[Image: Photo of a person’s hand holding a small whiteboard reading “Hello my pronouns are —/—” in colorful letters.]
Last week, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stopped answering queries from reporters who include pronouns in their email signatures, stating, “Any reporter who chooses to put their preferred pronouns in their bio clearly does not care about biological reality or truth and therefore cannot be trusted to write an honest story”. My response in this editorial for Assigned Media: https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/trump-gender-ideology-policy-against-pronouns
[Image: Selfie of Pax at the end of the 2019 San Francisco Trans March.]
In today’s post on Medium, on the eve of the annual Trans Day of Visibility, I consider that I might be forcibly detransitioned due to the anti-trans actions of the Trump administration.
[Image: Gavin Newsom, then lieutenant governor of California, speaks at a press conference in San Francisco City Hall on June 26, 2013, the day same-sex marriage became legal in California. Photo by Pax Ahimsa Gethen.]
In today’s post on Medium, I call out California Governor Gavin Newsom for agreeing with the anti-trans views of far-right influencer Charlie Kirk, a guest on his new podcast.
[Image: Wikipedia puzzle globe logo (CC BY-SA 3.0; source)]
Happy to announce my first piece for the trans publication Assigned Media , which focuses on trans and nonbinary Wikipedia editors handling the onslaught of transphobia from the Trump administration.
Includes insights from awesome Wikipedia editors Tamzin and Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist. Also shout-out to awesome Wikipedian and crypto critic Molly White who I linked to for an editing tutorial and an interview.
Thanks to trans journalist Billie Jean Sweeney of Assigned Media for the editing of this piece!
Image: E.C. Pizarro III, a Black man wearing a teal jacket, smiles while standing behind a table with fliers, buttons, and a black drape reading “TransTech Social” in rainbow-colored lettering.
In today’s story on Medium, I welcome new Medium members coming from TransTech Social Enterprises.
Image: Netflix banner for Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda, featuring Polaroid-style headshots of Hannah and the seven other featured comedians: Jes Tom, Asha Ward, Chloe Petts, Krishna Ishtha, Alok, DeAnne Smith, and Dahlia Belle.
In today’s story on Medium, I write about the Trans Day of Visibility and the genderqueer comedy special, Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda.
