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A new data tool for tracking trans news coverage
Screenshot of the Trans News Initiative home page captured on Dec. 18, 2025. View the interactive chart here. As legislation targeting transgender people accelerates nationwide, journalists are being asked to cover an increasingly complex and politically-charged landscape. Yet newsrooms often lack the data needed to understand what narratives dominate national reporting — and what stories…
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Transgender patients are struggling to find adequate care. Where are the reporters?
Beyond bans: Barriers to health care access for transgender people Moderator: Adam Rhodes, training director, Investigative Reporters and Editors (they/them) Tre’vell Anderson, co-executive director, Trans Journalists Association (they/them) Rose Broderick, disability in health care reporting fellow, STAT (she/her) Henry Carnell, digital/climate fellow, Mother Jones (he/him) By Nicole Ortiz, New York Health Journalism Fellow The science…
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Health care in court: A prep session for a big June
Buckle up: The Supreme Court is expected to rule before the end of June in a number of cases with significant implications for health in America. With transgender health care, Planned Parenthood funding, preventive care, and several environmental cases, among others, in the balance, what’s the best way to prepare to cover these important stories?…
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6 story ideas as the Supreme Court mulls transgender health care
After more than two hours of oral arguments last Wednesday, the Supreme Court appears likely to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. For both local and national journalists, stories covering this case shouldn’t understate its potential implications for transgender rights and health care access in every state. This case, known as U.S. v.…
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Here’s what the limited research we have on transgender health tells us
A recent editorial in Science highlighted the critical need for more transgender health research, especially community-led studies that can help improve care and inform policies that protect the rights of transgender and gender-diverse people. Even some of the most robust studies on high risk diseases among transgender and people who express their gender identity beyond…
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International Transgender Day of Visibility
Friday 31 March 2023 This International Transgender Day of Visibility we spoke with Dr Rita Yang, who specialises in Gender Affirmation Surgery at Wakefield and Bowen Hospital. “Through my gender affirmation surgery practice, I have been very privileged to be working with our transgender, non-binary and intersex community. My patients’ gender affirmation journey starts long…
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