Kit Kolbegger
@kitk.bsky.social
Journalist with CBC News. Rarely postin', usually lurkin'. Toronto-based. They/them. 🏳️⚧️
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
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"Every essay, every tweet, every moment of vulnerability I shared in the name of progress. Did I paint a target on my own back?"
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
October 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Every essay, every tweet, every moment of vulnerability I shared in the name of progress. Did I paint a target on my own back?"
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Read more from @parkermolloy.com in the first of our special series, The Future of Being Trans on the Internet: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Apropos of nothing, reposting this story I did in 2023 about PragerU's videos for children — and what they bring to classrooms.
www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
PragerU Kids publishes videos that critics say have problematic content, some of which minimize slavery or have elements of misogyny. So why were the videos approved for use in Florida schools? And wh...
TikTok video by CBC News
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August 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Apropos of nothing, reposting this story I did in 2023 about PragerU's videos for children — and what they bring to classrooms.
www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
www.tiktok.com/@cbcnews/vid...
"[A lawyer] said the Federal Court justice stopped their client’s removal from Canada in part because an immigration officer had failed to consider recent evidence about the conditions in the U.S. for trans and non-binary individuals when assessing the risk of being returned."
July 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"[A lawyer] said the Federal Court justice stopped their client’s removal from Canada in part because an immigration officer had failed to consider recent evidence about the conditions in the U.S. for trans and non-binary individuals when assessing the risk of being returned."
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Internal emails throw light on the sources used by Government of Alberta staff to search for “inappropriate” materials in school libraries, including an index of America’s most banned books and a website linked to the rise in attempts to ban books in the U.S. #abpoli
Alberta Used Lists of America’s Most Banned Books to Target ‘Inappropriate’ School Material | The Tyee
Internal emails show how education ministry staff compiled book titles subject to new content restrictions.
thetyee.ca
July 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Internal emails throw light on the sources used by Government of Alberta staff to search for “inappropriate” materials in school libraries, including an index of America’s most banned books and a website linked to the rise in attempts to ban books in the U.S. #abpoli
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There's one quote in NYT's podcast about trans healthcare that perfectly illustrates what's wrong with how media organizations frame this kind of coverage. www.readtpa.com/p/the-quote-...
The Quote That Reveals What's Really Behind Anti-Trans "Concerns"
"I think this whole debate ... is hard to solve when people aren't on the fundamental same page about the existence of a trans identity and the fact that it is a valid identity."
www.readtpa.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's one quote in NYT's podcast about trans healthcare that perfectly illustrates what's wrong with how media organizations frame this kind of coverage. www.readtpa.com/p/the-quote-...
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1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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i know some cis folks on here are at least kinda aware it’s bad right now for trans people in america, but sometimes it’s worth calling y’all back to 2016 when a single “transsexuals have to use the wrong bathrooms” bill cost north carolina the nba all-star game & $400 million.
this is normal now.
this is normal now.
NEW - Texas Rep. Tom Oliverson has filed HB 3817, which would make it fraud to identify as a gender different from the one assigned at birth.
While it stands little chance of passing, it fits into a wider narrative that casts being trans as deceptive and fraudulent:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
While it stands little chance of passing, it fits into a wider narrative that casts being trans as deceptive and fraudulent:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Proposed law could charge transgender Texans with fraud
Under HB 3817, Texans could be charged with "gender identity fraud" for identifying as a sex different from the one they were assigned at birth.
www.chron.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
i know some cis folks on here are at least kinda aware it’s bad right now for trans people in america, but sometimes it’s worth calling y’all back to 2016 when a single “transsexuals have to use the wrong bathrooms” bill cost north carolina the nba all-star game & $400 million.
this is normal now.
this is normal now.
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Huge news, a preliminary injunction was just granted in the PFLAG v Trump case enjoining the administration from enforcing the executive order ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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March 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Huge news, a preliminary injunction was just granted in the PFLAG v Trump case enjoining the administration from enforcing the executive order ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There are plenty of ways to troll U.S. president Donald Trump and his right-hand man Elon Musk without resorting to casual homophobia, writes @melwoods.me
We can do better than lazy Trump/Musk gay memes | Xtra Magazine
OPINION: There are plenty of ways to troll the president and his right-hand man without resorting to casual homophobia
xtramagazine.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There are plenty of ways to troll U.S. president Donald Trump and his right-hand man Elon Musk without resorting to casual homophobia, writes @melwoods.me
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People sometimes ask me “whatever happened to QAnon?”
As my friend and co-host Julian explains for this recent piece for Jacobin, QAnon didn’t go away. It was just absorbed into the bloodstream of American political culture.
jacobin.com/2025/02/qano...
As my friend and co-host Julian explains for this recent piece for Jacobin, QAnon didn’t go away. It was just absorbed into the bloodstream of American political culture.
jacobin.com/2025/02/qano...
QAnon Hasn’t Disappeared. It’s in America’s Bloodstream.
The QAnon conspiracy theory that Donald Trump was fighting a satanic pedophile cabal may have faded from national discourse, but its ideology, networks, and practices have become integrated into Ameri...
jacobin.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
People sometimes ask me “whatever happened to QAnon?”
As my friend and co-host Julian explains for this recent piece for Jacobin, QAnon didn’t go away. It was just absorbed into the bloodstream of American political culture.
jacobin.com/2025/02/qano...
As my friend and co-host Julian explains for this recent piece for Jacobin, QAnon didn’t go away. It was just absorbed into the bloodstream of American political culture.
jacobin.com/2025/02/qano...
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To answer some quick questions about my latest story:
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry.
