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Every week Cecilia Barzyk diligently scans the internet to assemble as much trans-related information from the weekly news as possible.

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TWIT Awards – Mar 2, 2026

| Mar 2, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Jesse Signal again made wild claims about gender-affirming care in a New York Times column. The latest column in question is, […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Mar 2, 2026

| Mar 2, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. This week, President Trump delivered his State Of The Union address. President Trump pointed out an “ex-transgender” teenager among the invited […]

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TWIT Awards – Feb 23, 2026

| Feb 23, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, a transgender man shot and killed his ex-wife and son, and severly wounded three other […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 23, 2026

| Feb 23, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Over 100 members of Congress signed a letter stating their opposition to the new rules proposed by the Trump administration which […]

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TWIT Awards – Feb 16, 2026

| Feb 16, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we reported in the news, the Trump administration has attempted to institute its policy banning Pride flags and other political […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 16, 2026

| Feb 16, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The state of California has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education, claiming that their policy forcing schools to out […]

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TWIT Awards – Feb 9, 2026

| Feb 9, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. We find it suspicious that the new recommendation for delaying surgery makes the age of 19 a significant milestone. 19 years […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 9, 2026

| Feb 9, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. U.S. District Judge Robert B. King ruled this week that Montgomery County Public Schools did not violate the First Amendment rights […]

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TWIT Awards – Feb 2, 2026

| Feb 2, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The Department of Education has announced that San Jose State University violated Title IX when it allowed a transgender woman to […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Feb 2, 2026

| Feb 2, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with the families of transgender minors who have been treated at Children’s Hospital […]

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TWIT Awards – Jan 26, 2026

| Jan 26, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the Trump administration is moving to deny foreign aid to certain entities which promote “gender […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Jan 26, 2026

| Jan 26, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have stripped all the anti-transgender riders from the remaining budget bills for this fiscal […]

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TWIT Awards – Jan 19, 2026

| Jan 19, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Elon Musk has said that he will file for “full custody” of his 1-year-old son, Romulus, because the mother of that […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Jan 19, 2026

| Jan 19, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A dozen U.S. states with Democrats as state attorneys general have filed a law suit over the cancelling of Department of […]

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TWIT Awards – Jan 12, 2026

| Jan 12, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A group called Let’s Go Washington announced that it has collected 400,000 signatures on its petitions, enough to get its proposed […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Jan 12, 2026

| Jan 12, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A bill pending in the Vermont state legislature would establish the Affirming Health Care Trust Fund, to pay for gender-affirming care […]

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TWIT Awards – Jan 5, 2026

| Jan 5, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The United Nations introduced a couple of resolutions about providing humanitarian aid for natural disasters and protecting humanitarian workers who are […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Jan 5, 2026

| Jan 5, 2026

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. In one of his last acts as mayor of New York City, Eric Adams signed a bill to allocate $2,000,000 for […]

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TWIT Awards – Dec 29, 2025

| Dec 29, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, a federal judge in California has ruled that the state’s policy of forbidding teachers from […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 29, 2025

| Dec 29, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. Eighteen states led by Democrats plus the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to outlaw […]

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TWIT Awards – Dec 22, 2025

| Dec 22, 2025

?Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to forbid Medicaid from paying for gender-affirming care for […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 22, 2025

| Dec 22, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. It was a bad week for gender-affirming care for minors. The U.S. House of Representatives voted to block funding for Medicaid […]

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TWIT Awards – Dec 15, 2025

| Dec 15, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. On Tuesday, President Trump held a rally at Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania. Only about 200 people showed up. Nonetheless, he went on […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 15, 2025

| Dec 15, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. The ban on gender-affirming care for members of military families was removed from the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year […]

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TWIT Awards – Dec 8, 2025

| Dec 8, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. As we mentioned in the news, the Department of Justice has informed prison inspectors that they no longer need to take […]

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TNN: Trans News Now – Dec 8, 2025

| Dec 8, 2025

Links will open in this window. To return to this page use the Back button on your browser. If the link opens in a new tab, close the tab to return to this page. A judge struck down a Georgia law, which banned gender-affirming medical care for inmates in state prisons. According to the judge […]

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