The rate of regret for gender-affirming surgery is like quite low. There's not a lot of articles about trans people going to the movies or doing laundry. They're always sort of exoticized. It's just so strange to have people outside a community fixating on a problem in a community that isn't a matter of topic within a community.
In this News Brief, we break down the recent controversy over the open letter sent by 1200+ NYT contributors pushing back on The Times' salacious coverage of "trans issues," and how the Paper of Record's response has proved to be thin skinned, sanctimonious, and hypocritical.
With guests Eric Thurm and Julia Carmel.