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3 weeks ago | 
objectivejournalism.org | Evan Urquhart
This story was copublished with Assigned Media. A New York Times podcast on transgender youth health care, released June 5, features the mother of a trans girl against her will after producers caught a vulnerable moment on tape. The teaser for the podcast, The Protocol, says that it will examine the history and politicization of gender-affirming care for youth.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
by Evan UrquhartDisclaimer: Billie Jean Sweeney has been assisting Assigned Media as a volunteer editor since November 2024. In November 2021, Billie Jean Sweeney’s life was good. She adored her job, and her team at the New York Times international desk, where she’d just been promoted from working nights to day assignment editor. Over time, however, Sweeney became concerned at the bias shown in coverage of the trans community. Her community.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
msn.com | Evan Urquhart
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
them.us | Evan Urquhart
On February 7, 2023, a former case manager at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital provided a sworn affidavit to the state's attorney general Andrew Bailey claiming that the clinic was rushing children into transition-related care and hiding possible side effects from parents.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
by Evan UrquhartThe New York Times reported yesterday on discussions between Biden administration officials and members of WPATH, the world professional standards organization overseeing transgender healthcare.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
The New York Post, a right-leaning tabloid, is little better, though its obsession with trans issues has cooled somewhat from a peak last year). For example, a recent NY Post story uncritically featured a claim by the unsupportive family of a trans boy (who is misgendered throughout the NY Post’s story) who was removed by child welfare services in Montana. The story centers around the notion that Montana CPS never sought “a warrant” before their removal of the boy.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
For the mainstream and LGBTQ+ media, apparently, this was a yawn. Where were these statements covered? Oh, just the Daily Wire, the viciously anti-trans home of Matt Walsh, Michael Knowles, and Ben Shapiro. The Daily Wire story described Biden’s condemnation of healthcare bans targeting trans youth “defending child mutilation” but in mainstream and LGBTQ+ media he might as well have remained silent.
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May 22, 2024 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
In addition to these two pieces of false information, Klotz’s story includes highly misleading phrasing of the sort SEGM traffics in, phrasing that often misleads and confuses readers new to the topic of gender-affirming healthcare. Specifically, Klotz exaggerates the frequency of medical treatments for gender dysphoria and downplays the use of talk therapy with no medical treatment in mainstream gender clinics.
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May 18, 2024 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
by Evan UrquhartThe main professional bodies overseeing the standards for treatment of gender diverse people, WPATH and USPATH, have issued a joint response to the Cass Review, saying they are “extremely concerned” that the Review will serve as a barrier to necessary healthcare for transgender youth. The Review itself, which was published over one month ago, was billed as an independent look at the state of transgender healthcare in England.
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May 15, 2024 | 
assignedmedia.org | Evan Urquhart
by Evan UrquhartEngland’s Cass Review was commissioned to examine the provision of gender-affirming healthcare in England and provide suggestions on improving the service.
