Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

The Micro Division winner of the Breaking Barriers Award is Alexis Allison’s article for @objectivejournos.bsky.social s.bsky.social, “The Editor of a New York City Newspaper Bullied Reporters for Years. Then, He Was Promoted.”

So anyway, these guys are all still employed in journalism. I'm not. Journalism didn't break my heart. White supremacy, prejudice, callousness, fascism broke my fucking heart.

twenty-nine (29!!!) nyt stories were cited to support the state in the u.s. v skrmetti decision (h/t @assignedmedia.org for reporting for @objectivejournos.bsky.social) to further limit access to trans healthcare. just horrid horrid stuff objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/new-...

even if there are people there doing good work, the u.s. paper of record’s framing and its editorial priorities are only reinforcing what they’ve done historically — bolstering those who hold power and questioning marginalized groups’ right to exist in public under the guise of “objectivity”

thank you for having me on for oomfs on oomfs <3 you asked great questions!

the complete guide to reporting on marginalized disabled communities can be found here: transgenderlawcenter.org/journalist-r...

& as services/healthcare for the most marginalized are cut + ableism rises (e.g. growing use of the r-slur… again), i spoke with the trans law center disability project’s senior organizers about how to better cover disability and modern eugenics:

🔗: objectivejournalism.org/2025/04/qa-g...