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LGBTQIA, Trans

Angelica Ross Is Using Her Powers For Good

Image: Left: Angelica Ross profile, 2017, Miss Ross, Inc., CC BY 3.0. Right: Ross (center, holding microphone) leads a trans takeover of the stage at the closing plenary of the 2023 Creating Change Conference. Stage photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Today in Assigned Media, I interview Black trans actress, activist, and TransTech Social founder Angelica Ross, who recently became communications director for Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for governor of California.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/angelica-ross-power-for-good

LGBTQIA, Photography, Trans

Finding Joy and Family in Ballroom Culture

[Image: Ballroom culture panel moderator Breonna McCree with panelists SoHo Tisci, Ashlee Banks, and Jahnell Chanel.]

Today in Assigned Media, I report on a Black History Month celebration of ballroom culture, held by The Transgender District at the San Francisco Public Library.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/joy-and-family-ballroom-culture

LGBTQIA, Trans

My year of trans journalism on Assigned Media

This year, I began contributing articles to the trans news website Assigned Media. I contributed 14 stories in 2025. Here are links to all of my stories on the site:

https://funcrunch.org/blog/tag/assignedmedia

Thanks to Evan Urquhart and Billie Jean Sweeney for bringing me onboard Assigned Media this year. Become a member to support independent trans journalism:

https://www.assignedmedia.org/newsletter

To support me specifically, please sponsor me on Patreon, where I post links to all my work, including stories on Assigned Media and (paywall-free) Medium:

https://www.patreon.com/funcrunch

I also post links to all my stories here on my own website at https://funcrunch.org/blog. Pop it into your RSS reader if you like.

Thanks to all who supported me this year on Patreon and elsewhere. Here’s to a peaceful New Year.

LGBTQIA, Racism, Trans

What Mama Major Taught Us

[Image: Community members celebrate the legacy of “Mama Major” at Glide Memorial Church.]

Today in Assigned Media, I report on the recent memorial for Miss Major Griffin-Gracy in San Francisco, and share reflections from community members on her legacy and the quest for Black trans liberation.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/miss-major-memorial-black-trans-liberation

Cissexism, LGBTQIA, Racism, Trans

On Trading Truth for Transphobia

[Image: Side by side headshots of Pax on their 1990 Northwestern student ID and their 2024 US passport.]

Today in Assigned Media, I share my perspective on Northwestern University’s recent capitulation to the Trump administration, as a Black trans alum of that school.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trading-truth-transphobia-northwestern-university

LGBTQIA, Trans

Anjali Rimi on Supporting Transgender Immigrants

[Image: Anjali Rimi speaks on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on Transgender Immigrants Day, November 18, 2025.]

In today’s article for Assigned Media, I interview Anjali Rimi, co-founder and president of Parivar Bay Area, about supporting transgender immigrants in San Francisco.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/anjali-rimi-supporting-transgender-immigrants

LGBTQIA, Trans

Preserving the data of LGBTQ+ history

[Photo by Olga from Pictrip]

In today’s article for Assigned Media, I interview Dr. Clair Kronk, a trans scholar working to collect and preserve LGBTQ+ data.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/preserving-data-history-clair-kronk

LGBTQIA, Trans

Rest in Power, Miss Major

[Image: Miss Major in the San Francisco Pride parade, June 2014. Photo by Quinn Dombrowski, CC BY-SA 2.0.]

In today’s article for Assigned Media, I honor Black trans icon Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, who died yesterday following over 50 years of activism.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/rest-in-power-miss-major-griffin-gracy

LGBTQIA, Trans

LinkedIn’s Allowance of Hate Speech

[Image: LinkedIn headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Photo by LPS.1, CC0 1.0 (public domain).]

In my new article for Assigned Media, I share how LinkedIn moderators are allowing misgendering and other hate speech against trans users following a recent change to their policies.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/linkedin-allowance-hate-speech

LGBTQIA, Photography, Trans

The First City-Funded Trans Homeless Shelter Wasn’t In New York, it Was in San Francisco

[Image: Staff cut the ribbon and Joaquin Guerrero speaks at the opening of the Taimon Booton Navigation Center in San Francisco, March 7, 2022.]

In my new article for Assigned Media, I share photos and an interview with trans advocate Joaquin Guerrero about housing trans people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco.

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/the-history-of-the-first-trans-homeless-shelter