Side-by-side photos of the UFC Freedom 250 stage on the White House lawn, and Michelle Obama talking on the telephone.
Cissexism, LGBTQIA, Racism, Trans

The Lie that Would Not Die: On Michelle Obama and Transmisogynoir

[Image: Public domain photos of UFC Freedom 250, June 2026, and Michelle Obama, December 2014.]

Today in Assigned Media, I offer a Black trans perspective on the misgendering of Michelle Obama at Sunday’s UFC fight at the White House.

The Lie that Would Not Die: On Michelle Obama and Transmisogynoir

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