mrkvmFeb 15, 2023
Annalee Newitz šŸœ
I'm proud to be one of the many
New York Times contributors who signed this letter calling for the paper to stop its biased and often downright hateful coverage of trans issues. http://nytletter.com #transrights
NYT Contributorsā€™ Letter

Feb 15, 2023 at 6:13pmWeb
Show threadAnnalee Newitz šŸœFeb 15, 2023
Though some coverage claims this is a letter from exclusively trans contributors, I want to point out that plenty of cis folks signed on. Calling it a letter "from trans people" is yet another example of trying to frame this as some kind of special interest group issue rather than a matter of human rights.
Show threadlee Feb 15, 2023
@oldladyplays this is probably the reasoning behind that particular verbiage of "trans, non-binary, and cis" you were asking after
Show threadPatrick Nielsen HaydenFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen I signed it midday yesterday (as a ā€œmedia professionalā€ or whatever their term was). As of this morning my name still hasnā€™t showed up, which suggests that theyā€™re getting a big wave of further co-signers.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz šŸœFeb 16, 2023
@pnh good to hear!
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen @pnh I'm conflicted over whether (as a non-American who has never written for the NYTimes and doesn't purchase or read it either, but who considers himself a trans ally) I should sign the letter ā€¦
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen @pnh If someone starts such a letter to The Guardian I'm totally going to be signing it. But that's on my home turf. (Ahem.)
Show threadLaura J MixonFeb 18, 2023
@cstross my take, FWIW: if you read NYT articles or opinions you fit the criteria, and your support would be welcome. The paperā€™s reachā€”and thus the harm it perpetuates with its anti-trans biasā€”extends well beyond US borders.
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 18, 2023
@LauraJMG The NYT is paywalled so I don't generally read them, that's the thing. (I refuse to pay a subscription to a transphobic media outletā€”that's why I cancelled my Guardian subscription.)
Show threadLaura J MixonFeb 18, 2023
@cstross I see your dilemma.
Show threadSpeakerToManagersFeb 16, 2023

@cstross @annaleen @pnh
I donā€™t read it often because of the paywall, and I havenā€™t subscribed in some years, but I signed as someone concerned for 60 years* about the bias of the paper and its willingness to publish unchecked assertions.

* look up the Tonkin Gulf Incident which was used as a casus belli for the Vietnam War if youā€™re curious what first started my concern.

Show threadSpeakerToManagersFeb 16, 2023
@pnh @annaleen
I signed it last night and my name hasnā€™t been added to the list yet, but then they say there are over 30,000 signers.
Show threadtoa5tFeb 17, 2023
@annaleen @donmelton I signed it. Iā€™m as vis as they come, but I fight for the rights of all. Very fed up with lazy journalists
Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 18, 2023

@annaleen Trans rights are a reliable miner's canary for human rights: if they're attacked, the invisible toxic cloud is coming for everyone else very soon. (They're not the only signal that human rights are under attack, but they're a very sensitive one and I've never heard of a major anti-rights offensive that didn't attack trans people as well as whoever the ostensible target was.) So: solidarity!

(Also I have trans friends, some of them going back 40 years, and they don't need that shit.)

Show threadThe Pelagic StreetlightsFeb 18, 2023
@cstross @annaleen
a dear friend recently pointed out that this is true of furries as well.
Show threadjust adrienneFeb 18, 2023
@ThePelagicStreetlights @cstross @annaleen To some extent that's a second-order effect, because a LOT of furries are also queer and/or trans, and it's a very queer-friendly subculture just in general.
Show threadJacoboFeb 18, 2023
@cstross @annaleen What white dudes forget when they jump on the hate bandwagon is that once the monster that is Fascism eats political prisoners, the intelligentsia, gay people, trans people, people of color, women, and all the other minorities, it will then eat them too. Fascism is basically anti-humanism incarnate, and will cause human extinction. It thrives by a kind of necromancy, that uses bigotry to fuel itself. Fascism always has to attack something in the end. This is a historical law.
Show thread@infosec_jcp šŸˆšŸƒ done differentlyFeb 18, 2023

@annaleen

Human Rights fight for Equality is a Fight for Everyones' Human Rights.

Show threadsuldrew šŸš²šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen šŸ‘
Show threadsuldrew šŸš²šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen this is one to bookmark and reply with EVERY time
Show threadBrian Edwards-TiekertFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen thank you. I've now signed on too.
Show threadZZ BottomFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen 
Show threadStaci D. KramerFeb 15, 2023
Longtime NYT subscriber, former NYT news freelancer. If you subscribe/read the NYT, especially if you value what the NYT is and can be at its best, please consider joining me and thousands of others in supporting the letter.
https://nytletter.com/
NYT Contributorsā€™ Letter

Show threadVikFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen
Thank you ā¤ļø
@Annalee
Show threadEric McCorkleFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen Thank you.
Show threadEarthlingFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen The bias feeds into a chorus of hatred that hurts my daughter and our family. This is a good letter, and rightly reminds people that the NYT preceded DeSantis with a ā€œdonā€™t say gayā€ policy. Thank you for joining the many people calling on the Times to stop contributing to the reversal of hard fought progress.
Show threadEllen BeeFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen Thank you so much.
Show threadLucy BernholzFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen thank you
Show threadsandywb14Feb 15, 2023
@annaleen Thank you.
Show threadKaryl  Feb 15, 2023
@annaleen It's sad that this letter needs to be written, but it very clearly does. On the other hand, it fills my heart with hope at the absolutely immense list of names at the bottom.
Show threadOlympia IndivisibleFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen Thank you! The media is guilty of marginalizing people resulting in devastating consequences.
Show threadKaleb E. GoldschmittFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen Thank you. I signed as a "supporter" but think the top list is the more powerful one.
Show threadAnnalee Newitz šŸœFeb 16, 2023
@kgoldschmitt Every signature matters! Thank you.
Show threadEllaFeb 15, 2023
@annaleen This is marvellous
Show threadPax Ahimsa GethenFeb 16, 2023

@annaleen

I signed on as a reader. I currently subscribe to NYT Games, not the newspaper, but may rethink even that.

Show threadskuaFeb 16, 2023

@annaleen
Good solid letter.
The sort of letter that requires a response making explicit the changes the organisation has made after examining its behavior.

Would be great if the NYT is capable of the changes necessary.

Show threadThe Magnificent SkinbagFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen I know this was a more or less thankless task, so let me thank you for being a part of holding a terrible publication to account
Show threadMyMiloCat+MydogNoodlesFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen Thank you for this. Signed, and forwarded on to family NYT readers.
Show threadjamie hillšŸ“ā€ā˜ ļøFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen thank you for doing that. it takes guts; you're putting your money where your mouth is by doing that as a freelancer. šŸ‘€šŸ–¤
Show threadLaura J MixonFeb 16, 2023
@annaleen Thank you! Iā€™ve been horrified and appalled by it. Thereā€™s no excuse for putting such ignorance on blast.
Show threadCynical OwlFeb 16, 2023

@annaleen

Thank you so much. My family and I really appreciate you.

Show threadDr. Wenn (Erik Wennstrom)Feb 18, 2023
@annaleen Signed.