Breaking Down The "Anti-Trans Hate Machine"
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
For years, transgender activists and journalists have criticized the New York Times and other mainstream news organizations for their inadequate – and harmful – coverage of trans issues. Some of that reporting and opinion writing is now being cited in anti-trans state legislation across the country.
Journalist Katelyn Burns, co-host of the Cancel Me, Daddy podcast, breaks down how it has a direct impact on trans livelihoods.
And in headlines: tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated against bills that would overhaul the country’s judicial system, Ukraine’s military will bar aid groups from the city of Bakhmut, and Barney the Dinosaur is making a comeback.
Show Notes:
- Twitter: Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) – https://twitter.com/transscribe
- Xtra: The NYT’s trans ‘debate’ isn’t actually a debate – https://tinyurl.com/yxpt8dss
- Cancel Me, Daddy podcast – https://www.cancelmedaddy.com/
- What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday February 14th, I'm Josie DeFiRace. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm Trevo Anderson and this is what a day, the only podcast we're in exclusively |
| 0:14.1 | with conversation hearts. |
| 0:15.8 | Yes, all day we'll be communicating with kindergarten level Valentine's where everything |
| 0:20.1 | is a loving pun. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm going to go buy my own Valentine's Day cards because they're probably on sale by now. |
| 0:31.4 | On today's show, parts of a Georgia Grand Jury's report on alleged election interference by |
| 0:35.6 | Donald Trump will be released this week. |
| 0:38.3 | Plus, the purple dinosaur everyone loved to hate in the 90s is making a comeback. |
| 0:43.4 | But first, the New York Times keeps publishing anti-trans reporting and editorials and I'm |
| 0:48.8 | fucking tired of it. |
| 0:51.3 | And no, it's not just the New York Times. |
| 0:54.2 | Many other outlets are similarly proving themselves to be tools of what journalist Amara Jones |
| 0:59.2 | calls the anti-trans hate machine. |
| 1:02.0 | But the New York Times just might be the biggest and most consequential perpetrator of |
| 1:06.3 | this issue. |
| 1:07.3 | So let me catch all up. |
| 1:09.5 | You already know that we are living through an unprecedented legislative assault on LGBTQ |
| 1:14.8 | people, especially trans folks. |
| 1:17.3 | And state legislatures across the country, conservative politicians are passing health |
| 1:21.6 | care bans, restricting which sports teams trans youth can play on, and otherwise minding |
| 1:27.0 | the business of trans people when, you know, they could be addressing legitimate issues |
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