No outlet can cover everything. It’s not worth trying. But in reading back through several hundred pieces that we published in the past 12 months, I’m more than satisfied to say that we hit hard and often on a range of topics
transgender
’18 AND LIFE TO GO: OUR YEAR IN ALTERNATIVE MASS MEDIA
It’s anybody’s guess why cheeseball mainstream outlets tend to ignore topics such as poverty, surveillance, and climate change. Whatever the reason, we don’t spend too much time worrying about them; as you’ll see below, we had our hands full all year covering the stuff that they missed.
QUESTIONS BEGET QUESTIONS
Your ballot initiative breakdown, from patient limits, to campaign finance, to transgender rights
NATIONAL WIRE: TRUMP ROLLS ON, ROLLING BACK LGBTQ PROTECTIONS
The Trump administration has been wasting no time when it comes to rolling back protections for the gay community, and Bay State advocates say that is especially true for transgender people.
BOOKS: A DIG Q+A WITH SKYLAR KERGIL AKA SKYLARKELEVEN
From sports-loving tomboy, to Boston pride parades, to finding his community online
EDEN LANE RETURNS TO THE STAGE
Award-winning journalist & transgender superstar preps for Trans Scripts at A.R.T.
GENDER CONFINEMENT: MASS DOC CONTENDS IT CAN DISCRIMINATE AGAINST TRANSGENDER INMATES
Why does the DOC believe it is allowed to house transgender people in the wrong gender facility?
MORE BOOS FOR BAKER
The other reason I generally avoid the subject is because I’m transgender, and I already get enough threats for my reporting.
THE MOST IMPORTANT INTERACTIVE MUSEUM SHOW IN BOSTON ALL YEAR IS ABOUT TO CLOSE (AND NEEDS A NEW HOME)
Notably interactive, the exhibit space offers a chance for children to explore questions of family, love, and gender.
THE RIDICULOUSLY INHUMANE BILLS OF REP. COLLEEN GARRY
On the hunch that where there’s fire, there is probably more fire, I took a look at Garry’s history of sponsoring legislation.
LA PLAYS ITSELF: ON THE COMEDIC ETHNOGRAPHY OF “TANGERINE”
And what emerges is a document of the Hollywood that Hollywood declines to show us. Tangerine becomes a critique of surfaces themselves: The LA we know from movies and TV, revealed to be as false as the idea that anatomy dictates gender.