A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
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A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Marco Rubio May Have Just Banned Trans Foreigners Seeking Visas From US Entry
A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."
www.erininthemorning.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To answer some quick questions about my latest story:
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
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One of the leaked cables in question directing implementation. bsky.app/profile/esqu...
NEW: Fully leaked diplomatic cable directing the implementation of this policy at all US diplomatic and consular posts.
February 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One of the leaked cables in question directing implementation. bsky.app/profile/esqu...
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1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry.
A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Marco Rubio May Have Just Banned Trans Foreigners Seeking Visas From US Entry
A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."
www.erininthemorning.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry.
A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
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According to legislative trackers online we’ve already had over 540 pieces of anti trans legislation filed in 2025. Seven of those bills have passed. What the federal government is doing is horrifying, but locally so much damage is being attempted too. translegislation.com
2025 Anti-Trans Bills: Trans Legislation Tracker
2025 anti-trans bills tracker. Explore data on U.S. anti-trans legislation including passed bills and themes including sports, bathrooms, healthcare, pronouns, drag shows, and education.
translegislation.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
According to legislative trackers online we’ve already had over 540 pieces of anti trans legislation filed in 2025. Seven of those bills have passed. What the federal government is doing is horrifying, but locally so much damage is being attempted too. translegislation.com
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"They're too woke!" the CEO bellowed, as he sunk further and further into the quicksand pit of Funko Pops he had built himself.
#NEW: GameStop says it intends to sell its Canadian and French operations, the latest planned cuts after years of declining revenues.
CEO cites ‘Wokeness and DEI’ in a statement.
CEO cites ‘Wokeness and DEI’ in a statement.
GameStop looks to sell its Canadian and French operations — CEO cites ‘Wokeness and DEI’
“High taxes, Liberalism, Socialism, Progressivism, Wokeness and DEI included at no additional cost if you buy today!”, CEO Ryan Cohen posted on X.
www.thestar.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"They're too woke!" the CEO bellowed, as he sunk further and further into the quicksand pit of Funko Pops he had built himself.
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"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
2024 is deadliest year for journalists in CPJ history; almost 70% killed by Israel - Committee to Protect Journalists
Introduction More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and medi...
cpj.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"More journalists were killed in 2024 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago. At least 124 journalists and media workers were killed last year, nearly two-thirds of them Palestinians killed by Israel."
New from me:
A lot of Canadians are talking about buying more domestic goods given Trump's tariff threats. Here's the difference between "Made in Canada" vs. "Product of Canada" labels.
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbJ3cx6/
A lot of Canadians are talking about buying more domestic goods given Trump's tariff threats. Here's the difference between "Made in Canada" vs. "Product of Canada" labels.
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbJ3cx6/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
New from me:
A lot of Canadians are talking about buying more domestic goods given Trump's tariff threats. Here's the difference between "Made in Canada" vs. "Product of Canada" labels.
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbJ3cx6/
A lot of Canadians are talking about buying more domestic goods given Trump's tariff threats. Here's the difference between "Made in Canada" vs. "Product of Canada" labels.
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkbJ3cx6/
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I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting
"You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women
"You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women
Trans people in US federal prisons face brutal crackdown under Trump order
Advocates report harassment and loss of gender-affirming care as trans women face transfers to men’s prisons
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting
"You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women
"You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women
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Cis folk: watch this to see what these orders will mean for us and to support queer journalism
Trans folk: you probably already know what’s happening so, you know, you do you
People that want to see me in a news story: Very specific but this is your lucky day, keep watching until the very end!
Trans folk: you probably already know what’s happening so, you know, you do you
People that want to see me in a news story: Very specific but this is your lucky day, keep watching until the very end!
New from me, with thanks to the many, many of you that responded to the callout:
What Trump's executive order on gender means for trans Americans:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkC1vbav/
What Trump's executive order on gender means for trans Americans:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkC1vbav/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Cis folk: watch this to see what these orders will mean for us and to support queer journalism
Trans folk: you probably already know what’s happening so, you know, you do you
People that want to see me in a news story: Very specific but this is your lucky day, keep watching until the very end!
Trans folk: you probably already know what’s happening so, you know, you do you
People that want to see me in a news story: Very specific but this is your lucky day, keep watching until the very end!
New from me, with thanks to the many, many of you that responded to the callout:
What Trump's executive order on gender means for trans Americans:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkC1vbav/
What Trump's executive order on gender means for trans Americans:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkC1vbav/
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
New from me, with thanks to the many, many of you that responded to the callout:
What Trump's executive order on gender means for trans Americans:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkC1vbav/
What Trump's executive order on gender means for trans Americans:
vm.tiktok.com/ZMkC1vbav/
Hi! For CBC News, I'm looking to speak with trans Americans on their feelings about life under Trump — particularly given yesterday's executive orders.
Scared? Defiant? Angry? Resigned? I want to hear from you. My DMs are open.
Some of my prev work ↓
Scared? Defiant? Angry? Resigned? I want to hear from you. My DMs are open.
Some of my prev work ↓
January 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hi! For CBC News, I'm looking to speak with trans Americans on their feelings about life under Trump — particularly given yesterday's executive orders.
Scared? Defiant? Angry? Resigned? I want to hear from you. My DMs are open.
Some of my prev work ↓
Scared? Defiant? Angry? Resigned? I want to hear from you. My DMs are open.
Some of my prev work ↓
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she's just giving away the genius DM tips for free
DMing D&D right now and I put a reporter alongside the adventuring party, and now I'm watching them try to figure out a media strategy. 😂
January 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
she's just giving away the genius DM tips for free