedle.news/FDArally #trans #FDA #news

Before we ran this story, there were a total of 111 comments on the FDA petition, of which only 61 were visible. Now, roughly two days later, there's over 2500. As in our original story, anyone, including you can tell the FDA what you think of this move. theneedle.news/fda-registry

The ECJ, the highest court in Europe, has defended the rights of all people, specifically including trans people, to have accurate ID. This means the legal right to update or change legal sex. The court's judgement is binding on all EU member-states. #TransRights #GoodNews theneedle.news/EU-transID

Our Latest: The FDA has been requested by anti-trans hate groups to implement policies that list transfems, could enable future criminalization of estrogen use or possession. It is designed to target trans women. By @artemis.theneedlenews.com & @jane.theneedlenews.com theneedle.news/fda-registry