Nearly 200 New York Times Contributors Are Denouncing the Paper’s Anti-Trans Coverage

More than 170 past and present New York Times contributors signed an open letter on Wednesday calling out the paper’s coverage of transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people. The missive points to “what one journalist has calculated as over 15,000 words of front⁠-⁠page Times coverage debating the propriety of medical care for trans children published in the last eight months alone,” as well as “reporting on trans children that omits relevant information about its sources.” Among the prominent journalists and writers who signed the letter are Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, Ed Yong, and Lucy Sante. Several current Times staffers are… Read Full Article