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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 2d

PJP's @profpasha.bsky.social talks about the importance of prison journalism and why incarcerated people deserve their stories to be just as loud as everyone else.

Why we need prison journalism | Shaheen Pasha | TEDxPSU

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Lil Kalish @kalish.bsky.social · 17h

I didn't have Alito suggesting that states can't rely on medical consensus for standards of care bc it's been "politicized" or "taken over by ideology" in the past—and then immediately citing SCOTUS' forced sterilization case on my bingo card.

My rundown on today:
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

Supreme Court Appears Poised To Hand The Religious Right Another Win

The case could have sweeping implications for LGBTQ+ youth and the regulation of health care across the country.

www.huffpost.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."

How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids

"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"

How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 1d

We launched this free resource today and we're grateful to our @transjournalists.org friends, @petrinkae.bsky.social and @trevellanderson.bsky.social, for their partnership. Many of the issues that affect transgender people tend to be politicized and mired in misinformation. Let's do better.

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O. Rose Broderick @rosebroderick.bsky.social · 1d

And if you're a reporter without much experience covering conversion therapy/trans people/trans health care more broadly, I highly recommend checking out the resource list that @transjournalists.org and
@theopennotebook.bsky.social put together.

www.theopennotebook.com/resources-fo...

Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook

Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...

www.theopennotebook.com

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 1d

How to:
🔘 Understand reports on trans youth health care
🔘 Report on EOs targeting trans Americans
🔘 Report on polls about trans issues

From TON and @transjournalists.org, here’s a free collection of resources for all journalists. 🧪 www.theopennotebook.com/resources-fo...

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MuckRock @muckrock.com · 22h

Our good friends at @404media.co, @transjournalists.org and @themarshallproject.org have all been filing requests to find out what books are banned and where, so we decided it was time to hit the road and go on tour — a FOIAs tour. www.muckrock.com/news/archive...

It’s Banned Books Week. Want to find out about censorship in your backyard? Join the FOIAs tour

Our good friends at 404 Media, the Trans Journalists Association and the Marshall Project have all been filing requests to find out what books are banned and where, so we decided it was time to hit th...

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 1d

Today, #SCOTUS will rule on a conversion therapy ban in CO. If you're a journalist covering the case, make sure to check out this free resource we created in partnership with @transjournalists.org to help you engage in responsible, evidence-based reporting.

Resources for Evidence-Based Reporting on Transgender Communities - The Open Notebook

Many of the issues that affect transgender people—such as gender-affirming medical care, educational policy, sports participation, military service, gender-motivated hate crime, and workplace discrimi...

www.theopennotebook.com

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom "deceived" the Supreme Court + "profoundly misrepresented" LGBTQ+ research, according to scholars cited by ADF.

Quoted experts speak out about ADF's "distortions" + "false evidence" in major case, on deck tomorrow, to revive "conversion therapy"

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

www.theguardian.com

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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 1d

Kicking off GIJN’s #AsiaFocus this story examines why the continent is a unique laboratory in the global media landscape.

Still journalists here face multifaceted challenges from censorship & physical threats to digital surveillance & financial pressures.

gijn.org

Investigative Journalism in Asia: Resistance, Transformation, and Solidarity Amidst Mounting Press Challenges

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 5d

@daylightsdnews.bsky.social (san diego)
@thesouthlander.com (la)
@aftermath.site
@hellgatenyc.com (ny)
@lbwatchdog.bsky.social (long beach)
@rangemedia.co (wa)
@theflytrapmedia.com
@404media.co
@defector.com
@roguesite.bsky.social

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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 5d

if the state of journalism and its capture by the right wing also has you in despair, a real, tangible thing you can do to push back is support/subscribe to worker-owned indie news media!!

@coyotemedia.org (bay area)
@51st.news (dc)
@racketmn.com (mn)
@autonomynews.co
@505omatic.bsky.social (nm)

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 7d

FWIW, that PinkNews piece was incredibly inaccurate. There's nothing in the CR as is that would ban gender-affirming care. There IS in the House version of the full fiscal year spending bills. But not the CR right now.
bsky.app/profile/eric...

