Trans Journalists Association
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Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. https://linktr.ee/transjournalists
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Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
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
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“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...
www.latinousa.org/2025/12/12/s...
How a White House Lie About “Sex Changes” in Guatemala Helped Decimate USAID - Latino USA
False U.S. claims about funding “sex changes” in Guatemala sparked controversy, hurt LGBTQ+ groups in that country, and undermined USAID’s global work.
www.latinousa.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“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...
www.latinousa.org/2025/12/12/s...
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A great resource amid the wave of propaganda
from @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org
from @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org
With @transjournalists.org, we recently published this curated set of resources for covering issues that affect the trans community. 🧪
Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook
Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...
www.theopennotebook.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A great resource amid the wave of propaganda
from @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org
from @theopennotebook.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org
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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...
Transgender Healthcare: Explainer — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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...
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With @transjournalists.org, we recently published this curated set of resources for covering issues that affect the trans community. 🧪
Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook
Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...
www.theopennotebook.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
With @transjournalists.org, we recently published this curated set of resources for covering issues that affect the trans community. 🧪
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One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.
House Republicans advance sweeping anti-trans bills ahead of holiday break
One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.
19thnews.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One bill would jail doctors who prescribe gender-affirming care to trans youth. Another would block Medicaid dollars from funding that care.
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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!
Each year, we here at Xtra put our heads together to think through the calendar year and what news broke the internet and our hearts. These are our picks for 2025.
Righteous queens and shady bitches of 2025 | Xtra Magazine
Here are the main characters that made, and broke, the year in queer
xtramagazine.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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!
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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
You can listen along here: clerk.house.gov
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
clerk.house.gov
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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
You can listen along here: clerk.house.gov
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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...
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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...
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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...
We’re requesting ICE documents on transgender detainees
Immigration and Customs Enforcement stopped reporting congressionally-mandated data on trans detainees and modified contracts to omit trans care requirements.
www.muckrock.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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...
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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...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Unraveling baseless rumor Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is transgender
Nick Reiner, who is suspected in the deaths of his parents, was arrested on a murder charge, Los Angeles police said.
www.snopes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
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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.
The legacy of Little Sister’s censorship battle over queer books | Xtra Magazine
Twenty-five years after the Vancouver bookstore’s win against Canada Customs, the struggle for the freedom to read isn’t over
xtramagazine.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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.
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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...
Texas city among first in the nation to kill LGBTQ+ protections
Residents pleaded with the city council to keep the ordinance in place.
www.chron.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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...
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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...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/09/h...
Early-career trans researchers reconsider their futures amid lost funding and fear
The chaos created by the freezing and termination of billions of dollars of research grants has left trans academics especially vulnerable.
www.statnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/09/h...
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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?
So, HRT for everybody, right? ... Right guys?
There’s a testosterone crisis, the FDA says — for cisgender men
The government disapproves of the hormone for transgender people but is enthusiastic about what it could do for cisgender men.
19thnews.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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?
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-...
Check out our association profile in “Editor & Publisher” written by Tandy Lau:
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/how-...
How the Trans Journalists Association is pushing for accuracy, safety and fair coverage - Editor and Publisher
As misinformation rises and hostile policies spread across the country, the Trans Journalists Association is stepping into a critical leadership role. What began as an online support network has evolv...
www.editorandpublisher.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“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-...
Check out our association profile in “Editor & Publisher” written by Tandy Lau:
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/how-...
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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
In general, anybody who wants to support journalism and trans folks, I highly suggest donating:
www.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their careers.
www.transjournalists.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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
In general, anybody who wants to support journalism and trans folks, I highly suggest donating:
www.transjournalists.org
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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...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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...
www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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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.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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.
But a deeper analysis shows that voters are largely indifferent to trans people.
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How accessible is age verification technology to trans users? For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, we tried to figure that out. www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...
Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet | TechPolicy.Press
Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discrimination.
www.techpolicy.press
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How accessible is age verification technology to trans users? For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, we tried to figure that out. www.techpolicy.press/age-verifica...
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Under the Trump administration, the government agency meant to protect US worker rights has thwarted nearly all cases filed by trans people.
The Agency That Protects US Worker Rights Isn’t Helping Trans People
Under the Trump administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has thwarted nearly all cases filed by trans workers.
bloom.bg
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Under the Trump administration, the government agency meant to protect US worker rights has thwarted nearly all cases filed by trans people.
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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...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.
thebarbedwire.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a...
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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
- 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
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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
- 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
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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.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
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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.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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.
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