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Semaforโ€™s copy editor. ๐ŸŸก Trans Journalists Association board member. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐ŸŒ‰ He/him. Likes are bookmarks.

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Shots from the billionaire march

07.02.2026 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Text on a white background with a yellow-orange border reads: "We are building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership. SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT." The Trans Journalists Association logo is centered above the text.

Text on a white background with a yellow-orange border reads: "We are building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership. SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT." The Trans Journalists Association logo is centered above the text.

The Trans Journalists Association is building a future of journalism where stories about trans people are just, ethical, and informed by our leadership.

This #GivingTuesday, weโ€™re asking you to support our movement: bit.ly/tja_pride. ๐Ÿงต

02.12.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 75    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Exit polls suggest that itโ€™s still unpopular: In Virginia, half of voters said that they viewed the Democratic Party unfavorably. That distaste didnโ€™t hurt Spanberger and her ticket, because 18% of those unhappy voters backed her anyway. Fifty-one percent of voters said that โ€œsupport for trans rightsโ€ had gone too far, after Earle-Sears and other Republicans in Virginia pounded Democrats on the issue. The Trump administration threatened to cut funding for suburban school boards that retain inclusive gender policies. But 22% of voters who agreed with Earle-Sears on the issue voted for Spanberger anyway.

Exit polls suggest that itโ€™s still unpopular: In Virginia, half of voters said that they viewed the Democratic Party unfavorably. That distaste didnโ€™t hurt Spanberger and her ticket, because 18% of those unhappy voters backed her anyway. Fifty-one percent of voters said that โ€œsupport for trans rightsโ€ had gone too far, after Earle-Sears and other Republicans in Virginia pounded Democrats on the issue. The Trump administration threatened to cut funding for suburban school boards that retain inclusive gender policies. But 22% of voters who agreed with Earle-Sears on the issue voted for Spanberger anyway.

Polling results

Polling results

Observation from colleague @daveweigel.bsky.social.
www.semafor.com/article/11/0...

05.11.2025 04:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Killing it lately!

25.09.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Support the TJA Together, we can promote more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media while also supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. Join the TJA'...

www.transjournalists.org/donate/

19.09.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Support the TJA Together, we can promote more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media while also supporting gender-expansive journalists in their workplaces and careers. Join the TJA'...

Tax-deductible! :^) www.transjournalists.org/donate/

19.09.2025 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bit last-minute, but I'm giving a talk tomorrow at @acesediting.bsky.social VCON25 about gender, language and style on behalf of @transjournalists.org.

Come on down to the Pronoun Hoedown.โ„ข๏ธ

18.09.2025 06:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A screenshot of part of a statement from the Trans Journalists Association regarding reporting on Charlie Kirk shooting investigation:

It should also be noted that โ€œtransgender ideologyโ€ is a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging to falsely equate identity with politics, which is a way to frame transgender identity as a political choice rather than an innate identity. As it is often unclear what actions or political positions the phrase actually refers to โ€” not unlike how โ€œthe homosexual agendaโ€ is an amorphous term that has no real definition โ€” reporters should be careful about using this term; it is used exclusively to attack a minority group for political gain.

A screenshot of part of a statement from the Trans Journalists Association regarding reporting on Charlie Kirk shooting investigation: It should also be noted that โ€œtransgender ideologyโ€ is a term coined for and used in anti-trans political messaging to falsely equate identity with politics, which is a way to frame transgender identity as a political choice rather than an innate identity. As it is often unclear what actions or political positions the phrase actually refers to โ€” not unlike how โ€œthe homosexual agendaโ€ is an amorphous term that has no real definition โ€” reporters should be careful about using this term; it is used exclusively to attack a minority group for political gain.

Part of the statement from the @transjournalists.org on reporting details of the the Charlie Kirk shooting investigation.

Full statement here:
www.transjournalists.org/tja-urges-ca...

11.09.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 404    ๐Ÿ” 145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Congratulations! ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿฆœ๐Ÿฆœ

18.08.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reupping... a good use of a Saturday afternoon

09.08.2025 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Level Up The Trans Journalists Association is offering stipends of $250 and $500 for journalists' professional development.

