OPINION: As it expands, the social media platform will have to adapt its moderation policies if it wants to keep vulnerable users safe
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.
Florida’s bathroom bill would keep me from my family
OPINION: Visiting my parents in Florida used to feel like a safe home away from home. Now, the idea of it makes my stomach turn
Jerry Springer’s legacy of discovery and disgust
OPINION: “I used to have a recurring nightmare that if I tried to transition, I’d be met with braying, angry Springer crowds”
Why we need to log off and look for trans joy
OPINION: I question what consuming so much doomerism will do to us as a community over the long term—and I want us to make more space for celebration
First they came for trans kids. Now, in Missouri, they’re coming after trans adults
OPINION: Missouri’s targeting of gender-affirming care is part of the goal to eradicate trans people entirely
Won’t somebody think of the children?
OPINION: When media publish trans kids’ medical histories without their full consent, they thrust them into a harmful spotlight
