After Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham came out against trans women playing women’s sports, the league has allowed things to snowball
Katelyn Burns
Katelyn Burns is a freelance journalist and columnist for Xtra and MSNBC. She was the first openly trans Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on trans athletes opens the door to all kinds of horrors
In the face of a government that wants to legislate us out of everyday life, we must continue to show up for one another—and commit to outliving the bastards
Are Pride Nights at sports games worth the controversy?
They might be superficial money grabs—but Pride Nights can help maintain visibility in a moment of escalating queer repression
Michigan’s election dispute reveals how name-change laws are weaponized against trans people
Efforts to list a Michigan statehouse candidate’s deadname—from within her own party—reveal the indignities baked into ID systems
No, effeminate boys aren’t being ‘transed’
Hiding my transness nearly killed me. Let’s work to build a world where trans people’s lives aren’t quite so hard
Gavin Newsom is the wrong choice—for trans people and for Democrats
The California governor’s backpedaling on trans rights represents a grim shift, two years out from the first presidential primaries
