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New York Times Podcast on Trans Youth Care Draws Activist Outcry

Activists say the Times’ upcoming six-part podcast risks repeating earlier misrepresentations of gender-affirming youth care as courts near rulings that could restrict treatment

A GLAAD digital billboard next to the New York Times building in July 2024. Photo courtesy of GLAAD. Edit by James Salanga.
Gray Lady Lies, Trans People Die: Protest sign at the New York Times (photo: Tyler A)

Overview

  • A Times teaser frames medical treatment for transgender young people as entangled in partisan conflict and suggests equal harms whether care is allowed or barred
  • Media watchdog FAIR highlights reporter Azeen Ghorayshi’s central role and her past misreporting on trans minors and study findings
  • Trans rights group Transexual Menace picketed New York Times headquarters demanding the paper end its anti-trans bias
  • The Trump administration has issued at least six executive orders targeting transgender rights, and state lawmakers have filed over 920 bills aimed at trans people in 2025
  • The Supreme Court is poised to rule on the Skrmetti case, a decision that could legitimize new restrictions on gender-affirming care