Much of what she has written for Erin in the Morning since Spring 2023 has been written and/or influenced by AI. The resulting articles are full of unacknowledged and unretracted errors.

A methods explanation for our latest big investigation: into Erin Reed and AI based journalism.

These errors include deadnaming a fellow trans journalist who has not published since and often contribute to making things look worse than they are for our community.

The Needle is issuing a voluntary retraction for our article “Kansas' Investigations of Trans People in Bathrooms Personally Overseen by Democrat Appointee Adam Proffitt,” which was published Aug 22. We regret these mistakes.

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Anti-trans politics aren’t popular, and they aren't supported by the will of the people.

There is no statutory requirement that Secretary Proffitt personally investigate all claims, yet his department reserved the power to investigate trans people for him personally.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Despite his ostensibly progressive politics and vocal LGBTQ+ allyship, Graham Platner was unfit for office long before the latest allegations. Why did it take so long to finally draw the line?

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

While all of these changes are excellent, removing testosterone from the controlled substance list is a unique policy that many have wanted for years, but which has not been accomplished until now.

The full consequences of this decision are wide, and will be hard to predict, but it is safe to say that every trans person has had their rights reduced.

“If there's a team to root on, to vote for, it's us. We're going to do everything we can to make sure that every single person that needs help gets help to the best of our abilities. And our abilities are pretty great! So, trust in us.”

Another case of bad anti-trans science has been used to restrict rights and dignity for trans people. 

Having HRT can mean the difference between security and being made an internal refugee.

This is a case to watch. The result of the injunctive relief decision will determine whether the executive branch’s efforts to seize lists of trans kids, adults, and parents of trans kids will go through on June 10 or not.

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

This will result in widespread de facto discrimination against trans people. The number of legal justifications which can be used to alter or refuse services to trans people are vast, and the methods available to trans people looking to contest this treatment are slim.

In short, this new law cuts across both trans and immigrant communities in a way that is particularly intense and harmful to immigrants.

A simple, 2 page piece of legislation has been signed into law by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis which enshrines trans kids’ right to privacy when legally changing their name.

At least one bill has been signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee. The rest are awaiting his signature or await further legislative action.

“My impression of the organization, and my work as a case manager, is [that I am] putting out as many little dinghies as I can. The lifeboats are going out as fast as possible.” - Isaiah Upton

The Operation is addressing requests for assistance, but needs additional resources to do so at the scale of the crisis in Kansas.

The Operation is addressing requests for assistance, but needs additional resources to do so at the scale of the crisis in Kansas.

The EEOC banned trans people in a move that also undermines equality and integration for cis people, the aims it was historically set up to achieve.

South Dakota Governor signs bills erasing trans people, making abortion and emergency contraception a felony, and allowing children to marry adults on the same day. More legislation signed on the same date mandates sex-based segregation and effectively bans trans people in publicly funded lodgings.

Kansas is preparing to enforce a law that invalidates the driver’s license of anyone who has changed their gender marker on that document, echoing historic policies that targeted “other” groups by revoking their identification.

Now that the skeleton, or the framework for the operation is in place, the work turns to getting and giving funds and labor.

“Doomscrolling is a real problem, people don’t know how to act on the news.”

But while the numbers of foxes in cities has been steadily creeping upwards, is it a problem or, if humans respond right, a boon?