On this uhh busy news day in the world of anti-trans politics: a reminder that @transjournalists.org is offering stipends for journalists' professional development โ€” trainings, conference tickets, etc.

Apply โ€” it's easy! Deadline next week. www.transjournalists.org/level-up/

07.08.2025 21:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Do you guys do gift links? Would love to put this in the DC newsletter

06.08.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2.4k followers

2.4k followers

are any of you people real

28.07.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The GOPโ€™s Monstrous Tax Bill Is Keeping Sen. John Fetterman From The Beach :( โ€œDoes Fetterman think his job is beach like Ken from โ€˜Barbieโ€™?!โ€ a Democratic aide said in response.

A+ headline

www.huffpost.com/entry/the-go...

02.07.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Launch Coyote Media Collective A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area

๐Ÿงต THREAD: Introducing COYOTE Media Collective
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalismโ€”with a BITE ๐Ÿบ 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia

16.06.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 371    ๐Ÿ” 163    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

16.06.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This still going on?

11.06.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help us reclaim trans narratives! - Graph Massara's Fundraiser on Donorbox As a journalist, I know there's nothing more powerful than the truth.ย But as the political debates around transgender people rage on, the truth about us -- about our health care, about our successes a...

It's June, so here's my pitch: There's nothing more powerful than the truth.

But as the debates around trans people rage on, the truth about *us* is getting lost.

That's why I'm part of @transjournalists.org. Please share/ donate -- for truth and posterity.

donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...

09.06.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help us reclaim trans narratives! | TRANS JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION (Powered by Donorbox) Five years ago, theย Trans Journalists Associationย launched with a simple mission: to promote nuanced, accurate coverage of trans rights and communities in the media, and to support the careers of gend...

Thanks to your donations yesterday, we've unlocked our first matching donation!

Our board and longtime members have pledged $2,700, so your donations go twice as far.

Will you help us get to $5,400 โ€” to raise all of our matching funds?

donorbox.org/reclaim-tran...

03.06.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Trans Journalists Association urges caution in covering the HHS report on gender care With the recent release of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report on gender-related medical care for trans youth, the Trans Journalists Association urges newsrooms and journalists repor...

While this report presents itself as an apolitical โ€œreview of evidence and best practices,โ€ it deserves the same scrutiny and careful fact-checking as any government-produced document. Journalists should quote it only with appropriate context and after thorough vetting.

02.05.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 536    ๐Ÿ” 151    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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TJA's statement on the HHS report. Read in full: www.transjournalists.org/2025-hhs-rep...

02.05.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TJA's statement on the HHS report. Read in full: www.transjournalists.org/2025-hhs-rep...

02.05.2025 19:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would read (and write?) an essay on the semiotics of the new Tall MAGA Serif font thatโ€™s suddenly everywhere

01.05.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join the TJA's Monthly Giving Community | TRANS JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION LTD (Powered by Donorbox) We're the Trans Journalists Association, the only trans-led organization of gender-expansive journalists in the U.S.For four years, weโ€™ve bloomed as a volunteer-run organization bringing together expe...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! To celebrate, we're awarding more than $15,000 in stipends to 30+ journalists to support them. These stipends will help develop careers of trans journalists, support fair and accurate coverage of trans communities, or both.

31.03.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 155    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Personal news, as they say.

28.02.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Will it be streamed?

24.02.2025 20:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scoop: Why Trump is targeting AP Longstanding Republican grievances made AP a target even before the newswire's Gulf of America decision.

www.axios.com/2025/02/17/t...

Trans style issues are in fact at least part of this, per Axios scoop

20.02.2025 03:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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Does your company have a policy for what to do if ICE agents show up and demand entry โ€“ with or without a warrant?

I want to talk to you.

Please get in touch. Anonymity guaranteed. Signal 646-397-4678 (not on a work device/network). Other methods in my bio.

Thank you!
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19.02.2025 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 156    ๐Ÿ” 66    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having the biological function of producing red hair does not require that your body produces red hair

20.02.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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womenshealth.gov/article/sex-...

20.02.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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