Bit last-minute, but I'm giving a talk tomorrow at @acesediting.bsky.social VCON25 about gender, language and style on behalf of @transjournalists.org. Come on down to the Pronoun Hoedown.™️

Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation. Full statement here: www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

Reupping... a good use of a Saturday afternoon

On this uhh busy news day in the world of anti-trans politics: a reminder that @transjournalists.org is offering stipends for journalists' professional development — trainings, conference tickets, etc. Apply — it's easy! Deadline next week. www.transjournalists.org/level-up/

are any of you people real

A+ headline www.huffpost.com/entry/the-go...

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It's June, so here's my pitch: There's nothing more powerful than the truth. But as the debates around trans people rage on, the truth about *us* is getting lost. That's why I'm part of @transjournalists.org. Please share/ donate -- for truth and posterity. donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...

Thanks to your donations yesterday, we've unlocked our first matching donation! Our board and longtime members have pledged $2,700, so your donations go twice as far. Will you help us get to $5,400 — to raise all of our matching funds? donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...

While this report presents itself as an apolitical “review of evidence and best practices,” it deserves the same scrutiny and careful fact-checking as any government-produced document. Journalists should quote it only with appropriate context and after thorough vetting.

TJA's statement on the HHS report. Read in full: www.transjournalists.org/2025-hhs-rep...

TJA's statement on the HHS report. Read in full: www.transjournalists.org/2025-hhs-rep...

Would read (and write?) an essay on the semiotics of the new Tall MAGA Serif font that’s suddenly everywhere

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! To celebrate, we're awarding more than $15,000 in stipends to 30+ journalists to support them. These stipends will help develop careers of trans journalists, support fair and accurate coverage of trans communities, or both.

Personal news, as they say.

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cannot believe what will go down as one of the biggest press freedom challenges in my lifetime was started by an AP Stylebook dispute

A lot of really talented journalists forced to start anew through no fault of their own. It's a scary time to be unemployed in media. Please send in a couple bucks if you've got 'em, especially if you're union. www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...

why is this a national monument....? we can't tell you ❤️

Hey there. HuffPost went through some brutal layoffs this week. A lot of folks I deeply respect were impacted. My book never would’ve happened had it not been for the editorial freedom I got at HuffPost. So! I’ll mail a signed copy to the first 10 people to give $100+ tonight. gofund.me/6391d9ff

honestly thank you guys. a nice tribute to the impact of my work at huffpost <3

accidental scoop by way of fact-checking the esteemed @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social: Federal prison agency apparently no longer publishes the # of incarcerated trans people. www.huffpost.com/entry/three-...

I just donated $50 to @transjournalists.org because they do important work and deserve the support. I strongly encourage anyone who can match me to do so. It also feels better than becoming more overwhelmed from doomscrolling: www.transjournalists.org/donate/

reminder to get your mpox vaccine if you qualify, especially if you’re too young to have ever been vaccinated against smallpox the Jynneos vaccine protects against both

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Our media diet.... www.politico.com/news/matt-wu...

NEW: Trump's EO recognizing “only two sexes” won't invalidate existing passports issued to trans and nonbinary people that have their preferred gender or X marker But to renew, "they have to use their God-given sex, which was decided at birth," the White House told me www.notus.org/whitehouse/t...

Emily Yoffe got a preview of Trump’s gender executive orders: www.thefp.com/p/trumps-day...

finishing up my shift at the buggy whip factory

Interesting rhetorical inversion from Dems not a year out from "groomer" being the go-to Republican attack. via @delaneyrules.bsky.social www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...

East Coast media: layoffs, grumbling, misery San Francisco media:

In wake of news of Huff layoffs this week -- is there *any* other news site doing dedicated Congress coverage from a progressive/left POV?

NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...

NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit” theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...

NEW / exclusive to HuffPost Democratic lawmakers tomorrow will launch a bid to save the extra ACA subsidies that have made coverage cheaper for millions www.huffpost.com/entry/aca-su...

2 years on from my fact-checking career and we’ve truly, finally lost the info war. Fact-checking defunded at Meta, the last holdout, while the Dark Enlightenment toasts the death of truth at the Watergate. www.huffpost.com/entry/corona...

grim day in media, man

one of my better headlines www.huffpost.com/entry/hakeem...

As we say at the TJA: Well, it's not nothing. Want to turn this $1 into more, to support trans journalists and trans journalism? You can now recommend us on HumbleBundle, PayPal, and other payment platforms: www.paypal.com/us/webapps/m... And thanks to whoever is already listing us!

Useful context about recurring patterns of disinformation and misinformation that claims mass shooting perpetrators are transgender while facts are unclear. 🧵

Listening to this, ruminating on how I would’ve been the *king* of the rewrite desk if I’d been born 20 years earlier when that was still a job

Trans rights activists -- including Chelsea Manning -- are staging a protest in a women's bathroom in the Cannon building (a House building) next to Speaker Johnson's office. "Trans rights are under attack! What do we do? Act up! Fight back!"

Unfortunately timely reminder, per @transjournalists.org style guide: Please avoid publishing unedited verbatim quotes where someone misgenders/deadnames a trans person. Bracket it out or write around. See: styleguide.transjournalists.org#deadnaming

eight nominees at 8 PM Eastern on a Friday -- now *that* must be the retribution against the media we've been promised!

Some updated guidance and vocab regarding bathroom restrictions, via @transjournalists.org styleguide.transjournalists.org#bathrooms

Speaking JUST for me, NOT TJA: Share the style guide! And read it!!! Personally, knowing my cis colleagues are all on the same page about how to write about and frame these stories frees up brain capacity for other things. styleguide.transjournalists.org

Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom? @transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:

Final session of #ACES2024 😢 Very excited for this session, Beyond Pronouns: A Crash Course from the Trans Journalists Association by Graph Massara!