“Earlier this year, the White House falsely claimed that millions of US taxpayers’ dollars were funding “sex changes” in Guatemala — a lie used to justify gutting USAID, which has provided aid worldwide for more than 60 years.” www.latinousa.org/2025/12/12/s...

A great resource amid the wave of propaganda from @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org

20,000 words, 150 footnotes, 100+ timeline events = our attempt at documenting and synthesizing all the ways that the federal government has attempted to destroy access to gender-affirming care since January unbreaking.org/issues/trans...

With @transjournalists.org, we recently published this curated set of resources for covering issues that affect the trans community. 🧪

One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.

Got to write about @anania00.bsky.social, the beloved host of Gaydar and darling of the queer internet, and @transjournalists.org's industry-changing work!

The House is currently debating HR 3492, MTG's Protect Innocence Act, which would criminalize doctors who provide gender-affirming care to minors for up to 10 years. Last week MTG voted no on the NDAA in exchange for getting a vote on this bill You can listen along here: clerk.house.gov

FREE #JAWS WEBINAR: Protecting Sensitive Sources - Join us Wednesday, Jan. 14 at noon ET for ways journalists can work with sources while minimizing harm from panelists with @eltimpano.bsky.social, @transjournalists.org and @thesignalsnetwork.bsky.social. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The year is wrapping up but MuckRock and @transjournalists.org continue to document the impact of anti-trans federal activities. We’re requesting ICE documents on transgender detainees and more. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

There's no evidence that Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is undergoing a gender transition, despite claims circulating on social media. Here's how the baseless rumor spread. 👇 www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...

Today marks 25 years since Little Sister's victory at the Supreme Court of Canada. And the fight against the censorship of queer books in Canada continues today.

NEW: Here's my story on Arlington, Texas, becoming the first known city in the nation to kill a city-wide LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination policy in response to the Trump administration. With no statewide protections, it was one of the few things protecting LGBTQ+ Texans: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

There's also this must-read from @theresagaff.bsky.social about how trans, queer, and non-binary scientists have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the chaos sowed by this year's funding cuts to science: www.statnews.com/2025/12/09/h...

For too long, hormone therapy has been inaccessible for cisgender men — or so said clinicians, professors and a pharmaceutical CEO gathered this week by the FDA. So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?

“For me, it was the only [and] it still is the only space that has direct resources for trans journalists,” said board member Tat Bellamy-Walker. Check out our association profile in “Editor & Publisher” written by Tandy Lau: www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/how-...

I just renewed my @transjournalists.org annual membership ... In general, anybody who wants to support journalism and trans folks, I highly suggest donating: www.transjournalists.org

Tucked inside the Republican bill for health care subsidies, a clause that would restrict the money from being used for abortion (with exception for rape, incest or life of the mother) or for "any sex trait modification procedure or service." www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

I took on the mythology of the "Kamala is for they/them" ad. Since the morning after the 2024 election, trans people have been scapegoated for Harris' loss, with that infamous ad at the centre of recriminations. But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.

How accessible is age verification technology to trans users? For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, we tried to figure that out. www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...

Under the Trump administration, the government agency meant to protect US worker rights has thwarted nearly all cases filed by trans people.

IRW — a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit newsroom at American — and @thebarbedwire.com traced the history of anti-trans legislation. Houston conservatives realized homophobia didn’t fly anymore, weaponized girls’ safety, and parroted segregationist language. It worked. thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...

The memo targets: - Rules on how trans & intersex people are screened for their risk of sexual abuse & how info is used to determine housing - Trans & intersex people’s ability to shower separately - Protocols for sexual abuse incidents that take into account whether the victim was trans or intersex

According to survey data from the DOJ itself, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people. The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.

BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.

Want to help inform my work at Stanford? I want your feedback on what tools, frameworks, and perspectives might help change how journalists cover trans communities. stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

News coverage of attacks on trans rights tends to exclude the very communities being targeted. We recently sat down with Kae Petrin, co-founder of the Trans Journalists Association to learn how journalists can improve their coverage and report more responsibly. Read here: https://ow.ly/5W2u50XC8si

News coverage of attacks on trans rights often excludes the voices of trans people. @media-studies.bsky.social sat down with Kae Petrin, co-founder of @transjournalists.org to learn how journalists can improve their coverage. Read the Q&A here: www.bmsg.org/better-trans...

🔔 Journalists’ sources fear retaliation. We’re all less informed as a result. Join our live webinar with @lizzylawrence.bsky.social, @gracehussain.bsky.social, @fastlerner.bsky.social, Emily Spatz, @harloholm.es and @caitlinvogus.bsky.social. 🗓️ Dec. 9, 2 pm ET RSVP: freedom.press/silenced-sou...

If you know me, you know I donated a ton of time and energy to building this org from 2023-2024. I’m grateful that led to hiring full-time staff in 2025. I hope we can keep building. Will you help? bit.ly/tja_pride

Seriously, @transjournalists.org is out here doing _the work_: • Training journalists to improve their skills—not just about covering trans people! • Being a voice of reason about how we cover marginalized communities • Strengthening a growing community Consider chipping in on this #GivingTuesday!

The Trans Journalists Association is building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership. This #GivingTuesday, we’re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. 🧵

National news coverage framed November’s elections as proof that anti-trans messaging wasn't effective this cycle. @lookoutnews.bsky.social found the opposite in Mesa, where that rhetoric helped power a recall against District 2 Council Member Julie Spilsbury. www.lookoutnews.org/mesa-recall-...

HHS re-released its controversial report on gender dysphoria in children, and this time it named the previously anonymous authors and published a handful of peer review comments after the initial study had been faulted for a lack of transparency. www.statnews.com/2025/11/19/h...

two good pieces from my friend Ayden Runnels @texastribune.org about Texas' bathroom bill, which goes into force on Thursday: www.texastribune.org/2025/12/01/t...

How queer organizers feed their people, from New York to Atlanta

1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...

Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...

New! @bethmccowen.bsky.social talks to the people behind the new data vis tool, the Trans News Initiative, by the @transjournalists.org. the-word.news/2025/1128/tr...

Six months into a partnership between the @transjournalists.org and MuckRock to document the impact of anti-trans federal activities, we’ve filed almost 300 requests. Here's what we've gotten back. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

Our final member workshop of 2025 will be on covering extremism and political violence, on Dec. 2. Members can RSVP via member portal. Allies can support our training and development of trans/gender expansive journalists by making a donation. Every dollar helps! www.transjournalists.org/donate/ 🙏🏾

A revealing tool for my fellow journalists: "The Trans News Initiative is a new project... dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States." transnewsinitiative.org?ref=transjou...

the cruel, unsettling, harmful US/UK similarities show up in so many places. grateful for the release of the trans news initiative this week to help make sense of journalism's role in how we got here transnewsinitiative.org

On Transgender Day of Remembrance, support media orgs like @transjournalists.org doing vital work to materially support queer & trans media workers, & check out this resource page by @fspnwu.bsky.social on pushing for better labor conditions freelancesolidarity.org/kyr-trans-me...

This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States. transnewsinitiative.org

TJA is doing amazing things in documenting news coverage. I was on this tool last night and it’s incredible how much can be drawn from it.

Please check out this tool I’ve helped develop — transnewsinitiative.org

My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...