“New York Times” ripped to shreds for latest coverage of transgender youth

We Won’t Be Erased – Rally for Trans Rights, Washington, DC – 10/22/2028
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In a long Instagram post, Chase Strangio, the Deputy Director for Transgender Justice with the ACLU’s LGBT & HIV Project, criticized The New York Times’ latest coverage of transgender youth and pointed out the ways in which the paper’s most recent report fails.

On Sunday, the Times posted a story about the frustrations some parents reportedly feel when their children are allowed to socially transition at school without their knowledge. As the paper notes, reporter Katie J.M. Baker spoke with more than 50 people for the piece, including parents and their children, public school officials, medical professionals, and lawyers for both LGBTQ+ and conservative advocacy groups. The story centers on the tension between educators’ duty to create a safe environment for students where their identities are respected, and parents’ rights to know about and make decisions regarding their children’s medical and mental health.

“Two states are gearing up to ban trans health care this week, 150 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been filed in January and this is what we get from the paper of record,” Strangio wrote in response to the story.

Strangio went on to list three key ways in which the Times’ latest report fails.

“First, it extensively…

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