e_urq

e_urq, 7 months ago to random

I've never stopped feeling angry about the NYT's story from last November which fearmongered heavily about puberty blockers and the supposed risks to bone health they might bring.

So it is with grim satisfaction that I can report on a new study, in JAMA Pediatricts, that suggests fears about bone density have been wildly overstated. #science #trans #journalism #mediabias #news

My story, here: https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/remember-that-bone-density-study

e_urq, 9 months ago to random

A #QAnon conspiracy theorist has pled guilty to threatening to shoot a congresswoman. He told FBI agents he'd figured out that she was trans by her skull measurements, and that he and others were part of a movement to save the world from trans people who secretly control governments, kingdoms, and corporations. #trans #news #journalism

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/qanon-believer-who-threatened-congresswoman-thought-she-was-trans

e_urq, 10 months ago to random

Did you see this piece in the Guardian? Senior managers at Vice apparently blocked a story about how the Saudi government helps families harass and threaten transgender Saudis living overseas. Vice now gets a lot of Saudi money, and it seems like the editorial independence of their news team was part of the deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/15/vice-blocked-news-stories-that-could-offend-saudi-arabia-insiders-say

e_urq, 10 months ago to random

A trans girl who was suspended multiple times for using the girls restroom at school finally broke down and used the boys restroom, and was threatened with rape by the boys.

Trans people don't use the bathrooms we use to feel affirmed, it's a decision based on pragmatism and, often, physical safety as well.

https://www.kctv5.com/2023/08/03/lawsuit-trans-student-was-denied-use-girls-restroom-platte-county-high-subject-verbal-harassment/

e_urq, 11 months ago to random

Microsoft's msn.com has done posted a fake news story again, this time featuring a story from a dodgy Indian entertainment news aggregator that made the laughable claim that Katie Ledecky came out as a trans woman.

This is far from the first time Microsoft, who fired their human team and replaced them with an algorithm, has boosted a completely fake story, and it's the second time I know of that the false story concerned the trans community. #AI #trans #News #journalism

https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/msncom-featured-a-fake-story-claiming-katie-ledecky-is-trans

e_urq, 11 months ago to random

Did you know that trans women can, and sometimes do, breastfeed?

An extended right-wing meltdown over this biological reality led me to dive into the science of human lactation. The piece first appeared on Assigned, but if you missed it there, now it's on Slate. #science #trans #TransWomen #journalism

https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/trans-women-breastfeeding-safe-mumsnet.html