A new analysis argues that years of coverage shifted trans people from rights-bearing communities into a controversy frame that served anti-trans politics.
Exactly. They did not accidentally turn trans rights into a debate stage. They chose that frame, kept publishing inside it, and helped make basic human dignity sound negotiable.
I must admit that I have never understood the obsession with the transgender community. I'm 80, female and couldn't tell you if I have ever been in the bathroom with a transgender person. Maybe it's because I am just going to the f*cking bathroom! Indigenous people call them two spirits, sounds kinda cool to me. I guess I'm just curious why so many people are afraid of different people. Weird
That is the whole absurdity. Most people are just trying to live, work, use the bathroom, and exist without being turned into somebody else’s political target.
The “obsession” was manufactured. Trans people were not the threat — the panic around them was made into the weapon.
They have helped make the issue a both sides controversy. I canceled my subscription due to their coverage of trans rights. It was a policy decision.
Exactly. They did not accidentally turn trans rights into a debate stage. They chose that frame, kept publishing inside it, and helped make basic human dignity sound negotiable.
I must admit that I have never understood the obsession with the transgender community. I'm 80, female and couldn't tell you if I have ever been in the bathroom with a transgender person. Maybe it's because I am just going to the f*cking bathroom! Indigenous people call them two spirits, sounds kinda cool to me. I guess I'm just curious why so many people are afraid of different people. Weird
That is the whole absurdity. Most people are just trying to live, work, use the bathroom, and exist without being turned into somebody else’s political target.
The “obsession” was manufactured. Trans people were not the threat — the panic around them was made into the weapon.