We warned The Atlantic about Jesse Singal, but they ignored us
UPDATE: Human Rights Campaign tonight issued a statement regarding the publication of transphobia by The Atlantic, at my request. I’ve also reached out to GLAAD and I’ve added tweets they posted in response to the article. The HRC statement appears below. — Dawn Ennis, Wednesday, June 20, 2018
It’s been exactly four months since we rang the transphobia alarm bell, and it appears nobody empowered to act paid much attention, if any.
So today, I’m lighting up what you might call a TransBat Signal, in order to call out Jesse Singal and the editors who published this offensive screed.
I am one of a large group of LGBTQ journalists, activists and public relations folks who, back in February, first got wind of Mr. Singal’s intent to write the cover story that appears in the July/August issue of The Atlantic. I’ll explain the actions we took in just a moment.
The eminent trans writer Harron Walker expertly summed up the problems in Mr. Singal’s work in an article published by Jezebel Tuesday afternoon:
“At first, the article appears to be about trans kids, and how these kids and their parents navigate the sometimes murky waters of adolescent transition. A press release for the story claims that it probes one of the “most complex subjects facing…