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 8d

Ok. So there's A LOT of misinformation about the government shutdown, the continuing resolution and gender-affirming care. There was one article in PinkNews that was VERY shoddy about what Trump said. So let's breakdown what's true and what's BS. 1/
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/t...

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 7d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Imara Jones @imarajones.bsky.social · 7d

So great to spend time today with my friend and First Amendmemt warrior @karenattiah.bsky.social
Please suppport her Substack as well her fight to protect our most basic Constitutional freedoms during this critical time. @nabjlaofficial.bsky.social @transjournalists.org @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 12d

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think

Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · 13d

A growing number of Americans believe that gender-affirming care will become less accessible in their lifetime, a new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll finds — reflecting a political landscape that has become increasingly hostile toward transgender people and their health care.

More Americans see a future where gender-affirming care will be harder to access

A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows that the share of people who think gender-affirming care will get less accessible jumped to 38% from 20% in 2024.

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19thnews @19thnews.org · 13d

A new 19th News/@SurveyMonkey.com poll shows that the share of people who think gender-affirming care will get less accessible nearly doubled in the last year.

More Americans see a future where gender-affirming care will be harder to access

A new 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll shows that the share of people who think gender-affirming care will get less accessible jumped to 38% from 20% in 2024.

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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 13d

The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on a law that bans gender-affirming care for minors and restricts Medicaid coverage for transgender care at any age, but the justices gave little indication of how they might rule. www.law360.com/artic...

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13d

I looked into the group and the guy pushing the FBI to create a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism”—itself a political project, meant to conflate the fact of trans people’s existence with extremism.

The Right’s Baseless Project to Link Trans People With Extremism

A campaign for the FBI to adopt a new designation of “transgender ideology–inspired violence and extremism” is less about law enforcement than politics.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13d

It esp felt worth highlighting this: newrepublic.com/article/2008...

While the FBI has not indicated that it will adopt any such designation, the independent journalist Ken Klippenstein recently set off fears that it might, reporting, as he put it, that “the FBI would treat transgender suspects as a subset of the Bureau’s new threat category, ‘Nihilistic Violent Extremists.’” The news of such a plan was attributed to two unnamed “national security officials,” and so far remains unconfirmed by other reporters. (“The FBI has no comment,” the bureau responded when The New Republic questioned it about its plans.)

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 13d

LGBTQ2S+ archives like @arquives.ca, @ottawatranslibrary.bsky.social, @invisiblehistories.bsky.social and @leatherarchives.bsky.social preserve our past. They can also drive our future, writes @ainopihlak.bsky.social.

Among the archives, you can find love, community and history | Xtra Magazine

Queer and trans archives preserve our past—they also offer community space that is essential to our future

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 13d

Research conducted by @transjournalists.org “identified 43 outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic and The Daily Beast running with the disproven stories of a ‘trans shooter’ and ‘trans bullets.’”

At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine

A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing

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cody 🗣️ @cody.boats · 14d

new: more than 40 media outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” following the shooting of charlie kirk, according to research from @transjournalists.org

At least 43 outlets shared anti-trans misinfo after Charlie Kirk shooting: TJA | Xtra Magazine

A report from the Trans Journalists Association found that 43 outlets published misinformation about “transgender ideology” after Charlie Kirk’s killing

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The Open Notebook @theopennotebook.bsky.social · 14d

As you consider whether a story is worth pursuing, consult community members and be sensitive to the effort and risk they take on when talking to the press. From TON/@bwfund.bsky.social fellow @willvh.bsky.social. 🧪

Outside In: Covering Communities as an Outsider - The Open Notebook

Plenty of important science stories happen in communities where some people, for a variety of valid reasons, might be hesitant to talk to journalists coming from outside their borders or culture. That...

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